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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1915

Page

8

King of Italy Owned Krupp Stock Then Kaiser Pushed Krupp

London reports a German tale claiming King of Italy previously held Krupp steel stock valued at 325 million dollars and Kaiser urged him to shift from American holdings to Krupp, promising higher dividends. The story says the King may hold wartime stock and risks loss if Italy sides with the Allies. Also noted is the death of Brig. Gen. P. F. Packard at 46.

Emmanuel Italy London Germany Hirrupp Berlin Krupp Canmon

Died Notices From Early 20th Century Baltimore Area

A sequence of death notices and funerals for individuals including Mary Allen Albison from Llaeleck, Mary Atkinson from 626 Randolph Street NW, and others. Entries mention dates in April 1915 through 1935, residences in Baltimore or nearby, and interment at Mount Olivet or Glenwood Cemeteries. Names include Dorsey, Duffy, Gall, Chesley, Hutchins, Mor ris, and more with funeral times and church services noted.

Albinson Llaeleck Mary Allen James E Mary Atkinson Trandolph Street Sacred Heart Church Ners Mount Olivel Bennett Ppm Franklin T. Howe Quincy Street Annid Francia Scott Bo Church Home Baltimore Duffy Mark A Woodell Lincoln Celinda Clark Michael Duffy Severat Chester Ao Rockville James B. Chesley Grace Episcopale Huerch Wood Woodmole Gall Sipley Hospital Albert H Jeasie &. Gall I. W Henrie R Gall St. Mark’s Church Glenwood Cemetery Virginia Herbert —Sudfenin Atlantic City Frederick Mabel Elerbert Hutchins N Street Willa S Hutchins Amelia Annie Hutchins Grimes Trelativea Oak Ell Cemetery First Street Mary T. Jane Miller Cuesta Robbert Rnham E. H Mary F Miller Tenth Street Martha Benjamin Miller Morris Blehome Wyoming John Morris New York Tolnet Aluonig L Mary A Tornet Ninth Street Church of the Immaculate Conception Mount Olivet

Sultan confident on Dardanelles forts in interview

The Ottoman ruler states that any attempt to seize Constantinople to free Russian grain is unjust. He asserts the forts at the Dardanelles cannot be captured and expresses firm resolve to defend the strait.

Ottoman Empire Constantinople

U S Note On German War Conduct Draws Eastern Press Fire

Berlin and London papers react to the American note to Great Britain on blockade and neutral commerce. Berlin papers claim the note signals a retreat by America and may enable Britain to press a faltering blockade against German ships. The Cologne Gazette calls it a veiled anti German measure and press in London expects a formal reply from Sir Edward Grey within about two weeks.

Berlin Great Britain Counch Wreus Zeitung America Germany Cologne Saz England Kondon Foreign Office Sir Edward Grey

War Prisoners Near Escape Tunnel Found Near Maidenhead

London reports that a 30 foot long tunnel nearly finished beneath a garden and high wall at Philherds camp near Maidenhead could have enabled about 100 German officer prisoners to escape. British authorities say the escape would have been possible within 24 hours. excavation used night work and fire shovels.

London Philherds Maidenhead Daily Telegraph

German Army Weaker Says Decrease Must Go On

London April 7 French official review of six months of war takes an optimistic view for the Allies while noting German officer losses, shell and gun wastage, and morale decline. It cites shortages of professional officers, worn artillery, and flagging rifle stocks, predicting German effectiveness will continue to fall as the war drags on.

Kaiser London Germany Courtrai Cologne Thermand

King Fights Cession Talks Denied by Grecian King

Paris dispatch reports Athens government claims the king never consented to negotiations or any cession of Grecian territory to a foreign power. The government says it must respond to declarations by former Premier Venizelos printed in newspapers. Venizelos promises an immediate reply.

Paris Grecian Press Bureau Athens Havas Venizelos The Dispatch

Submarine E-2 Narrowly Survives Acid Leak Incident

Newport April 7 Submarine E-2 commanded by Ensign Edwin J Gillam ran submerged off Newport last summer when battery acid leaked through lead lining into water forming deadly acid. Gillam ordered pumps manned and surfaced. He is now in Naval Hospital at Las Antinas. researchers link incident to fate of the E-4 near Honolulu.

Newport Edwin J. Gillam Honolulu Gillam Ensign Gillam Naval Hospital Las Antinas

Ships Held Up by England Seize Cargoes for Sweden and Holland

London April 7 The Norwegian steamer Flavn sailing from New York March 10 to Gothenburg and the Swedish steamer Japan from Yokohama in January to Gothenburg were taken into Leith by naval escort for cargo examination. The Greek steamer Spyros Allianos from Savannah March 10 to Rotterdam with a cotton cargo was detained at Falmouth.

Sweden Holland London Flavn New York Gothenburg Japan Yokohama Leith Spyros

Queen Attends London Wedding of Victoria Stanley Bride

London April 7 The wedding of Lady Victoria Stanley daughter of the Earl of Derby to Hon Neil Primrose son of the Earl of Rosebery drew vast crowds and notable guests including Queen Alexandra Princess Maud and Princess Victoria Prime Minister Asquith Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. The ceremony at St Margaret's Westminster united liberal and unionist families amid political spectacle.

London St. Margaret’s Westminster Victoria Stanley Earl of Derby Neil Primrose Earl of Rosebery Foreign Office Queen Alexandra Princess Maud Princess Victoria Asquith Lloyd George Winston Churchill

Count Reventlow Urges Ruthless Submarine War

London April 7 The Cologne Gazette translation reports Count Reventlow calling for absolute ruthlessness in submarine warfare. He says England’s orders and seizures make adherence to universal customs inappropriate and that English merchantmen are now combatants. He argues German submarines must treat them as armed ferries bent on destruction.

London Mall Cologne Count Reventlow England Srizes Germany

London Editor Warns Wilson to Mind Own Business

A London editor warns the United States and President Wilson to mind their own business over the American note on Britain's blockade. The Globe accuses Wilson of neutrality posturing and says allies will decide the matter in their own way. Foreign Secretary Grey’s absence delays any possible reply from the British foreign office.

Washington Post London United States Wilson Grobe England Wideon Globe Alma Foreign Office Sir Edward Grey Washington

Zeppelins Spark Paris Outrage as Reporter Is Expelled

Paris reports that Edouard Behrens, Swiss journalist for Berlin Lokalangeiger, was escorted to the Swiss frontier and forbidden to return after publishing an imaginative account of Zeppelins visiting Paris. He also wrote for Tokeanzeiger and Cologne Volks Zeitung. Behrens described the raid with the line about the German war flag over the French capital aboard immense white dirigibles.

Paris Edouard Behrens Berlin Lokalangeiger France Behrens Switzerland Jane Cologne Volks Zeitung

Two Nations Protest Over German Blockade Actions

Norway and Sweden sent protests to Germany over the North Sea submarine sinking of the Norwegian bark Nor on April 2. The Nor carried lumber, later removed from contraband lists by Germany in March. Swedish ship England seizure prompts stronger government defense of rights, with urgency to release the vessel owned by Naval Minister Bronstroem.

Norway Sweden Christiania Germany Nor North Sea Stockholm England Bronstroem

Bombing of Scutari Feeds Balkan War Tensions

Berlin dispatch says four Austrian armored planes dropped thirteen bombs on Scutari in Albania. A tobacco factory was damaged with no fatalities. Scutari, on Lake Scutari, was held by Montenegro after the Balkan War but troop evacuation was enforced by powers.

Amsterdam Berlin Scutari Senutari Hes Lake Albania Montenegro

Shells Fall in Belgrade as Serbs Hit Back

Nish April 7 Austro Hungarian shells struck Serbian Danube and Save towns. Twenty eight heavy projectiles hit central Belgrade killing three and wounding six. Serbian artillery replied but did not shell Austro Hungarian riverbank towns.

Nish Danube Save Belgrade Rivera

German U-29 Loss and Submarine Warfare Prices in England Rise

Berlin reports the sinking of U-29 with all hands, led by Captain Otto Weddigen, after a March raid that also damaged several ships. British shipping losses and higher bread and fuel prices in England are attributed to German undersea warfare. The Anda Julian victim's captain confirmed Weddigen’s link to U-29.

Berlin England Germany Otto Weddigen Hogue Aboukir Creasy Anda Julian Weddigen

Near Fate of Falaba Left Liverpool Together

White Star liner Cymric and the Falaba left Liverpool together March 27. Cymric carried 345 persons and received Falaba's SOS. Captain Beadwell ordered lifeboats out and warned passengers, keeping course per Admiralty orders. Lady Bullock and daughter Evelyn aboard, praising restraint and condemning submarine policy.

Washington Post New York the & S. Falaba White Star Hner Cymric Jmnals Cymric F. E. Breadwell Liverpool Mersey Falaba Africa Holyhead Beadwell Faiaba Lady Bullock Georges Bullock Bermuda Evelyn England Sir George

AEROS CHASE WAR TRAINS OVER SWISS FRONTIER

Geneva April 7 Two French aviators chased two German military trains from Marbach to Villingen in the Black Forest damaging rail and stations along the line On return they dropped bombs on Muelheim and Neubourg A French biplane pursued by German aviators lost its way in the mist and crossed into Swiss territory landing near Porrentruy The pilots said they came from Belfort and could not return They were interned at Deremont before Col Audecud Both men were unharmed and will be interned

Geneva Switzerland Marbach Villingen Muelheim Neubourg Poremtruy Belfort Deremont Col Audecud

Boers Press Invasion Report From South Africa

Official dispatches say Union of South Africa troops occupied the Kalkfontein and Kanus railway stations in German Southwest Africa without opposition. The advance follows the capture of Warmbad, 24 miles north of the Orange River, announced a day earlier.

Cape Town Union of South Africa Kalkfontein Kanus German Southwest Africa Warmbad Orange River

Italy Gets Trentino in Peace Drawn Documents

Paris April 7 reports from trusted sources say Italy and Austria agreed to cede Trentino to Italy while occupation is delayed until postwar peace. Documents drawn and signed. Austria demands Italian neutrality regardless of future events. aligns with Geneva rumors of territorial handover and no immediate armed intervention.

Washington Paris Italy Austria Vienna Francia Joseph Trentino Geneva

Montenegro Appeals for Red Cross Aid in Typhus Crisis

The American Red Cross received an appeal from the Montenegrin government via the State Department. A telegram from the American ambassador at Athens reports typhus and a dire shortage of doctors medicines and disinfectants in Cettinge and asks for a mission with supplies. Also noted is a Nebraska Panama Pacific Exposition Commission donation to the Red Cross relief fund.

State Department Department Athens Greece Red Cross Cettinge Red Cross War Relief Fund

German Taube drops bombs on church near Ypres

During Sunday services a German Taube aircraft dropped bombs on the Nieukirke church near Ypres. Two large congregations gathered. Twelve women were killed outright and numerous others injured. Abbe Reynaert, struck by falling debris, died later.

Washington Boulogne Nieukirke Ypres Abbe Reynaert

Russians Enter Armvin Batum Province Clearing Turks

The Batum correspondent for Novoe Vremya reports Russians entering Armvin in Russian Armenia without a battle, completing the trans-Thoruk operations and clearing the entire Batum province of Turkish forces.

Fetrograd Novoe Vremya Batum Armvin Russian Armenia trans-Thhoruk

Maxwell car completes fourth day auto test run

The Maxwell utility test car finished the fourth day of its 1,000 mile DC area run, covering 143.6 miles to Harpers Ferry and back. Departing Washington with Howard Fisk and The Washington Post editor as passengers, the trip used the tough Olney Damascus road outward and took nine hours with breaks for dinner photos and a tire change.

Harpers Ferry W. Va Maxwell District of Columbia Washington Howard Fisk the Star Washington Post Damascus Knoxville Virginia Adyt

Fleet Home From Cuba Sails for New York May Recreation

Seventeen battleships of the Avantica fleet, fresh from Cuban maneuvers, join Delaware and Georgia at Hampton Roads then sail to New York May 8 to 17 for target practice and recreation. Admiral Fletcher commanded 54 warcraft and auxiliaries. naval and Army War College plans run May 13 to 20 to study defenses of New York harbor. President Wilson likely to review the fleet in New York. The Solace hospital ship arrived in Washington with 120 patients amid the maneuvers.

Avantica Hampton Roads Cuban Fletcher Delaware Georgia New York General Board of the Navy Army War College New York Harbor Wilson San Francisco Solace Washington Navy Ranch Naval Hospital

Sultan Receives Allied Correspondents in Dardanelles Visit

The Turkish sultan praised Allied troops in the east and west, and expressed respect for Emperor William while greeting American journalists. He explained fatalism and urged effort alongside fate, then welcomed correspondents to a private audience at Dolmabahce palace, offering them seats and cordial remarks.

William Turkey Chanak Kaleessi York Kismet Dardanelles United States Dolnabaghehdh Palace Salih Dasha Sulan Alil-De-Cama Tie Peats

Vatican denies wireless transmission at observatory

The Vatican Observatory asserts it has no wireless sending or receiving apparatus. Jesuit astronomer John George Hagen, head of the Vatican Observatory and formerly with Georgetown University, published the statement in Flame newspaper.

Rome Mistriatore Homano Vatican John George Hagen Vatican Observatory Greorgetown University Washington

Washington Red Cross Doctor Named Chevalier of Legion of Honor

Edward Wo san of Washington suffering from illness progresses. French government awards him the Legion of Honor for services already recognized by Serbia with the Order of Sava.

Washington France Sish R. Edward Wo San American Red Cross Serbia

Also Mentioned on This Page

P. F. Packard Salem Mass State Militia Frank Geier N. Ww Modern North J. WM. Lee Mofero Medeat Sar Fennaylvania Ave Telenbovs M. Hindle Himba Zurhorst B. Cap J. H. Small & Sons Fiorista Corner 15Th Mehmed Y U.S Cologne Gazette R. Harris & Co., the Jewelers, Seventh and Data California H.ca Tokalon Co., Inc TWO Nations AEROS Black Forest Kalkfontein and Aero Bills FIN Belgium Artuin Cuba Admiral Fletcher Battleship Line Stalins Garfinkle&Co W. H. Marlow N. W Sultan Deeies Fleet Peare Marshal van de Goltz Mehmed V Sultan Kismet India Djivan Gsmanils Aia DR. Ryan
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