Italy and Austria Still Negotiating Concessions
Rome reports official talks between Count Volpi and Kajetan Mere von Kapos Mere on whether Austria should concede territories to Italy before or after the war. The Vienna talks failed, and they moved to Rome to continue. Allied naval orders bar transport to the Austrian coast with ships carrying goods seized under the new Adriatic policy.
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Rome
Paris
Austria
Italy
Count Volpi
Turkey
Kajetan Mere von Kapos-Mere
Vienna
Adriatic
Ancona
Submarine Raids Result in British Losses
London report shows German submarine campaigns from March week ending the 17th sank eight British vessels totaling 22 826 tons out of 1 539 arrivals and sailings. Three torpedoed ships reached port. Since the war began 96 merchant and seven fishing vessels have been lost.
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London
Admiralty
Reinforcements at Smyrna Fortifications Increase
Paris reports important Turkish reinforcements reaching Smyrna fortifications. Crews repair forts damaged in the allied bombardment while Castraki remains intact. Mines planned near Clazomene west of Smyrna as searchlights sweep the gulf waters. Mine sweepers in the Dardanelles halted by shell fire from Turkish forts.
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Smyrna
Paris
iSmyrna
Mitylene
Castraki
Clazomene
Gulf
Havas
Athens
Dardanelles
Bombardment at Dardanelles Puts Constantinople Fate in Balance
London reports that six British and French battleships renew bombardments at the Dardanelles while the Russian Black Sea fleet presses near the Bosphorus. Turkish sources claim forts weathered twenty one days of attack as land support may be needed. Other fronts show no decisive action with Austrians and Russians trading attacks in the Carpathians.
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Dardanelles
London
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Admiralty
Bouvet
Berlin
Carpathians
Lupkow Pass
Vienna
Petrograd
Ossewetz
West Front
Finger Prints Tied to Sailor Examinations in Navy Law
Finger prints of every sailor in the American merchant marine are to be taken to determine qualification for listed able seamen and certified life boat men under the sea men's law. By July 1 about 30 600 men will undergo tests. Passers receive a card showing classification and a finger print used as identification by vessel masters.
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U. S
Washington
Ellen Heney Dies After Five-Story Plunge
Ellen Heney, editor of the Woman's Maza Line and Detroit publisher, writer of short stories, fell five stories to her death in New York while delirious from typhoid fever. Sister of W. W. Farley, the state excise commissioner, she was 32.
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Ellen Heney
New York
Woman’s
Maza- Line
Detroit
French Officials Duel Over National Business Fizzled in Park
In a park at a country home yesterday M. Chapron of the Marine department and Maurice Pol Roger, mayor of Spermey, dueled with swords over official business. Chapron sustained a wound to the left arm while Roger received a cut to the right wrist after a long and faulted sequence.
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Chien
Dies
Pig
M. Chapron
Department of the Marine
Maurice Pol Roger
Spermey
Chapron
Roger
News in Briefs from The Atlantic to Asia and Europe
Telegrams report March 13 about Ellis being boarded by a French cruiser between Sagua La Grande and Nuevistas, papers checked and allowed to proceed. Chinese merchants worldwide vow to boycott Japanese goods in response to patriotic appeals. Bayonne floated after grounding near Gibraltar. Austrian egg and milk ban curbs confectionery but allows exports to Germany. A wreck sighted 480 miles south of Cape Race by Champlain. Hearne acquitted of false statements to the banking department. U S eyes taking charge of German interests in Turkey if Constantinople falls. Austria tightens landstrum exemptions after rigid review. Aldao and Pearson named Argentina’s delegates to the Washington conference. John Hardie sails with grain for Rotterdam. Lassen Peak erupts for the eighty-first time. German war loan subscriptions top 1.5 billion marks. Hoffman House in New York closes to make way for a commercial building. A blizzard paralyzes Berlin and Prussia. Eliphalet Frazer Andrews dies at 60, former Corcoran School head. Karlsruhe believed sunk near West Indies in November per admiralty and unofficial reports.
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Omdel
Ellis
New York
Cuba
Sagua la Grande
Nuevistas
Panama
China
Bayonne
Venice
Gibralttar
Austria
Germany
Cape Race
Champlain
Bordeaux
W. D. Hearne
Bank of Pine Bluff
State Banking Department
Athens
United States
Turkey
Constantinople
Minister of the Interior
Landstrum
Ricardo Aldao
Samuel Hale Pearson
Argentina
Washington
Lassen
Hoffman House
Berlin
Prussia
Amsterdam
Kiel Canal
Eliphalet Frazer Andrews
White House
Martha Washington
Dolly Madison
Corcoran School of Art
West Indies
Argentine Dreadnaught Moreno Arrives for Ammunition in Philadelphia
The Argentine superdreadnaught Moreno is at the Philadelphia navy yard taking on ammunition after arriving from Camden. Her crew and transports Pampa and Chico ferried sailors to the ship, which will sail to San Francisco via the Panama Canal to participate in the Panama-Pacific pageant.
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Philadelphia
Moreno
Philadelphia Navy Yard
New York
Camden
Pampa
Chico
United States
San Francisco
Panama Canal
Self confessed killer denies deed in latest twist
James Mooney, 35, a chauffeur of 600 South Dearborn Street, walked into a police station and claimed he caused the death of Jack Laplang of New Iberia, Louisiana, while hoboing. He alternated stories, first saying the death happened in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, then Altoona, Pennsylvania, and later claimed he could prove he was in Chicago at the time. He is jailed as a dangerous and suspicious character.
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James Mooney
Dearborn Street
R. L. Dorson
Jack Laplang
New Iberia
Lapoat
Johnstown
Mooney
Laplang
New Orleans
Crenshaw
Altoona
Chicago
Saturday Markets Opening Cotton Market
Cotton futures opened steady in New York and New Orleans with May at 8.88 and 8.42 respectively. July and October prices were listed at 9.12 and 9.44 in New York, and 8.88 and 9.20 in New Orleans.
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New York
New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Advances Amid Census Record
New Orleans Cotton rose 4 to 6 points in early trading as census bureau data showed the latest harvest to be the largest on record and a weak Liverpool market pressured prices. Support came from buyers on the long side.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
Liverpool
New York Cotton Market Faces Steady Session After Lower Census Report
The census bureau shows 15 873 002 bales for the season excluding linters, smaller than expected. The New York market opened 1 point higher to 4 points lower, then steadied with a 6 to 8 point rally on local covering. Liverpool cables disappointed and sales fell, but outside trade remained light with no pressure despite Southern spot ease.
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New York
Census Bureau
Liverpool
Liverpool Cotton Market Report Steady Spot Prices Steady
Liverpool cotton closes steady with good middling at 5.59 and middling 5.25 as sales reach 4 000 bales. Receipts total 21 000 bales while futures drift with May-June 5.15 and January-February at 6.49.
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Liverpool
Bethlehem Steel Surges Again On Wall Street
Bethlehem Steel led early trading with about 15 000 shares, peaking at 68 a new high and an overnight gain of 412 points. Standard stocks rose generally over yesterday, with department store issues up 1 to 4 points and United States Steel showing large transactions with steady gains.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
United States Steel
Turpentine and Rosin Markets Reported in Savannah
Turpentine firm shows receipts of 13 casks and shipments of 34 casks with stock 29 715 casks. Rosin firm records receipts of 116 barrels and shipments of 169 barrels with stock 111 777 barrels. Market quotes list various grades with prices from 2.99 to 5.55.
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Savannah
D. FE
Vera Figner a Noted Russian Socialist Arrested Near Frontier
Vera Figner a leading Russian socialist at 74 was arrested at Ungheni near the Roumanian frontier. She had sought to return from Switzerland despite police surveillance after twenty years imprisoned for involvement in the plot against Tsar Alexander II.
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Vera Figner
Paris
Ungheni
Roumanian
Humanite
Switzerland
Schlosselburg Fortress
Alexander II
Boy Nabbed After Shoe Theft at City Store
Pheo Johnson, 17, was arrested Saturday at 7 30 by Officers New and Averyt for stealing a pair of shoes from Jack Tudor’s store on the corner of Dauphin and Dearborn streets. He was caught attempting to leave with the shoes under his arm.
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Pheo Johnson
New and Averyt
Jack Tudor
Dauphin
Dearborn Streets
Fire damages roof at 11 North Scott residence
A Saturday dawn fire damaged the roof of the dwelling at 11 North Scott, occupied by Mrs. M Campbell and attended by the Sisters of Charity. Firemen from hose companies Nos. 1 5 and 9 responded to the blaze.
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North Scott
M. Campbell
Sisters of Charity
Netherlands protest British blockade joins four nations
London dispatch says The Netherlands formally protests the British blockade of Germany, joining Denmark Norway and Sweden as the fourth state to condemn the Allied reprisal measures.
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London
Netherlands
Reuters
The
Hague
Great Britain
France
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Japan Scents Exaggeration in China Talks
Tokyo reports describe foreign dispatches about US warnings to Japan as exaggeration. US inquiry focused on minor points in Japanese demands during ongoing China talks. Root Takahira pact grants U S right to consult on Pacific status and China's independence and equality of opportunity.
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Japan
Tokio
United States
Foreign Office
Root-Takahira
Baron Takahira
Root
America
Pacific
China
Open Door principles tested by Japan on China
The Ecort and The Economist warn that Japan demands in China threaten China’s independence and Britain’s and Western interests. The Nation notes Japan edges toward suzerainty, risking China’s ability to borrow or appoint officials without foreign consent. The piece stresses Open Door and open port policies and calls on Washington and American diplomacy to moderate the crisis.
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Ecort
Japan
China
Manchester Guardian
Foreign Office
Economist
Yang-tse Kiang
Washington
Persia
Great
Britain
Russia
Unseasonable Winter Weather Hits Southern States
The snow line stretches into southern Mississippi with killing frosts and freezing temperatures from Texas to central Florida. Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia see frosts as March records for lows hold, delaying any warm-up despite the widespread chill.
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Washington
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Colonel House in Berlin for Possible Peace Mission
Colonel E M House, President Wilson's close adviser, reached Berlin from London and conferred with Ambassador Gerard. He will stay as the ambassador's guest, with general belief that he is working for peace.
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House
Wilson
Berlin
London
E. M. House
Gerard
Poland Reports Half Billion War Losses
Telegrams from Petrograd via Reuters dispatch state that Russian Poland suffered massive destruction from the German invasion. The report tallies 95 towns and larger villages destroyed and 4,500 small villages devastated, about 1,000 of which were burned.
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Poland
London
Petrograd
Reuter
Second Time Held Maracas Detained by British Naval Authorities
The Maracas operated by the New York Atlantic Steamship Company was taken into custody in Halifax after leaving New York February 22 for Rotterdam and Copenhagen with packing house products. She had previously been detained December and later allowed to proceed with cargo assurances not to ship to hostile nations.
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Bordon
New York Tran Atlantic Steamship Company
New York
Rotterdam
Copenhagen
Marine
Great Britain
Halifax
Genoa
State halts printing of item ads in Alabama court order
Judge Saffold Berney of the law and equity court enjoined the Mobile Item Company from printing any kind announcing ads. The injunction, sought by the state through Attorney General W. L. Martin, rests on the February 10, 1915 anti advertising act as a valid police power. The case will be appealed to the supreme court and the act is to take effect before June 30, 1915 alongside the new general prohibition law.
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Mobile
Saffold Berney
Law and Equity Court
Supreme Court
State of
Alabama
W. L. Martin
Safford Berney
Flag Presented to Russell School by Mobile Order
The Mobile Council No Junior Order of United American Mechanics presented a large American flag to E L Russell School during a packed Friday night event. Attorney Alex Harvard spoke, Miss Metta Thompson accepted the flag, and students performed patriotic songs before a brief address by E G Miller and a closing prayer led by Rev L F Grube.
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E. L. Russell
Mobile Council
Order of United American Mechanics
School Improvement Association
Alex Harvard
A. E. Reynolds
Harvard
Metta Thompson
Express rate case reopened by Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington March 20 Formal orders reopen the express rate case requested by four major express companies. Hearings will be scheduled later. Pending hearings no rate changes may be made.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Snow Falls in Meridian Damaging Crops
Three inches of snow covered Meridian Mississippi last night and melted quickly. Officials believe there was no significant crop damage despite the unusual weather.
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Meridian
Miss
Torpedo Boat Battles British Lapland Near Liverpool
A British Lapland passenger liner escorted by a destroyer fought a German submarine near Liverpool. The torpedo boat opened fire, a torpedo missed the Lapland, which sped to safety at full speed. On board were 161 passengers. two American twin boys, Harold and Howard Russel of Bridgeport Conn, were among steerage travelers who enlisted in the British army under false ages and were later released through the state department.
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New York
Jnboard
Lapland
Liverpool ‘Harbor
Liverpool
Harold and
Howard Russel
Bridgeport
London
State Department
Steamer Seizures Reach England as Passengers Report
Passengers from the Parima say the American steamer Lorenzo and the Norwegian Thor, seized by a British cruiser in West Indian waters while delivering supplies to the German raider Karlsruhe, sailed from St Lucia March 5 and 6 for England with British crews aboard and may have been sold by order of the prize court.
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New, York
Lorenzo
Thor
Karlsruhe
St. Lucia
England
West Indies
Crichton Baptists To Hold Revival Series
Beginning Monday a revival series will be held at Crichton Baptist church. Pastor Rev J D Wilks will be assisted by Rev W P Wilks of Cullom Ala. Prof J H Wienand will direct the music. The pastor and congregation anticipate a great success and invite all to attend.
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Crichton Baptist Church
J. D. Wilks
W.P. Wilks
Cullom
Ala
J. H. Wienand
Wilks
Mobile
Tabernacle Church
Miss Rae Tanzer Held for Further Hearing
Miss Rae Tanzer who sued James W. Osborne for alleged breach of promise appeared before U S Commissioner Houghton and was held in five thousand dollars bail for further hearing next Wednesday on a charge of using the mails to extort money.
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New York
Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
United States
Houghton
Weather Outlook for Mobile Alabama Mississippi
The forecast notes fair conditions tonight with heavy frost or freezing temperatures. Sunday should be fair in Mobile Alabama Mississippi with lingering frost in southern portions and variable conditions in the day.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Bomb drop near Deal as Dover Strait action resumes
London reports a Ge aeroplane dropped several bombs off Deal near the Dover Strait. Bombs landed in the sea and a patrol opened fire as ships re-entered the Straits. Action had paused due to weather after the Bouvet and ships Irresistible and Ocean were lost.
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London
Deal
Dover
Rce
Sinking of British and French ships blamed on torpedoes
Official Turkish statement issued from Constantinople via wireless to London says British and French warships were sunk by torpedoes. It claims a seven hour attack by Turkish forts caused the damage with no breach of fortifications and reports ships Irresistible Ocean Bouvet Dardanelles blown up by floating mines.
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Constantinople
London
Turk
Irresistible
Ocean
Allied fleet eyes wider Dardanelles push amid bombardment
Dispatches say the Allied fleet failed to fully extend its first attack on the Dardanelles begun Thursday. Two thousand shells were fired in six hours as Turkish batteries continued heavy fire. The British battle cruiser has been damaged after a mine hit. one officer warned of possible further action as Constantinople grows anxious.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Havas
Kalessi
Gays
Navela
Ible
Eye Witness Details Dardanelles Battle Amid Night Fire
An eyewitness reports the Dardanelles action near Tenedos Island with Turkish fort bombardment at Kilid Bahr and Chanak. Ships from British and French squadrons engaged, fires and explosions visible as bombardment continued into the afternoon and evening.
Interchurch Services Announced for City Churches
Beginning Monday evening a city wide two week series of services will be held by the First Christian First Baptist Odist and Presbyterian churches. Each week union services will run from 11 to 12 in the First St Francis Street Methodist church. The pastors will conduct services and the community is invited to attend.
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St. Francis Street
Patron of the Fairhope Ant Colony Returns from East Visit
A patron associated with the Fairhope Ant Colony and a tone advocate of Henry George has returned from an East visit to Mobile and surrounding areas for several days.
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Fairhope
Cates
Henry George
America
Mobile
Daya
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Gustave Cook
Richard Madden
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John Hardie
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Wall Street Review
Naval Storre
Veheente
Times
Sir Edward Grey
Page
the Times
Order In Council
Charles Mayo
Susie Wabilers
Virginius Mans
New Haven
Conn
Susie Wahlers
Virginius J. Mayo
Hagel
Mayo Radiator Co
Mayo
Russell School
RIZE
Crichton Baptists
Miss Tanzer
Reuters Company
Blondon
Mees
Mead
Tenedog Island
Kilid Bahr
Rei
Tenedos
Kilid Ba
Kilid Ber Chanak
Straits
Fiske
Warren
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