Fort Douaumont falls to German forces at Verdun
Fort Douaumont, part of Verdun’s eastern fortress system, was stormed and held by the Germans with Emperor William present. French attacks south of St Marie a Py and gains near Louvemont noted as Allied counterpoints.
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Berlin
London
Douamont
Versdun
Verdun
Brandenburg
William
Meuse
Woevre
Morpheville
Paris
Metz
War Office
Louvemont
Champagne
St. Marie-A-Py
Champneuville
Europe
France
Belfort
Germany
Belgium
Luxembourg
Maubeuge
Lawyer Swearingen Named Associate Justice in Fourth Court
P H Swearingen, a 25 year attorney and former Bexar county campaign manager for Governor Ferguson, accepted the associate justice post on the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals to fill the vacancy from Justice J F Carl. He is expected to qualify mid March and will join Justice Anton Moursand. Born 1865 in Brenham, he studied at UT and has resided in San Antonio since 1891 with a law practice and partnerships that included district judges.
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Ferguson
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Swearingen
Carl
Brenham
Washington County
J. T. Swearingen
University
S. G. Tayloe
Forty-fifth District Court
R. H. Ward
Seventy-third District Court
Texas
Mr. Swearingen
Col
P. H. Swearingen
Winnie McCraw
East Guenther Street
Anton Moursand
W. S. Fly
McKay
Italians Evacuate Durazzo on the Adriatic
Durazzo, an Albanian port on the Adriatic, was evacuated by Italian troops. Berlin reports via London anticipate the citys early fall after Italian and Albanian forces under Essad Pasha suffered a Wednesday defeat. Austrians and Germans breached outer defenses at daybreak and pushed to the inner line as Italians embarked troops.
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Durazzo
Adriatic Sea
Essad Pasha
Wheat Prices Slump On Verdun Reports
Chicago traders sold wheat as stock market declines fueled fear of German attacks on armed ships. May wheat fell to about 1.1378 a bushel with heavy stop loss selling and Verdun rumor impact. market closed down 5 to 5 1 4 cents.
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Chicago
Ill
New York
Wall Street
Germany
Verdun
Packers Increase Wages in Sioux Falls Strike
M R Murphy general manager of the Cudahy and Armour Packing Companies to raise wages eight percent at all packing plants. About two thousand three hundred employees at the Sioux Falls plant have been on strike.
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Sioux Falls, la
M. R. Murphy
Cudahy and Armour Packing Companies
Home Weather For Tourists Forecasts By The Light
Weather readings for several cities include temperatures from 18 to 42 degrees with cloudy and snowy conditions. Winds range from 12 to 80 miles per hour from the northwest as colder air arrives across St Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York and Washington.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Italian is convicted in Arezzo for railroad murder assault
Pietro Rossi was found guilty of murderously assaulting Mrs. Mary Flavelle of Chicago on a Florence to Arezzo train on May 21, 1914 to rob her. He received eight years and four months in prison plus two years police surveillance and perpetual interdiction from public service. The jury said the act was unpremeditated and Rossi was not wholly sound of mind.
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Rome
Paris
Pietro Rossi
Arezzo
Mary Flavelle
Chicago
Florence
Rossi
Mrs Flavelle Dies in Chicago After Attack
Mrs. Flavelle, who had returned to the United States following an attack, died in Chicago on December 11, 1914. The report notes the prior incident and her death location and date.
Finish Salary Probe in Chicago Falls Short of Conclusion
Investigators near completion of the inquiry into charges that Mrs Page Waller Eaton was required to share part of her municipal welfare salary with her superior Mrs Louise Osborne Rowe. Eaton testified before the civil service commission and Rowe is set to deny the allegation that she forced Eaton to give one third of her pay to support Mayor Thompson's sister in law.
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Chicago
Page Waller Eaton
Louise Osborne Rowe
Municipal Department of Public Welfare
Eaton
Civil Service Commission
Rowe
Thompson
Urzaïs Resigns as Spain's Finance Minister
February 26 report from Paris states Finance Minister Urzaïs resigns over policy disagreements. Foreign Minister Villanueva takes the finance portfolio and Premier Count Alvaro de Romanones assumes the foreign office.
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Madrid
Paris
Urzais
Villanueva
Alvaro de Romanones
Foreign Office
Teuton Officers Die In Amsterdam Report
The Cologne Gazette reports the deaths of Rear Admiral Zimmerman and Lieutenant General Hans von Prittwitz und Gaffron in Amsterdam. The notice is dated February 26 and transmitted via London.
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Cologne
Amsterdam
London
Zimmerman
Hans von Prittwitz Und Gaffron
Marking Confederate Graves Progress Reported to Congress
Washington reports progress in marking graves of Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war. Samuel E. Lewis cites 596 headstones to replace, 372 Confederate citizens to acknowledge, and a final report due. Unexpended funds amount to 40,456 dollars to continue work next year.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Samuel E. Lewis
Lewis
United States
D Annunzio Injured in Plane Attack in Venice
Gabriele D Annunzio, Italian poet and former lieutenant in the army, was injured in the right eye in an aeroplane attack and was taken to a Venice hospital. The sight of the injured eye may be saved, with prior involvement in Italy's 1915 war mobilization and flights over Trieste and Trent dropping leaflets to Italian residents.
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Paris
Gabriele D’annunzio
Venice
Rome
Petit Parisian
Italy
Austria
Trieste
Trent
Their Ideal Husbands from Minnesota Daily Poll
The Minnesota Daily reports female students’ responses to the price of marriage with estimates ranging from eight hundred to ten thousand dollars. The average target is about 1600 dollars a year with emphasis on dancing skill and moral habits.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota Daily
University of Minnesota
Morgenthau Reports on Armenia Concerns to Wilson
Henry Morgenthau Jr the American ambassador to Turkey told President Wilson about his efforts to protect Armenians and gave an informal report on wartime events in Turkey since the outbreak. He later discussed the topic with State Department counsellor Polk before returning home on leave to gauge American public opinion.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Wilson
Polk
State Department
Morgenthau
United States
Denaby Sunk Off London. Seven Crew Missing
Lloyds announced the sinking of the British steamer Denaby of 2987 tons near London and the tug Tummel of 531 tons. Seven crew members are missing. five survivors were picked up, two of whom died.
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London
Lloyd’s
Denaby
Tummel
Ltwo
Cretan's Passengers Landed At Norfolk After Collision
Twenty seven passengers from the Merchants and Miners line steamer Cretan, en route from Philadelphia to Savannah, were transferred to the tramp Dorothy after a collision. The Dorothy, slightly damaged, was towed by Coast Guard cutter Onondaga into Norfolk where most passengers continued by rail. The damaged Cretan reached Newport News for repairs with a port bow hole after the incident at sea.
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Norfolk
Merchants
Philadelphia
Savannah
Dorothy
Coast Guard
Onondaga
Newport News
GOOD FISHING AT DAM
Dowagiac fishing season on Medina Lake ends next Tuesday. Many parties plan Sunday trips to fish the last days with the wooden minnow. March May restriction on Dowagiac was passed last summer. Reports say fishing is at its best with several parties returning last week with limits. Frank Curran of Springfield Missouri and H Partee at the St Anthony hotel both reported large catches and furious biting.
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Medina Lake
Frank Curran
Springfield
St. Anthony Hotel
H. Partee
The
St. Anthony
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