Wilson Addresses Nation Urging More Planting To Feed World
President Wilson told the Chamber of Commerce of the United States that a food shortage looms and urged vast increases in farmland, yield per acre, and full utilization of plows. He pressed unity of effort, better foreign trade cooperation, and fair antitrust remedies to aid peace time prosperity.
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Washington
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Ward
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Russians Win In Carpathians Drive Austro German Forces
Snow covered slopes of the Dukla pass see hand to hand fighting as Russian troops push Austro German forces off slippery positions. A Russian officer reports 4,000 prisoners taken and the capture of the village of Humin east of Bolimow as part of General von Mackensen’s new Warsaw offensive.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Vyla Petrograd
Dukla Pass
Carpathians
Dard
Humin
Bolimow
von Mackenzen
Warsaw
Teutons Plan Invasion Of England From North Sea
Copenhagen reports Berlin announces Emperor William's visit to Wilhelmshaven to inspect the fleet. The move signals a possible naval battle in the North Sea and a major attempt to land a large army on English shores. Enormous troop masses at Wilhelmshaven and miners idle since the war began lie ready as transports.
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Copenhagen
William
Wilhelmshaven
Berlin
North Sea
England
Nine Die in Kane Pa Tenement Explosion
Kane Pennsylvania February five. Nine persons killed and at least twenty five injured in a gas explosion that wrecked a tenement boarding house at Mayburg near one. Several other people injured. Flood damage severe in Chicago area as a general storm leaves crippled wires and railroads and floods expected to total several million dollars.
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Kane
Eix
Mayburg
Chicago
West
Death of N P Willson textile leader in south
N P Willson president of Peerless Woolen Mills Chattanooga died in Athens Tennessee on Wednesday February 6. A prominent figure in southern textile circles for years, Willson was known for leadership in the industry and his contributions to local business.
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N. P. Willson
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. P. Willson
Peerless ‘Woolen Mills
Athens
British Ships Sunk By Submarine Off Fleetwood
Four British merchantmen were torpedoed and sunk by the German U-21 off Fleetwood in the Irish Sea. Survivors were rescued by trawlers, with limited belongings saved by some crews. Additional sinkings included Kilcoan and Tokomaru, while Tiokomaru was reportedly lost after a mysterious explosion near Havre. The Graphic reported a submarine chase near the Mersey, but the vessel escaped.
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London
Fleetwood
Irish Sea
Arewa
Kilcconn
Liverpool Bar
Havre
Tiokomaru
Belgium
Hooper
Graphic
Mersey
German Officer Horn Blows Up Maine Bridge
Werner Horn, a self described German officer, was arrested near Vanceboro, Maine, after a dynamite blast damaged the International railway bridge over the St Croix River. He admitted guilt. authorities say Canada is part of the enemy's country and the bridge could be repaired in two or three days.
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Vanceboro
St. Croix
Werner Horn
Canada
England
Vanesboro
Woods
New Brunswick
Horn
St. Groix
Telegraphic Notes From Across The World
A collection of brief reports: a well-dressed man found on a Missouri farm with a note naming Herman Huentpohl of Quincy, IL and warning of a crime. English comedian Lionel Mackinlay killed at the front. a New York audience rushes out after a fire. five killed when a wall collapses at Brown & Sepler plant in Grand Rapids. Italian reservists in England urged to prepare for service. Berlin reports on Italy and Roumania potentially entering the war. President Wilson proposes two battleships this year amid naval committee debate.
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Taylor
Hera
Herman Huentpohl
Quincy
London
Lionel Mackinlay
New York
Academy of Music
Jira
Grand Rapids
Mich
Brown & Sepler
England
Berlin
Italy
Roumania
Washington
Wilson
Tillman
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
Carranza Kin Slain as Troops Rush to Rescue
A report from Vera Cruz states General Santibanez executed General Jesus Carranza and staff near Tehuantepec after their capture on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Carranza’s widow and Venuxtiano Carranza, first chief, faced word of the death and an attempted rescue that arrived too late.
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Jesus Carranza
San Geronimo
Tehuantepec
Santibanez
Jalapa
Vera Cruz
Constitutional
Venustiano Carranza
Ilantibanez
Dacia Sails Faces Capture In Transshipment Drama
The steamship Dacia left Galveston for Rotterdam carrying 11,000 bales of cotton valued at $880,000. The cargo, priced at 16 cents a pound in Bremen, heightens an international incident tied to a former Hamburg-American liner interned at Port Arthur and transferred to American registry. Britain asserts the vessel as contraband and warns of seizure by royal warships.
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Galveston
Rotterdam
Bremen
Port Arthur
Tex
Britain
Immigration bill veto sustained by narrow House vote
Washington report notes Democrats nearly overturned the president's veto with a 261 to 196 vote after a five hour debate. Three votes would have changed the outcome as several key members were paired or absent. Burnett of Alabama and Gardner of Massachusetts led opposition to the veto while Moore of Pennsylvania and Sabath of Illinois supported the president. Party lines were disregarded in the heated discussion and voting.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Kahn
California
Steenergen
Minnesota
Burnett
Alabama
Immigration Committee
Gardner
Massachusetts
Moore
Pennsylvania
Sabath
Slnois
Blockade Declared Around Great Britain and Ireland
The German admiralty announced a war zone around Great Britain and Ireland from February 18, 1915, with orders to destroy enemy ships and warnings that neutral vessels in the zone may be attacked. Shipping northward near the Shetland Islands and along the Dutch coast is also endangered by naval warfare.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Ireland
Engsh
Shetland Islands
North Sea
Loss of Life in Storm Roars Through Midwest
The North Coast limited trains faced a blizzard toll across Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois as telegraph lines failed and a death toll rose while Ohio Indiana brace for floods. Dayton workers dynamite levees to avert repeat flood damage and Evansville Indiana anticipates 35 feet as farmers move stock and grain from flooded bottoms.
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Chicago
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Northwest
Ohio
Indiana
Dayton
Quincy
Ill
Bear Creek
Evansville
Ind
Germans Win In Argonne Forest Battle
German troops captured 745 French soldiers and 12 machine guns in the western Argonne Forest. French reports say enemy losses were very high while German losses were serious. about 500 French dead were found and one regiment is said to have been annihilated.
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London
Germany
Argonne
French War Office
Berlin
Argonne Forest
War Offices
Mrs Rogers Indicted for Double Child Death
New York February 1 the Bronx county grand jury indicted Mrs Ida Snuffren Rogers on two counts of murder connected to the deaths of her two children. Authorities say she caused the deaths by bichloride or mercury poisoning and she remains in Lebanon Hospital with the toxin in her system. a bench warrant was issued for her arrest.
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New York
Bronx County Grand Jury
Ida Snffren Rogers
Larrys Elton Rogers
Rogers
Lebanon Hospital
Britain to Pay for Cargo Seized At Sea
American ambassador Walter Hines Page reports Britain will seize and pay for the Wilhelmina cargo after the ship departed New York for Bremen before knowledge of a German decree on foodstuff control. The action reflects Britain’s measure to compensate for the foodstuffs aboard the vessel.
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Washington
Walter Hines Page
London
State Department
Great Britain
New York
Bremen
Page
Empire
Trial date set for 27 indicted vote traffickers
Indianapolis February 3 Judge Anderson overruled motions to quash indictments against 27 accused vote traffickers and ordered them to trial on March 8. Congressman A O Stanley, defense chief counsel, urged scheduling after Congress adjourns. Louisville February 4 Mayor Buechemeyer launches city cleanup to employ the unemployed. hundreds hired at 1.75 dollars per day.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
A. O. Stanley
Henderson
Louisville
Buechemeyer
Federal judge fines man for riding on employee pass
Chicago report says Federal Judge Carpenter fined Abraham D. Rothn child $750 for violating interstate commerce law by riding on the Lake Shore Michigan Southern railway on an employee pass. The incident occurred in February and the penalty totaled $760.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Abraham D. Rothnchild
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Dynamiter Given 30 Days in Maine Jail
Werner Van Horn was sentenced to 30 days in jail in Vanceboro Maine after a dynamite blast damaged a bridge over the St. Croix river. Local justice issued the warrant, and extradition proceedings were found in correct form allowing Canadian representatives to join the hearing.
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Vaneceboro
Werner van Horn
St. Croix
Vanceboro
van’ Horn
Cone Johnson
State Department
Washington
van Horn
Three Die and Thirteen Injured in Ohio Railroad Wreck
A foggy head-on collision near Amelia Ohio between a traction car and a steam freight train on the Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth line left three dead Frank Smith of Amelia Ohio Frank Tenderson of Bethel Ohio and John Hoover with unknown residence and thirteen injured some fatally Among the injured is the father-in-law of Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugh L Nichols.
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Cincinnati
Amelia
Georgeton & Portsmouth
Frank Smith
Frank Tenderson
Bethel
John Hoover
Hugh L. Nichols
Ohio Supreme Court
Food Ship for Palestine Dispatch Planned
Washington reports a ship loaded with food for famine threatened Palestine and Syria will depart soon. The Provisional Zionist committee announced assurances of safe conduct from Britain France and Turkey to the U S State Department. Madrid predicts a peace treaty this year.
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Washington
Palestina
Syria
United States
Provisional Zionist Committee
State Department
Madrid
Senor Roverter
Foreign Office
Senate
Jury Deadlocks in Hudson Youth Murder Trial
Albany February reports the jury in the Malcolm Gifford Jr. murder case against Frank J. Clute reported a disagreement after a second trial.
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Albany
Malcolm Gifford, Jr
Hudson County
Frank J. Clute
Secretary Bryan Rejects German Protest Over Hydroaeroplanes
Washington reports Secretary Bryan issued a formal reply to Germany’s protest against an American hydroaeroplane sale to belligerents, disagreeing with the view that hydroaeroplanes are war vessels. In Laporte Indiana trains threaten walkout if Gary Interurban demands aren’t met, with schedules unchanged.
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Washington
Bryan
State Department
Laporte
Ind
Gary
Interurban
Canada Seizes Grain Shipment In War Time Action
Winnipeg Feb 6 The Canadian government seized nine cars of grain from Western Canada Milling as contraband of war believed destined for the enemy.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada Milling Company
Lake ship crushed by ice near Chicago harbor
The Goodrich Transit steamer Iowa sank three miles off Chicago after a jagged mass of ice struck her bow. Seventy-one people, including one woman and a lone passenger, escaped over the ice and walked ashore. The town of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, built in 1869, valued at $150,000 to construct and cargo worth $50,000 to $75,000, is noted.
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Chicago
Tce
Lowa
Goodrich Transit Company
Manitawoc
Wis
Milwaukee
Must Surrender Licenses In Chattanooga
Chattanooga Tenn February 6 Sheriff X N P Bush of Hamilton County orders every saloon and establishment in the city to surrender the public liquor license required to dispense alcoholic beverages.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
XN. P. Bush
Hamilton County
Wilson to Visit Chicago for Naturalized Citizens
Washington reports President Wilson will visit Chicago to address the recently naturalized citizens there, with the trip planned for February or March per a promise to Judge Goodwin.
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Wilson
Chicago
Washington
Goodwin
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