Frye’s Captain Reports Sinking by Eitel Friedrich
Washington officials discuss the sinking of the William P. Frye with Count von Bernstorff who cites the London Declaration as the guide for prize disposition. Norfolk observers note a three stack cruiser offshore and Virginia Beach reports British cruisers with searchlights. Paris papers show keen interest, predicting the Frye incident may sway American views on German naval methods and responses from France and England.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
William P. Frye
Thierichens
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
London
Norfolk
Cape Henry
Virginia Beach
Paris
France
England
Frye captain briefs state department on ship loss
Captain I H Kiehne presented the full account of the William P Fyfe sinking by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich to state department officials in Washington. Officials plan to seek Germanys regret and payment for cargo and ship while delaying decisions on internment for about three weeks.
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Washington
William P. Fyfe
South Atlantic
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Frye
I. H. Kiehne
Kiehne
State Department
United States
Germany
Peters
Treasury Department
Bryan Ane
Lansing
Advisory Neutrality Board
Newport News
Crowds Fill Mobile Cathedral For Mission Sermons
Vast throngs attend a mission at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile. Father Finnerty speaks on The Sacrifice of the Mass, tracing sacrifice from paganism to the Cross and urging devotion during holy hours and Sunday masses.
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Mobile
Finnerty
Clark
Hirh
Ile
Father Finnerty
Israel
Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
Calvary
Secretary McAdoo Doing Well After Appendicitis Operation
Washington dispatch reports Secretary McAdoo is doing well after an appendicitis operation yesterday. Physicians say he had a fairly good night with no complications and conditions are satisfactory.
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Washington
McAdoo
No Foreigners Safe in Mexico City Amid Anxious Reports
Washington reports continued anxiety over American safety in Mexico City as Zapata forces occupy the capital. Officials fear foreigners may be at risk after the killing of American dairy owner John B. McManus, with General Salazar expected to punish the guilty and offer reparations.
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Washington
Mexico City
Zapata
Ofohn B. McManus
Salazar
McManus Sister Announces Mexico City Property Value
In Chicago on March 13, Miss Elizabeth McManus, a Chicago public school teacher, said brother John B. McManus owns property in Mexico City valued at $200,000. McManus went to Mexico in 1896.
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Chicago
John B. McManus
Mexico City
Elizabeth McManus
McManus
Mexico
Robbery on Telegraph Road Leaves Garage Owner Injured
W. B. Cates proprietor of a 306 St Michael street garage says he was held up Friday night on the Telegraph road near Prichard. After a fight he was cut and robbed of 86 dollars and a gold scarf pin. He received medical attention at Dr. E W Cawthon's Plateau home. Police describe two African American assailants and investigate the crime.
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W. B. Cates
St. Michael Street
Holcombe
Telegraph Road
Prichard
E. W. Cawthon
Plateau
Bayano Wreck Survivors Plucked After Torpedo Sinking
The British auxiliary cruiser Tara landed six Bayano survivors at Stranraer Scotland. The admiralty reports wreckage and bodies found on March eleven suggesting enemy torpedo attack. Eight officers and eighteen men were rescued while remaining crew may be lost. The Castlereagh captain sighted wreckage and life belts, but pursuit was hindered by rough conditions.
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London
Tara
Stranraer
Scotland
Admiralty
Belfast
Castlereagh
Count Witte Dead First Russian Premier
London March 13 Count Sergius Julovich Witte Russia's first prime minister died last night. Born June 29, 1849 at Tiflis he helped end the Russo Japanese War at Portsmouth in 1905 and later became premier before resigning in 1905. He was famed for railways manufacturing and a gold standard policy.
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London
Sergius Julovich Witte
Russia
Petrograd
Reuter
Count Witte
Tiflis
Portsmouth
N. H
Romanoff
University of Odessa
Witte
Jle
Fadieff
Alexander III
Siberian
Pacific
France
Manchuria
Tran
Paris
Roosevelt
Nicholas
Japan
Council of Ministers
Poland
Japanese Squadron Sailed for China With 30000 Soldiers
Peking dispatch reports the second Japanese squadron convoying two divisions totaling about 30,000 troops has sailed for China. The move follows prior Japanese deployment during rising tensions with Chinese forces.
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China
Peking
Weather forecast snippets for multiple regions
General forecast notes show fair conditions with minimal temperature change. Alabama expects fair skies tonight and Sunday with gentle northeast winds. Michigan IPPI area reports fair weather tonight and day with light northerly winds.
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Mobile
Alabama
Byllesby backs Mobile port for steamship line plans
H M Byllesby of Chicago says Mobile is best gulf port to host a steamship line and will compete with New Orleans for exports. His firm plans a Seeberg Steamship Line reorganization with capital possibly rising to 1.5 million, as Jackson and Dr H T Inge guide the venture.
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Mobile
H. M. Byllesby
Chicago
Lll
Byllesby. & Co
Associated Companies
United States
Mobile Electric Company
Byllesby
Byllesby Company
Seeberg
Orleans
Mr. Byllesby
New Orleans
Theodore K. Jackson
H. T. Inge
Seeberg Steamship Line
Jackson
Gulf
South Atlantic
Saturday Market Prices and Receipts Summary
Market notes show steady middling prices around 8.06 to 8.69 with 200 bales sold. Receipts and exports figures are listed for the day and week, with totals since August, including stock on hand and sales data.
Nervous New Orleans cotton market opens lower after brief rise
The cotton market in New Orleans showed nervous, unsettled trading with prices opening 1 to 2 points higher then dipping 1 to 2 points within half an hour. Cotton futures closed steady with a net advance of 2 to 3 points, with quotes for March May October December listed at 8.34 8.55 9.04 9.20 to 4.87 8.57 9.08 9.25 respectively.
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Lotton
New ‘Orleans
New York
Liverpool
Nesle
New York Cotton Opens Steady Wins After Liverpool Lift
Cotton futures opened steady with a 3 to 6 point advance on firmer Liverpool cables then retreated as profit taking grew. Buyers with Liverpool ties supported declines, prices recovered later, and overall activity showed renewed investment demand with modest gains from the session lows.
Spot Cotton Prices Ease in Liverpool Market
Liverpool reports cot ton prices softening with good middling 5.44d and lower grades down to 4.72d. Sales reach 4,000 bales, with 500 bales traded for speculation and export and receipts at 27,000 bales. Futures close steady with key contracts around 5.92 to 5.37.
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Liverpool
Captured Crews Say Prisoner Conditions Poor
Crews from four ships sunk by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich report mixed German treatment but condemn overall prisoner conditions. Officers from the Floride Pierre Loti Jacobsen and Isabel Browne describe foul food, salty water, overcrowded holds, and exposure in tropics and freezing in the north. They await transport to France with French consul aid aboard the ship Lag.
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New York
France
Tropics
Floride
Pierre Loti
Jacobsen
Isabel Browne
Thaw Acquitted by Jury in New York Conspiracy Case
Harry K. Thaw and four co defendants are acquitted of criminal conspiracy charges linked to the Matteawan escape of 1913. The verdict left Thaw’s fate unsettled with later motions possible and jurors reported as sleepy and exhausted after a long deliberation.
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Harry Thaw
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawanh
Thaw
H. K. Thaw
Allied fleets resume bombardment of the Dardanelles
Paris reports French and British battleships renew bombardment of the Dardanelles as mine sweepers persist in clearing mine fields. Officials note forts and coast batteries remain to be reduced and forecast entry into the Sea of Marmora within a fortnight if land forces advance.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Athens
Mafin
Sea of Marmora
Journal
Carden
Ministry of Marine
Bulair
Gallipoli
Gulf of Saros
Bay of Morto
Llth
Bay of Mort
Turpentine Firms Report Receipts and Stock in Savannah
Naval Stores report from Savannah on March 13 shows turpentine receipts at 84 casks with 80 casks in stock and 31 024 casks total. Rosin firm declares 738 bar rels receipts with 112 412 bar rels stock and quotes $2.90 to $3.02 1 2 for grades D through H.
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Savannah
Rortae
Persian Describes Horrors of Flight from Urumia Invasion
Persian physician Dr. A D Yuseff reported a refugee nightmare from the Kurdish invasion of Urumia, Northern Persia. He said 50 000 Christians fled on foot to Russia, with 15 000 under American mission protection in Urumia and 20 000 in Tabriz, while thousands elsewhere faced massacre and privation. The exodus included women and children trudging through mud and mountains as Russian and Christian forces clashed with Kurds bearing a holy war banner. The Yuseffs later reached Petrograd and then New York after medical studies in Persia and in the United States.
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New York
A. D. Yuseff
Uramia
Persia
Yuseff
Russia
Urumia
Tabriz
Yueff
Kurdistan Mountains
Fle
Morelia
Khoi
Julfa
Petrograd
Big Battles Rise in East and West as War Intensifies
reports from Rome and London indicate Italy seeks no territorial concessions with Austria while battles surge in Przasnysz and around La Bassee. Allied fleets press Dardanelles as heavy troop movements and harsh weather affect land operations across Europe.
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London
Przasnysz
la Bassee
Dardanelles
France
North Africa
Constantinople
la Based
Ypres
Bordeaux to become port of entry for French steamers
Condensed telegrams report Bordeaux will open as a port of entry for French steamers starting March 20, replacing Havre due to northern naval operations. Other items note the end of the $100 million gold pool stabilizing exchange, Brooklyn ordered to patrol Boston harbor, Kronprinzessin Cecelie interned in Boston, and various international incidents and deaths.
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Havre
New York
London
Daniels
Brooklyn
Boston Navy Yard
Kronprinzess
Cecelie
Boston
Martha
Frontera
Farm Land
United States Commission On Industrial Relations
Dallas
Amsterdam
Official
Netherlands
Herbione Farrera
Monterey
Carranza
Galveston
Tenant
Spain
Honduras
Key West
General Carranza
Vera Cruz
Leopold Caspari
Peoples Bank of
James Eads How
von York City
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