Happenings of the War News Roundup
German sea raider Moewe returns to Wilhelmshaven with captured booty after sinking thirteen British, one French and one Belgian vessel. Mines sink King Edward VII. Moewe brings 250000 in gold from Appam. Two hostile airships over northeast England. Russian losses from Bessarabian fighting estimated at 133000 by Cologne Gazette. Rothesay sunk, crew saved. Plan for wartime rent and debt relief for servicemen. Viking destroyed by a mine, about seventy lost. Russians seize Bitlis in Lake Van region. Verdun front sees German gains near Douaumont, 1000 French captured. Ypres line recaptured, Au Revoir sunk, crew saved. Austrian squadron appears near Corfu, flees from Allied fleet.
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Moewe
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Count Dohna Schlodien
Appam
Police Killings and Global Headlines from Early 20th Century News
Domestic priest Henry Jareski was shot dead by a woman in St Paul. Four New York gunmen found guilty in Chicago bank robbery. Henry Siegel rearrested in Rochester after release. Nevada shipyard explosion injures three aboard a new battleship. $150 million in gold smuggled through Canada to New York. Colonel House arrives in New York en route to Washington. K-6 submarine engine trouble near Pensacola. Barberton millionaire to donate $3 million farm for a university agricultural college. German consul general Bopp case largely dismissed. Indictments against 101 brewing firms in a Pittsburgh grand jury probe. American mayors form National Defense Conference. Derailment injures dozen near Kingston Mills. Providence Journal bombing attempt exposes German propaganda. Sioux City packing-house strike settled as workers vote to return. Copper mines announce 20 percent March April bonuses. Williams and Roe executed for murder in Connecticut.
Civil War Generals Remembered in Death Obituaries
Personal Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith died at eighty five in Medford Oregon. A Bucharest dispatch via Reuters reports Queen Mother Elizabeth of Roumania is dead after pneumonia. Mrs Henrietta Williams widow of Gen J Cerro Gordo Williams died at Mount Sterling Kentucky aged ninety.
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William Sooy Smith
Buell
Shiloh
Grant
Vicksburg
Medford
Ore
Bucharest
Reuter
London
Amsterdam
Elizabeth of
Henrietta Williams
Cerro Gordo
Mexican Revolt Leader Executed in Durango City
Word received at the Mexican consulate in El Paso reports Gen Benjaminzo Argumedo a key resistive figure against Carranza in La Cuna and Durango districts was court martialed and executed in Durango City. Diaz forces have begun marching on Mexico City and the Diaz junta in New York announces Aguilar now controls eighty percent of the Mexican Southern railroad line.
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Benjaminzo Argumedo
Carranza
la Cuna
Durango
Durango City
el Paso
Tex
Diaz
Mexico City
New York
Aguilar
Mexican Southern Railroad
Washington Leaders Push Army Bill Before Adjournment
The house military committee in Washington refined the bill to enlarge the army with a final vote expected before adjournment. Admiral Frank Fletcher, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet, reported strong sea forces and praised dreadnoughts and sailors for combat readiness.
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House Military Committee
Washington
House Naval Committee
Frank Fletcher
Atlantic Fleet
Baker Picked as Secretary of War by Wilson
Newton D. Baker former mayor of Cleveland chosen by President Wilson to succeed Lindley M. Garrison as secretary of war. A follower of Tom Johnson he later led as Cleveland’s mayor and has long supported Wilson’s policies. Baker 44 born Martinsburg West Virginia with Johns Hopkins and Washington and Lee degrees. married Elizabeth Leopold in 1902.
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Washington
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Wilson
Lindley MM. Garrison
Baker
Tom Johnson
Baltimore
War Office
Martinsburg
W. V
Johns Hopkins
Washington and Lee
Ohio
Miners Agree Wage Increase Across Western Coal Fields
A subcommittee of bituminous operators and miners in New York reports an expected annual wage rise of about eight million dollars for workers in western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. The agreement will be forwarded for ratification and could influence contracts in nearby states. Nearly 200000 miners stand to gain from the wage boost.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
West Virginia
Michigan
Iowa
Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Welsh Is Declared Winner In Milwaukee Bout
Freddis Welsh, lightweight champion, won a newspaper decision over Ad Wolgast in a ten round bout. Welsh dominated every round and outboxed Wolgast at all stages except for occasional punching power. Wolgast offered handshakes after the fight but Welsh left the ring and disappeared over the ropes.
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Milwaukee
Freddis Welsh
Ad Wolgast
Cadillac
Mich
Welsh
Wolgast
Freddie
Orpet Indicted in Slaying of Lake Forest Girl
Chicago March 8 William H Orpet a University of Wisconsin student was indicted on Monday for the murder of Marian Frances Vambert a Lake Forest high school girl whose body was found in Helm s woods.
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Chicago
William H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Frances Vambert
Lake Forest
Helm's Woods
Cascarets Promote Clean Livers and Bowels for 10 Cents
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a nightly cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. It claims the product removes sour fermenting food foul gases excess bile and constipated waste and promises relief by morning. It notes a 10 cent box price and that millions use Cascarets to avoid headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion sour stomach or constipation.
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Ady
Very Puzzling Exchange Reveals Lawyer's Punny Answer
In a quip filled exchange, a law professional requests a paregoric answer to questions. The dialogue turns on a punny mishearing about soothing medicine, highlighting playful wordplay between the speaker and the attorney.
Castoria Reminder Warns Mothers to Check Signatures
A vintage plea urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the familiar Fletcher name and the use for over 30 years. The ad emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, noting children cry for Castoria.
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Fletcher
Roundabout Language in Saloniki Camp Encounter
An English lieutenant describes a Saloniki incident en route to camp. A Serbian Jew of the Zadruga bank joined him as they met two Tommies with language barriers, the Russian speaking one and the Greek speaking the other. The Englishman, German speaker, and others used multiple languages to communicate.
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Saloniki
Zadruga Bank
Manchester Guardian
Beginning of the End
A leap year maid questions a proposal amid a kitchen doubt. The other rejects cooking as a career, saying their parents did not raise them to seek such work.
Real Treasure and the Prompting Stenographer
A witty exchange praises a stenographer as quick and accurate adding flair to the old humor. The Pittsburgh Post notes a trackless trolley system used for general freight in parts of Germany. An ounce of get up and get is better than a pound of tired feeling.
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Pittsburgh Post
Germany
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Boy
A man recalls starting coffee in childhood and suffering nervousness until switching to Postum. He credits Postum with better sleep and less headaches and endorses it to coffee drinkers. The ad cites Postum Cereal and Instant Postum from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and grocer availability.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Drink hot water before breakfast health claim feature
An Adv notice urges waking with a glass of hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and intestines. It claims this inside bath neutralizes wastes toxins and improves digestion. Readers are advised to buy limestone phosphate from druggists and begin daily use for health benefits.
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Bath
Great Relief Improves Mood Through Screen Comedy
A dialogue notes that cinema has lifted spirits, with a joke about a slap stick film not eliciting laughs by insulting the orchestra leader. The exchange hints at evolving humor and audience reaction in a hopeful tone.
Canada War Revenue Plan Targets Big Profits
Sir Thomas White outlines Canada’s proposed war taxation taxing profits above seven percent for incorporated firms and ten percent for unincorporated ones, with a quarter of excess profits paid to the government. Transportation, banks, mining and milling firms taxed. life insurers and small operators exempt. An added duty on apples and certain oils aims to limit farmer impact.
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Canada
Sir Thomas White
Sir Thomas
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