Wilson backs fight over warning Americans off armed ships
In Washington on February 25 the Wilson administration faced a tense Congress ruling on prohibiting Americans from traveling on belligerent ships. Lodge backed the president while Gore and Jones introduced related resolutions. Bryan telegrams urged passports ban, and House leaders signaled no immediate action though a two to one House majority was anticipated if voted.
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Mr. Wilson
Washington, D. C
Congress
Wilson
House
Senator Stone
Senator Lodge
Senate
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Gore
Jones
William Jennings Bryan
Representative Bailey
Pennsylvania
Kitchin
Bailey
Clark
Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Alan Sears
Verdun Offensive Push Near Verdun Capitalized By German Forces
German crown prince led a major Verdun assault driving into French lines north of the fortress. The push drove within five and a half miles of Verdun with gains from Brabant to Beaumont and heavy fighting near Champneuville, Loudemont, and Samogneux. Berlin claims 7,000 more prisoners, total over 10,000, as the emperor supervised the operation.
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Crown Prince
London
Verdun
Brabant
Beaumont
Lodemont
Champneuville
Loudemont
Fort de Vacherauville
Douamont
Samogneux
Passerelle Canal
Berlin
Paris
France
Turks Claim British Forces Check Advance Near Kut
Constantinople Feb 25. British forces in Mesopotamia attacked Turkish positions at Felahte below Kut El Amara but were driven back with considerable losses, the War Office announces.
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Constantinople
London
Mesopotamia
Felahte
Kut-El-Amara
War Office
Admiral Winslow testifies on Pacific fleet and coastal defenses
Rear Admiral Cameron Winslow, commander in chief of the Pacific fleet, resumes testimony before the House Naval Committee on fleet conditions and strategy. General Crozier outlines fortifications at Chesapeake Bay and coastal guns while noting limits of defense and the need for resources.
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Washington, D. C
Cameron McR. Winslow
Pacific Fleet
House Naval] Committee
Winslow
Navy Department
Pacific
Atlantic
House
War Department
William Crozier
Army Ordnance
Crozier
Chesapeake Bay
Rockaway Beach
N. Y
San Francisco
Atlantic City
Gloucester
Mass
Admiral Winslow
Naval Committee
Roosevelt
Department
Wheat Prices Rise in Chicago Opening Market
Chicago wheat futures opened higher on February 25 with May at 1.18 3 4 and July at 1.15 7 8, up 1 8 to 1 3 4 cents from yesterday. Markets remained within a narrow range as traders hoped for a resolution with Germany and absorbed prior selling.
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Chicago
Germany
Assailant Lynched in Georgia Town
In Cartersville Georgia a mob of about forty to fifty men and boys dragged Jesse McCorkle from the jail and hanged him to a tree in front of the city hall after he was arrested for breaking into the home of Mrs. A T Heath. He was shot and riddled with bullets. Mrs Heath is reported seriously injured.
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Cartersville
Jesse McCorkle
A. T. Heath
W. W. Callaway
Heath
United States seeks release of Germans on China voyage
Washington instructed Ambassador Page in London to inquire at the British foreign office about the removal of thirty eight Germans Austrians and Turks from the steamship China in Asiatic waters and to demand their release if arrested at sea. London claims extraterritorial rights near Shanghai where China sails from San Francisco. If the ship lies within British waters the US would pause action. The exact position of the China remains unclear with a consular report placing it ten miles off shore.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Ambassador Page
London
British Foreign Office
China
Asiatic
High Seas
Great Britain
Shanghai
San Francisco
State Department
Ten Die In Storm On British Isles
Ten lives are lost after yesterday’s snowstorm hits the British Isles. Nine sailors drown when the steamer Carlton sinks off Deal amid gale conditions. In Birmingham heavy snow and freezing conditions claim a death, and London traffic slows as workers cannot clear the snow.
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London
British Isles
Carlton
Deal
Birmingham
Weather Summary for San Antonio Area
For San Antonio and vicinity fair tonight with somewhat colder air and frost expected overnight Saturday. Weekend forecast calls for continued fair conditions with rising temps and light winds.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather summaries for seven U.S. cities forecast
ST LOUIS expects 30 to 52 degrees with a northwest wind, cloudy and colder. CHICAGO 30 to 42 degrees with a light northwest wind, likely fair. MILWAUKEE 24 to 34 degrees, northwest wind, colder. KANSAS CITY 28 to 48 degrees, northwest wind, fair and colder. NEW YORK 40 weathers with rain and possible snow, 32 to 40. WASHINGTON 36 degrees, cloudy, light northwest wind.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Pittsburg Plate Glass Workers Get Full Pay While Training
Pittsburg February 25 Employees entering military training camps under a preparedness plan will receive full pay while away and an additional two weeks vacation with pay. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company lists more than 6000 workers under the resolution approved by the board of directors.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Montenegrin man fatally stabs six in Seattle crowd
In Seattle on February 24 George Yakisch, a 33 year old Montenegrin, stabbed six people at a Union street corner during a war bulletin discussion. One victim likely died. Yakisch overpowered by a patrolman after declaring he would kill every German.
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Seattle Wash
George Yakisch
Union Street
F. H. Langland
Yakisch
Fletcher Confirmed Ambassador to Mexico
The Senate confirmed Henry Prather Fletcher as ambassador to Mexico by a 49 to 16 vote. He succeeds the post in the Mexican government and will represent U S interests.
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Fletcher
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Henry Prather Fletcher
Stampede at Aurora dollar day crowds stores
Women stormed downtown Aurora shops Thursday for a semi annual dollar day sale forcing police to intervene to break up crushes as crowds jammed aisles in a wide range of goods from shoes to clothing.
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Aurora
Ill
Fighting Grows Less Violent Near Verdun
Paris dispatch reports fighting north of Verdun diminishing in violence. The war office announces no German attack was attempted last night and that official statements continue on the next page.
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Paris
Verdun
War Office
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Aei
Bryan
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Associated Press
Champ Clark
William
Ornes
Rear Admiral
McR. Winslow
House Naval Committee
Georgia
City Hall
U. 5
Paris Report
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