Germany Resumes Hammering On East And West Fronts
London reports describe renewed German offensives near Warsaw in Russian Poland and near La Bassée in France. British officials note high losses with little lasting gain as von Hindenburg aims to pin Russian forces near the Polish capital while other fronts see heavy sacrificing attacks. Emperor William to inspect Wilhelmshaven fleet and army units. English Turkish clash at Kurna described with Turks and British forces exchanging fire before dawn. Italian reservists in London warned to be ready to report for colors.
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Warsaw
Russian
Poland
la Bassee
France
Russian Poland
von Hindenburg
Nicholas
Carpathians
la Bassée
Willias
Berlin
William
Niday
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
West
East Fronter
Kurha
Bagdad
Persian Gulf
Kurna
Tigris
Euphates
Italy
FIERGE FIGHTING CONTINUES ON THE EASTERN FRONTS
German army headquarters report ongoing battles on the eastern fronts with repulsed French and German attacks near Perthes and no new developments on the east Prussian front. Russian cavalry assaults north of the Vistula were repulsed while German forces captured Humin northeast of Bolimow. Fighting for Wol- sphienl an ice area continues as of February 1.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. T
Perthes
Poland
Vistula
Bolimow
Humin
Wol- Sphienlan
Russian Girl in Man's Garb in 19 Battles
Olga Krasilnikof, 19, arrived wounded in Moscow after fighting in nineteen Polish battles. She enlisted under a man's uniform and was wounded in the foot. She has been awarded the cross of St George fourth degree.
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Moscow
Petrograd
London
Olga Krasilnikof
Poland
American Youth Wins the Title
London declares the court has ruled the son of Charles R. Slingsby is the legitimate heir to the 500000 baronial property of the Slingsby family in Yorkshire. The case, pending nearly two years, involved Chas R. Slingsby once a naval leu tenant and later a San Francisco resident in possession of the estate. A younger brother argued the child was not legitimate, but evidence from California established legitimacy.
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London
Trebate Court
Chas
R. Slingsby
Slingsby
Yorkshire
San Francisco
California
Slingaby
Ten Arrests Reported in Huerfano County Case
Denver, Feb 3. Garfield Miller reportedly arrested in New Mexico. total of ten arrests on grand jury indictments tied to recent coal miners' strike disorders. Nine others held on bench warrants for murder, arson, assault to kill, and rioting. Walsenburg officials had no word on further arrests. UMWA district HQ also silent.
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Denver
Colo
Walsenburg
Garfield Miller
New Mexico
Resul
Huerfano County
United Mine Workers of America
Democrats Plan Amendments to Ship Bill in Senate
Washington, Feb 3. Democrats plan amendments to the ship bill to win progressive Republican support and exclude bolting Democrats. The proposed amendments require that government ships not be leased to private firms for more than 12 months and bar purchases of ships from belligerents that would threaten U S neutrality. 1,279 German jurists killed in the present war, including professors, judges, lawyers, assessors, and barristers.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
United States
Berne
Switzerland
Berlin
Prisoner Capture and Weapons Seizure Reported
A wartime bulletin states forces took over 4000 prisoners and captured six machine guns. It also notes night Russian attacks near the German lines by the Bzura river were repulsed.
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Bzura Hver
Flood Waters of Ohio Idle Thousands in Warmer Wheeling Area
Floods along the Ohio River and around Wheeling shut down about ten thousand factory workers and forced two thousand residents from homes. Schools closed and refugee shelters opened as a free restaurant served the destitute. One unidentified foreigner drowned in Mingo, with the crest expected to reach Liverpool and pass Wheeling later today at about 42 feet.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Tere
Liverpool
Wheeling Island
Marint’s Ferry
Mingo
Equal Suffrage Bill Marks Time in Legislature
Des Moines reports the equal suffrage amendment slow moving in both chambers. In the senate, Unger will refer it to a subcommittee, with a promise to report it to the floor within a week. In the house, the measure is referred to a committee, with advocates hoping for action soon either by forcing out the committee or passing from the senate after its approval. Senator Allen notes the suffrage proposition is in good shape.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Unger
Committee On
Friends of
J. H. Allen
Woconlogue
J. H. MacConlogue
State Board of Control
W- A. Duckworth
Nine Men Killed in Forest Fire at Mayburg Boarding House
Kane Pa Feb 3 Nine men perished and six were seriously burned when a fire destroyed the Mayburg boarding house of the Tionesta Chemical Co in Forest county. The sleeping quarters housed woodmen who slept there. the heater gas and a mains explosion likely caused the blaze. Sheffield the nearest town is 18 miles away, aid arriving hours late. Only one occupant escaped unharmed.
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Kane
Tionesta Chemical Co
Mayburg
Forest County
Sheffield
McFarlane Bill Aims Overhaul Of Electrical Utilities
Des Moines Feb 8 McFarlane of Black Hawk introduced in the house a bill to empower the state railway commission to prescribe rules for telephone telegraph power lights street railway and other electric companies. It would require cities to conform and grants the commission full jurisdiction. The house later killed another measure allowing school districts to pay up to 6 percent interest on bonds by a 73 to 29 vote.
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Des Moines
McFarlane
Black Hawk
State Railway Commission
Stokes
Extradition Bid Seen for U8 Prisoner Werner Van Horne
Werner Van Horne, arrested in Vanceboro Maine after attempting to blow up the Canadian end of the St Croix bridge, seeks protection from extradition. Canadian officials file a case under section 282 of the New Brunswick code, arguing the act endangered railway safety and fits the treaty with the United States. Van Horne claims German army ties and political status, while New Brunswick and US authorities coordinate proceedings in Ottawa Washington and Charles Town area jurisdictions.
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Canada
Washington
van Horne
State Department
McAdam Junction
New
Hrunewick
John
N. B
Werner van Horne
Vanceboro
J. B. M. Baxter
New Brunswick
United States
New York City
New York
Werner van Ilorne
the &T. Croix River
Vanceborn
Germany
Maine
Dominion
International Bridge
St. Croix River
Reform Neon
Secret Service
Montreal
Ottawa
van Horna
Gomposure
Loop Hotel Fire Sends Guests Fleeing in Chicago
A major blaze at a Loop hotel prompted rapid evacuation as guests including Samuel Gompers and a switchboard operator rushed to warn rooms. Fire crews contained flames to the upper stories, with elevators used by evacuees and no injuries reported among the notable figures.
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Samuel Gompers
Kaiserhet
Samuel Gampers
Gampers
Jucd Fiyt
Mary Aurphy
Lote
Sid Dagagaice
Washington
Hig
Tyler Terdece
Anti trust suits against shipping lines dismissed
New York February 3 government anti trust suits against the Prince Line Hamburg American Lamport and Holt and others over freight and passenger trade between American ports and Brazil and against American Asiatic Steamship Co and others were dismissed. Judges cited that the European war dissolved the conspiracy and the questions are largely academic. Separate note describes a dynamite case with possible arrest warrants and charges of illegal transportation and damage.
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New York
Prince Line
Hamburg-American Line
Lamport and Holt Line
American
Brazil
American Asiatic Steamship Co
Asiatic
Ina
Comparsson
United States
Far Sastern
Trafic
Prince Ine
Luncombe
Rockefeller foundation witness defends publicity methods
Jerome D. Greene of the Rockefeller Foundation testifies before the federal industrial relations commission on publicity practices. He says the term publicity has a black eye from past editorial and news space purchases, defends Ivy Lee’s methods as fair, and notes the foundation employs three clerks with potential expansion as it grows older.
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Jerome D., Greene
Rockefeller Foundation
Federal Commission
Geo. H. J Mirehwey
Columbia University
Frank P. Walsh
Maggie Dominaci
Mary Pe, Trued
Howard P. Costian
United Mine Workers
Ludlow
Colorado
Paul Baher
Roosevelt
N. Eogle
Jerome D. Greene
Greene
Ivy J. Lee
Bryan to Address Indiana Legislature and Mass Meeting
Secretary Bryan will depart for Indianapolis to speak at the Indiana legislature banquet of Democratic editors and at a Democratic mass meeting on Friday. The trip is part of his Washington visit dated February 3.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mutineous Sikhs Sentenced to Death in Calcutta Riots
In Calcutta, seven Sikhs convicted of killing two police officials during October rioting after the Komagata Maru's arrival from Vancouver were sentenced to death by a Fironpur Punjab judge. Hindu mutineers, who resisted deportation and returned from Vancouver, faced the same episode that troops helped quell with gunfire.
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Calcutta
India
Fironpur
Punjab
Vancouver
Calcntis
Crowing roosters save four in Robbinsdale fire
In Robbinsdale Minnesota on February 3 a flames engulfed a house on Crystal Lake road. Four occupants Gust Hof his wife and two children escaped by crawling to a shed then leaping to the ground with the father catching the children as they were dropped from the roof. Fire chief George Nash said crowing roosters helped alert residents and neighbors aided in saving belongings though the house burned with loss about 1500 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Rome
Robbinsdale
Gust Hall
George Nash
Robbins__ dale
Hoff
Hof
Crystal Lake Road
Gust Hof
Security for Investments Abroad Stressed by Speaker
Samuel McRoberts vice president of National City Bank urged stronger protection for American investments abroad at the Chamber of Commerce convention in Washington. He warned that unclear property rights invite peril and questioned sending Americans overseas to defend investments, urging closer business government cooperation and improved consular services. President John H. Fahey urged reform of commercial treaties and a capable federal trade commission to meet trade needs.
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Washington, D
Samuuel Mclroberts
National City Bank
Chamaber of Commerce
United States
Orient
Caribbean
South America
Mexico
Amercans
State Department
John H. Fahey
Federal Trade Commission
Wheat Prices N Wide Swing On Board of Trade
In Chicago on February 3 fear of Dardanelles opening fueled volatile wheat trading. May futures fell to 1.569 a bushel, an 8 1 2 cent drop, then surged to 1.08 on the rebound. July slid to 1.38 before recovering to 1.403 as the day’s swings persisted amid peace talk rumors and financier actions.
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Board OF Trade
Chicago
Dardanelles
Strait
Rector Suffers Gas Poisoning in Clinton Fire
In Clinton Iowa on March 3 Rev H Burrell rector of St Johns Episcopal church and his son Frederick nearly suffocated from gas emitted by petroleum coke. The father is in critical condition in hospital while the son is expected to recover.
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Clinton, Ia
H. Burrell
St. Johke’s Episcopal Church
Clinton
Frederick
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