Senate votes 60 to 10 for espionage bill in war era
Washington February 22 the administration espionage bill passed the senate by 60 to 10. It adopts 14 justice department measures and lacks passage in the house. The bill imposes severe penalties for spying on national defense and for conveying military information in peace or war including possible life imprisonment for wartime acts of disclosure. It authorizes presidential seizure of munitions and ships and empowers army and navy use to enforce neutrality.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Department of Justice
House
Lansing
Warren
Senate Judiciary Committee
Army
Borah
Cummins
Grounao Kenyon
LaFollette
Norris and Works
Lane
Joe and
Vardanan
Congress
Twe
United States
Navy
Mace
Bread riot at New York City Hall as mothers demand aid
Several hundred women from tenement districts stormed City Hall in New York on February 22 shouting for bread. Led by Ida Harris president of the Mothers Vigilant League they pressed Mayor Mitchel for relief while police prevented entry. "Sweet Marie" Gans was arrested for disorderly conduct after addressing the crowd.
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New York
John FP. Mitchel
Ida Harris
Mothers’ Vigil
Lengue
Indictment Sought Against British Consul in San Francisco
Authority reports that an indictment against A. Carnegie Ross, British consul general in San Francisco, for conspiracy to violate American neutrality is to be sought soon.
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San Francisco
A. Carnegie Ross
Albany Senate bill seeks lands for Rockaway fortifications
A bill introduced in the New York Senate would authorize the immediate seizure and transfer of lands at Rockaway Point needed for fortifications, giving the state government power to act without delay.
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Albany
N. Y
Rockaway Point
Senate
Berlin Asked Fate of United States Consuls
Washington reports the United States focused on the fate of American citizens in Teutonic allied countries amid the German crisis. A German inquiry sought reasons for delays by consular officers. eighty six American consuls and families planned to flee to Switzerland. A German assurance telegram arrived via the Spanish embassy, while claims that all Americans were ordered out of Austria were denied.
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Berlin
United States
Washington
Germany
State Department
Switzerland
Gerard
Berne
Paris
U. S. To Fix Paper Price Policy Breaks Century Sale Tradition
The Federal Trade Commission is expected to fix a maximum price for newsprint by March 1 after major U S and Canadian paper makers offered to submit to price arbitration. The move aims to curb steep price hikes that have hit small newspapers hard, with increases of 100 to 50 percent over 18 months.
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Federal Trade Board
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Canada
Commission
Trade Board Nominees Named by Wilson
Washington February 21 William B Colver St Paul newspaper publisher and John Franklin Fort former New Jersey governor were named by President Wilson to the foreign trade commission Colver a Democrat succeeds Edward N Hurley as chairman who resigned Fort a Republican and former judge who became New Jersey governor joins the commission
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Washington
William B. Colver
St. Paul
John Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Wilson
Foreign Trade Commission
Mr. Colver
Edward N. Hurley
Mr. Fort
Mrs Borah Robbed of Jewelry in Hotel Burglary
Mrs. W E K Borah wife of Idaho Senator Borah lost several thousand dollars worth of jewelry in a burglary at the Darby hotel in Los Angeles on February 22. Police investigated the theft as a hotel crime with Mrs Borah unaware of the intrusion until the loss was discovered.
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Borah
Los Angeles
Cal
W. EK. Borah
United States
Idaho
Darby Hotel
State Penal Board Act Clears Missouri House
Jefferson City Missouri February 92 The bill creating a state board to administer the penal institutions for state employment of econ vict labor passed the Missouri house on Tuesday.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House
President Hints of Plot on Canal and Colombia Pact
President Wilson urged action in this session on the treaty to indemnify Colombia for losing Panama and canal rights. German agents in Colombia are said to be active to stir trouble for the United States along the canal amid tense relations with Germany. Senate opposition and Senator Lodge are noted in delaying ratification.
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Washington
Wilson
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Colombia
Panama
Germany
Senate
Lodge
Cummins
Overman
North Carolina
United States
Fall
New Mexico
Dangerous North Sea area outlined by British Navy
Washington reports Britain issued a February 18 notice warning all shipping to avoid a North Sea zone including waters off Germany and parts of Holland and Denmark after February 7. The warning cites German unrestricted submarine warfare and mines, stating the area will be dangerous to all vessels from February 17 onwards.
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Washington
North Sea
Germany
British Admiralty
State Department
Holland
Denmark
Thce
Miss Elsie de Wolfe Hospitalized After Typhoid Inoculation
New York February 21 Miss Elsie de Wolfe a member of the Presbyterian Hospital unit of the Red Cross is seriously ill at her home from typhoid inoculation while preparing to serve as a war nurse. Inoculation commonly causes illness for about 48 hours and she fell severely ill after the weekend shot being inoculated on Saturday.
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New York
Elsie de Wolfe
Red Cross
Miss de Wolfe
Presbyterian Hospital
Entire National Guard Ordered Home From Border Duty
The War Department ordered about 53 000 National Guardsmen to return from the border in double quick time. Regulars, about 50 000 strong, will assume border duty as Guardsmen come home.
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Washington
War Department
Porto Rico Self Government Bill Passes Senate
Washington reports the senate passed the Porto Rico self government bill without a roll call as part of the president’s annual message thrust. The action marks a key step in expanding local governance for Porto Rico with bipartisan support in the chamber.
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Washington
Senate
Porto Rico
Trying to Disrupt Guard Resolutions Pass Senate
Resolutions charging the War Department with disrupting the National Guard by forcing members to pay for old uniforms were adopted in the senate on February 22. The action targets funding requirements and public obligation faced by state guard units.
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Guard
Des Maines
War Department
National Guard
Senate
Dewey Estate Valued at 255000 in Admin Petition
In Washington reb. 22 Dewey's estate was valued at 255000 in a petition for letters of administration filed by his widow and son who renounces executorship. The petitioner asks that the widow be administratrix.
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Washington
Dewey
United States Ports Guarded by Steel Nets
Washington reports the navy has all submarine nets and can deploy them within an hour as experiments continue to position them at key harbors. The City of Puebla carried cotton and copper to Havre, while other vessels including Roman Prince Texel Mar Negro Mouro and Helsingborg moved in and out of quarantine. In New York, government boats lowered a steel net while 14 ships totaling about 10,000 tons passed the Statue of Liberty unhindered from the war zone.
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Washington
United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
City of
Puebla
Havre
Helsingborg
New York
Sid
Berlin Told To Free Yarrowdale Prisoners
Washington reports a stern demand was sent to the German government for immediate release of 72 American prisoners aboard the Yarrowdale. Secretary Lansing announced the U S action was dispatched Saturday and Berlin replied Sunday evening that the men would be released shortly, though not regarded as a direct response. The note was described as nearly an ultimatum reflecting Wilson policy against measures for military necessity.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Department
Lansing
Berlin
Wilson
Alleged German Spy Held in Nogales
Fred Kaiser a German subject was arrested in Nogales Arizona on a charge of violating the national defense law He allegedly entered a warehouse illegally and sought military information Kaiser who has lived in Nogales for some time was bail at 2000 and confined to the county jail He worked as foreman at a warehouse for a local building supply firm.
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Nogales
Ariz
Fred Kaiser
Kaiser
Women workers to get smoking compartments
London on February 21 reports cigarette smoking is widespread among women war workers. In response some London suburban railways plan to reserve smoking compartments specifically for women to accommodate their need to smoke during travel.
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London
Attempt to Kill Russian Maritime Minister in Petrograd
Two unknown assailants fired on Admiral Grigorovitch, Russia’s minister of marine, in Petrograd on February 21. He escaped unharmed and acted with calm presence of mind, avoiding injury.
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Petrograd
Grigorovitch
Frederick Funston Dies Suddenly in San Antonio Hotel
Gen Frederick Funston commander of the southern department died after collapsing in a San Antonio hotel following dinner and play with a child acute indigestion was given as the cause He had a storied career from Cuban insurrection to capture of Acumalido and the Rio Grande fighting in the Philippines and Vera Cruz and San Francisco unrest duties along the U S Mexico border He was born November 9 1885 at New Carlisle Ohio and stood five feet five inches tall.
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San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
Southern Department
General Funston
Fanston
Frederick Fanston
United States
Kansas
University of Kansas
Funsten
Lawrence
Kan
Fort Smith
Ark
Young Funston
Incle
Funston
San Francisco
Presidio
Vera Cruz
West Point
Border Forces
New Carlisle
Southern
Mexico
Villa
Young Lane Joins Army Aviating Reserve
Washington February 20 Franklin K Lane Jr nineteen years old son of Secretary of the Interior Lane has joined the army aviating reserve corps in the early 20th century report noting a prominent family member enlisting in military aviation duties.
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Young Lane
Army
Washington
Frankin K. Lane, Jr
Secretary of the Interior
Lane
Army Aviating Reserve Corps
Four years of illness cured by Vegetable Compound
In Louisville Kentucky Mrs Nellie Fishback recalls severe female troubles for four years with headaches nervousness and loss of sleep and appetite. Doctors warned of surgery but after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she regained strength, returned to housework and had an eight pound baby girl. She credits the remedy with saving her from operation and urges others to seek advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Uisville
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie Fishback
Christy Ave
Louisville
Idin E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Ass
Bible Quotations Fade From Modern Readers
Writer laments dwindling familiarity with Biblical passages among readers noting scarce quoting, reduced literacy in scripture, and waning ability to recall lines from the Bible despite early schooling and Sunday lessons. argues literature and rhetoric suffer as a result.
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