Verdun Front Attacked Again as War Rages
Paris reports renewed German assault on Verdun west of the Meuse with flamethrowers repulsed at Caurettes wood. Artillery duels continue east of the Meuse. German losses said to be heavy yesterday. Portuguese seize Kionga on border of German East Africa. Athens arrests after anti government cries during independence celebration.
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Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Caurettes Wood
Cumieres
War Office
Douamont-Vaux
Athens
E Havas
Espirini
Venizelos
Austria
Germany
Mobile county to issue injunctions against liquor sellers
Centreville lawyer J Fritz Thompson aids Mobile county in enforcing prohibition. Injunctions will be issued against every liquor seller with few drug stores exempt, and enforcement will be permanent. Thompson says Mobile officials are earnest and seek citizen cooperation to dry Mobile county, referencing past local prosecutions and the Murray case.
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Mobile County
J. Fritz Thompson
Fifth Judicial Circuit
N. R. Clarke
Thompson
Mobile
Clarke
Centreville
Ala
Alabama
Sheriff
Dallas County
Dallas
Willie Murray
Murray
Dutch Report Links Tubantia Torpedo Attack to Submarine
The Dutch shipping council reports that the Tubantia and Palembang were torpedoed without warning. Witnesses described a fast approaching water streak and metal fragments from a Schwartzkopf torpedo, with no other vessel nearby.
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Amsterdam
Dutch Shipping Council
Palembang
Tubantio
Schwartzkopf
Battle near Pasaje Durango leaves 70 bandits dead
Carranza garrison at Pasaje Durango repels Contra bandits in a five hour fight. Dozens killed on both sides, including a colonel and a captain. Juan La Madrid reportedly killed amid loot division dispute. Trejino organizes corn shipments to ease Torreon food shortage. supplies move toward Casas Grandes for expeditionary forces.
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Torreon
el Paso Junction
Texas
Carranza
Pasaje
Durango
Contreras
Ceniceros
Ee Caauto Reyes
Bel
Cael Reyes
Centceros
Juan la Madrid
Trejino
Colima
Jalisco
Carnage Persists as Verdu n Front Braces for Reinforcements
Paris reports the German push to retake ground won by the French along the Meuse near Le Mort Homme. French artillery and gas bombardment sow death as both sides renew assault in a two mile front between Douaumont and Vaux. The battle continues with heavy fighting, gas, and counter attacks.
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Verdun
Paris
le Mort Homme
The
Meuse
Continued
Laundry President Invites Tour of Plant by Chamber Group
J H Bancroft head of the American Laundry issues a special invitation for the public to visit his plant with the Chamber of Commerce committee Wednesday afternoon. Chairman Jos G Espalla urges a large crowd at the Cawthon Hotel at three oclock for the trip through the laundry.
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Committee of the Chamber of Commerce
J. H. Bancroft
American Laundry
Jos. G. Espalla
Cawthon Hotel
Politician Says Politics Overreach in U S Services
Henry White former ambassador to France told the Navy League convention in Washington on April 12 that the United States must curb political influence in selecting diplomats and in the armed forces to secure a rightful place among nations.
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Washington
United States
Henry White
France
the Navy League of the United States
Item to Publish Six Evenings a Week and Saturday Paper
The Item will publish a complete Saturday afternoon newspaper every Saturday beginning April 15, replacing the Sunday issue. The price remains 10 cents per week, matching six day afternoon papers elsewhere in the South. Readers will see more news and added features as the management aims for an evening paper representative of its area. Publisher offices are moving, with arrangements completed Wednesday.
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Item
With & Su
Germany says steamers sunk legally in war claims
Berlin reports the German reply to the American note on damage to five steamers. It states that the English man Eagle Point Manchester Enner and Berwindvale were destroyed by submarines and torpedoed legally according to war rules. Evidence is cited misidentification of the Sussex vessel as torpedoed nearby.
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Berlin
Englishman
Eagle Point
Manchester Eneer
Berwindvale
Sussex
Illinois primary yields for Sherman strong in GOP delegates
Chicago April 12 Returns from Illinois presidential preference primary show Senator Sherman winning 66 of 58 Republican national delegates. Two district delegates favored Roosevelt. Harlan defeated in unpledged at large race. Wilson led Democratic ballot. Thompson forces win 14 of 35 Chicago wards while Deneen Brundage split. Sullivan clique clears Democratic organization.
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Chicago
Illinois
Sherman
Col. Roosevelt
John M. Harlan
Wllson
Thompson
Deneen
Edward J. Brundage
Roger. C. Sullivan
Sullivan
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi shows fair nights and light south winds
The forecast for Alabama and Mississippi indicates fair conditions tonight and Thursday with light south winds. Washington on April 12 reports minimal temperature changes and pleasant conditions in the region.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Day in Congress Resumes Army Reorganization Debate
Congress opened at noon and resumed discussion on the army reorganization bill amid routine calendar business on a Wednesday. Lawmakers debated committee reports and considered amendments as the session continued.
Mobile Proclaims Municipal Holiday for Opening Day
Mayor Pat J. Lyons declares the afternoon of Friday April 14 1916 a municipal half holiday from 1 pm to support the Mobile Southern League baseball opening. He urges citizens to attend the opening game and help ensure the Mobile team’s success.
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Pmbile
Pat J. Lyons
Lyons
Baseball Association
Mobile
Alabama
Railway Official Nathan Heads Mobile Visit
Nathan, a passenger solicitor for the Southern Railway based in Washington D C, is in Mobile on business at the company's local offices and headquarters.
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Nathan
The
Southern Railway
Washington, D. C
Mobile
War at a Glance From Verdun To Saloniki Fronts
In Cauretteg Wood near the Meuse German assault on Verdun is said to be repulsed by French forces. Overnight near the Meuse little infantry fighting, artillery dominant. Reports praise German persistence while French sustain the battle with no fatigue. Greek frontier fighting has begun with heavy artillery actions and a possible fortified position captured by Germanic allies. British shipping losses from the Palembang and Tubantia sinks raise concern in England.
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Cauretteg
Meuse
Verdun
Paris
Saloniki
England
Palembang
Tubantia
Navy League hears warned on Japan fleet and policy shifts
Henry A Wise Wood warns that a Japanese fleet off California or near Mexico could force an abandonment of the Asiatic exclusion policy and threaten the Panama Canal. He argues the U S has no foreign policy and outlines power groupings including Germany and Russia as active threats. Admiral Fiske criticizes U S naval strategy as lacking a coherent method.
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Washington
California
Mexico
Henry A. Wise Wood
New York
Naval Advisory Board
Navy League of the United States
Mr. Wood
Germany
Japan
Russia
Wood
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Austria
Atlantic
Pacific
Panama Canal
Bradley A. Fiske
Convention of the
Navy
League of the United States
Fiske
Congress
British reply on seizure of enemy subjects out
Washington April 12 Great Britain’s note replying to the American protest against the seizure of thirty eight Austrians Germans and Turks from the American steamer China near Shanghai was made public today by the state department. It argues the seizure justified as the prisoners engaged in plots against Britain in the Far East and were attempting to return home to take up arms.
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Washington
Great Britain
China
Shanghai
State Department
Britain
Far East
Spain probes Santanderino sinking after four killed
Madrid reports Premier Count Romanones demanding a thorough inquiry into the torpedoing of the Spanish steamship Santanderino in the Bay of Biscay. He said he awaits full information before acting and has already sent preliminary instructions to the ambassador in Berlin.
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Spain
Madrid
Paris
Count Romanones
Santanderino
Bay of Biscay
Berlin
German submarine campaign shows growth in tonnage losses
Berlin reports that 81 000 tons of merchant ships of nations at war with Germany have been sunk since April 1, up from 20 000 in January 40 000 in February and 100 000 in March. The coverage notes the broader shipping crisis and rising sterling amid blockade talks.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Great Britain
Robert Patterson Houston
Liverpool
Kaiser Is Shocked as Shell Strikes Auto in Verdun
A Rome dispatch to the Daily Telegraph reports Emperor William II at Potsdam after a shell explosion at Verdun destroyed the imperial motor car and killed several officers. The German emperor was reportedly unhurt. The incident edition cites Swiss reports.
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London
Potsdam
Verdun
Rome
Daily Telegraph
William
Richard Harding Davis Dies at Home in Mount Kisco
Richard Harding Davis, noted author and war correspondent, died at his Mount Kisco home late last night from heart trouble. His body was found in his room, and funeral arrangements were to be announced.
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Richard Harding Davis
Mount Kisco
N. J
Du Pont Powder Plant Explodes Near Nemours
Three people are dead after a Du Pont Powder Company plant in Nemours Mercer County near Bluefield West Virginia exploded four times in the early hours. A workman and two children died in the ruin of their home as embers caused further blasts. Wires were torn and details are scarce from the remote site.
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Bluefield
W. Va
du Pont Powder Company
Nemours
Mercer County
Little Vilage
Marines Form First Anti-Aircraft Gun Company
Washington April 12 A unit of United States Marines trained in high altitude gunnery has been attached to the advance base brigade and will be known as the anti-aircraft gun company. It is described as the first aero-defense company organized in the Marine Corps. Newport News April 1 Twenty three crew members of the American steamer Gold Shell faced mutiny charges and were jailed briefly before proceeding to Pas-de-Calais.
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Washington
United States Marines
United States Marine Corps
United States
Newport News
Gold Shell
Pas Pere
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