Street Car Strike Settled and Workers Return to Duty
After a two day tie up the street car strike was declared off at a mass meeting. Conductors and motormen will return to duty between 5 and 6 this morning and normal service is expected today. The agreement calls for direct negotiations, with arbitration if needed, and unions or employers will appoint committees to pursue a final settlement.
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Convention Hall
Airiking
Streat
Aear
Thea Carmens Union
Emplovera
Ewo
William Blackman
Conscillation
Lailor Wiison
National Rifles Armory
Romettes
Massa
Washington Haltlway and Electric Company
Witham
Valentine
Eorge
Wilburt
Harry E Jones
F OW Thompson
Capital Traction Company
WH Cookman
J J Galther
W E Waldron
Newman
House Sees President Says No Peace Signs Abroad
Col House, the president's envoy, arrived in Washington after talks with Wilson and Lansing. He conveyed German sentiment views and submarine dispute notes from Berlin, London, and Paris, outlined London talks on blockade and contraband, and reported no signs of peace. Also, three Americans freed by Bulgarian authorities in Monastir.
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International News Service
Col
BE. M. House
Berlin
Paris
London
Washington
Lansing
White House
Col House
Europe
United States
Gerard
Foreign Office
Col. House
Wilson
Ambassador Page
Skinner
State Department
New York
Farwell
Miss Mitchell
Henry Forbes
Monastir
Lewis Einstein
Balkans
Zeppelin Raid Harms Northeast England Killing 12
British report details the March raid by three Zeppelins over Yorkshire Lincolnshire Rutland Huntingdon Cambridgeshire Norfolk Essex and Kent. Forty bombs dropped injuring 33. two terraces and several buildings damaged. Survivors and missing vary as search continues.
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London
England
Dover
Admiralty
Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
Rutland
Huntingdon
Cambrixtshire
Norfolk
Essex
Kent
North Sea
Cambridgeshire
Thames
Kentshire
Atreety
Italian air raid hits Laibach killing or wounding 800
Geneva reports that Italian aircraft on February 19 attacked Laibach, killing or wounding about 800 Austrian soldiers at the city’s barracks. Two archduke staff officers reportedly died. Laibach, 45 miles east of Gorizia, hosts Austrian forces. Rome calls the raid retaliation for alleged Austrian violations of international law. An Austrian statement calls the raid a lamentable failure.
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Geneva
Laibach
Archduke Eugene
Italy
Gorizia
Rome
All Britain Awaits North Sea Battle
Amsterdam reports 25 German warships observed in the North Sea as they entered from the northeast and shifted westward before vanishing to the north. London notes rumors of a near distant battle between British, Russian and German ships, with torpedo boats seen near Oland and submarines off Oxelsund amid growing Scandinavian anticipation of major naval action.
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Amsterdam
Vileland
North Sea
London
North Sea War Zone
Oland
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Oxelsund
Baltic
Stockholm
Scandinavia
Great Britain
Russia
Thun
German Memorandum Appendices Signal British Submarine Rights
State Department received appendices to the German memorandum accusing Britain of secret orders to merchantmen in violation of international law. The documents reportedly show Britain taking a position that clashes with the U S views on submarine rights and merchant duties. The revelations raise serious questions of good faith between England and the United States as officials await fuller explanations before resuming business.
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Britain
State Department
International News Service
Lansing
Great Britain
Germany
England
United States
Col. House
Simspense
Congress
Australian Recruits Riot In Sydney City Violence
Fourteen thousand Australian recruits at Casula and Liverpool training camps mutinied on February 14 and rioted across Sydney and other towns. Shops and hotels looted and wrecked, soldiers clashed with police and mounted troops, many wounded and at least one soldier killed. The Sonoma brought details to light after censorship. Also, Drs Ryan and Bates of the American Red Cross left Athens with 240 tons of aid for Corfu.
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Washington Post
San Francisco
Casula
Liverpool
New South Wales
Sydney
Sonoma
Mane
Athens
Greece
Edward W. Ryan
Ralph Bates
American Red Cross Commission
Serbia
Pot Corfu
Verdun and Champagne Battles Reach New Pressures
German forces push in Verdun region and Champagne with heavy bombardments and trench incursions. French defenses hold at key points near Forges and Maisons de Champagne while mine explosions and crater fighting occur in the Argonne. Official reports claim burning liquid jets and continued artillery activity, with forts Devaux Moulainville and De Tavannes sustaining damage amid staggered German advances.
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Verdun
Champagne
Teutons
Amsterdam
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Meuse
Forges
Cote de L'Ote
Mont Tetu
Maisons de Champagne
Argonne
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Haute Chavanches
Berlin
Devaux
Moulainville
de Tavannes
Hne
Paris
Courtes Chaugsees
Sdes
Haute Chewauchee
Street Car Strike Settled on 1-A Page
Page lists multiple agency notes including 12 victims of Zeppelin raid 400 lost on Spanish ship and Verdun updates with German gains. Also mentions Baker as Secretary of War and a fight over armed ships, plus events on 2-page will quit Congress and 11 perish in jail fire. Paris wants Americans to pay. Gypsy Prince society page. Baby Week praised. North Carolina banquet.
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Baker
Page
Congress
Moeve
U. S
Marty
Verdun Rufus
Paris
North Carolina
Bryan
Wilson
Fletcher
Mann
Britain warns coal shipowners over German cargoes
Through the British embassy the government warned neutral shipowners that any vessel carrying coal that reaches a German port or ship will be immediately blacklisted. The notice underscores Britain's effort to cut material help to Germany during the war.
Newton D. Baker Named Original Wilson Man and City Leader
West Virginia native Newton D. Baker once served as Cleveland mayor and studied under President Wilson at Johns Hopkins University. Baker, a key Ohio figure and former pupil of Wilson, is highlighted as a central leader in the era and in party circles.
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Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Wilson
Johns Hopkins University
West Virginia
Cleveland
Baker Named Secretary of War in Wilson Cabinet
Newton Diehl Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, selected by President Wilson for Secretary of War. The nomination, seen as a quick Senate confirmation, aims to lead War Department planning for army expansion and reorganization. Baker, a 44 year old lawyer and longtime Ohio Democrat, has been a Wilson ally since Johns Hopkins days. Continued in second column.
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Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Wilson
Senate
War Department
Baker
Ohio
Johns Hopkins University
Garrison
Washington
Saya Baker
Newton Diehl Baker
Fight Reignites Over Warning Ships Debate in House
The House floor heated as Republicans Mann and Lenroot opposed tabling the McLemore warning resolution while Flood backed the president. Administration leaders sought to unite Democrats and sympathetic Republicans for a rule to advance the warning and avert war by arming merchant ships. A Bryan conference with lawmakers added to the high-stakes politicking as votes neared.
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Associated Presa
Friends of the Administration
Morehan
Representative Mann
Illinoia
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Rules Committee
McLemore
Flood
Foreign Affairs Committee
Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Mr Bryan
Camtol
Representative Gardner
Massachusetts
House
Foss
Silingia
Tulas Committee
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