Kaiser Recall Plan To Blockade Returns To Talks
Berlin sends a note to Washington offering to drop its threat to attack British merchant ships if Britain lifts food embargoes on Germany. Germany would resume normal international law on foodstuffs once Britain agrees, while warning that armed British ships would be treated as warships. The note follows the German naval zone decree due to take effect on the 18th. Allies vow tighter anti food shipments. A Greek minister is expelled after an insult to a Greek naval attache. Japan orders expulsion of four Germans and one Englishman for disturbing order.
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Germany
Great Britain
Mar Zone
London
House of Commons
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Admiralty
Athens
Turkey
Constantinople
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Constantinopie
Legation
Japan
Yokohama
Dayton Threatens Jail Terms for Miners Chief
Direct testimony before a House subcommittee hearing in Wheeling West Virginia transcribed remarks by Federal Judge Dayton of northern West Virginia. Witness James Oates an organizer for United Mine Workers testified that Dayton spoke derisively of the union saying If I had John P White tere I would give him 12 months in jail. White presided over the United Mine Workers when the charge arose.
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W. Va
Dayton
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
House of Representatives
James Oates
John P. White
White
United Mines Workers
Oates
Austrian Fleet Bombards Astivari Port Montenegro
Austrian forces sortie from Gulf of Cattaro and begin bombardment of Astivari port. The Montenegrin royal family faced machine gun fire from two Austrian airplanes at the winter residence near Lake Scutari. King Nicholas and the queen watched from the palace windows as several aircraft shots fell nearby.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
Gulf of Cattaro
Astivari
Lake Scutari
Nicholas
Lobby Probe for Ship Bill Is New Move
Washington reports senators ordered an investigation into charges of lobbying by the shipping trust and any negotiations by administration officials to buy bel ligerent ships. The move aims to probe influences on the administration ship bill and could prolong debate toward an extra session if the president pushes the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Shipping Trust
Administration
Waukegan Pastor Ends Sleep During Service
In Waukegan Illinois yesterday Reverend J H Waterbury halted long sermons after warning sleepers to stay awake or be named from the pulpit. He shortened the sermon to 23 minutes and joked only the structural beam slept while fifteen congregants disputed being asleep. Wheat prices rose on European demand with May at 1 59 and July at 1 33 as commissions report upticks.
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Chicago
First Congregational Church
Waukegan
J. H. Waterbury
Mr. Waterbury
War Today highlights new fronts and mixed notes on US diplomacy
AP dispatch summarizes renewed fighting between Austria and Montenegro in the Carpathians and a decisive northern Poland battle as Russians advance. It notes German newspaper reaction to American notes, press contrasts on Britain’s use of neutral flags, and reports of gains in east Prussia and northern Poland with brief Western theatre claims from Paris and Berlin.
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Montenegro
Carpathians
Bukowina
Poland
Great Britain
Germany
England
British Isles
Gerard
William
London
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
United States
Montag Zeitung
America
East Prussia
Paris
Memorial Honor for Maine's Dead
Memorial services for the dead of the battleship Maine were held at Arlington Cemetery with patriotic organizations, troops, marines, and bluejackets in attendance. Cuban Minister De Cespedes and Representative Kahn of California spoke as President Wilson and the president received floral tributes.
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Washington, D. C
Maine
Arlington Cemetery
United States
de Cespedes
Kahn
California
Wilson
Ae Caph
Italy Agrees to Join War as Germany Ally Proposal
Rome reports a German proposal to Italy offering Trent cession and east frontier rectification in exchange for joining the war on Germany's side. Berlin pledges a treaty to protect Italian Mediterranean interests and Italy to seize Tunis, expel Britain from Egypt, and attack allied naval forces. Von Buelow warned Italy of harsher treatment if uncooperative.
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Prince von Buelow
Italy
Germany
Austria
Trent
Isonga
Tunis
Turkey
Egypt
Mediterranean
von Buelow
Idea National
New Yorker Wins With Royal Flush In Knoxville Poker
In Knoxville a visiting New Yorker held a pat royal straight flush on clubs against a host's nine high diamond straight flush during a quiet Saturday night draw poker game and is said to have won a big sum.
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New York
Knoxville
Tenn
Piedmont Snow Storm Records Heaviest Ever
Turin report says Piedmont snow storm is the heaviest on record with Alps wires down and telegraph poles obscured by deep snow. At the St Bernard Hospice snow depth reaches 25 feet.
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Piedmont
Turin
Alps
St. Bernard
Weather report for fair night and cool Tuesday
The forecast calls for a fair night and cooler Tuesday with a low around 20 degrees. Readings show 32 at 7 am, yesterday’s high 36, last night’s 31, wind 13 mph, no precipitation, humidity 76 at 7 pm and 73 at 7 am, water stage 6 feet up 1.6 feet in 48 hours. Astronomical notes list Mercury Mars Saturn Jupiter as evening stars and Venus as the morning star with Mercury in conjunction with the moon.
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J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Moon
Scholes Emerges As Possible House Speaker Hope
Springfield Ill Feb 15 Several dry Republican representatives who backed William Graham last week for speaker began a Scholes of Peoria boom for speaker They claim enough votes exist to nominate Scholes at caucus and win on first ballot If nominated a wet Scholes would be safer than other wets Despite opposition from the Anti Saloon League they may not back Scholes or Shanahan
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Springfield
Ill
William Graham
Robert Scholes
Peoria
Scholes
House
Antisaloon League
Shanahan
Heney Weds Campaign Manager Edna Van Winkle
Francis J. Heney famed for San Francisco graft prosecutions and later a senatorial candidate married Edna Van Winkle of San Francisco in Los Angeles on a Saturday. Van Winkle served as campaign manager for Heney during his race.
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Los Angeles
Francis J. Heney
San Francisco
United Sates
Edna van Winkle
van Winkle
Heney
Patmont Devotes Drive to Extract Confession in Fire Case
Denver Feb 15 After a 2000 mile pursuit begun in Brooklyn last month Rev Louis R Patmont Christian clergyman kidnapped in Westville Ind held 51 days tracked down a fellow minister Rev Macar Lubich in Denver and forced him to confess to burning Christ chapel Newark NJ April 10 1912 Lubich said he staged the fire for 1410 insurance and also admitted stealing Patmont s clothes in New York six years earlier Lubich arrived from Russia Lubich provided affidavit aiding Patmont s pursuit of his kidnappers Patmont plans to travel to Columbia Mo then Newark to secure affidavits and continue the search He is a polyglot veteran who once faced a death sentence for leading revolutionary efforts in Russia and vows to keep up the hunt against his captors in Minols and Detroit
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Col
Brooklys
Louis R. Patmont
Westville
Christ's Chapel
Newark
N. J
Patmont
Paitmont
Macar Lubich
Lubich
Newark Fire Insurance Company
Patment
New York
Russia
Columbia
Hig
Detroit
Toy Balloons Triggered Aeroplane Scare in Canada
Ottawa dispatch reports that the fright over an air threat was ended after investigators found remnants of two toy fire balloons launched at Morristown, North Carolina, in celebration of a decade of peaceful relations between the United States and Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Brockville
Morristown
N. C
United States
Rheims Citizens Live in Cellars Below City
New York reports German guns are under three kilometers from Rheims France and could level the city in 30 minutes, says Joseph Ringwalt who just toured the wine crowing area. He notes about 15000 residents live 59 feet underground in wine cellars that hold 70000000 bottles not exportable. He adds Rheims cathedral sustained little damage.
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New York
Rheims
France
Joseph Ringwalt
Floods Menace Italy After Earthquakes
Rome reports floods after earthquakes with rivers breaking banks and driving residents from homes. The Tiber rises over fifty feet from normal, advancing two inches per hour, threatening the Vatican quarter while St. Peter's area sees four feet eleven inches of rising water and some wall collapses. Rescue efforts include troops aiding in evacuation and relief as clearing weather offers cautious hope.
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Rome
Italy
Tiber
Vatican Quarter
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter's
St. Peters
Allies' bill for year ten billion in war costs
London reports Lloyd George explaining at a Paris conference with France and Russia that Allied expenditures will reach ten billion dollars this year. Britain is spending more than the other two, with France able to finance two to three years and Russia rich in resources yet in a different position. No joint loan was decided.
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London
France
Russia
Paris
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Witness in Becker Case Claims Forged Oath
New York and Philadelphia reports say James Marshall, key witness in the Becker murder trial, swore falsely in a sworn affidavit. John B. Joineson, a New York lawyer, states Marshall claimed he lied at Becker's second trial. Marshall was arrested briefly on a minor charge and released. his wife allegedly hinted he was a major Becker witness.
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Philadelphia
John B. Joineson
New York
James Marshall
Wienegro
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Marshall
Johnston
Jack
Rose
Charles A. Perkins
Saloons in Des Moines to close at 6 P. M. today
Des Moines, Ia., ch. 15. Mayor Hanna ordered all 86 saloons closed today at 6 p m to prevent Saturday night disturbances. The mulet law and permit terms allowed 9 o'clock closings, and liquor men said they would obey. Downtown fights and drunkenness prompted the action as crowds rushed to stock up on “wet” goods. Billy Sullivan released. Chicago, Ill. Feb. 15. William Sullivan, 14, catcher for the Chicago Americans, was unconditionally released today.
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Des Moines
Hanna
Billy Sullivan
Chicago
William Sullivan
Chicago Americans
Expulsion of Spanish Minister Deepens Mexico Crisis
Washington reports say Spain hesitates on minister expulsion from Mexico as Carranza asserts sole authority to receive diplomatic messages. The move risks alienating foreign diplomats, forcing dealings via Vera Cruz and complicating U.S. consular relations amid shifting Mexican leadership.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Mexico
Carranza
Madrid
Mexico City
Constitutionalitat
Vera Cruz
Enrique Llorente
Washington
General Villa
Guadalajara
Carnival riot wounds Americans in Panama City clash
A Canal Zone report says 23 Americans were wounded in a carnival riot in Panama City, two by gunfire. One Panamanian policeman was killed and two injured in the same incident. Brigadier General Edwards notes blame is hard to fix as he investigates.
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Washington, D. C
Edwards
Canal Zone
Panama City
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