Dutch Vessels Sunk as U boats attack near English Channel
Lloyds reports seven Dutch steamers Zaandijk Noorderdijk Eemland Jacatra Menado Bandoeng and the Gaasterland were torpedoed with crews landed. several vessels were homeward bound with cargoes. over 200 sailors of mixed nationalities saved and cared for in London. additional British ships Belgier Ivercauld Grenadier Trojan Prince sunk or damaged with casualties.
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London
Lloyds
Zaandijk
Noorderdijk
Eemland
Jacatra
Menado
Bandoeng
Gaasterland
English Channel
New York
Norfolk
la Pallice
France
Stockton
England
Ivercauld
Central
Gulfport
Miss
Fleetwood
Aberdeen
Grenadier
Hague
Holland
Amsterdam
South America
Buenos Aires
United States
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Falmouth
Jacarra
Dutch East Indies
Suez
Batavia
Port Said
Dutch Vessels Torpedoed By German Submarines
The Hague reports seven Dutch cargo ships were sunk by German submarines. Ships left on February 22 after Germany extended a supposed safe period for neutrals, despite Netherlands protests against unrestricted war.
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Hague
Netherlands
London
Falmouth
Holland
Germany
Dutch Mission Report On Sinking Without Papers Seen
A dispatch from the Dutch minister in London notes the sinking of two ships. It states the vessels were torpedoed without examination of their papers, signaling a wartime incident framed by diplomatic reporting.
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London
Cargoes Worth 11 6 Million Lost On Dutch Ships
Destruction of Dutch ships by German submarines reported from London involves loss of vessels and cargoes valued at 11 6 million dollars. Eight million dollars estimated for Dutch vessels. Manado and Bandoeng each carried a million dollar cargo of tobacco and goods. Noorderijk carried 8500 tons of grain worth 800 thousand dollars. Jacatra carried 840 thousand dollars of grain. Other three ships were in ballast. Dutch government owned all cargoes on sunk ships. 60 to 80 percent grain when sailing from US ports, government dictating balance.
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New York
London
Manado
Rotterdam Lloyds
Bandoeng
Royal Dutch Lloyds
Noorderjk
Rotterdam
Jacatra
Zaandijk
Eemland
Gaasterland
Holland
United States
Holland may break
Washington dispatch reports Dutch shipping losses in the last two days as the sharpest current crisis. A break in diplomatic ties between the Netherlands and Germany is deemed possible as Holland protests submarine attacks on neutral ships. Officials warn the Dutch government may act.
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Washington, D. C
Netherlands
Germany
Holland
Ships depart Baltimore amid restricted submarine warfare
The February 24 report notes a record Friday departure of foreign bound ships from Baltimore since U boat warfare began. Vessels including the Spanish steamer Jata Mendi to Cette, Alderney to Rio Janeiro, Caterina to Leith, Lysekloster to Moss, Folkvord to Christiania and Saint Quentin to Saint Nazaire left port heavily laden.
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Baltimore
Jata Mendi
Cette
Alderney
Rio Janeiro
Caterina
Leith
Lysekloster
Moss
Folkvord
Christiania
Saint Quentin
Saint Nazaire
Saltpetre Shortage Hits Swedish Agriculture Hard
Stockholm reports 5000 tons of Chilean saltpetre lost on the Hugo Hamilton sunk by a German submarine. Three cargoes of saltpetre are under detention, depriving Swedish agriculturists of about 20 000 tons or two thirds of annual consumption. Prices for remaining saltpetre have been trebled.
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Stockholm
London
Hugo Hamilton
Schumann-Heink Injured in Taxicab Crash
Madame Schumann-Heink, the famed contralto, suffered two broken ribs in a taxi accident in St. Louis on Feb 24. She is not in serious condition but will miss recitals for three weeks and all engagements this season were cancelled. Visitors are barred for a week as breathing was affected.
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ST. Louis
Mme
Schumann-Heink
Schumann- Heink
Winter City Forecast Summary From The Light
Forecasts from The Light list daily temperatures across several cities. St Louis 58 high 24 low with 10 mile north wind. Chicago 42 high 12 low with NW wind. Milwaye 24 high 0 low with W wind. St Paul 8 high 2 below zero low while NW wind shifts. Kansas City 58 high 22 low with east wind. New York 42 high 28 low with north wind. Washington 46 high 40 low with north wind.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwayase
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Carranza will not cut off British oil
Luis Cabrera, Mexican finance minister, states from Mexico City that Carranza's government has no plan to embargo fuel oil for the British fleet. He rebuts American press interpretations of the February 1 note as groundless and says Mexico seeks neutral co operation and an amiable path to peace with neutrals.
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Washington
Luis Cabrera
Carranza
Cabrera
Mexico
United States
United States Replies to Carranza on Neutral Shipping
The United States publicly answered General Carranza regarding neutral nations halting supplies to belligerents. The note endorses no change in current policy and says the Mexican note has been sent to European neutrals. Peru expresses sympathy without opinion. Alfonso Siller departs for a European mission via Laredo.
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Mexico City
United States
Carranza
Peru
Carrana
Alfonso Siller
Laredo
Peace Society delegates back Wilson statements on peace address
American Peace Society delegates from across the country sent a long list of recommendations to Washington. A majority balked at endorsing unlimited confidence in President Wilson and instead expressed confidence only in the statements of his peace address to the Senate. The conference decided against entering the war.
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New York
The
American Peace Society Today
Washington
Peace Society
Wilson
Senate
Thousands view Funston's body in San Francisco funeral
Thousands of people crowded San Francisco to pay homage to Major General Frederick Funston. The body lay in state at the new city hall from arrival yesterday in San Antonio until the funeral cortege moved at 10 a.m.
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San Francisco
Cal
Frederick Funston
San Antonio
Heavy tax on bachelors in Prussia announced
Dr. August Von Lentze, Prussian minister of finance, announced a new heavy tax on bachelors. A Berlin telegram via Copenhagen reports that families with children will receive relief from part of the ordinary taxation according to the number of their children.
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London
August von Lentze
Berlin
Copenhagen
Americans Cheered At Apollo Theater In Rome
Ambassador Page and the American embassy watched The Invasion of America at the Apollo theater in Rome. The audience rose and cheered Viva America as the orchestra played The Star Spangled Banner and flags decorated the venue. The crowd clapped and repeated the patriotic chant while Page acknowledged the ovation.
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Rome
Paris
Ambassador Page
Apollo Theater
America
Giornal d'Italia
Page
Million Marks Raises Tax Burden on Teuton Nation
Berlin reports a new war credit of 15 million marks was introduced by Count von Roedern in the Reichstag. The measure passed all stages with only radical Socialist dissenters and the assembly adjourned until Tuesday.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichstag
Count von Roedern
Imperial Treasury
Germany’s budget raises war taxes by twenty percent
London reports Count von Roedern presenting a Reichstag budget that hikes war taxes by 20 percent to cover wartime spending. He notes no new money and a higher legal reserve, with coal, rail, and freight levies planned. Ebert and Ledebour criticize the war aims and call for stopping submarine warfare.
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London
Germany
Reichstag
Count von Roedern
Amsterdam
Entente
Friedrich Ebert
George Ledebour
Austria-Hungary
Herr Ledebour
America
More Irish Arrests Prompt New Dublin Detentions
Dublin dispatch reports continued arrests of Gaelic League Sinn Fein members tied to the rebellion. Some detainees have reached Dublin and are lodged at Arbour Hill barracks. authorities expect further arrests later.
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Gaelic League
Dublin
London
Ireland
Arbour Hill Barracks
Sinn Fein
Post Office Faces Staffing Shortage in Butte
The United States Post Office Department cannot obtain enough workers in Butte Montana. Civil service exams scheduled for today were postponed due to no applicants. Wages range from 66.35 to 100 dollars monthly for clerks and carriers, while laborers earn four dollars fifty cents per day.
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Butte
Mont
United States Post Office Department
Grand Jury Takes Up Bribery Charge in Arkansas
Pulaski county grand jury convened to probe bribery involving Arkansas Senate members Senator Ivison Burgess and Senator Samuel C. Sims. Police allege both were arrested with $1000 packages in a Lit tle Rock alley to sway support for a tax bill on trading stamps. Sims chaired the public service corporations committee and urged against passage of the measure.
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Little Rock
Ark
Pulaski County Grand Jury
Arkansas Senate
Ivison Burgess
Russellville
Samuel C. Sims
Hazen
Justice of Peace
Litte Rock
Senate
Burgess
Sims
Committee On Public Service Corporations
Ira C. Langley
Senator Sims
John C. McGarvey
German Jewelers Evade Blockade Surviving Foreign Sales Scheme
In Federal court Eberhard Peter of Havana claims German jewelry firms used a messenger network to ship goods to New York then Havana, bypassing British wartime blockade. Hans Edwards Thompson and Fred Upperman are sentenced thirteen months for smuggling and theft of contraband jewelry.
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New York
Eberhard Peter
Havana
Cuba
Hans Edwards Thompson
Fred Upperman
Atlanta
Peter
Java
Thompson
Italian transport Minas sunk with 1000 troops aboard
The Italian transport Minas, carrying 1000 soldiers to Saloniki, was torpedoed by a German submarine on February 16 or 17 in the Mediterranean. Only two crew members survived. the ship, 2854 tons, 320 feet long, built in 1891 and owned in Genoa, carried ammunition and 3,000,000 marks in gold. The sinking was officially announced in Paris and via wireless to Sayville.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Minas
Saloniki
Mediterranean
Paris
Genoa
Switzerland imposes two meatless days weekly
The Bundesrat announced food distribution restrictions for Switzerland restricting meatless days to two per week and limiting egg consumption and banning whipped cream and similar dishes as of the latest decree.
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Berne
Paris
Bundesrat
Switzerland
Britton Government Plans to Halve Paper Supply
London reported that Prime Minister Lloyd George outlined wartime measures to cut paper use after a severe tonnage shortage. The plan aims to halve current supply to 1.2 million tons and trim imports to 640,000 tons, with restrictions on posters books and government printing.
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London
House of Commons
David Lloyd George
Daily News
Daily Chronicle
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Surprise in Washington over Lloyd George submarine pledge
In Washington on February 24 Premier Lloyd George called for drastic measures to save England from the submarine war. The plan aims at enforcing economy and tighter imports controls to free cargo space and cut personal spending, boosting national finances and munition expenditure while neutrals bear the impact. State Department officials noted the new British order in council and expected no protest from the United States given current conditions.
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Washington
Lloyd George
England
Germany
State Department
Ship Losses Reported Openly Amid War News
Reports from Germany claim England hides losses, but official State Department notes align with London press figures. Analysts say ships cannot be concealed except in rare cases and England unlikely to suppress such news widely.
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Germany
England
State Department
London
Teacher Cited On Pacifist Draft Charge
In Kansas City Missouri Hale H Cook, head of the board of education, requests Miss Leonora Warneson, 22, a city schoolteacher, appear to explain a blackboard legend stating Why enlist You have nothing to gain and your life to lose I refuse to kill my brother and hide my fists in the folds of any flag The matter was reported to Marine Sgt Bill Adams and Captain Eslick with a Navy Department affidavit request later refused by Warneson.
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Kansas City
Hale H. Cook
Kansas City Board of Education
Leonora Warneson
Bill F. Adams
Marine Service
F. F. Eslick
Marine Corps
St. Louis
Navy Department
Washington
Miss Warneson
English Children Wear Wooden Shoes
Scarcity of leather drives London to clogs as shoe substitute. City schoolchildren march to classes in clogs at 73 cents a pair with weekly installment plans. A British manufacturer declines a 100000 pair order for Belgium due to home demand.
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Washington, D. C
London
Commerce Department
American Liner Finland Sails From Liverpool
The American Line steamship Finland with 166 passengers including Dr. Henry van Dyke sailed from Liverpool February 17 and is due in New York next Tuesday or Wednesday. Presumed beyond the submarine zone she is the third American liner to leave England since Germany's new submarine warfare. The voyage lists 67 first class 47 second class and 52 third class passengers, mostly Americans.
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New York
American Line
Finland
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Liverpool
England
Germany
British plan for army of five millions outlined
London report states the army estimate envisions 5,000,000 soldiers excluding India. An additional navy estimate adds 50,000 officers and men, bringing total naval personnel to 450,000.
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London
India
School boys to aid Paris in cultivating vacant land
In France the government asks schoolboys to cultivate unused land and grow vegetables. Premier Viviana and Minister Clementel announced the plan, to be organized village by village in schools, high schools, and colleges. Albert Thomas proposed a bill requiring declarations of copper holdings over 100 pounds.
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Paris
France
Viviana
Commerce and Agriculture
Clementel
Albert Thomas
Manufactures
War Council
Chamber of Deputies
Pershing Takes Command With Salute At San Antonio
Major General John J. Pershing assumes command of the Southern Department at Fort Sam Houston. A 13-gun salute marks the ceremony as Pershing meets staff officers and San Antonio officials led by Mayor Clinton Brown. He offers no immediate personnel changes and discusses transfer plans for Chinese cross-border guards now in Columbus. Accompanied by Col Bundy and staff, Pershing commends Funston and prepares for a memorial service honoring his late ally.
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John J. Pershine
Eral Pershing
Hig
Dement
San Antonio
Shing
War Department
Mexico
Columbus
Mexicali
California
Exico
Southern Department
General Shing
Clinton G. Brown
James R. Davis
Franz C. Gr
Oklahoma
General Pershing
Funston
Cat
St. Anthony
Mons
Eral Funston
Beethoven
Harry L. Rogers
John F. Quartermaster Corps
James P. Castleman
Quartermaster Co
Richard B. Dock
Signal Corps
Pershing
Bailey declines speaking to Texas Legislature
J W Bailey advised the Texas Legislature he cannot accept the invitation to address them. He cited state duties and his obligation to his responsibilities, saying it is impossible to leave his current duties at this time and asked his appreciation be conveyed to both houses.
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Austin
Tex
J W. Bailey
Texas
Sheriff Arrests Boys After Plaza Car Theft
Sheriff Allen returned from Waco with two boys taken from the plaza late Wednesday night. The youths were booked in jail pending investigation as the new Ford car belonging to F. M. Autrey of Staples was recovered.
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San Marcos
Texas
Allen
Waco
F. M. Autrey
Staples
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