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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1915
Page
8
Secretary Bryan reportedly sent a broad inquiry to Great Britain and France seeking explanations for their embargo enforcement and possible handling of cargoes and ships detained, including whether dyes and related materials Britain allows for its nationals could be imported by U S merchants.
A batch of death notices and funeral plans from Washington DC and surrounding areas lists March 1915 services and interments. Entries include Baggett, Bradley, Campbell, Parris, Shervan, Tavars, Nuber, McKivitt, and others with details on residences, churches, cemeteries, and funeral dates.
The Journal Patris reports as Venizelos proposes sending one division to aid the Allies at Dardanelles to protect Greek interests. The king accepts cabinet resignations as Theotokia and Ehallis back Venizelos while noting Austria and Germany may not guarantee Greek interests. Bulgaria’s likely allied stance is discussed.
A Sofia dispatch reports Bulgaria stirred by the Dardanelles attack and considering a coalition government to steer the crisis while King Ferdinand contemplates forming a national unity cabinet. A Bucharest dispatch notes Romania’s parliament passed a law to empower a war state of siege if needed.
Dispatches from Smyrna report Rabin Pasha the vali intends to surrender Smyrna on the first of Ammons. About 4000 Turkish troops there are in dire condition with tatters for uniforms and many without boots. They are described as the worst troops the Turks possess.
A Marquis of Crewe report details heavy fighting west of Ahwaz in Khuzistan where about 12,000 Turkish and allied forces clashed with British reconnoiterers. The enemy reportedly lost 300 killed and 500 to 600 wounded. British casualties included multiple officers and hundreds of other ranks. A separate Nakala reconnaissance faced 1,500 hostile horsemen with British losses. Berlin notes a Turkish victory near Challe with British prisoners and further heavy casualties.
Paris reports eight months of war aerial activity by French airmen. About 10 000 reconnaissance flights totaling 14 000 hours in the air covered over 1 116 000 miles, roughly 40 circumferences of the globe, with losses that match or exceed other warfare methods.
Fleeing Muslims face hunger, cold, and robbery as they trek toward Julfa. In towns along the route, missing children are found slain, and many perish. Survivors reach Julfa with few belongings while Russians plan moves toward Ourmiah in spring. The account details brutal hunger and cold, with families separated and many dead.
Claude T Allen an employee of the bureau of engraving and printing claims a cartridge exploded accidentally while cleaning an old revolver in their kitchen at 1223 Pleasant street southeast. His wife Carrie F Allen is in Casualty Hospital in critical condition with a through head wound. Police investigate while the suspect is held at Anacostia station.
A fire in a rear row of houses on N Street between Twenty third and Twenty fourth streets northwest yesterday morning caused about 1000 dollars in damage. The flames stayed on wooden porches after starting in the row center. A separate second fire at 707 A Street Northeast damaged property with 100 dollars loss. James Carley, who attempted to extinguish the Tenth Street fire at 734 Northwest, burned his hands and received treatment at Emergency Hospital.
Reuters from Sofia reports momentum for Constantinople defense with German command. The sultan and governor remain in the capital as Turkish troops redeploy to Gallipoli, and police chief Bedri Bey gains viceroy like authority. The government hints at Asia Minor crossing readiness, while measures to prevent capture are tightened.
Paris reports from March 7 detail French counterattacks near Arras and Verdun, gains in Champagne, and prisoner captures. Petrograd notes continued offensives on the Niemen and Vis tula fronts, prisoner totals, and rising battle intensity. Berlin cites artillery duels and French setbacks near Le Mesnil, with Russian night actions repulsed and prisoner captures. Vienna adds limited Polish fighting and Russian losses in the Carpathians.
Nearly 600 members of the Plate Printers Association met in the Eagles Club assembly room with J J Deving presiding. Enthusiasm greeted a committee report noting a sundry civil appropriation bill provides 2 000 000 sheets of United States notes to be printed instead of 74 000 000. The group unanimously voted to make the Labor Teacher the representative sheet of the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia Federation of Labor as its official organ.
Berlin activists led by high ranking women propose converting garden plots and vacant land into truck farms to grow vegetables for immediate needs. Meetings urge reduced meat, milk use, and even soup for breakfast to cut food use while wartime shortages press.
Charles F. Vrooman, chief clerk for the Treasury Department, attacked atheism in a YMCA mass meeting yesterday. He argued that scientific discovery supports belief in God and that Darwinism has not universal scientific acceptance, quoting a colorful line about fathers and monkeys.
A March 7 London rally in Trafalgar Square saw the Socialist Labor group demand government takeover of food and fuel controls. The resolution deplored high prices and urged action to regulate cargo ships and home grown supplies for sale at the lowest possible price.
A meeting pressed government action to purchase all available wheat for public use at prices ruling three years before the war, with losses covered by national revenue. A letter from James Keir Hardie criticized the government’s handling of a district yard strike and warned that lone workers could face martial law if they refused to work.
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