Russians Near Rizeh As Turks Retreat Along Black Sea
From Petrograd dispatches the Turks retreat toward Trebizond as Russian forces advance along the Black Sea coast within nine days of Trebizond. Turkish detachments from Izmir rush toward Rizeh while Russians seek to sever their coastal route. A German train carrying guns to Novo Alexandrovesk is said to have been blown up, with about 100 soldiers killed or wounded.
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London
Petrograd
Urks
Trebind
Anine
Iseh
Izerum
Rizech
Trebizond
Rks
Khart
Bagdad
Y of Diarbekir
Novo Alexandrovesksition
German press notes Italian fleet arrival in the Mediterranean
London reports German papers publish details from Italy claiming a large Italian fleet has reached the Mediterranean aboard ships with a significant number of aircraft. The dispatch notes the event as shaping naval positions in February.
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Popenahgen
London
Ciscles
Italy
Ural Schools Are Menace To Health
Detroit, Mich February 23 The conference of educators allied with the National Education association discussed rural schools and child welfare methods. Several speakers called the ordinary at school a menace to health while other educators argued for better pathways from country grade schools to advanced institutions. The debate covered whether first mental training comes from parents or teachers, with many viewpoints presented.
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Etroit
Mich
National Edition Association
Address by Gen Wood before Peoria club in Illinois
Major General Wood urged rapid expansion of training camps for college and rushed in an address to the Crewe Club banquet honoring George Washington's birthday in Peoria. Other speakers included Dud Field Malone and Henry D Esta ck of New York City. A drop a dead incident is reported in Des Moines.
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Eoria
Ill
Mard Wood
U.S. A
Crewe
George Washington
Dud Field Malone
Henry D. Estack
New York City
Wood
Italians Capture Regions and French Hold Line Battle News
London dispatch reports Italian forces seizing Callo region in Sugara valley and towns Roncegno Ronchi after weeks of bombardment. German attacks push into French trenches near Souchez and Meuse, with heavy casualties as French counterattacks reclaim most positions. Russians continue pressure on Turks in Armenia while Constantinople disputes Erzerum reverses and denial of large captures.
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London
Callo
Sugara
Roncegno
Ronchi
Artois
France
Champagne
Meuse
Dun
Souchez
Paris
Brabant-Sur-Meuse
Armenia
Constantinople
Erzerum
Erezerum
Governor Dunne Urges Bigger Standing Army
Illinois Governor E P Dunne called for a raised standing army by at least 50 000 regular troops and 500 000 citizen soldiers in a preparedness speech after a George Washington birthday parade in Chicago He urged navy expansion and a national weapons factory while supporting $1 per drill day for National Guard members and advocating arbitration yet warning of vulnerability to foreign attack.
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Dunne
Chicago
Gov. E. P. Dunne
Illinois
George Washington
Buard
Gov. Dunne
Consul Ordered to Haul Down Flag at Corfu
The Austro Hungarian consul on Corfu escaped to report that French troops landed Jan 10 and demanded the flag be hauled down. The consul refused, and the flag was forcibly lowered. French troops then hoisted their flag on Achillion castle, sawed off the mast after spotting the German crown, and searched grounds for benzine with no finds.
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Berlin
Sayville
Corfu
Achillion Castle
William
Butchers Plan Extension of Strike in Sioux City Plants
About 300 workers at Cudahy and Armour packing plants held a mass meeting Tuesday night to discuss extending the strike to all departments. Some 100 Cudahy plant workers struck Tuesday morning seeking a graduated wage scale up to 30 cents an hour, while common laborers across both plants demand a raise to 12 to 14 cents.
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Sioux City
Peh
Cudahy and
Armeonur Packing Plants
Cudahy
Nine Lives Lost in Collision at New Haven Line
Milford Conn Feb 23 Disregard of a cautionary signal caused a rear end collision on the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad near Milford. Nine killed and about fifty injured as a local train at forty miles an hour rammed the stalled Greenfield Express. Victims include W R Curtis engineer and Edward McGinnis fireman. Yale and Sons of the American Revolution members among the injured. Rail officials expect difficulty fixing blame due to four killed witnesses.
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Conn
New York, New Haven and Hartford
Here
Charles C. Elwell
Connecticut Public Utilities Commission
Elwell
Greenfield
Connecticut
George J. Tourtellette
Yale
New York
New Haven
Sons of the American Revolution
Bridgeport
Express
Local
Senussi advance through Egypt reported by wireless
Berlin dispatches from Sayville via Overseas News agency say Senussi tribesmen move west toward the Nile valley with several Arab groups joining. They report takings of Siva Sollum and Said Rerad as natives refuse aid. In the Sudan a British official seeks native help which is declined. A German submarine sighting and torpedoing in Egyptian waters adds alarm. Danville trial opens with William Higginson the state's key witness in the Big Yohn Murphy case.
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Berlin
Sayville
Egypt
Nile Valley
Constantinople
Siva
Sollum
Said Rerad
Sudan
Danville
Panville
William Higginson
Champaign
Yohn” Merrphy
Milton Armstrong
Dowie
George
Danville OKs bond for municipal electric lighting plant
Danville city council approved an ordinance to issue bonds for establishing and maintaining a municipal electric lighting plant. The measure will appear on the city election ballot for voter decision.
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Ity Light
Danville
Danville, Ill
LaFollette declares 1916 presidential bid in Wisconsin
Madison dispatch reports Senator LaFollette announcing his candidacy for the Republican nomination at Chicago in June 1916. He supports an arms embargo, government use of standing armies for social service, neutral nation talks for peace, and a conference to end hostilities. He criticizes the water power bill and Navy League propaganda.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Chicago
Union
Senate
Navy League
United States
Beresford Attacks Blockade As Inadequate War Tactics
Lord Charles Beresford, new baron, denounces the blockade in the Lords. He says the war is being run by amateurs and proclaims that victories come from fighting not proclamations. Baron Sydenham and Lansdowne respond on sealing Germany and the need for proper strategy.
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London
Lord Charles Beresford
George
House of Lords
Baron Sydenham
Baron Beresford
Beresford
Coalition
Marquis of Lansdowne
Germany
France legalizes tax on war profits in parliament
Paris February twenty third. The chamber of deputies passed a bill taxing profits from the war. The tax remains in effect a year after hostilities end and applies to those who profited from the war, with no exemption for regular war supply suppliers.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Zeppelin Destruction Over France After Incendiary Shell Hit
A French anti aircraft gun near Ravigny fired on Zeppelin LZ-77 at 8:30 to 8:45 am, igniting the right side of the airship as it descended from about 6000 feet toward Brancant Le Roi. Twenty to thirty bodies were found among the debris. a second Zeppelin fled after witnessing the destruction.
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Paris
Brancant-Le-Roi
Havas
Bar-Le-Duc
Ravigny
Boston Objectors Fail to Appear
Washington February 23 Attorneys for Boston Protestants opposing Brandeis confirmation did not appear as senate sub committee continued its inquiry. Hearing adjourned to Wednesday. Austen G Fox said he would supply a summary of charges and a witness list.
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Washington
Boston
Louis D. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Senate
Austen G. Fox
McCoid Arrested on Criminal Libel Charge in Illinois
Arthur B. McCoid head of Chicago Peoria citizens committees was arrested on criminal libel charges after a Peoria alderman accused him of defamatory remarks. The alleged libel stemmed from a speech attributed to McCord saying Bush did not represent the people but the saloon interests in Peoria's city council.
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Chicago
Arthur B. McCoid
Citizens’ Committees of
Chicago and
Peoria
Frank Bush
McCoid
McCord
Bush
Endorse Sherman in the eighteenth district meeting
In Danville February 23, Republican district committeemen adopted resolutions endorsing Senator L. Y. Sherman for president. Delegates John Harrison and Thomas G. Vernum were named, with D. W. R Rhodes and W. Drueht as alternates to the national convention. Charles P. Hitch named state central committeeman and H. Reuhl as presidential elector.
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Danville
Itt
L. Y. Sherman
Republican Congressional Committee
Eighteenth District
John Harrison
Thomas G. Vernum
Watseka
D. W. R Rhodes
Toledo
W. Drueht
Westfield
Charles P. Hitch
Paris
H . Reuhl
Kankakee
Emperor Nicholas at Duma Opening
Petrograd reports the Emperor Nicholas attended the Duma opening as a landmark event. The press hails it as signaling a shift toward unity and focus on waging war to a successful conclusion, reflecting government and public resolve.
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Emperor Nicholas
Duma
Petrograd
London
Nicholas
Russia
Kaugeries Founder Dead
New York February 23 David Alive Gorton founder of the Eugenic Society of America died suddenly at his Brooklyn home Tuesday at the age of 33 years.
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Kaugeries
New York
Fed
David Alive Gorton
The
Eugenic Society of America
Brooklyn
Wadsworth cites waste in military spending and ammo shortages
Senator Wadsworth, speaking at the Union League Club in Chicago on preparedness, warned about immense waste of money in U S defense. He noted coast defenses had ample guns but insufficient ammunition to fire for 45 minutes, contrasting Panama where ammo would last about an hour and 45 minutes.
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Chicago
Wadsworth
Union League Club
United States
Panama
Francis Ready to Take Russian Ambassadorship
Secretary of the interior David R. Francis told President Wilson he would accept the ambassadorial post to Russia to succeed George T. Marye. Francis, a former Missouri governor, met with Senator Reed and will confer with Secretary Lansing. The Petrograd mission is seen as crucial amid war and Russian detention camps holding German and Austro-Hungarian prisoners. Francis had previously declined Argentina due to business duties.
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David RB. Francis
Interior
Cleveland
Missouri
Wilson
Russia
George T. Marye
Senate
Francis
Reed
Lansing
State Department
Petrograd
Argentina
Political circles stirred by charge in Chicago
Chicago on February 23 reports allege that Mrs. Page Walter Eaton paid part of her semimonthly salary to her superior Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe for the relief of Mrs. Margaret E. Nivelaz, widowed sister of the mayor’s wife. Eaton claims she faced dictation from Fred Lundin and threats of consequences if she spoke against aldermen.
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Chicago
Page Walter Eaton
Bureau of Social Surveys
Louise Osborne Rowe
Margaret E. Nivelaz
Wiliam Hale Thompson
Eaton
Fred Lundin
Thompson
Rowe
Lundin
Nine Injured In Boat Explosion At Brooklyn Dock
Nine men were injured when a small gas blow tank exploded in the hold of the British tramp ship Stor mount, undergoing repairs in a Brooklyn dry dock. All but one were hospitalized with burns. the vessel sustained no damage. The tank was used for riveting. The ship is owned by Montreal Transportation Company Limited of Montreal.
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New York
Brooklyn
Montreal Transportation Company, Limited
Montreal
Congress observes Washington farewell ritual and naval hearing
Day in Congress met at noon with Senator Johnson of Maine reading Gen Washingtons farewell address and Representative Baker of California following. Rear Admiral Radger testified before the naval affairs committee as the appropriation subcommittee prepared a report on sensitive executive and judicial bills. The session resumed discussion on the postoffice appropriation before ad journed at 4 55 pm.
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Senator Johnson
Maine
Gen Washington
Baker
California
Gen. Washington
Radger
Naval Affairs Committee
Wanted Navy in Second Place
Washington February 23 The Navy General Board outlined in 1903 a policy to keep the United States ahead of Germany in naval power with a 48 first long battleship fleet by 1919. Admiral Chay J Badger testified that the real aim was to outrun Germany, and the board later set 1925 as the target to equal the world’s strongest fleet. He warned a fleet 40 dreadnaughts 15 battle cruisers 25 fast craft 200 submarines and 250 destroyers would be needed to match Britain, a program he did not advocate. He said the current U S fleet ranks third in fighting power, with France fourth. The hearing did not record or expand the 1903 policy.
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Washington
Navy General Board
House Naval Committee
United States
Germany
Chay. J. Badger
General Board
Badger
Kelly
Admiral Badger
Great Britain
Representative Butler
Navy
Butler
Fhe
Padgett
Prance
Tanan
Ambassador Gerard Fractures Collarbone in Germany
Berlin dispatch reports American Ambassador Gerard fell while skating at Partenkirchen, injuring a left collarbone. He was taken to recovery care with naval attaché assistance and surgeon Carl Opec expected to manage treatment.
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Saystie i.Taures
Geord
Partenkirchen
Ravanaard
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