Breach widens between Kaisers over Austria stance
Washington dispatch reports Austria Hungary will not participate in operations against Russia or Roumania. It notes a Feb 22 meeting between Emperor Charles and William II and claims Germany seeks to settle the dispute by force if needed, amid tensions with Vienna and Berlin.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Austria Hungary
Roumania
Ukrainia
Charles
William
Charles I
William II
Ludendorff
Vienna
Berlin
Ures
Hertling
East Front
Hussia
Austria-Hungary
Enlist in Farm Army Call Targets Cleveland Amid War Strain
Cleveland officials urge 10 000 residents to enlist in Americas farm army before March 15 to avert food shortages for Northern forces. Co F Arndt oversees enrollment in the farm employment department as authorities warn of enemy gains if crop production falters.
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Cleveland
America
United States
Million Dollar Counterfeit Plot Guilty Plea in NYC
Six foreigners pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to print and circulate a million dollars in counterfeit ten dollar Federal Reserve notes. They were sent to the Tombs for sentencing after agents seized $190,000 in spurious bills in a West Broadway raid on December 21, 1917.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Tombs
Secret Service
West Broadway
SINGER biases SPY CHARGE La Theodorini in Avcentina
Buenos Ayres February 28 Ilena Theodorini opera singer who sailed to Europe last October and returned to defend herself against espionage accusations reported detained by the French authorities. Theodorini longtime favorite on stage here was said to be accused of involvement in German espionage in Argentina.
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Buenos Ayres
Ilena Theoorini
Europe
la Theodorini
Avgentiniens
Heresis
Argentna
Vaccine Found For Malta Fever By Professor Vincent
Paris reports Professor M A Vincent of the Academy of Medicine announces a curative and preventive vaccine for Malta fever a malaria like disease prevalent in South America South Africa and along the Mediterranean.
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Paris
M. A. Vincent
Academy of Medicine
Malta
South America
South Africa
Mediterranean
Germans Fire Schools Reward Raised by Birmingham Officials
Birmingham Alabama February 28 The city commission added two thousand five hundred ninety dollars to the previously offered five hundred in a public subscription for arrest and conviction of those responsible for burning three public schools. State Fire Marshal Fonville and insurance agents called the fires incendiary and tied them to pro German activity.
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Birmingham
Ala
Fonville
Frisco to Get Training Ships for Merchant Marine
New York reports Captain Eugene O Connell overseeing sea training for the United States Shipping Board says a training ship will be placed at San Francisco within a month. The program aims to supply 42 000 sailors firemen oilers coal passers water tenders cooks and stewards for the new American merchant marine this year.
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Frisco
New York
American Merchant Marine
Eugene O’connell
United States Shipping Board
San Francisco
France Moves to Stop Private Cereal Trading During War
Paris reports the chamber of deputies discussing a bill to suspend private trading in wheat corn buckwheat rye and oats for the war period and until after the first postwar crops. The first article of the measure was adopted.
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France
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Milk surplus plagues Toledo area farmers as plants cut output
In the Toledo area farmers face excess milk with no market as six large condensing plants within 50 miles cut back due to limited tin cans and freight cars. Retail milk in Toledo runs 13 to 14 cents a quart, while farmers struggle with high prices and wasted surplus. County Farm Agent Ray F. Donnan heard the complaint from D. O. Washburn of Lucas County Farm Improvement Association.
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Toledo
Ray F. Donnan
D. O. Washburn
Lucas County Farm Improvement Association
Boston Lawyer Sturgis Ends Life In Office
Boston date February 28 lawyer Roger Fr Sturgis aged 56 shot himself in his office. A stenographer returning from lunch found the body and notified police who declared it a death by own action. Sturgis, born in Philadelphia, had practiced law in Boston since 1887.
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Boston
Roger Fr. Sturgis
Sturgis
Philadelphia
Germans Arrive at Atlantic Port From St Thomas
Ten Germans believed to be former consular staff in the Virgin Islands before the U S purchase arrived on an American steamship from St Thomas. They are expected to receive safe transportation to ceremony.
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U. S
Atlantic
Virgin Islands
United States
Denmark
St. Thomas
Ceremany
Lloyd George backs Versailles Allied War Council
Premier Lloyd George defended the Versailles accord in the House of Commons amid Allied pressure. The United States led by General Tasker Bliss backed the proposed Allied War Council to coordinate attack and defense among Britain France and the U S. English papers endorsed his stance and affirmed support for the Versailles agreement.
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Lloyd George
England
United States
Versailles
Allied War Council
House of Commons
Coupe
Gen. Tasker
H. Bliss
Liquor Sales to Women With Soldiers Prohibited in Philadelphia
United States District Attorney Kane states the sale of liquor to women accompanied by a man in military uniform will be barred in Philadelphia. He notes soldiers often pay for drinks, breaching the spirit of the law. If a civilian is present, orders may be refused, suggesting waiters deny service when a uniformed man is in the party.
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Philadelphia
United States
Kane
Conference to Amend Ship Labor Agreement
Washington February 28 government officials and shipyard unions plan a conference next Tuesday led by General Manager Piez of the emergency fleet corporation to discuss a proposed amendment to the ship building labor agreement aligning with the Brotherhood of Carpeters.
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Washington
Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Peru appoints new finance and home affairs ministers
Lima reports Dr. German Arenos becomes minister of finance succeeding Baldomero Maldonado who resigned after budget clashes with the chamber. Dr. Samuel Sayan Palacios is named minister of home affairs, marking a cabinet refresh.
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Lima
Peru
German Arenos
Baldomero Maldonado
Chamber of Deputies
Samuel Sayan Palacios
Respite Granted for Negro Soldiers In Houston Riot Case
Washington February 28 An indefinite respite has been granted five Negro soldiers of the 24th infantry who were sentenced by court martial to be hanged for participation in the Houston riots. Clemency appeals from clergymen and Negro organizations influenced the decision reaching the president.
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Washington
24Th Infantry
Houston
Air Mail Service Planned Between New York and Washington
Airplane mail between New York and Washington to start April 15 with eight War Department airplanes. Daily trips each way except Sundays, under a year long aviation training program. Flights expected under three hours, carrying 859 pounds of mail per trip, with landings at Potomac Park or Mineola.
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Washington
New York
Post Office Department
War Department
Burleson
Baker
Army
Philadelphia
Potomac Park
Mineola
Liberty Motor to Get a Test Flight Next Week
Washington reports the first public flight of an airplane with the Liberty motor will occur here likely next week. Representative Hull of Iowa said congressmen will be invited to view the engine in action. Hull noted an American aviator will pilot the machine for comparison with the British Rolls Royce engine.
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Washington
Hull
Iowa
Lee
Royal Flying Corps
Ohio ship builder volunteer enrollment tops 13 488
Columbus Ohio February 28 Ohio's enrollment of ship builder volunteers stood at 13 488. The Cleveland district led with 4 227 volunteers and Columbus ranked second with 2 195.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Exemption Granted for Liberty Bond Notes Tax
Washington February 28 Exemption from the stamp tax on short time notes used by member banks to Federal Reserve Banks for Liberty bonds and war savings certificates was approved by the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Banks
House
Ways and Means Committee
NOT EXEMPT FROM DRAFT FOR COLLEGE MILITARY UNITS
The War Department ruled that college students in military training units within draft age are not exempt from the selective service act. Since they are not obligated to accept commissions in the reserve corps upon course completion, they cannot be considered enlisted and therefore lack deferred classification exemption.
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Washington
War Department
Coal Rescues Syrup Crop In Chardon Area
Coal rush into Geauga county over the Baltimore and Ohio line in the last two weeks has allowed the sugar season to begin. Hundreds of syrup makers had abandoned plans due to coal shortages for evaporating sap. They appealed to the state fuel administration for relief.
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Chardon
Gealiga County
Baltmore & Ohio
State Fuel Administration
Mass Interment of Officers Arrives at Scheveningen
A group of 100 officers and 238 noncommissioned officers arrived at Scheveningen for internment in Holland. German guards warned the prisoners that they remained under German control and would be sent back if demonstrations occurred. A sharper warning followed as a German officer read a note threatening halting transport of other exchanged prisoners if protests continued.
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Wague
Scheveningen
Hollan
Croarse
Holland
Hetang
America to Repair Spain's Railroads
The United States plans to rehabilitate Spain's rail system to enable large shipments of supplies to General Pershing's forces in France. U.S. offers railroad material as part of talks to lift Spain's embargo on goods to France. Spain may release six Spanish steamers and several sailing ships now in American ports once licenses are settled. The U.S. seeks to use Spanish tonnage in nonhazardous trades under near-final negotiations.
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Washington
United States
Spain
General Pershing
France
Express Clerk Sought After $86,000 Payroll Robbery
Special agents of the Adams Express company sought a clerk missing since Saturday after about $86,000 in currency vanished from the Pittsburg office. The money, delivered by a Pittsburg bank for Donora payrolls, was in the clerk’s direct charge, officials said.
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Pittsburg
The
Adams Express Company
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Express Company
Donora
Russian Engines Reallocated to B and O Freight Relief
Thirty locomotives intended for Russia are assigned to relieve freight congestion on the Baltimore and Ohio. The track gauge has been changed from five feet Russian to four feet eight and a half inches. The engines come from Baldwin Philadelphia.
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Cumberland
Russia
Baltimore & Ohio
Baldwin
Philadelphia
Heavy freight movement in Cumberland sets daily records
Cumberland Maryland February 28 heavy freight movement for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Cumberland division marked by 3 650 loaded cars mostly coal moving east and 2 150 empties and 287 loads moving west in one day the heaviest on record.
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Cumberland, Md
Cumberland Division
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Bell Telephone pole cut down by church members
In St. Clairsville Ohio on February 28 members of the United Presbyterian Church chopped down a Bell Telephone Co pole set before the church without permission. The incident shows local tensions over utility right of way and church property.
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St. Clairsville, G
Bell Telephone Company
United Presbyterian Church
Farmers Seed Bill Fails in House Vote
Washington February 28. Efforts to obtain 50 million dollars to aid farmers in seed purchases nearly failed as the house appropriations committee voted by a margin of one not to report the bill. It was introduced by Representative Baer of North Dakota.
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Washington
Congress
House
Baer
North Dakota
Agreement Reached on Soldiers and Sailors Civil Rights Bill
Bill, Washington February 28. Senate and house conferees reached complete agreement on the soldiers and sailors civil rights bill. No changes were made in any important provisions of the measure and they will present their report to Congress soon.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
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