Submarine Attacks and French Advances Reported
Submarine crews claim nine ships sunk with Dutch and British losses in one attack near the English Channel. French forces penetrate German lines in the Vosges while Paris reports Cham Juste fighting and Somme occupation. British and naval manpower estimates issued, total army around 50,000 officers and men, naval personnel about 450,000.
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Sven
English
Vosges
Wis
Bague
Goyen
London
Thes Bhding
Emden
Colombo
Paris
Senones
Berlin
Chamjuste
Somme
Huouwen
India
German U-boat Losses Claim Zero Since War Start
Berlin statement by Admiral von Capelle reports no German U-boat losses to date. German submarine war has netted 134 foreign ships captured or sunk in eighteen days of February.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
von Capelle
Germany
British ships Grenadier and Trojan Prince sunk in storm attack
Reports from London state the British steamer Grenadier was torpedoed and sunk with the captain and six crew dead. remaining crew landed. Trojan Prince also sunk with all men believed saved. Dutch ships largely homeward bound with full cargo. several ships torpedoed Thursday. Lloyds lists more crews landed. bomb damage and rescue at sea described.
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London
Kovis
Kien
Amhorsties
Lloyds
Zaandijk Dutch
Noorderdijk
Emland
Jacatra
Menado
Oisil Osborn
Havre
Sil
Tie Skrim
Treport
Caar
Louis Pinto
Oro Renn
Blenheim
Sul Prost
Queenstown
Sandan
Llenheim
Pensacola
Hiee
Fastnet
Een Frost
Baltimore
Ireland
Troche
Porto
San Fanciser
van Bienheim
Democrats Resolve to Fight for Revenue Bill and Preparedness
Senate Democrats after a conference with Secretary McAdoo vow a continuous session to push the revenue bill and preparedness measures. They accuse Republicans of filibuster tactics and warn there will be no compromise, aiming to prevent delays in national readiness amid the crisis.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
McAdoo
Congress
Finance Committee
Simmons
Stone
Martin
James
Thomas
Swanson
Hughes
Treasury
Representative Mann
Republican House
Smont
New Hanover Praised in House as Welfare Bill Passes
Raleigh February 24 New Hanover County hospitals train nurses with the shortest hours among twenty three examined and the Breece bill limiting regular shifts to twelve hours with sixteen in special cases passed without a negative vote. The House also enacted a Board of Public Welfare and repealed the State Board of Public Charities.
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Raleigh
N. C
New Hanover County
Breece
New Hanover
State Board of Public Charities and Corporations
Board of Public Welfare
Franklin County
Boards of Education
General Assembly
House
Warren
Mattamuskett
State Council
Senate
Brenzier
House Proceedings Prompt New Bills and Amendments
The House met at 1 PM under Speaker Murphy. Many bills were reported unfavorably to end considerations in the session’s closing days. New measures include tax for Pamlico county and amendments to drainage and tax laws, plus bonds for Kinston graded school and other initiatives across counties and towns.
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Murphy
House
Harker
Pamlico County
Ward
Duplin
Daniel
Green County
Sellars
Brothers
Kinston
J . Daniel
Warren
North Carolina
Shaw
Scotland
Wright
Doughton
Brummitt
Creedmoor
Granville
Roberts
Buncombe
Mauney
Shelby
Cox
Forsyth
McCrackin
Bolton Recorder's
Columbus County
Rutherfordton
McLenden
Durham
Parrish
Farrish
Pegram
Relief May Come Soon For New York Poor
New Yorkers plan protests at Madison Square Garden as city officials wealthy citizens and Governor Whitman push measures to ease food shortages. The mayor's committee buys 4,000,000 pounds of rice and a carload of smelts to lower prices, while seeking charter power to spend emergency funds for food relief.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Associated Press
George W. Perkins
Committee On Food Supply
Woodland
Cal
Perkins
County Board of Trade
Pacific Coast
Board of Estimate and Apportionment
Whitman
Albany
Madison Square
Fifth Avenue
Dutch shipping disaster heightens Austria Hungary tension
Washington reports a surge in Dutch ship losses from German U boats intensifying the threat of a diplomatic break between Holland and Germany. The note warns of possible recall of Frederick C. Penfield and swift passport exchanges with Count Tarnow Tarnowski as the crisis deepens.
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Frederick C. Penfield
United States
Austria-Hungary
Penfield
Count Tarnow Tarnowski
Washington
Dutch Suc kissed by Sinking Seven Ships in German Sub Torpedo War
In The Hague February 24 report that seven Dutch cargo vessels of the Holland America Line were torpedoed and sunk by German submarines. Vessels included Noorderdijk Zaandijk Remland Gaasterland Jacatra and Band oeng. over 40 000 tons. Crews of Zaandijk and Noorderdijk saved. Netherlands protests and German offer to sail on February 22 noted.
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Associated Press
Hague
Netherlands
London
Noorderdijk
Zaandijk
Holland-America Line
Remland
Gaasterland
United States
Jacatra
Bandoeng
East Indies
Falmouth
Holland-Amerika Line
Foreign Ministry
Germany
Tornado Slams Lithonia Killing Three People
A tornado on the outskirts of Lithonia Georgia killed three people two women and a man and left six others injured four of them white. It wrecked more than thirty small houses and damaged about a hundred others with wire communications partially cut. Recovery work began after power was restored.
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Lithhonia
Lithonia
Death List Mounts in Southeast Alabama Tornado
Sylacauga Alabama reports twelve dead and over a hundred injured as a tornado devastates Hollins Midway and Stewartsville. Seven killed in Hollins area with thirty stores and homes destroyed. Damage widespread across Montgomery Elmore Macon Autauga Perry Bibb and Hale counties with four deaths at Whitsitt. Strong winds caused heavy property loss.
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Sylacauga
Ala
Alabama
Hollins
Midway
Stewartsville
Montgomery
Elmore
Macon
Autauga
Perry
Bibb
Whitsitt
Hale County
Calhoun County
Funeral of Frederick Funston in Frisco Today
Major General Frederick Funston was laid to rest at the national cemetery in the Presidio after a service at First Presbyterian Church San Francisco. The body lay in state at City Hall under military guard as two regiments of coast artillery, naval personnel, and veterans escorted the funeral party. City offices were closed and Mayor Rolph urged residents to pause as the casket was lowered.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Frederick Funston
First Presbyterian Church
William K. Guthrie
City Hall
National Cemetery
Presidio
Golden Gate
Coast Artillery
J. Franklin Bell
Sinking of two ships warns Americans aboard
Washington reports two more vessels sunk by German submarines with an American sailor aboard. Both ships were warned and the crews, including the two Americans, landed safely. The Norwegian steamer Skrim and the bark Blenheim were lost, with Blenheim sailing from Pensacola to Greenock.
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Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Skrim
Ae Bark Blenheim
Pensacols
Reenock
President Wilson silent on new international relations address
Washington notes with Congress adjourned for a week that President Wilson offered no timing for a speech on international relations. Secretary Lansing vacationed three days and cabinet meetings were postponed, while earlier, reports about an American missionary drowned on the Athos torpedoing were softened by claims the ship was a troop transport guarded by destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Wilson
Lansing
Athos
Vesel
Italian Transport Minas Sunk with 1000 Soldiers Lost
The Admiralty announced that the Italian transport Minas carrying 1000 soldiers to Saloniki has sunk and all aboard perished except two men.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Admirality
Saloniki
American Steamer Finland Sails From Liverpool
The American Line steamship Finland with 166 passengers led by Henry Van Dyke former American minister to The Netherlands sailed from Liverpool February 17 and is due in New York next Tuesday or Wednesday The ship is now presumed to be beyond the submarine zone.
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Associated Press
New York
American Line
Finland
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Liverpool
Tuesay
Raleigh Professor Addresses Rural School Teachers on Agriculture
Professor T. E. Browne of Raleigh, a member of the A. and M. College faculty, spoke before the reading circle of rural school teachers in the Hemenway school auditorium on agriculture in the schools. He arrived this morning after a delayed trip from Castle Haynes and Wrightsboro with county farm demonstrator J. P. Harring, and his visit drew active interest from the audience.
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A. & M. College
T. E. Browne
Raleigh
Hemenway School
Enormous Loss From Dutch Ship Sinkings by Submarines
New York reports the loss of seven Dutch vessels and cargoes valued at 11.6 million dollars after German submarine attacks. Ships include Zaandijk and Noorderdijk of the Holland America Line and Maena and Jacatra of the Rotterdam Lloyds. Most ships were in Kirkwall or Falmouth. grain cargoes were destined to the Dutch government. None carried passengers.
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New York
London
Zaandijk
Holland-American Line
William van Doorn
Hne
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Noorderdijk
Eemland
Royal Dutch Lloyds
Jacatra
Rotterdam Lloyds
Kirkwall
Mena
United States
Germany
Holland
Netherlands
German War Tax Raised 20 Percent in Budget
London dispatch reports Count von Roedern announcing a 20 percent increase in Germany's war tax in the Reichstag budget. He cites no new money and a safety law urged higher reserves, with a 15 million mark war credit and taxes on coal, lignite, rail tickets, and freights.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Reichstag
Count von Roedern
Amsterdam
Reuter’s
Count van Roedern
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Sylanuga
Georgia
Wetumpka
Hartsboro
Selma
Dallas
Ogdre
Feolland
Ambassador Penfiedd
The
Funston
Frisco
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