England Nears Crisis Over Compulsory Service Demands
London dispatch reports mounting pressure on the Asquith government from married men seeking universal conscription. Exemptions in munition works spark calls to call up all single men, extend service age, and declare a moratorium on protected married workers. Debates in Parliament intensify as coalition allies split over universal conscription and reserved occupations.
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Washington Post
London
Asquith
Sith
Derby
Mar Vaio Sengte
Ard
Ex Senator Dorsey Dies in Los Angeles Home
Former United States senator Stephen Wood Dorsey of Arkansas and later a specialist in this city died this evening at his home. He served as Arkansas senator from 1873 to 1879, and in later years was linked to juries in Colorado Arizona and other parts of the Southwest.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Stephen WooDorees
United States
Arkansas
Rooma
Dorasy
Colorado
Arizona
Southwest
Obituary notices from a 1916 Washington DC page
Multiple death and funeral notices dated March 1916 from Washington area sources. Entries include Joseph Brett and John A. Doug, with private interments at Arlington and Congressional Cemeteries, Paul Vincenting at Comforter Church, and Catherine OConner and Julia Quile among others. Services listed at churches or chapels, with private or public interment plans and family references.
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Ceapsian
Joseph Brett
Lettie Brintnall Chapman Frierdt
John R Wright Company
Tenth Street
Ariington National Cemetery
Madison
Oolielas
Northwest
John A. Doug- 20Sr
Congressional Cemetery
Paul Vincent
Eurnest
Edward A
Fia Btolshell
Mee Waltemyer
Binera
Yurem Masa
Hannan
Torinson
Olise Vo
Fenty
Mary Johnson Pouceral
Second Street
Sacred Heart ‘Hunt
Anna Eliza
Edwin E. Kinsey Freerment
Catasauqua
Muentas
Phildelphi
Kentown
Dubrey
Sixteenth Street
Emma
Mary
Hlanry
Lugenbeel
M V Brewer
Fiftteenth Street
Furiail
Kington National Cemetery
Precerich
Oconnor
Catherine
Agnes V. O'Connor
Tobin
Timothy BE
Rowley
Alice Rowley
Kenyon Street
Smith
Woo
Maury
Susan Smitil
Burton
Edward Asmith
Mid
Wentere
Maywood
Dominion
Vaur
Charles Curtic Winne
Blanche
Wailer
Vinling
Thomas and
Olizabeth Winter
Pereraville
Frederick County
Hobs Akly
Oak Hill
pontRalamore Frederich and
Yorn
War Brief: Attacks, Repulses and Air Bombing Reported
SERLIN-French attacks near Vaux ver dun repulsed with heavy losses. Russians suffer 20,000 casualties as they renew assaults near Sabres Narocz and Dreschotz. PARIS-Germans use liquid fire on Avecourt Malancourt fronts, repulsed except one point. LONDON-65 allied aircraft drop 10,000 pounds on Tenton bases. two allied and two neutral ships torpedoed. PETROGRAD-Russians seize German trenches near Lake Narocz and villages, halt near Lake Dreschotz. VIENNA-Austrian lines withdraw at one point under ruinous attack. Italians’ advance halted.
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Serlin
Vaux
Verdun
Sabres Narocz
Dreschotz
Paris
Avecourt
Malancourt
London
Tenton
Belgium
Vienna
Landslide for Hughes Strong New England Support
New England favors Charles E. Hughes for president with strong movement in Maine Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Boston Transcript editorial signals Hughes as virtually certain nominee and aligns with Lodge and Crane, shaping New England delegates toward Hughes ahead of Chicago.
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Boston
Washington Post
Mass
Charles E. Hughes
New
Chicago
Hughes
Maine
Portland
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Lodge
Boston Transcript Today
Wilson
Transcript
Senator Lodge
Crane
Dutch press warlike archbishop palace at Rheims shells
The Dutch press reports the archbishop s palace in Rheims as the target of thousands of shells amid war activity. Admiralty divers prepare to inspect the Tubantia wreck while Germany denies sinking and British submarine accusations surface with renewed tension between Germany, Britain and the Netherlands. The Rheims cathedral and archbishop residence suffer ruin as observers describe the devastations and empty streets.
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Rheims
Nohaterretional
Peter
British Deny Sinking Tubantia in North Europe Crisis
The British embassy reports an unqualified denial of a German claim that a British submarine sank the Dutch steamer Tubantia to provoke friction among neutral North European states. The Admiralty cablegram states no British submarines were near the sinking.
German Gains West of Meuse Halted By Allied Fire
German attacks west of the Meuse were repelled after heavy shelling and counterfire. Allied artillery and machine gun fire broke up the assault near Avecourt Malancourt and Hill 304, with limited enemy progress in the Malancourt wood as bombardments continued in the region. British reports note artillery activity near Loos and Ypres, with Boesinghe counterattack recapturing a bombing post.
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Avecourt-Malancourt
Montfaucon Wood
Meuse
Avecourt
Malancourt
Bois Bourrus
London
Loos
Hohenzollern
Ypres
Boesinghe
Borah Declares He Is Not a Presidential Candidate
Senator Borah writes to a Atlanta Republican club that he is not seeking the 1916 Republican nomination and urges careful delegate selection to avert patronage tactics. He warns that the upcoming convention could shape the party’s future and urges Southern youths to lead in choosing delegates with integrity.
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Chicago
Atlanta
Senator Borah
British Minister Named in Suit Over War Commissions
London March 26 Philip Runciman of Walter Runciman & Co and two Baltic Exchange members Frazer Goodbody and Cyril Bennett are sued for 20000 pounds by Alexander Ferguson over commissions on selling 40000 American horses to the French government at 50 pounds each. Ferguson says the sale was arranged in Runciman’s office and asserts commissions were discussed. Runciman denies knowing of any commissions and the horses were never delivered.
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London
Philip Runcimen
Walter Runciman & Co
Baltic Exchange
Frazer Goodbody
Cyril Bennett
Mr. Hayes
Philip Runciman
Sir Walter
War at sea: 2000 ships sunk or detained
The European war has taken from the seas more than 2,000 merchant vessels of nearly 4,000,000 tonnage, per Commerce Department figures. Germany leads losses with 00 vessels sunk or detained. Britain, allies, Austria, and Turkey follow with hundreds of ships sunk or captured. Neutral losses total 786, many released after reports.
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Department of Commerce
Germany
Great Britain
Austria
Turkey
Baltimore Conference Opens 132nd Southern Methodist Session
The Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South meets in Alexandria to open its 132nd annual session with Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon presiding. The event includes four public meetings on Epworth League, Sunday schools, missions, and the 50th anniversary of the church connection, plus a centennial observance for Bishop Francis Asbury. Bishop Mouzon arrives today and will confer with his cabinet. notable attendees include Bishops A W Wilson and Colding Denny. The session honors past milestones and features a preliminary service led by Rev. Dr. J B Winn.
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Alexandria
Jjhington Post Bureau
King Street
The
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Maryland
District of Columbia
Picainis
West Virginia
Edwin D. Mouzon
Texas
Mouzon
South Carolina
A. W. Wilson
Colding Denny
H. M. Canter
Washington District
Washington Street Methodist Episcopal Church South
Mouton
Epworth League
Southern Methodist Church
Wilson
Francis Asbury
Amerca
J. B. Winn
Roanoke
U-Boats Sink 4 Ships In English Channel Action
Reports from London dated March 20 describe the sinking of four ships by U boats including the Norwegian steamer Langeile with the engineer killed and sixteen survivors, the Danish steamer Skodsborg with seventeen saved and three lost, and the British steamer Port Dalhousie with crew missing except five landed. A French steamer Nominae was torpedoed and sunk, with its crew landed. Thirty-five sailors reportedly landed at an east coast port from torpedoed ships. remaining crews are missing.
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Skodsborg
Land
London
Fone
Langeile
Norfolk
Melaingborg
Sweden
Lizard
Copenhagen
Port Dalhousie
Central News
England
Rouen
France
Georgia Democrats End Presidential Primary Plan
Georgia Democrats will hold no presidential primary and will choose delegates to the St. Louis convention at a state convention in Macon by May 3. St. Elmo Massengale, state executive committee chairman, announced the decision amid remarks on party discipline and past delegate practices.
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Atlanta
Georgia
St. Louis
Macon
St. Elmo Massengale
Republican Party
Wilson
Berlin March Official Statement on Aerial Losses
The official statement notes Lieut Baron von Althaus shot down his fourth aircraft west of Linons in a serial battle and Lieut Boelke claimed his twelfth over the forest of Forges. The enemy lost three additional aeroplanes in the clash.
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Baron von Althaus
Linons
Boelke
Forest of Forges
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