Allies Lose 3 Ships Renew Dardanelles Attack War Warning
Italy stands at the brink of war as Allied ships suffer three losses while renewed Dardanelles operations align with urgent negotiations. Italian soldiers receive active campaign badges and reports say Italy may abandon the triple alliance, with Vienna and Rome negotiating concessions. German agents suspected in tunnel sabotage near Genoa prompt arrests as Italy mobilizes under heightened alert.
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Rome
Paris
Italy
Austria
Count Volpi
Turkey
Kajetan Mercy von Kapos-Mere
Vienna
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Giovi Montagnau
Genoa
Messagero
Prince von Buelow
Austra
Hungary
Germans Claim 6000 Losses At Neuve Chapelle
Berlin reports German losses in the Neuve Chapelle fighting near 6,000 while British figures cited 17,000 to 18,000 for March 10 to 13. Austria seeks guarantees of Italian neutrality before any territorial compensation. Paris notes no new information from the war department.
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Neuve Chapelle
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Austria
Italy
Vienna
Trent
Paris
French War Department
Youths Leapward Tragedy on Rock Island Train
In Town City on Thursday, Wesley McCunn, 17, was killed when he and Bernard Woods and Dan O'Donnell jumped from a work train into the path of a passenger, about forty feet away at twenty five mph. The trio had been riding the work train throughout the day despite prior being driven away. The engineer could not stop in time as smoke hid the others from view. McCunn was the son of Salvation Army workers Mr. and Mrs. Henry McCune.
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Town City
Wesley McCunn
Bernard Woods
Dan O'Donnell
Love City
Rock Island
Altho
McCune
Henry McCune
Salvation Army
Man praises Evening Courier as top advertising friend
A large man declaring faith in daily papers says the Evening Courier offers volume and genuine circulation, calling it among the first in the country and a trusted ally for advertisers.
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Evening Courier
Advertiser
American Vessel Maracas Seized by Britain for Second Time
London reports confirm the American steam er Maracas, held at Hull for prize court action, was formerly the Carmarthenshire and transferred to American registry since the war began. Owned by New York Transatlantic Steamship Co, she left New York Feb 22 for Rotterdam and Copenhagen with packinghouse products, detained at Kirkwall since March 1. The vessel had earlier been taken to Halifax by a British prize crew in December while en route from New York to Genoa. Assurances saved cargo from seizure to hostile nations.
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London
Hull
Carmarthenshire
New York Transatlantic Steamship Company
New York
Rotterdam
Copenhagen
Kirkwall
Great Britain
Halifax
Genoa
Woman editor Ellen Heney dies after five story fall
Mrs Ellen Heney editor of the Woman's Magazine and Detroit writer plunged five stories from her room to her death while delirious with typhoid fever. Sister of W W Farley state excise commissioner she had been ill since Sunday and was 82, arriving in the city 15 years ago from Binghamton New York.
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New York
Ellen Heney
Woman's Magazine
Detroit
Heney
W. W. Farley
Binghamton
N.Y
City Council Ten Has Busy Session With No Appointments
City council plans a busy Monday meeting on street repaving protests for Fifth Street West and petitions to open Cedar and Beech streets. Civic society objects to renaming streets and cement block posts. Fire Chief Dunham and leading shippers urge track removal. viaducts and openings discussed. Saloons rise to 19 stores, licenses for 26 silenigen issued, with 46 more expected by April 1.
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Fifth Street
Bluff
Commercial
A. F. Decker
Third Street West
Thompson
Civic Society
Dunham
Cedar Street
Beech Street
William Kascht
Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
American Boys Twins Enlisted in British Army Return Home
Two 15 year old American twin brothers Harold and Howard Hudson ran away to enlist in the British army for a front row view of the war. They had studied near London before enlisting under false ages. Their parents contacted the state department and Ambassador Page in London helped secure their release and return on the Lapland.
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New York
Lapland
Harold
Howard Hudson
London
State Department
Ambassador Page
Gallo Land Firm Head Swindler Arrested in Winnipeg Ties
Chicago report says Seward St John secretary treasurer of Transcontinental Town Site Company of Winnipeg was arrested at a stockholders meeting for operating a confidence game. Lawyer H J Toner claims over 80000 dollars was obtained via fraud as the company promotes Canadian town sites along the Grand Trunk Railroad and seeks liquidation. Judge Wade defends the case, noting access to company books and potential political motives. Toner lists stock holdings including 10000 dollars each held by several investors and Wade’s Wisner family connections with 225000 dollars reportedly invested.
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Chicago
Iowa
Wilson
ISUM
Toner
Grand Trunk Railroad
Canada
Wade
Northern Trust Company
Robert Hall McCormick
Holabird & Roche
Frank 3B. Long
German Submarines Sink Eight British Vessels in Week
Raids during the week ending March 1 1917 caused the loss of eight British vessels totaling 22 825 tons. The Admiralty released a weekly summary noting the totals for arrivals and sailings across the period. Additionally the report mentions the 1914 cotton crop setting a new national record with 16 102 143 bales weighing 204 721 000 pounds, surpassing 1911.
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London
Admiralty
Washington, D. C
United States
Census Bureau
Woman Gets Wires Crossed in Making Love to Two Men
New York news item reports Miss Rae Tanzer, who sued James W. Osborne for 60 000 for alleged breach of promise, was jailed on a charge of extortion with nails. She appeared before U S Commissioner Houghston and was held in 3000 bail for a hearing next Wednesday. The article notes she accused Osborne of using the alias Oliver Osborne and mentions a Boston man claiming familiarity with Miss Tanzer as she wrote letters under multiple names.
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New York
Rae Tanzer
James W. Osborne
Storney
United States
Houghston
Miss Tanzer
Oliver Osborne
Boston
Oliver
German Invasion of Poland Causes Vast Destruction
Statistics published in Petrograd report Polish losses from the German invasion. The survey notes 95 towns and numerous villages destroyed, about 4,500 small villages devastated with 1,000 turned. Applies to 10 Polish provinces. damage estimated over $400,000,000.
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London
Petrograd
Poland
Reutern Telgram Co
Ias
Netherlands Protests British Blockade at London
The Netherlands government has sent a protest to Great Britain and France over the British blockade of Germany, reported by Reuters from The Hague on March 20. The action reflects tensions in the Allied naval actions during the period.
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London
Netherlands
Reuters Telegram Co
the Hague
Great Britain
France
Germany
Generals in Present War Comparatively Old Men
London, March 20. The British Medical Journal notes a striking age difference between modern war commanders and those of earlier conflicts. It argues modern technology tires leaders faster, forcing many to stay at base and direct from maps, while older generals endured harsher campaigning. It cites Napoleon at 46 at Waterloo and Wellington at 46 as examples, and lists contemporaries like von Kluck near 70 and von Hindenburg at 67.
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Mmeas
London
Napoleon
Journal
Formver
Waterloy
Wellington
Ney
Nelson
Alexanderhe Great
Hannibal
Scipio
Sir John Frenard
Joffre
Paulid Gallieni
General von Kluck
Marshal von Iandenburg
Turco fortifications again hit as Allied ships bombard Dardanelles
Paris reports allied fleet bombs straits for sixth hour trying to force passage to Miud Bahr and Chanal Kalessi. Turkish fire remains heavy. one fort damaged, Gaulois touched by a mine, Inflexible damaged with deadly shell. Weather hampers operations. 64 Bouvet crew saved.
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Paris
Dardanelles
Athens
Havas
Miid Bahr
Chanal Kalessi
Suanord Fira
Straits
London
Dardanelles Straits
Reuter Telegram Co
Tenedos
Bouvet
Irresistible
Ocean
Rich Man Treats Billy Sunday Jewelry Gift Spree
Benj W Greer Germantown millionaire and party escorted evangelist Billy Sunday to Wanamaker store. Mrs Sunday and others selected a 650 dollar diamond ring and a 190 dollar scarf pin, with other gifts totaling 43489 dollars. Committee for Sunday gifts disappointed by smaller checks amid charity drive. Also reports Wabash, Pittsburgh and New York schedule delayed one week due to substation accident.
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Paadelphia
Benj. W. Greer
Germantown
Passengers tell of escape from German warcraft
Passengers aboard the British steamer Lapland recount a naval battle in the Irish Channel as a German submarine engaged a torpedo boat. The Lapland, with 113 passengers, zigzagged to evade torpedoes, then fled to open sea while the convoy protected by the torpedo boat exchanged fire. No torpedo hit the Lapland.
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New York
Liverpool
Combatanta
Lapland
Liverspool Harbor
Opem Ocean
112000 Barrels of Flour for War Zone
St Louis report states a local milling company sent 100000 sacks of flour to New York for wartime distribution. The order, valued around one million dollars, used 612000 bushels of wheat. Each sack carries 220 pounds, totaling 112000 barrels per the American Standard measure.
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St. Louis
New York
Spanish Ship Seized by British Cruiser at Dover
A Spanish ship laden with iron ore bound for a German port was captured by a British cruiser off Goodwin Sands in the Dover Strait and sent to Jarrow with an armed crew aboard.
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London
Goodwin Sands
Strait of Dover
Jarrow
Tenants and a Proposed Ten Percent Discount
Dallas March 20. The commission questioned why tenants pay high prices for food and supplies. J M McCarver Storekeeper Red River County Tex testified that tenants are charged 10 percent to cover payment delays. He said this was not the custom. a $100 credit trades out to $100 worth.
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Dallas
Tex
J. M. McCarver
Red River County
Frank P. Waleh
Mr. McCarver
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Gallo Land Firm Head Swindler
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Dana Gibson
Arthur Lomas
United States Army
Charlotts
North Carolina
Fort Slocum Bere
Charles Dana Gibson
Gibson
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