Wilson declines full Mexico reports prompt Carranza yuan
President Wilson sent a long note to the Senate through Secretary Lansing explaining why consular and diplomatic reports on Mexico cannot be released. The message covers Carranza’s government, American deaths in Mexico and along the border, and notes concern over approval of an ambassador to Mexico. The Foreign Relations Committee favors waiting for fuller information before advising on Ambassador Fletcher.
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Washington
Ilson
Senate
United States
Mexico
Venustiano Carranza
Secrety Lansing
Lansing
Carranza
Reign Relations Committee
Foreignations Committee
Icher
Church Against Reprisal In War Weary London
London February 18. The Church of England bishops at Canterbury Cathedral adopted a resolution opposing reprisals aimed at civilians. Archbishop Canterbury warned against drifting into dishonorable acts, stressing mercy and war prosecution with clean hands. Only the bishop of Bangor opposed the resolution, arguing that war strengthens the moral imperative to strike at civilians.
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London
Church of Grand
Canterbury Cathedral
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Bangor
Germany
Frankfort
Carranza Government Noted For Protecting Americans Rights
Diplomatic reports say Carranza regime affords reasonably adequate protection to American lives and property. Seventy six Americans were killed in the last three years, forty seven in the prior three years. Twenty civilians and sixteen soldiers died on American soil. Officials see unity in the Carranza faction signaling eventual success of their cause. Recognition has reduced border disturbances. Reports on Mexico’s political events are withheld.
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Carranza
Lansing
de Fac
Mexico
Secretary Allows petitions from women candidates
Springfield news reports Secretary Lewis G Stevenson will file petitions from women seeking April primary roles as delegates and alternate delegates to national nominating conventions and state central committee members. He clarifies that qualifications for office differ from electors and notes the ruling excludes precinct and ward committeemen due to elector status.
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Springfield
Lewis G. Stevenson
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Central
State Central Committeeman
Des Moines Scribe Fleees Libel Suit Against Knights
Rev Otis L Spurgeon once Des Moines sovereign scribe for the Knights of Luther fled a $10000 libel suit against the Knights and manager F M Shipper after a 1914 incident when he was kidnapped from a Denver hotel following an anti Catholic lecture He was ousted in 1914 for refusing to withdraw as a US Senate candidate.
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Des Moines
Otis L. Spurgeon
Sovereign
The
Knights of Luther
Denver
F. M. Shipper
Sovereign McRibe
United States
Eastland Fund Distribution Cleared for Orphans Care
Chicago February 18 The five hundred thousand dollar Eastland relief fund given to the Red Cross to aid children of Eastland disaster victims will provide care for all dependent minors until they reach age 14. J J O Connor Red Cross central division director said the fund was properly disposed of and denied any misuse amid Red Cross fundraising for fourteen zero thousand members in the United States.
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Chicago
Red Cross
Eastland
J. J. O'Connor
Central Division
O'Conner
United States
Russians Advance to Batburt in Turkish Front
London telegram reports Russian forces reaching Batburt, 73 miles northwest of Erzerum on the Trebizond road, per Athens dispatch to the Daily News. The advance marks progress on the eastern front with strategic position near the Erzurum corridor.
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London
Batburt
Athens
The
Daily News
Errerum
Trebizondo
Threefold Defense Outlined by Lord Kitchener
London reports Lord Kitchener in the House of Lords detailing a threefold air defense for Britain. He cites loss of one airship at sea and belief another was disabled, adds that air raids have not altered overall military strategy, and outlines warning systems, anti air artillery expansion, and aerial attacks as key measures to deter incursions.
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London
Earl Kitchener
House of Lords
England
Great Britain
Lord Kitchener
Turkish garrison at Erzerum. siege outcome unclear
Estimates place Erzerum garrison at about 100,000 troops with hundreds of guns, but no official confirmation that all were captured. Reporting notes fierce fighting before the fortress fell, while Western fronts show little change and Italian actions continue on the Rom Bangkok sector and at Tolmino.
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London
Petrograd
Erzerum
Constantinople
Tost
Berlin
Paris
France
Belgium
East
Galacia
Rombon
Tolmino
Georgia
Monte San Michele
Vienna
Commons Attack on War Policies
London february 18 government faced continued defense in the house of commons with debates shifting from air raids to merchant shipping controls. A score of MPs assailed the government and Arthur Bal four and Walter Runciman answered explaining efforts to improve a situation labeled far from satisfactory amid high freight rates blamed on government mismanagement.
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London
House of A Commons
Arthur J. Balfour
Admiralty
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Last Mexican War veteran stricken in Springfield
Springfield Ohio February 18 The last Mexican war veteran living in Springfield Charles W Canfield was stricken with paralysis at nearly ninety years old He is remembered as the man who spoke with Abraham Lincoln on the public square when Lincoln learned of his presidential nomination
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Springfield
Charles W. Canfield
Canfield
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Sweden appeals to America for free commerce
Sweden requests U S cooperation with neutral nations to preserve neutral commerce and navigation rules, targeting Great Britain over mail detentions and trade aggressions. Secretary Lansing defers reply pending settlement of the Lusitania dispute with Germany. Ekengren’s note argues Britain's violations threaten neutral rights and censorship of first class mail.
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Washington
Sweden
State Department
Ekengren
United States
Great Britain
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
England
Rat connects Canton exchanges via conduit
ANTON Feb 18. Suc cess crowned the week old efforts of two rural telephone company managers who connected their exchanges here by running a 434 foot conduit. A rat with a silk line led the way, a ferret failed to hurry it, and a bell on the rat finally aided the pull of a copper wire through the passage. The line was activated and the rat released as a reward.
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Anton
Public Utilities Commission
New Order on Cattle Disease Issued by Illinois Board
Chicago Feb 18 The Illinois state board of livestock commissioners ordered all feeders cattle sheep and swine removed from Union stock yards to points in Illinois to be held in quarantine for twenty one days. This stems from a hoof and mouth epidemic as a federal order blocks interstate moves except to slaughter in much of the state.
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Chicago
Illinois State Board of Livestock Commissioners
Ilinos
OL. E. Dyson
Police guard for Chicago churches in hunt for poisoned soup
Chicago police dispatched guards to city churches on Thursday following evidence in the search for Jean Crones, the University club chef accused of poisoning soup served at a banquet for Archbishop Mundelein last Thursday night.
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Chicago
Wamming
Jean Crones
University Club
Mundelein
Experts Approve Five Year Naval Plan
Washington reports that Rear Admiral Grant and Captain Josiah McKean told the House Naval Committee that approval of a five year naval building plan would leave the United States among the top powers. They urged four battle cruisers or four battle cruisers alternative to two battleships and two battle cruisers, and stressed building speed and caution in funding.
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House Naval Committee
America
Washington
Grant
Josiah McKean
United States
Naval Committee
Navy Department
Congress
McKean
Poisoner Still at Liberty in Chicago Case
Chicago authorities kept up the search for Jean Crones, the alleged poisoner tied to a university club banquet. New York letters matched findings that asbestos and a second poison were in soup samples, while two former club kitchen workers were released after questioning. Government officials discussed possible anti government plots and secret service raids.
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Chicago
Jean Crones
Health Department
Crones
Veniremen Accepted in Lorimer Case
Chicago February reports three veniremen chosen by both sides in the Lorimer conspiracy trial involving the LaSalle Trust and Savings Bank. An additional venireman passed by the state awaits defense review. peremptory challenges total thirty per side. A separate Iowa event notes farmers opposing Louis Brandeis’ Supreme Court appointment, presented by Clifford Thome.
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Chicago
William Terimer
LaSalle Trust and Savings Bank
Des Moines
Towa
Towa Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Louis de Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Clifford Thome
Jtailroad Commission
America insists on full assurances for past and future
Petrograd via London reports an official communication stating on the Caucasus front that 250 more guns were seized in the Erzerum first line forts and 39 officers with 1,413 Askaris were captured near Fort Taft, 20 versts from Erzerum. It notes Erzerum is on fire in many places.
Naval Training for Civilians Opens To Public
Secretary Daniels and advisers plan civilian naval training using six battleships for a month long cruise starting around August 15. Training ships will recruit along the Atlantic coast at New York Boston Philadelphia Norfolk Portland and Charleston, aiming to train about 2500 men with future expansion to the Pacific coast next year.
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Washington
Daniels
Plattsburg
Atlantic
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Portland
Charleston
Pacific Coast
Views of Brandeis Before Committee
Senate judiciary subcommittee heard two opposed portraits of Louis D. Brandeis. Moorfield Storey called him capable and energetic but unscrupulous at times. Sherman L. Whipple praised his motives, noting idealism and a detached stance that led to possible misjudgment.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Judiciary
Senate
Supreme Court
Moorfield Storey
Boston
Brandeis
Sherman L. Whipple
Mr. Brandeis
Holdige
Commutation for Woman Spy Reported in Commons
In London the home secretary announced in the House of Commons that a woman spy sentenced to death has had the sentence commuted to life in penal servitude. The case, tied to her arrival in Britain and subsequent intercepted correspondence, marks the first such severe sentence for a woman since the war began.
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London
House of Commons
Herbert Ob Samuel
Secretary of State For Home Affairs
Home Secretary
Great Britain
Roosevelt slate an unpledged one in Massachusetts
The Boston report states that an unpledged Roosevelt slate aims to send four delegates-at-large to the Republican national convention in April. Opposing primaries will be Congressman A. P. Gardner Lieutenant Governor Grafton DeCushing Charles Sumner Bird and State Senator Robert M. Washburn, who seek pledged support for Theodore Roosevelt.
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Boston
Pebo
Samuel W. Mo
Sap
Liersy Catedidge
Dohe
W. Weeks
A. P. Gardner
Grafton de Cushing
Charles Sumner Bird
Robert M. Washburn
Dale Gates
United States demands full agreement on submarine warfare
Washington reports secretary Lansing states the United States will accept only a complete pact on lawful conduct of submarine warfare. Germany’s warning to sink armed Entente ships after Feb 29 is deemed inconsistent with prior assurances. The Ancona and Persia cases may await Austria’s similar assurances. The issue involves modified German declarations and potential impacts on British liner safety, with continued diplomacy through Count von Bernstorff. Federal officials note the British pledges on merchant ship defense remain a point of contention.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lansing
State Department
Ancona
Persia
Austria
Count von Bernstorff
Lusitania
Forca
Tete Tome
Great Britain
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