France Near Pact Before Marne Fight
Paris reports claim a pre Marne peace plan would have ceded Briey Nancy Lorraine Madagascar and Morecca with indemnity. Joffre Poincaré opposed it causing Messimy resignation and a national defense ministry formation. German proposals offered Alsace Lorraine with minor north zone. Allies signed no separate peace.
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Paris
Eoverdineeut Canssis
Democrate Delamont
France
Germany
Briey
Nancy
Prench Lorraine
Madagascar
Morecca
Joffre
Poincare
Adolphe Messimy
National Defense
Maine
Alluex
Alsace
Lorraine
Strasshure
Calais
Dunkirk
Belgium
Caillaux
Brazil
Berlin
Hirsh
Social Democratic Party
Batere
Ship Debate Strain Forces Penrose Out
Washington February 10 The ship bill fight in the Senate stretched into a 46 hour session with both sides exhausted Penrose had to be treated by a physician for high fever while Townsend spoke and others collapsed under strain The effort to recommit the bill with instructions and return to the Senate continued as administration leaders sought a way to push the measure forward with discussions among Wilson Underwood and Kitchin and a claim that Kuhn Loeb bankers favored passage of the bill.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Townsend
Sherman
Tam
Penrose
Twilee
Kern
Fletcher
Underwood
Kitchin
Kuhn-Loeb Company
New York
Bank looter ends fight will serve prison
Memphis Feb 10 C Hunter Raine former Mercantile bank president who looted 1 056 000 closed the doors a year ago yesterday gave up his fight for liberty His attorney said the defense would plead guilty and accept the D A recommendation Five year federal term possible Raine indicted for conspiracy to use the mails to defraud Sentence to be imposed Wednesday Raine to Atlanta immediately.
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Memphis
C. Hunter Raine
Mercantile Bank
Raine
United States Court
United States
Fisher
Atlanta
Clergyman and housekeeper murdered in New Britain
A double murder in New Britain Connecticut targets Rev Joseph Zebria and his housekeeper Miss Iva Gilman. Both victims show bullet wounds and ropes about their necks. Gilman was found in a locked attic room with a broken key. Zebria lay on the study floor amid a ransacked rectory after threatening letters demanding money.
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New Britain
Conn
Jesterday
Joseph Zebria
Mise Iva Gilman
St. Andrew's Lithunian Church
Mise Gilman
Father Zebris
Wilson Blamed for Freight Rate Rise Clash
Washington Feb 10 Representative Good Iowa Republican stirred the house by accusing President Wilson of pressuring the interstate commerce commission to grant freight rate increases. Youse and Gerdes defended the president amid the debate.
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Washington
Representative Good
Iowa
House
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yous
Gerdos
Unprecedented Gallant Fight In Galicia
German assaults on a Galician hill faced heavy artillery and bayonet counterattacks with several changes of possession. Petrograd notes tens of thousands of German losses and warns of further battles as snow hampers operations in the Carpathians. A Russian victory was claimed in Poland while Berlin and Paris report no major fighting in France. A German foreign office memorandum retraces neutrality warnings for war zone ships and US diplomatic expectations.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Galicia
Warsaw
Poland
Mrs Dunne in Hospital Rest Cure in Milwaukee
Mrs Edward F Dunne wife of Illinois governor is at Sacred Heart Sanitarium Milwaukee taking a rest cure. She will return to Springfield in a week after social duties strained last winter. Governor Dunne's Milwaukee visit over Sunday sparked the news of her being in the city.
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Milwaukee
Edward F. Dunne
Chicago
Illinois
Sacred Heart Canitarium
Springfield
Dunne
City
British plan to have US wardens for POWs in Germany
London reports Britain and the United States will appoint US quartermasters and paymasters in the American army to act as neutral wardens for British prisoners of war held in Germany. The scheme is delayed while Germany reviews the proposal.
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London
United States
Germany
Graham Lift for Speaker Noted Today
Springfield, Feb 10 The house held three more unsuccessful ballots with Democrats backing William Graham a Republican from Aledo amid a wets compromise bid. After scrutiny of his record the wets refused to support him in the speaker race.
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Graham
Springfield
House
William Graham
Aledo
Wets
Neutral Flag Averted Torpedo Threat On Belgian Relief Ship
Captain G. G. Green of the steamer Batiscan recounts a near torpedo incident while delivering relief cargo for Belgium. The ship, flying the neutral Commission for Relief in Belgium flag, was halted by submarines but allowed to proceed after declaring its home port Liverpool.
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New York
G. G. Green
Batiscan
Rotterdam
Belgium
Commission For
United States
Liverpool
Wireless telephone tested on moving trains in New York area
The first successful wireless telephone tests from a moving train occurred Sunday near New York. Messages spoke clearly over 26 miles from Lounsberry to Binghamton, suggesting service for passengers to contact cities along rail lines. A prior test linked fixed stations to moving trains. Also reported: a fatal bubonic plague case in Havana, Cuba as notified to the U.S. Surgeon General.
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New York
Lounsberry
Binghamton
N. Y
Cuba
Washington
Havana
Blue
The
Public Health Service
Weather forecast for Rock Island area
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures above freezing. 7 am temps show 20 degrees, high yesterday 34 and low 28. Wind at 7 am is 7 mph, no precipitation. Humidity 76 percent at 7 pm and 70 at 7 am, water stage 4-2 with a 0.2 drop in 24 hours. Astronomical events include Mars Saturn Mercury Jupiter visibility. Venus in conjunction near moon at 11:43 a.m.
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Jupiter
Venus
Terrifying Carpathian Battle Drives Germans Back in Snow
Russian reports describe a ferocious Carpathian battle near Baligrad south of Sanok where German forces suffered heavy losses after multiple assaults. A Russian officer counted 1000 German dead as the fight raged with hand to hand combat and fierce artillery exchanges.
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Petrograd
Carpathian Mountains
Baligrad
Sanok
Garcia
Carpathians
Carpathian
Bzura
Vistula
Lieutentant Maritz Reported Executed for Treason
Feb 10 report says Lieuten ant Maritz a Boer officer with German support in Southwest Africa was executed by Germans for treason. No official confirmation.
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Maritz
Africa
Mine Boss Dies in Peoria Coal Mine Blast
Niles Miller of Pekin was killed and William Swardenski badly injured when a Sudbury Coal company mine in South Bartonville exploded last night. Rescuers cannot enter the shaft while physicians rush to the scene. About 60 night workers were inside and are believed to have escaped.
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Niles Miller
Pekin
Peoria
Collier Coal Company
South Bartonville
Pekin, Ju
William Swardenski
Swardenski
American Embassy Party Faces Disruptive Heckler in Berlin
In Berlin on February 10, during a theatre visit by Ambassador Gerard and a U.S. embassy party, a man in the audience launched a violent tirade against the United States over arms export policy. He was restrained by others.
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Berlin
Gerard
United States
Count Boni Castellane Loses Annulment Case in Rome
Paris report says the Rota tribunal rejected Count Boni Castellane’s suit to annul his marriage to Anna Gould, now duchess of Talleyrand. A successful annulment would have allowed a remarriage and custody of their three children remained with Anna after her 1906 Paris divorce.
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Paris
Rota
Boni Castellane
Anna Gould
Duchess of
Tallyrand
Rome
Count Bont
Helie de Sagen
Duchess of Talleyrand
Expert Talks On Selling Of Grain
Mason City Iowa Feb 1 Farmers Grain Dealers association of Iowa heard W H Kerr of the federal markets office discuss cooperative grain selling. He urged producer owned organizations for efficiency and noted plans for uniform accounting and audited books. He outlined future studies on cash and future prices hedging and methods to finance cooperatives.
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Mason City
Iowa
Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association of Iowa
W. H. Kerr
Office of Markets and Rural Organization
Federal Department of Agriculture
Kerr
Girl Dies After Dancing At Party In Hammond
In Hammond Indiana on February 10 a teen aged girl Gertrude Krueger 18 was found dead in her bed after a party She had danced every dance but felt queer The coroner ruled heart failure brought on by excessive dancing as the cause of death
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Hammond
Ind
William Krueger
Gertrude
Girl of 10 Kills Herself by Fire After Mother's Death
In Bedford Indiana on February 10 Lucille Coglazier aged 10 set her clothing on fire and died grief over her mother's death. In Urbana Illinois Homer M Harper an Illinois University freshman woke after a medical scare at Burnham hospital. Rochester Mayo brothers plan a Mississippi river pleasure trip stopping at Cairo Illinois. Big Four railroad station at Panville was robbed.
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Urbana
Nathaniel Hay
University of Illinois
Springfield
Bedford
Ind
Lucille Colglazier
Duquain
Mayo Brothers
Rochester Minn
Mississippi River
Ohio
Tennessee
Ilinois
Cairo
Flag floats on Cunarder through day docked at New York
Passengers aboard the British steamer Orduna of the Cunard line report the ship hoisted the American flag for nearly 24 hours on January 31 while crossing the Irish Sea. The flag was raised after leaving Liverpool and not lowered until early February, with delays blamed on German submarines.
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New York
Cunard Line
England
Irish Sea
Liverpool
Taylor
Ander
London
Geneva
the Express
Friedrichshafen
Denmark
Paris
Tenedos
Thrace
Adrianople
Delay Davis recount in congressional election case
Chicago officials postponed indefinitely a recount of votes for congressman at large William Williams and J McCan Davis after Davis petitioned to open ballot boxes. Williams said he would consult Congress about recount procedure and report back to the board. Davis agreed to await federal guidance before resuming.
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Chicago
William Elza Williams
J. McCan Davis
Davis
Williams
Congressman Williams
Washington
Mr. Davis
Attack Drives Arizona Assembly to Adjourn
The Arizona legislature adjourned for two days after a new smallpox death, W B Lanier, reading clerk of the house, was killed by the contagion. Gov Hunt and many state officers were exposed and vaccinated as chambers were fumigated to halt the outbreak.
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Phoenix
Ariz
House
Senate
W. B. Lanier
Reading
Hunt
Samuel Brisco
New York 400 Families Pawn Heirlooms in 1914
New York reports that more than 560000 articles were pawned last year, many from the citys proud four hundred families. Mayor Mitchel heard the figures as pawnshops protested an ordinance requiring daily reports and then vetoed the measure. Bread price in New York rose to six cents with increases also for rolls pies and cakes.
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New York
Mitchel
Kansas Consideres Law Targeting Female Deceits
Topeka Kansas February 10 A bill by Representative McGinnis would make women under 45 who wear ear jewelry or use cosmetics to create a false impression guilty of a misdemeanor. If enacted the law would impose fines upon conviction.
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Topeks
Kan
Kansas
McGinnnis
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