Carib Lost In Mine Near North Sea Collision
The American steamer Carib carrying 4600 bales of cotton from Charleston to Bremen was sunk by a mine off the German coast in the North Sea. Crew reportedly saved. details vary. The incident follows British wartime navigation restrictions and other minelike danger to ships near Britain.
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Charleston
Bremen
London
Watoe
Great Britain
Europe
America
England
Srieam Channel
Hay Ogre
Ech
Cora
Wtcrets
Bertin
Bremenhaven
Washington
DP Club
State Department
Amerian
van Dyke
Hague
Londos
Tee
North Sea
Fee Coute
New York
Wen
EL. Cee
Clyde
IS Et Port Glascow
Scotland
Werara
Washington, D. C
Gerard
Bremerhaven
Evelyn
Whick
The
Holland
Plan Maneuvers on Large Scale in US Navy Army Prize
Washington D C February 24 Plans for combined army and navy maneuvers on a gigantic scale with New York as the prize of commanding forces are under consideration by Secretary Daniels though the project has not progressed to a point where it is assured they will be held.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
New York
Secreary
Daniela
Clan MacNaughton feared lost with 280 aboard
London reports confirm the armed merchant cruiser Clan MacNaughton, missing since Feb 3, is feared sunk. Search efforts failed and wreckage likely parts of the ship have been found. Two hundred eighty men are believed dead. The vessel’s status raises questions about the British Navy using merchant ships as auxiliaries.
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London
Clan MacNaughton
St Ie
HARRISON BURIED BY BOB SWEITZER IN CHICAGO PRIMARIES
Chicago reports show revised mayoral primary results with William Hale Thompson leading Republicans and Charlies M. Thomson unopposed on the Progressive ticket. Women voters heavily influenced totals. arrests occurred near polls amid riots as a police response. Additional Springfield commission primary notes follow.
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Chicago
Sweltzer
Harrison
Sweitzer
Willam Hale Thomp
Harry Olson
Thompson
Olson
Charlies M. Thomson
Carter H. Harrison
Robert Sweitzer
Roger C. Sullivan
United States
Imade
Agnes Scanlop
Springshesa
Charlies T. Bauman
Johns. Schnepp
Springfield
Bauman
Harry H. Devereaux
William H. Conkling
John L Rinaker
Ihe
Mutiny of Hindu Troops in Singapore Sparks Fatal Riots
Reports from Singapore recount a mutiny by Hindu units of the Fifth Light Infantry, with fighting killing 25 including eight officers and several civilians. Indian troops killed some officers before being subdued, while German prisoners in a detention camp joined locals seeking freedom. Subsequent dispatches cite naval support and a large mutineer force, later reduced by surrender.
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Manila
Singapore
Ught Infantry
Egypt
London
Bureau of Information
Ight
Sinsanere
Tokio
Denies Wife and Lands in Prison in Pension Case
Fred Dever of New Haven Illinois pleaded guilty to a false affidavit to obtain half his pension. He was sentenced to one year and one day in Leavenworth. Dever claimed he did not know his wife Anna ONeill whom he married in 1897 and said he lived in Kansas City when she claimed to be his wife. The case notes discrepancies about his Navy service and a pension of $17 a month.
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Danville
Fred Dever
New Haven
Ill
Leavenworth
Kaw
Department of the Interior
Wright
Dever
Kansas City
Department of Justice
Anna O'Neill
United States Navy
United States
East St. Louis
South Omaha
Neb
Navy
Masilla Bay
Department
Berlin Jubilant Over Russian Defeat as Hindenburg Triumph Revealed
Berlin reacts with elation after Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s East Prussia victory, described as decisive and surpassing Napoleon’s era battles. Reports claim vast Russian forces collapsed, thousands killed or captured, while Germans boast extraordinary endurance and pursuit. Urbana student H J Kirk injures arm in indoor track accident.
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Urbana
H. J. Kirk
Decatur
University of Minois
The War Today report from the fronts in east
Associated Press summarizes battles along the east Prussian border in northern Poland with villages changing hands and German attacks at Perasnysz repulsed. Berlin notes obstacles to a Russia invasion while the Rohr river crossing and Austrian attacks yield heavy losses. The German embassy issues safety courses for vessels bound for German ports.
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Associated Press
Poland
Petrograd
Perasnysz
Berlin
Russia
Carpathians
Russian War Office
Rohr River
Washington
Russia charges war atrocities in German Austrian actions
Washington reports the Russian ambassador delivered a memoir accusing Germany and Austria of Geneva Red Cross violations. It cites mutilation and killing of wounded Russians, executions of prisoners, assaults on civilians, and use of dum-dum bullets. Also notes Dubuque Great Western trotting meet August 23-28.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Austria
Dubuque
Chicago
Weather update with temperatures and winds
Fair tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Low tonight near 25 degrees, 7 am temp 31, highest yesterday 44, lowest last night 29, wind 15 mph at 7 am. No precipitation, humidity 79 at 7 am, stage of water 7.2 rising one foot in 24 hours. Astronomical notes list Mars Saturn Jupiter Venus Mercury with Saturn in conjunction to the Moon about 14. mm
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J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Venus
Mercury
Moon
Fresh Enemy for Teutons Due in April
Paris reports Romanian minister Nicholas Misu will return to England with a note promising the Romanian army to take the field in April. The German forces face heavy losses on the Rowa ka and in Borjimov and Gumbinnen while Russian positions hold. Official dispatches cite French gains near Auberide Sur Suippe and continued fighting in the Vosges as German success and Russian advances are described in mixed terms. Berlin notes renewed French and Russian actions with prisoners taken, and Petrograd claims large Axis losses in the Carpathians. Vienna reports government control of staple grains and bread policy steps.
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Berlin
London
von Hindenburg
East Prussia
Lokal Anzeiger
Waterloo
Napoleon
Napoleon I
Augustowo
Tenth Army
Grodno
Paris
Nicholas Misu
England
Matins
Bucharest
Rowaka
Borjimov
Gumbinnen
Ludovic Naudeau
Perthes
Champagne
Vosges
Sulzern
Muehlbach
Bobr
Sztabin
Krasnyborg
Przasnysz
Auberide-Sur-Suippe
Petrograd
Carpathians
Vienna
Soret
Paul Hinze Conducts a Sign Writing Class
Paul Hinze of M and K store led a sign writing class at the YMCA last evening. Sessions run each Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 with training in pen work brush work and air brush work. A nominal fee is charged and 15 members have signed up. The Tri City Display Men's association held a semi monthly meeting in connection with the class and a new window display using an illustrated slide was postponed due to lantern unavailability.
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Paul Hinze
Tri-City
Plumbers Convicted Under Sherman Law in Iowa Case
Des Moines February 24 34 master plumbers on trial since February 10 were convicted by a federal jury for conspiring to restrain trade under the Sherman anti trust act. The defendants include national and state association officials and various Iowa residents. A motion for a new trial will be heard March 30.
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Des Moines
Iowa
National Association of Master Plumbers
W.O. Haviland
Aurora
W. J. Hilliard
Elmhurst
Frank A. Patterison
Springfield
William Decker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard Mullen
H. B. McCartner
Dubuque
Ambrose Clayton
Davenport
Robert Knauer
James Wallace
R. E. Knauer
Boone
Defects in pupil show rural screenings lag city health
Cincinnati report from the National Council of Education cites three years of study on 33000 children in New York and Pennsylvania. It finds country youngsters have more defects in teeth, adenoids, eye trouble, malnutrition, ear defects, breathing issues, spine curvature, anaemia, and heart disease due to insanitary schools, untrained rural teachers, and lax home hygiene. Suggestions include medical inspection, rural doctor training, cleaner farms, better school buildings, and teacher hygiene instruction.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
City
Thomas D. Wood
Columbia University
National Council of Education
New York
Pennsylvania
Faville
Council of Health and Medical Instruction
American Medical Society
Dodson
Fred R. Green
Chicago
Charles Hughes Johnson
University of Ilinois
National Society of College Teachers
Army Man Self Slayer at Club
Philadelphia February 24 Captain A E Harding United States Marine Corps aide to President Taft fatally shot himself at the Racquet Club last night. Born in Illinois he joined the Marine Corps from that state.
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Philadelphia
A E. Harding
United States Marine Scorps
Taft
Illinois
Marine Corps
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