French win Alsatian peak in five day battle
French forces in the Vosges after a five day struggle have secured the Hartmanns Weilerkopf summit northwest of Mulhouse, gaining control of a key high position and expanding their hold in Alsace. Reports describe fierce winter fighting with heavy snow and substantial material losses on both sides as operations continue along the western front. Nearby, Russian and Austro-Hungarian forces clash in Bukowina and the eastern front while naval war and diplomacy unfold around submarine activity and Turkish territorial considerations.
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Vosges
Hartmanns-Weilerkopf
Multhausen
Thana
Arso
Bartfeld-Szesok
Bukowina
Paris
Alsace
Hartmanns Weilerkopt
War Office
Hartman Weilerkept
Easter Vacation Educational Toar Minds Baltimore to NYC
Student travel plan titled Eighth Grade Easter Vacation Tour from Baltimore and Ohio to New York City seeks ticket agents for details. The notice invites inquiries about participation dates costs and itinerary specifics for a school trip.
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Baltimore & Ohio
New York City
Adv
Peace Mission Fails as Wilson Envoy Concludes No Peace
Special to The Washington Post reports Col E M House’s Berlin mission failed to win a truce. He met with Sir Howard Grey Rene Viviani and von Jagow, but authorities said no peace conference is possible now. Ridward delivers a London lecture urging crushing Germany, ending any chance of negotiation.
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Germany
Washington Post
New York
Wilson
Europe
Carl W. Ackerman
Col. E. M. House
New Yark
Berlin
Switzerland
Washington
Col House
Wiaen
Howard Grey
England
Rene Viv“iani
Snally
Herr von Jagow
Edward Gres
Col
House
Ridward
London
Bomb hits mayor's home in Dennison Ohio
A bomb exploded near Mayor WA Bittingee's home in Dennison Ohio early today, blowing a hat onto the porch roof and tearing a side from the house. He was away. his wife and daughter Nellie were inside but unharmed. Authorities link the bombing to local foresements and officials disputes. A previous attack on Chief Miller, shot three times, remains unsolved.
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Dennison
Ohio
Bittingee
Nellie
Pole Miller
Iis
Zeppelin off to England sighted near Schiermonnikoog
A Zeppelin airship was sighted north of Schiermonnikoog this morning in a reconnaissance flight, lying on a westerly course reportedly toward England. The report, transmitted as a special cable from Amsterdam, notes the airship's direction and intent.
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Isle of
TWO LINERS CHASED AND RED CROSS STONE WOUND TWO AMERICANS
Mareh 27 report says passengers aboard the White Star liner Arabic saw a German submarine in pursuit for miles as destroyers lingered. The pursuer failed to torpedo the steamers, and the Niagara escaped while the Delmira and other ships faced danger.
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RED Cross
Bestu
Agfuhie
Hau
Thais Redieorge
Ttaus
Auto Bandits Rob Him Crowd Driven Off With Gun
A sensational daylight robbery in New York by three men in an automobile robbed a steam heating plant payroll carrier, wounding a guard and driving a crowd back with revolvers. One robber tried to shoot but fled. Ogilvie was injured and hospitalized as the bandits escaped in the car. Witnesses numbered around 200 as the crew fled with the pay.
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Waskingarh Post
New York
Istewin-heating Company
Flatte-Ninth Street
Parmard
Ogille
Flower Hospital
Expansion Across North America Urged by Rear Admiral Peary
Rear Admiral Robert E Peary at the Republican Club warned expansionist aims to control North America The 40th parallel was cited as the destiny line bisecting the country He urged readiness self containment and imperial growth Speakers included Bishop H Greer Warden T M Osborne Hamilton Wright Mabie and Oswald G Villard Osborne said Sing Sing had eradicated the drug habit and would add baseball to prison recreation
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Washington Po
New York
United States
North America
Robert E. Peary
Republican Club
Admiral Peary
North American
Bishop H. Greer
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Hamilton Wright Mable
Oswald G. Villard
Greer
Osborne
Golden Rule Brotherhood
Three Times Under Knife Secretary McAdoo Recovering
Washington dispatch reports Secretary McAdoo has undergone three operations since 1909 involving an automobile accident in New Jersey and later hernia and appendicitis surgeries. Officials note the first two recoveries were complete and the secretary is currently recovering.
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McAdoo
New York
Washington
New York Sun
Treasury Department
Brunswick
N. J
F-4 submarine sinks in Honolulu harbor depths
Rescue efforts continued as bubbles surfaced showing F-4 taking in water fifty fathoms beneath Honolulu. Dredger California failed twice to grip the hull and divers face extreme depth as crews race against time. Officials fear no survivors while noting the forward compartment likely holds the bodies of the 2 crew.
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Honolulu Harbor
Honolulu
California
Pearl Harbor Naval Station
Ede
Navy Department
Moore
Smith
Pacific Fleet
Ciale
Steamer Vosges Sunk Off Britain by Shell Fire
The steamer Vosges was sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast Saturday evening. The chief engineer was killed and three crewmen were badly injured by shrapnel. The 30 crew were brought to New Quay by a patrol boat. Sources differ on the vessel’s nationality, with both a British and a French Vosges listed in records.
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Liverpool
Vosges
New Quay
Moss Steamship Company
A. Cappelle and Company
Larachelle
France
Thief Agrees to Operation to Recover Swallowed Diamond
James Williams, 19, recently jailed for smashing a Linse Broa. jewelry store window and stealing a $10,000 diamond, confessed he swallowed the gem during pursuit on January 4. A Lloyds insurer offered $1,000 for an operation to retrieve it, Williams consented, but doctors say the procedure would be risky and unlikely to proceed.
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Washington Post
Dallas
Tex
James Williams
Linse Broa
Lloyds
Williams
Americans killed in war report from Paris
Special Cable to The Washington Post from Paris reports Fred Stone of New York wounded on February 15 while patrolling with American volunteers. he dies in war conflict alongside George I. Pheliot of Tucson, the first two Americans known killed. News letter dated March 3 reached Paris yesterday.
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Washington Post
Paris
Fred Stone
New York
Ligaon
Stone
American Volunteer Corps
George 1. Pheliot
Tucson
Ariz
Pheliot
Artist Raffles Steals Rare Mezzotints From Mitchell Estate
Detectives in Philadelphia New York and Chicago pursue an art thief who robbed Henry F. Mitchells Radnor estate. The thief removed gold frames and took nineteen rare mezzotints valued at about 25000 dollars, avoiding other valuables and leaving frames behind.
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Henry F. Mitchell
Radnor
Philadelphia
Washington Post
New York
Chicago
Tienry F. Mitchell
Raffles
Mitchell
Arlent Edwards
Prizes
Belgium
U S Battleship to Protect the Eitel in Neutral Waters
Alabam a ship of the Atlantic reserve squadron sails to Hampton Roads for duty amid tension over the 3 mile limit. The Eitel and Pring Eviel are under watch and a 24 hour deadline looms for the German vessel to leave or be interned. Negotiations and safeguards aim to keep neutral merchantmen safe while U S officials monitor potential incursions.
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Atlantic Reserve Squadron
Hampton Roads
Diana
Sala
Teres Desudser
Newport News
Weavs
Boston
York
Hampton Toads
Alabama
James MM. Helm
Aliant Reserve
Qeaness
Dela
Navy
Alabaras Comradien
Daniels
Comids
Thierchens
Pring Eviel
Washington
Twerchens
United States
Hitel Friedrich
Thieradhens
Beau
Caun
Thier Hes
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