Passengers Safe After Florizel Wreck Off Cape Race
The Red Cross liner Florizel struck rocks near Broad Cove at Cape Race in a blizzard. Forty three survivors were rescued by three ships, with 104 reported dead and 42 saved overall. Among the rescued are Captain W J Martin and Maj Michael Sullivan.
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St. Johns
N.F
Red Cross
Cape Race
Montreal
Que
James
Halifax
N.S
N. F
Prospero
Florizel
Broad Cove
John Selly
W. J. Martin
Cecil G. Carter
New York
Irs
Fred Butler
Edward Froude
Fred Snow
Royal Flying Corps
John Crosbie
Marconi
Placentia Bay
St. Joans
Placentia Bar
Terra Nova
Home
Ater
Florizes
Pro German Revolt Suppressed in Costa Rica
San Jose reports that pro-German forces under Rogelio Fernandez Guell attacked a Punta Arenas passenger train and looted along the railway before government troops routed the rebels. order is restored after the uprising.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Rogelio Fernandez Guell
el Imparcial
Punta Arenas
Yankee killed wounded by Mexican bandits
An American paymaster Edgar House was killed and three others wounded when bandits attacked an all boat near Tampico on a Wednesday. Authorities deem robbery, not anti American sentiment, and the government has notified Mexico. Loot reportedly reached up to 20000 dollars as the crew defended themselves, with five Mexicans wounded.
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Washington, D. C
Tampico
Edgar House
Peymaster
Texas Oil Company
J. P. S. Mennett
Brisbane
Island Oil & Transport Company
Prether
Mennett
Board to Review Excess Profits in Washington
A board of excess profits reviewers will be created soon by Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper. The group, about a dozen representatives from special industries, will rule on specific questions in returns. The aim is to adapt general regulations to different businesses and guide tax amounts based on invested capital earnings and profits.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
Roper
Flach
Washington
Davies to Run for Wisconsin Senate Seat
Joseph F. Davies, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, resigns to pursue a Wisconsin senate seat. London hosts a National Labor Memorial conference to raise 300000 pounds for a war memorial labor headquarters. An urban ad notes delivery help line and times for newspaper subscribers.
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Chicago
Joseph Ef.davies
Federal Trade Commission
Wisconsin
Plan Trade Memorial
London
Aa “National Labor Memorial of Freedom and Peace
Trade Union Congress
Labor Party
Americans Escape From Heavy Fighting In France Patrol News
An American patrol and a French unit penetrated German lines near Chemin-des-Dames, seizing two officers, twenty men, and a machine gun with no American casualties. French and Belgian reports describe further captures and ongoing artillery duels, troop movements, and repulsed raids across the western front.
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France
Ghemin des-Dames
French War Office
Aflette River
Chemin-des-Dames
Chevrigny
Associated Press
Paris
Anlette
War Office
Dixmude
Ypres
Arras
Inn
Verdun
Switzerland
Tonk
London
Belgium
Armentieres
Cambrai
Messines
Recruits to Reach Camp by Night at Camp Dodge
Three thousand recruits from Minnesota and Iowa were expected to reach Camp Dodge today and tonight, bringing reported arrivals since Saturday to nearly 7,000. By Thursday, about 15,000 men are expected to have reported in the first draft.
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Camp Dodge
Minnesota
Iowa
Ten Thousand Die in Amoy China Earthquake
Amoy China reports nearly 10 000 deaths from a February earthquake sequence. Swatow dispatches note devastation across Amoy and surrounding districts in Kwangtung Province with numerous villages heavily damaged.
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Amoy
Chin
Amoy Birce
Swatow
Watow
China
Kwang ‘Pang
Onsles Gorthouse
Canton
Government accuses 38 firms of unfair trade practices
Washington February 25 The Federal Trade Commission issues complaints charging 38 manufacturing firms with unfair trade practices after a long investigation. Varnish makers account for 34 complaints including the Glidden Varnish company of Cleveland and Rockford Varnish. Claims include gratuities to influence purchases and secret payments. Other cases involve ink makers and a Boston soap firm.
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Washington, D. C
Federaal Trade Commission
Orarge
Gildden Varnoish Company
Cleveland
Glidden Varnish Company
Rockfor Varnish Company
Rockford
Essex Varnish Company
Newark
N.J
Eagle Printing Ink Company
Sigmund Altmann Company
J. M. Huber
Several Arrested for Plot to Murder Chinese Minister
A conspiracy to assassinate Gen. Tuan Chi Iii, former premier and War commissioner, has been uncovered by authorities. A number of arrests have been made, including three Japanese, allegedly promoted by monarchistes to avenge Gen. Tuan's defeat of Gen. Chang Hsun.
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Peking
Tuan Chi Iii
McCumber decries Bolshevik sentiment and shipyard profiteering
Washington Feb 26 Senator McCumber Republican North Dakota denounced Bolshevik surrender as treason to democracy and accused profiteers and labor slackers of weakening U S war effort. He warned shipyards like Hog Island show graft and warned only a Allied victory can save the Allies from defeat.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Today
America
Bolstevik Perig
France
Hog Island
Labor Program for War Under Way at Capital
Washington February discussions open between capital and labor under Secretary Wilson to draft a wartime labor program. Debates will cover strikes price disputes piece work and methods to smooth relations for potential government control of industries and labor during war.
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Washington, D
Wilson
Cabinet members to be called in Hindu plot case
In San Francisco on February 2, Ram Chandra, the Windu defendant, said two Wilson era cabinet members will be subpoenaed to testify for the defense of 31 revolution conspirators in India. Lansing and Burleson named. former secretary Bryan also referenced.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wilson
Land Rabindranath Tagore
India
Ram Chandra
Windu
Robert Lansing
Burleson
William J. Bryan
Exemption Message From Wisconsin Man Aims at Draft Fight
A Green Bay man Arnold H. Korte sent a draft message to Rockford Illinois urging German blood as a reason to oppose Kaiser and requested draft exemption. In Des Moines, Captain Voltaire P. Twombly, Civil War veteran and three time state treasurer, died at age 76.
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Rockford, Lll
Boaard
Arnold H. Korte
Green Bay
Wis
Twombly
Des Moines
Voltaire P. Twombly
Second
Iliwa Infantry
British Forces Advance in Mesopotamia Occupy Khana Burayat
London dispatch reports British forces along the Euphrates in Mesopotamia have occupied Khana Burayat with little Turkish resistance, as announced by the war office.
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London
Euphrates River
Mesopotamia
Khana Burayat
War Office
Simonds War Editorials Featured In Courier and Pilot
A leading newspaper syndicate will run a series of Frank H. Simonds war editorials. The first article appears today on the editorial page. Simonds, noted as a premier American war writer, is profiled with his background including Harvard ties and service with the Sixth Massachusetts.
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Courier and Fieporter
Frank H. Simonda
Artcles
Herrard
Simonds
Wille
Trarvard
Mr. Simonds
Spain
McKinley
Massachusetts
New York
The
Tribune
New York Sun
Athens
Europe
United States
Evening Sun
Germany
Russia
Morning Sun
Frank H. Simonds
Verdun
France
Lorraine
Marne
Pougins Haig
Grandecourt
Lloyd George
Henry Rawlinson
Horne
William Robertson
Russian Front War and Bolshevik Peace Terms Amidst Chaos
Reports from Petrograd and Berlin detail an attempted Bolshevik peace with Germany, Lenin urging acceptance while Trotzky is absent. Ensign Krylenko wounded in Petrograd by a socialist, and German forces advance on Dorpat and Pernau as allied embassies consider leaving Petrograd.
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London
Krylenko
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Krylenka
Berlin
Pernau
Livonia
Riga
Dorpat
German War Office
von Lingingen
Zhitomir
Kiev
Rovno
Associated Press
Smolny Institute
Leon Trotzky
Lenine
Pravda
Lenine Petrograd
Nikolai Lenine
Bolsheviki
all-Russian Council of Workmen's and
EXD
Russia
M. Martoff
Germany
M. Zinovieff
Ros
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Tagore
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Peage
Teutons
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Stockholm
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