Paris Zeppelin Raid Stirs City Amid Air Attacks
Zeppelin airships raided Paris early Sunday dropping bombs with limited damage. Seven or eight people injured, one seriously, as two of four aircraft reached targets in the capital. Missiles also hit Compiegne Ribecourt and Dreslincourt with no serious harm. Residents watched from balconies while lights were ordered out and anti aircraft guns opened fire under misty conditions.
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Union News
Paris
Valley of the Oise
Compiegne
Ribecourt
Dreslincourt
Bread Famine in Vienna and Venice Raises Tensions
Austrian government cuts bakery production by a quarter causing bread shortages across Vienna for a week. Officials report state aid to 141,000 families while Vienna spends 1,750,000 dollars on housing and feeding Galician refugees. Budapest plans bread tickets amid prior denials.
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Vienna
Venice
Budapest
Premier proposes plan to abolish liquor bars province wide
Regina reports Premier Scott announces government measures to end retail sale of all intoxicating liquors and to run wholesale traffic as a government monopoly under dispensaries. A referendum could abolish dispensaries later.
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Regina
Sask
Scott
Dwindling of Wheat a Mystery in Hastings Elevator
Nearly 21 000 bushels of wheat stored by fourteen stockholders in the Harvard Elevator Co. elevator have dwindled to under 200 bushels. Stockholders of the Farmers' Co operative Grain association seek legal counsel for anticipated litigation. Emil Bauers, 37, manager for three years, has been absent for several days.
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Hastings
Neb
Harvard Elevator Co
Farmers’ Co-operative Grain Association
Emil Bauers
Yucatan Suffers From Mexican Strife
A hemp growers committee and American hemp importers urged Washington action to halt the Mexican revolutionary conflict in Yucatan. They warned the turmoil could endanger the sisal crop used for U S bound binding twine.
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Yucatan
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Alvarado
Carranza
Progreso
United States
Battleships Sunk by Mines in the Dardanelles
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports from London that British battleships Irresistible Ocean and French Bouvet were blown up by mines in the Dardanelles with heavy loss of life. Queen and Implacable are en route to replace them as operations continue amid the crisis.
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Union News Service
London
Admiralty
Irresistible
Ocean
Dardanelles
Queen
England
Canned Foods Seen as Essential to Nation
Chicago and New York would starve in days without canned foods, said G W Drake, secretary of the Western Association of Canners, at the National Canners Association convention. He noted America could feed a great army with current canning output and that production is only a fraction of capacity.
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Chicago
New York
G. W. Drake
Western Association of Canners
National Canners’ Association
America
Carranza Forces Routed Near Piedras Negras
The Villista agency reports Monclovio Herreras's Carranza forces defeated southeast of Piedras Negras by General Rosalio Hernandez troops. A large number of prisoners were taken and Herrera's men fled toward the Burro mountains, signaling the end of Carranza resistance in the area.
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Carranza
Washington
Monclovio Herreras
Rosalio Hernandez
Oregano
Piedras Negras
Villista
Piedras
Negras
Convention
Herrera
Burro Mountains
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Nebraska Legislative League Banquet Draws 230 Dignitaries
Lincoln Neb Marchers and guests gathered for the fourth annual Nebraska Legislative League dinner at a local hotel. About 230 legislators former lawmakers and notable state figures attended the event though several left before the toast list concluded.
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Legislative League
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Legislative League
Manufacturing Census Underway in Nebraska Districts
Omaha supervisor J B Collins leads a ten man team gathering Census data for Nebraska. Six months allocated for completion. State divided into districts with one man per district. Of 3 650 manufacturing concerns listed, 600 are in Omaha.
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Omaha
Neb
J. B. Collins
District of
Nebraska
United States Seeks Legal Basis for Allied Embargo
Washington states the United States government has not received clear answers from Great Britain and France on the legal basis for an embargo on all direct and indirect trade between Germany and neutral countries. Officials say it remains unknown whether the allies intend a legal blockade or to apply usual contraband rules, a determination crucial for potential US actions and damages claims stemming from interrupted American commerce.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Order In Council
Germany
State Department
Turkish pledge to protect noncombatants in Turkey
Ambassador Morgenthau reports to the state department that the Turkish government assures protection for noncombatants in Turkey during the war. He conveyed foreign reps made on instruction from the American government to the Porte.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Constantinople
State Department
Turkey
Porte
Germans Told to Quit Italy by Authorities
Paris Germans at resorts along the Italian Riviera have been privately ordered to leave Italian soil immediately, according to a Nice dispatch to the Havas agency.
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Italy
Paris
French to Buy Cotton From Dacia Cargo
The French foreign office plans to purchase the cotton cargo aboard the steamship Dacia seized by a French cruiser and brought to Brest. Valued around $750,000, the plan rests with a prize court to decide the ship's disposition while the government moves to complete the purchase.
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Paris
Dacia
Brest
United States
Rotterdam
Senator Hoagland Elected President In State Session
The legislative league elected officers for the year with H V Hoagland Lancaster named president and George Jackson Nuckolls as vice president. H Richmond Douglas became secretary treasurer. An executive committee includes P Peterson Lancaster Miner Douglas Mears Wayne Conley Gage Reynolds Red Willow and Earl Mallory Box Butte. The state treasurer warns of general fund warrants unless county treasurers remit monthly, a plan county officials oppose amid meetings and indignation.
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Union News Service
Legislative League
House
H. V. Hoagland
Lancaster
George Jackson
Nuckolls
H. €. Richmond
Douglas
Co. P. Peterson
Bert Miner
Grant Mears
Wayne
T. E. Conley
State General Fund
Han
Ure
Nebraska House Passes Employment Agency Regulation Bill
The House approved H. R. 144 by 81 to 0, requiring Nebraska employment agencies to obtain a $50 license and post a bond, report daily on applicants and placements, guarantee a bona fide job before fees, and cap fees at 10 percent of first month wages or $1 monthly hires. The bill bans fee splitting. a similar measure faced senate hostility.
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Nebraska
Labor Commissioner’s Office
Senate
Legislators in Motion Pictures Are Filmed at Nebraska House
Director George E Condra of the state conservation commission records the Nebraska legislature for an annual banquet. Each of the four chamber sections is filmed with members at their desks during sessions, marking the first time such in session profiles are produced for the league event.
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House’ ‘of Representatives
Senate
George E. Condra
State Conservation Commission
Nebraska Legislative League
Condra
Adjutant General Asked to Send Field Hospital Unit
The War Department requests a field hospital company be sent to Sparta Wisconsin for a militia hospital training camp. The decision hinges on the fate of the appropriation bill. Nebraska guard hospital company is based in Lincoln. Crinklaw Liggett bill to abolish junior normal schools advanced in House and sent to third reading with no opposition. No junior normal school appropriations in the maintenance bill.
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Adjutant General
War Department
Sparta
Wis
Nebraska Guard
Lincoln
Flag to Join G A R Post in David City
A motion was adopted Friday afternoon to donate the flag shown behind the speaker’s desk in the House of Representatives to the G A R post at David City after the session. The flag will go to Representative Fuller for the David City organization.
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House of Representatives
G. A. R. Post
David City
Representative Fuller
Tax for City Amusements Passes Senate with One Mill Levy
The senate voted 22 to 8 to approve S. F. 211 to empower city councils and village boards to levy a one mill tax for vocal musical and amusement organizations. Senator Lahners introduced the bill and defended the measure noting the value of play for public morale. The bill includes an emergency clause and was passed to fund local entertainment.
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Senate
Lahners
Jack
Protest Alien Employment and Plague Remarks Reach White House
Irreconcilable reports cite Panama Canal workers lodging complaints at the White House while Nebraska values are listed from 1912 London. Sir Thomas Linton describes Serbia's typhus crisis with brutal imagery of burned infected houses and clothing, bullock carts hauling fevered victims, and overwhelmed graves.
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Union News Service
London
Serbia
Thomas Linton
Associated Press
Nebraska Assessor Values in 1912 and Tax Burden
The 1912 Nebraska real estate and improvements valuation exceeded that of many states, totaling $319,049,627. Including personal property, the taxable total rose to $46,371,889. Per capita assessment stood at $375, with real estate averaging $258. taxes totaled $19,780,947, about $16.04 per person.
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Washington
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Vermont
North Dakota
Delaware
South Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Census Bureau
Protests Over Alien Labor on Panama Canal
Washington notes say civilians on the Isthmus submitted a petition to the White House urging an eight hour workday and opposing the employment of aliens as artisans and the discharge of longtime canal workers. They claim Governor Goethals favors newer men and the issue will be discussed with Secretary Garrison.
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Washington
Panama Canal
White House
Wilson
Goethals
Garrison
Przemysl Garrison Surrenders After Weak Stand
The Przemysl garrison capitulated to the Russian army on Monday. The fortress hoisted the white flag after a prolonged, weakened siege with no food or ammunition, signaling an inevitable surrender.
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Przemysl
Petrograd
Potatoes Exports Halted To US Over Powdery Scab
Winnipeg report says all permits for exporting Canadian potatoes to the United States are cancelled and no potatoes loaded after March 4 will enter. The halt comes after a shipment was found infected with powdery scab. United States Consul General Frederick M. Ryder issued the precaution.
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Winnipeg
United States
Frederick M. Ryder
Italy issues identification cards to soldiers
Rome reports military authorities have distributed identification cards for Italian troops, badges worn in active campaigns. The move is viewed by some as a sign of Italy’s readiness for any eventuality.
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Italy
Rome
Lassen Eruption Drops Dense Smoke Over Northern California
Lassen peaks eighty second eruption Saturday produced a huge column of dense black smoke from the main crater. The plume spread for miles as ashes fell for an hour after the eruption ended at 3 p.m. The sky remained clear with almost no wind guiding the ash cloud.
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Lassen
Redding
Cal
Lassen Peak
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