Impeachment Petition Seeks Probe of Judge Carpenter
Representative Tinkham, at the urging of Christopher Sweeney of Boston, petitions the House Judiciary Committee to investigate Judge George A. Carpenter of the Chicago U S Court. The claim accuses Carpenter of improper receivership selections in the Chicago Rock Island case and alleges a Moore-Reid plan to foreclose Rock Island stock. Green of Iowa may lead the inquiry.
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Washington
George A. Carpenter
United States Court
Chicago
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Tinkham
Massachusetts
Tinkham
Christopher F. Sweeney
Boston
Carpenter
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Sweney
Representative Green
Iowa
House
Green
Sweeney
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Moore-Reid Group
Interstate Commerce Commission
Moore-Reid Syndicate
Five Killed in Spokane Train Collision
Five persons were killed and six injured, three seriously, when Northern Pacific passenger No. 2 North Coast Limited collided with eastbound No. 42 near South Cheney, 17 miles from Spokane. Dead include Elton Fulmer, I J Minnick, B L Berkey, J J White, and Lee M Conroy. Fulmer carried a $26,000 accident insurance policy obtained at Pullman before boarding.
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Spokane
Wash
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Burlington
South Cheney
Northwest
Elton Fulmer
Pullman
I. J. Minnick
J. J. White
Lee M. Conroy
Ratifies Nicaraguan Pact With Naval Base Idea
U S Senate voted 55 to 18 to ratify the long debated Nicaraguan treaty granting a 99 year option on the canal route and a Gulf of Fonseca naval base for 44 million. The resolution says U S rights would not infringe Costa Rica Honduras or Salvador claims and Nicaragua expected swift ratification.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Gulf of Fonseca
Costa Rica
Honduras
Salvador
Senor Chammorro
U S Rejects New Sea Order On Merchant Armament
A state department circular communicates that the United States maintains merchant ships may carry defensive armament, rejecting a proposed new sea order.
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U. S
State Department
United States
Russian Forces Capture Erzerum in Caucasus Campaign
London reports Grand Duke Nicholas announces Erzerum fallen after five days of assaults. Over 40,000 Turkish troops surrendered during the siege. German leaders von der Goltz and Simon von Sanders were said to be at Erzerum, fate unknown. The fortress is a key Armenian Turkish hub with strategic roads to Constantinople.
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London
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Caucasus
Erzerum
Asia Minor
Petrograd
Tiflis
Les
Caucasus Mountains
Lusitania Case Held Up and Submarine Policy Question Open
Washington officials say the Lusitania case is held up and the submarine warfare question is reopened after Germany and Austria declare armed merchantmen may be sunk without warning. Secretary Lansing after talks with Count von Bernstorff says the case depends on future conduct and that passenger ships must not be sunk without warning.
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Washington
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Manly
Comrie Castle Goes Ashore At Mombasa Harbor
Union Castle mail liner Comrie Castle ran aground on a reef at the harbor entrance. All passengers were rescued. In Europe, Durazzo, Albania, is encircled on three sides by Austro-Hungarian forces and may fall to heavy artillery advances.
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Mombasa
British East Africa
Union Castle
Comrie Castle
Rome
Durazzo
Albania
Government Data on Mexico Shows Military Character Say Experts
Secretary Lansing notes the government views Mexico as military in nature not de facto civilian rule. The records to Senator Fall include 1913–1915 Mexican killed in U S border areas totaling 92 from various causes, plus 76 Americans killed in Mexico and 26 civilians plus 16 soldiers killed on American soil due to Mexican troubles.
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Lansing
Wasington
State Department
Fall
Senate
Wilson
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
Federalization of National Guards Moves Ahead
Washington notes a practical plan for federalizing the national guard with Senate and House military committee agreement. Key points include doubling militia pay, adopting Representative Hay’s pay bill, ending popular militia officer elections, drafting the militia en bloc in wartime, training by regular officers, a militia officials school, and longer annual encampments.
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Washington
National Guard
Senate
House Military Committee
Hay
Army War College
Walmer church raid leaves three dead in Kent coast attack
In Walmer England a church service was interrupted by a bombing raid from two German seaplanes. Three people died including a boy and two men with a marine wounded. Earlier Lowestoft and an attack on Dupkirk saw 17 bombs dropped with no casualties.
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London
Walmer
Kentish
Dover
Channel
Lowestoft
Suffolk
Dupkirk
Zeppelin Fire Ends Flight Over France
German airship Zepplin is reported shot down near Brabant le Roi after Revigny shelling. Fire consumes the airship and French anti-aircraft fire is credited with igniting the craft. Crew casualties are feared as the airship falls toward France.
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Union News Service
London
Germany
Paris
St. Menehould
Revigny
Brabant le-Roi
Washington Tension Rises Over Submarine War Promise
Washington officials await Berlin's definite assurance on submarine warfare after February 29. Ambassadors Gerard and German authorities are in confidential communication amid concern the German stance may resist any modification to its policy of sinking armed enemy merchant ships without warning.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
Teutonic
Gerard
German publicist warns neutrals on peace terms
Maximilian Harden in the London Times tells the United States and other neutrals that if the Allies do not accept peace terms soon Germany may ignore neutral rights for its survival. He adds that no flag will protect ships in the war zone.
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London
Maximilian Harden
London Times
United States
Germany
Herden
Times
Indians to Go on Warpath in Navaho Apache Yaqui plan
Reports from Gallum New Mexico and Holbrook Arizona say Indian agent Leo Grane was killed at Reams Canyon last Friday. Unconfirmed. a friendly Indian from Reams Canyon says Navaho Apache and Yaqui tribes intend to go on the warpath within three months and that Mexicans will join.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Leo Grane
Reams’ Canyon
Gallum
N. M
Holbrook
Recruits Called to Colors Under Service Act
London. A royal proclamation posts calling to the colors the recruits of class 1 under the military service act. They must report before March 31. The class comprises the youngest recruits, the bachelors who were eighteen on August 15 last. Most are now nineteen and eligible. The summons complete the calling up of single men.
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London
Burns Traverses 8640 Miles to Visit Parents
Robert Burns undertakes an 8640 mile journey from San Francisco to New York in eighty days to reach his parents. He relies on trains and buses and reports progress daily.
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Robert Burns
San Francisco
New York
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Southern Republic
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Feder
Hostetter
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KEEP
Bright
Dean
Nebraska
Jinimenta
ADME
Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Watson E. Coleman
Hooks Tree
Orneha
Eesie
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