Stumbling block in Lusitania talks threatens war policy
Washington reports a crisis in the Lusitania negotiations as Berlin balks at admitting illegal methods of submarine warfare. Germany offers liability for neutral losses without pledging to halt the campaign, while Washington insists on the U S position unchanged and reserves days for further talks.
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Washington
United States
Germany
von Bernstorff
Lansing
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Lusitania
Zimmerman
State Department
Wilson
Mayors Conference Called for National Defense
Telegrams were sent from Mayor Mitchells office to day urging 600 city leaders to appoint delegates to the mayoral conference on national defense in St Louis on March 3 and 4 and to attend if possible. Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman of the New York defense committee, will announce speakers for the St Louis gathering within a few days.
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New York
Mitchell
St. Louis
Cornelius Vanderbilt
New York Defense Committee
Snowbound Arizona Freight Halt Strands Citizens
In northeastern Arizona heavy snows have halted freight for four weeks. Kenneth Meeker of the U S weather bureau, who set out to collect measurements, returned unable to push through deep drifts, leaving locals without essentials.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Kenneth Meeker
United States Weather Bureau
Mohr Case to Jury Today in Providence Murder Trial
Providence February 4 Attorney General Rice wrapped up closing for the prosecution in the Mrs Elizabeth F Mohr and Cecil Brown and Henry Spellman murder trial. Justice Stearns to charge tomorrow forenoon jurors to begin deliberations about noon.
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Mohr
Providence
R. I
Rice
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Cecil Brown
Henry Spellman
Justice Stearns
Gospel Work Committee Formed for War Prisoners
A New York committee named the American committee for gospel work among war prisoners has been organized to promote gospel outreach in military detention camps in Europe. Backed by clergymen and lay leaders, including Rev. Joseph W. Kemp Don O. Shelton and W. I. Haven, the group urges churches nationwide to support the effort.
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New York
American Committee
Europe
United States
Joseph W. Kemp
Calvary Baptist Church
Don O. Shelton
The
National Bible Institute
W. I. Haven
American Ible Society
Richmond House Advances Abolition of State Hospitals Office
The White resolution to repeal section 152, article 2, of the state constitution and abolish the office of commissioner of state hospitals and asylums was passed by the House with sixty-four votes for and thirteen against.
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Richmond
House
Thirteen Germans Petition Status Determination
Thirteen of the Germans who aided the prize crew aboard the Appam asked the customs collector to determine their status. The group, including three women, may leave the ship but prefer to stay with their husbands. Mail handling for the prize ship was partially set, with first class mail landing tomorrow and forwarding to New York then England. No decision yet on parcels post.
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New York
England
Newport News
Hamilton
Appam
C. W. Mugler
Berg
Mugler
Prince Hatzfeldt
Washington
Purser Barker
L. von Schilling
State Department
Germany rejects Lusitania sinking as illegal act
Berlin reports via London that Germany will not admit fault for the Lusitania sinking under any circumstances. New notes to Ambassador von Bernstorff include a brief eight word form of regret, the exact phrasing showing Germany’s extreme concession in the case.
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Berlin
London
Associated Press
Germany
von Bernstorff
Austro-Hungarian Admits Raids on Durazzo and Aviona
The Austro-Hungarian admiralty, in a Vienna statement, says three airship raids hit Durazzo from January 27 to February 1. It also notes bombs dropped by Austrian planes on Aviona, a port held by Italian troops.
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Aviona
Berlin
Sayville
S. I
Vienna
Durazzo
Nine Sea Raiders of Moewe Type 10 Prey on Commerce
Mrs Frances Fuller wife of the British governor general of Ashanti told New York listeners that nine sea raiders of the Moewe type have been fitted out by Germany. One raider escaped Kiel and has preyed on British shipping. the Moewe passed near three British cruisers after leaving Kiel. A plot to overcome the German crew on the Appam was thwarted by treachery and will be reported to the British consul general in New York.
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Frances Fuller
Ashanti
New York
Kiel
Appam
Francis Fuller
Seamen's Institute
England
M. Cc. Watson
Annan
Watson
Flood warnings ignored in Arkansas flood relief effort
Relief for 2,000 flood sufferers in lower Arkansas river bottoms will be sent from Little Rock. Rescuers from Dumas and Star City warn of more possible deaths beyond the fourteen reported. Negroes marooned near Douglas and Choctaw bayous face drowning without aid as supplies run low at Douglas. Gould residents evacuated except for white men and 400+ negroes remain. Food for Cotton Plant area critical with 300 needing help. Clarendon plans to report seven feet above flood stage and seeks levee materials as the town sits below levee level.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas River
Dumas
Star City
Oakwood
Choctaw Bayou
Douglas
Gould
Mirt Rauser
White River
Clarendon
Day in Congress includes oil relief plea and Philippines bill
Senate sessions heard Lieutenant Governor Whileman of California press for oil prospectors relief before the public lands committee while Senator Thomas denounced Canada’s parliament fire as incendiary. The Philippines self government bill gained support but faced opposition as debates continued. An appropriation of 100000 dollars for Mississippi flood relief was approved. Adjournments followed, with discussions on the Panama Canal reopening date and national defense testimony from Major General Scott and Rear Admiral Blue.
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Senate
Wihleman
California
Tho
Works
Philippines
Mississippi Valley
Goetaals
Panama Canal Zone
Appropriations Committee
Scott
Military Committee
Blue
Naval Committee
Relief effort organized for flood victims in Arkansas
Relief work in southeastern Arkansas floodlands is being systematized under committees with headquarters in Little Rock and Pine Bluff. Expeditions with food and clothing left Pine Bluff for refugee points, and central refugee camps outside the overflow area are planned. Small boats are being hauled from Pine Bluff to aid rescues of isolated marooned residents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Wilson Sees Gains From Middle Western Speaking Tour
President Wilson returned from a preparedness speaking trip pleased with its results and likely to tour again unless Lusitania negotiations or other foreign issues intervene. He plans further outreach across southern and western states and will push Congress for army and navy bills while handling routine cases like Lusitania and Appam.
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Washington
Feo
Wilson
Lusitania
White House
Virginia
Kentucky
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Texas
Northwest
South
Congress
Appam
West Virginia Snow Likely Saturday Two-Day Outlook
Weather forecast notes local snow in West Virginia on Saturday with fair conditions Sunday. Virginia expected partly cloudy Saturday with possible local night rain or snow and cloudy Sunday.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Brooklyn Woman and Six Die in Blaze at Hancock Street Home
Miss Caroline Tag awoke to smoke and tried to rouse family as fire spread through the four story house on Hancock Street Brooklyn. Her mother escaped but six women including Miss Tag’s relatives and two servants perished amid heavy snow delaying fire crews. Caroline Tag was to be married February 15 and her father was a prominent tobacco and banking figure with an estate valued at about 1.5 million.
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New York
Casimir Tag
Hancock Street
Brooklyn
Caroline Tag
Fire Department
Miss Tag
Parliament Fire Suspect 15 Held
Windsor Ontario February 4. Charles Stroney twenty eight Belgian musician arrested on suspicion of involvement in the Ottawa Parliament building fire. He denied charges saying he was en route to Chicago after performing for the Duke of Connaught. Ottawa reports five dead and many injured as the Parliament building burned, with vast losses and 200000 volumes saved from the library. The investigation will proceed.
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Windsor
Ont
Ottawa
Charles Stroney
Col. J. S. Sherwood
Dominion Police
Stroney
Canadian Pacific
Duke of Connaught
Chicago
Colonel Sherwood
Canada
Parliament
Madame Bray
H. A. Bray
Quebec
George Tanguay
Legislative Council
Madame Morin
Louis Morin
St. Joseph de Beauce
Parliament Hill
Demands of Miners Not Finally Rejected
Philadelphia reports anthracite operators deny final rejection of miners demands. Dr. Warriner of Lehigh Valley Coal and Navigation Co and other presidents say the statement aimed to outline the case, not end talks. Demands drafted at Wilkesbarre last September will be formally presented February 21 in New York. Conferences are expected to begin to set a new wage scale replacing the March 31 expiry.
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Philadelphia
New York
Warriner
Lehigh Valley Coal and Navigation Company
Wilkesbarre
Indianapolis
Big Gun Roar Across Front From Belgium To Vosges
News from the European fronts reports heavy artillery duels from Belgium to the Vosges mountains with shelling, hand grenade fighting, and sapping. British and German trenches around Somme Ancre Ypres Elverdinghe Loos Neuville see active fighting. French artillery concentrates in Argonne. Austrian advances toward Durazzo with Kurva possibly captured. Also Turkish evacuation of Erzerum claimed, air raids on Drezzzo and Aviona by Austrian aviators, and Anglo-American diplomatic maneuvers over the steamer Annam.
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Belgium
Vosges Mountains
Somme
Ancre
Hulloch
Elverdinghe
Ypres
Loos
Neuville
Argonne
Shumsk
Volhynia
Albania
Durazzo
Kurva
Kroia
Ishni
West Africa
Spanish New Guinea
Przerum
Caucasus
Petrograd
Novoe Vremvya
Looslin
Drrazzo
Aviona
Washington
United States
Annam
Newport News
Pvrize
North Sea
Germany
Berlin
Democrats Line Up Solidly For Philippines
Washington date line reports the Philippines bill passing the Senate fifty two to twenty four. Democrats led by Stone backed by six Progressive Republicans supported independence features, with President Wilson expected to push early House passage. Senator Smith blasted the move as surrender while Norris warned of naval base rights in the islands. The bill allows independence after four years with conditions and sets congressional review if conditions change.
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Washington
Philippines
Senate
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
House
Baltimore
Borah
Clapp
Kenyon
Lafayette
Norris
Works
Congress
Hitchcock
The
Philippines Committee
Democratic Party
Phiippine Islands
United States
Presiden Wilson
William Alden Smith
Smith
Wpner
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Houxe
Weather Forecast
Big Gang Roar
Vosges Mountain
Western Front
Erzerum
Zeppelin
Clarke Independence
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