Wilson rejects party proposals on Berlin submarine issue
President Wilson refuses proposals from congressional party leaders to relieve him of forcing a stance with Germany over the Berlin submarine declaration. The ideas urged by Stone Flood Kern aimed to bar American citizens from traveling on armed merchant ships, presented at a White House conference last night.
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Disaster on New Haven Road Fatal Freight Train Crash
A freight train collision on New Haven Road Milford Connecticut occurred when an express stalled at three signals. The engineer was killed and a flagman warned locals, with the oncoming freight train traveling about forty miles per hour and wreckage tearing into the other track.
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Nine die as New Haven rear-end collision in Milford
A Milford crash on the New Haven road killed engineer W. R. Curtis and fireman Edward McGinnis and others after a rear-end collision near noon. The boiler exploded, sending wreckage down embankments as a westbound freight train struck stalled cars.
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President presses for clean submarine settlement
Wilson rejects proposals and signals firm intent to push a clean settlement on the submarine case. Congress members say the president will demand Germany withdraw its declaration to torpedo armed enemy merchantmen after March 1 and recognize American citizens right to safe travel on the high seas.
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Dying After 45 Foot Fall At Ice Runway
In Norton on February 22, two men died in hospital and another was seriously hurt after a 45 foot fall from an ice runway at Barrowsville Pond. Homer Galinas suffers a back fracture, Duncan Ross has a skull fracture, and Lewis Green endures a compound leg fracture with possible internal injuries. A cable breaking caused the fall while workers for the Providence Ice Company were on the run way.
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Major Charles Young Wins Spingarn Medal
Major Charles Young U S A received the second Spingarn medal from Governor McCall at Tremont Temple last night. The award honors the Negro man or woman achieving the highest noble achievement for humanity in the past year.
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Whitlock Considered for Secretary of War in Wilson Cabinet
A New York Times cable from London reports Brand Whitlock American minister to Belgium is under consideration for Secretary of War in President Wilson’s Cabinet to replace Lindley M. Garisson.
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Four Girls and Man Hurt as Train Hits Sleigh
In Manchester New Hampshire on February 22 a freight train crashed into a sleigh at Maple street crossing. Four young women and a man were thrown from the sleigh. Corinne Lavigne 24 of 191 Beech street is dying at Elliot Hospital with a severed foot internal injuries and extensive injuries.
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Young sisters injured in sleigh accident at home
Victoria and Mary Lavigne suffer minor injuries and shock but will recover. Olive Gerault, 22, of 519 Somerville Street, is badly mutilated on face and body and may be disfigured. Joseph Barth was driving the sleigh.
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Missing Girl Found by Police in Essex New York
Ellen M. Crocker, 19, from Sharon, and Warner Stone Cram, Sharon box factory superintendent, were located in Essex New York after a country wide search. Cram was arrested on forgery charges and the pair were expected to be taken to Sharon where authorities may charge forcible abduction. The disappearance last July sparked a major police effort with conflicting testimony about consent and events surrounding the car trip to Hyde Park and Newton station.
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Discovery of hiding place leads to arrest in Essex case
Friends of the girl's mother in Es sex suspected Cram and alerted authorities. Telegraphic identification followed, and Chief of Police O'Brien arrested him. Chief Harvey Derry of Sharon traveled to Essex where positive identification was confirmed.
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Boy Shot by Chum in Gloucester Woods
James Deveau aged 14 was shot and killed by his 15 year old chum Charles H. Carroll near Fernwood pond in Gloucester. The two boys with another friend James Grogan had gone to the woods for a hunting trip. Carroll had the only firearm a .22 rifle.
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Two Lads Remembered After Fatal Wooded Shooting
In rough daylight around 3 30 Carroll fired his last shot at a tree across the road and Deveau stepped in front of the rifle. Deveau was fatally shot and fell silent on the road. Carroll fled toward a pond for help and the body was later found by Nathaniel Hart and taken toward the main road by Walter Cressy.
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Greenfield Express to New York Runs Nonstop
The Greenfield Express No 79 is scheduled as the Connecticut River Special and runs through to New York without station stops, combining with No 5 local service for way points between New Haven and New York.
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Almanac notes Tonight's celestial events and anniversaries
The entry lists sunrise and sunset times 6:31 and 5:25 with moonrise at 19:51 and last quarter on Feb 26 new on March 3 and full on March 19. It gives full moon dates for the rest of the year and winter remaining days. It notes planetary positions Venus Jupiter Mars Saturn and lamp timings. It also marks anniversaries from 1836 1862 1870 and a 1 year ago sinking of the Carib.
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Boston Area Weather Outlook Warns of Rain and Warmer Temps
The forecast calls for unsettled warm weather in Boston and vicinity on Wednesday with likely rain and higher temperatures. Thursday should clear with falling temps and moderate variable winds, while Northern New England sees snow by night and Thursday, with Southern New England turning cloudy and then rainy before clearing and cooling.
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German Liners May Slip Port
Treasury reports indicate German liners in Boston plan to clear as commerce destroyers. Collector Billings ordered strict enforcement of neutrality rules and to deny clearance without explicit department knowledge. Intelligence suggests ships may be armed in Boston before heading to sea.
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Dreamer Boat Placed Under Harbor Patrol in Neutrality Service
The 56 foot power boat Dreamer is ordered under guard by Collector Bil lings with eight armed custom guards assigned to patrol the harbor day and night. The vessel moves from Gloucester into neutrality service alongside a similar boat in New York harbor amid heightened vigilance for gun shipments and potential arming of liners in neutral ports. Germany has urged liners to clear ports. some ships interned in Argentina and Brazil have already departed. Boston and New York port authorities monitor gun shipments to prevent arming in neutral ports.
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