California Votes Help Wilson Marshall Win Reelection
Spectators cheered as California’s electoral votes were counted in the joint session. Vice President Marshall presided and announced his own reelection, while the canvass declared Wilson and Marshall with 277 electoral votes to Hughes and Fairbanks 254. California’s votes swung the result and sparked excitement in the galleries.
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Marshall
Viason
House
Senate
Wilson
Charles E Hughes
New York
Charles W Fairbanks
Indiana
Saulisbury
Beauara Kern
Clapp
Rucker
Mapes
Willison
Marshal
Tughes
No Concessions to America Amid Sea War Crisis
Vienna statement from the General Anzeiger of Duesseldorf says Austro Hungarian officials and the American ambassador in Vienna have held talks since the U S break with Germany. Vienna and Berlin prefer keeping relations intact while intensified submarine warfare continues. Counts Tarnowski and Penfield have discussed possible settlements with no result yet, with Lansing awaiting credentials.
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London
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
United States
Anzeiger
Duesseldorf
Count Czernin
Frederick Penfield
Germany
Austria-Hungary
America
Count Tarnowski
Lansing
Russians Forced Back Near Jacobeni On Front
British admiralty reports German capture of a height near Jacobeni southwest of Kimpelung at the northern Roumanian front. Russian forces repulsed other front attacks, conducted a counter attack that pushed Germans from the height but the Germans later countered again gaining two heights east of Jacobeni while Russians withdrew two thirds of a mile and entrenched near the town.
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Petrograd
British Admiralty
Jacobeni
Kimpelung
War Office
Jacobent
Pacifist dispatch tied to Barthelme and Wilson stance
A Cologne Gazette dispatch attributed to Dr George Barthelme, Washington correspondent, claimed to reflect Wilson’s peace at any price, but investigations show it aimed at Germany, not as news. It was sent via a Sayville wireless station under Navy supervision after Barthelme lost direct cable contact.
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Germany
George Barthelma
Washington
Cologne Gazette
Wilson
Cologne
Hague
Gazette
State Department
Barthelme
Navy Department
Bryan
New German minister named for wartime alimentation
Berlin February 14 report says the Prussian cabinet resolved to appoint a special commissary for alimentation during the war period. The appointee will hold ministerial rank and work closely with the German war alimentation office.
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Berlin
Sayville
Allen's Foot-Ease for tired feet and dancing shoes
Use Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to shake into shoes or sprinkle in foot baths. Instant relief for sore swollen feet and prevents blisters and callous spots, ideal for dancing parties and new shoes. Sold everywhere for 23¢. Do not accept substitutes. Free trial package offer address printed.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
R Y
No Ships Sunk Unwarned War Zone Warning
Berlin dispatch quotes Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung via Overseas News Agency. It notes that in November 1914 the English government declared the North Sea a military area and warned neutral merchant ships and fishing vessels against entering, signaling potential danger from mines and warships.
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Berlin
Sayville
Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
North Sea
German War Costs Reach 15 Billion Dollars
London February 14 Germany's total war costs to date have reached 15 billion dollars, according to a Berlin telegram forwarded by Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent. The figure reflects the mounting financial burden of the conflict.
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London
Germany
Berlin
Amsterdam
Reuter
New York Exports Sudden Fall Amid War Shipments
New York port data show a dramatic drop in exports from 20 million dollars before February 2 to 420 thousand dollars reported on February 13, amid German submarine activity. Railroads impose embargoes and a permit system to curb European freight, while through-train flour and feed shipments are planned to ease Midwest to East congestion.
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Port of
New York
Department of Commerce
Department
McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roade
Interstate Commerce
Charles €. McChord
All Mines to Be Seized by Government War Measure
London announces the board of trade will take possession of coal mines across the kingdom for the duration of the war. A new department will administer the mines, with Guy Calthrop, former general manager of the London and Northwestern Railway, named controller.
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London
Board of Trade
Guy Calthrop
London and Northwestern Raillway
Freight Blockade Grows Critical Across Railroads
A historic freight tie up bestrides the East West grain and goods flow as railways embargo West of Buffalo. Chicago and Buffalo report strain with 30 million bushels stored in Chicago elevators and a coal famine threatening plants. German troop movements on Holland border seen shifting.
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Europe
Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad
Buffalo
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Eixtra
Eastern
mid-West
Griffin
Chicago Board of Trade
Chamber of Commerce
Associated Manufacturers of
New York State
Prize Offered for Sinking a German Submarine
Paris February 14 A resolution in the chamber of deputies proposes a prize of 100000 dollars to the crew of any French allied or neutral vessel that sinks an attacking submarine. The measure notes Germans attack all ships indiscriminately and cites the German campaign as presently ineffective with 112 French or neutral ships entering French ports on Monday.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Andre le Fevre
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Swiss diplomat takes charge of German Interests Office
Dr. Carl Paul Hubscher, secretary of the Swiss legation, was installed in the German embassy building yesterday in immediate charge of what now becomes the department of German interests of the legation of Switzerland. Communications should be addressed to Swiss Legation, Department of German Interests.
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Carl Paul Hubscher
Legation
Legation of
Switzerland
Epidemic Report From Rostov on the Don
Moscow dispatches report an epidemic in Rostov on the Don spreading across Yekaterinoslav government. The Overseas News Agency notes censor deletions but says many victims have died and physicians cannot identify the plague. Bodies of victims are described as covered with boils.
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Berlin
Sayville
Roostov-on-the-Don
Copenhagen
Yekaterinoslav
Guard Over City Aqueduct Lines
Safety of the three bridges across the Potomac and the aqueduct supplying the city with water against attempts to blow them up in the war crisis is assured, as far as it is within the power of Washington's police, United States authorities and private watchmen. Day and night there is an unflagging watch at the aqueduct and on the bridges. Maj. Pullman has ordered per four eight hour shifts during the 24 hours. The Pennsylvania Railroad has men cooperating with the police on the bridges from the District to Virginia. Furthermore, there are added guards who prevent persons from walking on the tracks within a mile of either approach to the bridge. More guards are stationed at both ends of the tunnel running under the Capitol to Union Station. Railways also have augmented their track-walking patrols since the diplomatic Break With Germany. They do duty for miles along the tracks running into the neighboring States, and have orders to chase all unauthorized persons off the tracks.
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Aqueduct
Washington
United States
Maj
Pullman
Pennsylvania Railroad
Virginia
Capitol
Union Station
Germany
Teuton Warning To U S War Vessels
London reports a German paper article urging warning to neutral ships in the barred zone. It says merchantmen in the restricted area face intensified submarine warfare risks. Submarines would not attack neutral convoy vessels, but such ships would risk mines in the danger zone.
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London
Amsterdam
Reutera
American ships defy blockade report shocks Berlin
Berlin reports two American merchant vessels departed for the blockaded zone, prompting a pronounced sensation in the German capital. The Vossische Zeitung notes President Wilson's wish to break the blockade and states the American government would bear responsibility for any consequences, according to Copenhagen telegraph sources via Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Wilson
Berlin Vossische Zeitung
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Berlin
Two Italian Air Raids Hit Naval Yards and Pola
Rome reports Italian seaplanes damaged San Rocco navy yard near Trieste igniting a large fire after bombing. An admiralty statement says planes returned safely. A separate note claims raids on Pola harbor with ships hit. London reports British planes near Yenikalev bridge causing damage south of the crossing.
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Rome
San Rocco
Trieste
Admiralty
Pola
British forces launch raids along French front line
British headquarters report romantic daylight raids southeast of Grandcourt and northeast of Arras penetrating enemy defenses. They claim 40 prisoners and a machine gun, with light British casualties. Additional operations near Somme and Ypres inflicted enemy losses as raids near Messines and Armentieres were repulsed. North of Ypres fires were started in enemy lines by artillery. Berlin counters with continued attacks near Serre on the Somme front, repulsed after fierce hand to hand fighting.
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London
France
Grandcourt
Arras
Somme
Ypres
Armentieres
Messines
Berlin
Sayville
Ancré
Serre
War Office
Praise for Wilson's plan in British debate
London February 14 Col Arthur Lynch nationalist in the house of parliament praised President Wilson's world peace proposal as the most momentous declaration in national history. He called it a definite plan that could almost end warfare if civilized powers acted and U S intervention helped the Entente. Lynch also criticized war conduct and demanded Sir Douglas Haig's recall as British commander in chief.
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Col
Arthur Lynch
House of Parliament
Wilson
United States
Col Lynch
Sir Douglas Haig
No War Over Filipinos Dispatch on Vedamore Sinking
Reports from Liverpool state eight Filipino crewmen aboard the British steamer Vedamore were lost when the vessel sank on February 8 possibly due to a torpedo. The situation is weighed against a broader crisis as Filipinos are not US citizens but Philippine Islanders under US possession, prompting an expected State Department inquiry. Berlin reports Teutonic forces on the Macedonian front seized a hill east of Paralovo after a lull, while Germany asks Japan to guard consul Franz Karl Zitelmann as he departs Manila for Tientsin aboard the US transport Thomas.
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England
Germany
United States
Philippine Islands
State Department
Japan
Franz Karl Zitelmann
Manila
Tientsin
China
Thomaa
Salted Gold Mine Scam Tied to Psychic Promoter Case
William H. Wilde and Ida C. Wilde sue in Philadelphia for 1000 dollars claiming they were duped into investing in a Cropley Maryland salt ed gold mine near Washington after being promised a 20000 dollar first blast yield and a drained water pocket. Rev Samuel C Fenner and Emily Fenner are accused of using seances and spirit messages to reassure investors and stave off action until legal limits lapse. Post office investigators questioned Fenner about his promotional activities in the案 mining scheme.
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Cropley
Washington
Philadelphia
William H. Wilde
Ida C. Wilde
Stanley Francis
Samuel C Fenner
Emily H Fenner
William F. Kyle
Wildeaver
Great Falls
Fenner
Wildes
Wilde
Pectora
Rev
Peace for World in Senator's Call
A joint resolution introduced by Senator Robinson requests a world legislative assembly to meet in the United States to promote peace. The measure asks for judges of The Hague to convene separately to draft recommendations for an international tribunal to advance peace and goodwill globally.
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United States
American Congress
Robinson
Foreign Relations Committee
Hague Tribunal
Syucd
International Tribunal
Two Fleets Requisitioned by British Admiralty
Word from New York says Booth Steamship Company and Alfred Holt Company the Blue Funnel Line have been requisitioned by the British admiralty. Booth owns 26 vessels averaging 4 143 tons Holt 84 vessels averaging 6 775 tons total approx 676 900 tons. Vessels withdrawn from England South America and England China trade to fill gaps caused by German U boats in munitions carrying fleet.
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New York
Booth Steamship Company, Ltd
Alfred Holt Company
Blue Funnel Line
Admiralty
Booth Company
Holt Line
Japan
Far East
German submarine talks offer conditional mediation
London Feb 14 a German official telegram through the Swiss minister in Washington outlines a conditional German proposal for mediation with the United States over the declaration of prohibited areas. Germany would negotiate only if diplomatic relations with America are restored and concessions on American passenger ships, while sea blockades against enemies remain unchanged. The Swiss envoy in Washington stated Germany would not back off its U boat war to cut overseas imports.
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United States
London
Washington
Reuters Amsterdam
Switzerland
Wasington
America
Thun
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