American Mission Doctors Save Assyrians Under Turkish Attack
Dr Harry P Packard of the Urumiah mission and the Presbyterian board risked his life to avert a massacre of Assyrians as Turkish forces struck at the Urumiah station. Thousands sought refuge, with 12 000 in the Caucasus and 20 000 dead or missing. 700 troops reportedly entered the mission, killing clergy and abducting women and girls.
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London
Ulliiiah
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Harry FP. Packard
Urumiah
Board of Foreign Missions
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Presbyterian Church
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Roops
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Alen
Gulpashan
Caucasus
Uremiah
U. S
Urke
United States
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Morgentha
Constantinople
Julfa
United States of America
Presbyterian Board
Packard
Denver
Colo
Harry P. Packard
Tifus
Pueblo
Frank T. Bayley
Plymouth Congregational Church
Paper delivery error remedy after 6 o clock
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Weather delays Allied attack at Dardanelles in March
London reports storms in the Dardanelles delay an Allied bombardment. Minesweepers remain active as equinoctial weather likely to end within seven days. In the east, Przemyśl fortress’s fall is linked to stronger Russian offensives in the Carpathians with large prisoner gains claimed. Russians also report pushing back Germans on the Pilica river near potential Warsaw thrust. In the west, German assaults on Arras and Champagne fail per French accounts, while aerial warfare against British ships continues with little success.
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London
Dardanelles
Petrograd
Przenys
Carpathians
Pilica
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Arras
Champagne
Germany
River Flood Threatens Mills and Towns Along Cedar River
Cedar River overflows bottom lands plunging over dam and breakwater. Waverly and Charles City report rising waters. mills in Waterloo Cedar Falls close while a remaining mill may operate briefly. Ice and snow melt drive the high water with potential property damage to flood plains. The rapid thaw slows with a shift to central weather.
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Waverly
Charles City
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Pot of Gold Mystery leads to arrest in bank note thefts
Kansas City march 24 a railway mail clerk Charles Oldfield son of a Kansas Socialist politician was arrested charged with stealing 25000 in bank notes shipped from Chicago to Pasadena in spring 1912. Secret service agents and post office inspectors traced money after a tornado touched Leavenworth and small bills surfaced on streets. Oldfield spent large sums including 7000 on a Kansas City residence and federal investigators moved to indictment within a week.
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Omaha
Neb
Charles Oldfield
Oldfield
Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
First National Bank
Leavenworth
Kan
South Leavenworth
Lajunta
Warner
Oldefred
French Woman, a German Spy, Is Shot to Death
Marguerite Schmitt a Frenchwoman sentenced to death as a spy after a court martial was executed by firing squad in Luneville France. She admitted at trial to accepting 200 francs from German agents to gain entry and extract information from French lines.
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Luneville
France
Marguerite Schmitt
Jap Statesmen Would Purchase the Philippines
Tokio March 25 The purchase of the Philippine islands from the United States is suggested in a petition presented to Count Okuma the prime minister by Shigemaru Sugiyama and others prominent. The signers argue that with U S sentiment favoring giving up the Philippines Japan should acquire them to solve the Pacific question and avoid immigration disagreements with the United States.
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Philippine Islands
United States
Okuma
Shigemaru Sugiyama
Sugiyama
Prince Katsura
Philippines
Japan
Pacific
California
British Field Marshal Sir John French Confident of Victory
Frederick Palmer reports from Paris that Field Marshal Sir John French, commander in France, told the Associated Press he is confident of victory, likening his defiant stance to Ulysses S. Grant. He cited regular army tenacity and cavalry work as key to retreat and resilience, noting morale remained high despite heavy losses.
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Frederick Palmer
France
Associated | Press
Siir John French
Grant
Army of the Potomac
Marshal French
Sir John
Mons
John French
Ypres
Turks suffer immense losses in Dardanelles attack
London report from Tenados island notes refugees indicate Turkish forces endured heavy casualties as Allied ships attacked the Dardanelles on March 18. Fortresses and powder magazines were largely reduced. Turkish submarine defenses faded due to drifting mines, while two British destroyers breached the straits.
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London
French General Killed at Front by Bullet
Paris reports General Rene Joseph Delarue, chief of a division, was killed at the front when a bullet struck him in the head during trench inspection. The command announced last night.
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Paris
Rene Joseph Delarue
Private Interests Battle Des Moines Water Plant Bill
In Des Moines opponents of municipal ownership in the senate defeated a bill to aid the city in purchasing its water plant. The measure was sent to indefinite postponement by the cities and towns committee after a failed effort to place it on the calendar for merits. The proposition lost 27 to 12, and Senator Parker moved to reconsider.
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Maren
Senate
Cities and Towns Committee
Parker
New Orleans Editor Dies on Battle Field
Mari Joseph Labre, former editor of L'Athlette, a French daily in New Orleans, died of wounds sustained near Craonne after resigning his editor post to enlist in the French army, per cable advices received by his father.
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New Orleans
Mari Joseph Labre
L'Athlette
Craonne
Uarmany Blocked Tie Surrender Oy Straits
London dispatch to The Evening Chronicle from Bucharest reports Romania says the Turkish government planned to surrender Constantinople and the Dardanelles to the attacking fleet but Germany blocked the move at the last moment keeping the straits under control.
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Uarmany
London
The
Evening Chronicle
Bucharest
Constantinople
Dardanelles
Chronicle
Germiny
Negro joins Coldstream Guards amid war’s democratic push
London reports James Slim, a Jamaican black man, enlisted as a private in the Coldstream Guards. Previously his race would have barred entry to white regiments. Slim served in France and the Foreign Legion, was wounded, and requested to join Kitchener’s new army before training with the reserve battalion at Windsor.
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London
James Slim
Jamaica
Coldstream Guards
Engbayd
Slim
France
Renels Foreign Legion
Kitchener
Coldstreams
Winesar
Karlsruhe Lies at Bottom of Sea, Navy Report Says
New York March 24 German naval officers at Bremerhaven confirm the Karlsruhe cruiser lies at the bottom of the sea in the West Indies. Jesse Boyd, second officer aboard the American steamer Carib, said he learned from a German navy officer that the ship went down after striking a reef in December. The crew reportedly perished with martial music from the ship’s band as the vessel sank, while some survivors were later seen in Bremerhaven and on the West Indies coast.
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New York
Byremerhaven
Karlsruhe
West Indies
Jesse Boyd
Omeer
North Sea
Tofay
Bolt
Boyd
Bremerhaven
Herystern
Sone
South America
Brenerhaven
Germany
Five prize sought in long siege reported in Ossowetz area
Snowstorms slow operations as German bombardment continues around Ossowetz fortress. Russia advances near Vakh Karatk Tednorczek and Omoleff, with German forces withdrawing west to counter Allied activity. Domunevilza control boosts Pilnap district position while Yaurogga to Langsvorgen push persists. Gen Storey Dean dies in Pasadena at age 78. career linked to 1861 academy entry.
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Storey Dean
Pasadena
Cal
John P. Storey
Army
The
Military Academy
Sinking of the Karlsruhe After Fire and Escape
Officers and crew evacuated as Karlsruhe stranded after failed rescue attempt. A bomb destroyed the ship in view of captors, with some crew landed ashore and others reaching Bremenhaven safely. Mr. Boyd recounts uncertain details of the final fate.
Great Carpathian Battle Shapes War's Course
London reports a major clash in the Carpathians as Russia seeks to breach Hungary after Przemysl’s fall. Austro German forces mass to resist renewed Russian drive with about 200,000 troops, while officials warn of grave political consequences if Austria hungary falters. Fierce fighting rages along Galicia and the Carpathians as both sides push for a decisive outcome.
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Carpathian Mountains
Preemysl
Galicia
Hungary
Iyralon
Russia
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Poland
Carpathians
Petrograd
Berlin
Vienna
Baltic
Priemysl
Cracow
Schoenaich
Przemysl
Neue Freis Prasse
Uzsok
Dukls
United States Request for Kirkwall Consular Station Refused
London reports the British government denied U S demands for an American consular officer at Kirkwall Scotland to report on detained cargo ships. The denial cites similar refusals elsewhere in the Orkneys and notes ongoing difficulty obtaining ship information. Kirkwall’s isolation hampers communication with London as ships unload alleged contraband in port.
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London
United States
Kirkwall
Scotland
Orkneys
Swedish Steamer Goosebridge Seized at Sunderland
The Swedish steamer Goosebridge with a cargo of iron ore was brought into Sunderland today by a British prize crew. The vessel sailed from Santander Spain and its cargo is believed destined for Germany.
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England
Santander
Spain
Germany
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