Advantage With The Russians On Przasnysz Field
London reports seventy merchant vessels sunk by German submarines with forty six lost before the blockade and twenty four since. Forty seven fishing vessels also sunk in the new tally. Paris notes a lull on the front with artillery actions and gains at Les Esparges including more German machine guns and a stopped German attack at Le Pretre woods.
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London
Admiralty
Paris
Les Esparges
le Pretre
Kaiser's visit to Kohoresele amid Russian front line push
Petrograd dispatch notes the Kaiser traveled to Kohoresele to view troops marching to the front. Breezy weather hinders trench works while German forces, about 400000 strong, press a planned assault on the Russians. The Przasnysz fight centers on Zadwabno as a potential breakthrough could outflank Ossowetz and threaten rear units.
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Petrograd
Novoor Vremya
Kohoresele
Narew
Przasnysz
Zadwabno
Ossowetz
Russians Hold Strong at Przasnysz Front in Harsh Winter
From Petrogad dated March 13 reports say Russians enjoy a vast advantage in the plains around Przasnysz as German advance is hampered by severe cold. Fierce artillery fire continues along the front from Pohr to Vistula with clashes near Drobin and Simno and Russian cavalry said to operate behind German lines.
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Petrograd
Przasnysz
von Hindenburg
Pohr
Vistula
Sierpec
Drobin
Bodzanow
Simno
Mariampo-Augustawo
Augustowo
Lady Sitwell Sentenced to Three Months in Prison
Lady Ida Sitwell sister of Lord Londesborough was found guilty of conspiring to cheat Miss Beames Dobbs out of 30000 on two bills of exchange. she received a three month term in Millbank after a medical exam showed no organic illness, only a neurotic tendency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ida Sitwell
Lord Londesborough
Sargent
Academy
Ndlcney
Kustier Darling
Mies Beames Dobbs
Ida
Lady Ida
Jones Succeeds Tittman in Coast and Geodetic Survey
Washington March 13 Ernest Lester Jones deputy fish commissioner was named superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey replacing O H Tittman who resigned. Dr H F Moore of Pennsylvania in the fisheries bureau is appointed deputy commissioner and R L Faris named assistant superintendent in place of Frank W Perkins who also resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest Lester Jones
Coast and Geodetic Survey
O. H. Tittman
H. F. Moore
Pennsylvania
Fisheries Bureau
R. L. Faris
Frank W. Perkins
Atlanta Real Estate Salesman Commits Suicide in Park
William Sidney Holland a 50 year old Atlanta real estate salesman shot himself in Piedmont Park this afternoon. He is father of Harry Holland the baseball player with the Minneapolis team in the American Association. no motive is known.
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Atlanta, Ga
William Sidney Holland
Piedmont Park
Harry Holland
Minneapolis
Weather Forecast for Southern States
Fore cast reports fair conditions in Alabama and Mississippi for Sunday and Monday. Georgia will be partly cloudy with possible local showers in the southern portion. Florida may see local rains on Sunday with Monday turning fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Born Blind Woman Regains Sight at 21 in Marblehead
Miss Maud Lincoln, born blind, suddenly regains perfect sight at age 21 without medical aid. She says washing dishes triggered the sensory shock, followed by illness then recovery, with no pain and clear vision. The miracle is described in her own account from Marblehead, Massachusetts.
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Marblehead
Mass
Maud Lincoln
Miss Lincoin
German Ardor Cooling in East Prussia and Galicia
March 13 dispatch reports a rapid cooling of German offensives in East Prussia and Galicia. German attacks toward Milana Ossowetz and Ko zijewki Rabe fail against determined Russian defense. Cossacks trap three German hussar squadrons on the Dneister with ten officers and twenty five men captured.
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Petrograd
Milana
Germany
Sualki
Ossowetz
Poland
Koziewki and
Rabe
Galicia
Dneister
Turks Talk of Depositing Sultan
Persistent rumors of the deposition of the sultan swirl in Constantinople as banks move bullion and papers to Brussa. The cabinet rejects a plan to save German cruisers Goeben and Breslau by rushing them to Constanza. If the Allied fleet nears the Golden Horn, the ships will be sunk at their moorings. The first expeditionary detachment is said to have landed on the Asiatic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atihiens
Imperial Ottoman Bank
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Orient Bank
Brussa
Goeben
Breslau
Constanza
Golden Horn
Asiatic
Turkey
Powdery scab germ threatens Georgia potatoes
The powdery scab fungus found in New York and Maine potato fields risks large losses in Georgia unless growers exclude the germ. Georgia relies on seed from those sections and officials warn against using uncertified stock or seed labeled for table use only to avoid possible quarantine. The disease, likely from Europe or Canada, damages skin and yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
New York
Maine
Georgia
E. Lee Worsham
Horticultural Board
Washington
Two Spaniards and an American Freed at Piedras Negras Jail
The release was announced Saturday by American Vice Consul William P. Blocker. Flax prices surged on the Duluth board as cash and May delivery climbed to 2.01 and 2.02 dollars. Dewey Henderson, 15, died in Atlanta court proceedings. Leonard D. Chandler, linked to Kit Carson, died at his Connecticut home. Missouri law on compulsory education, signed by Gov. Ferguson, takes effect September 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Corsul
William P. Blocker
Duluth
Fain Ferguson
First Victims Of Federal Drug Law Die In Mobile
The Mobile area reports the first deaths under the new federal drug law, with Mary Hirown Steele and her son Jesse Stone Steele dying at the city hospital last week. Fifteen to twenty more distressed drug users are being treated by Sisters at the institution as officials foresee more cases. Women form most cases, often white, while police note many jailed addicts are moderate users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motile
Mary Hirown Steele
Jesse Stone Steele
Crenshaw
W. B. Minden
Mobile
U S Merchant Marine eyed in outlook on trade rivals
London reports Sydney Brooks in the Outlook argues the United States faces peculiar hurdles in building a strong merchant marine. He notes protectionist effects on shipowners, high wage standards, and reliance on subsidies, but predicts America will revive its fleet and resume rivalries with Britain in ocean carriage.
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London
Sydney Brooks
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Rockefeller family returns home for bereavement
John D. Rockefeller and his son arrived at their Tarrytown residence, and a simple funeral for Mrs. Rockefeller was announced for tomorrow at 2 30 p.m. at the home with immediate family. The Rev Dr Woelxin will officiate and music will be provided by the Baptist church quartet. Her body will rest in Sleepy Hollow vault before burial in Lakeview cemetery Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
Wreckage of Two German Planes Found
Wreckage of two German water planes found floating on the North Sea off Esbjerg. The crash site lies a considerable distance from land. airmen aboard are believed rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Esberg
North Sea
British Advance Near Neuve Chapelle Estimation
Paris dispatch reports the British advance near Neuve Chapelle at about four miles with German forces pushed back beyond the forest. It notes the advance includes several forward movements since the onset of activity at the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Neuve Chapelle
Bethanne
Evear
Mexico City turmoil in crisis over US citizens killed
Washington reports fresh twists in the Mexican crisis as Spain seeks protection for nationals and Secretary Bryan presses Villa and Carranza to punish Mc Manus’s murder. The capital’s control shifts among Villa Zapata Obregon and Carranza with new assurances on travel and food supplies amid rising anti Spaniard sentiment.
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Washington
Spain
John K. McManus
Mexico City
United States
Bryan
Carothers
Villa
McManus
Zapata
State Department
Carranza
Mexico
Obregon
Department
Puebla
Vera Cruz
Zapatistas
Gutierrez
Aguas Calientes
Garza
Villa-Zapata-Garza
Zapatiats
Bhryan
Carranazao
Zapata E
Judge Lindsey Seeks Warrants Over Defamation Case
Denver March 13 Judge Zen HB Lindsey of the juvenile court asked warrants for the arrest of Dr Mary Bates of the Woman s Protective League EF K Whitehead state humane officer former Coroner Rollins and F L Rose attorney on a charge of conspiracy to defame his character. Attempts to bribe were charged against the Lindsey forces. The request follows the arrest of a messenger boy who carried mysterious currency packages to Representative W W Howlard author of anti Lindsey bills. Howland admits he led the investigating committee and was arrested this afternoon for perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Zen HB. Lindsey
Juvenile Court Today
Mary Bates
Woman's Protective League
Ef.k Whitehead
State Humane
Rollins
F. L. Rose
Lindsey
W. W. Howlard
Howland
Marriages Drop Reported by Mobile License Clerk
The Mobile probate court license clerk notes a sharp decline in marriage licenses issued. January saw 98 licenses, February 45, and by mid March only 22 had been issued to date.
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Probate Court of
Mobile
Divorcing Mrs Wheeler Cleared by Jury in New York Suit
A jury of young married men exonerated Mrs Claudia Camstedy Wheeler in the divorce suit filed by Albert Galkin Wheeler Jr. He accused her of improprieties with a man named Green in Brooklyn. Mrs Wheeler fainted on the witness stand while denying being in a room with Green in a green silk kimono or being in the bathroom splashing water on the co respondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Claudia
Camstedy Wheeler
Albert Galkin Wheeler, Jr
Green
Brookline
Wheeler
Jurors Find Harry Thaw Sane in Escape Verdict
New York jurors acquit Harry K Thaw and four alleged conspirators in the Mattewan asylum escape case after an eighteen hour deliberation. The panel ruled Thaw sane and remanded him to the Tombs with possible return to Manchester New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry K. Thaw
Mattewan Asylum
Thaw
Mattewan
Justice Page
Supreme Court
Manchester
N. H. Richard
Big Dick
Butler
Eugene Duffy
Thomas Flood
Richard
Roger) Thompson
Dowling
John D. Blackburn
Farry Thaw
Blackburn
Frederick T. Emmerich
New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
Railroad Earnings Reported for January 1915
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced that 175 principal steam railroads in the United States earned net operating revenue of 50,425,650 dollars in January 1915. Total operating revenue reached 213,942,072 dollars with expenses of 163,516,423 dollars, yielding a net revenue per mile of 221 dollars versus 227 dollars in January 1914.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Jaanuary
Edison Sees Germany Starving for Peace in War Talk
Thomas A. Edison at West Orange says no one should be insulted by drunken or crazy acts and predicts trouble with Germany after the sinking of the William P. Frye. He adds Germany must be starved into peace, and quips that if they are not crazy over in Europe he does not know what crazy men are.
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West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Germany
William P. Frye
Europe
Edison
Mobile hosts Byllesby to boost port and Seeberg Line
H. M. Byllesby of the United States urged Mobile leaders to back a million-dollar trading company linked to the Seeberg Steamship Line to expand Mobile into a world port. C. C. Levis outlined plans to target South American trade, with Mobile and Chicago operations and emphasis on Latin American markets via the Seeberg group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dagked
Great Syndicate
Mobile
H. M. Byllesby
United States
Seeberg Steamship Line
C. C. Levis
Chicago
Seeberg
South America
Harry T. Inge
South
Byllesby
Cawthon Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Byllesby
A. J. Parsons
John T. Cochrane
William H. Armbrecht
Col
Charles Keller
United States Engineering
Albert P. Bush
J. 8. Taylor
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Gregory L. Smith
Harry T. Ince
Bush
Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress
Mobile Electric Company
Seeberg Steamship Company
Southern
J. W. Hunter
Southern Railway
Hunter
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Italy Weighs Role in War Peace Talks Amid Austrian Pressure
Rome reports indicate German ambassador Von Buelow offered mediation if Italy backs German aims in the peace congress and votes with central powers. Italy denies negotiations, citing listening only to German proposals through Von Buelow. Austrian stance on Trieste remains firm. Public opinion splits as Italy faces pressure to join allies or Germany.
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Rome
von Buelow
Italy
Austria
Germany
Prince von Buelow
Trieste
Trent
Greece
Dardanelles
Turkey
Austria-Hungary
Hoboes to Vote on Millionaire Hobo Fortune
In St Louis, hoboes nationwide will vote by referendum on what James Facts How, the so called Millionaire Hobo, should do with 125000 bequeathed by his mother Eliza A How and the interest on another 125000 held in trust. How will consult his brothers before deciding and a St Louis meeting will choose delegates for a convention in Baltimore on April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svt
St. Louis
Association
The
Brotherhood
Baltimore
Edison Opens Factory to Make Benzol From Coal Gas
Thomas A. Edison announced the opening of a Johnstown Pennsylvania factory to manufacture benzol from coal gas a process new to the United States Carbolic acid and aniline dyes will be produced from benzol which previously came mainly from Germany The federal interior department researcher Dr Rittman had found a way to make benzol from petroleum and Secretary Lane said a firm will produce benzol by that method
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
New York
Thomas A. Edison
Johnstown
Germany
Rittman
Federal Interior Department
Lane
Savannah Man Held as Mississippi Bandit
Savannah Ga March 13 W J Grove Volunteer of America Worker in this city who came from New Orleans was arrested as a former Illinois Central conductor charged with holding up an Illinois Central train near Batesville Mississippi on July 4 1913 His accomplice P E Tabor is held in Huntsville Alabama awaiting capture Grove was indicted by a federal grand jury but escaped before trial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
W. J. Grove
Volunteer of America
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Illinios Central
Batesville
Miss
P. E. Tabor
Huntsville
Grove
Rowe
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Przasnysz Field
Lady Sitwell
E. L. Jones
Tittman
D Lincoln
East
U.S
U. S. Merchant Marine
Villa 10
U. S
Ben Lindsey
Claudiac Wheeler
Harry Thaw Sane
Commission
Thos. A. Edison
Bullesby Interests
Seeberg Steam
T. K. Jackson
Palmer Pillans
W. H. Armbrecht
Groncig J. Inge
Stewart LeBlanc
A. P. Bush
J. Hn Cochrane
A. L. Stay Pat J. Lyons
J. Howard Wilson
Smith
A. J
Laz Schwarz
EB. J., Buck
J. T. Schley
F. M. Inge
L. J. Davis
O. B. Clegg
James Gibboney
W. H. Monk, Jr. C
C. Levis
Byron J. Clingerman
H. F. Kerr
Charles D. Willoughby
C. B. Hervey
Hervey Hotel Company
Bo Th Singers
Rowley Orchestra
Parsons
President Jackson
Mobile Baseball Association
Hoboes
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