Raider changes often as Carmania returns to America
Survivors describe the raider as a 300 foot merchant vessel with movable sides, telescope masts, concealed guns and torpedo tubes. Prisoners and neutrals face tight holds, heated holds, and limited exercise. captors claim focus on cargo ships. Submarine alert rules for Carmania outline passenger and crew stations, gun crews, and rapid evacuation procedures.
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Pernambura
Brazil
South Atlantic
Obituary notices from Washington area names and dates
Multiple obituaries dated January 1917 list deaths of Baum, Burkart, Hura art, Curtis, Kerr, Leadbeater, Auten, Rittenhouse, Swanson, Wagner, Widmayer, Williams, and Yates. Services and interments scheduled in Fort Myer Heights, Alexandria, and Prespect Hill Cemetery. residents include Mary Auten, Martha Curtis, Rosa Miller Yates, and others.
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Baum Indfenic
Josfptl
Misa Tautine Baum
Raima Heller
Willian Haatonera
Sevecty
Iaum Burkart
Batayla
John L. Hura
Washington
Tiners
Curtis -Sudfeaty
Curtis
Chevy Chase Md
Martha W
Charles T. Curtis
Setronte
Masa
Emilif Reanoedeler
Sterling Kerr, Jr
Fowers
Church of the Incarnation
Larner Noo
Twelfth Street
Wednearay
Red Creek
Leadbeater
Prince Street
Alex Att
YA Auten
Mary MC Teadbeater
Chmar
Alexandria
Rittenhouse
David
Tittentonsa
Swanson
Mary Bocta
J Moosseassen
Lamont Street
Wagner
Margaret
Fredriee Wagner Eral
Eetreat Southeast Thesday
Feospest EM
Widmayer
Katherine
Cociatian Wilmayer
St Longfellay Street
Prespect Hill
Williams
Sundear
Lastanaville
Margaret $Irginia
Raider’s bold capture of Minleh and transfer to Hudson Maru
Survivors from sunken ships were placed aboard the Japanese Hudson Maru at 10 am on January 12. The raider ordered the Japanese captain to follow and then turn west toward the nearest port at 6 pm. The hungry crew were brought into Pernambuco, praised as a dangerous vessel in skilled hands.
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Pernambuco
Rumor of UK Ration System Sparks Debate in Parliament
London reports say William C. Anderson claimed an early rationing program for Britain while being a government food prices committee member. The Royal Automobile Club, requisitioned by the government, was rumored as a distribution hub for food tickets. Food controller Tord Devenport dismissed Anderson’s statements as unauthorized and incorrect.
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London
Leicester
William C. Anderson
Labor
United Kingdom
Royal Automobile Club
Anderson
Tord Devenport
India Asks Freedom From British Rule
The Indian national party's executive committee sent President Wilson a cable expressing gratitude to the 315,900,000 oppressed Indians for his Senate address. It declares lasting world peace demands India's freedom from Britain's exploitation and plunder, which has reduced a once prosperous land to poverty and stagnation.
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Bertin
Sayville
Indian National Party
Wilson
India
Senate
Great Britain
Canada to Approve Half Billion for War Costs
Ottawa reports the Dominion government will appropriate 500 million dollars for war purposes for the year ending March 31, 1918, and seek power to raise a domestic war loan of 100 million. The premier plans a resolution within a fortnight to authorize the funds as expenses rise. Canada's war expenditure has averaged about 1,000,000 daily this year.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
May forfeiting citizenship bill proposed in Britain
London reports the home secretary plans to present a bill to parliament to forfeit the citizenship of undeserving naturalized British subjects. The Mail notes that during the war many naturalized citizens acted against Great Britain. Some were formerly Germans and Austrians, others Dutch, Belgian, American and Scandinavian.
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London
Mail
Home Secretary
Great Britain
Social Leader Ends Life in Detroit Home
Mrs. Olin Johnson, wife of a prominent Detroit businessman and social figure, shot herself in her residence after a period of illness. Confined to bed for weeks, she obtained a revolver during a nurse's temporary absence. Born in Woodstock, Virginia, in 65 years ago, she previously lived in Brooklyn and Denver before relocating to Detroit.
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Detroit
Olin Johnson
Giant U Freighter Deutschland Reported Delays Cause Anxiety
New York January 29 The Washington Post reports officials of the Eastern Forwarding Company deny any capture of the giant undersea freighter Deutschland and say arrival in New London Conn is still expected soon. They note Bremen may have been captured and Pembroke dockyard involved.
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Apedal
Washington Post
New York
Battery Place
Deutschland
New London
Conn
Bremen
Connecticut
Liverpool
Pembroke
South
Japan Seeks Responsible Government Amid Election Plans
In Tokyo January 29 the government set April 20 for the lower house elections and June 23 for the diet’s assembling. Leader Yukio Ozaki urged recognition of political parties in the diet as a basis for cabinet formation, while criticizing elder statesmen for undermining representative governance. He insisted Japan’s friendship with the United States would endure, with former premier Marquis Okuma campaigning for the constitutionalists.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
Diet
Associated Press
Yukio Ozaki
Constitutional Party
M. Ozaki
Count Terauchi
Japan
America
Marquis Okuma
Attacks at Verdun Fail in German Defense
Berlin reports four French assaults on the Verdun front were repelled by German fire. French attacks on Hill 364 failed after noon heavy artillery exchange. Westphalia regiments and Haden reserve unit defended the captured ground, with no French ground gained. Paris war office notes artillery actions and grenade fighting near Hill 204 and long range shelling in Lorraine.
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Berlin
Sayvilla
Verdun
Meuse- Verdun
Westphalia
Haden
Paris
War Office
Meuse
Lorraine
Spain to Answer Wilson Peace Note Says Government Maintains Neutrality
Madrid January 29 Premier Homannonea after discussion with Mundo editor says the government is satisfied with its actions and will stand by the note to President Wilson. The note aims to reaffirm neutrality and ensure Spain can intervene effectively for peace at the proper time.
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Madrid
Spain
Wilson
the Mundo
Homannonea
Eee
Allen's Foot Ease Advertises Arlen's Foot-Bane
Shake Into Your Shoes Arlen's Foot-Bane relieves panfal swollen smart ing feet and calms corns bunions. Quick relief for sweating and tired feet. Allen's Foot-Ease is the standard remedy for 28 years. Sold by druggists everywhere 25 cents. Trial offer free. Address Allen E. Olmuted Levy NY d v.
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Arlen
Allen
Levy
N.Y. d
Russians Sweep Galician Trenches and Take 1000+ Prisoners
Russian forces reported capturing over 1,000 German troops and 30 officers in Saturday fighting near Jacobeni and Brzezany, after striking Turkish positions in Galicia. British and German lines cited renewed activity around Riga and Volhynia as winter storms slowed operations.
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Brzezany
Riga
Volhynia
Galicia
Roumania
Petrograd
Jacobeni
War Office
Potutory
Braezany
Jacobent
Kimpelung
Berlin
Sayville
Alota Lipa
Saga
Civilians Interned by Germany Must Work
Copenhagen January 29 civilians interned by Germany must perform public labor. The Schleswigsche Grenzpos, a copy received here, states that all interned and other civilians from nations hostile to Germany shall be forced to public labor similarly to German civilian service called up workers.
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Copenhagen
Ninth German Army Corps
Germany
New Club Waits on Belgians in Hunger Aid
The Rocky Mountain Club of New York postpones building its club house to concentrate on feeding Belgian children. President John Hays Hammond announced the shift at a Bankers Club dinner in honor of Herbert C. Hoover. Member William B. Thompson opened with a $100,000 subscription, with expected total gifts exceeding $1,000,000 to fund relief efforts for Belgian youths.
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New York
Rocky Mountain Club of
John Hays Hammond
Bankers’ Club
Herbert C. Hoover
Commission For Relief In
Belgium
William B. Thompson
Murder Mystery Shocks Vermont Mother Over Actress in Casket
In Rutland Vermont authorities uncover a murder tied to Miss Bessie Benson a motion picture actress allegedly killed in Los Angeles. Four bullet holes pierce the body shipped in a metal coffin marked contagious do not open. The forged death certificate cites yellow liver atrophy.
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Bessie Benson
Vermont
Los Angeles
Rutland
Poulin
Chauncey Benson
German munitions blast near Cologne injures and kills
Amsterdam reports a fire at a chemical works near Cologne on Saturday triggered an explosion. The blast killed two people, injured two seriously and several others slightly, with considerable material damage reported by General Anzerger.
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Amsterdam
Dusseldorf
Outbreak in Trenton Prison Leads to Bread and Water
About 20 prisoners in New Jersey State Prison were placed on bread and water in an abandoned wing after an insubordination outbreak fueled by sympathy for requests for better accommodations. The prison commission led by Gov. Edge visited Saturday and will urge the legislature to fund improved facilities and workshop improvements.
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Trenton
N. J
New Jersey State
Edge
Big War Claims Go to Ship Board
The Federal shipping board will hold its first meeting to organize and name a chairman. Wiliam Denman of San Francisco is expected to be elected. Theodore Brent of New Orleans arrived, with John A. Donald of New York and John B. White of Kansas City awaited. A $700,000 salary plan was submitted to the House, including $200,000 for claims investigations against foreign governments.
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New Federal Shipping Board
Wiliam Denman
San Francisco
Theodore Brent
New Orleans
John A. Donald
New York
John B. White
Kansas City
Denman
Bernard N. Baker
McAdoo
State Department
Washington
Verona Fire From Seattle to Everett Passenger Steamer
A passenger steamer Verona bound for Everett caught fire near Mukilteo light after leaving Seattle at 6 p m The vessel passed the light at 9 36 pm and many passengers reportedly jumped overboard Reports from Wyverett at 10 20 pm said no lives were lost on the Verona
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Seattle
Wash
Verona
Everett
Mukilteo Light
Wyverett
Twelve to Serve in France in Ambulance Corps
Twelve young Americans including nine Chicago residents and three from nearby towns have applied for passports and begun preparing to depart within a week to France to serve under the American Ambulance Corps. They will pay their own expenses and some have contributed their own automobiles. A second group plans to leave in March.
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Chicago
Ti- Hnots
France
American Ambulance Corps
Failing to answer, Mrs Benson seeks coast after daughter's move
Mrs Benson hurried toward the coast after receiving no word from her daughter, a Fair Haven High School graduate who left four years ago to pursue moving pictures. The mother has been in regular contact, sending $25 in the last three months, as city officials in Chicago consider plans to centralize governance under a city manager, prompted by Alderman Charles Merriam.
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Chicago
Charles HE. Merriam
King Ferdinand of Bauerton selects residence in Yekaterinoslav
Reports from Russian press cited by Oversean News Agency say King Ferdinand of Bauerton mania will live at the Potemkin palace in Yekaterinoslav. The Roumanian representative and parliament now at Lasay Roumanmia are to move to Russia, with authorities shifting to Yekaterimosiay and Kher son.
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Berlin
Ferdinand
Bauerton
Mania
Potemkin Palaa
Yekaterinoslav
Onesia
Hia
Lasay
Roumanmia
Russia
Yekaterimosiay
Kherson
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