Spain Firm in Protest Sparks Navy Yard Blaze
Fire alarms and a mild blaze at the Washington Navy Yard paint shop stirred alarm amid rumors of an attack. Officials attributed the fire to an unknown origin in a southwest paint shop, causing little damage while other fires in the city produced minor damage and no injuries.
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Spain
Navy Yard
Washington Navy Yard
Lafayette Hotel
Teenth Street
Second Street
John L Havens
L Street
Richard Hayes
Fourth Street
J. M. Wilson
Bigelow
P. F. Patex
W. B F. Lesser
Joseph Loman
Fragments of Death Notices and Funeral Details
A garbled February 1917 list of obituaries and funeral notices. Entries reference Addibon Addison, Samuel Aler, Edgar Anderson, and other individuals with burial plans, cemetery locations in Rock Creek and Mount Olivet, and dates around February 1 17. The text mixes residences, dates, and small ceremonial details in a distressed OCR render.
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Addibon
Satirday
Steret
Bland Fount
Fiza Bowie Addison
Wings Mill
Ieneral
Privity Aler
Ibursine
Samuel Aler
Rene Punecal
Fron Hee
Sininy Tebruary
Witdtam
Camden
Bradshaw
Shor Hosptal
Wiltiam
William Howardy
iOk
Bobriary
James Iston
Dooley
Avnor
MO Dooley
Mary
Danley
Tinsar
Macy Plizabfte
Wastuston
Eldridce
Csine
Goone
Toston Biospital
Newport
Nonta Reb Creek
Piatherman — Betovedt
Hoorth Street
Noth
Cira
Toren
Joannini
Sidienly
Frank
Peart
Speyres
Pertane
Moniay
Mont Olvet
Eellogg
Italy
Irtay
Edgar Cparernocl
William
Quiser
Walington Hospital
Atlas Moulton
Satortas Benarie I
Patel
Charles FR Moule
Iar Fibros
George
Foizvahetti
Fural
Blockade Drives Greeks to Grass Amid Starvation Claims
Greek legation reports famine from entente blockade of Greek coasts since December. Deaths in several provinces attributed to starvation as epidemics like enteritis and dysentery spread. Sinking and seizure of fishing boats, and coasting trade halted. Alejo Lerroux and Melquiades Alvarez comment on intervention and neutrality.
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Legation
Greece
Legaton
Jannina
Laurium
Acarthia
Prevezia
Eubia
Messina
Big ovation to Gerard in Paris
Paris February 18 James W Gerard former American Ambassador to Germany was guest of honor at a foreign office luncheon hosted by Premier Briand. Attended by entente ambassadors including Iswolsky Berti Raggi Mataui Hanotaux Bliss and the Gerards and Sharp. A night at the Trocadero drew cheers and a performance by the Republican Guard.
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Paris
James W Gerard
Foreign Office
Briand
Diplmatic
Gerard
France
William Graves Sharp
A P Iswolsky
Lord Berti
Marquis Raggi
M Mataui
Jules Cambon
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Gabriel Hanotaux
R. W. Bliss
Germany
Bass
Sharpe
Troca
Poincare
Col Renaud
Echtern
Trocadero
Peruvian War Minister Resigns in Lima
Lima dated report says Col Benjamin Puente, named minister of war last August by President Pardo, has resigned from his post.
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Lima
Peru
Benjamin Puente
Pardo
High Masons to Meet Fraters From Whole Nation
Delegates from nearly every Masonic jurisdiction gather February 21 22 in the Alexandria Masonic Temple to raise funds for a Washington memorial temple and Mount Vernon pilgrimage. Speakers include Henry K Field Joseph Cannon Thomas Heflin and others. events feature a banquet by Martha Washington Chapter and an Alexandria Automobile Club dinner.
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Memorial Temple
Mt. Vernon Shrine
Ashington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
George Washington
Temple
Association
Mount Vernon
Old Pohick Church
Washington
Alexandria- Washington Lodge
No 22
Cannon
Henry K Field
Grand Lodge of Masona
Virginia
Joseph G Cannon
Illinois
J Thomas Hef- Hyp
Alabama
Glass
A J. Montague
Armory
South Royal Street
Martha Washington
Order of the Eastern Star
C C Carlin
Scott
Richmond
Batchelier
American Automobile Association
Alexandria Automobile Club
Westminster Building
Washington Lewis
Ecuador proposes Pan American congress to guard neutrality
The Ecuadorian foreign minister urged a joint American Congress to meet in Uruguay to protect continental rights and ease war hardships. The proposal, sent to Carranza’s foreign minister Candido Aguilar, calls for unified action by all republics, while the U S State Department declined comment.
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Republic of
Ecuador
Uruguay
Carranza
Mexico
U. S
State Department
United States
Tobar Bgona
Unite to Push Defense Council Hurries Plans
Willard reports on railroad preparations to war and navy secretaries this week. Coffin submits data on speeding munitions production as 40 organizations join a national committee aiming universal military training and wartime rail mobilization. Leaders from Loyal Legion to Boy Scouts attend seeks to influence Congress.
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Willard
Secretaries of War and Navy
Coffin
Howard E Coffin
Council of National Defense
Williard
Congress
United States
Loyal Legion
Daughters of American Revolution
Sons of the Revolution
Navy League of the United States
National Security League
Military Training Camps Association
Army League of the United States
National Association For Universal Military Training
American Defense Society
Aeronautical Society of America
Boy Scouts of America
Colonial Daughters of America
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Daughters of the Cincinnati
National Society of United States Daughters of 1812
National Society of Colonial Dames
National Civic Association
Speceial Aid Society For American Preparedness
United States Power Squadrona
Universal Military Training League
Women's Department
The
National Civic Federation
Women’s Section
Navy League
Council
Army and Navy
Pantel Willard
Secredaries of
War
Navy
German War Losses Now 4,087,692 Men
Casualties in January 1917 show 15,906 killed and died, 45,109 wounded, 1,645 prisoners, and 11,874 missing among German forces. The total killed and died from wounds or sickness rises to 88,329, with overall war casualties reaching 4,087,692 since the conflict began.
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Tandon
Russians Drive Germans Back Near Kochava Front
Petrograd reports German troops dressed in white attacked Russians near Kochava southwest of Dvinak on the eastern front, but Russian reserves immediately drove them from the trench. In the Carpathians Russian detachments captured a fortified Austro German position. German counterattacks were repulsed. A snowstorm hindered operations on the Caucasian front as Russians held and pressed against enemy positions.
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Petrograd
Kochava
Dvinak
War Department
Teutons
Carpathians
China
Teuton
Dvins
Leopold
Lavkessa
Archduke Joseph
Oitus
New Mexico Governor De Baca Dies in Santa Fe
Santa Fe Feb 13 Gov De Baca died this afternoon at 4 oclock of pernicious anemia He was the second governor of New Mexico and had traveled to Santa Fe after a sanatorium stay in Los Angeles Blood transfusion improved his condition briefly before his death and he was carried to Santa Fe on a stretcher His rise began with a Democratic gubernatorial nomination after defeating William C McDonald for lieutenant governor.
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Santa Fe
Mex
C de Baca
de Baca
William C. McDonald
New Mexico
Las Vegas Native De Baca Sworn In as Lieutenant Governor
Gov De Baca, a Las Vegas native born November 1 1864, is sworn in before a small gathering. He rose as a publicist and editor of Ia Vox de Publica in Las Vegas and continued newspaper work after his election, with W. Lindsey succeeding as lieutenant governor and moving into the executive mansion.
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Gov
de Baca
Las Vegas
Tor
Ia Voxe de Publica
Lindsey
Gov. de Baca
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MR. Wilson
Rodes
Romarones
Madrid
Garcia
Comtate Romanones
Poiny
Hodes
da Romanones
Eduardo Tate
Charer
Sefor Cambo
George Pearhorst
Murless Dong Sealy Tea
Thos. S. Sergeon
IMU
Frank Geier
J. H. Small & Sons
Alejsandro Lerroux
Radicals
Chamber
Cortes
Melquiades Alvarez
Bell-Ans
R. Harris & CO
the Jewelers
7Th & D Sts
To-Kaion Co., Inc
F St. N. W
High Masons
C W Wallace
Coast Artillery Corps USA
First
Virginia Regiment
Alexandria Light Infantry
Conrad Johnson
Frederick G. Ayers
Frederick G Ayers
Charles J Ayers
St Mary's Catholic Church
L FE Kelly
Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Congress of All Americas
Europe
Agnores Carranza
Ons
Aéias
Repulse
Dvinsk
Geadis Torksh
Coe Egon Cooreero Het
Rere
Rome
American Security and Trust Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Charles J. Bell
Faris
McDonough
Lyman M Law
Roger Tredwell
Turin
United Farmers’ Organizations of the
National Farmers’ Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress of the United States
Farmers’ National Congress of the
National Dairy Tininon
Farmers’ National Congress
J. H. Kimble
National Grange
U. S. Senate
National Grange Patrons of Husbandry
Legislative Committee
B. John Black
John A. McSparran
National Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union of America
Farmers’ Union
S. Barrett, A. V. Swift
Washington, D. C
A. C. Davis, Lucian M. Rhodes
J. L. Shepherd
H. Gustafson
Geo
H. Bowles
National Dairy Union
National Dairy Council
National Creamery Butter Makers’ Association
National Association of State Dairy, Food and Drug Officials
Beef Trust
William T. Creasy
John J. Farrell
George P. Hampton
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