Americans Face War Warning Over Armed Belligerent Ships
Washington February 23 Congress weighs warn ing Americans against boarding armed ships of European belligerents as President Wilson remains opposed to action. Senate and House Democrats push resolutions while Berlin readiness to reply to US demands draws near. Secretary Lansing and Ambassador von Bernstorff await Germany guidance before any move.
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Washington
Congress
Democrats
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Senate
Wilson
Germany
Lansing
Stone
United States
Berlin
Capitol
Mann
von Bernstorff
Lusitania
State Department
Barton Announces Candidacy for President Nomination
Former Senator Theodore E. Barton of Cleveland filed with Secretary Hildebrandt a formal announcement to seek the Republican nomination for president announcing his candidacy in Columbus Ohio on February 23.
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Barton
Columbus
Theodore FE. Barton
Cleveland
Hildebrandt
Navy board to disclose policy on two-ocean fleet plan
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger will tell the House naval committee in executive session that a fleet capable of dominating the Pacific is the only sure protection for the coast. He said the present battle fleet should remain in the Atlantic and that closing the canal could limit use of the fleet in either ocean. He cautioned Britain’s construction pace, but implied the United States must seek its share of world trade.
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Washington
Navy General Board
United States
House Naval Committee
Charles J. Badger
Badger
Stephens
California
Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast
Panama
Admiral Badger
General Board
Great Britain
Callaway
Essary
England
English Composer Dead
London February 23 announces the death of Sir George Clement Martin organist of St Pauls Cathedral since 1888. Born in 1844 he was a prominent composer of sacred music with most works in that genre.
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London
Sir George Clement Martin
St. Paul's Cathedral
Packing House Employes Strike Sioux City
February 23 report of a 2,800 member strike at the Cfhd ahy and Armour packing houses in Sioux City and Toa demanding higher wages.
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Sioux City
Towa
Cfhdahy and Armour Packing Houses
Congress Sees Defense Testimony and Fletcher Confirmation Move
In session at noon the Foreign Relations Committee favored confirming Henry Prather Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico. Admiral Winslow testified on national defense before the Naval Committee. McKellar's bill for military colleges was favorably reported. The House recessed at 5 40 p m until noon Thursday.
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Shields
Henry Prather Fletcher
Mexico
Brandeis
House
Admiral Winslow
Naval Committee
Texas Pacific Suit Dismissed in Dallas Federal Court
The receivership suit filed by Bankers Trust Company of New York against Texas Pacific Railway was dismissed by Judge E R Meek for lack of jurisdiction. Attorneys for the plaintiff said they would appeal.
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Texas Pacific
Dallas
Texas
Texas Pacific Railway Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
New York
E. R. Meek
United States District Court
Miners Seek New Wage Pact At Central Field Meeting
Operators and United Mine Workers of America prepare to resume talks in New York over a wage scale for soft coal regions covering western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Key issues include weighing coal before screening and mine run pay plus a ten cent per ton wage rise and higher percentages for dead work yardage and lay wages.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Mobile
Ala
United Mine Workers of America
Western Pennsylvania
John P. White
W. K. Field
Pittsburg Coal Co
New Charges Filed Over Brandeis Nomination Case
New charges allege Louis D. Brandeis was employed by E H Harriman to obtain proxies in the Illinois Central fight and question Brandeis ties to the Equitable Life Insurance Society were submitted to the senate sub committee on Brandeis Supreme Court nomination.
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Brandeis
Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
E.H. Harriman
Illinois Central Railroad
Grandeis
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Senate
Supreme Court
Armed Italian Liner San Guglielmo Arrives in New York
The San Guglielmo arrived from Genoa and Naples with two three inch guns mounted on her after deck. She is the fifth armed Italian liner to arrive recently, with each gun crewed by two Italian navy gunners.
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New York
San Guglielmo
Genoa
Naples
Westburn German prize crew aboard client ship from Liverpool
A London dispatch reports the British steamer Westburn, 3300 tons, with seven crew and an officer believed German, docked at Santa Cruz Canary Islands for repairs. It carries 206 prisoners from British vessels including the Clan MacTavish and possibly ships sunk by the Moewe. The Moewe has destroyed several other ships, including the Clan MacTavish, and captured the Appam.
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Moewe
London
Santa Cruz
Veneriffe
Canary Islands
Westburn Haa
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
J. Westall
Sunderland
Flananco
Horace
Clan MacTavish Sod
Cambridge
Edinburgh
Luxembourg
St. Vincent
Cape Verde
Flamento
Newport
England
Valparaiso
Chile
Edinburg
Rangoon
Dia
Flamenco
Clan MacTavish
Africa
Appam
Hampton Roads
Fletcher Nomination Favorably Reported
President Wilson’s nomination of Henry Prather Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico was favorably reported to the Senate by the Foreign Relations Committee. The panel voted 12 to 2 with Borah and Smith opposing. Lodge joined in supporting confirmation. Executive session planned with administration leaders to urge swift action.
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Washington
Wilson
Henry Prather Fletcher
Mexico
Carranza
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Smith
Michigan
Lodge
Labor Leaders Dine With Cabinet Members
Seven members of President Wilsons cabinet and fourteen labor leaders joined the executive councils and department heads of the American Federation of Labor for a luncheon at a downtown hotel. Attendees included Secretary Wilson Secretary McAdoo Lane Daniels Houston Postmaster General Purleson Major General Scott acting secretary of war President Samuel Gompers Secretary Frank Morrison and John B Lennon of the federation.
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Washington
Wilson
theAmerican Federation of Labor
Department of Labor
McAdoo
Lane
Daniels
Houston
Purleson
Scott
Samuel Go
1200 Strike Stops Work in Lykens Anthracite Field
Harrisburg reports 1200 coal miners walked out at Lykens in the Susquehanna Coal Co. district over the firing of fireman William Stuppy for allegedly refusing to loan mine cars. Union leaders say reinstatement was denied and Williamstown miners threaten sympathy walkouts.
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Harrisburg
Lykens
Susqueshana Coal Co
William Stuppy
Stuppy
Williamstown
Weather forecast for West Virginia and Virginia
The forecast calls for likely rain in West Virginia on Thursday and Friday with cooler temperatures. In Virginia expect partly cloudy to fair weather on Thursday and Friday with slightly lowered temperatures.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Germans Capture French Trenches in Alsace and Woevre
Berlin announces Western Front gains in Upper Alsace where a 700 yard by 400 yard position is seized. German forces penetrated 3 kilometres of opposing lines in the northern Woevre sector. Allies report over 3,000 prisoners and large quantities of matériel lost.
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Berlin
London
Western Front
War Office
Upper
Alsace
War Offic
Woevre
Ship's Surgeon Buried at Sea Near Barbadoes
The British steamer Stephen arrived from Barbadoes reporting the death at sea on February 12 of Dr Eugene H. Price of Atlanta, Georgia. He was buried at sea with burial at 868.
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New York
Stephen
Barbadoes
Eugene H. Price
Atlanta
Price
School Orders Do Not Bear Interest, Court Rules
Supreme court decision held that school orders issued by Rock district do not bear interest unless presented for payment when funds are available, with sheriff paying interest only if he fails to pay principal on demand. About $25,000 in such drafts exist. The ruling, affecting banks holding the paper, clarifies prior statutes and endorsements. The rivers and harbors bill was also reported in Washington with a large appropriations scope and net cut.
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Board of Education of
Rock District
Supreme Court of the State
Pocahontas
Hamilton
Court of Appeals
Board of Education
Harold A. Ritz
Greever, Gillespie & Divine
Boards of Education
Washington
House
New York Harbor
Booneville Holds Off Miner Invasion Threat
Booneville Indiana Feb 23 authorities dismissed fear of an Ayrshire miners invasion after threats were made but not acted upon. Local officials noted no signs of imminent movement and urged calm as residents remained vigilant.
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Booneville
Ind
Ayrshire
Cyclone Strikes Small Town in Alabama
Meagre reports say a cyclone demolished Appleton Alabama ten miles from Brewton causing medical aid to be sought. The storm affected central Alabama with prepared miners and peace officers on edge amid employment tensions. In Washington plans were completed for the southeastern congress of life underwriters associations to welcome arriving insurance men.
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Ayrehire
Montgomery
Ala
Brewton
Appleton
Geneal
Alabama
Washington
Life Underwriters’ Associations
Pensions and Pension Plan Announced for General Asphalt Staff
Philadelphia February 23. A profit sharing and pension plan for salaried employees of General Asphalt Company was announced. Pensions apply to staff over sixty with twenty five years service or disabled after twenty years. Minimum pension is to be 0 and maximum 100 per month. About 500 men affected.
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Philadelphia
General Asphalt Company
Judge Rose Rules New Path In American Can Case
Judge John C. Rose retains jurisdiction in the government’s dissolution suit against American Can Company. He finds the company illegally formed but not guilty of recent vicious practices, warning against future monopolistic or restraint of trade actions while avoiding immediate dissolution. The decision, described as novel, leaves open potential remedies if necessary. The suit, filed in Baltimore two years ago, charged Sherman Act violations including absorption of competitors and price fixing. The case names the parent company, nine subsidiaries, and twenty-seven individuals.
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Balltimore, Md
John C. Rose
United States District Court
American Can Company
Rose
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
The
Hawaiian Pineapple Company
Honolulu
Noted Librarian John Thomson Dies in Philadelphia
Philadelphia librarian John Thomson, famed author of widely used reference volumes, died today after a long illness at age eighty. He led the Free Library of Philadelphia hosting a renowned literary career.
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Philadelphia
John Thomson
Free Library of Philadelphia
Thomson
Demarest Death Denied In Elgin Asylum Report
Calvin G. Demarest formerly noted as a dilliardist champion is alive and improving in health officials at the state hospital for the insane in Elgin Illinois asserted today clarifying last night’s report of his death in Chicago.
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Demarest
Chicago
Calvin
Dilliardist
State Hospital For the Insane
Elgin
Germans Struggle in Desperate Verdun Drive Front
German Army corps under Crown Prince Frederick William press a seven corps effort along a 25 mile Verdun front aiming to seize the fortress. Paris reports heavy shelling and strong French resistance as battles extend from Marancourt to Etain with Verdun center. In Parliament Prime Minister Asquith reiterates no peace until Belgium Serbia restoration and Prussian militarism overthrow. Russian duma opens with Sazanoff promising Roumania siding with Entente and Sweden relations noted.
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London
Bel
Frederick William
Verdun
Marancourt
Etain
French War Office
Paris
Asquith
Belgium
Serbia
Caucasus
Duma
Sazanoff
Russia
Sweden
Roumania
Scandinavia
Rouminia
Cummins Files for Presidency on Republican Ticket
United States Senator Albert B. Cummins of Iowa filed affidavits with the secretary of state as a candidate for the presidency on the Republican ticket. Similar affidavits will be filed in Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota Montana Oregon and Colorado. Locals report Senator Robert M LaFollette of Wisconsin will not appear on the Republican primary ballot in April. Big crowd for mayor’s conference in New York with mayors from 41 cities planning attendance at the St Louis national preparedness meeting March 3 and 4. Mayor Mitchel to lead the New York delegation expected to number several hundred.
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Cummins
Des Moines
United States
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Montana
Oregon
Colorado
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
New York
St. Louis
Mitche
Germans Lose African Holdings
London February 28 Andrew Bonar Law secretary for the colonies announced in the house of commons that 720000 savare miles of German territory in Africa had been captured.
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London
Andrew Bonarlaw
House of Commons
Africa
Turks Say No Major Front Changes In War Office Statement
The Turkish war office released an official statement from Constantinople via London on February 23 reporting no important changes on the various fronts. The update emphasizes stability across theaters and preserves current positions.
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Constantinople
London
Turkish War Office
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