Senate Moves to Arm United States in War Prep
Washington March 2 the Senate prepared to back a president for armed neutrality against Germany. The vote scheduled after noon would extend power to use instrumentalities and possibly aid merchant ships. Senator LaFollette warned he might filibuster but appeared to restrain plans, as debate focused on the weaponized neutrality bill and related Zimmermann dispatch context.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Senate
Oblan
House
Stone
LaFollette
Sunior Stone
Loo
Berlin
Zimmermann
Reichstag
Japan
Exico
United States
Geran
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Mexic
Sinai
Colombia
Latin-America
Congress
Acl
Cotton rises on strong demand and rumors of foreign buying
The market showed rapid advance incotton today with old crop prices gaining over half a cent. Reports of firm spot markets in the South and strong demand tied to rumors of foreign buyers lifting deliveries and contracts.
Governor blocks Darcy Dillon boxing bout in New York
Governor Whitman orders the State Athletic Commission to ban the Madison Square Garden exhibition between Les Darcy and Jack Dillon. The governor accuses Darcy of fleeing Australia and seeking a brutal fight for a $30,000 purse. Commission chairman confirms Darcy will be barred from any boxing event in the state.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
State Athletic Commission
Madison Square Garden
New York
Les Darcy
Jack Dillon
Les Darcey
Boxing Commission
Australia
Fred. A. Wenck
The
Athletic Commission
Darcy
Promoter to See Governor Over Fight Bid
Promoter Browne announced he would travel to Albany to meet Governor Whitman after receiving the governor's bid statement for the Darcy Dillon fight. Browne argued the governor had been misinformed and that New York laws had been complied with.
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New York
Whitman
Darcy Dillon
Promoter Browne
Albany
Browne
Sinking of British Bark Galgorm Castle and Tritonian Reported
State Department received dispatches from Consul Frost at Queenstown detailing the sinking and near sinking of two ships with American aboard. The Galgorm Castle was torpedoed near Bull Rock February 27. two Americans among four aboard are missing. The Donaldson liner Tritonian was torpedoed February 26 west of Dingle. one American engineer survived, two crewmen are missing, and the vessel sank after rescue attempts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Galgorm Castle
Donaldson Line
Tritonian
State Department
Frost
Queenstown
Buenos Aires
Bull Rock
William Jackson
Beech Street
New York
David Walker
Green County
Virginia
Halifax
Liverpool
Dingle
John Murphy
Admiralty Patrol
Admiralty Ends Atlantic Sailings Grace Period
Berlin dispatch reports the Admiralty announced that as of March 1 the final grace period for sailing ships in the Atlantic expired. From this date submarines will no longer issue any special warning to boats.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Admiralty
Atlantic
Missing Boat From Calgara Castle Sunk
Queenstown March 2 Nothing has been heard of the missing boat from the British steamer Calgara Castle shelled and sunk on Tuesday by a submarine. Names and addresses of the two Americans who left the steamer are William Jackson 19 Beach Street New York and David Walker 18 Spring Street Standardsville Va.
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Associated Press
Queenstown
William Jackson
Beach Street
New York
David Walker
Spring Street
Stanardsville
North Carolina Delegation Backs Flood Resolution
Washington reports the North Carolina delegation votes unity for President Wilson to arm American ships. Key speakers Claude Kitchin and Major Stedman praise protecting citizens and flag while arguing over the resolution’s timing and authority.
Senate backs House action on naval bill measures
The Senate approved the Naval Committee change to drop the mediation policy clause from the naval bill and accepted a $150 million bond for emergency shipbuilding funds. It also OKd a second navy yard at San Francisco with $1.5 million initial appropriation and immediate availability of all appropriations under a five minute rule.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Naval Committee
United States
Mann
San Francisco
North Carolina House backs blockading felony in prohibition push
In Raleigh on March 7 the House used a new rule to block previously considered subjects and defeat the Jonas Senate bone dry bill and the Oates prohibition commissioner bill. Page’s blockading felony measure passed unanimously while Grier’s work hour limits for women and girls failed 44 to 60. The newspaper advertising bill was killed again as Coggins’ anti-gambling resolutions were ruled out of order. The Senate enacted Bickett tax relief on home mortgages and approved municipal finance and county machinery acts.
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House
Rules
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Grier
Coggins
Washington
Senate
Bickett
North Carolina
Senate convenes. bill offers six month school term amendment
The Senate opened at 11 o'clock with one new bill introduced by Senator Oates proposing an amendment to the State constitution to guarantee a six months school term. Senator Cranmer moved to table the bill from the House.
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Senate
Oates
Cranmer
House
Tammany Hall to send 1200 men to inaugural parade
New York reports Tammany Hall will dispatch about 1,200 members to Washington for the inaugural parade. The delegation leaves tomorrow afternoon in four special trains and will include three bands.
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Associated Press
New York
Tammany Hall
Washington
Submarine Sunk by British Steamer Near Atlantic
New Orleans reports a German submarine was sunk in the Atlantic by the British steamer Knight Companion. The clash occurred after the sub fired five shots and missed. The Knight Companion, en route to New Orleans with grain for Europe, fired a second shot and the submarine sank with oil on the surface. details remain undisclosed.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Atlantic Ocean
Knight Companion
England
John Kendall
Europe
Speaker Clark Warns House On Pending Supply Bills
Washington March 2 Speaker Clark warned the House he will not recognize any member except to consider the two pending supply bills the general deficiency and military academy appropriation bill and conference reports. He said this to avoid excuses for an extra session of Congress.
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Associated Press
Washington
Clark
House
Congress
Russians Attack As Turks Retreat Toward Bagdad
British reports say Turkish forces retreating toward Baghdad after passing Aziziyah as Franco Belgian front gains ground. Russian and Romanian fronts show renewed fighting with gains near Val Hutna and Rekoza as Berlin notes multiple attacks. Petrograd confirms ongoing combat and Romanian withdrawals.
Break Up German Raids West of Soissons
Paris reports two German raids on the Soissons front were disrupted by French fire with German losses. A German trench near Vauquois in the Argonne was raided and prisoners were taken.
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Paris
Soissons
War Office
Vauquois
Argonne
Battle for Heights Continues Near Jacobenn Kempelung
Russian war department reports the fight between German and Russian forces for the heights north of Jacobenn Kempelung high road continued yesterday. The official statement was issued from Petrograd via Wireless Press in London.
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Petrograd
London
Jacobenn-Kempelung High Road
Russian War Department
Turks retreat before British on Tigris front gains pace
London reports continued Turkish withdrawal as British forces press at the Tigris front. An official release notes Turkish troops moved through Aziziyah, 52 miles north of Kut-el-Amara, on Tuesday night. Since December more than 7,000 prisoners have been captured.
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London
Tigris
Aziziyah
Kut-el-Amara
Teutons Take Prisoners After British Attack on Front
Berlin reports twenty British prisoners remain in German hands after a sharp push east and southeast of Souchez. Additional captives were taken at isolated points after British advances near Sailly and near the Ancre, with four machine guns seized.
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Teutons
Berlin
Sayville
Souchez
Sailley
Ancre
Russian Charges Repulsed Near Valpuria Front
Russians made five charges to recapture positions north of the Valpuria on the Romanian front but were repulsed by German defensive fire. German counter mining operations succeeded along the Narayuvka in Galicia.
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Berlin
London
Valpuria
Narayuvka
Galicia
Caesar Cone Dies in Greensboro at 58
Caesar Cone, a Greensboro industrial leader and president of Cone Export and Commission Company and Proximity Manufacturing Company, died at his home yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock. Born in Johnstown Tennessee, he was 58 and survived by his wife Miss Siegler of New York and three sons Herman Benjamin and Caesar Jr. His death is mourned by the community and regional business interests.
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Dispatch
Greensboro
N. C
Caesar Cone
North Carolina
Cone Export and Commission Company
Proximity Manufacturing Company
Johnstown
Tenn
Miss Siegler
New York
Herman
Benjamin
Caesar, Jr
Starvings Mystery Figures Reappear in Destitute Condition
A dramatic report follows starved prisoners who escaped death prisons and months of near starvation and now arrive in destitute condition seeking aid and attention.
World Merchant Marine Losses Reach Ten Percent
New York reports shipping destroyed since the war began amounts to ten percent of the prewar world merchant fleet of August 1, 1914. Britain suffers the heaviest losses, Norway and France follow. entente losses about 75 percent of total. February saw 202 vessels destroyed, totaling about 420,460 gross tons, the highest monthly figure.
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Journal of Commerce Today
Great Britain
Norway
France
Italy
Germany
Teutonic
German Foreign Policy Warns Submarine Warfare Will Persist
Berlin reports in the Reichstag reveal Secretary Zimmerman’s summary of talks with the United States over submarine warfare and barred zones. Germany insists concessions are impossible and notes the Swiss legation’s role, while signaling readiness to resume talks only if barriers remain intact. President Wilson’s envoy Lansing stated the US would negotiate if Germany reversed its January 31 decision, which Berlin says is impossible.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichstag
United States
Zimmerman
Legation
America
Germany
Washington
Lansing
Wilson
German promise to release Yarrowdale prisoners by March 7
Dr Paul Ritter Swiss minister delivered to the State Department a note stating Germany will release all Yarrowdale prisoners on March 7 after quarantine regulations are satisfied.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
State Department
Paul Ritter
Yarrowdale
Four Americans Rescued From German Prison Camps
Four Americans from the steamer Yarrowdale arrived in Copenhagen after three months in German custody. Doctors John Davis and H D Snyder along with veterinarians Orville McKim and Richard Zabriskie endured prison fare and air attacks, reaching safety with only the clothes they wore. The group, once officers, faced destitution before British aid, while other crew from the Yarrowdale remained in quarantine at Dulken din.
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N. Y
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Norfolk
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Englewood
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