President seeks authority to arm American ships in war risk move
President Wilson asked Congress for power to use U S forces to defend ships and lives from German submarines, proposing a 100 million dollar war insurance bond. The measure would arm merchantmen and employ other means, risking an extra session as Republicans resist a blank check while Democrats show mixed support.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
House
Germany
Publishers Back FTC Price Plan for Newsprint
Washington publishers meeting with the Federal Trade Commission voted to cooperate if the plan to fix newsprint prices proceeds. They pledged to reduce paper requirements by at least five percent below 1916 levels, while insisting prosecutions under anti trust laws not be dropped. Francis J. Heney warned nonparticipants would be excluded from any price relief. More than one hundred publishers attended.
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Washington
United States
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Francis J. Heney
The
Trade Commission
Department of Justice
Twenty six Americans aboard Laconia reported missing
New York dispatch notes twenty six Americans aboard the Cunard liner Laconia from New York February 18 to Liverpool with 75 passengers and a crew of 216. One casualty was confirmed as missing by Liverpool officials. The ship carried a defense gun and was torpedoed at night without warning, giving no chance to use the weapon.
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Cunard
Liverpool
Line
United States
Floyd P. Gibbons
Chicago Tribune
F. BE. Harris
Frank E. Harris
United States Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Dupont
Philadelphia
Arthur T. Kirby
Bainbridge
Mary B. Hoy
Chicago
Elizabeth Hoy
James Wareing
Brooklyn
Laconia
Shipping Destroyed Totals Near Five Million Tons
Berlin reports that shipping totaling 4,998,500 tons belonging to Entente and neutral nations has been destroyed or condemned as prizes by the Central Powers since the war began.
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Berlin
Sayuille
Kut El Amara Captured From Turkish Forces
In London Andrew Bonar Law announced that British forces secured all Turkish positions from Samnaiyat to Kut el Amara along the Tigris and the town passed into British hands. He also noted the third Great War Loan raised over one billion pounds with more than five million subscribers, prompting enthusiasm in Parliament.
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Lodon
Kut-el-Amara
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Bonar Law
Tigris
Samnaiyat
England
London
Great Britain
Grier Ouster Bill Passes House Amid Debates
The House voted 50 to 28 to approve the Grier ouster law amid debate on potential prosecutions and official duties. Other actions included a failed 16 year age of consent bill, new felon recapture rewards, and multiple local and state measures. The Senate moved on education, taxation, and prison management inquiries with mixed outcomes and continued hearings on state farm conditions.
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Raleigh
Anti-Saloon League
Grant
New Hanover
House
McLeod
Sampson County
Board of Education
Gardner
Stubbs
Little
Anson
Justice
Jackson County
Surry
Rockingham Court
Beaufort County Board of Education
Lincoln
House of Correction
Forsyth County
State Farm
Y. S. Mann
Darden
Sawyer
Graham
Murphy
Corporation Commission
Linn
Jones
Joint Committee On Education
Teachers’ Assembly
R. H. Wright
J. Y. Joyner
C. C. Wright
Mary Graham
H. B. Smith
Newbern
C. L. Coon
Wilson
Legislative
E. L. Travis
The
Kitchin
Capt
Rhem
Christian
Bickett
Ross
Nash
Gough
Nash Road
Marion
Haywood
Edgecombe
Chowan
Orange
Forsyth
Lincoln County
Union County
Caldwell
Dave County
Buncombe
Davie
A. and M. College
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering
Allen
Roberts
Long
Halifax
Clark
Supreme Court
Doughton
State Bar Association
High Point Milling Co Advertises Flour Quality
Good Wholesome Flour claims top quality flour from High Point Milling Company. The letter extols white frost luxury flour as ideal for bread, cakes, and pastry, stating it is made from the best wheat and promising superior baking results.
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High Point Milling
Bigh Point Milling Company
Rail timetable for Carolina and Yadkin River line 1914 schedule
Nations schedule in effect October 14 1914 lists southbound and northbound trains with daily departures from High Point Thomasville Gordontown Denton High Rock and arrival times. Times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. Agent W E Price signs the notice.
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High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
Thomanville
W. E_ PRICE. Agt
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Henry D. Flood
Virginia
General Assembly
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W. T. Kirkman & CO
Mr. Farmer
N. C
J. W. Sechrest
Moore Springs
Moore's Springs
W. W. Idol & CO
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Moores Springs
Mann Drug CO
North State Tele. Co
Postal Telegraph Cable CO
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Fayetteville
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Aiken
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