Bandits Attack American on Tampico Taxi Boat
An American paymaster Edgar Hotse was killed and three others wounded in a Tampico area attack by Mexican bandits on an off boat. Officials called it robbery, not anti American action. Carranza forces resumed efforts to retake oil fields near Tampico, capturing nearby towns and driving Palaez forces away.
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Washington
D. C
Tampico
Panuco River
Siexivan
Edgar Hotse
Texas Oil Company
J. P. S. Mennett
Brisbane
Island Oil and Transport Company
Prather
Mennett
Carranza
Manuel Palaez
Dieguez
Palaez
Berro Azul
Huasteca Company
Jadera
Compro
San Geronimo
Incendiary Fires Hit North Little Rock Arkansas
Three fires, likely arson, caused heavy damage in North Little Rock early today. Losses included Army Athletic Association clubrooms, a garage with 50 autos, two business buildings, a negro apartment house, and three residences. No deaths. several injured. Fire spread from the negro apartment to adjacent structures. Witnesses reported lights in the Army clubrooms before they erupted. At a Methodist Church fire, a bottle of coal oil and turned gas jets suggested deliberate ignition as neighbors alerted the pastor family upstairs.
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Little Rank
Ark
North Little Rock
Army Athletic Association
First Methodist
Ehurch
Amoy Earthquake Kills Thousands in Hinterland
Reports from Swatow put the death toll near ten thousand after a powerful quake struck the Amoy hinterland on February twenty fifth. Authorities warn of further tremors and call for relief as survivors seek aid and shelter.
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Amoy
China
Swatow
Trade Commission cites 38 firms for unfair practices
The federal Trade Commission charged 38 manufacturing firms with unfair trade practices after an intensive inquiry revealing unhealthy conditions in several industries. Most complaints target varnish makers, with 34 of the cases against varnish firms. Firms named include Glidden Varnish Company, Columbus Varnish Company, Sun Varnish Company, and Essex Varnish Company among others. Respondents have 30 days to reply and face hearings on April 8.
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Wallington
D. C
Federal Trade Commission
Glidden Varnish Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus Varnish Company
Columbus
Sun Varnish Company
Louisville
Lilly Varnish
Charles R. Long Jr.s Company
Jaouisville
Ault & Wiborg Co
Cincinnati
Essex Varnish Company
Newark
N.J
Eagle Printing Ink Company
Sikmund Altman Company
J. M. Huber
New York
Warren Low Manufacturing Company
Boston
Brujevitch Named Chief of Russian Armies After Krylenko
Berlin dispatch via Amsterdam reports General Brujevitch appointed successor to Ensign Krylenko as commander in chief. Brujevitch proclaimed dictator and ordered troops to fight to the last. Krylenko wounded in Petrograd by a Socialist. assailant arrested.
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London
Brujevitch
Krylenko
Berlin
Amsterdam
Central
Messige
Petrograd
Kryfenko
Train wreck injures many on Columbia to Pomuria line
A Southern Railway passenger train derailed near an open switch four miles from Columbia on the Columbia Greenville branch. Nearly four score people were reported killed or injured in the disaster as rescuers and officials began operations at the scene.
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Columbia, S
Seb
Southern Railway
Columbia-Greenville
Columbia
Pomuria
Weather Digest for Cities in Brief
The forecast notes colder trends tonight into Tuesday across regions. San Antonio shows cloudy skies with southeast winds, Chicago and New York expect warmth then rain, Kansas City remains cloudy with a southwest breeze, and Washington reports clearing skies with a possible rain mix later. temperatures range from the mid teens to the upper 60s in the listed locales.
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T. Louls
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Washingeon
Envoys Leave Russia Amid Embassy Movements
American Minister Morris in Stockholm reports allied diplomats in Petrograd plan to depart February 23 as needed. Some embassies begin leaving while others consider staying to monitor ambiguous Bolshevik terms. A core staff remains. a special embassy train heads to Vologda with Bailey Huntington aboard. Ruggles stays for now.
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Washington, D. C
Morris
Stockholm
Petrograd
Russia
Siberia
Francis
J. Butler Wright
Norman Armour
Johnson
James G. Bailey
William C. Huntington
Vologda
James A. Ruggles
Bolshevikes Accept German Peace Terms Again
The Bolsheviki government agreed to German peace terms for a second time within a week. German forces push across western Rus territory from the Gulf of Finland to the Ukraine as Moscow questions whether a renewed armistice is possible. German chancellor Count von Hertling plans to address the Reichstag on foreign affairs amid Russia’s turmoil and the latest peace terms.
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Russia
Germany
Great Russia
Pete the Greaat
Livonia
Esthowia
Guilf
Ilaland
Ukraine
Reval
Minsk
Krylenko
Dyinsk
Count von Mertling
Reichstag
Wilson
Jumier Lloyd George
Peace Terms Accepted by Bolsheviki Leaders at Smolny
Petrograd reports a stormy night meeting at the Smolny Institute where Lenine urged acceptance of Austro German terms. Trotsky did not attend as delegates voted largely to approve, with Social Revolutionary opponents seeking a new constituent assembly. Pravda calls the terms unfortunate but unavoidable.
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Petrograd
Smolny Institute
Leon Trotsky
Lenine
Hin
Pravot
al-Russian Council of Workmen's and
Velsheviki
Brest- Litovsk
Invasion Map Shows German Advances and Bolshevik Struggles
A map narrative describes German forces pushing on Reval in Estonia while Minsk falls to Bolshevik troops. Kiev is reported captured by Red Guards and civil war rages in Odessa Crimea. Casualties are noted as hundreds killed. a map highlights Polish territory ceded to Ukraine and the former battle front.
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Red Guards
Odessd
Crimea
General Elections Mark Liberal Positons. Catalanists Win in Barcelona
Spain observes general elections with Liberals maintaining lead as Republicans gain Madrid and Valencia and Catalanists triumph in Barcelona. Disturbances report in Valencia and Merida. an airplane stunt injures a pilot in Madrid. Germanophile candidates mostly defeated with meager support.
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Madrid
Spain
Valencia
Baarcelona
Merida
Alemer
Cadiz
Montril
Belt on Cotton Proclaimed by Governor in Texas
Governor Hobby today signed a proclamation prohibiting cotton growth for three years or until the menace to the state subsides. The ban covers Hearne Number one and two areas, parts of Chambers, Jefferson, Brazos, and Harris counties, and all of Galveston County except the island portion. The action aims to curb pink bollworm infestation across the listed sections.
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Austin
Tex
Chambers and
Jefferson
Bruxorlt
Dlartris
Galveston County
Ishii
Galveston
Banker Munday Goes On Trial In Chicago Again
Charles Munday, former La Salle Street Bank founder and Lorimer ally, is tried again in Chicago on charges of wrecking the La Salle Street Bank after its 1924 collapse. Convicted previously, the Supreme Court remanded for a second hearing amid conspiracy indictments and dismissals of some co defendants.
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Chicago
Charles Munday
view oround_La Sale Street Trust and savings Hank
Morris
Supreme Court
la Salle Street Bank
Munday
The
Lorimer
Cadet Flyer Killed In Dallas Aviation Accident
11 b Stall of Detroit a cadet in the Signal Corps aviation branch fell 200 feet at Love Field and was instantly killed today. He was pinned under wreckage after his second solo flight. Stall a University of Ohio graduate came from Columbus December 28. His father W H Stall at Long Beach Calif was notified. He would have earned his commission within days.
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Dallas
Tex
B. Stall
Detroit
Mich
Signal Corps
Love Wield
Stall
University of Ohio
Columbus
W. H. Stall
Long Beach
Calif
Seventeen Survivors Landed in Atlantic Port
An American steamship at an Atlantic port rescued 17 crew members from the Danish steamer Tranquebar after its loss was reported. The Tranquebar, a vessel of 3464 Lons zrond, had no prior confirmation of its fate.
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Atlantic
Plan to assassinate former premier of China uncovered
Authorities uncovered a conspiracy to kill General Tuan Chi Jui, former premier and war commissioner. Several arrests were made including three Japanese. The plot is linked to monarchists seeking vengeance for General Tam’s regent of General Chang Hsun’s Manchu restoration efforts.
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Phring
Tuan Chi Jui
Tam
Genera Chang Hsun
Vast Judg
Chang Lien
Extra Texas Legislature Arrives for Dry Issue Session
Legislators gather in Austin for a special session to address Prohibition measures. Debate centers on a ten mile dry zone proposed by Governor Hobby, with opposition to statewide prohibition. A church and school house dry zone amendment is expected to be introduced, potentially making Texas effectively dry.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Legislative Investigating Committee
Clouse
J. Rh. Bryan
Miahand
Bryan
Nebby
J.C. McNeatus
Dallas
Texas
Americans Help Take Germans in Allied Assault
An American patrol operating with a French unit in the Chemindes-Dames sector captured 20 German troops, two machine guns, and two officers in a trench raid. Casualties were on the German side, while Americans reported no losses. The fight followed heavy German bombardment aimed at American positions northwest of Toul, with strong Allied retaliation and a sweeping barrage silencing German guns. Large troop movements behind German lines were noted at night near Toul as bombardment intensified, with little German impact on Allied trenches and continued artillery duels along the front from Verdun to Switzerland.
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Associated Press
Chemin-des-Dames
Toul
Piyos
Ypres
Arras
Yertin
Switzerland
Wrancl
Chemin Des Dames
Trou
Porl
Americanawire
American and French patrols seize German officers and men
An American patrol with French forces advanced into the Chemin Des Dames sector and captured five German officers twenty German soldiers and one machine gun. No American casualties occurred and fighting was light with later intensified bombardments elsewhere along the front.
Wreck of Florizel Claims 103 as Rescues Continue
Rescuers battled hurricane seas near Broad Cove as 103 people died when the Red Cross Line steamer Florizel struck rocks off Cape Race during a blizzard. Twenty-two were pulled from the wreck at daybreak by the Prospero with 21 more reported alive aboard the stranded vessel. 77 passengers and 69 crew were aboard the ship bound for Halifax and New York. Rescue efforts faced extreme danger as crews rowed and boated survivors amid cold, heavy seas, with many still unaccounted and conditions hindering salvation.
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ST. Toms
Red Cross Line
Florizel
Broad Cove
Cape Race
Prospero
Here
Halifax
New York
John Crosbie
Af Shipping
Vincentian Bay
Jjroad
Abbutelt
Hehts
Forcesnide
W. J. Martin
Cape Ris
Ualtus
Cape
Moundland
New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steamship Company
Glasgow
Hory Bor
Non Munn
Mayallying Corps
Michael Sullivan
Newfundland Forestry Battalion
New Foundland
Reb Jilives
Miorizel
Ilorizel
Comfort kits aid weary troops in trenches
Major James H. Perkins, Red Cross commissioner to Europe, reports comfort kits packed by American women are gaining popularity among soldiers in trenches. Each kit includes towel, shirt, writing paper, pencil, soap, handkerchief, socks, mirror, and tobacco, seen as a great convenience for the weary troops.
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Washington, D. C
James H. Perkins
Red Cross
Eurepe
Majec Perekins
Plan labor program conference opens in Washington
Washington reports the first in a series of conferences between capital and labor summoned by Secretary Wilson to formulate a wartime labor program. Ten delegates attend, five from labor and five from capital, with two additional public representatives to be chosen.
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Washington, D.C
Scretary Wilson
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