French Lose Ground As Champagne Battles Rage On Front
London reports furious fighting along the western front with five German assaults repulsed in Champagne south of Saint Marie a Py. German claims of French trench penetration near Soissons denied. British artillery bombarded Lille with no losses. Front activity includes gains near the Oise and Reims, and sustained artillery fights in Lorraine and the Vosges. French planes attacked La Panne and Poperinghe while countering enemy detachments near Vic Sur Aisne.
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French cruiser Admiral Charner missing in Syria patrol
Paris reports fear for the fate of the cruiser Admiral Charner after no news since February 8. The ship, with a 370 crew, patrolled the Syrian coast and was reportedly torpedoed by a submarine per a German telegram. London also notes torpedoing of the Springwell and Cedarwood. Havre cites the sinking of German gunboat Hedwig von Wissmann on Lake Tanganyika with prisoners taken.
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Ministry of Marine
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Havre
Hedwig von Wissmann
Lake Tanganyika
Grahame-White Wounded in France
British aviator Claude Grahame-White has been gravely wounded at Hazebrouck France. He was commissioned a lieutenant last month and gained international fame for his earlier flights in England and America. His wife Dorothy Taylor of New York recently obtained a decree for restitution of conjugal rights.
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Claude Grahame-White
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England
America
United States
Dorothy Taylor
New York
Allies Warn Sinking Of Armed Merchantmen After March Signaling
Germany and Austria notify Washington that after March 1 all armed merchantmen will be treated as warships and sunk without warning. Count von Bernstorff and Austrian charge Baron Zwiedinek confirm the stance amid the U S disarmament proposal urging unarmed merchant ships and removal of defense guns. The timing allows entente powers to state intent toward the note.
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Austria
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Baron Erich Zwiedinek
Lansing
United States
Brandeis at Hearing Accused of Infidelity by Opponent
The Senate subcommittee heard grave charges against Louis D Brandeis nominee for the Supreme Court. Clifford Thorne Iowa railroad commission chairman alleged infidelity breach of faith and unprofessional conduct relating to railroad rate cases. Thorne argued Brandeis lacked judicial temperament and would be biased on railroad questions if confirmed.
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Supreme Court
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Vienna Asked to Explain Submarine Attack on Petrolite
Secretary Lansing sent a dispatch through Ambassador Penfield to Austro Hungarian officials seeking an investigation and explanation of the Austrian submarine attack on the American tanker Petrolite. affidavits from Petrolite crew and other sources claim the ship was stopped near Alexandria in the Mediterranean, the submarine fired wounding a crewman, the commander asked for food which the captain refused, a boarding party took one American crew member hostage and Austrians took stores.
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Lansing
Penfield
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Thompson
Czar Goes to Front Reported from Petrograd
A Petrograd dispatch to Reuters reports Emperor Nicholas has left Petrograd for the front. The movement signals renewed Russian emphasis on the war effort amid ongoing campaigns on the eastern front.
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Massacre of Armenians Reported as Turko-Hostilities Resume
Dispatches from Bucharest and Constantinople report renewed Armenian massacres by Turkish forces with two Greeks executed in Constantinople. In Paris the Fournier agency is suspended for false news. A fire at Jes sop Steel mill in Washington Pennsylvania causes $20000 loss. Berlin reports British mail seizure at Falmouth from the steamer Celia bound for South America.
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Berlin
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South America
Big Guns Roar Along The Line In War Front
The western front sees continuous artillery fire and close combat with infantry grappling in hand to hand fighting. German gains in Champagne are noted with new trench captures around Tahur while French artillery answers bombardments near Massiges and Navarin with counter strikes.
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Ford to Launch Nationwide Campaign Against War Prep
Henry Ford plans a country wide advertising drive in newspapers and magazines to oppose naval and military expenditures before Congress. He intends to spend millions on an educational campaign against war and preparedness, which he calls the first step toward actual war. Details are unavailable but the plan aims to reach all people over time.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
Congress
Ford
Irrigation Country Crops Census Totals For Nebraska Wyoming Project
The crop census by United States reclamation service shows 68130 acres cropped in the North Platte Nebraska Wyoming irrigation project with total crops value 1263616 dollars and average 18.55 per acre. Sugar beets top crops at 7872 acres yielding 537641 dollars. potatoes 1395 acres 100733 dollars.
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North Platte
Nebraska-Wyoming
United States Reclamation Service
Retailers urge Lincoln university to expand commerce school
The Federation of Nebraska Retailers passed a resolution asking the state university in Lincoln to enlarge its school of commerce and establish a chair of marketing. They urge teaching shorthand, rural credit legislation, and low interest long term credit for merchants and small businesses. Nebraska congressmen are urged to address these needs.
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State University
School of Commerce
Congress
Nebraska Notables Honored by Washington Society Meeting
The Nebraska society of Washington held a Friday night gathering to honor Congressman Shallenberger and Reavis and Sam Patterson, auditor of the treasury. President Stephens led the program with a discussion of preparedness by Reavis and Shallenberger.
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Nebraska Society of Washington
Shallenberger
Reavis
Sam Patterson
the Treasury
Congressman Stephens
Association
Reavis and
No More Teuton Imports Proclaimed by Rome
Rome issues a royal decree prohibiting importation into Italy or transit through Italy of all German and Austrian merchandise and banning exportation of German and Austrian goods.
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Italy
Former Secretary Lindley M. Garrison Retires From Public Life
Lindley M. Garrison former secretary of war announced plans to retire absolutely from politics and public life saying he will not discuss his resignation from any political angle. He will retire to private life in New York.
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New York
Lindley M. Garrison
Contempt for Forcing a Kiss and a Cathartic Ad Rant
An op-ed style line mocks a man who resists a girl’s kiss. An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pellets as best for liver bowels and stomach with dosing: one Pellet laxative three for cathartic. The ad warns of financial loss when a fool parts with money.
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