Hart Wins Prizes in Corn Show
Farmers in Huntington county held a combined round up including a corn show and boys corn judging contest. C K Har won sweepstakes in single ear and thirty six ears classes, with Hart also taking silver cups from the Commercial association. Other premiums were awarded to S W Tartos Jax Sturdivant Lester Sheets Varying winners and the boys’ contest in the county superintendent’s room. The farmers institute opened with talks on making the farm pay and college education for county high school girls.
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Farmers’ Institute
Huntington County
Oakins Hardware Store
Mast Maret Street
Alrey’s
C.K. Har
Mr. Hart
Commercial Association
H. P. Johnson
S. W. Tartos
Whiite
Jax
Sturdivant
Jon
Lester Sheets
Sturd
Iveenis Sheets
Boston
William Lee
Jerome Minnear
J. E. Hunt
QO. N. Wooster
Dpd
Wygant
Riley Jordan
George J. Jordan
Clear Creek Township
Garland McCombs
Floyd Selle
Guy Miner
C. M. Hamess
Galveston
Ind
Jordan
Huntington Theatre
C. M. Graham
South Whitley
James Whitcomb Riley
Sadie J. Stutsman
North Manchester College
Clifford Funderburg
Huntington
Railroads vow drastic relief plan to ease east coast tieup
A consortium of thirty railroads met in Washington with ICC officials and approved a gentlemen's agreement to curb exports through eastern ports, separate empty and loaded cars, and reroute empties to western lines. The plan aims to blunt severe freight car shortages and grain and wheat backlogs amid reduced Germany sailings and rising east coast congestion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Harbor
Minneapolis
Minister Whitlock Ordered to Lower Flag in Belgium
Brand Whitlock the American minister to Belgium and his wife reportedly were ordered by German authorities in Brussels to haul down the American flag at the legation and were prevented from communicating with Washington. The incident suggests he was effectively held prisoner prompting an inquiry to Berlin.
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Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Legation
Germain
Brussels
Washington
Berlin
Fire sweeps Pulaski village center destroys four stores
A gas explosion sparked a blaze that destroyed four中心Pulaski stores in Oswego county. The center of the village was engulfed, with losses estimated at $50,000. Firefighters from nearby towns rendered aid as the flames raged, but no injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. Y
Pulaski
Oswego County
Bodies of 3 Cowboys Slain by Mexican Bandits Found
Hachita New Mexico February 15 three American cowboys Andrew Peterson Hugh Acord and Burton Jensen were found slain on the Mexican side of the border about fifty feet apart near Monument No 53. Lem Spillsbury former Pershing scout identified the victims and noted extensive head wounds and Acord’s mutilated head. The raiders’ trails were traced from dawn to discovery. Government word claims Mexicans under Predencio Mirandas were involved.
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The
Associated Press
Hachita
N. M
Andrew P. Peterson
Hugh Acord
Burton Jensen
Lem Spillsbury
General Pershing
Monument No. 53
Spillsbury
Acord
Mexico
Washington
Predencio Mirands
Rench
Neutral Ships to Sail via Halifax to Skirt War Zone
New York February 15 British authorities plan Halifax departures to avoid the war zone. Negotiations near completion with Halifax for ship examinations. The Ryndam will sail to Rotterdam as a freighter with 8,000 tons of Dutch government grain. Passengers for Noordam to Gothenburg via Halifax await 24 hours notice.
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Halifax
Associated Press
New York
Kirkwall
Tolland- American Line
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Noordam
Netherlands
British steamer Cilicia sunk crew reaches port
The British steamship Cilicia of 740 tons, built in 1867 at Sunderland and owned by International Line Steamship Co of Whitby, was sunk. The crew landed. Also reported sunk: the steamer Berga. Details on the Ferga vessel and other ships are uncertain or unlisted. Thirty-eight survivors from Azul and the sailing vessel Eudora were landed. Rochambeau reached safety after passing submarine waters.
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Associated Press
LGN Don
Er Ciliein
Lloyd's Shipping Agency
Berga
Cilicia
Sunderland
International Line Steam-hip Company
Whitby
Ferga
Dublin
Azul
Eudora
London
Lloyd’s
Buenos Aires
Germany rescinds order on relief workers stay
Representatives of the American commission for relief in Belgium will not withdraw from occupied Belgium and northern France. German authorities announced members may remain on the same footing as before after a Brussels meeting. The move surprised officials in Washington and Herbert Hoover, chairman of the relief commission.
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Associated Press
London
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
France
Rotterdam
Brussels
Bar
Washington
Germany
State Department
Heribert C. Hoover
President Wilson weighs new German policy amid submarine crisis
In Washington on February 15 the state department prepared a proeminent protest to Germany for the release of 72 American sailors from the prize ship Yarrowsdale with President Wilson’s approval. Officials anticipate prompt German action but warn the hour of broader trouble may soon arrive as German submarine campaigns intensify. The administration anticipates an address to Congress to seek authority to protect American lives and property while railroads plan embargoes on eastbound exports. Public efforts to preserve peace continue, with officials cautious about steps beyond verified facts.
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South Atlantic
Germany
United States
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Associated Press
State Department
Wilson
Berlin
Department
Congress
Seen Aldes
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Commercial Club
Weber & Purviance Company
C.E. Tash and Company
C. B. Williams
Earl Steele
George Reynolds
Charity Guild
New England
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Carlsholm
Hellig Olav
Frederik Viel
Admiralty
Gilicta
Rochambeau
van der Lancken
Belgian Relief Commission
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