Nicaraguan Treaty Ratified for Canal Route and Naval Base
The U S Senate approved the Nicaraguan treaty by 45 to 18, granting a 99 year option on the canal route and a naval base in Fonseca Gulf for 3 million dollars. The measure includes a pledge to respect existing rights of Costa Rica Honduras and El Salvador. Senor Chammorro said Nicaragua will ratify soon.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Gulf of Fonseca
Fonseca Gulf
Costa Rica
Honduras
Salvador
Chamerlain
Martine
Clarke
Arkansas
Thomas
Vardaman
Borah
Clapp
Cummins
Grenna
Jones
Kenyon
la Follette
McCumner
Nelson
Norris
Smith
Michigan
Smoot
Warren
Brandegee
Colt
Dillingham
Dupont
Fall
Gallinger
Harding
Lippitt
Lodge
McLean
Page
Poindexter
Sutherland
Wadsworth
Weeks
Senor Chammorro
Solons Engage in Battle Over Election Law Clash
In Oklahoma City the house of representatives erupted as lawmakers debated a new election law to replace the grand father clause. Dems charged corruption as ink bottles and desk fixtures flew. Republican Charles Loris E. Bryant of Hon Heart Osage county knocked down and injured Republican leader Arthur H. Geissler during the fracas.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma House of Representatives
United States Supreme Court
Arthur H. Geissler
Republican State Central Committee
Loris Eb, Bryant
Hig Heart
Osage County
Schmidt Dies Repentant at Sing Sing
Hans Schmidt was executed by electrocution at Sing Sing prison on Friday morning for the murder of Annan Aumuller. He went to the death chamber quietly with the principal keeper and prison chaplain Rev. Father Cashin. After a brief address asking forgiveness, he left the death house.
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Ossining
N. Y
Hans Schmidt
Sing Sing
Annan Aumuller
Schmidt
Father Cashin
Mexican editors arrested in federal mail invasion case
Los Angeles based brothers Emubeque Flores Ma gon and Ricardo Flores Magon editors of El Regeneracion were arrested Friday on charges of using the mails to incite murder and revolution after a gunfight with Deputy U S marshals and city detectives at their Ivanhoe newspaper plant, following federal indictments.
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Los Angeles
Emubeque Flores Magon
Ricardo Flores Magon
el Regeneracion
United States
Ivanhoe
Floods Flood Eastern Louisiana Parishes
Eight eastern Louisiana parishes suffer floodwaters from Mississippi and nearby rivers due to breaks and backwater. Three deaths reported with minimal other suffering, though Newellton sees over 2000 marooned African Americans amid the floodwaters and rising danger.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Atcha
Talaya
Red
Black
Newellton
Pope Benedict Suffering Brief Grip Attack
Rome reports Pope Benedict XVI has been indisposed for two weeks with a mild grip attack. Vatican officials had kept the illness private until Friday.
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Pope
Rome
Benedict
Vatican Eireles
Ottawa men found guilty in Tonica Bank insolvency case
John E B Hartenbower and George N Hiltebrand were convicted of receiving deposits after knowing the Tonica Exchange Bank was insolvent. The verdict names Hartenbower as president and Hiltebrand as cashier, tying them to the bank failure.
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Ottawa
John EB. Hartenbower
Vrealdent
George N. Hiltebrand
Tonica Exchange Bank
Dapossie
Sweden Appeals to United States Over Detention of Mail
Sweden requests U S co operation with the United States and other neutrals to uphold international law protecting neutral commerce and navigation. The note cites Great Britain detaining mail and other trade provocations as unwarranted and seeks action, but Secretary Lansing will not answer until the Germany Lusitania dispute is settled.
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Washington
Sweden
State Department
Ekengren
United States
Great Britain
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
Americans slain in Mexico and border towns prompt US report
President Wilson sent to the Senate on February 17 a long secretary Lansing letter summarizing events before recognizing Carranza’s government. The data list seventy six Americans killed in Mexico 1913 1915 and forty seven in the prior three years while twenty civilians and sixteen soldiers died on American soil from Mexican troubles.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
United States
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Lansing
Revolt Spreading in Egypt Berlin Advices
Advices from Cairo via Overseas News agency say the khedive is discontented and Britain offered the throne to Prince Yusuf who declined. The Senussi leader reportedly told the British he could not suppress the rebels.
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Egypt
Berlin
Cairo
Yusuf
Western states hold first convention on public instruction
Denver hosts the first convention of state superintendents of public instruction in western and public land states. Deliberations begin on the duties of the state superintendent and the administration and control of state lands.
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Denver
State Superintendents of Public Instruction
William H. Coleman of McKeesport Honored in Politics
William H. Coleman of McKeesport is a Republican member of the U S House from Pennsylvania's Thirteenth district. Born December 28 1871 in Allegheny County he is a lawyer who served as McKeesport mayor from 1906 to 1909 and as clerk of the Allegheny County courts from 1909 to 1915.
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Wiliam H. Coleman
McKeesport
Pennsylvania
Mr. Coleman
Allegheny County
Fire destroys main mill of Charles Iniman Poulsen Lumber Co
In Portland Oregon a blaze wrecked the lumber mill main sawing section of the Charles Iniman Poulsen Lumber Co. about hundred workers were unemployed by the destruction and damage reached around two hundred thousand dollars.
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Portland
Charles Iniman- Poulsen Lumber Company
Japanese ships Chitose and Tokiwa arrive with gold for Russia
The Japanese attack transport ships Chitose and Tokiwa, carrying what reports say amounts to 51 million dollars in gold for funding Russian war efforts, reached Vancouver, British Columbia, after sailing from Japan.
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San Francisco
Chitose
Tokiwa
Russia
Vancouver
B.C
Japan
United States Considers German View on Armed Merchantmen
Washington reports President Wilson will adopt Germany's stance and warn Americans not to sail on armed merchantmen. An official state department announcement is expected, with potential fallout including a serious strain with Britain and possible loss of foreign trade due to allied retaliation.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Great Britain
Orpet Charged with Murder in Lambert Death
University of Wisconsin junior William H. Orpet is charged with murder in the Lake Forest death of Marion Frances Lambert. He allegedly lured her with a late night phone call, arranged a woods meeting, and after she ingested poison fled by train to Madison as authorities found her body the next day.
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Chicago
William H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marion Frances Lambert
Helm's Woods
Lake Forest
Waukegan
Orpet
Madison
Celestia Yonker
Jt Je
Des Moines man must face Colorado murder charge
Des Moines resident G. H. Edmund, wanted in Colorado on a charge of murdering a National Guard officer during the coal miners strike, must return to Colorado to stand trial as ordered by the state supreme court.
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Des Moines
G. H. Edmund
Colorado
National Guard
Supreme Court
British Aviator Claude Grahame-White Gravely Wounded
Famous British aviator Claude Grahame-White was gravely wounded in Hazelbrook France. He was commissioned a lieutenant last month but no further details were available.
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Hazelbrook
France
Claude Grahame-White
Emperor William fixes date for Joachim marriage
A London dispatch from Amsterdam reports Emperor William has announced the marriage of Prince Joachim will be held at Potsdam on March 11.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Hmmperor William
Prince Joachim
Potadam
Kanaay oil inspection fee law struck as unconstitutional
The Kansas Supreme Court invalidated the Kanaay oil inspection fee law finding the fees exceed the amount needed to cover inspection costs and are therefore unconstitutional. The ruling centers on excess charges beyond administrative expenses.
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Topeka, Kane
Kansas Supreme Part
Root Attacks Wilson Policy At Republican State Convention
Former Senator Elihu Root, serving as temporary chairman in New York City on February 15, assailed Wilson era foreign policy. He criticized Mexico policy, warned of weak military backing, and accused the administration of threats without action and eroding world respect for American rights.
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New York
Wilson
United States
Elihu Root
Mr. Root
Root
Miss Kitty Marion Arrives in New York In Hunger Strike Garb
Miss Kitty Marion, calling herself a woman without a country, arrives in New York from England stating she has no other place to go. She wears Pankhurst honor medals for her many arrests and endurance hunger strikes, shown in prison garb from Holloway jail.
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Kitty Marion
New York
England
Pankhurst Organization
Holloway
Oregon on Retired List and Transferred to California Navy Yard
The battleship Oregon was retired last Tuesday and turned over without ceremony to the California militia at Mare Island Navy Yard in a formal transfer marking the end of her active service.
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Oregon
Valero
Cal
Bulldog
Theaval Militia of
California
Mare Island Navy Yard
New Canadian Tax Proposed for Dominion Military Funds
Ottawa plans an additional appropriation of 260 million dollars and related measures to raise money for the dominion’s military forces. The government will seek sanction in Parliament for the extra funding and accompanying steps.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Russians Capture Erzerum Fortress in East Asia Minor
Grand Duke Nicholas leads Russian Caucasus army to Erzerum fall after five days of heavy assault. Thousands of Turks taken prisoner as stores of munitions fall to victors. Fall may threaten Constantinople and pave a spring advance through eastern Armenia with potential relief for Kut al Amara.
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London
Nicholas
Caucasus
Erzerum
East Asia Minor
Petrograd
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Kut i-Amara
Armenia
Constantinople
Atempts
Monte Bonsoon
Vienna
Italy and Allies Reach Perfect Accord on All Questions
Rome reports a perfect accord between Premier Briand of France and the Italian cabinet ministers after conferences. Unity among the allies is said to have formed in the discussions. Details are withheld due to military character of the agreements.
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Rome
Briand
France
Duel at Palace Saloon Ends In Death
Evanston Wyoming reports a duel between Cal Hickle 43 night bartender and Clement Morrison 38 oil operator happened early Friday over the Palace saloon bar. Hickle killed, Morrison mortally wounded. Morrison's mother in Spring Valley and Hickle leaves a widow and child.
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Evanston
Wyo
Cal Hickle
Palace Saloon
Clement Morrison
Spring Valley
Hickle
Morrison
Beale Will Sustained On Court Challenge
Santa Barbara California Arthur K Stearns attorney and state senator and thirteen relatives lost their contest in the superior court here on Friday over the will of the late John E Beale retired mail man of New York and Chicago
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Arthur K. Stearns
Finais State Senate
John EB. Beale
New York
Chicago
Des Moines Progressives pick uninstructed Roosevelt delegates
The Iowa state central committee decided to send an uninstructed delegation to the national progressive convention in Chicago on June 7. The delegates will support Colonel Roosevelt.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Progressives
Chicago
State Central Committee
Roosevelt
Americans recruited to fight with Canadian forces in Poland
A report from Sunday states that about 4,000 Americans now in Canada will be recruited to serve with the Dominion forces on the firing line in Poland. The announcement was made here on Sunday.
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Toronto
Canada
Plandera
Return to Work Ordered at American Sugar Plant
The state board of arbitration announced that 4 400 workers at the American Sugar Refining company plant in Williamsburg, including men and boys, on strike, would return to work.
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New York
State Board of Arbitration
American Sugar Refining Company
Williamsburg
Old graduates recall jokes and fates at reunion
Dozens of alumni gathered and traded stories about their lives and others less fortunate. One man jokes that most are married, while another quips about Billy Tompkins whose wife turned out to be a professional pickpocket. The group laughs at the clever amateurs among them.
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Billy’ Tompkins
Man Charged With abusing Team and Profanity
A man faced a police court charged with abusing his team and using loud profane language on the street. A witness, an old pious man, was cross examined about language fit for a minister's sermon, and the exchange ended with a humorous quip about the words being too profane for sermon use.
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Ans
Parasol Pitch Sparks Elegant Shop Talk
A clerk enthusiastically touts a parasol to a shopper, praising silk, finish, and light. He presents the item with flair, asking the woman to feel it and compare. The shopper misidentifies her old parasol as the new one and confirms the sale price of five dollars.
Pessimistic Senator Sorghum Reflects on Presidential Bid
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum presenting a bleak view of seeking the presidency. He doubts he could be nominated, elected, or perform well in office, concluding he wouldn't gain credit for any success.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Fragmentary quote prompts doubtful interpretation
Snippet appears to quote a mix of phrases about price and desire plus a nonsensical line. No clear event or人物 is identifiable, making it hard to extract a concrete news item or entities for a proper summary.
Mystery quotes from dining scene divide opinion
Fragmentary dialogue describes diners debating a phrase about oysters and a cryptic remark about service. The passage hints at social snobbery and linguistic mischief in a late serving scene.
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