Wilson Urges Greater Grain Planting and Yields
President Wilson told real business leaders at the Chamber of Commerce dinner that the world faces a food shortage and the United States must plant more and increase yields per acre. He urged unity, fair laws, and cooperative trade approaches to expand exports and credits while noting antitrust hurdles. He cited the Mexican question as an example of information difficulties.
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Washington
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Russians Break Through Dukla Pass in Carpathians
Russian officer wounded in battle reports two days of intense hand to hand fighting as snow drenched the slopes of Dukla pass while Russian forces drove Austro German troops from the pass. The capture of Hurzin east of Bolimow and 4000 prisoners mark new advances toward Warsaw under General von Mackenzen.
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Lemberg
Galicia
Petrograd
Dukla Pass
Carpathians
Hurzin
Bolimow
von Mackenzen
Warsaw
Teutons plan invasion of England on shores of Britain
Copenhagen reports Emperor William’s visit to Wilhelmshaven to inspect the German fleet is seen as signaling a naval battle in the North Sea and a potential large-scale invasion of England. Troop masses are described as enormous and many liners lie in harbor ready as transports.
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Copenhagen
William
Wilhelmshaven
Berlin
North Sea
England
Twenty Seven Defendants Set for Trial on March 8
Indianapolis Feb 2 Judge Anderson overruled motions to quash indictments against 27 accused vote traffickers and ordered them to stand trial March 8. Congressman A O Stanley Henderson Ky chief counsel for defense urged setting trial after congress adjourns.
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Indianapolis
Anderson
Trafickers
A. O. Stanley
Henderson
Predict Peace Treaty This Year
Madrid Feb 5 Senor Reverter in a senate speech expressed belief that a peace treaty ending the European war will be signed this year. Albany Feb 5 The jury in the Malcolm Gifford Jr murder trial reported a disagreement in the case, his second trial.
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Madrid
Senor Reverter
Foreign Office
Senate
Albany
N. Y
Malcolm Gifford, Jr
Hudson County
Frank J. Clute
Prohibition Bill Passes Arkansas House
In Little Rock on February 3 the Arkansas House voted 74 to 22 to approve a state-wide prohibition bill. The measure sets June 1, 1915 as the effective date and makes violations felonies punishable by up to one year in prison.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
House
Smoot's Filibuster Spends 225000 On Printing Bills
Washington reports Senator Smoot spoke nearly twelve hours in opposition to the ships purchase bill triggering a government printing bill cost of 225000. The lengthy session highlights debate over defense spending and legislative procedure.
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Smoot
Washington
Carranza Kin Slain as Troops Rush to Rescue
In Laredo on February 3 General Santibanez who defected to Zapata executed General Jesus Carranza and his staff Abelardo and Ignacio Peraldi. Carranza’s widow reported the death and Venustiano Carranza telegraphed a rescue mission which arrived too late.
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Laredo
Tex
Santibanez
Zapata
Jesus Carranza
Abelardo
Ignacio Peraldi
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Venustiano Carranza
Constitutionalists
San Geronimo
Tehuantepec
Jalapa
Lake Ship Iowa Destroyed by Ice Off Chicago Harbor
The Iowa of the Goodrich Transit Company sank three miles off Chicago harbor after a jagged ice mass stove in her bow. Seventy two crew and one woman, plus a lone passenger, escaped by climbing overboard and walking six miles to shore. The Manitowoc built vessel, born in 1869, cost about 150000 dollars and carried Milwaukee cargo valued between 50000 and 75000 dollars.
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Chicago
Iowa
Goodrich Transit Company
Manitowoc
Wis
Milwaukee
Germans Win in Argonne Forest Says French Report
German troops gain a new success over French forces in the Argonne forest. The French war office reports very high enemy losses and states German losses were serious. Berlin dispatch says 745 French soldiers and 12 machine guns captured in western Argonne with about 500 French dead and one regiment annihilated.
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London
Germany
Forest of Argonne
French War Office
Berlin
Argonne Forest
War Office
Three Die and Thirteen Hurt In Amelia Collision
A head-on collision near Amelia Ohio between a traction car and a steam freight train on the Cincinnati Georgetown and Portsmouth line killed Frankmith Amelia Frank Tenderson Nethel and John Hoover plus 13 others injured some fatally. The father-in-law of Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugh L Nichols was among the injured. A fog is blamed for the crash.
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Cincinnati, I
Amelia
Cincinnati, Georgeton & Portsmouth
Frank Mith
Frank Tenderson
Nethel
John Hoover
Hugh L. Hichols
Ohio Supreme Court
Secretary Bryan Defends Hydroaeroplane Sales
Secretary Bryan released a state department reply rejecting Germanys protest that hydroaeroplanes are war vessels. The note declares the sale by an American manufacturer to belligerents is not an unneutral act and dissents from the German view.
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Washington
Bryan
State Department
Surrenders of Liquor Licenses Ordered in Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Feb 6. Sheri N. P. Bush of Hamilton county has ordered every saloon and establishment in Chattanooga to surrender the federal liquor license required to dispense alcoholic beverages.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sheri N. P. Bush
Hamilton County
Wilson to Visit Chicago and Washington Dates Set
President Wilson will travel to Chicago to address newly naturalized citizens there and may also visit Washington. The trip is planned for February or March per a promise made to Judge Goodwin.
Interurban Walkout Threatened Over Demands
Laporte Indiana Feb 5 trainmen on the Gary and Interurban system threaten a walkout unless demands are met. No schedule changes will be requested.
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Laporte
Ind
Gary
Interurban
Canada Seizes Grain Cars as War Contraband
Winnipeg Feb 5. The Canadian government seized nine grain cars from Western Canada Milling Company. Officials call the cargo contraband of war and believe it was destined for the enemy.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Western Canada Milling Company
New Mineral Searlesite Named From Deep Well Find
Microscopical study of samples from the old Searles' deep well at Searles Lake San Bernardino County California yielded minerals not determinable optically. Chemical analysis identified one as a hydrous borosilicate of sodium and the mineral is named Searlesite after John W. Searles.
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Searles
Searles Lake
San Bernardino County
California
Searlesite
John W. Searles
Old Dad Bing Meets a Young Thief in Kay Lee
An elderly man recalls a nighttime encounter with a young man brandishing a yearling revolver in Kay Lee. He disarms the youth, throws the gun into the street, and warns that such amateur crime wears thin. The tale ends with a weary stance on recurring robberies.
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Saya
Kay Lee
Just from the trenches
A French soldier rests from harsh trench duty amid mud and weariness, savoring a brief respite from the long watch.
Nations With Small Armies
The article lists tiny armed forces in Monaco Luxembourg San Marino and Liberia. Monaco has 75 guards 75 carbineers and 20 firemen while Luxembourg counts 185 gendarmes 17 volunteers and 30 musicians San Marino comprises nine companies totaling 950 men and 38 officers Liberia's fighting force includes 70 men and many officers with a neutral stance during regional hostilities.
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Monaco
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Republic of
San Marino
Black Republic
Liberia
Defunct Now Spares City From Escalating Shame
A Kansas City Star notice laments ongoing trifling behavior and urges immediate reform to preserve the city’s reputation, warning that continued misconduct could provoke a harsh response before anger is unleashed.
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Kansas City Star
Laughing In the Sleeve Expression Explained
In ancient dress sleeves were wide so a person could cover the face with a hand and appear to laugh in his sleeve, a symbol of concealed amusement. The phrase reflects social manners and cloaked laughter in old etiquette.
Immigration bill veto sustaine d by narrow margin in House vote
In Washington on February 6 the House voted to sustain the president's veto of the immigration bill by a narrow margin. Opponents numbered 261, short of the two thirds by six votes, while 136 supported the veto with Kahn of California and Steenson of Minnesota paired. The five hour debate featured about a score of speakers, led by Burnett of Alabama and Gardner of Massachusetts opposing the veto, with Moore of Pennsylvania and Sabarh of Illinois supporting the president. Party lines were ignored in both debate and vote.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Kahn
California
Steenerson
Minnesota
Burnett
Alabama
Immigration Committee
Gardner
Massachusetts
Moore
Pennsylvania
Sabarh
Illinois
German war zone declared around Great Britain and Ireland
Berlin reports that from February 18 1915 the waters around Great Britain and Ireland including the English Channel are a war zone. Enemy ships will be destroyed and neutral ships may also be endangered amid the threats of naval warfare and flag misuse by Britain.
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Berlin
Great Britain
Ireland
English Channel
Shetland Islands
North Sea
Loss of Life in Storm Across Midwest and Northwest
Northern Pacific North Coast limited arrives in Chicago after a blizzard that raged through Minnesota and Wisconsin. Telegraphed reports say extensive storm damage and loss of life. Ohio and Indiana face floods as ice jams threaten Dayton and Evansville. Farmers evacuate stock and grain from flood zones.
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Chicago
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Northwest
Ohio
Indiana
Dayton
Quincy
Ill
Bear Creek
Evansville
Ind
Nine Die in Kane Area Tenement Explosion
An explosion caused by gas wrecked a tenement boarding house at Mayburg near Kane Pa killing nine people and injuring at least twenty five with six deaths confirmed and several others hurt.
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Kane
Mayburg
Paris Socialists Back Absinthe Sale Ban Bill
The Socialists in the chamber of deputies vote to support the bill prohibiting absinthe sales. Discussion was postponed to settle reimbursements for liquor dealers affected by the law.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Equal Rights for Illegitimate in Norwegian Law
The Odelsthing legislative section of the Norwegian storthing passed a law granting illegitimate children equal inheritance rights with legitimate children. The measure reflects shifts in family law illustrated by the Feb 6 report from London.
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London
Odelsthing
Storthing
Miss Braddon Writer Dies in England at 88
London reported Mary Elizabeth Braddon English novelist died at her Richmond on Thames home after a fortnight illness. Born in London in 1837 she gained fame for sensation novels and serials. The death closes a long literary career and leaves a noted figure in Victorian fiction.
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Miss Braddon
London
England
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Richmond-on-Thames
Flood Damage In Severe Storm Strikes West Regions
The February storm left the West and central West with crippled wire and railroad service and flood losses totaling several million dollars. High winds and rising waters disrupted transport and communications across multiple states.
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Chicago
West
Willson Dies, Noted Southern Textile Leader
W P Willson president of Peerless Woolen Mills Chattanooga died Wednesday in Athens Tennessee. A prominent figure in southern textile circles for years, his death comes as a major loss to the industry.
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W. P. Willson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Peerless Woolen Mills
Athens
Teno
Canadian envoy to present at Vanceboro bridge case
Werner Van Horn was sentenced to 80 days in jail in Vanceboro Maine for defacing and injuring buildings after a dynamite blast damaged the St Croix river bridge. The British ambassador requested Van Horn's extradition and Canada will send a legal representative to present its case at the hearing.
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Vanceboro
Werner van Horn
St. Croix
van Horn
Cone Johnson
State Department
Washington
Five Die as Wall Falls at Brown and Sepler Plant
From Grand Rapids Michigan five men were killed and several injured when a wall collapsed at the Brown and Sepler Implement Manufacturing plant ruins. Reports from London note Italian reservists urged to prepare for call to colors amid war developments in Europe. In Washington President Wilson told Senate naval committee he favored two battleships this year, opposing Tilman's view to skip this year and build four next year.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Brown & Sepler
London
England
Berlin
Italy
Roumania
Washington
Wilson
Tillman
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
Dacia Sails from Galveston with 11,000 Bales of Cotton
The steamship Dacia departed Galveston at noon Sunday bound for Rotterdam with 11,000 bales of cotton valued at $880,000. The cargo price equates to 16 cents a pound delivered in Bremen. The case ties into a wider wartime dispute after the Hamburg line steamer was renamed and interned at Port Arthur, with Britain threatening seizure as contraband.
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Galveston
Rotterdam
Bremen
Port Arthur
Tex
Britain
Britain to Pay for Cargo Seized from Wilhelmina
Ambassador Walter Hines Page cabled from London that Britain will seize and pay for the Wilhelmina’s cargo of foodstuffs. The ship from New York to Bremen left before Germany’s decree on requisitioning supplies and Britain will compensate only for that reason.
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Washington
Walter Hines Page
London
State Department
Great Britain
New York
Bremen
Ambassador Page
Empire
Food Ship to Palestine Departing From United States
A ship loaded with food for famine threatened Palestine and Syria will be dispatched soon by the Provisional Zionist committee. The State Department has assurances of safe conduct from Britain France and Turkey for the vessel.
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Washington
Palestine
Syria
United States
Provisional Zionist Committee
State Department
Moroccans Rout French in Fez Area
Madrid dispatch reports French troops defeated in Morocco with camps near Fez evacuated. Moroccans seized large supplies and gained a substantial advantage in the campaign.
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Berlin
Morocco
Madrid
Fez
Georgia Doctor Is Lynched Near Evans
Atlanta reports Dr. A. N. Culberson aged thirty five was shot dead by a posse near Evans twelve miles from the city He had been charged with criminally assaulting a young married woman and was killed instantly amid vigilante action.
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Georgia
Atlanta
A. N. Culberson
Evans
Here
Culberson
New York Suffragists Win Adoption of Bill
Albany N Y Feb 6 The woman suffrage resolution passed the senate by a unanimous vote after already clearing the assembly. Voters will decide the question in a forthcoming ballot.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Senate
Assembly
Louisville Starts City Clean Up Under Mayor Buechemeyer
Louisville Kentucky February 4 A city wide cleanup ordered by Mayor Buechemeyer began with hundreds of men sent to clean streets at a wage of 1 75 a day.
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Louisville
Buechemeyer
Fined 750 for Riding on Rail Pass
Chicago report states Federal Judge Carpenter fined Abraham O Rothschild 750 dollars for violating the interstate commerce law by riding on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway on an employee pass.
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Chicago
Carpenter
Abraham OD. - Rothschild
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
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