Funston Falls Dead in Hotel Lobby at San Antonio
Major General Frederick Funston collapsed in the St. Anthony hotel lobby at 9:30 p.m. and died soon after despite medical efforts. The units commander of the U S A southern department, Funston had a storied career from Cuba to the Philippines, noted for battles, escapes, and famed captures.
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San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
St. Anthony
Funston
Southern Department
Cuba
Gomez
Yankee tars still held by Germany
Washington reports a strong demand for the release of seventy two American Yarrowdale prisoners held in Germany. The state department said the ultimatum was dispatched Saturday and that Berlin signaled on Sunday they would be released shortly, though not necessarily as a direct reply to the latest demand.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Department
Lansing
Berlin
Submarine sinks three ships and captures crew
Berlin reports one German submarine up to February 15 sunk vessels totaling 15 000 gross tons. Sunk vessels include the British steamer Gravinia 1 140 tons carrying fruit the Italian sailing ship Maria 1 080 tons with coffee for London and the Swedish sailing ship Hugo Hamilton 2 500 tons with saltpeter. Eighteen prisoners, including four captains, were brought in.
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Berlin
Gravinia
Maria
London
Hugo Hamilton
Brazil Warns Germany Over Vessels Near War Zone
Wireless dispatch from Berne reports the Brazilian minister in Berlin warning Germany Brazil will be held responsible for the fate of three Brazilian vessels nearing the war zone. The ships had departed Brazil for neutral countries after Germany declared its submarine blockade.
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Brazil
Berlin
Paris
Berne
Switzerland
Germany
Falls Dead General Funston Stricken at Border Hotel
General Frederick Funston dies after a sudden illness at a border hotel. The shock hits guests and officers stationed nearby as authorities confirm his demise and begin dispatching mournful telegrams to military units.
Gerard Unneutral Allegations From German Editor
Amsterdam reports Count von Reventlow accuses James W. Gerard former American ambassador of using his position to pass war information to the Entente via the United States. He alleges the U S embassy enabled London to learn of Casement's Irish venture leading to Casement's capture and execution.
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Amsterdam
Count von Reventlow
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
James W. Gerard
Entente
America
United States
London
Arts
Roger Casement
Casement
Gerard
Steamer Borinquin Towed Into Bermuda
Missing steamer Borinquin, overdue eighteen days from the Azores bound for Boston, was towed into Bermuda by a Dutch vessel. No word yet on the cause or condition of the ship or crew.
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Bermuda
Boston
Borinquin
Azores
Knapp Nominated for Rear Admiral by Wilson
Washington February 20. Captain Harry H Knapp was nominated by President Wilson as a rear admiral. Several lesser naval promotions were also sent to the senate.
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H. S. Knapp
Washington
Harry 8. Knapp
President Wilson
Senate
Eleven Missing as Ship Is Sunk
Eleven men of the crew of the British steamer Romsdalen are missing after the vessel was sunk Sunday Lloyds shipping agency reports from London.
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London
Lloyd’s Shipping Agency
Spies Swarm America Warned In Espionage Debate
Washington reports that Senator Overman cited a claim of 100000 spies in the United States and urged drastic wartime laws to protect naval stations and submarine bases as the espionage bill faced Cummins amendments. Fall pressed for stringent laws while Cummins’ first amendment was rejected.
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Washington
Senator Cummins
Senate
Overman
North Carolina
United States
Fall
New Mexico
Cummins
Parade for funds to build Lawrence College chapel
Appleton Wisconsin February 20 despite zero weather more than two thousand students and business men joined in a street parade that started the campaign to raise five hundred ninety four thousand dollars for a new chapel at Lawrence College
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Appleton
Wis
Lawrence College
Zeppelin Campaigns End Over London
Geneva reports the German leadership decided to abandon Zeppelin raids on London as unprofitable after the last fall air attacks. A Berlin correspondent says the decision to stop these attacks mirrors a long standing Paris policy and follows trusted sources after the final London raid.
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Geneva
London
Paris
Berlin
Chicago Markets Report Hogs Cattle Grains and Potatoes
Chicago live stock receipts 16 000 hogs with light heavy and good to fancy pigs priced from 9 50 to 12 25. Cattle receipts 5 000 with steers 10 75 to 11 50 cows 7 60 to 8 25 primes 12 75 to 13 50. Cash grain corn No 3 white 1 01 to 1 04 No 3 yellow 1 01 to 1 04 oats 58 14 to 59 0. Butter 34 0 to 42 0 eggs firsts 40 14 to 40 0 storage 87 0. Potatoes 2 40 to 2 60. East Buffalo quotes cattle 125 cars steady hogs 12 50 to 12 90, sheep lambs 15 26 to 15 50, yearlings 13 00 to 14 50, ewes 11 00 to 12 00, veals 15 00.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Reports differ on U boat toll and losses
London and Berlin clash over U boat tolls with British totals showing 125 ships and 257872 tons for the period while German figures remain vague. Day’s toll lists four ships totaling 12495 tons and a grand total of 129 ships and 265006 tons. Five war zone steamers arrived in New York. one Standard Oil tanker sailed unarmed as restrictions began.
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New York
London
Berlin
Lloyds
Mediterranean
Sayville
Kerr Steamship Company
Dalmata
Risano
Yolla
Bristol
Sebastian
Rouen
Germany
Folia
Cunard
Halifax
Escaut
Bordeaux
Noordwyk
Rotterdam
Wico
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Arm plant planned for Savanna Illinois river landing
Agents at Savanna seek options on about 12 000 acres for a large United States munition and arms factory with a Mississippi river landing.
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Savanna
Isil
United States
Mississippi River
Boost Morton Monument in Wayne County Indiana
Richmond Ind Feb 20 Members of the Woman's Relief Corps after a conference with county commissioners decided to circulate a petition in Wayne county asking for a monument to Oliver P Morton Indiana war governor A majority of county voters must sign before the county commissioners act on the request
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Boost Morton
Richmond
Ind
Woman’s Relief Corps
Board of County Commissioners
Wayne County
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Miss Ruth Law Says We Are Behind in Flying
Ruth Law, famed American aviator, warns that the United States lags in aviation progress and urges renewed effort to advance training and technology amid growing international competition.
Ruth Law Flies In Paris and Sees War Plane Depot
Ruth Law, American aviatrice, after her first Paris flight in a French war plane, says America lags in aviation equipment. She plans to stay a month to study the air service near Paris and hopes to fly over a battlefield with permission.
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Paris
America
Ruth Law
France
Laporte Couple Detained in France Asks Identity Verify
American travelers from Berlin report Laporte Indiana residents Hartwig Devisen and his wife detained at Pontarlier on the Franco Swiss frontier. They arrived Feb 14 and hold American passports. Devisen, once a German bank manager, was taken to the United States as a youth.
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Paris
France
Berlin
Berne
Pontarlier
Hartwig Devisen
Laporte
Ind
Devisens
Devyisen
Germany
Devisen
America
State Department
National Bank of Germany
Berlin Embassy Aid Shifted to Vienna
Joseph Grew announces a shift in embassy aid operations from Berlin to Vienna. The move restructures diplomatic support during evolving European tensions and places Vienna as the central hub for assistance and coordination with Allied representatives.
Canal periled by German agents in Colombia
President Wilson asks Senator Stone to push ratification of the Colombia treaty amid fears of German influence on the canal. Senate opposition blocks action, and hostility in Colombia grows. Navy censorship tightens as the fleet conducts winter drills and shell contracts totaling 7.1 million dollars are awarded. labor seeks 200 workers for readiness projects.
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Washington
Wilson
Stone
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Colombia
Panama Canal
Germany
Senate
Panama
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Naval Bureau of Operations
Bureau
Tyron McCandless
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Navy
Arlingeton
Department
Britain’s War Loan Surges Past One Quarter of Goal
London reports the new British war loan has reached at least 700 million pounds exclusive of bank contributions. Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law told the House of Commons that 200 000 to 300 000 applications remained unprocessed on the final day and full results would come next week. He warned against inflated expectations and praised the fundraising effort.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Law
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