Canada asks 250 million budget boost for war effort
Ottawa reports new war funds and borrowing to support 150,000 troops plus 250,000 more as Sir Thomas White outlines finances. Expenditures rise, gold reserves hold, revenue improves with $170 million this year and a projected national debt near $580 million.
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Canada
Dominion
New York
Sterling Exchange
White
Quebec Bridge
Welland Canal
Hudson Bay Railway
Port Nelson
Great Harbor
Halifax
St. John
Quebec
Toronto
Fort William
Victoria
Vancouver
Sir Thomas
Bulgaria Drives Serbs From Serbian Macedonia
London reports Bulgarian authorities are sweeping native Serbs from occupied Serbian Macedonia to Bulgarize the area. They deny Red Cross relief, despite American requests. American officials note brutal discipline by Bulgarian officers and mass Serbian civilian hardship.
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American Red Cross
Richard Schellens
Breton
Uskub
Schellens
Mr. Schellens
Macedonia
Roumania
Ferdinand
Brokaw
Forrest
Plotz
Baehr
Lady Paget
Osborne
Mr. Fox
Bulgaria
Nikolitch
Stuart
Red Cross
American Red Cross Society
Jostoff
Bulgarian Red Cross
Optometrists Form North Carolina Scientific Section
Greensboro on February 18 a group of 12 progressive optometrists met at Dr J W Taylor's office to organize a scientific section of optometry for North Carolina. Officers were elected including President W J Taylor and Vice President A G Springler. A committee was named to draft bylaws.
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Greensboro
J. W. Taylor
Banner Building
North Carolina
Greensboro Sells Bonds at High Premium
Greensboro, Feb 18. The city sold $75,000 of 30 year 5 percent municipal bonds to Cummings Pruden and company of Toledo for $81,307. The issue covers the complete $50,000 street improvement bonds and a third of the $75,000 sewerage extension bonds voted December 14. The premium was 8.4 percent, among the highest in the South.
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Board of Commissioners
Cummings, Pruden and Company
Toledo
South
Sweden requests U S help to defend neutral commerce
Secretary Lansing said the note from Sweden via Minister Ekengren asks cooperation with the United States and other neutrals to uphold international law protecting neutral trade and shipping. Sweden cites British mail detention and other trade actions as unwarranted. The Lusitania dispute with Germany has been settled.
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Sweden
State Department
Ekengren
United States
Great Britain
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
British Lose Heavily in Battle With Turks Near Batiha
Constantinople reports a Mesopotamian clash near Batiha west of Gorna resulting in 2,000 British officers and men killed or wounded. The Turkish war department dated February 16 released the tally, while Russians allegedly suffered 5,000 killed on the Caucasian front over three days.
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London
Mesopotamia
Batiha
Gorna
Turkish War Department
Caucassian
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