British Advance Extends 11 Miles On Ancre Front
British forces push two miles inland along the Ancre River, per official war report. The advance covers about 11 miles from east of Gueudecourt to south of Gommecourt. villages captured include Berre, Butte de Warencourt, Warlencourt Maucourt, Pys, Miraumont, and outskirts of Puisieux-au-Mont. raids netted 24 prisoners while other actions yielded added trench gains and enemy losses. Heavy hostile artillery south of the Somme and Ypres intensifies fighting along the edges of the abandoned region.
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London
Ancre
France
Gueudecoure
Gommecourt
Berre
Butte de Warrencourt
Warlencourt-Maucourt
Pys
Miraumont
la Barque
Iles
Puisieux-au-Mont
Somme
Arras
Monchy-Aux-Bois
Lens
Ypres
Obituary notices and funeral announcements from February 1917
A compilation of death notices and funeral details for multiple individuals dated February 23 to February 28, 1917. Items include WILD TAM 4 ne, HARRY T BAYLY, BARTHOLOMBEW, FOLLANSBEE, HARES, GRACE-Sheinigoom, METCALF, MILLER, AMICHOLSON, MARY PYNVIRR MIC EULSON, MRS. MARY KIMMELL, OC Tamar, and others, with addresses in Washington and nearby locales.
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Cassi
Eatelle Cassell
Hisiege
Talta Walls
Seventh Street
Bayly
Phita
Harry T Bayly
Rose
Charles Bo
Mayflaviy
Eleventh
Firth St
Funersfrou
Vinth Street
Boom
Diggins
Church of the Noeiey
Artington
NATO Omal
Follansbee
EE Street
Mary Pailanshee
Regan
Snesdar
Behelare Aiton
Tay
Wavbly
Aaluock
Yola
Helen Mitchell
Holy Rood Fouerery
Hassan
Momby
Moat
Oreaddene
Agnes
Eilert
Orate Koernfr
Piacoam
Richard L Tiey
Mary Pynvirr
Mic Eulson
Harry Kimmell
Tamar
Richard L. Tilley
Mee
Lamar
Iprnon
Rudolph
Tallie Stewart
Oak Grave
Georgia Avenue
Tneral
Orhe Chapel
Frank Geteres
Stelia Frances
Charles Ro
Release of Yarrowdale Sailors By Germany Announced Again
Ambassador Willard in Madrid cabled that Spain notified him 7 percent American crew of the prize ship Yarrowdale released by Germany on February 16. No details on their current whereabouts or reasons for the delay were given.
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Willard
Madrid
Germany
Berlin
United States
State Department
Germans begin major retirement on Somme front
In France on February 26 reports describe a broad German retreat from the Somme sector as British patrols press forward over newly yielded ground. Heavy guns, rail-mounted, and allied air reconnaissance track movements toward Ba Paume and Gommecourt while weather clears and ships of war watch the German withdrawal.
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France
Somme
Gommecourt
le Tranasloy
Serre
Main body of Cuban rebels routed near Santa Clara border
Habana Feb 26 Col. Colazo reports a fierce engagement yesterday between Jose Miguel Gomez forces and rebels between Jibaro and Jatibanico near the Santa Clara Camaguey border. Rebels lose 50 killed and many wounded. 200 horses killed and 100 men captured. Government losses one killed and eight wounded. Two rebel machine guns captured. The clash at La Crisis and Signal plantations lasted two and a half hours.
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Habana
Colazo
Jose Miguel Gomez
Bertween Jibaro
Jatibanico
Santa Clara-Camaguey
la Crisis
Signal Plantations
Gomes
Colt. Collazo
Older Sister of Mrs. Wilson Dead in Roanoke
Mrs. Mathew Maury elder sister of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson died at 5 30 pm after an operation for peritonitis. She was 51, born in Bedford county and survived by her mother, siblings including Mrs. Wilson, several Bolling brothers, and husband Mathew Maury with two daughters Anne and Lucy. Funeral set for tomorrow at 3 30 pm in Evergreen Cemetery Roanoke with family travelers en route.
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Roanoke
Mathew Maury
Woodrow Wilson
Maury
William Bolling
Wytheville
Bedford County
William H. Bolling
Evergreen Cemetery
Roosevelt in the White House Would Have Changed WWI Outcome
In a Senate exchange between Ohio and New Jersey, Harding and Martine debated how Theodore Roosevelt might have shaped the last four years. Harding claimed Roosevelt would have prevented the Lusitania sinking and kept peace, while Martine and supporters argued Roosevelt would have steered clear of war.
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Ohio
New Jersey
Senate
Roosevelt
Harding
Martine
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Harding
Lusitania
Col. Roosevelt
Treasury
Sweden British Mail Dispute Over Chest of Mail Reaches Settlement
A potential clash between Sweden and Great Britain over a chest of Swedish government mail removed from the Danish steamer Frederik VIII at Halifax has been settled. Denmark sent four bags, the State Department more than fifty, while Sweden sent an army chest via a merchant without notice. Halifax authorities seized the chest bearing the Swedish consul general seal. The British embassy argued Civil War precedents allow searches of consular mail. the chest will be sent to London for neutral content verification before final delivery to Stockholm.
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Sweden
Great Britain
Frederik VIII
Halifax
State Department
New York
United States
London
Stockholm
Celtic Not Badly Injured After Mine Hit
Portland Feb 26 Officers of the British steamer Canada report the damage to the White Star Line steamship Celtic from a mine hit on Feb 14 is confined to one hold and the vessel returned to Liverpool under its own power.
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Portland
Mae
Canada
Liverpool
Celtic
British Reoccupy Kut El Amara as Turks Retreat toward Baghaïlah
London reports Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that Mesopotamian forces captured Kut-el-Amara, securing all Turkish positions from Sannaiyat to Kut-el-Amara. British cavalry and infantry pursued retreating Turks, with air support aiding operations that day and the capture of 1,720 prisoners, including a Turkish regimental commander and four Germans.
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London
Eut-el-Amara
Houses of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
British War Council
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Tigris
Samnaiyat
Kut-el-Amara
Kut-el- Amara
War, Department
Shumran
Baghailah
Sannaiyat
Makhailat
Suwada
Ataba-Marshmagassa
Sinnaiyat
Constantinople
War Office
U Boat Fires On U S Bark Galena
The Galena, an American bark arriving from Rouen, was fired upon by a German submarine about 20 miles from Havre on November 27. British destroyers appeared, forcing the U-boat to submerge. the ship avoided destruction and continued voyage with oil cargo to France.
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New York
Galena
Rouen
France
Havre
American liner honored in France in Bordeaux welcome
The American freighter Orleans entered the Gironde estuary at Pauillac and anchored near Bordeaux to begin a series of official welcomes for its crew including a luncheon, theater gala, and a sailor delegation luncheon. Orleans, 2808 gross tons, carries 35 crew with 82 Americans aboard under Captain Allen Tucker.
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Pauillac
France
Orleans
Gironde
Bordeaux
Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Rochester
United States
Europa
Germany
New York
Allen Tucker
Wilson Calls Congress to Arm Defenses For Merchant Ships
President Wilson urges Congress to authorize arming merchant ships and using necessary means to protect seaborne commerce and personnel. He states war is not sought, only defensive measures, noting U S ships avoid risk and submarine actions threaten peaceful trade. He cites Lyman M. Law incident and cites armed neutrality as possible policy.
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Lyman M. Law
Wilsons Address to Congress on Arm Merchant Vessels
President Wilson told Congress that the United States faces critical times and must stay in close touch to avoid missteps as German submarine actions threaten neutral and belligerent shipping. He cited February 3 actions, noted two American ships sunk, and referenced prior cases where Germany admitted liability for damages and safeguarded crews.
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Wilson
Congress
The
Congresa
Great Britain
Ireland
Atlantic
Europe
Mediterranean
Lyman M. Law
London
Frye
United States Seeks Authority to Defend Neutral Rights
In a message on the German submarine threat, the speaker notes shifting risk to neutral rights and ships, urges Congress to grant broad authority for possible armed neutrality, but defends commitment to peace and restraint while warning of grave dangers if action is required. The aim is to protect commerce and the lives of the American people amid escalating tensions.
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Palermo
Tam
America
American Liners to Sail After Armed Convoy Assured
New York observes the American Line plans to resume sailings as soon as ships can be armed or convoyed by American warships. Vessels including the St Louis St Paul Philadelphia New York and Kroonland idle at New York docks with the Finland en route. Lines expect one week to load cargo and coal and another week to launch departures once protection is provided.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
American Line
St. Louis
St Paul
Philadelphia
Kroonland
Finland
Europe
Washington
Wessels
Sailings Information Suppressed Under Treasury Order
Custom houses across American ports refuse details on merchant ship sailings destinations and manifest data under a Treasury Department order issued a week ago. The aim is to keep such information from German submarine commanders.
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Treasury Department
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District of Columbia
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Kalorama
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