New German Warning Echoes in Press Bureau Reply
Berlin says whoever penetrates the barred zone perishes and disputes British submarine losses. Three American ships sail for war zones as Patria, Orduna, San Gugueler, and Rio de Janeiro wait in New York harbor. La Touraine leaves Bordeaux for New York with a New York destination. Swiss reply questions Ritter’s Washington talks on resuming North American German negotiations.
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Berlin
England
New York
Vesgels
Navahoe
Glenoa
Mongolia
London
Northern
Avala
Patria
Fabre Line
Genoa
Marseilles
Orduna
Cunard Line
Liverpool
San Gugueller
Pierce Line
Naples
Rio de Janeiro
Para
San Juan
la Touraine
Bordeaux
Wilson
Tankfort Zeitung
Swiss Federal Council
Ritter
Washington
Federal Council of Political Department
High Cost of Fish Paged
Millions of Mississippi River fish have perished this winter as ice depths reach twenty five inches to four feet in Davenport Iowa. In back waters game fish suffocated beneath the thick ice while river bed shows widespread dead fish beneath the surface.
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Davenport
Mississippi
Pershing Takes Command of Southern Department
General John J. Pershing succeeds Funston and assumes command of the Southern Department, directing Army operations in the region. The change follows internal reassignments within the armed services as the military structures its leadership.
Flag at Brussels mission remains flying says Whitlock
Berlin reports Brand Whitlock the American minister and staff will continue relief work at the Brussels legation. The question of hauling down the flag was never discussed with German officials. The Spanish minister reportedly said Whitlock could fly the flag while work continues.
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Berlin
Brussels
Brand Whitlock
Relief Commission
Germany
United States
Whitlock
Pershing Likely to Succeed Funston in Southern Army
Washington reports Major General John J. Pershing has temporarily assumed command of the southern department of the army as the ranking officer. Secretary Baker will consider making the appointment permanent with President Wilson soon. Pershing is viewed as the logical choice for the post and highly regarded in the department.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
Frederick Funston
Southern Department of
Baker
Pershing
Wilson
Department
Father of Della Fox Sues Hotel In Chicago Court
Edmund Eddy, seventy five, testifies in a $10,000 damages suit against the Briggs Hotel Co for injuries from a forcible ejection on April 28 1916. Eddy, father of actress Della Fox, is a county hospital patient with heart disease, who came to Chicago before the great fire.
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Chicago
Chicago Live Stock And Grain Markets Report
Hogs receipts 26 000 with light shipping at 12 35 to 12 45 and heavy packing to 12 50. Cattle receipts 9 000 with steers 10 50 to 11 50, cows 7 50 to 8 25, prime dealers 12 50 to 13 00. Chicago cash grain corn Nos 8 white 1 01 to 1 04, oats Nos 3 white 59 14 to 59 34. East Buffalo live stock reports: cattle 125 cars steady, hogs 49 cars strong with heavy 12 90, yorkers 12 50 to 12 80, pigs 10 75 to 11 25. lambs 15 25 to 15 50, yearlings 13 00 to 14 50, wethers 12 09 to 12 75, ewes 11 00 to 12 00, veals 15 00.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Missouri Senate Defeats Refer Back Vote on Election Challengers
In Jefferson City Missouri on February 21 the senate blocked a motion to refer a constitutional amendment election bill to committee. The bill would authorize challengers and watchers at such elections and was previously reported favorably by the election committee. The refer back motion failed 15 to 14.
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Missouri Drys
Jefferson City
Missouri Senate
Election Committee
French Steamer Sinks U Boat After Naval Battle
The French Line steamer Guyane reports a forty minute fight with a German U boat off the French coast on January 22 ending with the submarine sunk. The captain and officers arrived in New York from Bordeaux and described the engagement.
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New York
France
Bordeaux
Germany urges sale of jewels for war effort
Amsterdam reports the Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung carries an appeal by the president of the German Imperial Bank urging all Germans to sell gold valuables and jewels held abroad through a diamond agency. The sacrifice is described as part of the necessary supply work, with some classes not yet recognizing the need.
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Amsterdam
Norddeutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Berlin
German Imperial Bank
Imperial Bank
Senate Passes Severe Espionage Bill amid War Time Penalties
Washington reports the Senate approved a stringent espionage bill by 60 to 10, enforcing up to life imprisonment for wartime offenses and death for acts intended to aid enemies. The measure, expanding penalties to photograph or obtain defense materials, awaits House action and grants the president broad power to define national defense targets.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Department of Justice
House
National Defense
United States
Bernstorff Ship Guarded in Halifax Detention
Examination of Count von Bernstorff and his suite aboard the Frederick VII nears completion as Canadian authorities maintain a strict guard. The ship is under constant patrols and local residents are barred from nighttime lights while telegrams to U S passengers are censored.
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Halifax
N. S
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Anchorage
Cencor
Justice Paroled Man Arrested For Horse Theft
In Anderson Indiana on February 20 twelve hours after police were informed by Superintendent Peyton of Jeffersonville reformatory that Orville Justice on parole would be released if no charges stood, he was arrested on a charge of stealing a horse and buggy.
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Anderson, Ind
Peyton
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Orville Justice
Justice
Arsenal Worker Samuel Jenkins Found Dead in Philadelphia
Philadelphia February 20 The murder of Samuel Jenkins an aged employee of the Frankford arsenal was discovered by police and remains unsolved. Detectives aided by all city stations pursue two young men they believe responsible.
Westenhaven Nominated for Ohio U S District Judge
Washington February 20. D C Westenhaven of Cleveland was nominated by President Wilson as United States district judge for the northern district of Ohio to succeed Y S Clarke recently made a justice of the United States supreme court.
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Westenhaven
Ohio
Washington
D. C
Cleveland
Wilson
United States
Northern District
Y. 8
Clarke
United States Supreme Court
U. S. Demands Austria Guard Against U-Boat Use
The United States asked Austria to renew promises not to employ U boats illegally and warned that a refusal could break diplomatic relations. Ambassador Penfield delivered the aide memoire in Vienna to define whether Ancona case assurances still apply amid Austria's bloc on Germany's decrees. The pledges required safe-boarding of passengers and crew before sinking merchant ships.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Ambressador Frederik C. Penfield
Vienna
State Department
Ancona
Germany
Slain Over Fifteen Cents in Illinois Saloon
Ernest Ecoppi a 42 year old Italian saloonkeeper in Freeman Spur Illinois was shot and killed by Sam Veago a miner after a quarrel over fifteen cents Veago fled by car Officers from Franklin and Williamson counties search for him The incident ended at the local hospital Konitza occupation by Italian battalions reported near the Albanian border Greece authorities retreat toward Janina
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Herrin
Ill
Ernest Ecoppi
Freeman Spur
Sam Veago
Franklin and
Williamson
Ecoppi
Veago
Konitza
London
Greece
Athens
Janina
Sisters Die In Fire in Three Story New York Apartment
In New York on February 21 Mrs Addie Craver and her sister Mrs Elizabeth Graves died in a blaze that swept a three story apartment house. Two others were injured when the fire struck the building.
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New York
Addie Craver
Elizabeth Graves
Six Die in Fire at Dose Farm Home
At Taber Alberta on February 21 six members of Fred Dose's family, a wealthy German farmer, were burned to death when a stove toppled and ignited the house.
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Taber
Alta
Fred Dose
Women Lead Hunger Riots Across New York City
Hunger riots led by women with crying babies swept several districts of New York on February 21. Two thousand protesters stormed City Hall demanding bread as prices soar, and women at East Broadway voted to pull children from public schools in protest.
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New York
East Side
Bronx
City Hall
Mitchel
East Broadway
East
Mitchell
Charles Pape
Wall Street
Joseph Wartigan
Cuban Rebels Capture Towns in Cuban Revolt
Dr Orestes Ferrara the Cuban liberal leader said he had received cables from Santiago de Cuba reporting early rebel successes. Rafael Fernandez claimed to have taken Batre and Vigulant and planned to seize Plaza Bayamo and then Manzanillo and Chaparra with invading columns.
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New York
Orestes Ferrara
House of Representatives
Liberal Party
Farrara
Santiago de Cuba
Rafael Fernandez
Batre
Vigulant
Plaza Bayamo
Manzanillo
Chaparra
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U. S
Dalbeattie
Mavola
Netherton
Dorothy
Iowa
Funston
Southern Department
American Press Association
U.S
Della Fox Sues
Havana
Enrique J. Varona
Bernstorff
Urgedas Island
Gotham Women IN Food Riots
Island
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