Anarchist Plot Foiled at St Patrick's Cathedral
New York police say two men were thwarted in an elaborate plan to blow up St Patrick's Cathedral and then strike banks and the financial district. Detective Frank Baldo aided in the operation and arrested the alleged bomber Frank Abarno age 24. Co-conspirator Charles Carbone 18 was also charged.
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New York
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
D Jr
New York City
Frank Baldo
Baldo
Frank Abarno
Charles Carbone
Britain declares total embargo on Germany food and materials
London reports Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons that Britain will bar all foodstuffs and raw materials from reaching Germany in retaliation for submarine warfare. The policy aims to starve Germany into submission as part of ongoing broad war measures.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Germany
Ingland
England
Commission to study farm labor conflicts in South
Washington reports the commission on industrial relations will begin a public hearing in Dallas on March 15 to examine capital and labor effects on the American farm. The crop needs 150 million dollars, highlighting absentee landlordism and high rents as key tenant disputes.
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Washington
Commission On Industrial Relations
Dallas
Tex
President Wilson to study British blockade stance
Washington reports President Wilson will not hurry to reply to Britain's proclamation that virtually blockades Germany. The administration will examine all legal angles before acting. Premier Asquith's remark about possibly violating niceties of international law unsettles officials and may provoke opposition to the English cause.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Asquith
Great Britain
England
Germany May Search Ships In War Zone
Berlin announces that German submarines will halt and investigate merchantmen on the high seas under certain conditions. They will act only against vessels carrying contraband or owned by nations hostile to Germany.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
United States
Nine Men Rescued From Layland Mine Explosion
Hinton West Virginia March 4 nine men were brought out alive and one dead from the Layland mines of the New River Pocahontas Coal company after a gas explosion on Tuesday. The rescuers report the men as recognizable and slowly recovering while about 176 workers remain entombed. Most are Americans long-time Layland residents. One man Abney Cooper was killed when blown against a pole.
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Hinton
W. Va
Layland
New River
Federal grand jury indicts four for passport fraud conspiracy
The federal grand jury indicted Richard P. Stegler Richard Madden Gustave Cook and persons unknown for conspiring to defraud the United States government in procuring a passport on an allegedly fraudulently signed application. Stegler is in the Tombs and provided a confession several days earlier.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
Richard P. Stegler
Richard Madden
Gustave Cook
United States
Stegler
Madden
Prince Sabah ed Din Urges Quick Peace to Save Turkey
Constantinople reports Prince Sabah ed Din telegraphs Sultan urging an early peace with the allies to avert catastrophe for Turkey.
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Athens
Constantinople
Sabah-ed-Din
Turkey
Death of Francis X. Firestein in Massillon
Massillon Ohio March 4 Francis X Firestein who said he was one hundred and twenty nine years old on December 8 is dead here He was born in Barcelona Spain where his father was with the Austrian embassy
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Massillon
Francis X. Firestein
Barcelona
Spain
Subways Hire Thousand Negro Labor from the South
New Yorkers report that about one thousand Black workers are being brought from the South to operate in the city’s new subway construction. They replace foreign workers who are leaving the country.
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New York
South
Chilean Steamer Rancagna Seized by French Warships
The Chilean steamer Rancagna, bound for Venice with a cargo of saltpeter, was seized by French warships, the official German news agency announced from Berlin on March 3.
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Berlin
Venice
Italy
Exports Doubled Imports Trade Threat Looms
Washington reports that if European allies halt all commerce with Germany world trade would be seriously disrupted and much of it cut off. In 1914 imports from Europe to the U S totaled 783 million dollars and exports to those nations were 1 339 million dollars per the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Mike Gibbons Wins Fast Middleweight Match
Mike Gibbons defeated Eddie McGoorty in a ten round middleweight bout in Hudson Wisconsin. The fight was acclaimed as the best in the region since 1908 Ketchel Papke duel in Milwaukee. The nonboxing note on relief ships follows.
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Eddie McGoorty
Hudson, Wis
Million Dollar Railroad Insurance Fund Found Illegal
The Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad million dollar insurance fund raised from employees was ruled illegal by the common pleas court in Cincinnati. The decision was reported on March 5.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad
Coramion Pleas Court
Dead Woman Identified in Philadelphia Fatality
New York reported the young blonde woman who perished with Charles St. Clair in Philadelphia has been identified as Mrs. Harry Hall. Her husband is said to be dying of tuberculosis in Waterbury Connecticut.
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New York
Charles St. Clair
Philadelphia
Harry Hall
Waterbury, Conn
Cordelia Biddle
Angier Duke
Palm Beach
Miss Biddle
Mr. Duke
Benjamin N. Duke
Mrs Longstreet Wins Longevity Allowance Case
Mrs Helen Longstreet widow of Major Longstreet wins the case as the comptroller of the treasury authorizes payment of 573.47 dollars for longevity allowance due.
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Longstreet
Washington
Helen Longstreet
Major Longstreet
Comptroller of the Treasury
Controller Williams Recalls Borrower Who Stayed to End
John Skelton Williams, controller of the currency, told a Southern society audience in New York that he had made many people his debtors. A Washington man later sought ten dollars, saying he stayed through Williams’s Richmond speech to the end and hoped the controller would remember him.
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John Skelton Williams
Southern Society
New York
Washington
Williams
Richmond
Backyard ruckus and free seed plan spark made up cries
In Brooklyn chatter about chickens and a joke that Congress will again distribute free seeds this year stirs local amusement. The piece plays on common urban quirks and a light political jab without forming a clear news event.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Congress
England Faces Doctor Shortage As War Drains Ranks
Britain warns of a severe doctor shortage with the Royal Army Medical Corps urging medical students to return to their studies to qualify and enter practice. Prewar wealth of insured workers reduced supply as many physicians enlist, leaving civilian doctors overworked and costly. Deaths of doctors at the front compound the crisis.
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Great Britain
Royal Army Medical Corps
National Insurance Act
Senate Modifies Wilson Power Clause After White House Talks
Washington action places authority with the president to use land and naval forces to defend neutrality. A White House conference trimmed a House style internment provision to preserve relations with Germany and Austria Hungary. The senate approved the modified resolution and the House followed, authorizing embargo considerations and enforcement against ships violating neutrality.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
White House
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Europe
United States
Census picks Rogers to replace Harris on new federal commission
Washington names Samuel L. Rogers of Franklin North Carolina as Harris’s successor on the new federal trade commission. The Senate confirmed Harris in Cedartown Georgia and Wilson signs Teehee as register of the treasury. Teehee, a Cherokee attorney for the Five Civilized Tribes, previously served in Oklahoma’s lower house.
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Washington
Samuel L. Rogers
Franklin
N. C
Wilson J
William J. Harris
Cedartown
Senate
New
Federal Trade Commission
Houston B. Teehee
Tahlequah
Okla
Register of
the Treasury
Gabe Parker
Five Civilized Tribes
Teehee
Oklahoma
Bomb Kills Thirty in Progresso Harbor
A cablegram to the Mexican consulate from Galveston reports thirty persons killed in Progresso harbor, including five women. The blast came from a bomb apparently placed in a package believed to contain ice aboard a vessel.
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Galveston
Tex
Progresso
Mex
Werner Horn Indicted for Dynamite Transport in Bridge Plot
In Boston on March 6 the federal grand jury returned three indictments against Werner Horn for illegal interstate transportation of dynamite. He attempted to destroy the international railway bridge at Vanceboro.
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Boston
Federal
Werner Horn
Vanceboro
Wilson Abandons Canal Trip Over Opening Celebration Funds
President Wilson canceled plans to visit the canal after Congress removed the appropriation for the opening celebration from the legislative and executive bill. The decision follows the funding dispute and ends the scheduled trip.
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Wilson
Washington
Canal
Congress
Hospitals Reforming First Aid Amid War Casualties
The text notes hospitals reorganizing medical care as first aid duties are shifted to standard hospital corpsmen, affecting field medical operations during the conflict.
Picture caption reveals the moment of a marriage proposal
A youth in a tender pose asks a maiden to marry him. The scene ends with the caption on the card reading "Sold."
Wilhelmina Cargo Placed in Prize Court in New York
An attorney for the Wilhelmina cargo shippers announced that a writ had been served placing the American steamship Wilhelmina cargo in a prize court in New York on March 5.
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Wilhelmina
New York
German Cruiser Sinks Two Ships off Concepcion
Reports from Concepcion Chile say the German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Hitel Friedrich sank two sailing vessels the English Kidalton and the French Jeal. The Berlin reports dated March 4 outline the losses in the Pacific near the Chilean coast.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Concepcion
Chile
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
Kidalton
Jeal
Essad Pasha Named Commander at Gallipoli
Athens reports Essad Pasha, famed for defending Janina in the Balkan War, has been placed in command of Turkish forces at Gallipoli.
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Essad Pasha
Athens
Janina
Gallipoli
Dacia Seizure Stirs British American Registry Debate
The French cruiser arrested the American steamer Dacia, sailing under the German flag, and towed her to Brest. Washington notes show concern over registry shifts as Breitung moved the ship from Hamburg America to American registry and altered routes to Rotterdam to ease British fears.
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Paris
Brest
Washington
Edward N. Breitung
Bremen
Breitung
Rotterdam
Exchange of maimed prisoners opens in Geneva
In Geneva today 1,800 Frenchmen and 800 Germans began the exchange of maimed prisoners. Also noted: a Boston fire injures one firefighter as Rice and Hutchins building burns for a $250,000 loss. England buys Argentine 1916 crop. US ship purchase bill withdrawn. Clyde shipyards strike tied to American workers bonuses. priceless paintings stolen from Liechtenstein castle. Madonna by Lucas van Leyden among looted works.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Boston
Mass
Rice & Hutchins
London
Rome
England
Washington
Senate
Fletcher
Glasgow
Clyde
Vienna
Lychtenstein
Lucas van Leyden
Reverend Darnell Indicted for Mann Act Violation
Chicago report states Rev. James Morrison Darnell known as marrying parson was indicted in Milwaukee on eight counts for allegedly transporting Ruth Soper from Owatonna Minnesota to Kenosha Wisconsin where he presented her as his wife. The indictment does not name Doris Vaughn whom he married in Chicago.
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Chicago
James Morrison Darnell
Parson
Milwaukee
Ruth Soper
Owatonna
Minn
Kenosha
Wis
Darnell
Doris Vaughn
Margaret Wilson Center Named In Honor Of First Lady
Miss Margaret Wilson eldest daughter of the president has the first school social center named after her in Washington D C. She has taken personal interest in its development. The Baltic sailed from New York with 18000 tons of war supplies under Commander J B Ranson who pledged to fly the British flag from America to h— despite submarines.
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First School
Washington
Margaret Wilson
New York
Baltic
J. B. Ranson
America
Governor Signs Prohibition Penalty Bill in Colorado
Denver March 5 Governor Carlson signed the bill establishing statutory penalties for enforcing the state wide prohibition constitutional amendment set to take effect January 1 1916.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
Carlson
Dutch Officers Ordered to Rejoin Regiments
All Dutch officers on furlough are ordered to rejoin their regiments after a conference between the foreign minister and Queen Wilhelmina.
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The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Rock Island Engineer Killed In Midwest Runaway Engine Crash
March 3 in Cedar Rapids Iowa a Rock Island engineer H M Titzel was killed when a runaway switch engine struck the Northwestern fast mail. Ten others were slightly injured in the collision at the rail yard.
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Cedar Rapids
H. M. Titzel
Rock Island
Northwestern
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