Harpalyce Sinks in North Sea Amid Relief Mission
The British steamship Harpalyce, first relief boat for Belgium relief, reportedly torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea off the Rotterdam area. The Dutch steamer Elizabeth rescued 22 crew members near a lightship. Constance Catherina saved five more, leaving 33 aboard with 26 feared lost.
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Caion News Service
Rotterdam
Harpalyce
New York
Commission For Relief of
Belgium
Elizabeth
Vorage
New- York
Sion
Duech
Constance Catherina
Nieuwe Water Reg
Ffty
Government railway plan vast project for Alaska route
President Wilson approves a route for a proposed government railway through Alaska. The project mirrors the transcontinental line in size and ambition, aiming to open vast virgin resources to settlers and provide a new outlet to seaboard markets and Pacific trade routes.
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Washington
British embargo order spurs unbending planning in aerial war
American merchants are asked by the state department to submit proofs that goods from Germany, in transit or awaiting shipment, were paid for before March 1. The British embassy promises goods will not be interfered with if proof is shown. Germany insists indemnity for the Frye claim, citing old Prussian-American treaties to justify detention or seizure under payment.
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Union News Service
Washington
State Department
Germany
America's Trade Balance Seen Strong Through War Years
Washington reports a favorable balance of about 600 million dollars for December through March. For the week ending April 3 the surplus stood at 21 million 621 thousand dollars, with the Commerce Secretary noting robust foreign trade and a strengthened international position due to exports, especially to Europe.
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Washington
America
Wilson
Redfield
Europe
Conditions Bad in Turkey Reported by Missionaries
Reports from eastern Turkish cities describe unsanitary conditions. The American Board of Foreign Missions operates hospitals there and says typhus and typhoid fever are raging. Physicians missionaries and nurses have contracted the contagion and many hospitals and schools have closed. Sick soldiers are said to be toppling over like tenpins.
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Turkey
New York
American Board of Foreign Missions
Lincoln Commercial Club Publishes Omaha Lincoln Denver Highway Map
The good roads committee plans to print a map showing the Omaha Lincoln Denver highway and all roads centering in Lincoln. It will be distributed to hotels garages and touring bureaus along major tourist routes including Omaha and Denver, and the Nebraska cross country route via Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Neb
Omaha-Lincoln
Denver
Good Roads Committee
Lincoln Commercial Club
Omaha
Nebraska
German Cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm Reaches Newport News Port
The Kronprinz Wilhelm, once feared raider of the South Atlantic, docked at Newport News Virginia on Sunday seeking fuel and supplies. The ship had evaded Allied warships for eight months and sunk fourteen merchantmen before slipping past four cruisers near the Virginia capes to seek refuge.
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Newport News
Kronprinz Wilhelm
South Atlantic
Virginia Capes
Italy Gaining In Military Strength
Rome reports Italy delays entering the war while officials say leaders seek peaceful options to satisfy the public. Meanwhile Mary grows stronger militarily and economically as the country postpones joining the conflict.
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Italy
Rome
Mary
Americans protest German arms shipment neutrality breach
General Carranza informed American Consul Silliman that a passenger train would be furnished to assist Americans wishing to leave Mexico. The plan included allowing a train from Vera Cruz to proceed to Ometusco to pick up evacuees. The move followed U S efforts to secure neutral control of the Mexico City Vera Cruz railroad.
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Union News Serv
Washington
Carranz
Silliman
Vera. Cruz
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Ometusco
Mexico City
United States
Kronprinz Wilhelm Might Be Interned For Repairs
The Kronprinz Wilhelm will not enter dry dock until Lieutenant Thierfelder submits a formal request to complete repairs. Newport News experts found the ship leaking and boilers in poor condition, signaling extensive work that could lead to internment.
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Newport News
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Thierfelder
Italians Push for Immediate War Entry Across Nation
Democratic radicals reformists socialists and nationalists held widespread meetings to urge Italy's immediate involvement in the war. Courriere d Italia calls the effort a warning to the monarchy and notes a resolution warning of a profound political upheaval if delays persist.
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Rome
Italy
Courierre d'Italia
National Party
Germany protests shipment of arms and food aid
The German embassy released a note to the United States complaining that no progress has been made by the Washington government in securing civilian foodstuffs for Germany. It also argues that continued arms shipments to the allies contradict the spirit of neutrality, though legal. The embassy said these issues have been pressed in recent diplomatic correspondence with the United States.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Plan Aerial Warfare Near Matamoras
Brownsville reports an aviator arrival at the Villa lines opposite Matamoras with news of more aeroplanes to come. American aviator Jack Knight, from El Paso, and Villa pilot Juan Garcia from Monterey say additional biplanes are en route but no arrival date is given.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoras
Carranza
Jack Knight
el Paso
Juan Garcia
Monterey
Knight
Garcia
German Cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich Interned at Norfolk Yard
The German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich was interned at Norfolk navy yard and will stay there for the duration of the European war. Tugboats and steamers sounded sirens in salute as she moved from Newport News to berth near the Constitution. Commander Thierichens signed an agreement with Rear Admiral Beatty not to violate American neutrality laws.
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Norfolk. Va
Prinz Fite
Friedrich
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hampton
Newport News
Constitution
Thierichens
Beatty
Washington Winter Wheat Condition April 1 Report
The Department of Agriculture reports winter wheat condition at eight point eight percent of normal on April 1, up from five point six percent last year and eighty seven point six percent of the ten year average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Nebraska National Guard strength reported at 1620
The Nebraska National Guard totals 1620 enlisted men according to a recently released federal inspection report. All but 62 were accounted for in the company inspections.
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N. N. G. Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska National Guard
St Louis Elects Entire Republican Aldermanic Ticket
St Louis Missouri returns a full 28 member Republican slate led by A H Frederick as chairman with an estimated 25 000 plurality. The vote outcome reshapes the city board and signals strong party support in the region.
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St. Louis
Republicam
A. H. Frederick
Trade shows mark improvement in U S business
National bank examiners report widespread improvement in most lines of business across the United States with eighty of ninety examiners noting permanent gains. Maine is cited as the only state experiencing real depression, according to Treasury Department published findings.
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Washington
National Bank
Treasury Department
United States
Maine
Largest collection of ancient Nebraska tools arrives at state museum
A huge set of eighty bone and moose scapula digging tools from Nebraska’s ancient river valley peoples has arrived at the University of Nebraska State Museum. Curator R F Gilder collected them during a decade of fieldwork and they will soon go on exhibit linking early farming to modern methods. In London, a pistol shot missed Sultan Hassan Kemal as a would be assassin fired at him at Abdin palace. The assailant was seized.
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State University Museum
Lincoln
Neb
State Museum
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Missouri River
R. F. Gilder
Omaha
London
Egypt
Hussein Kemal
Reuter
Cairo
Abdin Palace
Dardanelles Well Defended in Early Campaign
Turkish opinion holds that British and French efforts at the Dardanelles are meeting stiffer resistance than expected. Heavy bombardment on March 6 and 7 targeted defenses near Chanak Kalid Bahr, and attempts to clear a mined channel on March 10 and 11 failed, suggesting the waterway to Constantinople is better defended than authorities had assumed.
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Chanak Kailessi
Dardanelles
Kalid Bahr
Mediterranean
Constantinople
Wisconsin wins gymnastics. Nebraska leads wrestling at intercollegiate meet
The thirteenth annual wrestling and gymnastics meet of the Western Intercollegiate association at Lincoln's university gymnasium saw Wisconsin take first in all six gymnastics events while Nebraska secured top honors in wrestling. Minnesota's West was named the most proficient all around gymnast.
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Lincoln
Neb
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Minnesota
Western Intercollegiate Association
University Gymnasium
West
Wyoming rancher buys highest price for wool on the range
Rawlins Wyoming reports the top Wyoming wool price 30 cents a pound for an estimated 210000 pound clip from L E Vivian with sheep north of Rawlins. Buyers have been negotiating for days and expect higher prices as the shearing season nears.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming
L. E. Vivian
HK i
Bride Found Dead From Gas in Lincoln Home
Frank R. Gillen unlocked his Lincoln residence at 442 North Fourteenth Street to discover his bride of two weeks dead in her bedroom. The room contained gas that escaped from a single gas burner, and authorities believe she suffocated during a fainting spell, with her death having occurred several hours earlier.
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Lincoln, Neb
Frank R. Gillen
North Fourteenth Street
Nebraskan Appointed Bank Examiner
Jay D. Rising of the Commerce Trust Co Kansas City and formerly of the First National bank Rising City has been named chief bank examiner for the district He will lead fifteen national bank examiners overseeing about one hundred banks in the district
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Lincoln
Neb
Jay D. Rising
The
Commerce Trust Co
Kansas City
First National Bank of
Rising City
Rising
Butler County
Woman Escapes Knife After Mayr Remedy Claim
For years Mrs L H Jeffrey of Allen Nebraska suffered stomach derangements and gall stones. Her husband tried Mayr's Wonderful Remedy after consulting a Sioux City druggist. He reports the remedy passed gall stones and improved digestion with no distress after meals. The advertisement promises permanent relief for stomach liver and intestinal ailments with money back guarantee.
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L. H. Jeffrey
Allen, Neb
Jeffrey
Mayr
George H. Mayr
J. F. Myers
Book Street
Sioux City
Junk stealer’s horse draw noted in wagons of old days
A quip recalls how an old junk thief carried his loot with a distinctive horse drawn wagon pitch. The image evokes rural scenes and vintage scavenging methods from earlier times.
Cuticura Soap Baths Promote Comfort for Infants
Cuticura soap baths offer infants and children relief from sleepless skin troubles such as eczema rashes itching and chafings. They promise rest and speedy healing and are advertised as the best nursery and toilet item with free samples by mail upon request to Cuticura Dept XY Boston.
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Cuticura
Dept. XY
Boston
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Mowilst
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