Wilson to appear before Congress amid pacifist opposition
Washington reports President Wilson plans to present additional authority before adjournment to defend American seamen and ships from German submarine threats. Officials indicated a likely address to Congress this week or next, with public expectations for eventual arms support. Talks touch on Austria and German submarine actions and potential conference outcomes affecting U S policy. A separate dispatch from Constantinople notes a Turkish cabinet vote of confidence and a pledge to honor constitutional rights while maintaining alliances. Wheat crops in Henderson suffer losses from a Sunday storm, prompting a shift from wheat to corn and other crops as flour prices rise.
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Washington
Witnen Haw
Betor Conn
Turey
Addire
Tate
Congress
Bose
Congress Union
Turkey Accepts Terms to Allow Americans From Beirut
Washington reports Turkey has agreed to waive quarantine and allow the immediate departure of about a thousand Americans gathered around Beirut. The State Department ordered ships to Beirut to collect relief supplies and embark the Americans, pending further Turkish information. A Constantinople dispatch notes the Grand Vizier’s cabinet vote of confidence and outlines a policy favoring neutrality and steady alliance benefits for both Turkey and neutral powers.
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Turkey
Ambasador
Elkue
Beirut
State Department
Caesar
Dey Maines Ty
Alexandrian
Han
Daced
Constantinople
Terns
Chamber of Deputies
Grand Visier
Washington
Hax
Armbasadar Kika
Norothorhood
Bairut
Salvo
Turkih
Berne
Grand Viser
Affias Ly
Woodmen of the World Set for Hopkinsville Meeting
Hopkinsville Ky February 21 Extensive preparations are underway for the biennial Woodmen of the World head camp session in Hopkinsville March 14 and 14. Judge W V Gregory head consul of Kentucky visited to confer with the local committee as 500 delegates are expected. Women’s Circle and Organic Station also meet at the Avalon while the head camp holds sessions at Union Tabernacle. Uniform Bank members will attend and exhibition drills are planned. It is likely Congressman Alben Barkley of Paducah will be elected consul to succeed Judge Gregory.
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Hopkinsville
Woodmen of the World
Kentucky
W. V. Gregory
Mayfeld
Women's Circle of the
Organic Station
Avalon
Union Tabernacle
Uniform Bank
Alben Harksey
Paducah
Gregory
Strike At Krupp Works In Amsterdam Amid Demands
Frontier Telegraph report from London notes a four day strike at Krupp works in Kaiserslautern area affecting 17,000 workers. Workers demand wage increases and higher food rations. Many strikers are described as veterans of prior unrest.
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Krupp's
Amsterdam
London
Telegraph
Krupp
Kausen
Adda
Ohio County Seeks Federal Highway Link Across State
Ohio County citizens voice urgency for a new federal highway crossing the state from the western plains to the metropolis in Kentucky. They urge unity among counties including Obie and Ceayeon to pledge support and press for a central route, noting potential economic development and the need to avoid isolation.
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Kemtwekyountaing
NM Pies
Uy Hull
Kerticky
Axpen
Obie
Ceayeon
Otto
Groseen
Medoral
Benan
Failare
Vitant
Hopor
Discoveriiyt
Gaurinton
Obie County
Kentucky
Olio
Mr. Cutteh
Ohio County
Sergt W C Liles Pneumonia Victim
Sergt W C Liles died after pneumonia illness while with Company H at Ft Elias Texas. Relatives plan burial at Mt Hermon Methodist near Beda with Rev Harper officiating. Liles, veteran of Company M since 1906, was a First Sergeant and Masonic Woodmen member. He left a widowed mother two sisters and two brothers.
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Sergi
W. OC. Liles
Ft. Elias
Tex
Company H
Mt Hermon Methodist Church
Beda
Harper
No Creek
Serge, Lites
Hartford
Border Service
Hie Wan
Masonic
Woodmen
Soret
Liles
Beaver
Gen Pershing Named Commander of Southern Department
El Paso Feb 21 Major General Jopho J Pershing received a message from Major General Hugh L Scott chief of staff announcing Pershing’s appointment to command the Southern Department. He will leave for San Antonio to assume command after the death of General Funston, with duties to begin immediately.
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el Paso
Tex
Jobo J. Pershing
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
Pershing
Southern Department
Mndo
Frederick Funston
Kapa
Bas Antonio
le Bine Boon
New
Puetun
Sweden seeks details on sinking of Hugo Hamilton
Sweden asks Berlin for particulars on the sinking of the Hugo Hamilton a Swedish flagged ship carrying 4000 tons Chilean saltpeter to the Farmers' Association. The vessel with a crew of over thirty was lost near neutral harbors amid German submarine warfare. The government valued the ship at 1 600 000 crowns and mourned the fertilizer shortage.
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Stockholm
London
Berlin
Hugo Hamilton
Chile
Valparaiko
Swedisn Farmers’ Association
Dageladt
Higa
Hamilton
New Sea
Declan Ali
Hone Day 80 1 Approved by Congess
Fragmentary OCR note references a Hone Day approval by Congress and mentions Wadlington and Countess Tinday. The readable text is garbled with misspellings and unclear dates, limiting a full reconstruction of event, participants, or location.
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Wadlington
Saturn
Tinday
Senate rider makes liquor shipment to dry states a crime
The Senate approved the Post Office Administration Bill rider criminalizing sending intoxicating liquor into states where manufacture or sale is banned. The amendment would render twenty five states dry and ban liquor ads in malls and newspapers from crossing into prohibited states. Eleven states already have such laws and the final Reed amendment vote exposed a split between wet and dry forces.
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Senate
United States
Congress
Mrs Leach, longtime Ohio County resident, dies at home
Mrs. Susan M. Jones Leach died at her Chay direct home Tuesday night after a brief heart illness. Born May 29, 1874 near Cromwell, she married Henry Lane Leach March 13, 1898 and moved to Hartford seven years ago when he became Ohio County school superintendent. Funeral services were held yesterday at one o'clock with Rev. H W Napier officiating. interment at Oakwood cemetery. She leaves a husband, a son Hinton, two sisters Mrs KR A Sandorfur and Mrs Francis Parks, and two brothers GP Jones and Rev G G Jones.
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Henry Leach
Chay Direct
Cromwell
Henry. Lane
Hartford
Oho County
H.W. Napier
Oakwood Cemetery
Hinton
Leachin
KR. A
Sandorfur
Francis Parks
GP. Jones
Ohio County
G. G. Jones
G. G. Jones, A Senior In the University At Buchwanon
W.va
Indiana Senate backs bill to save brewers during dry drive
Indianapolis February 20 Indiana Senate approves a committee report favoring a bill allowing brewers and distillers to continue making intoxicants under state supervision to save property and wages. The measure would let a brewer pay four thousand dollars annually and operate until the state becomes dry next year.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Orur
Indiana Senate
Hoon
Committee On Manufactures
Indiana
Mercer
Bracken
Utoré Simmons
German towns to adopt submarines across the Reich
A Kiel Zeitung report, copied by The Knight German Times, outlines a plan to have every German town adopt a submarine and its crew. The scheme covers provisioning clothing, food, luxuries, and support for wartime maintenance, portraying the crew as warded by local communities.
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Nopenhagen
London
Kiel
Kentucky Guardsmen Readied for Home March Second
News from Fort Thomas Kentucky announces the demobilization of border guards. General Funston orders immediate withdrawal of all guard units from border camps with the last troop train expected by March 7. The Kentucky First and Third regiments, including Company A and Company D, plan to entrain March 2 and 16 respectively, with the Second regiment already mustered out.
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Washington
Mexico
War Department
Funston
Baker
Germany
Carranza
Kentucky
Gov. Stanley
Fort Thomas
San Antonio
Tex
Fen
Kentucky Troops
Third Infantry and Field Hospital Corps
Kentucky Ambulance Company
Taft Advocates League to Enforce Peace
Former President Taft spoke in New York about the League to Enforce Peace and warned that the Monroe Doctrine era carried greater war risk than a future league. He argued a league established earlier might have prevented World War I and criticized pacifists while urging preparedness against aggressors.
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New York
Taft
League
Tie Beipanliva
Ieee
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Turkish Assurances
Henderson
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Stort
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A. Wafer
Ed Benholt
Sawyer
W. C. Liles
F. Pecte
Paraheng 18
Punaton
Buddenhom
Sweden
Mrs. Leach
Combs
MaQuok
Kinston
Ft. Thomas
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