Ducking Nominations Fail to Unite Parker Slate
A Progressive state convention in New Orleans names M. Parker for governor Edwin Broussard for lieutenant governor and B. Dubbsison for attorney general. The gathering, attended by about 1,000, displayed divisions with Republicans and progressive allies clashing over ticket aims while Parker urged a united front and denounced boss rule.
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Shreveport Times
New Orleans
Progressive State Convention
Grunewal
Astrooi
M. Parker
North
Allmen Polk
de Fe
Agriculure
Keixson
Democratic State Committee
Demrat
Parker
Theke
Pemeval
Doin M. Parker
Claiborne
Louisiana
Lieutenant Overnor
Democratic Party
Boss Porter
Boss
Colonel Peasant
John P. Laycock
Baton Rouge
Rher
Joseph A. Barksale
Ruston
Weister
de Soto
Iniborne
M. H. Sandlin
Minden
Webster Parish
Taxpayers meet to limit building height and zone city
New York taxpayers and the Advisory Council of Real Estate Interests will meet to discuss height limits and district zoning for the city. City officials will attend. Real estate owners favor height limits to stabilize values and note skyscrapers often depress adjacent properties.
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New York
Advisory Council of
Real Estate Interests
Concensia
Commission On Building Districts
Partial Solar Eclipse Tomorrow Across United States
Prepared readers should use smoked glass to view the event as a partial solar eclipse traverses the United States tomorrow morning. The eclipse begins in the Pacific region around 7 AM Central time about 7:15 AM, with a total eclipse along a Gulf of Mexico line.
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United States
San Francisco
Gulf of Mexico
Two Steamers Sank After Collision Reported
Reports from St John Newfoundland and Halifax indicate the Japanese steamer Takatamaro and American tanker Silver Shell sank after a collision two hundred miles southeast of Cape Race. No crew fate learned. later wireless from Takamary says both ships were afloat at 4 am.
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St. John
Newfoundland
Takatamaro
Silver Shell
Cape Race
Halifax
Takatamaru
Protests Powerless, Wilson Addresses Vast Audience
President Wilson speaks to a large audience on the topic of protests and their perceived power. The address stresses the limits of protests and calls for broader action and civic engagement.
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Wilson
Peace and Preparedness Speech Sparks War Debate
President Wilson addressed a large Des Moines audience urging national resolve to defend honor and avoid entangling alliances. He pressed Americans to weigh every word, insisting peace while upholding sovereignty, as crowds cheered the plea to keep the country out of war.
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Des Moines, la
Wilson
America
United
Amercia
Call to arms to keep peace and honor of the United States
A speaker urges America to uphold law amid world turmoil, warning against inaction. He stresses the need for an international tribunal and insists Americans must prepare for war by readying a capable yet peaceful citizenry. The nation must defend its honor and deter surprise attacks.
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America
United States
Law
United
Iron Mountain Five Hit Hard in Sprawling Sprint
Iron Mountain 5 faced a tough day with six miles of sparse water coverage, as competitors battled through a challenging morning at Warner. The event drew attention to endurance and strategy under difficult conditions.
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Warner Thes
Flood surges threaten towns as rivers rise to record depths
A great flood looms with Ouachita and Lafourche levees holding while the Arkansas river basin swells. Verner Ark tracks inundated, six miles of rail submerged, and pages warn of widespread levee breaches. Mississippi River rising adds urgency. experts predict the Bartholomew basin may pour water toward Monroe, with crest forecasts uncertain.
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A. J. Taylor
Louisiana Division
Iron Mountain Railway
Cummins
Arkansas River
Verner
Ark
Warren Branch
Warher
Mississippi River
Bartholomew
Monroe
C. H. McHenry
Tensas Basin
Mississippi
Arkansas City
Greenville
Vicksburg
Mr. McHenry
Convicts Rescued As Arkansas River Flood Rages
In Cummins Lincoln county a levee breach pools floodwaters as 360 to 406 convicts huddle on remnant levee. Bay Queen steamer, carrying John T. Burkett, seeks to move them to Swan Lake and then Little Rock. Rescue could extend to marooned near Douglas. Lightwood salvages families near Red Fork. Swollen river forces multiple breaks across lower Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
State Farm
Cummins
Lincoln County
Bay Queen
John T. Burkett
State Yinitentiary Commission
Pine Bluff
Swan Lake
Ittl Rock
Burkett
Douglas
Lightwood
Ferther
Red Fork
Watson
Favorable Senate report on Colombian treaty
The Senate Foreign Relations committee ordered a favorable report on the long pending Colombian treaty. It cut the proposed payment to Colombia from 25 million to 15 million and changed the U.S. apology for the Panama partition to a mutual expression of regret by both nations.
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Associacy
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Columbia
United States
Panama
Boilermaker Disaster Destroys Tow Boat on Ohio River
In Huntington West Virginia on February a tow boat named Sam Brown exploded its boilers killing a majority of its thirty crew. Six survivors reached shore while rescuers searched for missing sailors as the boat sank in the Ohio River.
Flood Bounds Rise Across Arkansas Ouachita River
A surge in the Ouachita River in eight Arkansas counties and northern Louisiana pushes water to 37 feet 7 inches after a 2 foot rise in 24 hours and 1.21 inches of rain in 18 hours. Cooler weather is expected tonight as rains continue. A black bear drifted downriver while trains detour due to washouts between Malvern and Camden.
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Camden
Ouachita River
Iron Mountain
Cotton Belt
Rock Island
Malvern
Ouachita River Floods Rise In Arkansas
Huttig and Arkadelphia report the Ouachita River higher than any season. One day rainfall totals .10 inches at Huttig and over 1 inch in the last 24 hours. The gauge at Arkadelphia shows 18 feet, about five feet above flood stage, with farms underwater and cattle moved to higher ground.
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Huttig
Ouachita
Arkadelphia
Lusitania case eyed for positive understanding
Berlin reports Germany has sent instructions to Subeuiedas von Bernstorff in Washington aiming for a reasonable hope of a positive understanding on the Lusitania incident. The message appeared in a semi official notice today as heavy rain fell in Saline and Warren on February first.
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Berlin
Germany
Subeuiedas von Bernstorff
Washington
Lusitania
Rejected Amendment on Philippine Independence Bill
Today the amendment linking Philippine independence to a vote on freedom from U S control was rejected. The measure would have set a post vote independence condition while the Philippines seeks self rule from the United States.
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Washington
Senate
United States
AERIAL MOVEMENTS CHIEF ACTIVITIES IN WAR FRONTS
Associated Press reports military operations on fronts as a standstill with aerial movements the primary activity. German advances occur at key French sectors while Athens says Germany and Bulgaria with 150000 Turkish forces may attack Saloniki mid February. Rome cites a Bucharest paper claiming Greece and Romania sign a dual neutrality pact amid bad weather and floods hindering British Mesopotamian progress.
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Associated Press
London
France
Athens
Saloniki
Rome
Ucharest
Greece
Romania
Mesopotamia
Officials Ponder Fate of Captured German Steamer
Officials are perplexed over the disposition of a steamer captured by German forces. Decisive action awaits clarity on ownership status, wartime legality, and potential repatriation or destruction.
Appam Stoppage as Washington Decides on Prize Status
Norfolk reports that no one will land from the steamer Appam except Lieutenant Berge until federal orders decide civil liberties, war prisoner status, and whether the German prize crew forms an armed expedition. Berlin envoy von Hatzfeldt arrived to oversee Germany’s interests as the Moewe’s whereabouts remain unknown and prize crew threats of destruction loom over 400 prisoners.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Appam
Berge
Washington
United States
Virginia
Lient. Berge
Prince von Hatzfeldt
Old Point Comfort
Germany
Moewe
May Be War Prize Under Treaty Says Officials
Washington officials indicated that if the Appam is finally held as a prize the Prussian American treaty would govern the case rather than the Plague convention. This could see the Appam turned over to German captors. The British ambassador asked Secretary Lansing to release and return the Appam to her owners.
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Washington
Lansing
Appam War Prize Claim Disputed at Hampton Roads
Old Point Comfort Feb 2 The British liner Appam captured by the German raider Moewe lay at anchor in Hampton Roads this morning awaiting the United States decision on the German officer Lieutenant Bergs claim that the Appam is a war prize.
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Old Point Comfort
Appam
Moewe
Hampton Roads
United States
Berg
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