US faces deadline on armed ships amid German note
Washington notes Secretary Lansing signals openness to discussing defensive armament for merchant ships while warning Americans away from armed ships remains unlikely to pass. Congress leaders doubt passage this session. German and British reactions shape talks as Italy keeps three armed merchants in New York.
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Washington
Lansing
United States
Central Powers
Congress
Gore
McLemore
House
State Department
Germany
Berlin
Wilson
New York
Napoli
Proposal for Federal Army Reserve Grows in Congress
Washington reports a rising trend in creating a federal volunteer army alongside the regular army and federalized National Guard. The House outlines terms for a 43 000 strong regular army and 224 000 National Guard in five years with training camps and civilian courses. The Senate favors district training camps with war service obligations and battalion-sized units in the first year of a continental army plan.
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Washington
House
Senate
Garrison
War Department
Continental Army Pla
Sentenced for Urging Men Not to Enlist in War Effort
Mrs Nellie Best secretary of the Women's Anti Conscriptionist League was sentenced to six months imprisonment for urging men not to enlist. The court scenes recalled militant suffragist trials as sympathizers erupted in protest. The defendant defended her actions claiming she prevented lads from joining the war trade and prayed for strength to continue. An appeal for acquittal failed.
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London
Nellie Best
Women's Anti
Earch
Chicago Mayor seeks bodyguard after threats to life
Chicago February 26. Mayor William Hale Thompson says threats have been made against his life and has asked Chief of Police Healy for a bodyguard. He attributes the threats to his activities in the campaign for the upcoming aldermanic primaries.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Healy
Standard Oil to Build Thirteen Large Tank Steamers
New York February 26 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey begins construction of thirteen large tank steamers costing 1 000 000 each. Other Standard Oil group companies will build thirty six more tankers. All vessels to be completed as quickly as possible.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Group
PARTSIANS CALM IN FAGE OF VERDUN
Paris reports extraordinary calm amid the Verdun battle with no public unrest. Observers note confidence, recalls of leave, and strong defense lines. The Temps notes French losses are claimed lower than German reports in prisoners.
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Verdun
Paris
Ministry of War
North Sea
Switzerland
Temps
Verdun Under Unprecedented Assault Guards Fortified Line
Verdun faces a severe battle as the French fortress endures heavy attacks. The report notes even if Douaumont and Vauche woods fall the defenders remain strong at the Foird terre Douaumont sector with main forts at risk from German heavy guns. Snow does not ease the onrush and waiting for better weather seems unlikely.
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Douaumont
Verdun
Europe
France
Paris
Coatst
Belgium
Luxemburg
Marbeuge
London
Francis Lloyd
Great Britain
Hundred Year Old Aunt Polly Hubbard Dies Near Kentucky Border
Aunt Polly Hubbard aged 100 dies after a long illness at her Laurel Fork Pound River home near Wise county Virginia. Formerly of Wayne county West Virginia she leaves many descendants from the Hubbard Sturgill and Bolling families across eastern Kentucky southwestern Virginia and southern West Virginia. Her death is widely mourned.
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Whitesburg
Polly Hubbard
Wayne County
W. Va
Kentucky-Virginia
Laurel Fork
Pound River
Wise County
Polly
Hubbard
Sturgill
Bolling
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Water Power Bill Seeks Senate Introduction
Washington February 26 Congress could get a water power bill as a substitute for the Shields measure. It would keep control of dam construction on navigable rivers with a commission of the secretaries of war interior and agriculture to regulate power use. Senator Hastings of Wisconsin plans to introduce it in the senate Monday.
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Washington
Congress
Secretaries of War, Interior and Agriculture
Senate
Hasting
Wisconsin
Taft Taster Appointed for St Patrick's Banquet Menu
Chicago February 26 official tas ter to test all dishes for the St Patrick s Day banquet of the Irish Fellowship Club was named J W Healy a club member to ensure safety after a recent soup poisoning at Archbishop Mundelin banquet.
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Chicago
William H. Taft
Irish Fellowship Club
Archbishop Mundelin
J. W. Healy
California Delegates Unpledged to Republican Chicago
California Republicans adopted a plan to select and support a list of delegates to the Chicago convention, to be held June 7, with the aim of uniting former elements of the party and ensuring a Republican victory in the upcoming presidential elections.
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California
San Francisco
Cal
Chicago
Germans Renew Violent Attacks North of Verdun
Paris reports ongoing German offensives north of Verdun with heavy losses as the war office notes failed assaults around Douaumont east of the Meuse despite the fierce attacks and sacrifices.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
Douumont
Meuse
Russians Take Ker manshah in Persian Front Line
A Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports Russian forces storm Ker Manshah, a key Persian city. Heavy fighting has occurred nearby as advances continue in the region.
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London
Reuter
Petrograd
Kermanshah
Villa reports with 400 men near Casas Grandes
El Paso reports General Francisco Villa was seen at Casas Grandes late yesterday with 400 men, according to advices to General Gabriel Gavira at Juarez. He then departed south.
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Casas Grandes
Gabriel Gavira
Juarez
Inopportune Time for German Offensive at Verdun
London reports a delayed Reuters dispatch from British HQ stating the German offensive at Verdun came during a severe winter spell with heavy snow hindering movement. Ypres activity is framed as a diversion. German advances faltered against a strong defense.
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London
Reuters’ Telegram Company
Verdun
Ypres
Verdun Fight Spurs Entry of German Forces at Douaumont
German forces claim capture of Douaumont as Verdun battles intensify. French and Berlin reports differ on the fort's status while heavy artillery and counterattacks rage around Verdun and Woevre. Russian advances toward Kut El Amara and Kermanshah’s fall widen the war’s theater.
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Verdun
Persia
Kermanshah
Petrograd
Mesopotamia
Kut el Arama
Tigris
Townshend
Kut
Albania
Rome
Durazzo
Resistance of Turks Retreating From Erzerum Weakens
Petrograd reports Turkish forces withdrawing from Erzerum lack ammunition and supplies. Turkiye’s flight continues toward Asia Minor as Ishpir falls, Trebizond becomes the retreat line, and the Turkish coast army sits exposed to a possible Russian rear attack.
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Petrograd
Erzerum
Asia Minor
Ishpir
Trebizond
Typhus Epidemic in Mexico Subsiding and Schools to Reopen
Typhus fever cases drop by fifty percent from December as Mexico City and federal district public schools plan to reopen Monday. General Rodriguez reports health conditions improving and a comprehensive labor settlement plan is under consideration. 9,000 meals will be dispensed in public dining rooms for the destitute with health rules enforced.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Federal District
General Rodriguez
Army
Federal Board of Health
Board of Health
Rodriguez
Republic
Board of Public Charities
Feint in Champagne Before Verdun Drive
The February 12 Champagne feint diverted attention from Verdun and featured miniature rehearsals behind German lines. Soldiers practiced exact onset using aeroplane photos and scaled copies of French trenches to ensure precise execution. The attempt failed due to wind changes diminishing gas and flame thrower effectiveness.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Verdun
Champagne
Mass Meeting in Buffalo Urges National Preparedness
A large crowd gathered at the city auditorium in Buffalo for a mass meeting called by Mayor Louis P. Puhrmann to promote national preparedness. Governor Whitman spoke as the principal speaker, marking the culmination of a three weeks campaign to revive interest in the local National Guard regiment.
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Buffalo
N. Y
City Auditorium
Louis P. Puhrmann
Whitman
National Guard
IG INCH GUNS FOR NEW BATTLESHIPS
Experimental long range firing by the Atlantic fleet and combat in Europe influence naval design. Navy officials favor ten sixteen inch guns per battleship over twelve fourteen inch guns on the Pennsylvania and California class ships. The next practice will reach 18 000 yards and a new sixteen inch gun is expected to extend ranges beyond twelve sea miles. The armored cruiser North Carolina with six aeroplanes will join Admiral Fletcher's command.
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Washington
Navy Department
Pennsylvania
California
North Sea
North Carolina
Addmiral Fletcher
Germany Imposes Graduated Tax on War Profits
Berlin reports new government measures taxing war profits of individuals and corporations. The plan includes a graduated property increment tax, doubled rates for certain increases, and penalties for evasion including possible jail. Corporate adds start at ten percent and rise to thirty percent for higher gains.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
France
House committee to back repeal of free sugar clause
The administration’s bill to repeal the free sugar clause of the tariff law may be reported favorably by the Ways and Means Committee, with a meeting scheduled for Monday to act on the measure.
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Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
American Nurses Deploy to British Front from London
Thirty three American nurses most from Mercy Hospital Chicago left London for the British front to serve in field hospitals for six months. They spent nearly two weeks in London collecting equipment before departure.
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London
Mercy Hospital
Chicago
French Break German Front Near St Marie ad Py
French forces in Champagne launched a counter attack south of St Marie ad Py and penetrated the first German trenches about 260 yards, according to today’s war office release received via London Berlin.
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Berlin
London
Champagne
St. Marie-adPy
War Office
Italian Ship Armed Arrives With Guns on Deck
The Napoli, the third Italian steamer to dock here recently, arrived today carrying two three inch guns mounted on the poan deck. The freighter carries no passengers.
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New York
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Woevre
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