United States Ships and Crews Face No Warning Sinking
Berlin ends neutral exceptions and warns ships entering prohibited zones will be sunk. U S officials weigh arming merchants and embargo responses as war fears rise. Africa liner sunk with 12,000 tons gross, some crew landed. Cuba receives offers of rifles and ammunition as government troops clash with rebels in Matanzas.
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United States
Amsterdam
Germany
Berlin
London
Lloyd’s
Africa
Associated Press
Havana
Matanzas
Michigan hardware dealers open annual convention in Detroit
Detroit today hosts the opening of the Michigan retail hardware association annual convention with about one thousand representatives attending. Sessions run through the rest of the week.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Bills for Relief of Mail Carriers in Fifth District
Bills introduced by Riley J. Wilson seek payment of long overdue Civil War era relief to Fifth District residents. Names and amounts listed include B W Thurman $329 in Ruston, L Campbell $554.07 in Vidalia, Henry T Earle $452.81 in Winnsboro, Geo W Gibson $194.45 in Enterprise, John H Gillispie $266.11 in Vidalia, John W Graves $830.99 in Tallulah, John W McCord $692.09 in Bastrop, M8S Osborn $805.42 in Winnsboro, W B Taylor $249.42 in Bastrop.
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Fifth
Riley J. Wilson
Congress
B. W. Thurman
Ruston
L. Campbell
Vidalia
Henry T. Earle
Winnsboro
Geo. W. Gibson
Enterprise
John H. Gillispie
John W. Graves
Tallulah
John W. McCord
Bastrop
M. 8S
Osborn
W. B. Taylor
Tragic Shooting At Rayville Hits Company Attache
George Franklin a prominent attache of the Chess Wrmond Lumber Company Holly Ridge was shot through the floor by a co worker using a shotgun. Franklin rushed to a sanitarium with non fatal wounds. A mutilated body of a black woman is found on the V S & P railway right of way with suspicion of homicide.
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Rayville
George Franklin
Chess Wrmond Lumber Company
Holly Ridge
Garidenally
Franklin
Dynamite Explosion Kills Ten at Mexican Central Warehouse
Mexico City February 13 Ten people died and many injured when a fire destroyed the Mexican Central warehouse after a dynamite and cartridge store exploded in the building. The R P Webb Co denies selling whiskey business rumors.
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Mexico City
Germans Not Near Starvation Point
Rotterdam reports arriving Americans say Germany is not near starvation. Wealthy Germans still have most foods while the poorer classes suffer, though daily life has not collapsed and the break with the United States has caused no excitement.
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Rotterdam
Germany
United States
Winnsboro Bank Robbery Reports Vary in Loss
Franklin State Bank in Winnsboro was robbed last night by a single bandit. Reports estimate losses between 32 000 and 46 000 with the vault sealed for about half an hour before the suspect fled. Vice President Hetherwick and Judge Holstein were inside during the incident. police have no clues. The bank says losses are insured.
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Franklin State Bank
Winnsboro
Monroe
Hetherwick
Holstein
District Cour
Vall
Alarp
Ofhcers
United States Rejects German Submarine Negotiation Offer
The United States, denouncing Germany's submarine campaign, rejected renewed talks. Secretary Lansing said the U S would discuss only if Germany restores the 4th May assurance and acts on it, after Swiss mediation and a formal written memorandum.
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Washington
United Sales
Germany
Oraily
United States
Lansing
Sussex
State Department
Ritter
Associated Press
Department of State
Switzerland
England
E. Ritter
Betneath
Dispute Over Five Cent Beer Ends in Death at Saloon
W W Rainey a 40 year old man died at St Francis Sanitarium from a concussion after W M Johnson an extra bartender at J C Steele's saloon struck him with an enameled pitcher during an argument over a five cent beer. Rainey of Dexter Missouri had visited Monroe for years and was known as a quiet man with liquor issues. Johnson was arrested for manslaughter and held in the parish jail. Continued on Page Sz.
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W. W. Rainey
St. Francis Sanitarium
W. M Johnson
J. C. Steele
Johnson
Rainey
Parist
Dexter
Missouri
Monroe
Thomas Carlisle
Navy to Loan Guns for Private Vessels Under Bond
The issue of arming American chip owners against submarines is debated after the state and navy departments submitted it to President Wilson. The state department is said to favor providing guns, while the navy reportedly lacks authority to supply them though loan by bond precedents exist. Current law allows only condemned guns and stores to be sold by the navy.
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Wilson
Austria
Mexico
United States
Navy
State Department
Navy Department
Private Sale for Remaining Lots at Terminal Heights Addition
The owners of Terminal Heights Addition will dispose of the remaining residence and acre lots by private sale. No further ads will run. interested buyers may obtain particulars and terms from R. B. Blanks of Henry Phillips. The new addition adjoins the Iron Mountain terminal facilities under construction and is expected to grow quickly.
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Terminal Heighths Addition
R. B. Blanks
Henry Phillips
Iron Mountain Railway
Americans Must Get Out of Belgium
The American Commission for Relief in Belgium plans to transfer control to a neutral organization as Herbert Hoover safeguards continued relief for over ten million beneficiaries. German authorities in Brussels ordered American citizens to cease work with the relief commission in occupied France and Belgium, signaling a potential disruption if German interference occurs.
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Ty Associated Press
New York
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
American Commission
Herbert Hoover
Relief
France
Brussels
British establish new lines in Asia
Associated Press reports on the Tigris front where British forces have created a line over three miles long west of Kut al Amara, trapping Turkish defenders. In Macedonia Teutons drive offensives in Monastir and seize entente positions east of Paralovo, while Austro German troops repulse Russian assaults on the Sereth Moldavian fronts.
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Associated Press
Tigris
Asia
Theritish
Kutel Amara
Macedonia
Teuton
Monastir
Paralovo
Sereth
Germany Holds U. S. Citizens
State Department normally notified of action taken by the Teutons as Germany detains U S citizens and informs officials of the measures in place.
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Germany
U. S
State Department
Teuctons
Sailors Held After Yarrowdale Captivity Shock U S Officials
Swiss minister Dr Paul Ritter informed Washington that 72 American sailors from the prize ship Yarrowdale remain in German custody. Germany seeks assurances that American bound crews will be treated as prisoners of war, prompting a quick clash over status and potential moves at U S ports. The notice follows earlier reports of imminent release and a shift in German policy.
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U. S
Washington
State Department
Paul Ritter
Germany
Ritter
Yarrowdale
Hawaii
Westfalen
Wilson
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