Lansing Demands Further Pledges on Naval Policy
Secretary Lansing accepts the Lusitania agreement in part and seeks assurances from Germany that armed merchant ships will not be sunk without warning. He urges clarity on defensive armament and hopes Germany will conform to international law, while the United States presses the Entente powers to limit weapons on passenger ships.
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Lansing
United States
Count von Pernstorff
Germany
Lusitania
von Bernestorff
Count von Bernstorff
Pri Cce
Vienna
Berlin
State Department
Lusitania Eas
Officinla
Austria
Diana Iasked
Yorkhein 1
Stenhaberik
Flood Situation in the South Grows Worse
Flood waters from Mississippi crevasses near Buckridge, seven miles below Newellton, threaten St Joseph as hundreds join rescue efforts. Food scarce for thousands of refugees in Newellton mills and cotton gins. Natchez and Vidalia camps gain recruits amid rising needs. Ostrica reports limited damage despite a crevasse.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Buckridge
Bruin
Newellton
St. Joseph
Natchez
Vidallin
Ostrica
German Shipping Chief Warns of U S Break in War Strains
An Amsterdam dispatch, cited by Exchange Telegraph, quotes Albert Ballin, head of Hamburg America, warning that Germany severing ties with the United States could devastate German commerce. He says U.S. money and munitions would aid Entente, Belgian relief would shift to Germany, ships would be interned, and postwar trade would suffer for years.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Bremen
America
Germany
England
South Africa
Australia
Anti Roosevelt Men Organize For Fight
Springfield DL February 18 The anti Roosevelt Republic league received incorporation papers from Secretary of State Lewis Gi Stevenson. Incorporators include David Davin former mayor of Litchfield and former Montgomery county central committee chair W E Hewsome and A V Price a black politician.
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Springfield
Anti- Roosevelt Republic League
Theodore Roosevelt
Republcan Party
Lewis Gi. Btevenson
David Davin
Litchfield
Montgomery County Central Committee
W. E. Hewsome
A. V. Price
Miners Wage Talks End Without Agreement
The subcommittee of operators and miners in western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois failed to reach a new wage scale and will report the lack of agreement to the full joint conference. The conference likely will adjourn for 10 days or two weeks with the next meeting in a northern city.
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Mobile
Ala
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Otis L. Spurgeon Sues Knights of Luther
Rev Otis L Spurgeon former grand scribe of the Knights of Luther sues the organization and officer manager for 10000 claiming a circular branding him a dead beat damaged his reputation. He alleges funds were misused in a Denver incident and loans and debts connected to a lavish automobile.
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Des Moines. In
Otis Ll. Spurgeon
Knights of Luther
Denver
JF. M. Shippey
Spurgeon
League
United States
Benate
Knights of Luther Castles
Buu
Roosevelts Welcome Fifth Grandchild in Buenos Aires Birth
An endele ram from Buenos Aires announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Kermit Hoovervelt in Richmond Virginia February 17 Mrs Roosevelt formerly Miss Holle Wifard of Richmond daughter of the American ambassador to Madrid Mrs Hoovervelt has been in Buenos Aires two months.
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Buenos Aires
Kermit Hoovevelt
Roosevelt
Holle Wifard
Madrid
Hoovevelt
Colonel Roosevelt
Germans in French POW camps to receive monthly pay
Paria on February 17 reports a War Office order published in La Militaire stating German officers held as prisoners in France will be paid each month at the rate of officers on leave or as previously fixed in the French army.
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Paria
la Militaire
France
Aplin Haan
Say Briton's Wife Aids U S Plotter
Dr J Grant Lyman sought by federal authorities on swindling charges tied to mining stock. He allegedly used mails to defraud investors of 300 000 to 400 000 dollars under the alias John H Putnam. Inspectors link his German propaganda work to supplying Berlin with info from a British officer's wife.
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J. Grant Lyman
John H. Putnam
Post Office
Berlin
France
German raiders armed in Canary Islands prepare dash for sea
Captain F B Magune of the schooner Edgar W Murdock testified eleven German steamers laid up in Teneriffe ports had been secretly armed as commerce raiders. He delivered 21 100 tons of coal to German agents and observed it loaded into bunkers and towed to the ships.
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Ala
Canary Islands
F. B. Magune
Edgar W. Murdock
Teneriffe
Murdock
Magune
Norfolk
Speiniard
Santa Cruz
Wechters
Africa
Orteral
Military and Navy Bills Forming in Washington
On February 18 plans for enlarging the regular army and federalizing the national guard began to take shape. The House military committee started drafting a federalization bill while the Senate resumed work on a measure to grow the regular army to between 160000 and 209000 men. Both sets of bills were expected to reach the House and Senate within three weeks, though the naval building program likely would not finish until May.
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Washington
House
Senate
Frances May for Russian Ambassadorship Consideration
Washington reports David R. Frances of St. Louis a leading candidate for ambassador to Russia to replace George Marye. Marye's resignation was announced but not yet accepted, with the White House indicating it would be approved.
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David BR. Frances
St. Louis
Secretry of the Interior
Missouri
Husain
George Marye
Marye
Atte
Louse
Tihemblix
Bis
Another Rebel Plot in Mexico Revealed
Washington reports private advice to the war department about an alleged Mexican plan to cross into northern Mexico from border areas to embarrass Carranza. Major General Purton, commanding American forces on the border, has been asked to copy the notice to prevent neutrality violations.
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Washington, D.C
War Department
Mexico
California
Texas
Carranza
Pureton
Americnan
Hga
Senators Question Brandeis Ethics In 1900s Railroad Fight
Boston lawyer Morefield Storey testifies before a Senate subcommittee that Louis D Brandeis helped wreck the New Haven and New England railroads through schemes aimed at paralyzing operations and blocking dividends. He notes Brandeis refused to name clients, while peers defend Brandeis as ethical and devoted to social uplift.
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Morefield Storey
Senate
Lous D. Brandeis
New York & New England
Fio
Broyiois
Storey
Mr. Brande
Supreme Court
C. W. Barns
Boston
Brandeis
Ineland
New England
Connecticut
Briniela
New Haven
Massachusetts Leg
Roosevelt speech claim sparks GOP convention fear
The piece argues a Root prepared speech was quashed by Roosevelt supporters at the New Jersey Republican gathering. It claims a Roosevelt outburst would have altered the tone of the event and kept Root from mentioning names.
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Washington, Et
Friends of
Roosevelt
Root
Newark
Former Minister Now Congressman for Tengh District Missouri
Congressman Jacob E. Meeker, once a pastor at Compton Hill Congregational church in St Louis, Missouri, left the pulpit in 1912 to study law and was admitted to practice two years later. Born on an Indiana farm thirty eight years ago, he is a Republican serving in the U.S. House.
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Jacob E. Meeker
Tengh
Missouri
Compton Hill
Louis
Meeker
Indiana
Western Europe Storm Causes Widespread Damage
A northwest gale rages across Western Europe bringing severe damage in the Netherlands and France. In Monnikedam Volendam and surrounding towns the flooding worsens, rail embankments fail, and dikes threaten catastrophe. Paris reports shipwrecks, telegraph outages, and fatalities from collapsed tiles and chimneys. Belgian areas suffer roof loss and injuries as the storm persists.
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Paris
France
Chambery
Facts About Mexico Sent to Senate Report
President Wilson transmitted all state department data on Mexican affairs to the Senate by motion of Chairman Stone. The report notes 76 American citizens killed in Mexico during 1915 and 1914 and 26 civilians plus 16 soldiers killed on American soil in the same period, compared with earlier years.
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Washington
State Department
Fall
Senate
Wilson
Stone
Lansing
Mexico
American munitions production steady as shipments surge abroad
Washington reports U S munitions output rising rapidly with shipments to Europe nearing 209 million dollars since the war began. High explosive loads dominate sales, while ordnance exports and small arms show growing totals as factories expand production. January through February see peak firearm shipments, with January the heaviest month.
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Washington, DC
Europe
Department of Commerce
Toto
Mowder
Lee
Thnumry
Lynope
Lorimer Trial Opens Over Bank Failure Charges
Chicago February 16 The trial of William Lorimer on charges arising from the failure of the Lake Street bank opens before Judge Dover in the criminal court. Two weeks may be needed to complete jury selection as Lorimer’s counsel seeks consolidation of indictments. CF Munday, former vice president of the Lakalle Street bank, was recently convicted in connection with the bank’s collapse.
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Chicago
William Lorimer
Charces
Tea Salle Street
Trout & Pavines Bank
Dover
Criminal Court
Lorimers
Poison Letter Ties Chicago Chef to Archdiocese Banquet
A letter purporting to exculpate fugitive Chicago chef Jean Crones cites his work at a Grand City restaurant and a University Club stint in Chicago. It claims involvement in a Mass banquet poisoning that sickened diners, mentioning arsenic and potassium chloride as used in meals.
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Inver
New York
Cuatel
Grand City
Staten Island
Chicago
Cleve
Country Club
University Club
Jean Crones Reported Seen in Boston
Chicago officials have been informed that Jean Crones wanted for poisoning a banquet soup in honor of Archbishop Mundenlein may be in Boston. Detectives investigate a forged confession sent to New York papers signed under Crones. Substantial evidence here does not substantiate the Boston sighting.
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Jean Crones
Boston
New York
Times
Chicsen
Chicago
Mundenlein
Crones
Chicago Anarchists Pass Fiery Resolution
An anarchist group in Chicago issued a statement defending their cause in connection with a university club poisoning incident. The document accuses officials of distraction while asserting the movement's aim of a classless society. Police report white substance in cans was asbestos, not gun cotton, as previously claimed. Fritz Schoenfeldt, tied to Cranes, was arrested for questioning.
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Coupe
University Club
International Propaganda Group of
A. Barron
University Clut
Ourgher Trust
Jean Crones
Fritz Schoenfeldt
Helped Woman Amass Fortune Then Seeks 40000
Des Moines reports Tiates testified he served as farm manager for Mrs. Jennie F Howell for two years. He claims her fortune reached 200000 pounds while his annual wage was 50 dollars. They planned marriage but she died, and he was omitted from the will, now seeking 40000 for labor during the period.
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Tiates
District Court Today
Jennie F Howell
Hin
Nanny Carn
Steamships Command Enormous Prices in Transatlantic Trade
New York city reports immense prices for steamships amid an impending expansion of transatlantic transportation. The steamer Dunholme sold to an old company for 860,000, four years after a prior sale at 40,000 following a fire that destroyed her superstructure. Dunholme is capable of carrying 500 tons.
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trame-Athantic Tredahe
Stowmer Duntilloliie
Ain Old Company
Dunholme
Dunholme ii
Fall of Erzerum Brilliant Stroke for Allies
Reports from Paris Petrograd and London declare Erzerum fallen to Russian forces. The capture, seen as pivotal to Asia Minor strategy, prompted congratulatory telegrams and wide-ranging implications for the Caucasus and wider war dynamics.
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Erzerum
Asia Minor
Paris
Deiweleus
Erzerume
Asia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Russia
Poincare
Emperor Nicholas
Caucasian
Paper famine feared as mills report high costs
New York reports strong mill operating at capacity while profits shrink due to rising raw material and labor costs. The American Paper & Pulp Association notes price increases range 3 to 40 percent, with supply tight and imports effectively cut off amid England’s restrictions and Sweden’s exports drop.
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New York
United States
American Paper & Pulp Association
Frank L. Moore
Arthur C. Hastings
American Writing Paper Company
England
Board of Trade
Loense
Sweden
Hastings
May Vote Today in Washington on Nicaragua Treaty
Washington voters weigh the Nicaraguan treaty as prospects for ratification shape a crucial May vote. Officials and lawmakers monitor the expected turnout and political impact across key districts.
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Washington
Renate Wert Bila
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