Rescuers Lose Submarine F-4 At Honolulu Crater
Rescue efforts for the submarine F-4 and its 21 crew members stalled as the craft sank back into the ocean crater near Honolulu. Divers cannot operate at fifty-fathom depth, but naval units continue to attempt to lift the hulk using chains, dredgers, and a pontoon system while keeping hope alive for any survivors.
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Honolulu
California
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Claudine
Navajo
Althugh
Submarine chases White Star liner Arabic near Holyhead
The White Star steamship Arabic, voyaging from New York to Liverpool, was chased by a German submarine off Holyhead at about 9:50 PM. Passengers reported two shots fired, all steam was pushed to eighteen knots, and the ship escaped into open water.
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NEW York Times
London
White Star
Liverpool
New York
Holyhead
J. Campbell Besley
Times
St. George's Channel
Witness to Rae Tanzer Plot Deepens Trial Drama
United States District Attorney Marshall said he expected to clinch a conspiracy charge in Rae Tanzer’s breach of promise suit against James W. Osborne tomorrow via a key accuser. He noted the case hinges on the conspiracy evidence, not the mails fraud charge, and that a witness from Tanzer’s side may provide a full statement about Oliver Osborne.
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United States
Marshall
Miss Rae Tanner
James W. Osborne
Osborne
Miss Tanzer
Mr. Marshall
Federal Grand Jury
District Attorney's Office
David H. Slade
Miss Tanner
M Wo
Oliver Osborne
Post Office
Swain
East Sixtieth Street
Denham
Inspector Swain
Grand Central Station
May West
Middle Village
Mr. Hershenstein
Slade & Slade
Rae Tanzer
Plainfield
N. J
Oliver
Slade
United States Attorney
Warship 10 Watch Eitel and French Cruiser at Norfolk
Washington reports heightened caution as German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Estel Friedrich may attempt to leave Newport News to avoid neutral violations. British patrols could clash if sea raider is attacked within territorial waters near Virginia Capes and Fort Monroe.
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United States
Navy Department
Alabama
Norfolk
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Philadelphia Navy Yard
James M. Helm
Is Fleet
Philadelphia
Newport News
Virginia Capes
Coast Guard
Barney
Eitel
Thierichens
Prinz Elle
Washington
Fort Monroe
Norfolk Navy Yard
Eltel
Capes
Elie Friedrich
State Department
Navy
Beatty
Hampton Roads
War Department
War
Navy Departments
Auto Plant Fire in Camden Wipes Out Car Stock
A blaze at the Collings Carriage and Auto Body Company on Front and Arch Streets caused about 150000 dollars in damage. Fifty cars worth 100000 dollars were lost in the paint shop and upper floors, while fifty cars on the first floor were saved. The fire began on the second floor where paints and oils were stored. four alarms brought the city fire department. The adjacent Camden Deposit and Trust building was also destroyed.
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Camden
N. J
Collings Carriage and Auto Body Company
City Fire Department
Camdene Deposit and Trust Company
Federal Street
J. B. Vansciver Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Whitman Faces Fresh Thunder Over Public Service Probe
Albany dispatch reports sensational charges about the Thompson Committee inquiry into the Public Service Commission. Allegations claim Governor Whitman sought to use the panel to shape commissions for redistributing jobs, with two senators allegedly denying being "gunmen."
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New York Times
Albany
Public Service Commission
Thompson Committee
Whitman
Senate
G. V. S. Williams
New York City
Public Service Commissioners
Thompson
Mills
Bandits Rob Payroll in Avenue A Taxicab Heist
Three men ambushed Alexander Ogilvie assistant cashier of the New York Steam Heating Company on Avenue A near Fifty ninth Street as he walked with a payroll. They clubbed him to seize $1,800 and fled in a black taxi. witnesses recalled the license numbers to detectives.
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Avenue A
Fiftyninth Street
Sixtieth
Sixty-first Streets
Sixty-first Street
Alexander Ogilvie
West Twentieth Street
New York Steam Heating Company
Cedar Street
East Eighteenth Street
Fifty-ninth Street
Sutton Place
Eighteenth Street
Second Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Ogilvie
Flower Hospital
Flaherty
O'Brien
Second Branch
O Ivie
Ang
Transatlantic Liner Niagara Encounters German Sub Off Cherbourg
The Niagara en route from New York to Havre encountered a German submarine near Cherbourg. The submarine moved toward the liner, but Niagara’s speed allowed it to escape. The Floride crew, recently sunk off Brazil by Prinz Eitel Friedrich, were aboard the Niagara and are now in Newport News.
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Paris
Niagara
New York
Havre
Cherbourg
Havas Agency
Floride
Brazil
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Newport News
Panic Averted As Fire Breaks Out At Paterson Theatre
A move picture reel ignited at the Colonial Theatre on Clay Street causing smoke and a small blaze that threatened a crowd of about 500. Manager Meyer Greiman reassured patrons and directed orderly exits. fire department was not needed.
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New York Times
Paterson
N. J
Colonial Theatre
Clay Street
Meyer Greiman
Rockefeller lends land for Pocantico Hills baseball park
John D. Rockefeller has given three acres at Pocantico Hills to the Pocantico Hills A C for a baseball park and will lend men and teams to help build the diamond and grand stand. Manager Kerrigan expects a fast youth squad this summer and hopes Rockefeller becomes a keen supporter. Rockefeller has long shown interest in athletics and enjoyed exhibitions in Daytona Florida where the Dodgers played.
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New York Times
Tarrytown
WN. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Pocantico Hills A. C
Kerrigan
Pocantico Hillis
Rockefeller
Daytona
Fla
Brooklyn Dodgers
Explosion in Broadway Stuns Theatregoers
A loud blast and street tremor between Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Streets startled Broadway crowds last night. Debris flew from the roadway and a stone shattered the Casino Jewelry Shop window at 1404 Broadway. Jack Rosenbaum rushed out with a pistol, thinking burglars, before the crowd learned the blast came from subway work beneath the street.
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Broadway
Thirty-eighth
Thirty-ninth Streets
Casino Jewelry Shop
Jack Rosenbaum
Tragedy in Hudson Tunnel Falls Man
A man believed to be Robert Dunphy of Marshall Street Paterson was struck by a train in the McAdoo tunnel between Hoboken and Christopher Street. He touched a safety switch and died before a surgeon from St Marys Hospital arrived. Traffic halted for about 30 minutes as rescue efforts unfolded.
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McAdoo
Hoboken
Christopher Street
New York
Etruck & Man
Ecards
Robert Dunphy
Marshall Street
Paterson
Hea
St. Mary's Hospital
Parrot Surprises Newark Fire Rescue at 96 Hunterdon Street
A Newark fire at 96 Hunterdon Street drawn tenants and officers to a scene where Policeman John Begley emerged with a green parrot in a cage. The cage parrot squawked Look who's here as firemen prepared to enter the building.
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Hunterdon Street
Newark
John Begley
Shrapnel Fire Sinks the Steamer Vosges
The Vosges was sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast. The chief engineer was killed and three crewmen badly injured by shrapnel. Thirty crew members were rescued by a patrol boat to New Quay. It is unclear who attacked, with submarine as a possibility. two Vosges ships exist in registers, one British and one French.
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Liverpool
Vosges
Cornish
Maritime Register
Moss Steamship Company of
Zeppelin Heads Toward England From Holland
A Zeppelin passed north of Holland heading west toward England this afternoon as a potential attack on an English town was anticipated. No coast report of its arrival was received by press time.
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Holland
London
Sechlermonnik-Oog
Lyttelton Speech Provokes Wide Press Outcry in Britain
London officials report Dr. Lyttelton headmaster of Eton sparked indignation by urging concessions to Germany and warning England against hypocrisy. Papers denounce his call to internationalize Gibraltar and caution against appeasement while clarifying his remarks were misinterpreted as pro German.
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New York Times
London
Lyttelton
Eton
England
Kiel Canal
Gibraltar
Horitons
Columons
Doctor Lyttelton
Dr. Lyttelton
The
Globe
Germany
Pall Mall Gazette
Christ
Kronprinz Wilhelm Sighted Off Fernando de Noronha
A neutral steamer reports sighting the German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm about forty miles off Fernando de Noronha in the South Atlantic on March 14, accompanied by a collier.
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Buenos Aires
Kronpring Wilhelm
Fernando de Noronha
South Atlantic
Kronprinz Wilhelm
German TB expert dies of spotted fever in Moscow hospital
Berlin reports Professor George Cornet, a renowned German tuberculosis specialist, died from spotted fever contracted from a Russian prisoner he treated. He had recently received the Iron Cross for wartime hospital service. Pinehurst opening May 1 with climate and facilities advertised.
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Berlin
London
George Cornet
Cornet
Russians Force Fight for Passes in Bukowina
Berlin reports indicate Russians press eastward with scarce supplies as Carpathian battles worsen. Austrians claim Russian offensives repulsed in Bukowina, while Swiss dispatches note heavy losses at Lupkow and Istok passes and fierce fighting near Cracow and Przemyśl from Prith Galicia to HKukowina.
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Bartfeld-Uszok
Bukowina
Geneva
Paris
Carpathians
lUstok
Lupkow
Biala
Donajec
Praemysl
Cracow
Prith
Galicia
Hkukowina
Last Day at Przemyśl Amid Fierce Russian Bombardment
March 28 dispatch from Przemyśl describes the final bombardment before the fortress surrender to Russian forces. Austrian and Russian positions shook the night before the fall as 10 000 shells roared, Austrian troops blew fortifications, and red dawn revealed Austrian troops unarmed in retreat and a flag of truce.
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Przemysl
Petrograd
Priemyal
Associated Press
Empire of Battle
Sodock
Wree Bridge
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France
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Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard
Julily
Payne Whitney
Isaac Wolf, Jr
American Association of Commerce of Berlin
E. E. Hatch
Alfred Noyes
Engle
Charles
Steinmetz
Pella
Revolutionary Electric Auto
D. W. Griffith
James R. Keiser
Lewisohn
Ty’s
Review of Books
Georgan
Ues
Tra
Prinz Estel Friedrich
Democrats
Executive Chamber
Elon R. Brown
William Hayward
James A. Foley
Frederick Co. Tanner
Senator Mills
Senator Thompson
Middleport
A. Ogilvie
Walton Avenue
Steam Heating Company
John D
Pocantico Team
Parrot
Zeppelin
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Pineharet
N.C
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Car
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Heain
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