World War News and Allied Dispatches Across The Globe
Reports from a French bureau tally German losses since the war began as millions killed wounded and sick. British plans consider control of trade and munition production under a unified system. Submarine activity sinks three merchant ships off Liverpool and the North Sea as refugees flee Constantinople. President Wilson faces nominations delays while treasury gains ease deficits. Severe weather and a Utah to Texas snow belt disrupts farming with fruit damage and rising food costs. Localities report fires, mobilization rumors, and political shifts as international tensions unfold.
Curious Condensations in a Curio of Notes
A patched collage of brief items and curiosities from diverse places. Topics include Germany’s steam from locomotive cinders, stones on the Tinto in Spain, beaver flesh flavors, aging Amos Kartwright of Missouri, amateur wireless in Philadelphia, Nova Scotia coal mines, Czar Nicholas’s china collection, silk-wearing Muslim traditions, rubber industry wages in British Guiana, and H H Frysette on streetcar high steps causing lumbago and sciatica.
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Tinto
Spain
John Kartwright
Evona
Philadelphia
Nova Scotia
Czar Nicholas
Russia
Mohammedan
British Guiana
H. H. Frysette
Chicago
Carranza Reply Eases Tense Mexico Situation
The United States sent a second note to General Carranza after his reply to the threat of personal responsibility for foreigners in Mexico City. It stresses keeping rail links between Mexico City and Vera Cruz open and suggests US intent to secure unrestricted passage for Americans and other foreigners toward Vera Cruz.
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Villa
Tampico
Alvaro Obregon
Carranza
United States
Union News’ Service
Washington
Obregon
Vera Cruz
Prinz Hitel Friedrich arrives to menace ends at Newport News
The Prinz Hitel Friedrich, an German auxiliary cruiser, reaches Newport News to remove a shipping menace for the moment while British forces report gains near Le Bassee. Observers doubt whether the ship will be interned or resume roaming, hoping it will not sail again post repairs.
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London
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
Newport News
le Bassee
British Isles
High Seas
Tide Turning to Europe Emigration Surpasses Immigration
Washington reports a shift in migration as more aliens leave the United States than arrive for settlement. Immigration Commissioner Caminetti notes December showed 2,240 more departures than arrivals, and January added 1,157 more departures than entries, with six months ending January totaling 18,545 more departures than arrivals.
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Prinz Eitel Friederich
Hport
United States
Washington
Europe
Caminetti
Salvation Army Captain Declares Himself Christ in Yankton
Captain Richard Smith and wife, long of Salvation Army rescue work from Norfolk Nebraska, now in Yankton South Dakota, have become noncompliant refusing food and clothing as Smith allegedly descends into insanity, with Mrs. Smith also reported affected.
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Yankton, S. D
Salvation Army
Richard Smith
Christ
Fifth annual state high school basketball tournament opens in Lincoln
The fifth annual state high school basketball tournament began on Wednesday night at the university armory and chapel in Lincoln. Attendance reached capacity at both venues, setting a new opening night record for the tournament annals.
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Lincoln
Neb
University Armory
Armory
Wilmersdorf Votes Potato Tickets To Conserve Supply
The Berlin suburb of Wilmersdorf voters approve issuing potato tickets as bread rationing spreads across Germany. The town, first to adopt the plan, sets twenty two pounds per capita per week.
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Berlin
Wilmersdorf
Germany
Germany Open to Peace Terms in Reichstag Statement
Paris telegraph correspondent reports German Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg told the reichstag Germany is ready to seek peace under specific terms. The statement outlines conditions for an end to hostilities and seeks a settlement acceptable to Germany.
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Germany
London
the Telegraph
Paris
von Bethman- Hollweg
Reichstag
Elders Training with Young Recruits in Schleswig
Reports from Schleswig claim Copenhagen Germans up to 55 once deemed unfit for service are now called to train with younger recruits. German petroleum supply shrinks. those allowed one bottle weekly lose the privilege as Schleswig stock runs dry.
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Copenhagen
Schleswig
Germany
Greece buys American wheat to curb prices
Washington reports Greece is purchasing 25 000 to 40 000 tons of U S wheat monthly as Russo supply is cut off by the Dardanelles and the Hellenic government seeks to curb food prices and curb speculation, according to American Consul Henry Alexander Weddel in Athens.
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Greece
Washington, D. C
Dardanelles
United States
Henry Alexander Weddel
Athens
Typhoid and Smallpox Rage in Prison Camps
Advices from Serbia report typhoid fever in Austrian prisoners held by Serbians. About 70,000 prisoners are mentioned. A Swiss doctor named Lachieder, serving in the Serbian medical corps, has died of typhoid. Smallpox is said to be raging among these Austrian prisoners.
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Serbia
Lachieder
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