Warships Sail For Cuban Ports Amid Unrest
Warships move to Havana Santiago Nuevitas and Cienfuegos to be ready as US gunboat appears off Cienfuzos. Cuban forces beat rebels led by Cantain Sanchez Del Portal in Santa Clara. General Nunez says Santa Clara pacified and Mardi Gras called off. Menocal pledges safety to peaceful parties while US signals non intervention.
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Santa Clara
Santiago
Oriente
Ameican
United States
Havana
Nuevitas
Cienfuezos
Menocal
Cienfusos
Cantain Sanche
Del Portal
Emily Nunez
llavana
Patria
Tlavana
Washington
Woman's Bar Booming In Dry Seattle Permit Rush
Seattle news reports a surge in liquor permits as a dry city expands two quarts per twenty days. A special women’s permit unit runs under Mrs Tucker and Misses Johnson Ide, with about 225 women applying daily and an estimated 5104 for the month. In Washington, D C, Mann urges focus on Western Hemisphere duties as European conflict looms.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington state
San Francisco
McChord elected Springheld superintendent
George F. B. McChord was chosen as superintendent amid Springheld public affairs. Mariam Auguste Rodin, wife of the French sculptor, died at Meudon France. Mrs Waller Rose testified in a Chicago court that her husband left her after she refused to sell their loan for 100 dollars. A dollar in New York today buys only food that 12 cents would buy before World War I, per John J Cartigan weights and measures commissioner.
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George FB. McChord
Springheld
Mariam Auguste Rodin
Meudon
France
Waller Rose
Chicago
New York
John J. Cartigan
Buckeye Briefs: Platt Poet Dies In California
Cincinnati writer and poet John James Platt, famed for Poems of Two Friends with William Dean Howells, died at his winter home at eighty two. Also in Ohio briefs, a Cleveland axle plant fire destroyed drop forge dept, $150000 loss, two workers injured. jury acquitted a truck union official of blackmail. a Columbus theater equipment company collision killed Ralph W. Kelley and injured three others.
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Cincinnati
John James Platt
afo
William Dean Howells
Canton
drop forge
Cleveland Axle Manufacturing company
Cleveland
Pele
Grarge
Truck union
King
William Haetel
Wall Xraving and Storage Company
tasis
Columbus
Ralph W Kelley
Columbus Theater
comany
Leo E. Dwyer
William DcCormick
Carl Serait
New Albany
Repeal bill dies in House amid city finances clash
In Columbus Ohio on March 7 a repeal measure tied to a 1 per cent law faced defeat as Democrats and Republicans split. Bills sought to curb salaries of prosecutors while pressuring officials to sue as mandated by a bureau finding. A steering committee managed bill progression amid a busy calendar. Turkish premier Talaat Res vows to defend Constantinople as the crisis in the cabinet deepens.
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Columbus
Peh
Smith
Hunter
Fitzsimmons
Cleveland
bureau of accounting
Gilmore
Mooney
Holden
Temper
Voltenweider
Kious
London
Turkey
Constantinople
Talaat Res
MME HELENE DUTRIEU Eager to Fly For United States
French aviatrix Mlle Helene Dutrieu seeks to join the United States aviation effort. She aims to contribute as a pilot, citing training and prior flying experience in European missions and advancing women in aeronautics.
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Aviatrice
United States
Specimen of Mexican Families Follows Pershing into Columbus
A ragged stream of several hundred Mexican families trailed General Pershing's troops to Columbus New Mexico as the photograph captures a single family with its wagon and belongings.
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Pershing
General Pershing
Columbus
N. M
German Drive Successful in Champagne Front
London reports a strong French line attack in Champagne near Verdun and Rheims with gains of up to a mile and a half. 858 prisoners, 21 officers, and 20 machine guns were captured. Most ground was won along the Maison de Champagne farm area and Triss, south of the farm. Other actions included raids by Allied and German troops and two small engagements in Galicia with no major infantry battles.
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Champagne
France
London
Verdun
Rheims
atackers
Ripont
Tahure
Cernay
Maisoi
de Champagne
Tr Iss
Galicia
Senate clash over foreign agent controls and war powers
Washington February 17 the senate debated the administration bill on foreign activities and press falsehoods about war creating a national mood Senator Stone denounced newspapers for false statements urging punishment for such acts Cummins opposed giving the president power to seize ships and war materiel arguing it could trigger war Sutherland and Fall warned the amendment would tie the executive hands
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Stone
Cummins
Washington
senate
Germany
United States
forein relations
Iowa
world
Sutherland
Fall
Cummins Amendment on Neutrality Laws Questioned
Senate debate quotes Senator Cummins saying that enforcing neutrality laws should be followed by congressional action before the United States commits an act of war, calling the amendment a means to fill gaps in neutrality statutes.
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Senate
Cummins
United States
Postoffice bill passes with drastic dry provisions added
Washington reports the senate approved the annual postoffice appropriation of 622 million dollars after weeklong debate. It includes criminal penalties for shipping liquor into prohibition states and letters or ads about liquor to such states. Other measures on second class mail and 1 cent drop-letter postage were rejected. In Huntington Indiana a moving picture theater was fined for Sunday operation. Ottawa Ontario lists Private Willard of Prospect Ohio and F Stewart of Detroit as wounded.
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Senate
Washington
house
post office committee
tas
Frederick VIII Aboard in Halifax Harbor
The Scandinavian American liner Frederick VIII carrying Count Von Bernstorff and a party of German consular officials from New York arrived in Halifax harbor. A flotilla of naval patrol boats convoyed the ship as it steamed to anchor amid fort and harbor activity. Postal Proposal Killed in Senate. Washington reports the Senate rejected and defeated the plan to raise second class mail rates to two cents and reduce overall postage by one cent.
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Von Bernstorff
Halifax
Frederick VIII
New York
Count Von Bernstorff
United States
Washington
senate
Represent Onio Delegates to Farmers Meeting Named by Cox
Columbus Feb 17 Governor Cox named fifteen delegates to represent Ohio at the National Farmers association meeting in Kansas City Missouri from February 21 to 23 The list includes Foster Houston South Charleston C Price Newark O Filloloch Delaware Wilhelm Povbies Speefield Peter Ross John Ackline Toledo W Farnsworth Waterville H C Beers Charles B Wing Mechanicsburg John Shawver Bellefontaire Charles J Simms John Awl Dennis Dwyer Willan Fhoop Dwan and D H Kidwan New Tlamosii
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Cox
Columbus
Ohio
National Farmers’ association
Kansas City
Foster Houston
South Charleston
emer C Price
Newark
O Tf Uolloch
Delaware
Wilhem
Povbies Speefield
Peter Ross
Mansfield
John Ackline
Toledo
W. W
Farnsworth
Waterville
H. C
Victory for Publishers as Government Eyes Newsprint Prices
American government to fix prices of news print amid criminal prosecutions of U S paper manufacturers for restraint of trade. The Federal Trade Commission considers a proposal that could set a reasonable price for output, signaling a victory for publishers if accepted and expanding government arbitration between industries.
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Washington
United States
federal trade commission
Canata
Probers Take Up Coal Shortage in Ohio Inquiry
Traffic managers from Ohio railroads testified to the state utilities commission about the coal shortage. They blamed delays in unloading, urged temporary abolition of reconsignment, and higher demurrage to curb dealer postponement. Judge Hughes warned of possible criminal conspiracy in the coal delivery disruption. G W Thompson cited a broker reassigning coal to raise prices as indicative of manipulation.
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Columbus
Ohio
state utilities commission
O. If Hughes
G. W. Thompson
stern tendent
Detroit
Toledo
Ironton
Ife
He Heads American Bureau of German Foreign Office
A senior diplomat is appointed to lead the American bureau of the German Foreign Office, signaling a key shift in bilateral coordination. The assignment places the official at the helm of diplomatic outreach and policy liaison, reflecting ongoing cooperation between the two nations.
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German Foreign Office
Britain seeks new sea zones to trap German submarines
Washington reports two British moves aimed at blocking U boat routes and limiting exits from German and Belgian bases. A new danger zone will mine and patrol the north Atlantic exit via Scotland and the Irish coast while ng plans allow neutrals to swing around Ireland and the Norwegian coast. A southern examination port may open later at the Bahamas and Bermuda. American exporters may still obtain assurances from the British embassy that goods avoid England's enemies.
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Washington
Great Britain
Atlantic
Germany
Belgium
Hursiish
Scotland
Irish
Falmouth
Halifax
Ireland
Norwegian
British Isles
Bahamas
Bermuda
England
Holland
Scandinavia
Penfield
Vienna
United States
School Girls in Training for Red Cross Service in Buffalo
About 100 students from Lafivelle Central Masten Park and South Park Inga schools receive Red Cross course instruction. Volunteers will gain first aid and wound care experience at local hospitals, with parental consent, in a patriotic effort not driven by outside agencies.
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Buffalo
Red Cross
Febi
Lafivelle
Phitehinson Central
Masten Park
South Park
Inga
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Navana
Santiago de Cuba
La Lucha
Mann
Adriants
Leeder Mann
BUCKEYE
Conservancy Act
MME
HELENE DUTRIEU
American Dress Association
Mexico
Villa
Karsan
J. J. Brady
Frank Phillips
Brady
Philips
Geneva
Rome
Lyman M. Law
McNonough
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
house of delegates
Brooke Wancock
Marshall
Virginia
Huntluston
Ind
T. Guy Perfect
Kilmer Fouse
Perfect
Ottawa
Wiloard
Prospect
F. Stewart
ONIO
Lee
COUNT MONTGELOS
American Pree Association
Austria
Fort Wayne
Tad
Alichizan
manz
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