New German Warsaw Drive Reported With Little Gain
London reports Von Hindenburg's fresh offensive at Warsaw has yielded limited success. German claims note Russian counterattacks repulsed north of the Vistula while south of the river fighting at Bolimow and Wolasseye Lowiezka continues. More than four thousand prisoners and six machine guns taken as battles persist.
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London
von Hindenburg
Warsaw
Poland
Vistula
German War Office
Bolimow
Humin
Petrograd
Borfimow
Goumine
Carpathians
Dekla Pass
San
Mountasy Range
Jusiska
Uszok Pass
Mth
Heriin
Lisfeo
President Invited to Chicago Citizenship Celebration
President Wilson was invited by Judge Goodwin of the Illinois superior court to address the second annual new citizens allegiance celebration in Chicago on February 21. An expected audience of 16,000 newly admitted citizens will attend. The president took the invitation under advisement.
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Washington, D. C
Wison
Goodwin
Illinois Superior Court
Chicago
Russian girl enlists as a man in 19 battles
Moscow reports Olga Krasotkott, a 19 year old woman, arrived wounded at the front and identified as a man after taking part in 19 battles in Poland. She enlisted under a male name and her deception has just been uncovered.
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Moscow
Olga Kras- Otkott
Poland
Extradition sought in bridge wrecker case
Vanceboro Maine Feb 3 Werner Van Horn arrested after attempting to blow the Canadian enac t railway bridge between this town and St Croix He awaits immigration clearance as no formal charge is filed Van Horn claims German army service and expects Canada extradition via Washington authorities He appealed to the German ambassador asking protection from extradition and denies Canadian soil involvement
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Vanceboro
Maine
Werner van Horn
St. Croix
van Horn
Washington
State Department
Canada
Trust suits against major lines dismissed in war's dissolution
New York, Feb. 3. Government anti trust actions against the Prince, Hamburg America, Lamport and Holt and others charging restraint of trade in freight and passenger business between American ports and Brazil were dismissed. The suit, filed two years ago, ends against the Prince line and co defendants including a British and two German lines as Judge Lacombe says the combination has effectively dissolved due to the European war.
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New York
Prince
Hamburg-American
Lamport and
Holt
American
Brazil
American Asiatic Steamship Company
Asiatic
Prince Line
Lacombe
Flood Disrupts Jobs and Forcibly Evacuates in Ohio Valley
In Wheeling West Virginia thirty thousand men in factories along the Ohio River are temporarily unemployed as flooding swamps Wheeler Island and forces about 2,000 residents from their homes. Schools are closed. Nearby Evansville Indiana reports the Ohio River rising past flood stage.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Obio
Liverpool
Ohio
Wheeling Island
Evansville
Ind
Joliet Women Win Commission Form in City Victory
Joliet Illinois February 3 women voters secured the commission form by a 407 ballot margin. Yes 2 948 women 2 508 total 5 456. No 6 123 women 1 926 total 5 049. Total women voting 4 434. Opposition from anti prohibition groups and rumors of kings ruling the city noted.
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Joliet
Commission
United Societies
Weather outlook with rain or snow and rising winds
Unsettled weather tonight and Thursday with likely rain or snow and warmer conditions. Southerly winds strengthen with tonight’s low near freezing. Taunton readings show 21 degrees, yesterday’s high 25 and last night’s low 20, wind 4 mph at 7 am, precipitation 0.01 inch, humidity around 92 percent at 7 pm and 96 percent at 7 am, versus water vapor 3.6. Evening stars Jupiter Saturn, morning stars Venus Mars. meteors possible tonight.
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Ta Um
J.M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
Mars
Slingsby Son Awarded Estate in Probate Battle
In London the probate court ruled that the son of Charles R Slingsby is the legitimate heir to 500000 dollars in baronial Yorkshire property. The case, before the court two years, involves a younger brother contesting the heirship claiming the child is not legitimate.
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London
Charles R. Slingsby
Slingsby
Yorkshire
San Francisco
Leutenant
Illinois Central Orders $1.5 Million Locomotives
Chicago reports show Illinois Central awarding Lima Locomotive a 50 engine order worth 1.509 million dollars in the Mikado type. Rail directors note January awards and expect more February contracts as cash reserves rise and rate hikes ease tension.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Lima Locomotive Corporation
Sinois Central
McDonald Bill Reported In House Action
Washington Feb 3 Representative McDonald's bill to create a national employment bureau was favorably reported to the house. Champaign Illinois Central Minors farmers selling stock due to embargo on out of state movement.
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McDonald
Washington, D. C
National
House
Champaign
War on Germany Hits Uncle Sam
Bern hard Dernburg former colonial st Paul Minn Feb 3 a secretary of the German empire argued that stopping German trade with the United States through Britain's sea control means war with Germany is war against the United States He cited Germanys resources and trade with the United States including 2 150 000 bales of cotton and copper purchases and discussed the effect on neutral nations He warned that halting German sea competition would cost the United States about 500 000 000 and criticized Britain's approach to contraband in wartime
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Bernhard Dernburg
St. Paul, Minn
German Empire
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Dernburg
California
Department of Commerce
Deadlock in Illinois House as vote for speaker stalls
Springfield Feb 3 Little hope for election of a speaker this week was expressed as the house reconvened to resume balloting. Two roll calls, the 47th and 45th, produced no choice, continuing the deadlock in the chamber.
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Springfield
Iil
House
Kaiserhof Hotel Fire Saves Guests Amid Two Floors Damaged
Chicago February 3 A fire ripped through the Kaiserhof hotel in the loop two upper floors burned while Mary Murphy a switchboard operator stayed at her post and alerted rooms Gompers and five labor leaders had just begun a conference on the sixth floor The blaze confined to two floors with $20000 damage Workmen burned to death in a separate Mayburg forest fire at the Tl onesta Chemical sleeping house killing nine and injuring six with gas heated frames and a possible mains explosion
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Chicago
Kaiserhof
Loop District
Victoria
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mary Murphy
Gompers
Kane
Tlonesta Chemical Company
Mayburg
Forest County
Dernburg Warns on War Effects and Neutral Trade
Dr. Dernburg argues that Britain’s blockade and naval reach will drive neutral states into self sufficiency, harming the US economy and prolonging wartime effects. He blames Great Britain for war responsibility while claiming Germany did not seek conflict. The speech emphasizes supply disruption, unemployment, and the push toward domestic production to replace imports.
Bank president pleads guilty under Mann Act in federal case
Crump, bank president of W. Oklahoma, pleaded guilty in federal court to violating the Mann Act. He was sentenced to one year and one day in Leavenworth. He admitted transporting Ollie Cobb, then 17, from Wynnewood to Colorado in 1913. He began serving the sentence last night.
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Muskogee, Okio
Crump
W. Okla
United States Penitentiary
Leavenworth
Kan
Ollie Cobb
Wynnewood
Colorado
Wheat Prices In Another Flurry
Chicago on February 3 saw wheat prices swing after peace rumors. May futures fell to 1.57 from yesterday’s 1.65 before rebounding briefly to 1.652 and then slipping to 1.46 as traders weighed Dardanelles tensions and a light trading day.
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Chicago
Dardanelles
Zapata Forces Weaken In Tacubaya Fight Near Castle
Severe fighting raged Tuesday in Tacubaya near Chapultepec castle and Xochimolco as Zapata forces reportedly suffered heavy losses and fled. Eleven officers and 73 men killed. constitutionalist losses said insignificant. City food shortage prompts Chamber of Commerce fundraising toward provisions. General Urbina captured San Luis Potosi and led a Villa force toward Tampico. Urbina about 6000 troops. All Mexico City newspaper offices closed by government order. Zapata controls water supply and outskirts. Carranza rail line pledged relief.
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Mexico City
Mex
Tacubaya
Chapultepec
Xochimolco
Emiliano
Washington
General Villa
Tomas Urbina
San Luis Potost
Urbina
Villa
Tampico
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
State Department
Zapata
Quarantine S proposed to fight foot and mouth disease
Kansas City February report shows Missouri Valley Veterinary Association meeting urging home quarantine of stock and people on infected farms. Farmers urged to avoid feed from affected districts as about five hundred veterinarians from Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska and South Dakota attend. Dr K J Stouders of Ames Iowa blamed states for hog cholera spread.
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Kansas City
Missouri Valley Veterinary Association
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
K. J. Stouders
Ames
Towa
Break into New Mexico armory sparks border alert
El Paso reports the New Mexico National Guard armory at Silver City was broken into between Saturday night and last night. Mexicans are believed to have stolen thirty rifles and 5,000 rounds of ammunition, with the arms possibly destined for Mexico. Brigadier General Pershing telegraphed the border guard to increase vigilance to keep weapons from crossing the border.
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el Paso
Texas
John J. Pershing
New Mexico National Guard
Silver City
N. M
Mexico
Pershing
United States Border Guard
Wedding to Darnell Hinges on His New Job
Ruth Soper, Minnesota girl who lived with Rev. James Morrison Darnell Jr at Kenosha and bore him a son, demands proof of support before marriage. Attorney Richard J. Cooney said the minister has a good salary offer as an automobile salesman. if accepted, the wedding would occur.
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Chicago
Lil
Ruth Soper
Minnesota
James Morrison Darnell Jr
Kenosha
Richard J. Cooney
Darnell
Plan leaves bolters out of ship bill rescue
Washington notes reveal senate Democrats aim to win enough Republican support by amending the ship purchase bill to bar leases of ships to private corporations for more than 12 months and to prevent buying belligerent ships. Senator Stone warns of cloture if obstruction continues as Wilson defends policy and the Chamber of Commerce meets in D C. London press backs Wilson on the ship bill.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Commerce Committee
United States
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Jackson Day
Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Bryan
National Grange
National Dairy Association
Farmers’ Alliance
National Rural Credit A League
White House
London
Great Britain
Daily News
Congress
Railways Seek Higher Passenger Rates in Illinois Hearing
Presidents and officials of 14 railroads told Governor Dupne and the utilities commission members that passenger fares should rise from two to two and a half cents. The hearing opened a campaign by transport companies to secure legislation allowing increased passenger revenue in the Midwest.
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Springfield
Dupne
The
Utilities Commission
Illnois
Transportatiion
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