Wilson and Congress delay armed ships vote to Tuesday
In Washington March 4 the White House and House leaders agreed to postpone action on the McLemore resolution to warn Americans off armed ships. The rules committee will frame a table motion, with administration forces aiming for a Tuesday vote and a strong House majority. Bryan's New York stop fuels speculation on timing.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
House
McLemore
Foreign Affairs Committee
White House
Tumulty
America
Rotterdam
Lansing
New York
William J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Senate
McCumber
Gore
James
Administration
Flood
For Affairs Committee
Conference in Speaker Clark's office delays vote
Members of the rule committee and leaders gathered in Speaker Clark's office to discuss the situation. Acting Chairman Pou said the situation was in doubt. Flood stated there can be no vote today and Kitchin then indicated members would not be needed to vote until next Tuesday at the earliest. The conference adjourned with no formal action except a rules committee meeting at 2 o'clock and a gentleman's agreement to delay a vote until Tuesday.
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Rule Committee
Clark
Pou
Rules Committee
Kitchin
Mr. Flood
British Press Hails Wilson Victory in Senate
London reports the British press lauds President Wilson's Senate victory as a major triumph for Allied aims. The Manchester Guardian editorial warns Germany has embraced a line justifying harsh consequences and asserts America will not accept a return to barbarism.
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London
Wilson
Senate
The
Manchester Guardian
Germany
E Guardian
Freezing Weather Bites Atlantic Coast North Florida
Freezing temperature spread along the Atlantic coast to northern Florida with winds up to 56 mph off Cape Hatteras. The Weather Bureau expects moderation tonight and Sunday as a rapidly intensifying storm moved from North Carolina toward the New England coast.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
Florida
Weather Bureau
North Carolina
New England
Jacksonville
Cape Hatteras
City Faces 1915 Tax Rate Between 1 87 and 1 88 Per 100
Mayor Brown announced pending council action on the 1915 tax rate, expected at $1.87 or $1.88 per $100 valuation. Audits show 1915 general fund needs at $1,267,993, with $189,987 excess over 1914 and $70,000 interest from bond money.
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Brown
Ernoon
Carnegie
Alamo Plaza
West Commerce Street
French Cruisers Said Sunk by German Submarines
Berlin dispatch reports two French auxiliary cruisers and one British patrol boat sunk by German submarines, while Paris denies the claim and the Temps calls the admiralty report false.
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Berlin
Sayville
Admiralty
Paris
The
Temps
Havre
Sunk Lamke steamship off Ile d Yeu after mine strike
The French steamship Lamke of Dunkirk, 3177 tons gross, sailing from La Rochelle Tuesday, was sunk the same day in the Bay of Biscay six miles NW of Ile d Yeu. Six of her 22 crewmen are missing.
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LA Rochelle
France
Lamke
Dunkirk
Bay of Biscay
Ile d’Yeu
Sergipe Collision Reported By Wireless Distress Call
The Brazilian steamer Sergipe collided with an unidentified vessel about sixty miles south of New York. The Sergipe later signalled safe and continuing her voyage. the Caronia was initially believed involved, but name unclear due to poor wireless conditions. The Sergipe is 280 feet long with 1859 gross tons, owned by Lloyd Brasileiro.
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New York
Sergipe
Caronia
Sersipe
Caroénia
Lloyd Brzileiro
Germans Dig Way Out Par is Fort Douaumont
The Petit Journal reports five hundred Germans of the Twenty-fourth Brandenburg regiment held Fort Douaumont for a week by extending subterranean passages to reach their advanced lines.
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Paris
Brandenburg Regiment
Fort
Douaumont
Petit Journal
Flags for Baby Week Opens in Columbus
Baby week begins in Columbus today with 4500 flags distributed to homes where babies were born in the last year. Boy Scouts will deliver the flags with blue for girls and red for boys.
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Boy Scouts
Columbus
Columbus, CO
Manila Street Car Auditor Held
Percy Far rant auditor of the Manila Street Railway Company has been arrested on charges of embezzling funds totaling about 50 000 dollars over seven years according to officials.
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Manila Street Car
Manila
Percy Farrant
Manila Street Railway Company
Local forecast for San Antonio area weekend
Fair to night and Sunday in San Antonio and vicinity. Warmer tonight.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Five Cities
Forecasts from The Light cover St. Louis Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Kansas City New York and Washington. Each city lists temperature conditions wind direction and speed with trends toward warmer or colder spells and daily high and low figures.
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Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Explosion Kills 20 Near Paris Amid Fort Blast
Twenty people were killed and many injured in an explosion near St Denis on March 4. The blast occurred near the Double Couronne fort at Courneuve with ramparts blown and fire spreading. Explosives were stored nearby and the cause remains uncertain after a series of secondary blasts.
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Paris
St. Denis
Double Couronne
Courneuve
Cardinal Mer cier Arrives in Malines from Rome
Cardinal Mercier, archbishop of Malines, arrived in the Belgian city on his return from a trip to Rome, according to a Rome dispatch.
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Paris
Cardinal Mercier
Malines
Rome
Swedes Warned Off Armed Merchant Ships
The foreign office informs the Associated Press that a warning has been issued to Swedish citizens against embarking on armed merchantmen.
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Stockholm
London
Foreign Office
Associated Press
Coal Barges Ashland Kohinoor Wreck Off Scituate
Two light coal barges Ashland and Kohinoor broke from a tug bound for Philadelphia and were wrecked on Minot's Light edges near Scituate. Five men aboard Kohinoor were lost and five from Ashland were washed ashore on the deck house after the tug strained in a gale as it left Boston harbor.
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Scituate
Mass
Ashland
iSohinoor
Philadelphia
Minot
Boston Harbor
Consul William F. Kelley Found Dead in Rome
American consul in Rome William F. Kelley was found dead in a chair this morning. Officials say death was likely due to heart disease.
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William Kelley
Rome
Paris
William F. Kelley
Lincoln Lawyer to Secretary Bryan Aide Passes
Consul Kelley of Lincoln Nebraska born 186? was a lawyer for 22 years before joining Secretary Bryan as private secretary in October 1913. He became assistant solicitor of the State Department in August 1914 and a consul assigned to Rome in June last year. He was 51.
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Washington, D. C
Kelley
Lincoln
Neb
Bryan
State Department
Rome
Army Discharges Lieutenant Adams for Absence on Border
President Wilson ordered Lieutenant Robert W. Adams of Texas dropped from the army for absence without leave. Adams was recently arrested on embezzlement charges and court-martialed, then disappeared and is now believed to be in Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Robert W. Adams
Texas
Mexican
Adams
Mexico
Senate Army Bill Submitted by Chamberlain
The Senate army bill, introduced by Chairman Chamberlain, aims at sweeping military preparedness. It plans 178000 regulars, 217000 National Guard, a federal volunteer army, a broad reserve, and officers corps. It seeks coast defense and protection for Panama Canal and the Philippines under Wilson’s war plans.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Army
Chamberlain
Military Committee
Congress
Wilson
National Guard
Continental Army
War Department
Senate
House
Panama
Hawaii
Philippines
United States
De la Barra Under Investigation by U S Justice Dept
Charges allegedly linking Francisco de la Barra to neutralist activities are to be probed by the Department of Justice. Ambassador Arredondo said he has not yet received the Mexican consul-general’s request to alert the State Department about de la Barra’s alleged ties to new revolutionary movements. He will study the evidence if it arrives. The State Department lacks proof that Felix Diaz has re entered Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza Bos
Francisco de la Barra
New York
Europe
Department of Justice
Arredondo
State Department
de la Barra
Mexico
Felix Diaz
Francis Chosen for Russian Posting Nomination sent to Senate
President Wilson will send the nomination of David R. Francis former Missouri governor to be ambassador to Russia to the Senate on Monday. Petropavlovsk dispatches say Francis will be acceptable to the Russian government and he will succeed George T. Marye who has resigned.
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Washington, D. C
David R. Francis
Missouri
Russia
Senate
Wilson
Petrograd
Francis
George T. Marye
Unions Allegedly Paid Gunman in Kaplan Shooting
William Sherwood, arrested for shooting Bennie Weinstein, confesses he was hired by a shirtwaist makers' union now on strike. Police say the union offered a $100 contract and a payroll of $25 weekly in exchange for his services.
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New York
William Sherwood
Bennie Weinstein
I. Kaplan and Sons
Sherwood
Kaplan
German Seaplane Intercepted Off Belgian Coast
A German seaplane returning from England was picked up by the French three miles north of Middelkerke Bank off the Belgian coast. One observer drowned and another taken prisoner. The seaplane had dropped on Wednesday, an official statement issued Friday evening reports.
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London
England
Middelkerke Bank
Belgian
Hay Fire Burns Hay Stored On Pier 39 Galveston
Firefighters battle flames in a hay storage compartment of Galveston pier 39. About 8500 tons of hay owned by Steger & Company were threatened with $35000 in losses. Origin under investigation, suspected spontaneous combustion. reinforced concrete walls hinder spread.
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Galveston
Tex
Steger & Company
Seamen's Law Enforcement Expands to Foreign Vessels
Preparations are in New York to enforce the Lafollette seamen's law on foreign ships starting today, with government agents ready to deny clearance papers to any vessel not complying. The act has been operative since November 4 for American ships.
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New York
Italian War Loan Subscribed Up To Four Billion Lire
Rome reports that official returns are not complete but indicate a third Italian war loan subscription of 4,000,000,000 lire. Together with prior loans, Italy will have about 7,000,000,000 lire subscribed for the war.
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Rome
Paris
Italy
Woman Electrocuted in Bath Tub in Toledo
Mrs. Bertram Bellows wife of a real estate dealer was killed by electricity in her bath tub in Toledo on March 4 when she tried to remove a portable electric lamp that had fallen into the tub.
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Toledo, CO
Bertram Bellows
Hettie Green sells Old Eureka mine in California
Mrs Hettie Green has sold the Old Eureka gold mine at Sutter Creek Amador County California to an Eastern syndicate of millionaires reputedly paying over 1 million dollars The buyers include William K Corey steel magnate The mine once produced an estimated 20 million dollars and was shut down and flooded in 1877 by Green who claimed rivals pressured a sale.
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San Francisco
Cal
Hettie Green
New York
Sutter Creek
Amador County
California
William KE. Corey
Bank Robbery at Mounds Oklahoma Nets $7000 to $8000
Bank robbers blew the safe at The First National Bank in Mounds Oklahoma at 2 35 this morning using twelve charges of nitroglycerine. They escaped with an estimated seven to eight thousand dollars in currency and fled toward Giefer aboard a Frisco railroad hand car. No arrests yet.
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Tulsa
Okla
First National Bank
Mounds
Frisco
Giefer
Bread Giveaway At Emmanuel Baptist Church
Chicago March 4 One thousand loaves will be given away at Emmanuel Baptist Church services as part of a church advertising campaign Pastor Johnstone Myers announced the label on each loaf will quote Jesus I am the bread of life he that cometh unto me shall never hunger Myers says churches should advertise like merchants and adopted the idea from an advertising convention.
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Chicago
Immanuel Baptist Church
Nev
Johnstone Myers
Jesus
Record Excavation With Cascades Dredge Sets World Mark
The Pan ama canal engineers operated the powerful excavation dredge Cascades breaking records for hard material. On February 18 it excavated and loaded 23 305 cubic yards of earth and rock into scows, a world's record equivalent to 35 000 tons.
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Washington, D. C
Cascades
Panama Canal
Train Through Bridge Kills Two in South Dakota
A passenger train on the South Dakota Central plunged sixty feet through a bridge ten miles south of Watertown injuring eight, with two killed. The fire weakened the bridge, a traveling salesman F E Dooling of Denver was trapped and burned alive as rescuers fought the blaze.
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Watertown
South Dakota Central
Here
F. E. Dooling
Denver
Colo
Italian Steamer Giava Sunk by Austrian Submarine
The steamship Giava, which departed February 29, was sunk by an Austrian submarine off Leghorn. No Americans were aboard.
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Leghorn
Italy
Paris
Giava
My Adventures in the Air and Other Features in THE SUNDAY LIGHT
The issue previews a serialized aviator front experience in France and adds varied pieces on public life, fashion, science, and culture. Notable items include a new life reveal about a prominent Texan, suffrage discourse, car ownership guidance, artistic portraits, and fashion by Lucile of London.
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France
Arthur Carroll
Thomas Shevlin
Arthur Halmi
Thomas F. Reilly
Fordham University
Signorina Lucrezia Bort
Science
Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
Lucile
Duff Gordon
London
Verdun Battle Drags On As German Offensive Lingers
Paris dispatch reports heavy artillery activity around Verdun with no infantry clashes. German efforts focus on Verdun while observers compare the action to Czernowitz and Isonzo battles. Evidence cites German troops attempting to seize Douaumont and signals Verdun as France’s last major resistance.
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Paris
Verdun
French War Office
Eparges
Vers Dun
Merce
Douaumont
Meuse
Frésnes
Sp Mans
Isonzo
Czernowitz
France
Russians Make Advance Across Asia Minor
Russian forces advance along three axes from Erzerum toward Trebizond Sivas and Bitlis meeting equal success in all directions. Turks retreat to save guns and equipment while Sivas prepares as a stand 200 miles west of Erzerum. Trebizond and Bitlis expected to fall. Persina progress unconfirmed with forces moving toward Mesopotamia.
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Petrograd
Asia Minor
Erzerum
Trebizond
Sivas
Bitlis
Persia
Mesopotamia
Russians Take Bitlis in Turkish Armenia Campaign
Petrograd via London reports the Russians have captured Bitlis, about 116 miles southeast of Erzerum near the Lake Van region. Bitlis, a city of around 35,000, capital of its vilayet, features mosques and convents and sits high above sea level.
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Petrograd
London
Armenia
Erzerum
Lake van
Bitlis
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