Heavy Snow Paralyzes City Utilities and Transit
Wet snow from midnight to noon crippled electric power and telephones, delayed interurban trains, and downed numerous trees and wires. Snow depth reached ten to eleven inches in open areas and 27 to 30 inches on Main Street, with conditions easing toward afternoon as flakes turned to rain.
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Wenger
Main Street
Ian Sre
Hutchinson
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio
Monongahela
Coal Run
March
High Cost Inquiry Budget Passed by House Vote
The House approved a 400000 appropriation for a Federal Trade Commission inquiry into the high cost of living despite objections by Chairman Fitzgerald who called the effort a will of the wisp. In Franklin Pennsylvania flood damage receded as the levee breach eased and the river level fell.
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Associated Press
Washington
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
House Today
Five Men Drowned As Bridge Collapses Over Valley River
GRAFTON Feb 28 Five men drown when a wire swinging bridge across the valley river at O'Brien station between Philipp and Belington fails while seven men are on a lumber truck. The dead include Mitchell of Olemtown Barbour County Scott son of George Brown of Grafton Bennett of Taylor County and Lewis Martin of Thorn. Two others escape with minor injuries as rescuers search the wreckage downstream.
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Associated Press
Grafton
O'Brien Station
Philipp
Belington
Sawyer'n Mill
Oe Mitchell
Olemtown
Barfour County
rBcott
George Brown
Graftor
HE Bennett
Taylor County
Lewis Martin
Thorn
Germans View of Our Neutrality in German Speech
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg, speaking to the Reichstag, criticized U S neutrality policy. He argued the United States protects international law selectively and questioned why America did not resist British control and protect freight and passenger traffic equally with Britain.
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Berlin
Sayville
United States
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Eka
Germany
America
Bremen
Hamburg
Liverpool
London
Senate and House Fail to Agree on Virginia Budget
Charleston Virginia February 28 Both houses of the Legislature in extraordinary session met with the House adjourning to tomorrow morning and the Senate recessing. The House introduced an appropriation bill similar to the regular session version while Delegate Hall urged common sense. Senator Rosenbloom warned that accord may be vanishing amid leadership against funding and potential debt judgments. Senator Fox said Democrats are not pushing such leadership. In London British aircraft raided Saarbruecken area damaging iron works about 60 miles inside German territory.
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Senate
Tony
Delegate Hall
Rosenbloom
Virginia
Supreme Court
Fox
Iron Works
London
Saarbrueschen
Rhenish Prussia
Filibuster Tangles Senate Submarine Bill Prospects Rise
Washington February 28 The Senate faces a renewed filibuster as Republicans demand free debate delaying an extra session. Opposition centers on broad presidential powers and wartime measures while the Foreign Affairs bill faces changes the President may accept. Debate may hinder quick accord on submarine control and war logistics.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Gothias
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Civilian Police Take Emergency Duties During Lusitania Crisis
The New York civilian police force known as the Home Office League, about 15 000 strong, received orders detailing duties in an emergency. Members must report to precinct stations with night sticks and emergency rations, serving four hour shifts mainly at night.
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Associated Press
New York
Home Office League
City Hall Notes on Snow Removal and Bridge Bond Delay
City crews shifted from beautification plans to snow removal and bridge clearing as snow fall paused work. Due to bond delays, David Dean will collect funds and pay workers while Dominick Castillo will oversee construction with city commissioners assisting.
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City Street Department
David Dean
Dominick Castilloct
David
Dominick
No Passengers on British Vessels
New York reports confirm passenger traffic restrictions aboard British ships sailing to America and France. Passengers aboard the Finland describe lights out for 58 hours and heightened fear of German submarine threats after Liver pool departure.
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New York
England
America
France
Finland
Liverpool
Murder in Davidson County Courthouse Trial Turns Deadly
In Nashville on February 28 E G Tompkins was killed and Will Hottstetter fatally shot during a circuit court session over an affair dispute with Tompkins. Jim Hoftstater and Mrs W A Bevington were wounded as the party left the courtroom. The accused are farmers from near Donelson. British casualties for February totaled 1243 officers and 17185 men, roughly half January’s figure.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
E. G. Tompkins
Will Hottstetter
Jim Hoftstatter
W.A. Bevington
Davidson County Court House
Tompkins
Hoffstetters
Donelson
London
British Army Advances Toward Baghdad Across Tigris
British forces push up the Tigris toward Bagdad after forcing Turks from Kut-el-Amara. Official London report says Maud’s troops advanced over 15 miles since the last update, placing them within about 75 miles of Bagdad by air. Firefly gunboat recaptured. one Turkish vessel captured and another destroyed.
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Bagdad
London
Kut-el- Amara
Maud
Kut
Kutel-el-Amara
Ctesiphon
American Marines Land in Cuba to Quell Riot
Two squads of American blue jackets landed from the naval station at Guantanamo to quell a small riot and protect foreigners and property. Reports say order was restored without violence and withdrawal may follow if no recurrence occurs.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Caimanera
Cuba
Guantanamo
Navy Department
American Ambassador Gerard Sails Home from Spain
James W. Gerard former American ambassador to Berlin sailed from Corunna aboard the Infanta Isabel bound for Havana. The steamer is expected to reach Havana by March 8 or 9.
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Aslociated Press
Corunna
Spain
James W. Gerard
Berlin
Havana
Lyman M Law Not Sunk By Austrian Submarine
The American sailing schooner Lyman M Law was not sunk by an Austro Hungarian submarine. Officials say the vessel was destroyed by a bomb after shellfire and crew evacuated. Ambassador Penfield in Vienna relayed the report to Secretary Lansing.
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Associated Prins
Washington
Lyman M. Law
Palermo
Italy
Penfield
Vienna
Lansing
Law
TWO NOTES FROM BERLIN INDICATE HOSTAGE ACTION
Two notes from Berlin indicate American officials are being held as hostages. The German government claims restraint on U S consuls in Germany and orders to central or south America. details include consuls Mueller Wood Damm and others moved between cities. No agency for U S citizens abroad. Yarrowdale prisoners still held due to infectious disease at residence sites.
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Germany
Berlin
Central
South America
United States
Mueller
Havana
Cuba
Ablanta
Quito
Ecuador
Henry C. Damm
Aden
Jarput
Turkey
John Q. Wood
Chemnits
Messing
W. Bruce Wallace
G. Innes
Mannheim
Naple
Muell
Pai Can
Condi Lct
Yarrowdale
Sayville
Soy Beans Will Be Popular 1917 Crop
County Agent H L Smith says Marlon county farmers will favor intensive farming this year with no greater cultivated areas. Farm labor shortages push workers from fields while soy beans replace other crops as seed and stock feed, with farmers already buying large quantities of soy beans for seed.
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Marlon County
H. L. Smith
Section
Great Golden Festival Enters Its Second Week in Fairmont
Virginian announces a Great Golden Festival with prizes from 25 to 1000 dollars in gold. Awards go to the ten people who secure the most votes by April 14. The city is divided into two districts for prize distribution, but vote gathering remains independent of district lines.
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Ime
Plana
Fairmonts
City of
Fairmont Iacknoy
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