German Drive on Verdun Faces Steady French Resistance
Berlin reports 250000 German troops pressing toward Verdun on a 25 mile front with Haumont and Samogneux falling to German forces. French lines hold at Haumont approaches as battles rage in Mavrille woods and areas north of Beaumont. Emperor William headquartered at Verdun inspires troops amid heavy casualties on both sides.
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San Antonio Area Forecast Fair to Night and Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity fair to tonight and Friday with frost tonight. Moderate southerly winds. Low temperatures near frost level in outlying areas. Highs in the 60s inland and 50s near cooler coastal pockets.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Forecasts of The Light City Wide Weather Summary
Forecasts report temperatures across major cities with conditions and winds. St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York Washington show varied cold to mild readings with clouds, winds from multiple directions, and precipitation including rain snow and frost risks.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Ashington
Watch Plot To Start New Revolution In San Antonio
Federal officers monitor a group in San Antonio believed to plan a new Mexican revolution led by Felix Diaz backed by American interests. Diaz has vanished from New Orleans and several Mexicans close to him arrived recently. Officials consider deportation of movement backers. Barnes expands staff to track developments. An outbreak along the border is anticipated as plans advance.
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Department of Justice
San Antonio
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Diaz
New Orleans
Gregory
United States
Robert L. Barnes
Barnes
Germany buys grain for Romania under new 100000 carloads deal
Milan via Paris reports that the Austro German syndicate and Roumania sealed a second contract for 100000 carloads of corn oats barley and other cereals with payment terms to be arranged. The Austro Germans also agreed to take any 1915 crop surplus after Roumania’s needs are met and other contracts include locomotives for Germany.
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Milan
Paris
Bucharest
Secolo
Roumania
Germany
Grain purchase rumors with Allied and German claims
Since February 1915 conflicting reports track contracts between central empire and British committees and Roumanian exporters for large grain sales. British representatives reportedly bought 80 000 carloads while Germans claimed 150 000 carloads.
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Great Britain
Spain Orders 250 Million Cartridges From Western
Three Spanish government representatives in Alton report Spain has placed an order with the Western Cartridge Company for 250,000,000 eleven millimeter cartridges. The order is estimated to total 1,500,000 dollars.
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Alton, Ill
Alton
Spain
Western Cartridge Company
England is Snowbound in Severe European Storm
The British Isles endure the severest snowstorm in years with widespread snowfall from one to several inches in England and heavier in Scotland. Telegraph lines fail, shipping suffers, and several vessels issue distress signals as lifeboats fail to locate them amid blinding sleet and strong gales.
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London
British Isles
Europe
England
Scotland
Wales
Pennsylvania Afloat as Most Powerful Dreadnought
Rockland Maine February 24. The superdreadnought Pennsylvania begins standardization tests on the government course. Low speed runs use a reduction gear tried for first time in an American dreadnought. Naval experts deem the Pennsylvania the most powerful fighting vessel afloat.
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Rockland
Pennsylvania
French Airships Bombard Metz Station and Gas Tank
A squadron of French airships bombarded the Metz railway station at Sablon and a nearby gas tank last night, with 45 projectiles reported. The war office notes a great fire observed at the target area.
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Paris
Metz
War Office
Sablon
German Sea Raider Thought At Large in North Atlantic
New York February 24 The report that a German sea raider may be at large in the North Atlantic arose after the Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi arrived and said she received a Halifax wireless warning on Tuesday to be on the lookout for such a vessel.
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New York
Giuseppe Verdi
Halifax
Indoor home sought for New York curb stock market
A committee from the New York Curb Market Association met to locate an indoor site for the Broad Street Curb Stock Market to move its operations indoors, potentially ending the outdoor curb market spectacle in the city.
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New York
Broad Street Curb Stock Market
New York Curb Market Association
Bombs Found in Nebraska Capitol Furnace
In Lincoln on February 24 investigators probe an explosion that damaged the state capitol furnace. A janitor reported three gas pipes filled with explosives discovered in the furnace waste. Officials seek whether the bombs were from the aviation department of the National Guard or planted by outsiders.
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Lincoln, Neb
State Capitol
Aviation Department of the National Guard
Crones Sought in Chicago in Banquet Poisoning Case
Chicago police renewed the hunt for Jean Crones believed to be hiding in the city after the poisoning of soup served at a banquet for Archbishop Mundelein. Officers broadened checks at anarchist and radical sites in the search.
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Chicago
Jean Crones
Mundelein
Holland-America liner Nieuw Amsterdam held by British patrol
The Nieuw Amsterdam arrived from Rotterdam and Falmouth and was held up in the Downs by a British patrol ship. Four German stowaways were taken off. At Falmouth 255 mail bags were removed, with Canada and Japan bound mail spared. Passengers included Ford peace expedition members Governor Hanna Judge Lindsey and Dr Jones and Francisco de la Barra former Mexican provisional president.
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Nieuw Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Downs
Canada
Japan
L. B. Hanna
North Dakota
Ben Lindsey
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Francisco de la Barra
Mexico
Fear of Tong War Flares as Banquet Sparks Tense City
In San Francisco the police brace for a possible tong conflict despite a 30 day Portland truce. Hop Sings plan a big annual banquet as Bing Kongs reportedly hide after delaying their gathering in the Chinese quarter last night.
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San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Emperor Nicholas Heads to Front Lines
Czar Nicholas addressed the Duma at its opening session and has now departed for the front, departing Petrograd for battle duties.
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Petrograd
London
Nicholas
Duma
Emperor Thanks Duma for Erzerum Victory Cheers
In Petrograd the Duma president read a telegram from Emperor Nicholas praising the Duma for its congratulatory message on the Erzerum capture. The telegram expressed belief the Caucasus army exploit would aid final triumph, and the message was greeted with cheers.
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Petrograd
London
Nicholas
Erzerum
Caucasus
Pallas Shrine Declared Modern For Wellesley Buyer
United States customs appeals court ruled that Professor W H Baitzell of Wellesley College must pay full duty on a supposed antique Pallas shrine bought for 100000. The shrine was found to have been manufactured within the last fifty years and purchased from invalid Italian dealers.
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New York
United States Court of Customs Appeals
W. H. Baitzell
Wellesley College
Italy
Wellesley
Wheat drops seven cents on Washington Berlin tension
Chicago February 24 Disturbing rumors of drastic consequences from U S German submarine policy sparked a sudden fall in wheat prices. The May option slid from 1.241 to 1.17 and the market saw a ten cent drop from Monday's level amid frantic selling in the final fifteen minutes.
Cotton Market Slumps Amid International Rumors
In New Orleans on February 24 anxiety over international politics sparked a broad sell-off in cotton. Early gains gave way as rumors spread causing heavy selling. by afternoon the weakest months were 23 to 28 points below yesterday's close and 32 to 38 points off the session highs despite initial 7 to 10 point gains.
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New Orleans
Fire Leaves 240 Homeless in Passaic Tenement District
A February 24 Passaic blaze driven by a candle topple in a cellar under a paint store displaced 240 residents. Police say a quarrel between two men chopping wood by candlelight sparked the fire, which caused about $200,000 in damage.
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Passaic
N. J
Gore pushes anti passenger ship bill in stalled Congress
In Washington Gore's bill to bar Americans from sailing on armed ships stalled in the Senate amid Republican opposition. Gore vows to reintroduce next day while Brandegee blocks the measure and Brandegee's stance slows House action as leaders urge patience on diplomacy. Gore says the ship of state may drift toward breakers.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Gore
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Bryan
Farewell Zeppelin Message Found In Bottle
A bottle recovered from the sea near Gothenburg contains last messages from the L-19 commander to his family. Four letters describe the airship dropping and the crew drowning as the North Sea wreck followed the January 31 raid.
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London
North Sea
Reuter
Copenhagen
Stella
Uhile
Gothenburg
England
King Stephen
Colonel House Coming Home From England
Falmouth England February 24 The steamship Rotterdam sailing for New York tomorrow will carry among other passengers Col E M House of Texas special representative of President Wilson aboard the vessel bound for the United States
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Colonel House
Falmouth
England
Rotterdam
New York
Col. E. M. House of Texas
Wilson
Senator Gore Resolution on Travel on Armed Belligerent Vessels
Congress weighs a peace driven resolution urging Americans to forbear traveling on armed belligerent ships. It asserts Congress sole war declaration power and calls no passport for travel on such vessels. The session notes growing anti belligerent sentiment and Wilson era diplomacy over force.
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