French Cruiser La Provence Sunk by U Boat in Mediterranean
The French liner La Provence, converted to an auxiliary cruiser, was sunk in the Mediterranean with about 970 of 1800 aboard lost. Four hundred survivors were landed at Milo and 290 at Malta. Once the fastest Atlantic liner, she was built in 1906 and could reach 26 knots in prime.
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Paris
France
Mediterranean
Ministry of Marine
Milo
Malta
New York
Havre
Fastnet
la Provence
Saloniki
Melos
Mauretania
Admiralty
Plead for Federal Control by Rail Officials
Washington-Frank Trumbull, chairman of the railway executives' advisory committee representing 84 percent of U S railroads, urged the house interstate commerce committee to place all railroad activity under federal control. He offered cooperation to draft a law but complained that state division of authority wastes millions annually and criticized the interstate commerce commission as too modest in its power.
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Washington
Frank Trumbull
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Trumbull
Wireless Record Shatters Pace at Great Lakes School
A Great Lakes Naval Training School wireless station has achieved 200 words per minute, surpassing the previous fast record of thirty words a minute. The breakthrough showcases significant advancement in naval communications and could influence future training and operations.
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Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training School
Increase in Coal Hauling Rates by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission modified its order in the anthracite coal case to allow anthracite routes to raise hauling rates. The decision permits small increases by hard coal carriers, affecting transportation costs across routes.
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Washington
Interstate Commere Commission
Steamer Fi Field Hits Rocks at Bandon Bar
The steamer Fi field traveling from San Francisco to Bandon struck the rocks of the south jetty at Bandon bar. All crew were rescued safely.
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Marchfield
Fifield
San Francisco
Bandon
Bandon Bar
Remarkable Three-Feet Skin Graft Performed in Des Moines
A notable skin graft procedure in Des Moines Iowa used three square feet of donor skin. The patient Roy Adreon is reported to survive the operation and will live.
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Des Moines
Roy Adreon
Gold Found Near Pittsfield Farm in Montezuma Township
Gold panning at the Glazebrook farm in Montezuma township yields five dollars per ton. The finding is reported near Pittsfield, Iowa, adding local interest to prospecting efforts in the region.
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Pittsfield
Glazebrook
Montezuma Township
Red Lake County votes to stay wet in liquor vote
Red Lake County Minnesota approved liquor sales continuation by a 927 to 708 margin after a local vote. The decisive result sustains alcohol sales in the county despite prior dry status. Affected areas include Red Lake Falls and nearby communities.
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Minnesota County
Red Lake Falls
Minn
Red Lake County
Gheven Salons
Murderer Confesses in Farmhouse Killings Near Spencerburg
Pike county tragedy as 20 year old Van Wilson admits shooting Frank and Mary Snedeker two miles west of Spencerburg. Mary, who hid her children 8 and 6 behind a dresser, died after telephoning her parents. The rescue attempt shook a quiet community as sheriff and coroner prepared to pursue motive. Mrs Snedeker, formerly Miss Mary Lowe of St Louis, married in 1904.
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Bowling Green
Frank Snedeker
Mary
Spencerburg
Pike County
van Wilson
Snedeker
Wilson
W. P. Hawkins
James H. Hendrix
Prisoners Can Win Freedom Promise Made in Court
Judge J. H. Brady told Kansas City Kansas workhouse police court that any prisoner who thrashes W. H. Lapp will be released. Lapp had been sentenced to a year in jail after being charged with beating and kicking his wife.
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Kansas City
Kan
W. H. Lapp
J. H. Brady
Lapp
Orpet Pleads Not Guilty in Lambert Murder Case
Lake Forest Illinois University of Wisconsin student Will H Orpet pleaded not guilty to the murder charge of Marion Frances Lambert and waived the preliminary examination in the case.
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Orpet
Lake Forest
Fire at Hubbard & Co. War Order Plant Causes $125000 Loss
A blaze swept Hubbard & Co. shovel factory in Pittsburg Pennsylvania, damaging the plant as it fulfilled wartime orders. Loss estimated at $125,000 with men and equipment disrupted. Fire authorities reported extensive damage but no immediate details on injuries or causes.
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Pittsburg
Hubbard & Co
Four Lives Lost in Wreck off Blyth Bay
The Norwegian ship Ander laden with coal pit props ran ashore in Blyth Bay and broke up. Four crewmembers died in the hull loss as salvage operations began nearby.
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Shields
England
Ander
Blyth Bay
Munition Ship Eurymachos Ablaze in New York Harbor
Fire was detected aboard the Russian vessel Eurymachos in New York harbor. The ship, laden with munitions of war, was prepared to sail for Vladivostok when flames were discovered. Local authorities and harbor tugs worked to contain the blaze as the vessel burned.
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New York
Vladivostok
Hospital Ship Reported Sunk Near Albania
A Rome dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co reports the hospital ship Mdrechiaro sunk after striking an Austrian mine near San Giovanni di Medua Albania. The loss is described in a concise telegraph update from London.
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London
Mdrechiaro
San Giovanni di Medua
Albania
Rome
The
Exchange Telegraph Co
Russia Reunites Families Amid War Exile Relief
The Russian government granted permission for wives and children of men who came to America before the war to leave Russia and join their relatives in the United States, aiding family reunification amidst the conflict.
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Russia
New York
America
Ship Afire Abandoned at Sea Near Havre
A British steamer named Sue vir, sailing from New York to Havre, was abandoned after catching fire at sea on February 11. All crew members are reported safe in a Lloyds dispatch.
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London
New York
Havre
Lloyds
Paroled Prisoners Show Reform in California
Sacramento prison records show that only 3 percent of Californias paroled inmates returned to crime. Since 1892 a total of 3,625 prisoners have been paroled.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Prison Recorder
Maloja Sinks After Striking Mine Off Dover
The British steamer Maloja of 12481 tons belonging to P and O sank within a half hour two miles off Dover after hitting a mine. About 147 dead are reported, including 117 Lascars. Passengers numbered 119 and crew around 200. Rescue boats and rafts were deployed. some survivors were picked up while several bodies washed ashore. The Empress of Fort William also struck a mine nearby and sank.
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Dover
Peninsular and Oriental Line
The
Times
India
Tilbury
Bombay
Marseilles
Admiralty Pier
Shakespeare Cliff
Bride says she slew Texan in hotel murder case
Fort Worth reports Mrs Katherine Vance Harrison, 16 year old wife of Charles Harrison, nephew of Senator Culberson, released with husband after posting $2,500 bail each. Police say she confessed to shooting W R Warren, hotel proprietor, claiming he wronged her before marriage.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Katherine Vance Harrison
Charles Harrison
Charles Culberson
United States
Texas
Break Jail With Spoon in Yreka Prison Break Plan
George Walton and a companion in the county jail were fettered after guards uncovered an escape attempt. They had dug toward freedom through a brick wall using a small spoon and a pen knife, prompting Sheriff Howard to place irons on the pair.
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Yreka
Cal
George Walton
Doc” Riley
Howard
Antiwar Woman Nellie Best Sentenced in London
Mrs Nellie Best secretary of the Women's Anticonscription League is sentenced to six months in prison for circulating literature urging men not to enlist.
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London
Nellie Best
Women’s Anticonscription League
Peace Society Names Townsend Chicago Secretary
Harold G. Townsend, a Chicago lawyer, was announced as secretary of the Chicago Peace Society to succeed the resigned Louis P. Lochner.
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Peace Society
Chicago
Harold G. Townsend
Chicago Peace Society
Louis P. Lochner
Salmon train departs Seattle to New York over Union Pacific
A solid train of 50 carloads of Puget Sound and Alaska salmon, with banners on the sides, has departed Seattle for New York via the Union Pacific system.
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Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
Alaska
New York
Union Pacific
Sentenced to 99 Years for Murder in Danville Case
Danville news reports that Big John Murphy and Milton Armstrong, both Black men, were found guilty of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for 99 years each. The jury reportedly deliberated for 72 hours.
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Danville
Big John” Murphy
Milton Armstrong
McCormick Divorce After 21 Years of No Work
Testimony in Chicago court revealed Charles H. McCormick lived 21 years of married life without labor. His wife was granted a divorce in the case highlighting lack of contribution and the strain of the unusual arrangement.
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Chicago
Bishop Hoss Sees War With Japan Imminent
Southern Methodist Bishop E. E. Hoss, after a 47,500 mile Oriental tour, warned in St. Louis that a clash between Japan and the United States is inevitable. He cited Japan’s rising industry and a 400,000 strong army with 400,000 in reserve, said Japan could take the Philippines in a week, and doubted Philippine independence, fearing Japan would seize the islands if freed. He defended President Wilson in Australia.
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St. Louis
E. E. Hoss
Southern Methodist Church
Kansas City
Hawaiian Islands
Samoa
Australia
Philippines
Korea
China
Japan
San Francisco
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Sidney
Hoss
America
Pacific Ocean
Russia
Drowned at Lake Bluff Naval Training Station
Two sailors die when heavy seas drive a boat into the breakwater at the Lake Bluff naval training station. The victims are Robert M. Walters of Philadelphia, chief gunner's mate, and Bradford Bixy of Muskogee, Oklahoma, apprentice seaman.
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Chicago
Ill
Naval Training Station
Lake Bluff
Robert M. Walters
Philadelphia
Bradford Bixy
Muskogee
Whisky Seizure Ties Up Shipment Through Charleston
Prohibition officers seized over 800 gallons of whisky moving from Kentucky to Boomer West Virginia. The confiscated liquor was found in transit through Charleston and halted at the point of shipment. Authorities continue investigations into the transportation chain and involved parties.
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Charleston
W. Va
Prohibition
Kentucky
Boomer
Edith Sage awarded $15,000 in auto injury case
A Minneapolis jury awarded Miss Edith Sage fifteen thousand dollars after her car collided with a vehicle owned by Fred T. Yates. The verdict settles the auto accident claim with Sage as the plaintiff and Yates as the defendant.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Edith Sage
Fred T. Yates
Penitentiary Slayer to Hang in Joliette Illinois
Jasper Perry, a convict at Joliette Illinois state penitentiary, was convicted of the murder of fellow convict James Howard on December 20 and sentenced to be hanged.
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Joliete
Ill
Jasper Perry
Illinois ‘State
James Howard
Roosevelt Returning from Caribbean Tour
Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt arrived in Barbados and moved on to Demerara then British Guiana. They will travel to Trinidad and take a steamer directly to New York.
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Roosevelt
Barbados
Col. Roosevelt
Mrs. Roosevelt
Demerara
British Guinea
Trinidad
New York
Sheriff Accidentally Shot in Pursuit of Fugitive
In Dubuque Iowa sheriff Bordell of Joe Paviens county Illinois was pursuing a fugitive when he was accidentally shot and probably fatally wounded by Galena City Marshal Richard Blair.
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Dubuque
Sheriff Bordell
Joe Paviens County
Richard Blair
Galena
Illinois Auto Revenue Exceeds One Million in 1916 Forecast
Illinois expects automobile department revenue to top 1 million dollars in 1916 based on January fees. Secretary Stevenson notes strong growth with 204,275 earned in January 1916, up from 151,920 in 1915, as registrations surge nationwide. The report cites 84,000 in first twelve days of 1916, and chronicles prior years’ increases. Springfield also announces the Illinois Centennial commission with eleven of fifteen members named by Governor Dunne, including Dr Otto L. Schmidt and Mrs Jessie Palmer Webber. The court had invalidated the former commission, prompting a new law and the current panel for the 1918 celebration.
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Springfield
Lewis G. Stevenson
Automobile Department
State House
Illinois
Dunne
Illinois Centennial Commission
Otto L. Schmidt
Chicago
Charles H. Starkel
Belleville
Hugh 8. Magill, Jr
Jessie Palmer Webber
Gold Rumor Fails To Yield Pay Dirt At Glazebrook Farm
Pike County residents recall gold discoveries reported three times in eight years at Glazebrook farm near Montezuma Illinois. The gold appears in black sand along the Illinois river but none have produced paying quantities to date.
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Pike County
Pittsfield
Illinois
Glazebrook Farm
Montezuma
Illinois River
Triangular Shooting Scrape in Decatur Ends in Double Suicide
In Decatur William H Norman aged 35 shot and fatally wounded Emma Harris aged 30 at his home then shot himself. Norman s wife who witnessed the affair picked up the gun and shot herself dying instantly. Both Norman and the Harris woman will die.
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Decatur
William H. Norman
Emma Harris
Norman
Harris
Fear Foul Play In Roediger Disappearance Case
Bloomington reports doubt surrounds the 1807 Indiana avenue Chicago man William F Roediger who vanished after sending 14400 dollars as his share of his father’s estate He cashed a draft then disappeared from his boarding house leaving belongings and no trace of the money or him.
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Bloomington
William F. Roediger
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Freeport Passes Gun Purchase Consent Ordinance
In response to a shooting incident that killed two and wounded two, Freeport city council enacted an ordinance requiring buyers of revolvers and guns at local shops to secure the chief of police's consent before purchase.
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Freeport
Three Wireless Stations in Chadwick Town
The town of 600 has three wireless stations receiving daily messages from distant points. At Lanark nearby a high school student uses wireless gear to send commercial messages to Rockford and Dubuque in Iowa.
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Chadwick
Lanark
Rockford
Dubuaue
University Bars Pavlova Dance at Illinois Auditorium
The council of administration denies Pavlova a performance at the University of Illinois auditorium after a faculty petition urged the dancer be brought as an artistic treat for the student body.
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University
Bare
Rev M H McCoy Dies in Mount Sterling Notice
Mount Sterling reports the death of Reverend M H McCoy aged sixty one. A Methodist minister for twenty five years, he passed away in the city.
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M. H. McCoy
Mount Sterling
M .H. McCoy
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