Potatoes on Coast and Labor Strife Hit East Coast
California wholesale figures report 100000 sacks of potatoes held for higher prices as George Shima pledges shipments to ease Eastern shortages. Potatoes retail at 5.25 a hundredweight, up from 2.25 last year. In Philadelphia, strikers clash with police near Franklin sugar refinery. bricks fly and a striker is wounded. Over 100 longshoremen join the sugar strike, guarding tied-up vessels while police establish a dead line.
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San Francisco
California
C. W. Hunt
George Shima
Berkeley
Shima
Philadelphia
Franklin
Roman Wachahwick
Sion
Chicago
Griffin
New York
Eastern Railroads
Minneapolis
Belgian Relief Commission
Suffrage Grant in Two States
In Indianapolis Indiana the lower house passed a women’s suffrage bill granting presidential electors and most state offices to women, pending Gov Goodrich approval. In Augusta Maine lawmakers endorsed a September 10 special election on a constitutional amendment for women’s suffrage with Gov Milliken set to sign, pledging a vigorous campaign.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Senate
Goodrich
Maine
Augusta
House
Milliken
Maine Equal Suffrage League
The
Suffrage Referendum League
Two U boats sink thirty six ships
Berlin report says two German submarines that returned to base Feb 20 sank during operations a total of 24 steamers three sailing vessels and nine trawlers The vessels included ships of 9100 3000 3500 2200 2700 400 800 and 300 tons gross plus ore tank steamer 77700 tons and several other cargo vessels One cannon was captured.
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Berlin
Italy
Prayer Call Urges Repen tance and Prayer to Avert War
Chicago February 23 A call issued by the executive committee of the Association of German American pastors urges all churches to designate Sunday February 26 as a day of repentance and prayer to avert US involvement in war. The statement condemns arms production and asks God to hinder evil counsel and empower leadership to preserve peace.
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Hicago
United States
Association of
America
Women Withdraw From Inaugural Parade Sparks Row
Washington reports a dispute over women in the inauguration. Mrs Janes H Boggs, president of the Women’s Wilson Union, says she will withdraw all women from the parade due to a ruling on state floats. Robert N Harper, head of the committee, denies any authority for such a withdrawal and says women are wanted in the parade. The Wilson Union endorses the withdrawal claim though no official women’s division exists.
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Washington
Janes H. Boggs
Wilson Union
Robert N. Harper
Harper
Boggs
United States
Ancona
Persia
Austria
Wilson
Pomerene
Ohio
Germany
Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
Navy Department
Daniels
Roosevelt
Bennett
New York
House
Iowa Senate passes bone dry liquor bill in state
Des Moines Feb 23 The Iowa senate approved the Whitmore bone dry bill defining the place of delivery as the place of sale It would allow prosecution of railroads and other common carriers bringing liquor into the state and would bar all importation of liquor for personal use except medicine if the house concurs
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Whitmore
House
Death penalty for Luke Martin in Murray killing
In Murray Kentucky Luke Martin a Black man was convicted of killing Guthrie Duiquid a White man and sentenced to death. Governor A O Stanley had earlier quelled a Murray mob amid disorders after a January continuance. National Guardsmen protected the trial as a tense night escape and swift action followed.
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Murray
A. O. Stanley
Luke Martin
Guthrie Duiquid
Martin
Charles Bush
Kentucky National Guardsmen
National Board of Food Control Urged in New York
Joseph Hartigan calls for a national board to regulate farm labor and railroad distribution to curb prices. He doubts embargoes or price-fixing commissions solve the crisis and suggests importing labor from the Philippines. Authorities report 500 carloads of meat, poultry, and potatoes en route, while riots and boycotts surge in congested East Side districts.
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New York
National Board of Food Control
Joseph Hartigan
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Mr. Hartigan
Philippines
Hartigan
New York and
New Jersey Retailers’ Association
Mayor and Board of Estimate
East Side
Mothers’ Anti-Price League
Congress
Interstate Conmmerce Commission
Parley Prevents Clash On Border Near El Paso
Mexican and American troops faced off across the border as Juarez school children aimed to cross near the Casita Bianca, President Madera’s 1911 headquarters. After a short parley, the children and band were allowed to recross into Mexico, preventing a clash.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
White House
Madera
Second
North Carolina Infantry
Carranza
Mexico
Five Americans Lost When Swedish Vessel Sunk
A Swedish steamer named Skogland carrying five Americans was sunk by a German submarine off Spain. The crew were warned ten minutes to abandon ship and all survived, landing at Tarragona. Consul General Hurst reported the incident from Barcelona to the State Department.
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Washington
Skogland
Hurst
Barcelona
Spain
State Department
Tarragons
Senator Fletcher Bill Passes Senate On Irrigation Act
Senator Fletcher's proposal to amend the irrigation act to permit granting rights of way through public land and U S reservations for private irrigation and draining projects passed the senate Thursday night without debate.
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Washington
Fletcher
United States
Senate
Two boats sunk land the crews in war zone
Loyd's reports Swedish steamer Skogland 3264 tons sunk Sunday and British motor steamer Toewyn 1320 tons sunk by gunfire Wednesday crews landed. Central News says British steamer John Miles 686 tons sunk with four injured and two bodies landed. remaining crew missing. All passenger ships of American line believed safe from war zone. five tied up at piers. Finland may arrive soon.
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London
Skogland
Toewyn
John Miles
New York
American Line
Finland
Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Paul
Kroonland
Men Free Says Havas Dispatch From Berlin
Geneva dispatch says crews of merchant ships aboard the British steamer Yarrowdale have been released. American sailors were treated as prisoners of war only briefly as an exceptional measure after arming ships. Officials now state German ships in American ports were not seized and crews not interned.
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Paris
Geneva
Havas
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Germany
Yarrowdale
United States
Army Balloon Flies From Fort Omaha In First Flight
Omaha date February 23 The first flight of an army balloon since the division established here was made from Fort Omaha at 450 PM carrying Captain Charles D F Chandler and Lieut L C Davidson and Captain G H Bowler. It ascended and landed at Persia Iowa about 35 miles northeast of Omaha. The flight served experimental purposes.
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Omaha
Fort Omaha
Charles D. F. Chandler
L. C. Davidson
G. H. Bowler
Persia
Iowa
War Summary Shows Verdund Verdund Front Raids and Reprisals
German reports describe raiding across Belgium near Roodepoort and France east of Vermaillieres with repulses on Entente lines. Berlin also cites British advances near Armentieres repelled with 200 dead and 39 prisoners. In Galicia, Germans claim 280 Russians captured near Ziechoff, while Austro German efforts continue in the Carpathians and Macedonian front with raids. Portable weather notes in Romania report heavy snow hindering operations.
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Belgium
Roodepoort
France
Vermaillieres
Neuve Chapelle
Paris
London
Berlin
Armentieres
Verdun
Cote du Poivre
Lake Narocg
Russia
Galicia
Ziechoff
Wood Cappatina Carpathians
Petrograd
Dornavatra
Rumania
Macedonian Front
Food Crisis in Chicago Tightens as Markets Close
Chicago faces a severe food shortage with markets nearly closed and grain held in elevators. President Griffin of the Chicago Board of Trade blames car service issues and Interstate Commerce Commission delays for price spikes, supply bottlenecks, and rising costs across grain, potatoes, onions, and beans.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph P. Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
Griffin
Interstate Commerce
McChord
Car Service Commission
American Railway Association
Congress
Board of Trade
Mississippi
Missouri
Commission
Minneapolis
Commis
Signs of Murder Found by Police
Chicago police investigate an unidentified man’s murder near Hammond Indiana after discovering a dragged body with a bullet hole. A frozen blood pool, numerous footprints, cartridge shells, a damaged telephone pole and glass fragments indicate a violent struggle. A tailor’s name on a trousers button may help identify the victim.
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Chicago
Hammond
Ind
Sinn Feiners Arrested Across Ireland Under Defense Act
A group of Sinn Feiners recently released from English internment were arrested Thursday in Limerick Galway Skibbereen and Dublin under the Defense of the Realm Act. The raids targeted suspected sympathizers and disruptors in multiple cities.
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Dublin
England
Limerick
Galway
Skibbereen
Poindexter postal amendment struck in appropriation bill
Conferees on the legislative appropriation bill on February 23 threw out the Poindexter amendment. It would have covered all first and second class postmasters into the civil service.
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Washington
Gerard Reaches Madrid on London Route to U S
James W. Gerard former American ambassador at Berlin and his party arrived in Madrid on Thursday morning en route to the United States marking a stopover during their journey from London.
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Madrid
London
James W. Gerard
Berlin
United States
Suspect arrested in Cartagena linked to U-19 submarine
Spanish police detain a man calling himself Woodan claiming to be American after authorities discover a submarine tied to a boat marked U-19. Police find buoy tied crates with dynamite and gasoline on coast, tying the arrest to the alert about German U-boat activity from Sinn Fein events.
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Paris
Cartagena
Spain
Woodan
le Journal
Madrid
Woods
Agship
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Sir Roger Casement
Tralee
Daniel J. Bailey
Monteith
Funeral arrangements set for Major General Frederick Funston
San Francisco despatch reports the funeral plans for Major General Frederick Funston. The body arrives at 1 p.m. and a coast artillery battalion will escort from the station to city hall. The casket rests at the rotunda until 11 o'clock Saturday for services at First Presbyterian and burial at the Presidio National Cemetery. Los Angeles notes say the funeral train passed through Thursday with brief services by military and civic groups.
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San Francisco
Frederick Funston
Coast Artillery
First Presbyterian Church
National Cemetery
Presidio
Los Angeles
Funston
Army Bill Passed by House Amid Submarine War Tensions
The Army appropriation bill about 250 million dollars won approval in the House on a record vote. An attempt to add universal training failed. National Guard funding rose from 4 to 7 million dollars. Washington notes little move toward breaking with Austria, awaiting cabinet plans and President Wilson address to Congress.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate Military Committee
Army General Staff
Pension fund gift from Carnegie corporation confirmed
Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts announces a Carnegie Corporation grant of 2 0 7 4 4 to compensate for lost interest in the Protestant Episcopal Church clergy pension plan. The $5,000,000 reserve aims to fund pensions with actuarial principles and requires full cash and subscriptions by March 1, 1947 for immediate operation.
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New York
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Protestant Episcopal Church
Carnegie Corporation
Church
Laversnee
Tramp Boat Brings First Mail From Europe
Baltimore dispatch reports the first mail carried to Baltimore by a tramp steamer arrived aboard the Swedish ship Ocean from Gothenburg. Captain Gothard delivered the mail on Thursday amid early 1900s maritime bustle.
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Baltimore
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