Great Britain Plans Food Blockade of Germany in Retaliation
London reports Britain to shut off German food supply as retaliation with war zone waters around the UK. Neutral shipping may continue with risks. many vessels to carry flags for safe passage amid German subs. Berlin hails Hindenburg victory as Russian forces withdraw.
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Berlin
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Czernowitz
Russia
Poland
Big Airship Seen in Distress Over Amsterdam
A Par-Beval type airship, damaged by gunfire, drifted from 600 feet over Amsterdam toward the Zuider Zee. Its crew struggled to right the vessel, trailing telegraph wires and a dangling rope as it descended and drifted south.
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Amsterdam
Reuters Telegram Co
Zuider Zee
North Sea
Germany forwards reply to U.S. note on war zone
Berlin reports Germany has handed its answer to Ambassador James W. Gerard regarding the U S protest over the proposed war zone regulations around British waters. The reply was delivered in Berlin via London and is expected to be sent to Washington shortly.
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Berlin
London
Germany
United States
James W. Gerard
Washington
Oscar II Diverted to Kirkwall Port in British Waters
Steamship Oscar II of the Scandinavian-American line, en route from New York to Christiania and Copenhagen, reportedly reached Kirkwall in the Orkneys last Sunday. British authorities may have seized her for cargo examination, with cargo listed as foodstuffs and provisions.
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Scandinavian-American Line
Christiania
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Scotland
Hempel
British Suspend Water Shipping During Blockade Talk
The Amsterdam correspondent for The Exchange Telegraph reports Batavia and Zealand shipping lines and services between Polkestone and Flushing will be suspended for a few days after Thursday February 18 as Germany announces its plan to begin a blockade of British waters.
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Exchange Telegraph Cos
Amsterdam
Batavia
Zealand
Polkestone
Flushing
Germany
Merely a Guard on Wilhelmina
The report of a prize crew on the American steamer Wilhelmina at Falmouth proved false. The officer in charge said the detachment of British personnel was only a guard, not a prize crew.
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London
Falmouth
Wage Arbitration Finding Set For April 20
Chicago February 17 The wage movement award for engineers firemen and hostlers of nine western railroads will be handed down on April 20 and take effect May 1, 1915 for one year. The stipulation was signed by A W Trenholm Warren S Stone and Wm Carter. Hearings began November 30 last and the case could not finish within the earlier deadline.
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Board of Arbitration
Western Railroads
A. W. Trenholm
Warren S. Stone
Hood of Locomotive Engineers
Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Trenholm
Brig-Gen Greenleaf Goodale Dies at 78 in Wakefield Mass
Brig-Gen Greenleaf A. Goodale U S A retired dies in Wakefield Massachusetts at age 78. He entered the regular army in 1866 after serving with a volunteer regiment in the Civil War and retired in 1903.
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Wakefield
Mass
Greenleaf A. Goodale
Allied Fleet of Forty Airships Raids Belgium
The British naval air wing attacked Belgian coast targets including Zeebrugge, Ostend, Middelkerke, and Ghistelles. Forty aircraft were used with eight French planes aiding at Ghistelles. Reports say good results were achieved and efforts focused on military targets with no residential areas bombed. King Albert of Belgium conducted an aerial reconnaissance over German lines, returning safely. A Russian report from Przemysl notes the siege could last three more months, with aviators delivering letters and supplies.
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Ghistellées
King Albert LN Air Amsterdam
Albert
Belgium
Aeros Przemysl
Budapest
Przemysl
Russians Captured En Massive Mazurian Battle Claim
German claims fifty thousand Russians taken prisoner after a nine day battle on the Mazurian lake district in East Prussia. Emperor William present at center of fighting. Russian forces enveloped near Bukovina with Austro Hungarian actions driving Russians south and east.
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Mazurian Lake District
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Augustowo
William
Bukowina
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Tageblatt
Bistritz
Storozhivetz
Marmaros
Wisnicz
Czernowitz
von Hindenburg
von Eichhorn
von Buelow
Dulwich Sinks After Torpedo Attack Near Cape de la Hene
British steam collier Dulwich bound Hull Rouen was torpedoed by a German submarine twenty miles northwest of Cape De La Hene. The ship sank in twenty minutes. Twenty two of thirty one crew rescued by French destroyer Arquebuse. seven reached Fecamp. Two crew unaccounted. Seven men rowed to shore at Fecamp.
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Hull
Rouen
Cape de la Hene
Arquebuse
Fecamp
London
Lloyds
France
British Steamship Company
Hunter
Germany Stops All Importation Across Frontiers
London reports the bundesrath authorizes the chancellor to prohibit importation and transit of enemy soil and industry products across the German frontier. The measure, published in Reichs Anzeiger, follows a prior proclamation banning imports from France and Britain and their colonies. The chancellor may deploy any necessary actions to enforce the ban.
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Bundesrath
Reichs Anzeiger
Amsterdam
Reuter
Telegram Co
France
Great Britain
Neutral? Yes And More In The War Question
A Champaign resident questions the existence of war while in a local store. The shopkeeper notes confusion as the shopper asserts Russia and England fight Germany in a historic conflict and mentions a flag. An advertising snippet for a Havana cigar is included.
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Russia
England
Germany
Torrential Rains Cause Landslide At Varco Salina
Rome reports a landslide from heavy rains buried a house at Varco Salina with eight people inside. Rescue teams had not recovered any occupants as of report time.
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Varcosalina
Firemen Die In Danville Blaze At Odd Fellows Building
Danville Illinois February 17 two firemen Albert Holmes and Albert Shanks were killed and five others seriously injured when a wall fell during a fire at the four story Odd Fellows building in the business district. The loss is about 70000 dollars and the cause remains unknown.
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Til
Albert Holmes
Albert Shanks
Odd Fellows
Iowa Stogeman Dies in Chicago Rooming House
In Chicago at the Horn Palace rooming house James O Brine operator, Gabe Mandel a Plymouth Iowa farmer and storkman was found dead in bed. Police indicate death likely from injuries from a buggy fall days earlier. Mandel aged 55, stock valued about 10000 dollars unsettled. An inquest scheduled for today.
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Gabe" Mandel
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Plymouth
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James O’brine
South Halsted Street
Joseph D. McGeean
Mandel
Lost in Desert Five Days on Can of Milk
Denver attorney Samuel H. Baker and partner M J Gill ventured into Salt Valley Utah to inspect radium properties. Baker, after losing his horse, survived five days in the desert on a small can of milk, crawling on hands and knees toward Thompson Utah before being found near madness.
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Samuel H. Baker
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Utah
Baker
Gill
Salt Valley
Rival Not Rural Misprint Corrected by Courier
The Courier and Reporter notes a mechanical error in yesterday’s item quoting a letter from the Greater Waterloo association. The word rural was accidentally used instead of rival in the paragraph about Waterloo businessmen voting to advance the city and not seeking advice from rival communities.
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Courier
Greater Waterloo
Waterloo
Dry show teeth in house test vote 81 22
In Des Moines on February 17 the dry forces in the Iowa house pushed to report from the committee on suppression of intemperance the Crozier bill to repeal the malt law and the Clarkson bill. The vote was 81 to 22. the committee must report by 10:30 tomorrow. A hearing was granted to cigarmakers teamsters and other workers from several cities, with the floor decision allowing a same day hearing for action.
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Iowa House
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Clackson
Senate
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Crozier
Brady
Clarkson
Committee On
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Davenport
Keokuk
Wayman
Loosen Gambling Laws Proposed in Iowa House
Des Moines reports 22 bills introduced in the house to ease gambling rules. A measure would let a loser in billiards pool or ten pins pay the proprietor for equipment use without creating gambling. The current law treats each game as gambling when the loser pays. Meanwhile Carson City moves on divorce reform with a bill creating a shy months residency for divorcees, passing senate 42 to 10 with Senator Bradshaw casting the deciding vote.
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Hinie
Carson City
Nev
Senate
Bradshaw
Humboldt
$150 000 Shells Order Refused by Pittsburgh Firm
Pittsburgh on February 17 a major local steel company declined to bid on a $4 million order for 1 000 000 dropforge shells. The firm cited humanitarian reasons and left blueprints with the foreign trade commission noting refusal to consider the contract. The offered contract value was about $450 000.
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Dbecause
Pittsburgh Foreign Trade Commission
Siritith
Wets Gain Point In Preliminary Bout With Board
A county board vote fixed the canvass start for the saloon petition at 9 AM on March 1, 20 days after filing with the auditor. The wets defeated a 30 day extension, shortening withdrawals to about 24 26 days. Attorneys for the drys prepare lists while temperance workers push for swift action as saloon policy drifts amid Des Moines and Sioux City moves.
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Sioux City
Berlin Observes French Bonds Slipping Below German
Berlin financial circles focus on a historic dip in French rentes. French three percent bonds fall 18 points in a year while German three percents drop about eight. German buyers grow optimistic on military prospects as French sentiment darkens.
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