Allies to Hold Council of War
Paris reports a Franco Italian accord leads to an early allied council in Paris with political and military representatives to be present. A preceding general staff meeting will set the stage as Briand’s Italian pledge prompts wider military activity and economic steps against Germany. France is seen as taking the lead in planning and coordination.
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Rome
Havas
France
Lord Kitchener
Balkans
Briand
Italy
Ger
Joffre
England
White Denies Report Of Injury In France
Claude Graham White, famed English aviator, denies being seriously wounded in France. He says he has been in London ten days and cannot explain the circulation of the report. Lieut. Graham-White rose to international prominence for daring flights in England and America during World War I. He enlisted in the naval corps and served as temporary flight commander, with a past incident of a sea rescue after a raid on Belgian towns. His wife, Dorothy Taylor of New York, recently obtained a decree for restitution of conjugal rights in a preliminary step toward divorce.
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London
Claude Graham White
France
White
Lieut
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England
America
Naval Corps
Grahame White
Dorothy Taylor
New York
President in perfect accord with Lansing on merchantman decree
Washington reports President Wilson is in full agreement with Secretary Lansing on the policy to be used after March 1 that all merchantmen be treated as war vessels. The president says the issues raised are grave and it is unclear what action would follow if Americans are aboard ships not yet under the decree.
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Washington
Wilson
Lansing
What’s Going On Today in Cumberland Amusements
Maryland Theater features Billy Allen and Company in A Hot Old Time. Grande Theatre shows Edward Brennan and Marie Empress in The Woman Pays. Liberty Theatre presents Richard Buhler in A Man’s Making. Victoria and Belvedere Theatres show pictures.
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Edward Brennan
Marie Empress
Liberty Theatre
Richard Buhler
Victoria Theatre
Belvedere Theatre—Pictures
Turks Defeat British Troops in Mesopotamia
The Turkish war office says a British relief expedition was defeated near Korna on the Tigris, with British forces fleeing southward from Kut el Amara. The Turks claim prisoners, arms, munitions, and beasts were captured, and telegraph lines were destroyed by a reconnoitering column. In the Caucasus, Russians were driven from Turkish positions with heavy losses.
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London
Mesopotamia
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Kut-el-Amara
Caucasus
German Vessels Escape From Port in South America
News from Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires report German steamships Asuncion Bahrenfeld and Turpin escaping internment. The Asuncion fled under fog, fired upon by Brazilian and Teffe vessels, then returned to harbor after captain denied intent to escape.
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Para
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New York
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South American
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Turpin
Punta Arenas
Strait of Magellan
Garrison's Successor Not Yet Appointed
Washington on February 14 1913 President Wilson delayed naming Garrison's successor after returning to the White House He planned several days of conferences with House and Senate members focusing on expanding the army The talks are seen as guiding the secretaryship decision and imply a cautious approach.
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Washington
Wilson
Garrison
White House
House
Senate
Federal Reserve Board Urges Banks to Aid Export Trade
The annual report to Congress states Federal Reserve Banks must help finance the United States vast export trade. It asserts Reserve Banks cannot stay aloof from supporting the nation’s booming outward commerce.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Reserve Banks
Roosevelt men to fight Hughes in Chicago convention
New York reports that Republican leaders face a crowded 1920 nominating fight with Theodore Roosevelt aiming to capture the nomination, while old guard favorites Elihu Root and Charles W. Fairbanks loom. Roosevelt hopes to disrupt Justice Hughes and split the field as delegates are chosen. The Weeks and Massachusetts delegates signal early maneuvering as Roosevelt allies push to clear a path at Chicago.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Justice Hughes
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Missouri
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
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Taft
Wilson
Weeks
United States to Warn Americans Against Armed Merchantmen
Washington February 14 United States prepared to warn Americans not to travel on armed merchant ships as it may declare disarmament of merchantmen. The move aims to avoid entanglement with Britain and EU trade disruptions while weighing retaliation risks and submarine threats. President Wilson faces selection of a new War Secretary as Berlin signals warship status for armed ships.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
State Department
Great Britain
Fifteen Die in Italian City Raids
Austrian air raids hit Ravenna Codigoro and Bottrighe amid ongoing warfare. Fifteen people killed and several injured including women and children. Hospital and Sant Apollinare basilica damaged as bombardment targeted rail and industrial sites. A separate sea air strike destroyed warehouses and pumping works at Codigoro Cavanelle with several heavy bombs.
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Paris
Ravenna
Codigoro
Bottrighe
Italy
Adriatic
Havas
Rome
Sant’ Apollinare
Maximian
Vienna
London
Codigoro Cavanelle
Bulgarians Move to Cut Off Italians in Albania
Sofia reports Bulgarian troops occupy Elbassan and push west to seal off the Italian retreat from Durazzo, with locals offering some resistance as the advance continues toward Austrian forces in the region.
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Sofia
Elbassan
Durazzo
French Cruiser Admiral Charner Believed Lost Off Syrian Coast
Paris reports 374 lives lost with only one survivor after the French cruiser Admiral Charner was sunk near the Syrian coast. The navy says the ship has not been heard from since February 8 amid German submarine activity. The vessel, completed in 1908, measured 347 feet in length and displaced 4 760 tons.
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Paris
Charner
Ministry of Marine
Channel
Lansing studies Germany note on armed ships in war
Secretary Lansing examined at home the Berlin memorandum declaring that armed merchant ships of the entente allies would be treated as war vessels after February 29. He will brief President Wilson and the cabinet as they digest the documents and determine the U.S. position. Austria’s parallel note was not yet received, but expected briefly.
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Berlin
Washington
Lansing
Austria
Germany
State Department
United States
First proclamation calls unmarried men for military service
London on February 14 reports the initial proclamation under the game creation act listing unmarried men as eligible for conscription with Wat referenced in the notice.
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London
Britain Seeks New War Loan In Looming Parliament Session
London notes the new session opens with the king absent on medical advice while Lord Buckmaster reads the speech. Debates will cover air service needs, Zeppelin defense, and a forthcoming war loan. McKenna to present budget after Easter amid import restriction plans and ministers pay questions.
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London
Buckmaster
McKenna
German Press Cites Sherman March as War Ruthlessness
The Cologne Gazette uses a page from American history to justify submarine warfare. It highlights Gen. Sherman and Gen. Sheridan’s tactics, quoting Sherman's Atlanta manifesto and describing burned Georgia and cattle-spared actions in the Shenandoah.
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London
Germany
Cologne
Gazette
Sherman
Sheridan
South
Atlanta
Bulgaria Seeks Separate Peace, Athens Dispatch Says
Athens reports in entente circles that Bulgaria has made overtures for a separate peace with the entente powers. The Exchange Telegraph quoted the dispatch dated February 14.
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Athens
London
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
Federal net spreads for Chicago anarchist suspect
Chicago February 14 The Federal net is spread for Jean Crones the alleged anarchist suspected of poisoning the soup served guests at the university club banquet. Certain men who corresponded with Crones from New York and eater Pa are questioned.
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Chicago
Federal
Jean Crones
University Club
Crones
New York
Eater
Teutons Pierce French Lines in Broad Front Offensive
German forces attack along the entire front from Flanders to Champagne and report gains at Planers and Champagne. Paris and Berlin dispatches describe repeated German assaults, several successful breakthroughs, and French counterattacks with heavy losses. Artillery duels continue in Vosges and Lorraine as Austrians press in the Isonzo area.
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Champagne
Berlin
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Mesnil
Paris
St. Marine-a-Py
Soissons
Crouy Road
Vosges
Argonne Forest
Lorraine
Isonzo
Rombon
Gorizia
Republican split jolts Massachusetts governor race
Philadelphia February 14 reports that Augustus P. Gardner who failed to win the governorship is rallying two other unsuccessful hopefuls Charles Sumner Bird and Grafton Dillingham Cushing to press Theodore Roosevelt. The piece notes the split could corner Gov. McCall and shift delegate support toward Weeks at Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Augustus P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Sumner Bird
Grafton DD. Cushing
Uniontown Bankers Sued on Notes
In Heaver Pa on Fen 4 Josian Thompson former provost of the defunct Uniontogg was joined as defendant along with two associates James and J. W. Bemane in suits to collect on notes totaling 135 dollars. The actions seek repayment and specify the defendants’ liability in the case.
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Thompson
Cefunct
Uniontogg
Anim
Jameas
J. W. Bemané
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