Flood Control Plans Discussed With President Wilson
President Wilson hears flood control proposals from Chairman Humphreys and the inter departmental flood committee after their Mississippi river inspection. They back continuing the Mississippi river commission and urge new funding and possibly a new commission to study flood control nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Mississippi
Wilson
Humphreys
New House Committee
Arkansas
Inter-Departmental
Lane
Houston
Redfield
Congress
Humphrey
Mississippi River Commission
Rivers and Harbors
Commission
Grand Jury Rumors Tie State Officials to Possible Antitrust Cases
Austin reports a large gathering of eminent lawyers around the courthouse as the grand jury sits. Supposed findings reportedly involve state department employees and may include antitrust actions. The jury has been reviewing records from the comptroller's office and already indicted a former administration member and a portion of the current administration.
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Austin
Tex
Comptroller's Department
Headlight Bar Adds Incandescent Lamps To French Car
To reduce glare a French automobile features a horizontal bar of incandescent lamps above the radiator, each lamp backed by its own reflector for improved illumination.
Blood Tonic Claims Cure for Rheumatism
Advertises S. S. S. as a blood purifier and tonic that clears uric acid and impurities to relieve rheumatism. Claims fifty years of lab tests by the Swift Specific Co. and urges readers to obtain S. S. S. from a druggist or write Atlanta, Georgia.
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Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Death Toll on Liner Maloja Rises to 150
The Maloja disaster adds to the recent sinking toll as a second ship capsizes during lowering operations leaving many dead. British papers blame German mines and ponder how they were laid possibly using neutral ships. The Pall Mall Gazette warns such actions may push Britain to tighter neutral-ship controls.
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Maloja
Pall Mall Gazette
England
Eight Sailors and Captain of Dido Found on Lincolnshire Shore
The bodies of eight sailors and the captain from the Wilson liner Dido, sunk February 26, washed ashore at Gay at Donna Hook, Lincolnshire, according to London reports dated February 28.
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Wilson Inner Dido
London
Donna Hook
Lincolnshire
Sinking of the Dido Reported Rescue of Captain and Two Crew
The Dido carried a crew of 28 men and the initial dispatch said the captain and two sailors were landed by a Belgian steamer after the vessel sank.
Kansas Rhodes scholar rescued after ship sinks off Dover
Ralph Foster son of Topeka pastor Rev. Festus Foster aboard the Maloja when it struck a mine and sank near Dover was rescued unharmed. Foster an Oxford Rhodes scholar on leave to work with the army Y M C A had been at Aldershot for training and was en route to Egypt to join Y M C A workers with the British troops.
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Topeka
Kan
Ralph Foster
Festus Foster
Maloja
Dover
Foster
Rhodes
Oxford
Aldershot
Egypt
Texas Resort Hotels pamphlet highlights San Antonio links
Santa Fe Railroad issued a booklet titled Texas Resort Hotels praising Texas as the Empire State of the South. Ten pages describe San Antonio hotels and attractions such as Alamo Plaza Misions Army Post and the St Anthony Menger and Gunter Hotels. The pamphlet touts San Antonio as an ideal winter resort with a brief city history.
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Santa Fe
San Antonio
Texas
Santa Fe Railroad
Empire
South
Iit
Alamo Plaza
Misions
Army Post
St. Anthony
Menger
Gunter
Wells Fargo Pays Occupation Tax in Texas
G Taft of Dallas head of the prompt division of Wells Fargo and Company's Express paid 63151 into the Texas state treasury as the occupation tax for 1915. The tax, based on gross receipts, is several thousand dollars more than the prior year.
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Wells Fargo
Austin
Tex
G. Taft
Dallas
Wells Fargo and Company
S Express
Texas
Fire on Russian Ship Eurymachos
A blaze broke out today on the Russian vessel Eurymachos in New York, loaded with munitions and bound for Vladivostok. The fire was extinguished after the ship was seriously damaged. the cause remains unknown.
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New York
Vladivostok
Child bride confesses to Warren killing in Texas case
Fifteen year old Mrs. Charles Harrison admitted killing Warren after luring him into an automobile with her twenty year old husband present. Grand jury probes the case as police reveal the confession and related arrests in the 1915 death near Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Warren
Charles Harrison
Texas
VERDUN FIGHT RAGES WITH FLAIR BUT SLOW GAINS REPORTED
The report notes vigorous but limited efforts near Verdun with Allied troops holding position. It cites a German assault against Mandeulles failing completely and says artillery presses energetic bombardment along the front, with bombardment of German barracks in the Ban de Sapt area in the Vosges.
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Eix
Mandeulles
Vosges
Ban de Sapt
German offensive in Champagne claims Navarin farm victory
Berlin reports a Champagne attack after artillery prep, capturing Navarin farm and French positions along 1600 metres. More than 1000 French were said captured with 26 officers and 1009 men taken, nine machine guns and one mine thrower seized. German lines pushed toward Vachauerville and Bras as Meuse peninsula cleared.
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Berlin
Sayville
Verdun
War Office
Champagne
Navarin
Arras
Sommepy
Souain
Douaumont
Hardaumont
Meuse
Vachauerville
Bras
Cote Lorraine
German Breakthrough Feats Near Verdun Press On
German forces press toward Verdun after swift victories at Louvemont Champneuville Cote de Talou and Hardaumont capturing 15000 French and allied troops. Weather and road repairs hinder supply lines but canons move within range as western Plain of the Woevre sees continued German advance.
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Berlin
London
Douaumont
Verdun
Louvemont
Champneuville
Cote de Talou
Hardaumont
Wuevre
Allies fortify Salonika against expected German assault
French and British forces have dug in at Salonika, creating defenses believed impregnable. Reports indicate the lines are strongly held with both sides preparing for a potential German attack.
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Saloniki
French Retreat Pressed From Cote Lorraine Line
Report notes manly units steadily pushing the French back toward their base of Cote Lorraine as fighting intensifies the front.
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Mans
Cote Lorraine
French Counter Attacks North of Verdun Reclaim Ground
Paris reports say impetuous French counter assaults north of Verdun pushed back German gains from early battle days. Premier Briand described the action as a second phase with fresh divisions and heavy artillery turning the tide, leaving the Germans exhausted and roiled from the field.
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Paris
Verdun
Briand
M. Briand
Offensive drives German forces at Verdun siege
The Verdun front reports a February 21 start to a wide bombardment and German infantry attacks east of the Meuse. By February 24 Haumont and Samogneux positions fell, with Brabant and nearby trenches seized and Hill 344 captured. Losses for German forces described as not very great.
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Berlin
London
Verdun
Berliner Zeitung Am Mittag
Meuse
Newar
Azannes
Flabas
Haumont
Caures
Brabant
Samogneux
Baumont
Notable Guests Registered at Local Hotels
A parade of visitors is listed at leading hotels. W J Brooks of Austin and C D Fortryn of Port Arthur are staying at the Gunter and Menger respectively, with other arrivals including R L Sanford Omaha and H Vaughan Eagle Pass at the Menger, plus George L Wilson Chicago and Houston, and R G Smith Washington arriving at the Menger.
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W. J. Brooks
Austin
Tex
Gunter
R. L. Sanford
Omaha
Neb
Menger
D. Fortryn
Port Arthur
St. Anthony
C. B. Pope
I. ¢C. Thurmond
I. ¢. Thurmond Jr
Oklahoma City
B. F. Ellis
Chicago, IL
H. (. Smith
Port Lavaca
Jack Katz
Fort Words
Clark Pease
Corpus Christ
Durazzo Evacuation Shifts Focus to Avlona
Italian press reports Durazzo evacuation completed as planned to rescue remaining Serbian forces. Military emphasis moves to Avlona, a port about 80 miles south with key strategic value in the Adriatic region.
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Rome
Paris
Durazzo
Albania
Adriatic
Avlona
Quinine Syrup Ad Promises Tasteless Quinine
An old advertisement touts FERRILINE as a tasteless original quinine syrup that avoids nausea and nervousness. It claims children will take it unknowingly and adults who cannot tolerate ordinary quinine can use it. It urges trying it for any quinine need and offers a 2 ounce package for 25 cents.
Light Want Ads Offer Broad Reach and Simple Terms
A sample ad promotes Light Want Ads as highly effective for business in San Antonio. It touts wide daily paid home circulation, convenience of phone submission, and clear pricing for 15 word messages billed per insertion with escalating costs.
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Light
San Antonio
Crockett
Chicago civil service to probe split salary scandal
The civil service commission resumes inquiry today with Mayor William Hale Thompson among chief witnesses. Subpoena issued by Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe’s counsel. accusations allege one third of Mrs. Eaton’s salary diverted to Mrs. Margaret Mive laz. State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne vows broad payroll graft probe after primaries and civil service panel finish.
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Chicago
Thompson
Maclay Hoyne
Civil Service Commission
Orpet Waives Hearing in Lambert Murder Case
Will H. Orpet a University of Wisconsin student waived preliminary examination at a Lake Forest justice of the peace. He entered a plea of not guilty and was bound over without bail to the March grand jury for the murder of Marian Lambert a Lake Forest high school student.
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Lake Forest
Will H. Orpet
University of Wisconsin
Marian Lambert
Justice of the Peace
Orpet
March
Favorable Sugar Tariff Bill Repeal Passes Committee
Washington February 28 The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously approved a favorable report on the administration bill to repeal the free sugar clause of the tariff law. The repeal would take effect May 1 and the bill will be brought up Thursday.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Russian steamer Petshenga sunk in war actions
The Russian steamer Petshenga has been sunk. Fifteen crew members were saved. formerly the German ship Erik Larsen captured early in the war. The vessel measured 260 feet in length and was built in 1903.
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London
Petshenga
Erik Larsen
Russians Can Come to America Granted Permit
The Russian government has granted permission for wives and children of men who came to America before the war to leave Russia and join relatives in America. Jean Sanders, president of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Society of America, said the society had campaigned for this for some time.
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America
New York
Russia
Jean Sanders
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Society of America
New Men Signing Up for Oilers in 1916 Contract Signings
Beaumont Texas February 28 Ty Cooke is the only veteran Oiler to sign a contract for the 1916 season as Manager Mique Finn adds several new players. It is reported that Dodd the former second baseman will sign this week.
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Beaumont
Tex
Ty Cooke
Mique Finn
Dodd
Rebecca Lodge to be instituted in Seguin
Seguin reports Rebecca lodge to be instituted Tuesday night with a sufficient charter group joining. Mrs. Amelia Blanks of the Texas Rebecca Assembly and others from San Antonio to help organize the new lodge. Odd Fellows of Seguin to host an appropriate reception.
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Rebecca Lodge
Seguin
Tex
Amelia Blanks
Texas Rebecca Assembly
San Antonio
Odd Fellows
Serbia to Thank Allies in European Tour
Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia with Premier Pachitch plans a trip to Rome Paris and London to thank the entente governments for aid to Serbia according to a Havas dispatch from Athens.
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Serbia
Paris
Crown Prince
Alexander of
Pachitch
Rome
London
Ia Havas
Athens
Sarah Bernhardt Resting in Paris After London Triumph
Paris, Feb. 28 Sarah Bernhardt returns to Paris after London triumphs and busy days aiding wounded soldiers and fundraising. Doctors forbid America trip, making her absence a loss for the U S. Yet she remains a symbol of resilient France as she ages on stage and in charity work.
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Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
London
America
France
Rembrandt
Belief Immelmann Is Dead In Flanders Air Battle
A British airman returning from France reports a recent air duel over German lines where the Fokker ace Immelmann fought fiercely before presumably dying. The witness says the encounter showed Immelmann’s aggressive strafing style and unmatched combat spirit.
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London
Flanders
Immelmann
France
Norton Publicizes Ambulance Aid To Wounded French
Richard Norton son of Harvard Professor and head of the American Motor Ambulance Association visits London and explains his unit joined the French army after British authorities refused irregular convoys. He notes 25 600 wounded French soldiers carried to poste de secours and explains the $1 50 per head cost supports at least one wounded soldier.
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London
Richard Norton
Norton
Harevard University
American Motor Ambulance Association
Red Cross
Royal Army Medical Corps
Poste de Secours
American Road Builders Convene in Pittsburg
Delegates from the United States and Canada arrived in Pittsburg for the opening session of the thirteenth annual American Road Builders Association convention. About three thousand delegates, including the mayors of fifty cities, are expected to attend.
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American Road Builders
Pittsburg
United States
Canada
American Road Builders’ Association
Women Golfers Meet to Form State Association
Practically every city in the state with women golf players attends a meeting to form a state association. A state tournament is planned to follow. River Crest County Club has requested hosting the tournament.
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Fort Worth
Tex
River Crest County Club
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