Odenwald halted at San Juan under neutral pledge
Washington March 22 The Hamburg American liner Odenwald was stopped from leaving San Juan Puerto Rico and held under a congressional resolution empowering the president to deny clearance to vessels aiding belligerents. Secretary Garrison orders a broader probe into the incident while Treasury and White House officials review the case. Assistant Secretary Peters leads treasury coordination with state department as naval actions unfold.
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Washington, D. C
San Juan
Porto Rivo
United States
Burnham
Tamburg-Aimericatt
Odenwald
el Morro
High Seas
Newport News
Peters
Treasury Department
State Department
Two Belligerents Notes From White House Dispatch
Washington March 20 The White House said a note to Great Britain on aspects of the order in council is being framed and will go to London in a few days. Representations to Germany for reparations for the loss of the American ship Wm. P. Frye and its cargo by the German auxiliary cruiser Eitel Friedrich are also being prepared and will be sent to Berlin in two or three days.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Great Britain
Order In Council
London
Germany
Wm. P. Frye
South Atlantic
Pring Eitel Friedrich
Ber Din
Veteran Found Alive After 52 Years Mourned Dead
In St Louis Missouri a Civil War veteran John Wesley Franse, long believed dead for 52 years, was found alive in a small California town near San Francisco. His sister Mrs William Marvin of Kirkwood learned of the discovery after visiting graves on Decoration Day and learning a similar surname Pranse from a Los Angeles social event.
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St. Louis
John Wesley Franse
San Francisco
Cal
Franse
Wm. H. Marvin
Kirkwood
Sterling Price
Alton
France
Allen Cemetery
Marvin
Los Angeles
Pranse
Nan
Jong Lost
Another Suspect Arrested in Ax Murder Plot
Galesboro Illinois March 22 Loving Mitchell the negro charged with murdering William B Dawson his wife and their daughter Georgia in Monmouth Ill Sept 20 1944 with an ax is held in county jail for transport to Warren County Mitchell was secretly brought from St Louis Missouri Arrests in St Louis March 22 indicate revisiting thirty similar murders since 1911 all by ax while victims slept An electric flashlight marked Colorado Springs Lovey was found at the Monmouth scene and blood smeared axes were left behind The string of ax murders began in Colorado Springs in 1911 and spread to multiple states with families killed in most cases
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Galesboro
Loving Mitchel
Wm. B Dawson
Dawson
Georgia
Monmouth
Warren County
Mitchell
St. Louis
Loving Mitchell
Megro
William JB. Dawson
Ill
Missouri
Illinois
Iowa
Colorado
Kansas
Colorado Springs
Colo
Lovey
Two Russian successes widen front in World War I
Reports from Petrograd claim two Russian advances at the 600 mile front: Memel seaport in East Prussia falls to Russia and Bukowina pushes toward Czernowitz from the Pruth river line. Storms hinder Dardanelles fighting and Zeppelin raids revive Paris bombardment fear, with potential London raids anticipated.
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London
Petrograd
Memel
Baltic
East Prussia
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Pruth
Sailors Drowned Off Constantinople In Scorpion Incident
March 20 near the Bosphorus off Constantinople the converted yacht Scorpion and a rowboat swamped in heavy seas. Three sailors Ford Dowes and Leverings drowned while Lieutenant Commander Bricker and one other sailor were saved. Bricker arrived March 16 to command Scorpion, a 869 ton vessel purchased in 1896.
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Constantinople
Berlin
London
Wm. F. Bricker
United States
Scorpion
Ford, Dowes
Leverings
Bosphorus
Dolnabaghcheh Palace
Herbert &. Babbit
Pennsylvania
Naval Academy
German Socialist Party Denounces Liebknecht Vote
Amsterdam via London March 22 The Socialist party of the German reichstag denounces Karl Liebknecht for breaking party discipline by voting against the March 20 budget adoption according to a dispatch from Berlin.
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Sperrknecht
Amsterdam
London
Socialist Party of
Reichstag
Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Zeppelins Raid Over Paris Reports Limited Damage
An official report describes a dawn Zeppelin raid on Paris and surrounding towns. Four airships approached from Compiegne, two were forced back, two were engaged by anti aircraft fire, and about a dozen bombs caused minor damage with seven or eight injuries, none serious.
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Turis
Paris
Oiser
Nhuilly
Hunter Scarlett
Erie
Colombes
Compiegne
Ribecourt
Ecouen
Mantes
Rand
the Oise
Seiny
Faris
1 Paria
Ribeconey
Vrestineart
Morth
Bronson Siva wait please in Iowa legislature drama
In a tense Johnston county scene Representative Clayton J. Bronson speaks amid political maneuvering over a motor vehicle tax plan and a proposed amending road bill. He warns the public to wait for final action as reels of political show unfold and wealth redistribution questions loom. Also reported are a missing wife and child case, a suspected theft at a local home, and a burglary at TD Tohmer ham with money taken.
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Clayton J. Bronson
Ies Moines
Johnston
Waterloo
Hineh Pawk
Dan
Asmount
Waterlon City
Auntie P
Senate
Pransen
Johnston Road
Eelery
Wilkes
Przemysl Falls Pillar of Austrian Galicia Captured
Petrograd reports Przemysl fortress in Galicia surrendered to Russian forces ending a long siege. With Przemysl's fall the only major Austrian stronghold left in Galicia is Cra cow near the German border, blocking Russian plans to invade Germany via Galicia. Reports describe dwindling food for the garrison and reliance on air deliveries for supplies.
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Petrograd
London
Przemysl
Dewan
Praemyri
Galicia
Cracow
Germany
Silesian
Przemyal
Preemysl
Russia
Praemysl
Fierce Fighting in Galicia Cries From Front Lines
Petrograd reports battles across Galician front from Gorlitze to the Roumanian border with continued Austrian assaults met by Russian artillery. Despite heavy fighting, no major shift in the front is noted as Austrians retreat toward the Carpathians to relieve Przemysl while German and Hungarian forces are distant.
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Petrograd
London
Gorlitze
Altha
Galicia
Stanislau
Stry
Carpathian Mountains
Przemysl
Preemyal
Italy Suspends Freight Traffic With Germany
The Italian government today stopped all railway freight traffic with Germany by way of Switzerland. The report cites the decision announced this afternoon in Rome.
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Italy
Germany
London
Central News
Switzerland
Drinking Bout Ends in Killing near Albia
Arthur Amaler, 41, was shot and killed at a Ward town drinking party after an argument over a claim that Hills Hollingsworth, 21, had traveled in 37 states. Hollingsworth fled after shooting Amaler in the back. Amaler was married and both men were miners. Police seek Hollingsworth.
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Albia
Arthur Amaler
Ward
Riving
Hills Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Ains~lee
Ainsley
Evangelist Lowry Converts 842 in Five-Week Campaign
Evangelist Lowry closed a five week series with 842 converts and a vast offering totaling 2640 dollars. Over half the converts were men, many young business leaders. The campaign moves to Fairbury Nebraska where C Z Maretti has prepared a tabernacle and schedule for more meetings as Oscar Lowry prepares to depart for the field.
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Rof
George Moody
Vio Jello
Fairbury
Neb
C. Z. Maretti
Oscar Lowry
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