Wilson seeks armed neutrality and credit powers
President Wilson asked Congress for authority to arm American merchant ships and to establish armed neutrality amid growing German submarine actions. He urged swift passage of a draft bill enabling protection measures and insurance against war risks, signaling support while warning war depends on German aggression.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
America
Germany
Emmary
Lence
Chairwan Flood
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Com Amon
Laconia Sunk by German Submarine Off Ireland
The 18 150 ton Cunard liner Laconia was torpedoed and sunk off Ireland with one life lost. American survivors total 278, picked up by another liner and due to land at Queenstown or Bantry. The ship carried wheat cotton shells iron fruit steel plates and sundries with no explosives aboard.
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London
Cunard
Laconia
Ireland
Frost
Queenstown
Cu Line
New York
Lar
Bantry
Kut el Amara Recaptured by British Forces
London Feb 26 British army has recaptured Kut el Amara in a report announced by Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law in the house of commons. Turkish garrison retreating. 1 730 prisoners taken and several guns machine guns mine throwers and other material captured as fighting opens up.
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Kut-El-Amara
London
Kut-el- Amara
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Ready to Arm Merchant Ships
New York Feb 26. If the president’s address to Congress means arming American ships, the American Line passenger ships will be armed at once and the company will advertise resumption of transatlantic traffic.
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New York
American Line
Merchants Predict Strong Spring as Ads Highlight Local Stores
Beattie merchants display confidence for the season with bustling plans and energetic push. The day features promotions from Mobert Grote in Co Grote neat newwick Co Coliseum Theatre Clemmer Theatre hex Theatre M.A Gottstein Furniture Bon Marche pees Frederick & Nemon Page Vane. The Jar advertises top heat offers and regular store highlights.
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Mobert Grote In
Co Grote Neat Newwick Co
Coliseum
Clemmer Theatre
Hex Theatre
M.A Gottstein Furniture Ca
Bon Marche
Pees Frederick & Nemon
Vane
ManTipped Hat Politician Delights Seattle Crowds
A traveler recalls a Seattle street scene where a local man named C. Allen Dale attracts attention by tipping his hat and blowing kisses to every flag he passes. The vignette ends noting Dale is running for the city council.
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C. Allen Dale
Seattle
R. H. Thomson
Dale
Thomson
Thomson-Dale
City
Port Belt
Renick
Renton
Puget Sound Traction Co
Somme
Ett
Stevens Pass
Lane
Council
There’s Only One American in Hell
M. H. Gossett of Fort Worth’s free employment bureau receives two letters, one from Paradise Texas seeking a cook, and another from Hell Norway via Boston bragging that he is the only American in Hell, with the rest Norwegians.
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Fort Worth
Tex
M. H. Gossett
Municipal Free Employment Bureau
Paradise
Hell
Norway
J. A. Norton
Boston
Northwest tourist fund bill advances in house
In Olympia on February 26 the appropriations committee favored House Bill 378 to appropriate 5000 for an attorney to handle the Northwest tourist case. The funds would hire C. C. Reynolds, who has led the case. A private 5000 fund exists and would be returned to subscribers if both chambers approve. The measure was pushed by Representative James Davis after a sustained campaign by The Star and sister papers.
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Olympia
Appropriations Committee
CC. A. Reynolds
Northwest
House
Senate
James Davis
The
Star
Car Stolen From In Front Of Liberty Theatre
E C Henriot reports seven passenger Studebaker stolen late Sunday night from in front of the Liberty theatre located at 2515 32nd avenue. Police are investigating the vehicle theft case.
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E. C. Henriot
32Nd Ave
Studebaker
Liberty Theatre
Burns Kill Her At Home Fire Victim Died In Hospital
Mrs Josephine Miller aged 63 died after severe burns suffered when her clothing caught fire from an oil heater at 1203 Oh ny way Saturday morning. Survived by daughter Mrs Matilda Aldwain of 2010 East Spruce St.
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Josephine Miller
Oh, Ny Way
City Hospital
Address to Congress on Critical Times and Submarine War
The president asks Congress for continued close contact during critical times and notes Germany’s pledge breakup and immediate submarine operations against Belligerents and neutrals. Paris dispatch reports the American freighter Orleans reaching the Gironde and nearing Bordeaux, signaling passage of the submarine danger zone.
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Washington
Congress
Houses of Congress
Great Britain
Ireland
Atlantic
Europe
Mediterranean
Paris
Orleans
Gironde
Bordeaux
Wife's Grudge No Bar to Dusky in Bank Hold-Up Trial
Jack Dusky testified in his own defense about the Citizens' bank hold up at Renton on October 19, 1915. He said he worked at shingle mills in Everett that summer and that about 250 dollars went to his former wife's home. Deputized cross exam questioned his claim of a grudge after a divorce. Dusky added he visited his former wife to help Mrs. McDonald who was ill and unable to work.
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Jack Dusky
Citizens’ Bank of Renton
Everett
Taylor's Mill
Dusky
Ellis
Destroyers Clash in North Sea Battle Near Broadstairs
British destroyers fought a German squadron between 11 and midnight in the North Sea with guns and torpedoes. Our ships were undamaged and enemy losses are unknown. A separate enemy force shelled Broadstairs and Margate, two houses were damaged.
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London
North Sea
Edward Carson
Admiralty
Broadstairs
Margate
Carson
Bartenders Hold Booze Free Ball in Sacramento
Sacramento bartenders union held a liquorless ball in Sacramento with no alcohol allowed on site. Invitations noted the event, and the banqueters claimed the average bartender abstains from drinking.
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Sacramento
Cal
Sacramento Bartenders’ Union
Mayor Gill Loses Bid for Separate Trial in Boose-Graft Case
Judge Neterer rejects Mayor Gill's request for a separate trial in the federal grand jury indictment on liquor graft. He allows a joint trial noting some co-defendants likely will testify for the government, with 65 jurors to hear the case on March 6. Tucker urges high minded jurors while Allen argues the conspiracy is too interwoven for separate trials.
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Gill
Neterer
United States
Allen
Billingsley Brothers
William Pielow
Eddie Baker
FE. P. Weidman
Gil
Chief Beckingham
Tucker
Gill Monay
U of W Men Testify for Prof Morrison
In a renewed divorce trial before Judge French, after a failed outside settlement and a sanity board ruling Morrison sane, University of Washington witnesses Dr Hi A Benson and Dean A R Priest testified in his defense.
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Special Sanity Board
Frank M. Morrison
University of Washington
French
Hi. A. Benson
University
A. R. Priest
Morrison
Fifteen Killed in Idaho Snowslide at North Star Mine
In Roise Idaho on February 26 fifteen miners died and fifteen were injured when a snowslide buried the North Star mine bunkhouse compressor and warehouse twelve miles north of Hailey. Officials halted rescue after nine hours to prevent another slide endangering ninety workers. Injured were taken to Hailey for medical care. The disaster followed heavy snowfall and subsequent rain.
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Roise
Idaho
North Star
Hailey
Belt Line Advocates Push Water Rates Plan at Steiner's Hall
Railroads operating along the water front oppose the belt line proposal. Hamilton Higday spoke at a special meeting at Steiner's hall, arguing the belt line would favor water carriers by pressuring rates and improving front access.
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Water Front
Hamilton Higday
Steiner's Hall
England’s War Bonds Subscriptions Reach Record Total
In London on February 26, Chancellor Bonar Law announced in the house of commons that England’s win the war Joan subscriptions totaled 1 312 950 000 pounds about 7 564 750 000 dollars in new money.
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London
England
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Six Americans aboard Laconia shipwreck listed
New York reports six Americans were aboard the liner Laconia when she was sunk. Passengers include Miss Phyllis Barker of New York and Mrs. F E H from a New York hotel. War correspondent Lloyd E Gibbons of Chicago Tribune was on board. other names unavailable.
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New York
Cunard Line
Cunard Line and New York office disagree on LaConia passengers
London reports the Cunard line says no Americans are aboard the LaConia while the New York office contradicts this statement. The exchange underscores conflicting notices about passenger lists aboard the liner.
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London
Cunard Line
Laconia
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