Moeve Captured or Not Claims Split Over British Action
Reports from Montevideo and Port of Spain claim the German raider Moewe was captured by British cruisers and taken to Trinidad, while others say the vessel remains at large. French warships reportedly engaged the raider, with damages to a French cruiser and conflicting identifications.
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Prige
Trinidad
Buenos
Montevideo
Europe
Brazil
Thea
Rakar
Africa
Wiven
Tawer
Darkne
Frore
Gome
Weavel Fee
Axel Johnson
Promias
Atlantic
Mmandheria
Spain
Mirewe
Obituary notices from March 1918 and 1916 listings
Deaths and funeral notices for Beall Bodine Brockmann Brown Tyson Edomnia Cosby Houge Kearney Miller Namara Plugge Powers and others. Includes addresses, ages, spouses, funeral arrangements, church services, and interment details across Washington DC area with references to Holy Trinity Church Arlington National Cemetery Salem and Rock Creek Cemetery and local obituary notices.
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Feall
H_e street
Benjamin M Heall
Blanche T Beall
Jerrell
Carlton M Beall
Rodine
Scarfield Hospital
Frank Beinveil
Linda V Bodine
Corbin Street
Salem
Ashington Lodge No 15
BPO
Frank Bodine
Sams Richards
WM . Bhelby
Arockmans
Patrnot Northwest
John
Emma Brockmann
Nes Krag
Orn
Sirefeld
Germany
Holy Trinity Church
Thirty Sixth
O Streets
Mags
Brown
Catherine Tyson
Lewis K Brown
Nowera
Us&y
Mra
Nary Jo Kupfer
Martha Edmonia Cosby
Richmond
Isabel Bennett
George M ‘Twaddle
M Street
Arlington W National Cemetery
Kearney
Mtrest
Luke Kearney
Mary Kearney
Frida
Baltimore
Ehoston
Miller
Wermheada
Stephen A
Adaline V Millar
Sargent Road
Chillum
Thomas & Sergnon
Seventh Street
Rock Creak
Philadelphia
M Namara
Drummond
Hamilton Mathew M’namara
Pugge
Marie Dallas Plugge
Campbell
August H Plugme
Bom
Powers
Katherine G Powers
Proctor
Windsor
Center Rutland
Warships best afloat riddle target at nine miles
Admiral Fletcher told the House naval committee that U S sea forces were efficient and led the world in fighting ability. He described long-range gunnery at Guantanamo and at 12 000 yards multiple penetrations, noting 10 to 20 percent hit at 18 000 yards and that long-range errors magnify with distance. He cited Wyoming tests and discussed Marine Corps officers joining Haitian constabulary and possible withdrawal of most American forces within three years.
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House Naval Committee
Frank?Fletcher
Atlantic
Fletcher
United States
Joner
Guantanamo
Wyoming
Marine Corps
Col .Waller
Haiti
Secuintty
Legation
Senate Committee
Battle Overhead Ends With German Fokker’s Fatal Fall
A British airman recalls a high altitude chase during which a Fokker fighter pursued and fired on a British biplane at 50 yards. The chase ended as the German aircraft nosed into a dugout, the pilot and machine crew killed, while four soldiers were wounded below. The action occurred as reconnaissance over German lines descended from 19000 feet to engage.
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The
United Press
London
Priot
Verdun bombardment heard 188 miles away
Berlin dispatch reports Verdun cannonading heard as far as Marburg and Ziegenhain, 188 miles distant. The Transocean News Bureau notes sound was loudest on the 26th between 4 and 5 PM and audible indoors with windows shut, likely the longest distance a battle sound has been perceived without artificial transmission.
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Berlin
Sayville
Verdun
Marburg
Ziegenhain
Transocean News Bureau
Royal Bank of Canada plans West Indies branch network
Officials of the Royal Bank of Canada on a West Indies tour with the aim to establish branch banks across the islands. The group met in Charleston and sailed aboard the yacht Alvin, seeking secrecy as they expand from Porto Rico where locals favor the Canadian bank. Authors say plans target key commercial centers in the Indies, joining American institutions in the region.
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Royal Bank of Canada
West Indies
Charleston
Porto Rico
Indies
Pennsylvania Battleship Finishes Official Trials at Newport News
The Pennsylvania returned to the Newport News shipyard after 11 days of government trials. Officials report speeds of 21.76 knots and 2105 knots average on a 12 hour run, noting excellent sea-keeping and fuel margins. Commissioning expected within two months as trial board travels to Washington.
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Newport News
Pennsylvania
Bullberg
Naval Trial Board
Old Point
Washington
Crown Prince Credited With German Verdun Victory
German reports credit the crown prince with a major Verdun breakthrough after an eight hour bombardment, breaching French positions from the Meuse to Consenvoye and Asannes. Fort Douaumont fell under heavy artillery pressure as German forces pressed toward Forts Vaux and Saint Mihiel, with about 18 000 prisoners and 78 guns seized so far.
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Consenvoye
Asannes
Crown Prince
Douaumont
Fort de Vaux
Fort Michel
Champnenville
Ia Aberats
Champagne
Yaer
Verdun
By Press Publishing Co
Icar Men Are Dismissed From Union Demands Prompt Backlash
Representatives of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes allege three of four signators to a memorandum for better pay and hours were discharged either Wednesday or when the memorandum was presented. They name W B Meade Charles U Lewin and Frank Diggs. Officials deny a connection between dismissals and the demands. Capital Traction and Washington Railway claim Morris Mellon and Sweeney were discharged after or around the time of the union’s formation. Capital Traction says Morris was let go before the union formed. Officials note bonuses of 26 to 100 dollars and a percentage of net earnings favor many employees.
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Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
W B Meade
Charles U Lewin
Frank Diggs
Washington Railway and Electric Company
King
Capital Traction Company
L P Morris
R M. Mellon
A. P. Sweeney
J EH Hanna
Manger
Morris
Death of Andrew H. Ragan in Washington after month of illness
Andrew H. Ragan aged 31 a prominent fraternal figure and vice president of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants died yesterday after a month of illness. Born in Georgetown in 1835 he lived in Missouri as a boy and later served as a Senate page and as an agent in Salt Lake City. He founded Washington's first lunch room in the seventies and held posts in the Washington city post office. He belonged to B B French Lodge 15 F A A and Seneca Lodge of the Red Men and was a key member of Pioneer Council No. 1 Sons of Jonadab. His wife died three years ago. A sister Mrs. Warren Choate and niece Miss Ezza Choate survive.
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Andrew H. Ragan
Association of
Georgetown
Mr. Ragan
Missouri
Washington
Senate
Overland Mall
Salt Lake City
Utah
National Capital
Washington City
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
B. B. French Lodge
Seneca Lodge of the Red Men
Pioneer Council
Janadab
James Croggan
Ragan
War bulletin reports renewed German assaults near Verdun
War events bulletin notes German attacks in the Woevre east of Verdun with French repulses and trench recaptures. It also cites French unsuccessful attempts to recapture Fort Douaumont, British Belgian bombardments on the Yser, and Russian front artillery activity. Reports mention seven ships sunk under the German submarine campaign and a possible German plan to seize ships from Portugal. Also, Moewe cruiser captured off Brazil and Fort Vaux abandonment near Verdun.
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Appam
Seve
Admiralty
Canary Islands
Westburn
Ppam
Brazil
Paris
Woevre
Verdun
Berlin
Fort. Douaumont
Yser
London
Germany
Amsterdam
Portugal
Pastor Seeks Return at Methodist Conference
Alexandria Methodists vote to ask the regional conference to restore Rev. Howard T. Kirkley to his charge after completing his first year. Congregation and officers were noted, with vacancies and new appointments due to the death of George W Carter. Henry O Bannon Cooper, Braddock Heights, promoted to solicitor in the Southern Railway legal department in Washington after UVA law study.
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Alexandria Methodista
Kirkley
WASE
King Street
Alexandria
Methodist Protestant Conference
West Baltimore
F. C. Glasgow
Risdon
Robert Ayers
F W Ebhardt
W Deeton
Norman Roberts
H /B Smith
Stewarda
Thomas Simpson
Henry O'Bannon Cooper
Braddock Heights
The
Southern Railway
Washington
Mr Cooper
University of Virginia
Southern
Alexandria Hospital plans discussed by building committee
The building committee of Alexandria Hospital met at the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce rooms with architect Waddy B. Wood to discuss a new hospital on the north side of Duke Street between Columbus and Washington Streets. Work is expected to start early this spring.
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Alexandria Hospital
Alexandria Chamber 1% Commerce
Waddy B. Wood
Washington
Duke Street
Columbus
Washington Streets
Site for New Eastern High School Acquired
The district has secured land for a new Eastern High School from private owners bounded by Seventeenth and Nineteenth Streets and East Capitol and B Street NE. Fifty seven owners are involved. deeds will transfer as arrangements proceed. Initial deeds recorded. total land value set at 128,428 but reduced to 109,400 by Joseph L Weiler and Raymond J Vierbuchen, saving about 24,600. Construction cannot start before July due to lacking appropriation. total appropriation for purchases was 150,000.
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East Capitol
Sis
N. E
Eastern High School
Propertien
Capitol
Joseph S. Weiler
Joseph L Weiler
Raymond J Vierbuchen
District of Columbia
Myron M Parker
Aulick Palmer
Thomas Gordon
Weller
United States Treasury
Freight block hearing set on Eastern terminals congestion
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a public hearing March 6 and 7 with representatives of all interests to address freight congestion at Hastern terminals. Eastern railroads have new authority to cut free storage time for export freight but car shortages and idled stock worsen the bottleneck. Oliver Bishop Harriman of New York is named secretary of the Berlin embassy, replacing Alexander Comstock Kirk who moves to Constantinople. Kirk has left Berlin already.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern
Berlin
Oliver Bishop Harriman
New York
Alexander Comstock Kirk
Chicago
Constantinople
Kirk
Baltimore unrest flares as police chief shot at factory sit-in
Baltimore March 2 Marshal of Police Carter was fired upon during a demonstration at a clothing factory of L Greif Ero as police moved to break up the strike. About 400 workers at the firm and thousands in the crowd faced arrests amid ongoing labor unrest.
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Baltimore
Carter
L. Greif & Ero
Greif
Paris in No Peril While Verdun Stands Statesman Says
Noted French statesman says Verdun stands firm as German offensive in France continues. He cites Verdun as apex of offensives and notes soldiers from Prussia and Silesia suffered heavy losses. Calls for shift in leadership amid German militarism defense by its own men.
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Verdun
Saxony
Pomeranian
Coe
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Hindenburg
von Tirpits
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