Bone Dry Prohibition Measure Passes House
The house voted 319 to 72 to bar liquor importations into prohibition states, a sweeping move seen as the broadest federal push yet toward national or near national prohibition. The bill includes a rider barring liquor ads from mail in states that ban such advertising.
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Associated Press
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Senate
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United States
Prohibition
Reed
Webb
North Carolina
Riots as Philadelphia wives clash with police at refinery
In Philadelphia a riot by wives of Franklin Sugar Refining strikers leaves one man dead and nine injured. Police say bricks and missiles flew as officers fired into the melee near the refinery. Mrs Florence Shadle led the demonstrators and was arrested for inciting a riot.
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Mareiquenas Dephobea
Sergeent Jolly
John Bromley
Florence Shadle
Market Street
Robinson
Federal food probe delayed awaiting Congress funds
Washington Feb 27 The federal trade commission will not begin the food cost investigation ordered by President Wilson until Congress approves $400000 for the probe. The plan covers six to eight months. The President intends to secure the appropriation before adjournment, despite its omission from the sundry civil bill.
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British capture Teuton trenches in France and more fighting
British forces report gains of over 1150 yards across German trenches in multiple sectors south of Armentieres and Ypres, with prisoners and guns seized and casualties on both sides. Fighting continues near Verdun and in the Austro Italian theater along with eastern front activity. Berlin says French attempt on hill 185 south of Ripont failed with heavy losses.
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Armentieres
Ypres
Guedecourt
Somme
Verdun
Berlin
Ripont
Baltic
Roumania
Vardar
Lake Doiron
The Day's Toll Submarine losses reported by Berlin
The Day's Toll lists submarine losses from several days of operations, with ships named from Italy and France. Crowded Italian transport, Italian steamers, and French vessels are cited, including Minas, Skogland, Giuseppe, Guido, and Rosalie, all sunk since February 16. London reports losses such as Centurion, Brigade, and a number of other ships.
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Oceana
Aphrodite
Mont Ventoux
London
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Brigade
Minas
Skogland
Giuseppe
Guido
Rosalie
Republicans And Democrats Busted In Vote Fraud Net
Evansville reports 10 Democrats including city controller E B Ottage and Chief of Police Edgar Schmitt surrendered to U S Marshal Storen and posted bond. Also two Republican precinct chairmen released. In Evansville, 122 men indicted. 41 Democrats and 81 Republicans. Fourteen indicted Democrats are negroes. Additional Lake county suspects bonded in Indianapolis. Gary expects more arrests as federal grand jury activity continues.
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Associated Press
Evansville
E. B. Ottage
Edgar Schmitt
United States
Storen
Benjamin Bosee
First District
Marshall
BE. B. Oflage
Schmitt
Miles S. Saunders
Edward Jochim
John Seales
Ben Bartlett
Lyman Cox James Boner
Richard Pennington
Ernest Tidrington
John Daus
A. J. Wicht
Indianapolis
George 0. Schaaf
Lake County
Whiting
Mark E. Storen
Ferdinand R. Schaaf
Hammond
Walter E. Schrage
W. J. McAleer
Matthew J. Brown
Crown Point
Brown
Gary
Ind
Federal Grand Jury
Sre
Grave Austro American crisis reported by dispatches
London reports the Austro American situation as extremely grave with warnings of a rupture of relations. Berlin notes the American memorandum leaves no doubt of a break, while Paris and Washington discuss President Wilson seeking congressional authority to protect US rights.
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Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Berlin
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Wilson
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State Department
Yarrowdale
Austria-Hungary
British Admiral Warns on German Submarine War
Sir Edward Carson described Germanys intensified submarine campaign as grave and serious to parliament while noting Entente measures would gradually mitigate it. Between February 1 and February 18 allied and neutral vessels totaling 304000 tons were sunk.
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