Appam Prize Case Rules Neutrality Violated by Liner’s Use
The Supreme Court unanimously orders restoration to English owners of the liner Appam and its cargo valued between 3.1 and 4 million dollars. The court holds American ports cannot be used as harbors of safety by belligerents to house prizes, reaffirming that such seizures must be seaworthy vessels and neutral ports barred from prolonged use. The decision, written by Justice Day, upholds the Lansing ruling and rejects Hague conventions and other treaties as justifying war prize use of U S ports.
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Prise
Moone. Vo
Justice Day
Wadl
Virginia
Secretary Lansing
Hampton Iieads
Liaut
Beery
Appam
Dakar
Liverpool
Hans Berg
Vre
Raider scare renewed in German raider fears
March 6 Nenog Aires reports renewed fears of German raider activity as convoy rumors spread from multiple points. Vessel delays and overdue ships from Cardiff to Buenos Aires spark suspicions of raiders near the Amazon estuary, with officials citing cordite warnings and reports of vessels like the Ara and Gladys affected.
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Nenog
Aires
Wave Flese
Pernambuco
Silkeep
Gladys , Sons
Cardiff
As Aires
Rio Deyca
Amazon
Obituaries from 1917 with multiple DC notices
A sequence of death notices from Washington DC area dated March 1917 lists several individuals: Larry Maurice Doyle, T. M. Harris, E. E. Harris, a daughter of the late John and Tee Hyde, Michael J. Shea, Bessie Turtevant, Harry H. Talsh, and Paul Atman. Each note gives residence, age or relation, funeral arrangements, and interment details at Holy Trinity Georgetown Mount Olivet or Susquehanna, Pa burial sites, with dates between March 3 and March 7.
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YLE
Nineteenth Street
Washington
Larry Maurice
Dobn
Sarah
Deady
Isa
Alice Doyle
William H. Battersby
Philadelphia
Arris
C_ street
T. M
CG. E. Harris
Susquehanna
E. E
John and
Tee
Thomas Hyde
Holy Trinity Church
Georgetown
D. C
Holy Rood
Lea
Previance Hospital
Michael J
Cecilia Shea
Pineral
Morten Place
the Sacred Heart
Eye Cetonarrow
Mount Olivet Ametory
ATMAN
Paul
Rudolph H
Mary Agai
Mount Olivet
Wed- Mureh
Madness for Japan to Break With Allies Premier Says
Tokyo March 1 6 Premier Count Seiki Terauchi warned it would be madness for Japan to violate its alliance with the United States and its friends. He said Germany aims to drive Japan away from the U S and urged continued friendship with America, asserting Japan’s interests and shared ties with the United States.
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Tokyo
Japan
Count Seiki Terauchi
United States
Germany
Mexico
Reichstag backs German Mexican war plan indorsed
Berlin reports the Reichstag budget committee approved the Germany Mexico Japan war contingency with a unanimous vote after a six hour session. Dr Alfred Zimmermann defended the plan in a London dispatch saying it is a natural precaution and necessary for patriotic interests despite American possession of the code.
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Tuckerson
N. J
Reichstag
Foreign Office
United States
London
Mexico
Japan
Alfred Zimmermann
Reuter
Amsterdam
Zimmermann
America
Foyle Engages German Submarine in English Channel
Capt. James Evans recounted a two hour running fight in the English Channel on January 31 between the British steamer Foyle and a German submarine. Fifty shots were exchanged, two hit the Foyle, one tearing a hole in the upper deck and another striking the port side before the submarine abandoned and submerged.
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Boston
English Channel
James Evans
Liverpool
Evans
Foyle
Russians Drive Turks Back In Persia War Report
British admiralty dispatch from Petrograd notes Russian forces pushing the Ottoman army in Persia. Hamadan has been taken, with Turkish withdrawals from Bijar and moves to occupy Hussenabad and Chadiak. Troops attack Turks near the Asadabad summit southwest of Hamadan as they retreat toward Develtebad.
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Abzal Lake
Develtebad
Neutral ships idle as blockade cuts New York trade
Halifax holds 53 neutral vessels from American Swedish Danish Dutch and Norwegian registries after the German blockade decree. Indefinite detention prevents sailings and stalls passenger and mail service. Holland suffers most with 25 ships tied up or examined at their ports. </analysis>
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Halifax
Kirkwall
Falmouth
United States
Holland
Haes
American Line
Europe
Spain
Entente
Four Die In Ford Company Explosion In Cincinnati
Four men are dead and eight others seriously injured after an explosion in the Ford Automobile Company assembling room in Cincinnati. Gas from an electric enameling oven on the fourth floor is believed to have caused the blast. The victims named are Frank Hisele Rudolph Booth George Linkhorn and Hugh Johnston. Howard Scofield is believed fatally injured.
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Cincinnati
Ford Automobileompany
Frank Hisele
Rudolph Booth
George Linkhorn
Hugh Johnston
Howard Scofield
Three Die In Train Crash Near Norristown Pennsylvania
Norristown Pa March 6 three members of a freight train crew were killed and six other railroad men injured at Ernest near here when two freight trains collided. Officials blamed the wreck on signals disregarded by an engineer. The main line remained unaffected with the accident marking the third fatal Pennsylvania wreck in ten days.
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Norristown
Ernest
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Mount Union
Bristol
Robbery and theft reports across several city areas
Mrs. Joseph Ward on H Street NW surprised a colored man in her third floor apartment yesterday morning. He grabbed her and fled after taking the key. No damages or injuries reported. Reports include thefts of cash from pocketbooks and valuables at Seventh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and from a German Brewing Company plant. A bay mare attached to a wagon was stolen near 116 Sixteenth Street NE. A pocketbook containing $1056 was reported stolen from Martin Dodge.
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H Street
Hiram H. Dyer
Sherman Avenue
Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
German Brewing Company
New Jersey Avenue
I-street
B. Bobinger
Maryland Club
Marlborough Pike
Sixteenth Street
Martin Dodge
Martial Law Declared in Cuba After Rebel Upheaval
President Menocal declared martial law and suspended constitutional guarantees after a pilot’s act provoked unrest in Havana. He says order reigns in Pinar del Rio, Habana, Matanzas, Santa Clara, and major districts, with Camaguey loyal under Col. Pujol and Oriente rebels limited to Santiago. Germany Cuba intrigues and Iron Cross suspicions noted. U S warships credited with averting wider conflict.
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Menocal
Associated Press
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Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Col. Pujol
Oriente
Santiago
Bayamo
Manganillo
Puerto Padre
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Mayari
Victoria de Las Tunes
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Baracoa
Sagua de Tanamo
Mexico
Japan
United States
Gomez
el Mundo
the Iron Cross
Hutchins will case appeal seeks district court review
Walter S. Hutchins defense attorney Henry Davis filed an application in the District Court of Appeals for a special appeal from Justice Stafford's ruling in the District Supreme Court. The appeal challenges a new trial for contesting Stilson Hutchins will. Lee Hutchins contested the will with Justice Anderson having died before the bill of exceptions. The appellate tribunal will decide whether the record is required. the move aims to save time and expense.
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District Court of Appeals
Justice Stafford
District Supremes Court
Stilson Hutchins
Henry ©. Davis
Walter S. Hutchins
Justice Anderson
Lee Hutchins
Anderson
Davin
Rule on sea collision law upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court interpreted the old Pennsylvania rule to hold ves sels liable for navigation rule violations occurring before a collision rather than as proximate cause. It affirmed that the Norwegian freighter Selja's owners may claim cargo damages only from San Francisco and Portland Steamship Co. after Beaver rammed and sank the Selja in 1910 near San Francisco. The court noted Beaver’s excessive speed in fog as the proximate cause, while lower courts had dismissed the Selja's $130,000 loss claim because the vessel did not stop immediately after hearing the fog horn.
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Supreme Court
Vesges
San Francisco and
Portland Steamship Company
Beaver
San Francisco
Food inquiry still possible by FTC on reduced scale
The Federal Trade Commission may still pursue a food cost investigation though Congress did not appropriate 460000 for the inquiry. It is now under consideration to conduct the inquiry on a trimmed scale with its existing staff and without additional funds.
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Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Commission
Battle at Verdun Rages in Blizzard
Paris reports ongoing fighting around Courieres wood and Douaumont north of Verdun as German attempts to retake trenches fail. Artillery duels intensify on the Somme right bank with British raids east of Bouchavesnes repelled and French prisoners taken in Courraveres wood amid snow.
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Caurierea Wood
Douaumont
Verdun
War Office
Metisse
Courieres Wood
Berlin
Snds
Bouchavesnes
Courrveres Wood
London
Irles
Putsl@ux-au-Mont
France
Peruvian cabinet resigns in Lima in 1915 reform
In Lima on March 6, the Peruvian cabinet led by Enrique de la Riva Aguero, president of the council and foreign affairs minister, resigned. The cabinet had been formed in August 1915, marking a political shakeup in Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Enrique de la Riva Aguero
Japanese to Try American Thayer Remanded for Trial
Ralph Hoyt Thayer formerly of Utica New York was remanded for trial on charges of violating the protection of military secrets act. He was released on 600 yen bond after being accused of entering the wireless station zone of Yokosuka near Yokohama. Thayer taught English at St Pauls Episcopal College in Tokyo run by the American Episcopal mission.
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Naval Station
Tokyo
Ralph Hoyt Thayer
Utica
Heta
Yokosukak
Yokohama
Thayer
St. Paul's Episcopal College
American Episcopal Mission
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