British Ex-Parliamentarian Lincoln Repeats Escape in Brooklyn
Ignatius T. Lincoln, former British MP and self described German spy, was recaptured in Brooklyn after escaping custody while dining. He claims capture stemmed from an extortion attempt over his baggage and denies surrender without fair treatment by the U.S. government. Lincoln’s ties to forgery charges and alleged espionage are noted as authorities plan potential extradition to England.
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New York
Ignatius T. LincoLn
United States
Department Ofice
Raynd Street
Brooklyn
Merly
Lincoln
News Permen
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Mation
Department of Justce
Francis Johnson
Raymond
States Circuit Court of Appeals
Raphecrs
England
Ork
Newsaper
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Lincolin
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Dane Ett
Trebitich
Can Smith
Gebmber
Parliament
Police Keep Four for Crones Dinner Incident
Fragmentary report cites police keeping four for crones and notes concern over poison direction at a dinner event. Mundel referenced in the fragment, unclear outcome.
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Mundel
Austrian Planes Take Italian Air Raid Report
London and Rome reports describe Italian planes bombing Laibach in Carniola Austria Hungary. Italian aircraft were damaged and an Austrian plane was forced down, with one Italian captured.
War will bring many to America
Frederick C. Howe, United States immigration commissioner, told the National Democratic club that about twenty million trench dwellers who embraced democracy will seek to enter the United States after the war. He warned postwar inflows are uncertain and tempered by hardship abroad and at home, with Russians and Balkan peoples likely to lead the wave among others affected by wartime business ruin.
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New York
Europe
Frederick C. Howe
United States
National Democratic Club
Senator Robinson Pushes For Army Air Service Probe
Washington February 20 Senator Robinson released further evidence supporting his charge that the army aviation service is contemptibly inefficient He said he would press for a congressional investigation despite the War Department plan for an inquiry Chairman Chamberlain of the Senate military committee said he would seek a Monday vote on the resolution for investigation.
Cologne Gazette Sees German Submarine Memoir Final
Berlin via London February 20 The Cologne Gazette explains the latest German memorandum on submarine warfare as a final and definite policy statement not a negotiable suggestion to England. It says British dispatches in Washington misread the cabinet decision and warns it could worsen German American relations.
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Berlin
London
Cologne
England
Washington
Pro German Propaganda Found in Leaf Tobacco Shipment
Dutch authorities report a Richmann Virginia leaf tobacco consignment contains pro German propaganda literature and sealed letters addressed to Germans, risking unhampered American entry into Hot land despite existing Dutch trust conditions.
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Rotterdam
London
Tebseen
Richmann
Pensons
Germany
New German War Loan Announced in Berlin
London reports via Berliner Tageblatt that a new German war loan will be announced in Berlin, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Age Telegram Co.
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London
Berliner Tageblatt
Income tax plan faces abandonment for higher rates
Washington February 20. Democratic leaders favor raising revenue for preparedness by higher income tax rates rather than expanding exemptions. Proposals consider doubling the 1 percent rate for incomes under 20,000 and possibly eight percent above that, with a lower minimum to 15,000 and an extra 1,000 exemption for married men. First year needs are estimated near 93 million dollars, with total near 100 million planned.
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Washington
Kitchin
Harvester Officials to Be Questioned in Monopsony Probe
Washington Feb 20 Investigators broadened a case of suspected monopolization of the Yucatan sisal crop to include whether the International Harvester Company sought to intimidate American bankers to block funds for planters. The House Agriculture Committee will hear Cyril H. McConnick and other Harvester officials and Arthur Reynolde of Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago and request the bank to provide its records for the past three years.
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Washington
Yucatan
Mexico
International HarVester Company
Agriculture Committee of
House
Cyril H. McConnick
Harvester Company
Arthur Reynolde
Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago
Troops withdrawn from border for Panama mission
San Antonio, Feb 20. The first permanent break in the 12 000 strong border force came as Mercedes housed the first squadron of the 12th cavalry ready to sail for the canal zone. After the cavalry lands transports will return for the second battalion of the fourth field artillery. War department says these troops cannot be replaced and more units are expected to move, signaling a broader redeployment.
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San Antonio
Tex
U. S
Mercedes
12Th Cavalry
Fourth Field Artillery
War Department
Dentist Involved In Fracas Is Gone
St Louis Feb 20 A long police and bondsmen search failed to locate Dr Charles W Kennedy of San Antonio Texas after a pistol and knife duel with Dr A W Johnson his former business partner in a hotel room Kennedy failed to appear in court on an assault with intent to kill charge. Dr Johnson is treated at the city hospital for bullet and knife wounds. Grant Students Reprieve also reported in Bloomington Illinois. Illinois Wesleyan University suspended fifty students for two weeks but granted a reprieve if they sign an agreement to abide by dancing rules the following Tuesday.
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ST. Louis
Charles W. Kennedy
San Antonio
Tex
A. W. Johnson
Kennedy
Johnson
City Hospital
Bloomington
Til
Illinois Wesleyan University
Kemp
Russians Push to Erzerum After Turkish Division Falls
Petrograd reports Russians have captured the remaining troops of the thirty fourth Turkish division northwest of Erzerum. An accompanying claim notes one Russian corps in the assault seized 240 cannon.
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Petrograd
London
Erzerum
Ercerum
Friends Nominate Oklahoma Lawmaker For War Portfolio
In Oklahoma City on February 20, Democratic insurgents blocked the emergency clause on the general registration bill, extending the special session. The house and senate will reconvene next week to advance election law measures, while Representative Loris E. Bryant displayed a telegram indicating a war portfolio for him, from a Democratic county chairman in Skintook, amid caucus clashes with GOP leader Arthur H. Geissler.
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Klahoma City
Ohia
House
Senate
U. S. Supreme Court
Loris E. Bryant
Arthur H. Geissler
Skintook
British Owners File Libel Suit To Secure Appam
Washington reports that British owners of the liner Appam have filed a libel suit to recover the ship from a German prize crew in Hampton Roads. State Department officials expect a prize court ruling to clarify precedents for future cases and address conflicting claims under the 1828 German prize treaty and the 1907 Hague convention.
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Appam
Washington
Hampton Roads
State Department
Germany
Great Britain
Department
Amercan
Oeal
Senate Opens Fight for Conservation
Washington Feb 20 Conservation champions in the senate begin a determined fight to amend the Shields bill to strengthen provisions for development of water power in navigable streams by private capital. Amendments by Senators Husting LaFollette Kenyon Norris and Cummings are planned to expand regulatory control and grant free leases to nonprofit state subdivisions and institutions.
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Washington
Senate
Husting
LaFollette
Kenyon
Norris
Cummings
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kenkon
Secretary of War
Day in Congress and Senate Proceedings Briefed
Congress met at noon with the agricultural committee continuing its hearing on a resolution directing an inquiry into mitosisal output. The Haiti treaty was laid before the senate to be called up next week. Senator Lewis attacked former Senator Reot in a speech at the New York state Republican convention criticizing President Wilson and the Democratic administration. Adjournments occurred at 3 15 p.m. and 5 15 p.m. until noon Mondar. They resumed work on the postoffice appropriation bill before adjourning.
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Agricultural Committee
Senate
Lewis
Reot
New York State
Wilson
Mondar
Kahn Proposes Civilian Training Camps as Federal Volunteers
Washington February 20 Representative Kahn of California, ranking Republican, will urge the house military committee to create a civilian training camp scheme as a federal volunteer organization to replace the administration’s continental army. He cites possible enrollment of 100,000 men and sees regiments formed for time of war while Chamberlain offers a plan to train reserve officers with government support for camps, clothing and personal gear. The program would yield second lieutenants in the reserve corps or probationary commissions in the regular army after years of training.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Representative Kahn
California
Continental Army
Garrison
Kahn
Congress
Chamberlain
Senate Committee
Secretary of War
Belgium Relief Exceeds Seven Million From America
New York February 20 United States aid to Belgium totals 7 500 000 announced by E Van De Vyvere Belgian finance minister who sailed for London on the St Paul after weeks in America He said foodstuffs and clothing valued over 80 000 000 had been shipped to Belgium Bel gian interests supplied more than 60 000 000 of the total with 56 000 000 worth of supplies bought in the United States
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New York
America
Belgium
E. van de Vyvere
London
St. Paul
United States
van de Vuyere
Relief Expedition For FuQo Sufferers At Buck Ridge Crevasse
A government steamer Labourche carries a relief expedition from Natchez Mississippi to Buck Ridge crevasse near Newellton where several thousand negroes face scarcity. Flood waters cover large areas from the Mississippi levee breach. Waterproof and parts of Concordia parish are inundated though Clayton and Fernday remain dry in sight.
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Natchez
Miss
Labourche
Buck Ridge
Mississippi River
Newellton
Waterproof
St. Joseph
Clayton
Fernday
Concordia Parish
Bomb Explodes Near Former Freibergs Dance Hall
A bomb exploded Saturday night behind a restaurant in a Twenty second Street building that housed Freibergs dance hall. The blast caused little damage and the venue, a relic of the old levee era, was among the last to close when the district restrictions were enforced. In Bloomington, E R K Crothers a 47 year old jeweler merchant was found dead in bed Saturday morning due to heart disease. He had participated for years in trap shooting contests in the regions.
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Chicago
Antil
Freiberg
Freiherg's
Bloomington
E. RK. Crothers
Prominent Publisher Dead in Oakland
William P. Burbank founder of the Los Angeles Record and owner of two South Carolina papers died in Oakland after a brief illness. He was years old.
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Oakland
Cal
William P. Burbank
Los Angeles Record
South Carolina
Georgians For Wilson Choose Delegates In State Demo Convention
Atlanta Feb 20 Georgia Democrats plan to nominate President Wilson at the state convention in Atlanta unless opposition forms. Delegates will be instructed for Wilson to carry the party stance into the St Louis contest.
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Wilson
Atlanta
Georgia Democrat State Convention
St. Louis
Princeton Getz Bequest to Princeton University
Princeton University was bequeathed between 50000 and 100000 dollars by the will of Mrs Mane Antoinette Eke who died last week in Pasadena California. The gift is reported from Princeton New Jersey.
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Princeton Getz
Princeton
N. J
Priceton University
Mane Antoinette Eke
Pasadena
Air Blast Hurls Men From Tunnel Beneath East River
London dispatches note Asia and Africa gain prominence in war reports. Russians push their Turkish Armenia gains, while Constantinople records a British setback in Mesopotamia. London also cites the Kamerun conquest nearing completion in western equatorial Africa.European fronts show low activity as Russian forces pursue Turks near Erzerum and Petrograd weighs possible Ottoman resistance west of the city.
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London
Asia
Africa
Europe
Armenia
Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Kamerun
Equatorial Africa
Erzerum
Petrograd
Air Pressure Prevents Loss in New York Subway Blowout
A compressed air blow-out in a 100 foot deep East River subway tunnel kills one, leaves another missing, and injures one. The blast sent three men skyward. one died before rescue. The break occurred under Middle of River during shield work. 24 psi air was maintained and is now reduced to 15 psi as clay seals the hole. Rescuers expect several days to cover the breach while ensuring water exclusion.
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New York
East River
Frank Driver
John McCarthy
Marshall Mabey
Driver
Mabey
McCarthy
Whitehall Street
Manhattan
Montague and
Clarke Streets
Brooklyn
Public Service Commission
Carranza Refuses Loan. Villa Captures Attackers
Gen Venustiano Carranza refuses a loan tendered by Chicago bankers via the Mexican consul in El Paso. Details of the transaction were not released. Francisco Villa reports capturing a small Carranza force sent from Guerrero to attack at Santa Ana. surrender followed as Villa’s numerically superior force prevailed.
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EL Paso
Texas
Venustiano Carranza
Andreas G. Garcia
Chicago
Villa
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Guerrero
Chihuahua
Santa Ana
Gayira
Juarez
American shipyards pressed with orders amid boom
Washington reports from the bureau of navigation say American shipyards are crowded with work and refusing contracts for new vessel types. With 230 merchant ships totaling about 1,000,000 tons either building or about to start, the United States trails only Great Britain in shipbuilding, hinting at a revival of pre Civil War leadership.
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Washington
Bureau of Navigation
United States
Great Britain
Navigation Bureau
Ludlow Strike Murder Trial Opens in Castle Rock
In Castle Rock Colorado on February 20 1914 the Ludlow strike amid the strike disorders is reviewed in district court. Four former state troopers including Patrick To Hamreck and Treut KF Quinderfelt face murder charges in the case of Mater PoP Lester killed at the W a es mon fight nine days after the Ludlow strike.
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Castle Rock
Colo
Ludlow
Mater Patrick
Hamreck
Treut
Quinderfelt
Pop Lester
Centennial Board Named By Governor Dunne In Illinois
Springfield Feb 0 Gov Dunne Saturday appointed the following members of the Illinois centennial commission De Otto Sohnude Chicago Cheinvan Pr Char Starkel Belleville Hugh Mar Springfield Mrs Tessie Palmer W Springfield Rev Frederick Siedenburg Chicago John E Traeger Chicago Rev Royal W Ennis Hillschers Prof E F Greene Champaign Nicholas W Duncan La Salle Toha Schaitz Beamstown Oscar Eckland Chicago
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State Centennial Board
Springfield
Dunne
Chinois Centennial Commission
de Otte
Sohnude
Chicago
Cheinvan
Char! Starkel
Bellevelle
Hugh
Tessie Palmer
Prederick Siedenburg
John E. Traeger
Royal
Ennis Hillshers
EF. BR Greene
Champaign
Nicholas W. Duncan
la Salle
Toha Schaitz
Beamstown
Oscar Eckland
Re-nominated Henry L. Tost for Kansas City Mayor
In Kansas City Missouri on February 20 May or Henry L. Tost was re nominated as Democratic mayoral candidate. The party convention Saturday featured bitter factional rivalry and turbulent proceedings as Tost secured renomination amidst clashes between factions.
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Kansas City
Henry L. Tost
Ctv
Arrest for Murder Ties Missouri to Mexico Case
Durgie Mitchell a colored chef in Bloomington Mo is arrested by city police on a murder for hire charge. He allegedly hired Butler Hays in Mexico Mo fifteen years ago to kill Bermiami Phil lips and his sister Datsy Mittal who remains at large and has traveled to Boston New York and Canada. A $500 reward was offered for the arrest and Gov Tosketv of Missouri approved no warrant or statement after the crime.
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Bloomington
Durgie Mitchell
Butler Hays
Mexico
Bermiami
Phillips
Datsy Mittal
Boston
New York
Canada
Theil
Tosketv
Missouri
British Face New War Appropriation Debate
London reports Premier to address demand for a new war appropriation as Britain plans to raise about 2.62 million pounds in total expenditure before a looming loan. The talk centers on funding for petrols stockpiling and related war needs for Britain.
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London
Peb
Previer Nequith
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