Armenian Liner Armenia Sinks After Torpedo Attack
Reports from Bristol say the freight liner Armenia, flying the British flag and carrying mules, was torpedoed off Cornwall by U 38. About 29 aboard, including 20 Americans, are missing or dead. questions arise about whether the vessel was armed, searched, and transferred before sinking amid U.S. Germany tensions and pending negotiations.
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Dominion
Ar- Menten
Newport News
Engiend
Cornwall
Engnd
Btate
Artment
Conwal Pon
Armstrong, Jr
Bristol
Page
Or Prea
Armenia
United States
Germany
London
Lansing
Gerard
Armenien
Canadian Premier Sails for England
Special to The Washington Post reports Sir Robert L. Borden premier of Canada travels aboard the White Star steamship Adriatic bound for Liverpool to consult with the British cabinet on the Alsace and war material. The ship carries 18 000 tons cargo and 420 passengers including five Americans. 120 vehicles like trucks and tractor engines are lashed to deck. Also aboard are Sir Cecil Spring-Rice British ambassador to Washington Capt Conway Jenkins and Dr Charles Sarolten Belgian consul to Edinburgh who has delivered lectures on Belgium.
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Washington Post
New York
Adriatic
White Star Line
Liverpool
Robert L. Borden
Conrads
Cecil Spring- Rice
Washington
Robert
Conway Jenkins
Royal British Aviation Corps
J P Morgan & Co
Charles Sarolten
Edinburgh
Belgium
French Guns Hurl Cyclone of Shells at Front
Officers describe the heavy artillery bombardment as a lifting of the hellish lid with a rain of steel and flame. Projectiles burst at two per second, throwing human fragments and earth into the air as Teuton mortars reply in massive salvos.
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Teuton
Thief Drugged Wife and Necklace Theft at Long Island Cottage
A Washington Post dispatch from Southampton details how ex Senator Aldrich’s wife was drugged during a theft of her $100,000 pearl necklace. The crime occurred while three dogs prowled the grounds and eight servants slept, with the thief exploiting Mrs Aldrich’s illness the next day to conceal the loss.
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Long Island
Villa
Necklace
Washington Post
Southampton
Sherwood Aldrich
Rich
Mra Aldrich
Marquise Tring
Mrs Aldrich
Allies Claim Gains at Dardanelles Amid Turmoil
London reports two Turkish trench lines captured east of Saghir Dere and five lines west of it, with 6,000 Turkish dead cited by Athens. Hamilton aimed to push leftward to form a new east facing line on the ground gained, while Turks dispute the gains and claim counterattacks. The day also sees Austro German advances in Galicia and Polish frontier actions around Lemberg.
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Ypres
Uela
Trommeliten
Teuton
Galicia
London
Dardenelles
Saghir Dere
Athens
Hamilton
Sir Ian Hamilton
Krithia
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Gallipoli
Lemberg
Zawlchost
Tomassow
Warsaw
Sayville Wireless Taken Under U S Control Probe of Neutrality
United States considers seizing the Sayville wireless plant on Long Island to block German communications. Sayville and Tuckerton stations privately owned. government operations would continue as naval and commerce officials weigh license and control issues amid alleged neutrality violations and coded plain messages. Berlin reports rain improves German crops, aiding harvest prospects.
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United States
Sayville
Long Island
Germany
Tuckerton
N. J
Navy Department
Department of Commerce
Redfield
Daniels
Lansing
Wilson
Department of Justice
Congress
German
Asbme
Navy and Commerce Departments
Lansing Haa
State Department
Berlin
Tortured, She Says, All Day by Police Tortured
Grace Morton repudiates an alleged confession of trying to die by self harm after tying her hands and setting her hat aflame. She alleges third degree police torture from 11 PM Monday until 6 PM Tuesday, five officers forcing an ammonia sponge to her nose and promising relief if she confessed. Police deny the accusation. hospital staff refuse to discuss the incident.
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Washington Post
Milwaukee
Grace Morton
Turks Brace Dardanelles Defenses Under German Guidance
Constantinople wire reports that Turkish fortifications along the Dardanelles are extensive and well organized with German officers aiding, making a speedy Allied breakthrough unlikely. The forts stand 30 feet above foundations with 60 feet revetted earth, dozens of artillery pieces, and brave, well trained troops. The Turks reportedly outnumber Allied forces in Gallipoli two to one with advantageous positions. Passenger train and excursion details appear at the end of the item.
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London
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Daily Telegraph
Gallipoli
Germans Claim Near Victory At Sea Through Submarines
Berlin reports Overseas News Agency dispatch citing Aftonbladet that British first line ships have fallen from about six to forty due to German submarine torpedoing while German ships suffered no loss. Article argues continued U boat tactics could bring Germans to a near see battle victory against Britain.
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Berlin
Sayville
Today
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Germany
Rioting mobs loot Mexico City amid unrest
Dispatches from Vera Cruz describe desperate conditions in Mexico City with unchecked mobs rioting and looting, stores stripped as garrison withdraws to join Zapata army opposing Carranza forces under Gen Pablo Gonzales. Reinforcements expected from Vera Cruz before renewed assault.
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State Department
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
United States
Zapata
Carranza
Pablo Gonzales
Gonzales
Wilson
Cornish
Lansing
Almherst Masa
Court Holds Forney Schneider Tells Of Attack
In Pittsburgh an attorney from Washington DC and a waiter were held for court on conspiracy and felonious assault charges tied to an alleged murder attempt on T F Schneider, Forney’s father in law. Schneider testified he was struck three times in his hotel room as two men fled.
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Washington
Eee
Schnider
Pittsburgh
Thomas G Forney
George McHenry
J J Bweeney
T F Schneider
Forne
Schneider
Anderson
McHenry
Forney
George S Wilson
Witliam
John A. Bowers
Ingram Street
Headquarts Ters
Young Bowers
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Trommelfeuer Trench
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Border Regiment
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Grand Duke
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Wedge
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Rally To Aid
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Sayville Wireless
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