Submarine Dispute With Germany Deepens Over Armed Ships
Washington reports the Lusitania and Arabic negotiations show Berlin plans to sink armed merchant ships after February 29. Officials fear the new campaign destroys past assurances and leaves future incidents. The move prompts U S reviews of neutrality guarantees and calls for clarifications from Germany and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United States
Lahsing
Lusitania
Count von Bernstorff
Teutons
Wilson
Lansing
Berlin
Vienna
State Department
Austria
Four Die as Mexia Theatre Collapses in Fire
Four persons are known dead and another fatally injured after a theatre collapse in Mexia Texas just before doors opened for an art exhibit by school children. A gas explosion triggered a fire in the ruins, spreading to nearby stores and offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Texas
Winslow Cross Examined Over Brandeis Controversy
Senate subcommittee hearings on Brandeis fitness for the Supreme Court featured cross examination of Sidney W. Winslow president of United Shoe Machinery Co. G W Anderson argued Brandeis pressed changes to lease clauses and cut ties when Winslow refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sidney W. Winslow
United Shoe Machinery Company
Louis D. Brandeis
Senate
Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
G.W. Anderson
Boston
Austrin G. Fox
New York
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Winslow
Anderson
United States Machinery Company
McNeely’s Body Washed Ashore in Egypt Near Alexandria
Washington reports that the body of American Consul McNeely of Monroe North Carolina, lost with the liner Persia, is believed washed ashore near Alexandria. The finding was relayed by American Consul Garrels to the state department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNeely
Washington
Monroe
N.C
Persia
Alexandria
State Department
Consel Garrels
Break in Joint Wage Conference Looms in Bituminous Fields
In Mobile on February 16, operators and miners in the central bituminous coal fields near a new wage scale face a likely break unless miners drop their mine run demand. Ohio Indiana and Illinois favor Mine Run with protections. western Pennsylvania opposes any compromise. A four state agreement hinges on PA positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Western Pennsylvania
Mobile
Ala
John P. White
Miners Union
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Erzerum Falls to Russians Amid World War Front Shifts
Russian forces capture Erzerum after five days of heavy assaults. strategic fortress opens routes in multiple directions. Indirect reports tie German and British campaigns in Mesopotamia and Caucasus to broader Allied movements while trench battles and weather affect Western Front. Entente ministers tell Belgium to regain independence as peace talks loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Erzerum
Turkey
Armenia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
von Goltz
Persia
Mesopotamia
Caucasus
Berlin
Ypree
Champagne
Tahure
Paris
Ypres
Albania
Durazzo
Essad Pasha
Great Britain Uses One Third of American Exports
Washington reports British purchases of U S goods last year reached 1 191 billion dollars, triple 1914 figures and more than one third of all American exports. France Canada Italy and Greece also show notable gains while European neutrals rise 20 to 75 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Great Britain
Department of Commerce
United States
France
America
Canada
Italy
Greece
Sweden
Congress In Session Notes And Committee Actions
The day’s sessions saw the lands committee deny prosecutions for entrants to withdrawn lands with certain exceptions. Brandeis nomination inquiries continued with counsel engaged for both sides. The commerce committee was invited to southern cotton mills. A Lowlands investigation of railroad legislation and public utility ownership was approved. An amendment to the Shieldsdale bill on royalties to the government was offered. House adjourned at 5 50 pm. Rear Admiral Grant testified before naval committee. Rivers and barbers committee favored annual appropriations totaling 39 608 410 including 700 000 for East River and 5 000 for Colorado river. Marine committee backed the administration shipping bill with objections to government operation. Secretary Houston urged elimination of cattle tick within six months and backed agricultural legislation. Pension bill of 2 500 000 annually passed. Adjournment set for noon Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
Lands Committee
Judiciary
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Commerce
Southern
Walsh
Shields Dale
House
Grant
Naval Committee
Rivers and Barbers Committee
East River
New York
Colorado River
Yuma
Marine Committee
Houston
Agricultural Committee
Friend of Crones Taken Into Custody in Poison Inquiry
Chicago. Antonio Coda Tonione, twenty four, held by detectives after New York police linked him to Jean Crones the University Club assistant chef suspected in a banquet soup poisoning. Investigators seek Crones and the woman he reportedly fled with as chemists test a new poison while Camillo’s arrest spurs questions about the suspected friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Antonio Coda
Tonione
New York
Jean Crones
University Club
Archbishop Mundelein
Crones
Hunt
Camillo
Willard Moran Fight Postponed to March 25
New York Madison Square Garden bout delayed with Willard and Moran not agreeing yet Moran still expected to raise no objection. Dave Lewinsohn Rickard representative says Willard cannot be ready by March 8 and promoter Tex Rickard approves the shift after a Rogers Park visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Willard-Moran
Madison Square Garden
New York
Princip
Moran
Rogers Park
Dave Lewinsohn
Tex Rickard
Willard
Rickard
Two Million Dollar Fire Destroys Section of Fall River
Fire in Fall River Massachusetts on February 16 swept a large business district. Estimates from property owners and store proprietors put the loss near two million dollars. A score of buildings including an apartment hotel and large retail stores were destroyed or badly damaged. No lives were lost and no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Cleveland Americans Sold After Negotiations
Cleveland announces the sale of the American League club including real estate, buildings, furniture and fixtures along with players and franchise after weeks of negotiations. Purchaser names to be released in about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Americans
Cleveland
Cleveland American League Baseball Club
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Forecast
Fair and moderate temperatures expected in West Virginia and Virginia on Thursday and Friday. Highs and conditions described as pleasant with light winds throughout the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
New York Delegation To Go Uninstructed After Convention
New York Republicans approved a unanimous keynote platform urging military readiness tariff reform and an assertive hand on Philippines Mexico and Europe. The convention split over endorsing Governor Whitman and chose an uninstructed delegation while backing no presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philippines
Mexico
Eliza Root
Whitman
Chicago
New York State
Henry L. Stimson
Mr. Root
Committee On
Root
Supreme Court
Charles K. Hughes
David Jayne ‘Hill
Rochester
Barnes
Dr. Hill
Committee On Delegates
United States
James Wadsworth, Jr
Charles Whitman
Frederick Tanner
Elon B. Brown
State
Senate
Wadsworth
Tanner
Brown
American Munitions Pouring Into Europe
American made war munitions are entering Europe at nearly two million dollars daily as production expands. Since Europe began buying for the present war, shipments neared a quarter of a billion dollars with estimates from the commerce department. If trends continue, the four months ahead will roughly double that total even as factories fast track conversion to munitions production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
Department of Commerce
Explosive Accident Claims Marietta Superintendant
W S Roberts of Marietta Ohio slipped while carrying two cans of nitroglycerine at St Albans twelve miles from Charleston West Virginia and was blown to pieces. The detonation was heard here and no others were hurt. Roberts was general superintendent of the explosive works for the Marietta Torpedo Company, aged fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 6S. Roberts
Marietta,hio
Charleston
W. Va
Roberts
Marietta
Ohio
St. Albans
Marietta Torpedo Company
St.Albans
Woman Kills Woman on Crowded Street Car
In Huntington West Virginia on February 1 Mrs Rose Wood was shot dead on a packed Huntington Ashland interurban car by Mrs Leonard Defoe who said Mrs Wood had tainted her husband. Defoe surrendered to police after the fatal shooting aboard the crowded street car bound for Catlettsburg Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
Rose Wood
Fear for Safety of Tanker Velma Brooks Near Beaufort
Fears for the tanker Velma Brooks bound from Norfolk to Beaufort spread as a rescue crew in the auxiliary schooner Sadie Culver searched for the vessel after a sixty mile gale left it overdue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort
N. C
Texas Company
Velma Brooks
Norfolk
Sadie Culver
Trains Slowed on Coal and Coke Railroad After Landslides
Charleston W Va Feb 16 due to numerous wrecks on the Coal and Coke railroad an order requires trains to run slower Passenger trains are limited to twenty miles an hour The schedule allows twenty eight miles an hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charelston
W. Va
Coal and Coke Railroad
Navy building program delay before May in preparedness drive
Washington reports a Navy building plan will not be ready before May as the House and Senate push military measures. The Military Committee will draft a militia federalization bill while Ways and Means has yet to estimate financing. Leadership rests with Rep Hay and Rep Padgett, with Speaker Clark supporting preparedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Congress
Padgett
House Committee
House Military Committee
Senate Committee
Senate
Carter
War College of the Army
House
Ways and Means
Representative Hay
Military
Representative Padgett
Naval Committee
Clark
Nation Faces Critical Era if Tariff Fails
New York February reports Sen James W Wadsworth Sr warns at Republican convention that the nation faces a dire four year test. He says without a protective tariff foreign industrial invasion could follow post peace and the republic’s destiny may hinge on government action and public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Republic
James W. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Union
Republlicc
Washington
Senato
Picayune
America
Treasury
Philippines
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rales
G. W. Anderson
Turkeys
LN Congress
Weather Forecast
Leonard Defoe
NAVY
House Ways and Means
Merica
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!