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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1915
Page
3
The article reports Italy urged to respond to a German bid on Turkish territories amid possible partition, with Prince von Buelow and his wife promoting pro-German propaganda. Ambassadors in Rome note Austria refuses broad cessions, offering only a small Trent region carveout, while Allies resist pressure.
Special representative of the President and State Department to investigate conditions in Mexico returns to San Antonio after a month. He will remain awaiting instructions and is expected to visit Vera Cruz and Carranza controlled territory.
In East New York Brooklyn a large gasoline tank at Drew Levick Company exploded killing four boys and a foreman, George W Avery, who died while warning others. Several people were injured as the blast wrecked a two story brick building and shattered windows two blocks away. The boys had just left the company offices after warning of a leak and met instant death.
Telegraph report from the Mexican border describes Las Vacas near Rio Texas deserted after Villa forces appeared late today. Carranza officers and most of the garrison moved to the American side amid fear of an attack. Four hundred Carranza troops believed to have accompanied Gov Acuna were not accounted for.
Dispatches from Sofia report several Turkish families fleeing toward Broussa amid rumors that Sultan Abdul Hamid may be deposed. Minister Talaat Bey and military leaders including Baron von der Goltz have reportedly left Constantinople. Banks move bullion to Brussa as fear and nervousness grow among the populace while the cabinet debates the fate of German ships Goeben and Breslau.
British forces launched a major offensive near Neuve Chapelle on March 10, using heavy bombardment from guns and howitzers to breach German trenches. The attack quickly broke through most lines, capturing port areas and forcing German troops from key positions while aircrews attacked railway bridges at Menin and Courtrai. Despite stubborn German countermeasures, the advancing British forces secured a front of about 4090 yards, advancing roughly 200 yards from initial positions as prisoners and wounded streamed toward rear areas.
London March 13 Official military observer at British headquarters reports no signs of weakening in German morale or overall strength. He notes German reserves depleted in the west but still holding vast front, while insisting crushing defeat is needed to shake Kaiser's troops and civilian resolve. The Kaiser's next move, he says, could be a triumphant appearance in a Belgian or French town.
The Emperor of Russia left the imperial residence at Tsarskoye Selo this morning for the battle front, dispatch from Petrograd to Reuters Telegram Company reports. The move signals continued military focus during the conflict with the front line advancing as war coverage continues.
Kronprinz Wilhelm sank the Guadeloupe and captured the British steamer Chase Hill near Pernambuco. Passengers and crew from the Guadeloupe, about 145 in total, were taken aboard the Chase Hill before being moved to port on a British vessel. Corrientes failed to arrive to sink the Chase Hill. The Guadeloupe crew and 100 men were aboard when sunk en route from Rio Janeiro to Dakar.
Crews from the Floride Pietre Loti Jacobean and Isabel Brown signed a statement saying captors treated them without brutality but denied air water and decent shelter. They suffered extreme heat or cold in holds and await transport to France aboard the Niagara under French consular care.
Senior Surgeon Henry R Carter of the United States Public Health Service received a commission as assistant surgeon general in recognition of his work on the Panama Canal. Seventeen other senior surgeons were named, including James C Perrys and Claudg C Pierce. Carter, a Virginia native who joined the marine hospital service in 1879, contributed to yellow fever campaigns and directed canal zone sanitation with McGen W C Gorgas from 1904 to 1909, becoming a leading malaria and yellow fever authority.
Dr James Perry led the Marine Hospital in Baltimore and served as chief quarantine officer on the Canal Zone from 1904 to 1909. Dr Claude Fierce, commissioned in 1900, was a quarantine officer at Ancon from 1903 to 1912 and directed the Public Health Service exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition.
A vintage advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to sick children to cleanse stomachs livers and bowels. It promises rapid relief from cramps fever and constipation and claims the remedy works for babies children and adults. The copy warns against counterfeits and promotes a 50 cent bottle from California Fig Ship Company with on bottle directions.
President Wilson selected Frank H. Clark of Windsor Vermont as postmaster and Clarence L. Clark of Lyme Connecticut for a summer post office vacancy. The choices coincide with the President’s residence patterns during summers and involve connections to Princeton and potential Churchill interest.
The notice records multiple postmaster appointments including Fickerberg Linux Crt and Jown Joseph Rosborough in Oakland California Parry F Brown in Northampton Massachusetts Otto ON Baths in St Paul Minnesota George Higher tT Dover New Hampshire Patrick T Quigley in Aus purn Y H M Bonner Hammonds port N John Townsend Pough keepsie New York Otis RH Weaver Bhaw.
A garbled OCR list shows names connected to Fort Sam Houston Texas Hillsboro Texas Brattleboro Vermont St Cloud Minnesota James Town New William Nadrapse Potdervig X.Y Andrew Palm Menile Leo Wrans Marinette Vin. The fragment mentions several locations and individuals without coherent context or roles. No dates or events are clear from the readable text.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick cure for indigestion, gas, sour stomach, and related discomfort. It claims relief within minutes, enabling people to enjoy meals again, with the product priced at five cents for a large can at stores.
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