Armed liner voyage with armed escorts sparks thrills for passengers
Wirth three Americans aboard the White Star Line Canopic sailing from New York to Gibraltar and the Mediterranean will arm at Gibraltar, passengers told. Captain James warned guns aboard would depend on engagements, while the Adriatic remains unarmed. The Canopic carries 340 people, steerage and saloon, and the voyage includes risk in the danger zone as the ship approaches the Mediterranean.
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Sprcint
Washington Post
New York
Wirth
White Star Line
Canopic
Gibraltar
R W Jamea
Adiren
Mince
Adriatic
Lane
James
Mia Charles Bellows
Pierrepontster Berauk
Bellowa
Alens
Ellis
Wnoepmie
Pasarr
North Atlantic
Widowed Atherine Tyson dies. other notices follow in march
Funeral notices report deaths and services for Catherine Tyson at 194 C Street South, Stephen A Miller on Sargent Road, Vanrir Dallas Plugge, Andrew Horatio Ragan, and Fred Renwick. Dates March 1 to March 6 mark services, interment to follow, with relatives and friends invited.
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C Street
Sargent Road Hillum
Thomas SS
Ber Keen
Seventh Street
Pork Ot Rh
Philadelpha
Dallas
Andrew Horatyo Ragan
Tohn H Right
Fenwier
Motos Aom
Fred
Husaotof Kite Renwick
Hoffaury
Woman Manicurist Guilty of Federal White Slave Act
Mrs. Katherine Brand, a New York manicurist, was found guilty of violating the Federal white slave act by luring her 17 year old niece Annis Planner from Dayton Ohio under the pretense of employment. The raid on Brand's establishment showed it catered to men from the financial district and she collapsed when verdict was read. Judge Learned Hand remanded her for sentencing until Monday.
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Annie Planner
Mrs. Brand
Financial District
Washington Post
New York
Katherine Brand
United States District Court Today
Annis Planner
Dayton
Ohio
United States
Content
Brand
Learned Hana
Austria and Germany to Merge in Four-Group Europe Plan
London reports British experts predict postwar Europe will organize into four groups English leaders foresee England France Russia and Italy in group one while Germany and Austria-Hungary may merge into a single German sphere Other blocs include the Scandinavian and Balkan states with Belgium and the Iberian nations aligning with allies and Spain Portugal Holland seen as awkward fits The Dardanelles may open a Russian warm water route altering regional balance
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Austria
Germany
Europe
London
United States of Europe
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
England
France
Russia
Italy
Balkan States
Austria-Hungary
Scandinavian
Asia
Balkans
Bosphorus
Asia Minor
Balkan
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Dardanelles
Black Sea
North Atlantic
Germans Sweep Past Douaumont In Verdun Offensive
German forces push to west and south of Douaumont while advancing behind fortifications. French regain ground near the village and shell German assembly points near Beaumont. British claim lin es consolidated at Ypres as French and German actions continue along Verdun, Ypres, and the Meuse fronts.
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Deuaumont
Meuse
Verdun
Vaux
Beaumont
Upper
Alsaca
Seppols J
la Granda Largus
Navarre
Douaumont
French aircrafts make 24 hour Saloniki to Smyrna flight
French aeroplanes flew from Saloniki to the Gulf of Smyrna and bombarded Turkish batteries. The seven aircraft returned safely after a 24 hour journey, one of the longest on record.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athena
Saloniki
Gulf of Smyrna
Two Ships Torpedoed by Submarines Off Bordeaux
Bordeaux reports the French steamship Lakme sunk by a German submarine southwest of Dyen Island with six crew missing. The Primula mine sweeper was torpedoed March 1 in the Mediterranean, three officers and crew saved at Port Said. The German steamer Delta, 2775 GRT, built 1905 at Rostock, foundered after likely striking a mine south of the Sound. wreckage washed ashore.
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Bordeaux
France
Dyen
Dunkirk
London
Admiralty
Casters
Mediterranean
Port Said
Delta
Apenrade
Prussia
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Rostock
Russians Capture Bitlis Amid Asia Minor Advance
Petrograd reports the Russians have taken Bitlis in Turkish Armenia, capturing six Kanneen and seventeen officers. The seize comes as Russian forces push from Erzerum toward Trebisond and Sivas, facing Turkish fortifications and reinforcements. Meanwhile French and Allied air action and battles in the Champagne and Argonne are noted with advances and prisoner gains.
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Petrograd
Bitlis
Armenia
Erzerum
Lake van
Kanneen
Asia Minor
Trebisond
Sivas
Erazerum
Ithis Center
Latest War Events in Field and at Capitals Told in Brief Glance
Paris Germans launched another offensive against French positions north of Verdun. French at Douaumont retake part of lost lines as 2,000 were lost on the auxiliary Provence. Berlin French driven from Douaumont with 1,000 prisoners. English breach south of Ypres. Verdun battle rages. Amsterdam two German Zeppelins destroyed in Belgium. Bordeaux Lakme sunk by submarine. London mine sweeper torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Petrograd Russians capture Bitlis Armenia. Constantinople British near Aden after defeat.
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Beaumont
Ypres
Paris
Belgium
Langemarck
Berlin
Sayville
Douaumont
Verdun
Antente el- Ved
Ilna
Dougumont
Souville
Saint Michel
William
Meune
Douaument
Fort Varavun
Coyal
Imielmann
Teuton
Provence
Commerce Dept Building Sold In $900,000 Trade
Mrs. H M Halliday buys the Commerce Department building at Nineteenth Street and Pennsylvan ia Avenue Northwest for 900000 in exchange for the Hendrick building at 734 Fifteenth Street Northwest the Chilean legation residence at 1013 Sixteenth Street Northwest and first trust notes plus cash valued at about 900000 The government continues to rent the building at 66900 annually under a ten year lease The Hendrick building and Chilean legation property are subject to trusts of 100000 and 55000 respectively The deal cements one of Washingtons largest realty transactions in years with negotiations ongoing for some time The seller agrees to cover repairs for five years at its own cost not assumed by the government.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Nineteenth Street
Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest
Commerce Building Company
Henrietta M. Halliday
First Trust
Balfour
Sixteenth
U Streets
T. F. Schneider
F Street
J. T. Hendrick
C F. M Normont
N Street
Harry Wardman
Thomas Bones
Commerce Department
Hendrick
Legation
F H Smith Company
Halliday
Wilton J. Lambert
Commerce
I Hlegation
FIRED ON OFF VIRGINIA RAID FEARS AT CAVES
Captain D W Griffiths of the British steamer Swiftwingas reports being fired on twice about 400 miles off the Virginia capes as Captain Johnson of the Lady Plymouth relays a similar incident upon arrival at Old Point. Rumors say a German raider entered the capes, though not confirmed. Shipmasters express alarm and vow vigilance once the mile limit is crossed.
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Washington Post
Newport News
D. W. Griffiths
Virginia Capes
Johnson
Britain and France near reply to Lansing blockade note
A London cable reports Britain and France are finalizing their joint reply to Secretary Lansing’s blockade note from last October. The document is in late stages of preparation and will be sent to America within a week.
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Washington Post
London
Great Britain
France
Lansing
America
Demand by AR men union prompts arbitration offer
The Amalga mated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes demanded shorter hours higher wages and arbitration with Capital Traction and Washington Railway and Electric. Luther P. Morris Robert M. Melton and A P Sweeney signed the ultimatum urging a three man arbitration panel and final binding adjustment.
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Capital Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Companies
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
J. R. Hannan
Capital Traction Company
J. T. Moffatt
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Luther P. Morris
Robert M. Melton
A. P. Sweeney
Ouray
American Federation of Labor
Union
Tradlion
King
NAB WOMAN HELD UP NICHOLS HOME ARRESTS FOLLOW
A Brooklyn man reports a hold up at the Nichols home when a mother and son forced him to place a 20000 dollar check and demanded 80000 dollars to secure his release. The pair, Lulu Nichols and her son, were arrested after detectives traced them to Temple Barding. The incident ended with the man appearing before Judge Nash and charges to be pursued.
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Cohheu Saya Nichols
Cocheu
Manton
Adama Street
Nichols
Peters
Nash
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Cheppy
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R. Harris & CO
TRE Jewelers
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la Bassea
Champagne
Bolante Wood
Lachalade
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Aden
Virginia
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Clarence P. King
Washington Raailway and Electric Company
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