Sinking and torpedoing dominate war news from Europe
The Cambank was torpedoed off Amlwych Wales with loss of three crew and one drowned. Reports from Washington discuss Germany's naval reply, Wilhelmina case adjudication, Lusitania voyage, Ville De Lille sinking, and Dardanelles bombardment with Allied plans and casualties. An American liner J L Luckenbach arrived in Bremen with cargo. a Dutch pilot was detained then released.
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London
Cambank
Cardiff
Amlwych
Wales
Washingt
D. C
Germany
Ambasaster Gerard
Herlin
Brock
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Lusitania
New York
Teec Laestaple
Liverpoot
Ireh
Merver
Pasneers
Rivington Pyne
W“Rowary
Gerard
Berlin
Fond Cappiles
Pyne
Ville de Lille Ierhurs
Ville de Lille
Barffleur Lghthouse
East Cherr
Boutenann
Oward Barfleur
Cap‘ass
Atic
Nakskov
Denmark
Gays
Bjarka
Leith
Nordkyn
Baltic Sea
Belridge
Folkstone
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Athens
Przemysl
Galicia
Dukla Pass
Pruth
Bukowina
Poland
Germa
France
Belgium
Vosges
Vilna
Richard
Kopp
Villé de Lille
Barfleur
Bremen
Amsterdam
J. L. Luckenbach
Boston
Ymuiden
First Federal Reserve Note Counterfeit Reported
Washington February 20 The first counterfeit of a federal reserve note has appeared a five dollar note from the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank printed from poorly executed etched plates the secret service says it is quarter inch shorter than the genuine note and should be readily detected.
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Washington, D.C
Federal Reserve
Lullas Federal Reserve Bank
Secret Service
Impure face skin cream blamed for death in Milwaukee
Violet Harthhausen aged 20 died from pneumonia worsened by a year of using an impure mercury based face cream. The product allegedly saturated her system with poison. In Carmi Illinois on February 20 the public voted down the commission form of government by 175 votes with men opposing and women largely in favor.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Violet Harthhausen
Carmi
Shanahan Home From Chicago Sets Up Slate for House
Speaker Shanahan returns to Springfield with lists of committee requests from aspiring members. He plans to work from his office in the state house next week as he weighs chairmanships, with the appropriation and insurance panels among the key posts under discussion.
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Springfield
Shanahan Hue
Chicago
State House
Shanahan Sufi
Shanahan
Edward J. Smejkal
Ai. Smejkal
Shortieff
Edward D. Shurtleff
Shurtlef
Michael Igoe
Dunne
House
Judiciary Committees
Igoe
Waterways Committee
Mill shutdown in Granite City over wage dispute
Granite City Feb 20 A large steel mill will close today for an indefinite period affecting 2,500 workers after union men refused a wage cut. The National Enameling and Stamping company plant will suspend operations while other mills delay any closure.
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Granite City
National Enameling and Stamping Company
Chandler linked to law in U S neutrality case
Los Angeles financier Harry Chandler and five others are charged by a federal grand jury with conspiring to violate U S neutrality by aiding an armed expedition into Mexican Lower California. Capital figures include Baltazar Aviles and B J Viljoen, with Chandler denying any wrongdoing and claiming funds settled tax claims.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Harry Chandler
Harrison Grz Otis
United States
Lower California
Baltazar Aviles
B. J. Viljoen
Walter Bonk
Californ Mexico Land and Cattle Company
Charles Guzman
Geronimo Sandoval
Diego
Francisco Ayon
Chandler
General Otis
California
Department of Justice
Lower
Avilez
Esteban Cantu
Huerta
Cantu
Mexicali
California-Mexico Company
Chandier
General Viljoen
Seribzer
Juan Gonzales
Thomas Ring
Omaha
Weather Forecast and Ongoing Crime Report
The weather page notes rain tonight and Sunday for Rock Island Davenport Moline and vicinity with temperatures around 39 at 7 am and a high of 46 yesterday. A separate item reports Joe Contano captured after being traced to Scribner with four Omaha police and Dodge County officers pursuing Gonzales who opened fire and was killed.
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J. M. Sherier
Ner
Joe Contano
Scribner
Farmer'’S
Omaha
Dodge County
Gonzales
Railroads Seek Contented Workingmen in Arbitration
A. W. Trenholm, head of the Chicago Minneapolis St Paul and Omaha railroad, testifies before arbitration over concessions to 64,000 engine workers. He cites contentment as essential for efficiency and notes differences in deadheading pay and suggested labor rules.
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Chicago, II
A. W. Trenholm
Chicago
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Mr. Trenheim
Engineers’ Brotherhood
Mr. Trenholm
Omaha
Trenholm
$500 000 Sought To Free Priests In Mexico City
Washington dispatches report that all native Roman Catholic clergy in Mexico City are held for a $500000 ransom. Foreign nationals are exempt and have been ordered to leave the country.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Youth from Galicia Dies After Night Out
Mariano Madkierniczny a 22 year old Galician immigrant released from the bridewell collapses after a drink with friends at 620 O'Brien street. He dies at People's hospital from a gunshot wound with letters home and concern over his vanished family shaping his last days.
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Chicago
Mariano Madkierniczny
Mariano
Galicia
West Twenty-second Lstreet
A. L. Tucker
James Cleary
Mr. Tucker
Tucker
O'Brien Street
Cleary
Jacker
The
People’s Hospital
Rockford Man Drowns Rescuing Friend From Ice
Gideon Lindroth of Rockford drowned in the Kishwaukee River while attempting to rescue a friend named Hanson who fell through ice from a railroad bridge. Hanson escaped unharmed today.
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Rockford
Gideon Lindroth
Kishwaukee
Hanson
Russian Princess Eugenie Shakhovskaya Leads Recon Flights
London dispatch quotes the Petrograd correspondent noting Princess Eugenie Shakhovskaya, the first Russian aviatrix, has arrived after ten weeks at the front and thrice piloted officers on observation reconnaissance missions.
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London
Petrograd
Daily News
Eugenie Shakhovskaya
Night riders force Missouri Black workers to flee
In New Madrid county warnings from night riders drive many Black laborers off farms and levee projects with no violence reported. Blacks on Linda and Corona levees are ordered to leave Mississippi county while foremen suspend Black employment amid disputes over land rents. Sheriff seeks militia amid rising tension tied to white renters demands.
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New Madrid
Linda
Corona
Mississippi County
Kimes
War on low wages urged by Walsh at Chicago meeting
Frank P. Walsh chairman of the federal industrial relations commission urged a united war on low wages and the resulting poor living standards. He called for mobilization of all organizations to strike at the main offender and improve conditions for the working class.
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Chicago
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
City Club of Chicago
Noise at opening of Frisco show rouses city
San Francisco February 20 The Panama Pacific international exposition opened today with a 6 30 a m concert of steam whistles automobile sirens church bells street car gongs and hubbub. The sound drew thousands toward the exposition.
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San Francisco
Cal
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Seneral
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Secy. OF Navy
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Iey
LOS Angeles Times
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Night Riders
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