Wilson Appeals for Prompt Vote on Belligerent Shipping Warnings
President Wilson calls Congress to vote on proposals to warn Americans off ships of belligerents. He writes to Representative Pou urging open discussion and a floor vote. He meets with Senators Stone and Kern and Representatives Flood to press action in both houses. Administration plans to end agitation with a confidence vote after cabinet talks.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Pou
House Rules Committee
Stone
Representative Flood
Kern
Senate
White House
Capitol
House
Clark
Battle Push Near Fort Douaumont Reported by Berlin
London reports that crown prince armies near Ver dun faced a massive artillery onslaught described as the greatest in history. German and Austrian monster guns aided infantry as they advanced along the Meuse valley and Hilly terrain southwest of Louvemont, threatening the fortress while Brandenburg regiments excelled at Fort Douaumont.
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London
Verdun
Meuse
Louvemont
Berlin
Fort Douaumont
German protest over seizure of merchant ships from Portugal
Berlin issues a sharp note to Lisbon protesting the seizure of German merchant vessels by Portuguese authorities. Germany terms the act a treaty rights violation and urges Portugal to rescind the measure.
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Berlin
Germany
Portugal
Miners Acquitted in Colorado Murder Case
A jury in Castle Rock, Colorado found four former striking coal miners not guilty of murder in the April 29, 1914 killing of Major P. P. Lester during coal strike disorders near Walsenburg.
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Castle Rock
Colo
Major
P. P. Lester
Walsenburg
Trouble Over Colombian Treaty Faces Ratification Setback
Washington administration senators admitted they had almost no chance to ratify the Colombian treaty. The pact would pay 15 million dollars to Colombia for the partition of Panama and include a mutual expression of regret.
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Washington
Colombia
Panama
Salmon train ships 2.4 million cans to New York
A Seattle movement sent fifty carloads of Puget Sound and Alaska salmon toward New York aboard the Union Pacific on Saturday. The shipment contains 2,400,000 cans, with banners displayed on the wagons.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Alaska
New York
Union Pacific
Two Die in Powder Explosion in Haple Wood
A powder explosion at Haple Wood near St. Louis killed two people and injured twenty, seven seriously, as five dynamite cases stored for sewer work exploded, wrecking thirty houses.
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St. Louis
Haplewood
Italy Requisition of German Steamers Stirs Commons
In London the house of commons heard that the Italian government has requisitioned thirty four of the thirty seven German steamers interned in Italian ports. The move reflects Italy's wartime measures affecting German maritime assets.
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Italy
London
House of Commons
American Slain in Mexico Reported by State Department
Washington reports the murder of Grover C. Varn, an American, at his home twenty five miles north of Durango by Villa forces. No further details were released.
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Mexico
Washington
Grover C. Varn
Villa
Durango
State Department
Admiral Winslow urges sweeping naval reforms in address
Admiral Cameron McR Winslow, commander of the Pacific fleet, told the House Naval Committee the Navy needs radical changes to become a fully efficient fighting force in fifty years. He called for a general staff of active line officers and criticized Annapolis education, proposing a return to recruiting naval midshipmen at 14 to 16 and a two year ashore program to build sea experience.
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Washington
United States Navy
House Naval Committee
Cameron McR
Winslow
Pacific Fleet
Annapolis Naval Academy
John G Cooper Transitions From Rail to Congress
Ohio Congressman John G. Cooper former railroad engineer born in Wigan England April 27 1872 arrived in America 1880 Republican served two terms in the Ohio legislature.
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John G. Cooper
Ohio
Congress
Cooper
Wigan
England
America
Ohio Legisature
Immigration Inspector Stricken By Typhus in El Paso
Morris Buttner a United States immigration inspector was removed to a hospital in El Paso Texas suffering a mild typhus fever attack according to Dr J W Tuppan Medical status described as mild and non life threatening.
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el Paso
Texas
Morris Buttner
United States
J. W. Tuppan
Subway Flooded Halts New York City Traffic
New York subway system faced its worst tie up in history on Friday as tracks flooded after heavy rain, disrupting service for millions of daily riders and causing widespread delays across the network.
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New York Subway
New York
Subway
New Army Bill Agreed Upon Expands Forces
Washington reports the house military committee approved an army reorganization bill to raise the regular force to 137 000 with a 2 percent enlistment leeway allowing the president to recruit up to about 143 000. The measure also fully federalizes the militia and sets enlistment minimums per district with state-wide options.
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Washington
Army
House Military Committee
War Department
Toto
United States
Secretary of War
Swedes Warned Off Seas After February 29
Omaha report says Swedish vice consul P. A. Edquist was instructed by Stockholm to warn all Swedish subjects to keep off the seas after February 29 when the central powers order to sink armed merchant ships without warning takes effect. The consulate will inform representatives in the United States.
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Omaha
P. A. Edquist
Europa
United States
Forty Poisoned at Banquet in San Francisco
More than forty guests including Methodist ministers and wives became seriously ill after eating food at a banquet hosted by Methodist ministers at the Howard Street Methodist church on February 22.
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San Francisco
Howard Street Methodist Church
Eggs barred from interstate sale under agriculture rule
Washington announces that eggs not 95 percent good will be barred from interstate commerce. Shipments packing more than 5 percent shells will violate the food and drugs acts by adulteration.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Florist W A Staley Ends Life After Family Quarrel
Pocatello Idaho reports that W A Staley a longtime florist took his own life Sunday night after an all day dispute with his family during which his father in law forced him from the home.
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Pocatello
Idaho
W. A. Staley
Diaz leaves U.S. to rally revolt against Carranza
General Felix Diaz reportedly departed the United States to launch a revolution against the Carranza government in Mexico.
Turkish Atrocities Alleged in Armenian Aid Appeal
Rev. E. A. Yarrow, an American missionary at Van, described brutal acts by Turks to raise funds for Armenians and Syrians. He spoke of ovens filled with roasted babies as part of his appeal for aid.
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Chicago
E. A. Yarrow
Van
Turkey
Smelter Workers Strike at Leadville Plant for Pay Increase
Between 300 and 400 employees at the Arkansas Valley plant of American Smelting & Refining company struck on Saturday demanding a 50 cent daily wage rise and grievance adjustments.
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Leadville
Colo
Arkansas Valley
American Smelting & Refining Company
Canyon City executes Oscar Cook for Denver murders
Oscar Cook was executed at Canyon City on Saturday for the March 19 1912 Denver murders of Andrew J. Lloyd and Williams McPherson. Cook remained calm to the end and prayed audibly at the scaffold.
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Canyon City
Colo—d
Oscar Cook
Andrew J. Lloyd
Wiliams McPherson
Denver
Cook
Germany Reaffirms Lusitania Assurances on Submarine Warfare
Germany warned that its submarine warfare policy remains unchanged despite a memorandum stating it would treat armed merchant ships as auxiliary cruisers after February 29. Count von Bernstorff presented the note to Secretary Lansing in Washington, while the US held firm for treaty rights of merchant ships to bear arms for defense.
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Washington
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Lusitania
United States
State Department
Diaz to Start Revolution Against Carranza
Washington-Felix Diaz, long watched by the Justice Department for neutrality violations, reportedly left the United States for Mexico to organize a new revolt against the Carranza government. He aims to lead Oaxaca troops and allied southern forces with General Diaz, who has been away since Huerta’s ouster.
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Felix Diaz
United States
Mexico
Carranza
Washington
Department of Justice
Oaxaca
Diaz
Huerta
Orpet Pleads Not Guilty in Lake Forest Murder Case
William H. Orpet, charged with the murder of Marian Frances Lambert, a Lake Forest high school student, pleaded not guilty before a justice of the peace and was bound over without bail to the grand jury.
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Lake Forest
William H. Orpet
Marian Frances Lambert
Justice of the Peace
Philippine independence bill backed by Antiimperialist league
In Boston the Philippine bill granting independence after four years was endorsed at the Antiimperialist League annual meeting.
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Boston
Nitro Plant Blast Shakes Woburn. One Hurt
A shock from a blast at the New England Manufacturing company trinitro toluene plant in Woburn Mass. shattered windows twelve miles away. Only one man was injured in the early Monday explosion.
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Woburn
Mass
Trinitro Toluel
New England Manufacturing Company
Favor Free Sugar Repeal In Tariff Bill Reported
Washington report states the house committee authorized a favorable report on the administration bill to repeal the free sugar clause of the tariff law set to take effect May 1.
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Washington
House Committee
Louis PENE First Publication Notice
The notice lists Louis PENE with a date of first publication as December 3, 1915. It appears as a brief archival legal or genealogical entry indicating initial publication status.
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Louis Pene
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