Heavy Fighting Reported in Belgium and East Prussia
Reports from London on February 16 describe unusually heavy artillery duels in Belgium and German advances in East Prussia, with conflicting claims in the Carpathians. British actions aim to curb neutral-flag shipments, while Italy and Russia report food and troop movements and measures on oats and wheat amid ongoing war developments.
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London
Isles
Germany
James W. Gerard
William
Berlin
British Isles
Washington
Great Britain
England
British Foreign Office
Belgium
East Prussia
Lyck
Carpathians
Vienna
Bukowina
Petrograd
House of Commons
Winston Spencer Churchill
Admiralty
Emperor Nicholas
Nicholas
Tsarskoe- Selo
Bundesrath
Italy
Naples
Maylands
Arpillac
New Orleans
Germany offers to abate decree if Britain stops food blockade
Berlin signals willingness to curb the naval war zone if Great Britain ends foodstuffs restrictions on Germany. Germany asserts its abstention from targeting merchant ships would follow a British withdrawal from starving German civilians, while warning that armed English ships and neutral vessels face danger. The note, delivered to the State Department, serves as a preliminary reply to Washington’s prior protest about the war zone and is tied to the February 18 start date.
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Washington
T. C
Merngworf
State Department
Germany
Great Brittain
Great Britain
Berlin
Donger
Scotland
Foreign Office
Witness claims judge opposed miners in steel city hearing
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee alleges Federal Judge A G Dayton of the Northern District of West Virginia disparaged the United Mine Workers. Witnesses recount alleged contempt, bias against nonunion miners, and claims of criminal conspiracy against the union.
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Washington, D.C
A. G. Dayton
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
House of Representatives
Dayton
D. J. McGillicuddy
H. G. Danforth
Warren Gard
Parkersburg
W. Va
Laken
James Oates
Chareroi
United Mina Workers of America
Juden Dayton
United Mine Workers
Colliers
Joe Hoblett
Oates
Q Hoblett
Nik
Hoblett
United Ming Workers
Judge Dayton
John TL White
White
Theming Workers
Gates
Altho
United States
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Anderson of Minnesota Calls Wheat Price Probe
Representative Sydney Anderson of Minnesota urged a federal investigation into the decline in cattle and hog prices and the rise of cereals especially wheat. He argued that higher wheat costs raise bread prices and coal costs, while farmers say they receive no more for their crops. He asked where the money is going.
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Sydney Anderson
Congress
Minnesota
Anderson
Extra Session of Congress Hinges on Work This Week
Washington reports the extra session’s fate rests on ongoing week developments. Senate debates ship bill, with thirteen large supply measures pending in the Senate and House. Investigations into shipping trust lobbying and belligerent ship negotiations ordered by the Senate may push a session into March 4.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Capitol
Senate
House
McAdoo
Fletcher
Burton
Tvo
Administration
Shipping Trust
Marshall
Walsh
Simmons
Reed
Weeks
Copper Shipped as Sugar Seized in London Cargo
A large shipment of copper hidden in casks labeled sugar was seized in Copenhagen via London. The copper, consigned to a German firm, led to the arrest of the shipper and the ship's captain aboard the Carmen.
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Copenhagen
London
Registration fraud arrests in Chicago ward officials indicted
Six men including Democratic and Republican election officers of the Eighteenth Ward were indicted by the grand jury after a State's Attorney investigation into alleged registration fraud. Witnesses testified voters, including women, were registered from wrong addresses to vote in the primaries this month.
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Chicago
Grand Jury
Rayne
AllooIA Reverts to First Plan of War Operations
Russians report a shift back to defense on Russian soil after retreat from East Prussia. Carpathian passes at Wiskow and Madworna hold against German assaults as prisoners and guns are captured. Bayonet attacks near Smolnika yield 10 officers and 409 men taken. Battles at Kurimka near Dukla and Bangrod ongoing.
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East Prussia
Galicia
the Marte
Nieman River
Ostrolenka
Raigrad
Graevo
Carpathian
Wiskow
Madworna
Smolnika
Kurimka
Dukla
Bangrod
Wheat prices surge on European purchases in Board of Trade
Chisage February 13 renewals of European buys run up wheat values sharply. By mid session over 3 cents added to last week’s final, May advancing to 1 1/8 and Indy option up 4 counts to 1.37 8. The report notes renewed demand driving the quick rise and mentions a Havana cigar advertisement.
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Board OF Trade
Chisage
Indy
Gun Fire From Aeroplanes Hits Royal Montenegro Palace
In Rieka Montenegro near Lake Scutari the Montenegrin royal family faced machine gun fire from two Austrian aeroplanes. King Nicholas Queen and princesses watched from palace windows as bullets landed nearby. Earlier the Austrian fleet shelled the port of Antivari from the gulf of Gattaro.
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Cettinje
Montenegro
London
Rieka
Lake Scutar
Nicholas
Port
Gulf of
Gattaro
Antivari
Man Drops Dead in Flood Waters at Marshalltown
Marshalltown Feb 15 William Callaway foreman of the cat shops was stricken with heart disease while walking through flood waters that flooded the Minneapolis and St Louis railroad yards. His body was found at noon Sunday after the water receded. Callaway was 60. His widow lives in Peoria Indiana and the body will be taken to Bloomington Illinois for burial.
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Marshalltown
Minneapolis & St. Louisa
Callaway
Calla Way
Peoria
Bloomington
Carnival riot in Panama City leaves one dead and many wounded
Washington February 15 One Panama policeman was killed and 26 persons injured in a carnival riot in Panama City Saturday night. Brig General Edwards reported 23 Americans wounded, two by gunfire, as zone forces investigated with Panamanian officials and sought blame.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Wood
Garrison
Edwards
Panama City
Daring Robbery at Washington DC Leaves Loot Hidden
In Washington on February 15 two masked robbers seized cashiers at a trolley terminal near the Capitol, taking 2000 dollars while missing an additional 5000. A robber looted dash drawers as another moved through sacks. the ceiling collapsed from conductor damage amid the raid. Rome streets flood as Peters area reports four feet elev.
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Washington
Capitol
Iowa House Delays In Prohibition Fight Over Mulet Law
Iowa City congressman Crozier moved to recall the mulet law repeal bill from committee as the house prepared to test public sentiment on prohibition. House leaders aimed for a test vote while senate measures on the constitutional prohibition and repeal stood in limbo awaiting committee actions yesterday.
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Senate
Probing Rise in Bread Prices in New York Inquiry
The attorney general’s office opens a probe into bread price increases with subpoenas for commission men flour and wheat dealers and bakers. Alfred L. Becker says the inquiry will assess wholesale and retail baking conditions to see if price hikes are justified by flour costs and stock depletion.
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New York
Alfred L. Becker
Deepest Snow of Record in the Alps Risks Isolation
Turín via Rome reports Piedmont's winter snows surpass all records with Alps buried under vast drifts. Telegraph wires vanish, telephone poles disappear, and the St Bernard hospice sits under more than 25 feet of snow.
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Turin
Rome
Piedmont
Alps
St. Bernard
Filipinos Plead Not Guilty To Sedition
Manila February 15 Eight of the men arrested on charges of participating in the December revolt around Manila pleaded not guilty. Trial set for March. Disorder spurred in several suburbs on December 22 with Nazetas as a focal point. Police and military swift to quell unrest. Artemio Hicarde, banished by Governor General Forbes, reportedly led the seditionists. El Tovar Broadseat Havana 56 advertsement.
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Manila
P. I
Nazetas
Artemio Hicarde
Forbes
Saloonkeepers of Des Moines Abandon Fight
Des Moines saloonkeepers abandoned their bid to void a consent petition in district court today. They consented to dismiss all witnesses and a continuance until next Monday for the judge to decide. The petition reportedly falls several hundred signatures short of the required total. All Des Moines saloons will close permanently at 9 o'clock tonight.
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Des Moines
District Court
Des Moinés
Senator Grout IO Proposes Move To Ban Polygamy
Des Moines February 15 Senator Grout introduced a joint resolution urging Congress to call a convention to propose a constitutional amendment banning polygamy in the United States. The measure was referred to the federal relations committee. Wesley Robinson, a Black man, was hanged in Kansas City February 16 for the murder of his wife and stepson.
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Grout IO
Gan
Des Moines
Grout Lodey
Senate
Congress
United States
Kansas City
Wesley Robinson
Increase of One Fourth Mill Tax in Senate Measures
In Des Moines on February third, measures were filed in the senate. One proposal would raise the millage tax by one fourth mill for institutions under the state board of control, offset by appropriations totaling 340,170 dollars. A second measure codifies the appropriations for the state educational institutions.
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Nes Moines
Feb
Senate
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Western roads ask for higher tariffs at Missouri River hearing
Officials of railroads operating west of the Mississippi presented arguments for higher freight rates at a hearing before W M Daniels of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The hearing opens in Chicago and will run to March 18. Railroads seek a sliding increase based on business volume for certain commodities. The first four days cover general claims by the roads.
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Chicago
Misaunri River
Ww. M. Daniels
Interstate Con Metee Commission
Roada
President urged to embargo foodstuffs by New York mayor
Washington February 15 President Wilson received a letter from Mayor Mitchell urging an embargo on exporting wheat to curb bread and flour prices. The president stressed only Congress can declare such action, while Representative Farr works a bill in the House. The food committee’s plan to publish wheat stock figures and assurances of steps to prevent depletion was considered, but officials doubt an embargo will be imposed.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mitchell
New York
Congress
Farr
Pennsylvania
Canadian Aeroplane Raid Sparks Brockville Excitement
Ottawa dispatches report residents of Brockville denying claims by Morris Town youths that balloons sparked reports of aeroplanes crossing the border. Police say machines with searchlights were seen near 8:10 and 8:30 pm, moving toward Ottawa, with witnesses noting close passes and flashes seen near Dellamy. No fire ball was dropped.
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Ottawa
Ont
Brockville
Morristown
St. Lawrence
Dominion
State Department
Washington
Edward Billings
Dellamy
Canadian Pacific Railway
Temperatures February 15 Readings and Extremes
Temperatures for February 15 show a yesterday minimum of 23 and a maximum of 37 degrees. Historical records list prior years with noted minima and maxima, including 1912 18/33 and 1918 30/40, along with 1914 6/26.
Present War 6 Most Expensive Ever Conducted
London reports Lloyd George stating at the Commons that allied war expenditures total 2,000,000,000 pounds with Britain paying more than France and Russia. The war is described as the costliest in material, men, and money, with Britain able to finance five years, France two to three, and Russia resource-rich yet constrained. no joint loan was issued.
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London
France
Russia
Paris
David Lloyd George
Lease of Commons
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
New Yorker Wins Big In Knoxville Poker Game
In Knoxville Tennessee on a quiet Saturday night a visiting New Yorker held a pat royal straight flush on clubs against his host with a nine high straight flush on diamonds. the visitor reportedly won a large amount.
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Knoxville
Tenn
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