German Fleet Sails From Kiel Amid Snow Storms
London reports under heavy snow storms the German fleet has slipped from Wilhelmshaven to engage the British fleet. Dispatches from Amsterdam and Rome claim 20 to 25 dreadnaughts have put to sea, with British censors delaying confirmation. The British and Russian admiralties are said to be in continuous contact.
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London
Wilhelmshaven
Admiralty
Amsterdam
Kiel
Zeebruggee
North Sea
Rome
Du Pont Earnings Report Shows Large Annual Rise
New York March 7 The E I du Pont de Nemour Powder Company reported total earnings of 57 340 753 for the year ending December 31 1915 an increase of 53 257 405 from the prior year The company held a dividend balance of 55 042 275 equal to 9 2 10 percent on 55 854 200 outstanding shares The firm also declared an extra dividend of 22 46 percent with 19 percent paid in Anglo French bonds totaling 16 000 000.
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New York
E. L du Pont de Nemour Powder Company
EL du Pont Company
Heavy vote cast in Seattle mayoral race today
Seattle voters face a municipal election with major battles for mayor between incumbent Hiram C. Gill and former Chief of Police Austin E. Griffiths, plus contests for corporation counsel and other city offices. Heavy campaigning and bitterness mark the mayoral race while results suggest a close council contest and broad leads for several incumbents.
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Seattle
Hiram C. Gill
Austin E. Griffiths
Janes ©. Bradford
Hugh M. Caldwell
Gill
Harry Carroll
Ed. L. Terry
Treasuryship
W. C. Hyatt
Fitzgerald
Casa
Battleships Alabama Ohio and Georgia to be retired
Three battleships will be stricken from the navy roster and likely serve as training ships for the naval reserve. The Alabama Ohio and Georgia will have crews and officers transferred to other units of the fleet. The announcement was made from Philadelphia on March 7.
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Philadelphia
Alabama
Ohio
Georgia
Navy
Naval Reserve
Uncle Sam
Tenfold tax on absent Belgians rescinded
Paris March 7. Advices say General Von Bissing the Belgian governor has decided to suspend the tenfold tax on absentee Belgians imposed a year ago. Dispatch from Harrein to Matin reports the measure.
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Paris
von Bissing
Belgium
Anchorage Labor Men to Return to Work
At a 4 special Anchorage meeting, about one thousand to six voted to defer the general strike while awaiting a Washington commission report. The proposed wage scale would date from when workers resume. Lieut Mears reports work will restart under stated conditions, with 400 men added within ten days as weather allows, and track laying in the yards restated.
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Anchorage
F. A. Mears
Alaska Railroad Commission
Alaska Labor Union
Special Commission
Washington
Seattle
Lieut. Mears
Further Gains Made Around French Forts
Military dispatches report continued artillery superiority as German forces assemble a varied battery from small field pieces to siege howitzers around key French fortifications. The clash marks the greatest artillery contest of the war with both sides exploiting rapid fire and heavy siege capability.
Generals Reported Killed Near Verdun Front
Copenhagen dispatch reports five top German generals killed in ongoing Verdun battle per a Berlin special. The news cites near front combat losses as the conflict continues.
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Copenhagen
Verdun
Berlin
Barnes to launch swing through states against Roosevelt
New York correspondent reports William Barnes will begin a tour aimed at uniting old Republican power against Theodore Roosevelt. The plan follows recent Massachusetts coalition moves to back Roosevelt delegates. Barnes seeks to shore up Taft support, visiting Central West leaders and demanding no 1912 Taft voters become delegates in June.
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New York
William Barnes
Cirie
Theodore Roosevelt
Barnes
Bird
Taft
Verdun Battles Deepen Across Meuse Front
War officials report German advance near Verdun and Meuse with violent bombardment and seizure of Hill No 265 near Regneville. Armies pound the fortress area with heavy guns as fighting spreads along the western bank toward Douaumont and Forges, intensifying the Verdun crisis.
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Regneville
Verdon
Germany
Supreme Court Upholds Washington and Florida Stamp Laws
The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of both the Washington and Florida trading stamp laws. The decision, reported from Washington, clarifies the legality of state regulations governing promotional stamp programs.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Todce
Florida
Irish Baby Week Proposed Across United States
Washington notes a proposal to observe a week including St Patrick's Day as Irish Baby Week to promote child welfare. The idea has the approval of the Marchioness of Aberdeen, wife of a former Governor General of Canada and former viceroy of Ireland, in a letter to Charles McCarthy of the assistant secretary of Mary.
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Washington
St. Patrick's Day
United States
Marchioness of
Aberdeen
Canada
Ireland
Chas. McCarthy
Mary
Farragut Sails Tonight With 300 Passengers
Seattle March 7 The Admiral Farragut will sail before midnight for the north with over 300 passengers aboard including 100 bound for the cannery at Hoona l.
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Seattle
Admiral Farragut
North
Hoonal
Bombardment Hits Metz Station and Gas Tank
French air squadron attacked Metz outskirts last night, bombing the railway station and a gas tank. A great fire was reported by the War Office, with 45 projectiles used, some large calibre.
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Paris
Metz
War Office
Fire saves seven in Indianapolis baby boarding house
A fire at Miss Grace Reed’s baby boarding house in Indianapolis forced two women to drop six babies and a four year old boy from a second story window to bystanders including Miss May Gresh. All escaped to safety as rescuers aided their climb to safety.
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Indianapolis
Grace Reed
May Gresh
Gifts For Hospital Beds In Red Cross Campaign
The New York Red Cross chapter announced it has received 36000 toward equipping three base hospitals of 500 beds each as part of the preparedness drive. A 10000 contribution was received today from Jacob Schiff.
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New York
The
Red Cross
Threebase
Jacob” Hy Schiff
German Raiders Now On Pacific Threaten Pacific Routes
Honolulu March 7 British shipping in the Pacific is endangered by the possible presence of German raiders. The Niagara reports officials aboard admitted the warning from the Admiralty in London to maintain vigilance for multiple raiders.
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Honolulu
Pacific Inn
Niagara
Admiralty
Condon
House War Over Wilson Policy Sparks House Debate
Washington March 7 The opening of the session sees a heated House debate on the armed ship question. McLemore’s speech draws applause as talk centers on President Wilson's war stance. Votes show administration support as the resolution looks likely to be killed, with further submarine negotiations with Germany expected after the agitation ends.
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Washington
Pon
Representative McLemore
Ueontacte
Representative McLamore
Wilson
Agaiense
Tig McLemora
House
Gore
Senate
Congresa
Lansing
Germany
New Alaska Roads Are Needed Says Gen Hugh Scott
Washington March 7 Gen Hugh I Scott acting Secretary of War urges 600000 for Alaska military roads and trails in the north He calls for the Valdes Fairbanks and Raby Long Creek routes to be made passable from end to end to aid public service and local development.
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Alaska
Hugh Scott
Washington
Hugh I. Scott
Valdes-Fairbanks
Raby-Long Creek
Pasantle
Neable
Gales on the Coast Drown Two Sailors in Sea Alert
San Francisco March 7. Gales swept the coast yesterday afternoon and evening. Two sailors were washed overboard on coastwise vessels and drowned. Mrs Carrie Mitler of Point Areas died aboard the steamship Sem Foam when a great wave broke on the deck.
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San Francisco
Carrie Mitler
Point Areas
Stock Quotations From New York Market
Stock quotations from New York show Chino at 57 1/2 cents, Butte and Superior at 87 cents, Ray at 24 1/4, Utah Copper at 64 1/2 cents, and copper metal priced at 25 cents.
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New York
Chino
Butte
Superior
Ray
Utah
Wife charged with manslaughter in Cleveland shooting
In Cleveland Ohio on March 7 1920 Patro lman William A Bitzer died from a bullet wound to the abdomen. His wife who was at his bedside at St Alexis hospital was arrested and charged with manslaughter. She was released on a $1000 bail.
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Cleveland, O
William A. Bitzer
St. Alexis's Hospital
Central Potroo Suitlonfl
Public Schools Reopen After Five Years Closed
Mexico City on March 7 reports public schools reopening after a five year closure. students ready to return despite long vacation, with many youngsters eager for normal classes and new routines.
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Mexico City
Elvan
Empire Printing Quotes Prices For Advertising Inserts
The Empire announces it can provide price quotes for printing services on request. Local business owners and organizations are invited to contact the Empire Printing office to receive detailed per unit costs, volume discounts, and turnaround options for newspaper inserts.
Russian Fleet Busy on Black Sea Coast
Petrograd dispatch reports the Russian Black Sea fleet extending westward past Trebizond and shelling Terma river mouth. Warships destroyed barricades and Turkish craft as Riskians allegedly sank thirty sailing vessels laden with war supplies. Trebizond’s civic population reportedly fled, and Turkish soldiers looted stores and horses causing terror. Russian actions toward the Caucasus remain cautious, with advances about 260 miles from the Bagdad railway south of Bitlis.
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Petrograd
Trebizond
Andvices
Caucatinian
Bagdad
Bitlin
Raselain
Women Sentenced for Urging Enlistment Opposition
London, March 7. Mrs Nellie Best, secretary of the Women’s Anti Conscriptionist League, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in Westminster Police Court for circulating literature urging Englishmen not to enlist. She said she was defended by the Lord and claimed she kept hundreds of ladies from joining the war trade. An appeal plea was made by a clergyman.
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London
Nellie Best
Women’s Anti Conscriptionist League
Westminister
Mra
Bust
Mra. Bust
Turkish Troops at Smyrna Revolt Reported
London March 7. Shared dispatches from Saloniki say Turkish troops in Smyrna have revolted and several German officers are reported killed. The item notes the revolt occurred this afternoon.
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Smyrna
London
Om Divpmtoh
Saloniki
Austrian's Sentence Commuted by Wilson
President Wilson commuted the ten year federal sentence of Giles Ignoffo from January 1910, for mail fraud in a Toledo case. With food times allowance, the term would have ended in October.
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Washington
Witton
Gilescppe
Ignoffo
Toledo
Ohio
Trial of Osborne Opens in New York Supreme Court
Telegraphic world briefs report notable events including the trial of Thomas Mott Osborne former warden of Sing Sing on neglect of duty charges opening in the New York supreme court March date noted. Other items mention James Treadwell of Treadwell mines death in Tacoma F H Brownell elected Tacoma Smelting Co president, Henry Ford Peace Club formed in Seattle, and Canadian Northwest Mounted Police arrival with telegrams from Dawnen and Stefans work.
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White Plains
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Supreme Omirt
Tacoma
F. H. Brownell
Tacoma Smelting Co
W. R K. Rust
Brownell
Rockefaller
Northwest
Charges filed for New York Cotton Exchange probe
Washington March 7 Congressmen from Southern states plan an inquiry into the New York Cotton Exchange detailing alleged manipulation to depress cotton prices. A resolution cites the charges and calls for investigation into the exchange and its methods.
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NEW York Cotton Exchange
Washington
Marcy
Diaz soldiers defeated in first battle near Oapaca
Mexico City March 7. Caranza officials announced that Felix Diaz troops were decisively beaten in a battle around Oakaca. Diaz forces routed and retreating in great disorder amid reports of heavy losses and confusion.
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Mexico City
Car- Tanza
Felix Diaz
Oakaca
English Lord Northcliffe Reports Verdun Fighting Optimistic
Lord Northcliffe writes in The Times on Verdun saying the conflict has not yet peaked and Germans may suffer greater losses. He minimizes French losses while warning Germans face heavy casualties, estimating about 100000 men as the German lesson.
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London
Verdun
Lord Northcliffe
Principe de Austrias Sinks Offshore
Five hundred feared dead after the Spanish steamer Principe de Austrias struck a reef off San Sebastian and sank rapidly. Only a few lifeboats were launched as passengers vanished beneath the waves. Charles Tredek, reported as the new American consul to Santos, was among the claimed survivors.
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Rio Janerio
Principe de Austrias
Am Érican
Santos
Charles Tredek
San Sebastian
Toledo Brewery to insure bar keepers via beer tax
In Toledo Ohio on March 7 saloonkeepers face difficulty securing life insurance. James E Pilliod of the Huebner Toledo Breweries plans to add one cent per barrel of beer sold to fund an insurance pool. With 140000 barrels sold annually this could raise 2800 dollars for insurers. He notes an average of two saloon keeper deaths per year.
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Toledo
James E. Pilliod
Huebner-Toledo’ Breweries Company
Pullod
Ms Company
Airplane alarm over grain elevators in Superior
At dawn an aeroplane circled for half an hour above millions of bushels of wheat stored at docks guarded by watchmen in Superior. The plane, seen near the St Louis River, drifted toward the Minnesota Steel Company plant new in appearance. An agroplane had earlier landed near a Washburn station by a powder plant.
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Superior
Wis
Alliex
Minnesota Steel Company
St. Louis
du Pont
Washburn
Worry Kills Man and Son in Bellfontaine Event
Worry over an anonymous letter today caused the deaths of Timothy Harris, 66, and his son Lee, 20, in Bellfontaine. Cory Mig fert and a neighbor reportedly received a scarred letter telling him to kill the elder Harris. Authorities are investigating the mysterious letter and motive.
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Bellfontaine
Timothy Harris
Lee
Cory Migfert
Tarrio
Harris
Niar
Trouble on the Sea Moves Soon Interceptions Expected
Advices from Scandinavia claim British and Russian forces will intercept German sailings to Sweden as soon as ice melts. Russian torpedo boats sighted off Oland near Sweden and several German submarines observed off Oxelö and south of Stockholm in the Baltic. A sea battle is expected soon but location remains unclear between the Baltic and the British coast.
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Washington
Oland
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Oxela
Baltic
Stockholm
Scandinavia
Revolution Threatened by French Canadians
Ottawa reports the French Canadian element faces open defiance toward the Dominion government. Bloodshed, law disobedience, nonparticipation in the national struggle, and refusal to recognize municipal obligations are feared. Ontario bi lingualists rise with the movement, with Quebec compatriots joining and revolution deemed possible.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
Free Aeroplane Training for Militia Officers
New York March 7. A course in aeroplane use for militia officers is offered in each of the forty eight states. The Aero Club of America will supply the training and $40 per officer will defray incidental expenses. Allan R Hawley, president of the Aero Club of America, sent the letter to state governors. An aeroplane company will contribute the training.
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New York
Allan R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
The
Aero Club
Lieut Berg Pleased Over Moewe Mission
In Norfolk on March 7 Lieut Berg expressed satisfaction over the days events. He had guided the British steamship Appam into port after it was captured by the German raiders at sea. He claimed the Moewe reached Wilhelmshaven safely and dodged English forces, doubting earlier reports of capture and mocking the blockade as weak.
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Norfolk
Lieut
Berg
Appam
Nto Port
High Sea
Moewe
Wilhelmshaven
Eng
Steamer Movements and Mail Information
North bound steamer updates show the Al-Ki not yet reporting from Ketchikan but slated to arrive from the south tomorrow evening. The Princess May misses Ketchikan and won’t reach Juneau from the south before tomorrow morning. For sailings, the Admiral Farragut departs Seattle tonight, Humboldt calls from Seattle Saturday night, Jefferson and Tid Northwestern 9 scheduled from Seattle Thursday and Friday night respectively. The Admiral Watson sailed Seward south at 3 am yesterday and is due southbound Thursday, as is the Princess May. The Spokane will head south at 6 pm this evening.
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Al-Ki
Ketchikan
Princess May
Juneau
Admiral Farragut
Seattle
Humboldt
Jefferson
Tid Northwestern
Admiral Watson
Seward
Spokane
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Haven
Cording
Official Report
Weather Report
Seige Howitzers
Roosevelt
Meuse
Douaumont
Crown Prince'y Abldier
Forges
Lady Aberdeen
U. S
Farragut
Pacific
Black Sea
Oakland
James Treadwall
Tha B
Treadwell Mines
Alouks
Is Tend
Heart Failare
Henry Ford Peace Club No
Hugh Elmer. Brown
White Star
Stearnship Company
Dawnen
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police
Hornchell Fal An
Stefans Wor
London Times
Seys Germans
Toledo Brewery
Kais
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