Crete Crisis Sparks Indignation and Diplomatic Strain
Athens reports a mass indignation meeting condemning the bombardment near Canea as King George faces pressure to act. Protests rise as Crete threatens to sever ties with powers, while a one week armistice proposal at Selinos is accepted by both sides.
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Athens
Canea
Crete
del Yannis
Ministry of Finance
Canta
Island of Crete
Elias
Candia
Selinos
Cadano
Halpea
Two Pension Vetoes and Ohio River Flood Threat
A heavy rainfall in the Ohio valley elevates flood risk as the Ohio River climbs. Observed 3.11 inches in 72 hours, with tributaries rising rapidly from Kentucky, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. If rain ends before midnight the river may hold near the fifty five foot mark. at midnight it stood 48 feet 7 inches and rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
New York
Pennsylvania
Signal Service
Ohio
Big Sandy
West Virginia
Kentucky
Cumberland
Tennessee
Hart Bill Repeals McHugh Law and Redrafts Elections
The Hart bill clears the House by 52 to 33 votes, repealing the McHugh law and mandating municipal elections every two years. An amendment to exempt cities with special charters faced debate, with prospects of Senate action. Willoughby and Eichhard spoke on the measure and party preferences. A separate Building and Loan bill passed, with minor amendments and narrow opposition from Gen. Jasper N. Packard. Also reported, John H. Boyden, St. Louis mill leader, died after a mill accident. he left half a million in life policies.
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Hart
House
McHugh
Littleton
Indianapolis
Senate
Willoughby
Niambert
Eichhard
Jasper N. Packard
Morris
Mrr. Smith
Tippecanoe
Berry
East
Elliott
Washington
Graham
Haily
Kelley
McGeath
Packard
Patterson
Daviess
Sullivan
Wiener
Williams
St. Louis
John Hk. Boyden
Boyden Lanber Company
Neelyville
Ark
Boyden
Germany's New Navy and the Krupp Quick-Firing Guns
Special Berlin Letter argues the German navy, though young and small, rivals peers in readiness and discipline. It highlights the Woerth and Sachsen class ironclads, Krupp's 15 to 24 centimeter quick firing guns, and the emperor's drive to arm the fleet, with projected 20 million marks in orders and future testing worldwide.
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Berlin
Germany
France
England
United States
Capt. Mahan
Prince Henry
Baden
Mecklenburg
Oldenburg
Sachsen
Krupp
Essen
Ordnance Department
Krause
William III
Meppen
Reichstag
Africa
Australiaia
China
Philippines
Cuba
Wolf von Schierbrand
President Denies Pension Restorations For Widows
The president rejected bills restoring pensions to Mrs. Mary Veil and Mrs. Mary Freeman, citing remarriage and lack of proof that a first husband’s death related to service. Four people suffocated in a Hannibal, Missouri fire at the Marks residence and store, with deaths including two Marks sons and William Reid. The Lebanon Reporter changes hands, sold by George Jones to Adam Felker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mary A. Veil
Mary A.freeman
Veil
Mas. Sanger
Maj. Sanger
Hawxmat
M. Marks
Mr. Marks
William Reid
Edward Pierce
Thomas McCarthy
Lebanon
George Jones
Adam Felker
The
Logansport Pharos
Pensions Granted to Indiana Residents and Widows
The Indiana pension list includes Original Widows Harriet Beacher Phoebe J Whitwell Martha M Holman Sophia Nehren Nancy Guartney Mara E Egan Emeline J Savage and others with several reissues renewals and restorations noted. Also headlines report Dr Eugene W Sawyer of Kokomo seeking divorce from Ellen Pendleton Sawyer with claims of ill treatment including pulled whiskers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Beacher
Huntington
Phoebe J. Whitwell
Knightstown
Martha M. Holman
Evansville
Sophia Nehren
Brunswick
Nancy Guartney
Laconia
Mara E. Egan
Liberty
Emeline J. Savage
Shoals
Charlotte A. Welton
Vincennes
Curiaco
Eugene W. Sawyer
Oakenwaldave
Columbus Memorial Building
Ellen Pendleton Sawyer
Sawyer
Kokomo
Indiana Notices and Obituaries Roundup
Funeral for James M Sankey planned in Terre Haute on February 23. South Bend Morning Reporter obituary notes its 115 days of life. A fish ladder may be built at Riverdale in Jackson County. Loy Legion of Indiana to meet May 15 in Richmond. State association of Indiana scientists to meet at Purdue February 26 and 27. Old William Price homestead at Richmond torn down after eighty three years, built with hand hewn logs. Jack Taylor of Chrisman Illinois dying in Terre Haute hospital from injuries alleged from an incident ten days prior with Georg Inge Jr.
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Indiana
James M Sankey
Terre Haute
South Bend
Riverdale
Jackson County
The
Loy Legion of Indiana
Richmond
William Price
Jack Taylor
Chrisman
Georg Inge, J Jr
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Greece
King George
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M. Hanotaux
Mr. Labouchere
Foreign Office
George Curzon
House of Commons
Curzon
Labouchere
Tabouchere
Turkey
Laubouchere
Gladstone
Chronicle
the Insurance Trust
Sutton
House Committee On Judiciary
Thomas B. Reed
House of Representatives
Roots
Elkhart
Ecaart
Miller
Dodge Block
Sentinel
James Homsher
Rugby
Porruaxo
Ore
Idaho
Morris Yenzel
Moscow
Yenzel
Ife
Leroi
Moscow National Bank
Tle
Ohio River
Building and Loan Bil
Russia
Italy
Kiel
Three Narkses
William Reed
Hannibal
Edward Hurley
Soldiers’ Home
Marion
James Salmons
Elijah Molden
Jeffersonville
John G. Rose
Stephen D. Fry
Attica
Joseph Williamson
Jonathan P. Sunderland
Abraham Fry
Elwood
Abram H. Terhune
Trafalgar
William D. Noble
Richard T. Carter
Rushville
Samuel Low
Veedersburg
John Buckley
Soldiers' Home
Hugh L. Snyder
Napanee
Theodore D
McDougall
Ft. Wayne
Thomias Collier
Noblesville
Stukely Campbell
Brazil
James B. Hammond
Carlisle
Daniel W. Johnson
Seymour
Charles F. Treax
Benjamin F. Thornburg
Lafayette
Patrick Cunningham
Joseph Ballard
Valpen
Isaac Pegg
Worthington
Dr. Sawyer
John A. Walker
Marion A. Tow
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