Mexican Red Cross appeals for food as famine grows in Mexico City
The Mexican Red Cross asks the American Red Cross through Secretary Bryan for food for starving Mexico City residents amid worsening famine. Secretary Bryan says the state department will cooperate, while Obregon remains in control per Vera Cruz dispatches. Washington awaits Carranza’s reply and evacuees are warned to leave.
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Mexico
U-20 Sunk After Ram by Ariel as British Press Reports
London reports the German submarine U-20 has been sunk by the British destroyer Ariel after a torpedo attack. Crew surrendered and were saved. The U-20 is linked to prior torpedoing of the Tangistan Blackwood and Princess Victoria with casualties and vanishing location not disclosed.
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Three British Merchant Ships Sunk by German Submarines
Early Tuesday three German submarines attacked British waters sinking the Tangistan off Scarborough with 37 of 38 crew missing after a midnight torpedo. The Blackwood fell off Hastings and the Princess Victoria off Liverpool within hours, as Britain faced renewed submarine warfare.
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Build aerial destroyer to use against Zeppelins
New York City reports a newly devised aerial destroyer aimed as a David to the Zeppelin Goliath. The torpedo boat in the air is described as about one twelfth the size of the airship and expected to prove highly effective in combat.
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New York City
Bride killer in London exhumations reveal multiple murders
London police pursue George Smith alias Albert Lloyd in the so called Bride’s death case. Three brides died in bath tubs after marriage and exhumations reveal suspected poison and insured wealth. Smith, linked to four wife deaths over six years, faces murder charges as more inquiries unfold.
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London
Smith
Albert Lloyd
Canada
England built airship under MacMechen guidance in craft
The airship project in England under Thomas Rh. MacMechen aims to heat and expand balloon gas to rise faster than a Zeppelin. Two engines totaling 270 horsepower will power the craft, with four crew and ten hours of fuel supporting a 6900 pound airship and load. The gun and crew car are mounted on the lower hull via spider web wire frames dividing balloon compartments.
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Prisoner totals rise in German camps after December
Berlin reports 781000 prisoners in Germany with 1011000 prisoners of war interned in German camps. Diet members returning from a visit say about 200000 new arrivals since the end of December, reflecting a rising confinement.
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Representative Pierre S D Warding County Dies After Illness
Pierre S D from Warding County, a legislative representative, died yesterday from a cancerous growth after a lengthy illness. The body will be shipped for burial per family wishes.
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W. A. Day
Hwarding
Thaws Sanity Not an Issue in Matteawan Trial
The prosecution seeks to finish the case against Larry K Thaw for conspiracy in escaping Matteawan asylum. Defense counsel pushes to enter sanity evidence though Judge Page limits such testimony to remote. Testimony covers the escape vehicle hotel visits and co defendants. Deputy attorney general Janklin Kennedy says Thaw was insane at escape. Nesbit Thaw offers to testify but is not called.
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Mattewan Barnum
Thaw
Barnum
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
State Hospital
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William Gordon
Beacon
N. Y
Justice Page
Supreme Court
Gordon
John 3. Stanchfield
Thawe
Stanchfield
Janklin Kennedy
New Hampshire
Holland Hotel
Landouler
Kennedy
Eaelyn Nesbit Thaw
Atttorney
Aberdeen pavilion fund set with livestock group formed
Aberdeen South Dakota hosts fifty livestock men as the Interstate Livestock Breeders' Association organizes with J. R. Schmidt as president H. F. Patterson as vice president W C Allen as secretary treasurer Ro On Van Winkle and John Nicol named to the board. Over $2000 of the $5000 goal has been subscribed for the pavilion with location and building committees created.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Interstate
Dakotas
Representative Day Buried in Buffalo Following Visit
The text notes a burial in Buffalo with Representative Day's wife and son present in the last week. It records family attendance and indicates the burial location and immediate surviving relatives.
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Buffalo
Representative Day
Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Huel Interned Near Newport News
Newport News reports the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich arrived for coal and repairs and may intern. The Huel, another German warship, slipped into port after a chase, with officers signaling to Berlin. The Onondaga guarded neutrality as officials decide action, with only three German warships remaining at large.
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Prinz Witel Friedrich
Pring Huel
Sea Rover
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Washington
United States Coast Guard
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United States
Huel
Washington, D. C
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Norfolk
Atlantic
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Minden
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Lloyd
Dawgunnit Weather Man's Pup South Dakota Tale
A quirky clipped item notes Tomeit and a forecast for Thursday in South Dakota with slightly warmer temperatures. The piece carries a humorous weather vignette centered on a dog as a mascot or character.
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