Mexicans Council Fault Germany Effort on War Neutrality
Mexican officials declined to discuss Germany’s bid to pull Mexico into a war with the United States. They asserted Mexico would stay neutral, while immigration officials report many Germans in northern Mexico but few crossings from Texas. They note Gulf and Pacific ports remain open to emigration with no embargo in place.
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Mexico City
Germany
Mexico
United States
Texas
Brownsvile- Laredo
Eagle Pats
del Rio
el Paso
Gulf and Pacific
Germany plotted alliance with Mexico and Japan against U S
Washington reports reveal Zimmermann telegram plan to unite Mexico and Japan with Germany in a triple attack on the United States. The plan foresaw Mexico conquering Texas New Mexico and Arizona and invites Japan to join in a prewar invasion validated by Berlin.
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Mexico
Japan
Germany
Washington, D. C
United States
Bernstorff
England
Zimmermann
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
Count von Bernstorff
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Berlin
United States of America
Japan Denies Break With Allies Over German Plan
Washington reports Germany sought to unite Japan and Mexico to strike the United States. Secretary Lansing said Japan and Mexico likely had no knowledge or participation. Japan reaffirmed its alliance with the Entente and friendship for the United States as officials warned of possible war.
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Wilson
von Bethmann-Hollwegg
Reichstag
Germany
United States
Bismarck
Frederick the Great
Tokio
Entente
Lansing
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Japan
Congress
Senate
Associated Press
White House
State Department
Carranza
Zimmermann
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Mexico City
Sato
Ted
Polk
Deadlock Broken as Prohibition Submission Fails in Texas House
Absent representatives delayed action but the Texas House voted 93 to 41 against a constitutional amendment to statewide prohibition. The defeat ends the push for submission this session unless Senate sends it again.
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Austin
Tex
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Martin
Gillespie
Nichols
Hunt County
Spencer
Wahrmund
Tillotson
Strayhorn
Bledsoe
Lubbock
Smith
Surrey
Fly
Gonzales
Cope
Bagby
Fuller
Baker
Beard
Milam
Beasley
Bedell
Bell
Bertram
Blackburn
Blackmon
Blalock
Bower
Bryant
Burton
Rusk
Butler
Cadenmhead
Canales
Carlock
Clark
Cox
Crudgington
Davis
Dallas
Grimes
Vanzandt
Deborogy
Dodd
Estes
Fairchilds
Fitzpatrick
Florer
Hawkins
Hudspeth
Johnson
Jones
Lacey
Laney
Lee
McComb
McCoy
McDowra
McMillan
Meador
Metcalfe
Miller
Monday
Moore
Morris
Murrell
Neeley
Neill
O’banion
Osborne
Parks
Peddy
Peyton
Poage
Raiden
Feeves
Richards
Rogers
Russell
Sackett
Sentell
Seawright
Bastrop
Hopkins
Scurry
Nolan
Wise
Spradley
Stewart
Templeton
Terrell
Thomas
Thompson
Nacogdoches
Hunt
Red River
Tilson
Tinner
Traylor
Upchurch
Veatch
White
Williams
Brazoria
McLennan
Millford
Wilson
Woods
Yantis
German Consulate at Juarez Robbed
The German consulate in Juarez Mexico was robbed late last night. Consul Max Weber in charge of German diplomatic affairs in northern Mexico reported that a number of important official papers were taken from the files.
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Juarez
Max Weber
Mexico
Germans Fall Back Near Bapaume as Retreat Continues
Paris reports German forces have fallen back behind Bapaume toward Peronne with the town’s fall imminent. The retreat involved destroying dugouts and depots while heavy guns reportedly remain at Bapaume. French and German patrols clashed in the Argonne and Alsace with prisoners taken.
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Paris
Bapaume
Peronne
Baparume
Argonne
Metzeral
Alsace
War Office
British Firm Wins Navy Shell Contract Talks
Washington March 1 Great Britain dropped objections and allowed Hadfields Ltd to contract with the US Navy for armor piercing shells in fourteen and sixteen inch sizes. A $3,000,000 award to Hadfields by Secretary Daniels was later cancelled by Britain. Daniels may re award to Hadfields if British action stands.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Hadfields, Ltd
United States Navy
Daniels
Hadfields
President to sign flood control bill in March
Washington March 1 announcement says President Wilson will sign the flood control bill recently passed by Congress this afternoon.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Denmark Imposes Temporary Liquor Sale Ban
London reports a Reuters dispatch from Copenhagen that Denmark bans sale of alcoholic liquors temporarily and orders returns of all spirits stocks nationwide.
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London
Denmark
Reuter
Copenhagen
San Antonio Area Weather: Cloudy Cold Tonight Friday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for a cloudy night with freezing temperatures. Friday will be partly cloudy to cloudy and colder.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather forecasts from major cities in brief report
Forecasts from The Light note St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington temperatures from 10 to 42 with wind directions varying from northwest to northeast. Conditions include snow and colder trends with lows near the single digits to mid thirties and highs in the thirties.
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ST. Louis
Jast
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Overt act warning cited by Volks Zeitung
Amsterdam march 1 refering to President Wilsons call for arming ships the Cologne Volks Zeitung warned that the overt act has not yet occurred and that arming American merchantmen would trigger a submarine battle and a state of war unless ships avoid the danger zone.
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Senate
House
Representative Flood
Amsterdam
Wilson
Congress
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Two San Antonians Held in California
Vicente Calero and Eneas Levi, San Antonio merchants, were arrested in San Francisco on opium smuggling charges. Agents seized up to $50,000 worth of opium allegedly moved from the Mexican border. The pair appeared before a U.S. commissioner and were held on $3000 bonds each.
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San Francisco
Cal
Vicente Calero
Eneas Levi
San Antonio
Tex
H. C
Creighton
United States
Calero
Huerta
Levi
Rochester in Port New York as War Zone Freighters Pass
Keer Steamship Line reports the American cargo ship Rochester docked in New York after sailing from New York to Bordeaux on February 10. It is the fourth U S freighter to reach Europe through the war zone since February 1, following the Orleans and two others that departed from New York.
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New York
Keer Steamship Line
Cable
Bordeaux
Rochester
Orleans
United States
Europe
Germany
Gironde
Governor to Raise Rough Riders at Globe
Ariz March 1 Governor T C Campbell arrived here and said, after learning AP dispatch on Germany, he would raise a troop of rough riders from cattlemen now holding a convention.
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Globe, Ariz
T.C. Campbell
Associated Press
Germany
Miners Strike Over Bath Facilities Near Newcastle
About 200 coal miners employed in Newcastle area mines near Wichita Falls marched and went on strike after their employer refused to readjust bath facilities they said were poorly arranged. The walkout followed their demands and occurred on March 1.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Newcastle
Here
German Positions On Ancre Withdrawn in Secret Move
Berlin reports a voluntary and systematic pullback of sections of the German advance on both banks of the Ancre on the Franco Belgian front. The withdrawal was carried out several days ago and kept hidden from British forces.
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Berlin
Sayville
Ancre
Turkish Forces Retreat from Kut El Amara Shattered
British forces pursue the fleeing Turks along the Tigris front after Kut El Amara. General Maude reports about 7500 captured and 20 000 dead or wounded as the remnants are broken up into a disorderly mob heading toward Bagdad.
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London
Kut-El-Amara
House of Commons
Bagdad
Tigris
Maude
Denmark Forms Committee Over Meat Exports to Germany
Copenhagen reports the government has appointed a committee to probe irregular meat exports to Germany in December and January. Allegations accuse three export committee members of overstepping the unpublished agreement with belligerents. Opposition papers name them as prominent businessmen, two of whom sit in Parliament.
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Copenhagen
London
Denmark
Germany
England
Snow disrupts lines with heavy Kentucky snowfall
Snow covered Kentucky towns as wet flakes toppled telegraph and telephone poles from the Ohio valley to the Tennessee line. Louisville area reported up to nine inches, while Cumberland Maryland noted twelve inches crippling wire communication.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Louisville
Cumberland
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Hadfields, Limited
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