Americans Lost in Laconia Sinking Strikes U S Gloom
Washington reports confirm Americans died when the Laconia was torpedoed without warning. Four Americans saved, 13 missing, including Mrs. and Miss Hoy. Survivors total 267, with 294 aboard. bodies recovered at sea. Government opposition to an extra Congressional session persists.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Wilson
State Department
Consil Frost
Queenstown
Leronia
Mary E. Hoy
Elizabeth Hoy
China
F. B. Kbtons
Chicago Tribune
F. E. Harris
Colonel Harris
Fort Dupont
Arthur F. Kirby
New York State
Father Wareing
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Baltimore
Laconia
Fastnet
Admiralty
Joneson
Park Road
Newark
Joseph Sumter
Melton Ma Calhoun
Charlestown
Bantry
Losure
Equal Superage Bill Again Hits Senate Railing
Special to The Dispatch Raleigh Feb 27 Jones of Buncombe fought a robust senate battle over a suffrage bill restricting presidential elector votes to qualified male voters and then only after poll tax checks. The measure lost 20 to 24 as Eastern senators pressed solid opposition while Grant of New Hanover led the fisheries bill clash and boiler inspection was killed.
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Raleigh
N. C
Jones
Buncombe
State
Senate
Jonas
Gregg
Person
Franklin
Pollock
Lenoir
Burgwyn
Nothampton
Saint Paul
Paul
Northampton
Forea
Grant
New Hanover
North Carolina
Onslow
Fisheries Commission
Laconia Sinking and Somme Front Updates
The Cunard liner Laconia was torpedoed off the English coast with 294 aboard. 13 lives lost including eight American negro crew members, while four others survived. In France the Somme front sees Haig advance beyond Bapaume as Germans retreat. British actions on the Tigris pursue Turks afterKut el-Amara. Washington delays action pending full inquiry.
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Cunard
New York
Liverpool
Laconia
Washington
Wilson
Berlin
Somme
France
Haig
Bapaume
Tigris
Kut el-Amara
White House Weighs Sending Official Report On The Act
President reserves full power while Senate and House committees wrangle over action. Lawmakers debate best approach as attack on Laconia is described as unwarned and ongoing in the capital.
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White House
Senate
House
Laconia
Bryan opposes broad new powers for President Wilson
W J Bryan says he backs the President’s aims but opposes granting powers to the President beyond Congress’ control. He will travel to Washington to urge rejection of Wilson’s request after reading the address and canceling five Florida speaking dates.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
W. J. Bryan
Wilson
Congress
Washington
Bryan
Florida
Widow of General Funston to Receive Pension
Washington February 27 The Senate passed a bill granting a $100 monthly pension to the widow of the late Major General Frederick Funston.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frederick Funston
Senate
Ivatts Confirmed American Citizen in Wisconsin
Ced ric B. Ivatts, born in England, was deemed a U S citizen after filing citizenship papers, by representatives of local manufacturing firms in Racine Wisconsin on February 27.
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Associated Press
Racine
Wis
Cedric B. Ivatts
Ivatts
England
United States
House Foreign Affairs Committee Amends Admin Bill On Submarine Menace
The committee voted to strike the phrase other instrumentalities from the proposal and to authorize use of the naval forces of the United States including the naval militia. Republican senators opposed, with limited support from Stone, Hitchcock and O Gorman. Senate Foreign Relations panel to consider the change.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Senate
Fielding Bregath
Stone, Hitchcock and Ogorman
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone, Hitchcock
O’gorman
Thaw Sanity Proceedings Open in Philadelphia Court
Lunacy hearings began to determine the sanity of Harry K. Thaw in common pleas court. The petition was filed by Thaw's mother. Ellis Ames Ballard was appointed commissioner and will sit with a six man sheriff's jury to decide Thaw's mental state.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Ellis Ames Ballard
Train Collision Dark Scene Leaves Dozens Dead
A deadly wreck occurred when a train collided with another in darkness. Flames and mangled metal blocked the tracks as onlookers stared at the grisly scene. Authorities investigated the crash and reported multiple fatalities and injuries.
Reed bone dry amendment faces postal bill deadlock
Associated Press reports in Washington that conferees on the postal appropriation bill cannot resolve the Senate amendment to renew pneumatic mail tube contracts for another year. If the deadlock holds, the Reed bone dry prohibition measure cannot take effect and liquor imports remain legal in states allowing limited shipments. Bankhead cites the pneumatic tube issue as the hurdle.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Jones- Bankhead
Bankhead
Friends of the Liquor Interests
Fast Freight Collision Tragedy Near Penn Station
A late night freight collision with an express train in Pennsylvania left many injured and several fatalities. The Interstate Commerce Commission will investigate the crash to determine causes and responsibilities.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mount Union Crash Kills 20 on Pennsylvania Rail Line
At Mount Union Pennsylvania a collision between the Mercantile Express and a fast freight in heavy fog killed twenty or more people. Seventeen identified victims listed. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon treated the seriously injured. The express stopped to discharge passengers when the freight struck from the rear.
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Altoona
Mercantile Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Little Mountain
Mount Uhion
Here
Blair Memorial Hospital
Huntingdon
Mount Union
Mount
Finland Steamer Finland Reports Safe Arrival After Atlantic Run
New York February 27 The steamship Finland of the American Line reported by wireless that she would reach Ambrose channel late tonight and dock tomorrow morning after leaving Liverpool February 17 with 166 passengers. She is the third Amer ican Line liner to leave England since Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare declaration. The New York and the Philadelphia preceded her. With arrival, the line's fleet ties up in New York for the first time since the Spanish American War.
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Associated Press
New York
Finland
American Line
Liverpool
Ambrose Channel
England
Germany
Philadelphia
American Sailor Among Laconia Crew Perished
American Consul Frost at Queenstown reports that Thomas Cassey colored, an American on the Laconia, was among the last to die and the only American crew member to perish.
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Associated Press
London
Frost
Queenstown
Thomas Cassey
Laconia
Tragedy Marks End Of Her Life In Virginia
Richmond reports Alfred Mordecai of Raleigh rushed to learn his sister Mrs. R C Kelly of Asheboro North Carolina had shot herself in a quarry pit near Westbrook Sanatorium where she and Mrs Roberta L Russell of Wilmington were passengers. Mrs Kelly died early afternoon. Mrs Russell perished. both had been patients in the sanatorium awaiting discharge for nervous ailments.
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Richmond
Alfred Mordecai
Raleigh
R. C. Kelly
Asheboro
N. C
Westbrook
Johnston Willis
Kelly
Roberta L. Russell
Wilmington
Frank Russell
Mrs. Kelly
Mrs Russell's Remains Arrive for Interment in Oakdale
The remains of Mrs. Russell will arrive in the city on Wednesday and be interred in Oakdale cemetery, though the funeral hour and place were not decided on by Tuesday afternoon. Relatives received word of her tragic death Tuesday morning.
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Russell
City
Oakdale Cemetery
Maury Captures Whiskey Schooner in Chesapeake Fight
Governor Stuart received word that the oyster police boat Maury engaged the Baltimore schooner Elizabeth Clark in a night clash and captured her after boarding. Captain Ike Bozeman and his mate were wounded. Bozeman and crew jailed. Twenty cases of whiskey seized and two hundred found sold at Rapahannock landings.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Stuart
Lancaster Court House
State
Commodore Maury
Maury
Elizabeth Clark
Baltimore
Ike Bozeman
Bozeman
Lancaster County
Rapahannock Landings
Sinking of British transport steamer A-19 announced
The Admiralty announced the sinking of the British transport steamer A-19. The notice refers to the loss reported from the Aegean region and notes the date of the dispatch.
French Take Prisoners and Patrols Near Bezonvaux
Southeast of Vailly we crossed into German lines and captured prisoners in today’s official report. Patrol engagements occurred in Bezonvaux and in the Vosges while other sectors remained calm.
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Paris
Vailly
Bezonvaux
Vosges
British Repulsed Near Arras Front in Belgium and France
Berlin reports British forces attacked German positions along the Ypres Somme front repeatedly. Only success occurred east of Arras where British troops were repulsed by a German counterattack and could not hold the gains.
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Berlin
Sayville
Ypres
Belgium
Somme
Arras
Two More Steamers Sunk by German Submarine
London reports the British steamer Aries of 3,072 tons sunk by a German submarine. The crew was landed. Also announced is the sinking of the 144 ton steamer Seagull with its crew saved.
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London
Aries
Lloyd# shipping agency
Seagull
Debate over powering the President to arm ships in Laconia case
Washington reports show Congress divided over granting the President blanket authority to meet submarine threats after the Laconia disaster. House Foreign Affairs debates Flood bill while Senate panel resists broad powers, seeking limits on arming and naval action.
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Flood
White House
Administration
Congress
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
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