Germans Plot 10 Dismember Union With Japan
The Associated Press reports Germany planned alliance with Mexico and Japan to attack the United States. Zimmermann instructions proposed war, with Mexico reconquering Texas New Mexico Arizona, and Japan joining to share in peace terms. Document dates January 19 1917 and details were sent via von Bernstorff.
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United States
Mexico
Germany
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
Zimmermann
Berlin
Carranza
Count von Bernstorff
England
Zimmermanne
von Bernstorff
United States of America
Newspaper Men the Goat in Wilson Note Probe
Washington report cites a unanimous finding that only two newspapermen J Fred Manary and W W Price bore responsibility for the bank on President Wilsons peace note. The statement was delivered Tuesday by Charan Heary of the rules committee THbo.
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Washington
J. Fred Manary
W.W. Price
Wilson
House
Charan Heary
Francie A. Connolly
Connolly & Co
Robert W. Bolling
House Rules Committee
American Eva Identified After Laconia Torpedoing
William Eva, an American citizen, per Cunard Line officials, identified as lost when the steamer Laconia was torpedoed off the Irish coast Sunday night.
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Laconia
New York
William Eva
Cunard Line
Fight at Davidson County Courthouse Kills Tompkins
In Nashville a deadly shootout at the Davidson county courthouse left G. Tompkins dead after an exchange that also fatally wounded Will Hoffstetter. Jim Hoffstetter and bystander Mrs. W. A. Bevington were wounded.
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Nashville
Tetter
G. Tompkins
Will Hoffstetter
Jim Hoffstetter
W. A. Bevington
Davidson County Court House
President Informs Senate on Zimmermann Note Authenticity
President Wilson delivers to the Senate a report from Secretary Lansing confirming the Zimmermann note is authentic. The government says it obtained the evidence this week showing Germany sought an alliance with Mexico and Japan to attack the United States, but withholds further details for public interest reasons.
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Wilbon
Germany
Congress
Chancillor von Betninen-Holmwee
United States
Frederick the Great
Germain
Washington
Wilson
Senate
Mexico
Japan
Lansing
Zimmermann
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
Associated Press
United States Senate
Government of the
Robert Lansing
Joseph H Choate Stricken on Eighty Fifth Birthday
Joseph H. Choate the famed New Yorker grew ill on his eighty fifth birthday. Family members, celebrating with him, refused him permission to rise from bed to receive congratulations. A new photograph of Mr. Choate accompanies the item.
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Joseph H. Choate
Mr. Choate
Burglars Steal 16000 in Bank Loot in Dayton Florida
Persistent burglars robbed the First National Bank in Dayton Florida on Tuesday night escaping with 16000 dollars and an undetermined amount of securities. Entry was gained through a rear window and a drill hole was made near the vault top.
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Dayton
Fla
Flrst National Bank
Teenager Kills Three Children Then Ends Own Life
Indianapolis report states Frank Stader aged 14 and a laborer shot and killed his three children as they slept, then shot himself in the head. He died later at a local hospital.
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Self
Indianapolis
Frank Stader
House Empowers Wilson to Arm American Ships
Congress passed a bill authorizing the president to arm merchant ships and providing a $100,000,000 bond issue after revelations Germany aimed to coalition Japan and Mexico against the United States. The vote was 403 to 13 with mixed views on broader instruments and disclosures.
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Washington
Germany
Japan
Mexico
United States
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
White House
Zimmerman
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
Strike Abandoned After Wage Demands Drop
Baltimore labor leaders report concessions by employers on wage increases led to abandoning the planned strike of stevedores and other marine transport workers on Thursday. The move ends days of labor agitation and avoids disruption of port operations.
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Baltimore
Railway Heads Offer Aid to Government in War Time
Heads of the nation's leading railroad systems met with the council of national defense to approve plans for giving the government full cooperation of transportation interests in the event of war.
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Washington
Council of National Defense
Sister of Woodrow Wilson Dies in Roanoke
Mrs. Mathew Maury, sister of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, died in Roanoke Monday afternoon after an operation for peritonitis. She was 61 and had been ill only a few days.
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Roanoke
Mathew Maury
Mra
Woodrow Wilson
Mra. Maury
Laconia Sunk by German Torpedo. Two Americans Killed
A Cunard steamship Laconia of 18,150 tons, sailing from New York to Liverpool on February 18, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. Two American passengers are reported killed. The loss is being investigated and additional details awaited.
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London
Cunard
Laconia
New York
Liverpool
Lyman M. Law
Frye
Palermo
Monster snowslide kills fifteen at Idaho mine bunkhouse
Fifteen men die and fifteen more are missing after a massive avalanche struck the North Star mine bunkhouse at Hailey Idaho on February 25. The two story 30 by 60 foot bunkhouse collapsed onto the compressor and supply house as rescuers worked through wreckage, recovering all fifteen bodies and treating others for injuries.
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Hailey
Idaho
Federal Mining & Smelter Company
North Star
China Invited to Enter War by Entente Allies
Pekin heard from the French minister and the Belgian chargé d affaires representing the entente that China is invited to join the war. The offer includes remission of the Boxer indemnity and tariff revision as inducements.
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Pekin
China
British Take Petit Mirau Mont Village in France
London reports British troops have entered the village of Petit Mirau mont south of the Ancre in France after advancing southeast of Miraumont, according to an official war office statement.
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London
Petit Miraumont
the Ancre
France
Miraumont
War Office
Mexican Envoy to Washington Soon to Depart
Mexico City announces Ygnacio Bonillas newly appointed Mexican ambassador to the United States will depart for Washington this week accompanied by Juan B. Rojo first secretary of the embassy.
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Mexico City
Ygnacio Bonillas
United States
Washington
Juan B. Rojo
Fiest
Embudusy
Wilson asks Congress to arm merchant ships for defense
President Wilson urged Congress to grant authority to arm American merchant vessels and provide insurance against war risks. He warned war could follow if Germany’s submarine warfare continues and pressed for armed neutrality to safeguard neutral rights and humane protections at sea.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
the Congress
Houses of Congress
Dsregard
Great Britain
Ireland
Atlantic
Europe
Mediterranean
Germany
Scraps of Oddities and Claims Across Regions
The piece notes genuine Turkish caviar in solid roe form as durable and easy to handle. It mentions a preserved in ink foodstuff unique to the era. It also describes short cigars in the Philippines and highlights over 7,000 miles of tunnels linking to Pennsylvania anthracite mines.
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Philippines
Pennsylvania
No room for argument in flat living muddle
A comic exchange shows a married man denying diapules and a bachelor noting no room for argument in their flat. The dialogue humorously contrasts domestic life with bachelorhood and space constraints.
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M. i
Tot Hasn't Mime Bloom a Beautiful Complexion
A quip notes skepticism about a child’s appearance as a joke about beauty and a bet on whether it will wash.
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