Assault on French Fortress Renewed as Germans Press Advance
Berlin reports say German troops cleared Douaumont and pushed west and south of the fortress while bombarding Verdun’s region. French officials say German attacks continued northeast of Verdun with heavy losses, and Portuguese flags rise on German ships at Mormugao with Germans interned at Panjim.
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Berlin
London
Douamont
Paris
Verdun
War Office
Vaux
Woevre
Malancourt
Haucourt
Lloyd’s
Bombay
Mormugao
Panjim
New Goa
Goa
India
Teuton
Viking Destroyer Blown Up by Mine Near February End
British destroyer Viking of the F class, built 1909 and displacing 1000 tons, was blown up by a mine on or about February 29. All officers and crew, about 70, were lost, per a letter to the commander’s relatives. No prior confirmation of the loss had reached the war zone. The ship carried two 4 inch guns and two 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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New York
Viking
Thomas Christopher Williams
Mine field adrift near Sweden alarm via Stockholm dispatch
A Stockholm dispatch reports a drifting field of several hundred mines from Karls krona, likely adrift due to ice and wind. Explosions are occurring hourly and navigation near the Swedish islands is perilous according to the message.
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Sweden
London
Stockholm
Karlskrona
Sweep of Russian Armies Advances in Asia Minor
Russian forces push along three axes from Erzerum toward Trebizond Sivas and Bitlas with little Turkish resistance since Erzerum fell The advance is slowed only by rugged terrain and harsh weather Turkish fortifications at Sivas grow stronger as reinforcements stream in daily
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Petrograd
London
Asia Minor
Erzerum
Trebizond
Sivas
Bitlas
Berzerum
First Race Five Furlongs for Purse Two Hundred
Five races listed with purses of 200 and fields of four-year-olds and up in race one and various entries for races two through five. Horses include Meelicka J B Harrell Shrewsbury Bill Dickman Asparagus Sam Lady London Modesta Boy J W O Shea Cotton Top Coddling Margaret Mayme W Mordecai Milton Robbe Princess Cunard Deposit Saint Leo Examiner J G Sugg Spangle Duchess Little Gink Ola Charter.
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Meelicka
J. B. Harrell
Shrewsbury
Bill Dickman
Asparagus Sam
Lady London
Modesta Boy
J. W. O'Shea
Cotton Top
Coddling
Margaret
Mayme W
Mordecai
Milton Robbe
Princess Cunard
Deposit
Saint Leo
Examiner
J. G. Sugg
Spangle Duchess
Little Gink
Ola Charter
Aeroplanes to Attend Mobile Carnival and Emperor Felix III
Lieut Sauffley announces two hydro aeroplanes will visit Mobile for the carnival needing about 150 feet of beach space. The small river island landing from last year will be used again. Emperor Felix III will ride in a Napoleonic coach with two pages in front. A 150 man Fort Morgan artillery detachment joins parade and US troops will hold a prominent place. Governors visit and decorations planned for hotels and Dauphin Street merchants for Mardi Gras celebrations.
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Lieut. Sauffley
Hervey
Mobile Carnival Action
Ollinger & Bruce Dryj
Fe Arcity
Pensacola
Mobile
Felix
Felix III
Frank Parker
Edward Hughes
Fort Morgan
Emperor Felix
Fort
United States
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Washington
Co. B. Hervey
M. J. McDermott
A. L. Staples
J. Paul. Wilson
Carnival Association
Charles Henderson
Cawthon Hotel
Lyric Theatre
Mystics and the Elks
S. H. Peck
Battle House
C. B
White Star liners taking on armament
The White Star liner Canopic sailing today for Italian ports with three Americans in first class will take on armament when it reaches Gibraltar. The armament will be removed on the return trip. The order also includes the Crete, operating between Boston and Mediterranean ports.
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Washington
White Star
Canopic
Hich
Italian Po
Gibraltar
White Star Line
Cretic
Boston
Mediterranean
Watson Electrocution in Sing Sing Murders Wife
Ossining N Y March 3 Walter Watson of Brooklyn was electrocuted at Sing Sing this week for the murder of his wife a year ago.
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Watson
Ossining
N. Y
Walter Watson
Brooklyn
Sing-Sing
The Day in Congress Defeats Warning Legislation
A measure to warn Americans off armed ships failed, receiving 68 votes against and 14 in favor, amid congressional action on the defense policy.
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Bephdele
Constinince House
Alabama Power to Spend 100 Million on District Improvements
Alabama Power plans a decade of improvements totaling 100 million dollars in the Birmingham area. A new Coosa lock 12 power unit delivering 17 500 horsepower is planned. Piers and cranes will be built for heavy Louisville and Nashville Railroad traffic above the dam at a cost of 750 000 dollars. A steam electric plant on the Warrior is contemplated to provide an emergency station.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Power Company
Frank P. Glass
Birmingham News
Glass
New York
Lock 12
Coosa
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Alabama Powder Company
Warrior
Alabama
German Ship Delta Sunk by Mine Near Sound
The German steamer Delta from Apenrade Prussia is believed to have struck a German mine south of the sound and foundered. Wreckage from the Delta was washed ashore, according to Copenhagen dispatches to the Exchange Telegraph Company.
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London
Delta
Apenrade
Prussia
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Verdun War Crisis Deepens As German Offensives Resume
French and German forces clash near Verdun with renewed bombardments on La Mort Homme and attempted breakthroughs at Douaumont. British activity along the Ypres Comines front intensifies as artillery roars across Belgium and the Yser line amid ongoing maneuvering and local attacks.
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Verdun
Paris
la Mort Homme
Dead Man
Meuse
Douamont
Belgium
Ypres-Comines Canal
Yser
Baby Convulsions Drive Father to Seek Child's Death
Des Moines reports a Chicago doctor faced scrutiny after permitting a deformed infant's death. Laborer Charles Cleveland asked police how to kill his two month old daughter to end her suffering. The city physician found the baby convulsing and the mother hysterical, advising hospitalization.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harry Haiselden
Chicago
Bollinger
Charles Cleveland
Cleveland
Voters urge Congressman Oliver to back Wilson on preparedness
In Uniontown Alabama on March 3, ninety five percent signed a petition pressing Congressman W B Oliver to give wholehearted support to President Wilson in his campaign for preparedness and in the dispute with Germany. The message condemns Congressmen who fail to support the president.
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Uniontown
Ala
W B. Oliver
Wilson
Germany
Navy prize fund tops 30 million dollars for British sailors
London march 2. The naval prize fund from seized contraband goods, condemned by prize courts, now totals over 30 million dollars. The fund will be distributed among all men of the navy after the war.
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London
Americans Prepare to Build Nicarguan Road
Congress sanctions sale of San Juan del Sur wharf and adjacent land to American interests for a railroad from San Juan del Sur to Granada with a four year completion deadline.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Congress
Granada
Tennessee Republican Leaders Agree On Gore and Taylor for State Committee
Tennessee party leaders in Nashville reached a settlement by nominating John J. Gore of Gainesboro as committee man and J Will Taylor of Jacksboro as chairman. In Cleveland Ohio Louis Gianchetti was convicted of manslaughter for the death of Dolores Evang in a hotel.
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Nashville
Tenn
John J. Gore
Gainesboro
J. Will Taylor
Jacksboro
Bianchetti
Cleveland, CO
Louis Gianchetti
Dolores Evang
Diamond Thief Strikes Dreicer Co Jeweler New York
In Chicago a jeweler reports a $25,000 plus diamond theft at Dreicer Co. after a well dressed man viewed twelve rings over ten minutes. The suspect left dissatisfied then a tray with diamonds disappeared. Detectives link a known thief from East Coast photos to the case.
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Chicago
Dreicer & Co. Jewelers
Edward L. Smith
Smith
New York
College Girls Ride to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
A group of thirty Ward Belmon t College students from Nashville Tenn will arrive Friday afternoon at 4 38 and stay until Saturday morning en route to the Mardi Gras carnival in New Orleans They will be met at Mobile station by a delegation of young society people and escorted to the Cawthon Hotel where a dinner will be served at seven to follow with an informal hotel assembly room dance.
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Ward-Belmont College
Nashville
Tenn
New Orleans
Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Alabama Progressives Call State Convention May 17
The Alabama Progressive executive committee in Birmingham called a state convention for May 17 to elect national delegates and urged both Progressives and Republicans to nominate the same candidate for president. Jean Mounet-Sully, famed French tragedian and dean of the Comedie Francaise, dies at 75 in Paris.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Progressive Executive Committee
Mounet-Sully
Paris
Jean Mounet- Bully
Comedie Francaise
New Moon Guide to Air Raiders
London reports an English astronomer says air raids track the new moon, with attacks typically near moonrise. Key danger windows include late March to early July and late September to early December.
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NEW Moon Guide TO
AIR Raiders
London
Senate votes to table Gore motion amid submarine war debate
Washington says a 68 to 14 senate vote tabling Senator Gore’s resolution ends a wave of agitation over German submarine attacks. McCumber’s substitute defeated, Gore’s measure was tabled, White House calls outcome satisfactory and shifts focus to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Gore
Wilson
Germany
Ashurst
Bankhead
Beckham
Brandegee
Broussard
Burleigh
Chilton
Clark
Wyoming
Arkansas
Colt
Culberson
Curtis
Dillingham
du Pont
Fletcher
Harding
Hardwick
Hitchcock
Hollis
Hughes
Ae Johnson
Maine
South Dakota
Kern
Lane
Lee
Eae Lewis
Lodge
M . Martin
Martine
Myers
Nelson
Newlands
Oliver
Overmore Page
Phelan
Pittman
Poindexter
Pomerene
Ransdell
Reefroth
Sheppard
Shields
Chamberlain
O'Gorman
Sénate
H of Representatives
United States
McCumber
White House
House
German Vessel Waiting for Chance to Dash to Port
Captain Munkewitz of the Grayson reports off Cape Henry lights sighted east and west of the coast, signaling and vanishing. He suspects a German commerce raider or prize lurking near Newport News or Norfolk, avoiding detection amid heavy weather and clouds.
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New York
Cape Henry
Newport News
Norfolk
Munkewitz
Grayson
Porto Rico
Hampton Roads
Virginia
Cold Wave Forecast For Mobile Alabama
The Weather Bureau warns of a cold wave expected to lower temperatures to freezing or below by Friday night. Mobile and nearby areas face fair skies, then colder conditions tonight and Saturday with strong northwest winds and frost risk for crops along the coast.
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United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
Mobile
Alabama
Washington
Mississippi
Funeral Notice Henry Alexander 67 obituary
Funeral notice states Henry Alexander died Thursday evening March 2 1916 at 6 00 PM aged 67. Friends invited to funeral from Spring Hill avenue Florida street tomorrow Saturday morning at 10 30 oclock. Interment Magnolia Cemetery.
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Alexander
Henry Alexander
Spring Hill Avenue
Florida Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Lost items and pets reported in local notices
Multiple notices list a lost crank handle, a small white and black spotted dog with collar, a black muff, a bundle with initial D.F., a bird, and a brown cow with description. Locations include Knigh of Columbus Building, 00 South Royal St, American Laundry, 987 Government, Catherine St, and Dearborn. Rewards offer cash refunds for return.
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Knigh
Columbus
South Royal St
Phil
Heward
Anthony Street
German Kief Hall
Reif
George A. Potter
Tewere
Parkas
Government
Dearborn
Aes Merc Co
Laere
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Giuseppi Verdi
Tennessee
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