Wilson Plans Unclear as Cabinet Meets on War Policy
Washington February 21 cabinet session yielded no statement on the German crisis. Officials note no major developments and suggest President Wilson may seek congressional authority early next week to respond to the unrestricted submarine campaign. Also reports of a Norwegian steamer sinking with two Americans aboard highlight ongoing neutral rights concerns.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Administration
Congress
State Department
Department
Prost
Quenstown
Dalbeattie
Pursles
Lansing
Austria
Vienna
Penfield
United States
Ancona
Persia
Berlin
London
Mediterranean
Austria-Hungary
U-53 Sank the Housatonic Confirmed by Captain Enser
New York report states the German submarine U-53 sank the Housatonic, the first American ship lost in Germanys renewed submarine warfare. Captain Thomas A Enser, Housatonic commander, arrived on the Orduna and presented a life preserver marked U-53 as proof.
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New York
Newport
Nantucket
Germany
Thomas A. Enser
Housatonic
Cunard
Orduna
Enser
Senator Barr Improves After Eye Treatment
State Senator Richard Barr of Joliet is improving in a Chicago hospital after treatment for an eye affection. He expects to resume official duties in Springfield next Tuesday.
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Chicago
Richard Barr
Joliet
Springfield
Peoria mill fire destroys two plants
Peoria Ill February 21 fire broke out in the Hagerty Brothers planing mill shortly after noon Tuesday, quickly destroying the plant and, within minutes, spreading to the Carr Adams Sash and Door company plant adjoining. The total loss was estimated at 65000 dollars.
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Peoria
Ill
Hagerty Brothers
Carr & Adams Sash and Door Company
President Wilson weighs no special Senate session delay
Washington reports President Wilson considers skipping the long standing custom of a special Senate session at the start of a new term. Inauguration timing may shift if the session is abandoned, affecting vice presidential ceremonies and oath timing, with debate over whether to take the oath before March 4 or at the public ceremony.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Congress
Capitol
Houses
Diplomatics Corps
Supreme Court
Marshall
Secretary of the
Lansing
American steamers enter the war zone
New York February 21 two American steamships the Rochester of Kerr Steamship and the Orleans of Oriental Steamship, sailed from New York for France on February 10, entered the war zone Tuesday. Officials of the lines believed they would reach Bordeaux safely despite no contact since last night.
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New York
Rochester
Kerr Steamship Company
Orleans
Oriental Steamship Company
France
Bordeaux
British and French reports on trench actions near hill 304 Paris
Paris reports indicate batteries shattered German trenches northwest of hill 304 with intermittent artillery. British and French forces conducted minor offensives near Armentieres Ypres and Verdun sector while shelling German trenches near Sailly Salilliesel LaBassee Messines Wytschaete. In the Siani peninsula British forces captured Turkish garrisons at Bir El Hassana and Nekhiooflee.
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Paris
Cerney
Steenstraete
France
Armenttieres
Ypres
Letransloya
Messines
Sailly-Salilliesel
LaBussee
Wytschaete
British War Office
Verdun
Siani
Bir el Hassana
Nekhiooflee
Revenue Measure Before Senate in Washington
The Senate debated the House emergency revenue bill aimed at about 453 million in taxes and bonds to cover the treasury deficit. Administration leaders pledged ongoing consideration, while Republicans criticized the taxation and exclusion in drafting, with Senator Penrose arguing it would fail to meet the deficit and proposing tariff-based alternatives.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Finance Committee
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Shennan
Ilinois
Guard units to retain jobs after border service
Washington Feb 21 All possible steps to secure employment for national guardsmen about to be demobilized after border service are ordered in a telegram to the labor department employment bureaus nationwide by Commissioner Caminetti. It renews and reemphasizes a general order issued a month ago.
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Washington
Labor Department
Caminetti
Child Makes 8 Day Trip on U-Boat that Sunk Lusitania
Solveig Jacobsen six year old daughter of Norwegian shipmaster arrived in Copenhagen with her parents en route to Norway. She becomes the first child to voyage on a German submarine and was a guest during an eight day trip of the commander who claimed to have sunk the Lusitania. The crew and child were treated kindly as the submarine faced explosions and a destroyer attack while returning to Helgoland.
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Copenhagen
London
Solveig Jacobsen
Norway
Solveig
Isaiah Jacobsen
Thor
France
Helgoland
Jacobson
Lusitania
Greig
Jacobsen
Mail Law Ready for the House Mail Law Ready for the House
The Senate liquor shipment ban into prohibition states heads to a House vote amid wet and dry divides. Supporters say it will pass, opponents warn of enforcement trouble and backlash against prohibition. Debate will be long as Moon and Randall clash over acceptance or modification of the proposal.
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Washington
Senate
House
Moon
Postoffice Committee
Representative Moon
Randall
California
Senate Navy Bill Ready for Action
Senate naval committee approved the naval appropriation bill raising total to about half a billion dollars by adding 128 million. It includes authority to commandeer private shipyards in national peril, and trims emergency construction to 115 million with 35 million for submarines, plus coast and fleet submersibles, and other noted increases.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
House
Senate
Poindexter
Pacific
Naval Academy
Philippines
Ideal Family Laundry Files For Incorporation In Quincy
Quincy firm announces filing of an incorporation application in Springfield on February 21. Ideal Family Laundry of Quincy seeks incorporation with capital stock of 5000 dollars. Incorporators named are Sarah F P Ryan Mary Hageman and William H L Ryan.
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Quincy Firm Incorporated
Springfield
Ideal Familty Laundry
Quincy
Capital Stock
Sarah FP. Ryan
Mary Hageman
William H. L. Ryan
Seed tubers sold amid hunger protests and food price rise
In Chicago and New York hunger protests coincided with higher food costs as federal food problem probes open soon in Chicago led by U S District Attorney Clyne and Frank Dailey. Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association President T P Miller warned no relief yet, prices to climb further. Colorado potato stocks limited to 750 cars, Chicago wholesale potato prices at 12 cents a pound, onions scarce, beans spiking, cabbage reaching high levels.
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Chicago
New York
United States
Clyne
Washington
Frank Dailey
Department of Justice
T. P. Miller
Fruit and Vegetable Growers Asociation
Colorado
Miller
Wilson's Tribute to Dead General
President Wilson wrote to Mrs Funston on February 21 expressing sympathy for her loss of Major General Frederick Funston. He lauded the officer's gallantry, patriotism and loyal devotion, noting his ability to handle delicate situations with discretion and success.
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Washington
Wilson
Frederick Funston
Women as Solicitors Read in House of Lords
London February 21 measures to permit women to practice as solicitors received its first reading in the House of Lords. The bill was introduced by Baron Buckmaster of Cheddington.
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London
House of Lords
Baron Buckmaster
Cheddington
Denial on Flag at Brussels American Legation
The Overseas News agency reports that Brand Whitlock did not discuss hauling down the American flag with German officials. The Belgian relief work will continue, and the flag on the American minister’s building was never lowered. Whitlock only spoke with the Spanish minister, who said he could fly the flag while continuing relief work.
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Erlin
Sayville
Brussels
Brand Whitlock
Belgian Relief Commission
Anl
Whitlock
One Ship Lost In Every 100 Says London
The British embassy issued no statement confirming Germanys claim of ruthless murder at sea. It noted German reports that only less than one ship in every hundred entering or leaving British ports from February 1 to February 14 was sunk, despite high submarine activity. Arrivals and departures totaled 4 777 and 4 614 respectively, with neutral and allied ships included and fishing vessels excluded.
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Washington
Germany
Psesages
Gersinnis
United Kingdom
France
Britain
Military Bills Sent to Present Congress
Secretary Baker said the army general staff universal military service and training bill likely will be sent to Congress in the current session. The plan envisions a year's training for boys starting at age 18, aiming to bring about half a million men into service annually.
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Washington
Army General Staff
Congress
Baker
Department
Submarine War Not Bluff Says Lord Cecil
London reports Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, says the German submarine campaign targets western waters but will not halt sea traffic. He notes little effect on British supplies yet more interference with neutral trade and outlines exam procedures at British ports like Halifax for neutral ships not trading for the enemy. A new proclamation set to govern neutral vessel behavior is to be issued.
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London
Western Atlantic
North Sea
Mediterranean
Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Scandinavia
Holland
America
United Kingdom
Halifax
Germany
Rotterdam
Food Riot and Mob Roil New York Prices
A citywide food crisis sparked clashes between police and housewives at city hall and tenement districts as prices surged. Commissioner Hartigan urged a federal food control body while noting abnormal exports and low production. Peddlers halted work amid standoffs over onions and potatoes. the Mothers' Vigilance League pressed to keep children from school until prices fall. Sugar supplies are ample says Earl Babst, with large sales at low prices.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
Congress
Food Control Commission
United States
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Tiwag
Upper East Side
City Hall
Ida Harris
Mothers’ Vigilance League
Schoors
Earl D. Babst
The
American Sugar Refining Company
Funston Buried in San Antonio Then Placed in the Alamo
Major General Frederick Funston died suddenly in San Antonio on Monday night. His body was moved to San Francisco for burial after brief services at Fort Sam Houston and a train trip with Capt. Fitzhugh Lee and a six man guard. A military funeral in San Antonio featured regulars, national guardsmen, and thousands of civilians, with the body placed inside the Alamo for the first time in history.
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San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
San Francisco
Fort Sam Houston
Southern Pacific
West
Fitzhugh Lee
Funston
Alamo
Texas
Camp Wilson
19Th Infantry
Congress Takes Up Revenue Bill and Naval Submarine Plan
Senate discussed an administration revenue bill while the Naval committee completed a plan to add 40 submarines to the building program. Bills to establish government control in the Danish West Indies were noted. Recesses occurred in both chambers with votes planned for Wednesday on liquor shipping and other Senate amendments to the annual post office bill.
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Senate
Naval Committee
Danish West Indies
House
Teuke Lee
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