Artillery Duel May Signal Teutonic Move Near Salonika
Reports from Saloniki say an artillery duel near Doyan has raged two days as central powers press entente lines. A possible prelude to a Teuton advance in the Balkans is suggested, with British guns dominating German and Hungarian forces while wider fronts show limited action.
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Doyan
Teutons
Alles
Balkans
Entente
Champagne
Argonne
Berlin
Mesopotamia
General !Yimer
Tigris
Kut-el-Amara
Townshend
Constantinople
Felahie
Albania
Vienna
Cavalry Mules Carry Flood Relief Supplies from San Diego
Twelve U S cavalry mules loaded with 200 pounds each depart San Diego for the flood devastated back country. Rations at several locations were reported low, but impassable roads prevented earlier relief dispatch.
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San Diego
Cal
United States Cavalry
Archangel Port Not Kept Open
Russian authorities failed to keep Archangel port open all winter despite cookers efforts. Advices to the department of commerce indicate many steamers will be forced to winter at Archangel.
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Archangel
Washington
Department of Commerce
Roumania Votes War Credit Increase
A Roumanian government bill was approved authorizing a supplementary war credit of 8 million newads. War credits so far total 24 million pounds, with the finance minister presenting the measure at the chamber’s session between London and Amsterdam venues.
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Roumania
Msterdam
London
Feo
Veste Tey
Sittine
Chambher
Finane Initreevcea
Ownership of British steamer Appam in limbo at Newport News
The Appam, a British steamer seized by a German prize crew, rests at Newport News as the state department and neutrality board weigh German and English claims. Officials hint the 1828 Prussian treaty may govern, potentially allowing indefinite stay until the war ends and the prize can depart.
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Newport News
Washington
Appam
Hampton Roads
Germany
England
State Department
Neutrality Board
Fortifications on Gulf Coast Inspected by General Wood
General Leonard Wood inspected Gulf coast defenses at Galveston and recommended replacing existing guns at Fort Crockett San Jacinto and Travis with longer range models. He endorsed a citizens training camp in the area and said southern preparedness pleases him before heading to Florida.
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Tex
Gulf Coast
Fort Crockett
San Jacinto
Travis
War Department
Leonard Wood
Eastern Department
United States Army
Wood
Florida
All Together in June Says Governor Johnson
Governor Whitman in New York reports a dinner exchange with Governor Hiram Johnson of California. Whitman quotes Johnson as saying he expects Republicans to be together in June, signaling potential party unity.
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Johnson
California
Whitman
New York
Buard
Hiram Johnson
New York State
Hopewell Restaurateur Fatally Shot Outside Shop
Hopewell Virginia February 5 news reports H Ferry a restaurant proprietor was shot and killed in front of his establishment last night. He died within five minutes after the shooting occurred.
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Hopewell
H. Ferry
Levee protecting Clarendon collapses inundating town
The levee protecting Clarendon Arkansas collapsed at 10 PM flooding virtually the entire town. No deaths reported as residents evacuated. Southeast Arkansas faces historic floods with 100000 acres flooded, villages disappearing, and several towns threatened.
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Ark
White River
Arkansas
McGhee
Lake Village
Arkansas City
Chico Lake
Yusterday
Ottawa in Fear After Fire Alarm at Parliament
Fire in the central parliament district caused a brief panic as overseas troops were deployed and guards doubled. Secret service traced a trunk with sketches of Canadian cities and German notes to a hotel, while Hespeler munitions plant outbreak prompted Ottawa to seek martial aid.
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Ottawa
Can
Parliament Building
Borden
State Department
Secret Police
Dominion
Parliament Hill
Secret Service
Tward Dill
Carl Schubert
San Francisco
United States
Col. Sherwood
St. Lawrence
Grand Trunk Railway
Messina Springs
N. Y
Montreal
Edwards
Galt
Ontario
London
Germany and England to Form an Alliance
New York, Feb. 5. United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis forecast that the first major postwar commercial alliance will be between Great Britain and Germany. He warned the United States against enforcing the Monroe Doctrine as European powers would challenge U.S. influence in South America and the Orient. He also predicted an Anglo-German bloc and an Anglo-Russian tie in Asia to curb American expansion.
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New York
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Great Britain
Germany
America
Orient
South America
England
Lewis
South
Central America
Japan
Russia
France
Mail From Dutch Steamer London
Reuter dispatch from The Hague reports mails on the Dutch steamship Meidan, which arrived in Rotterdam from New York on February 2, were retained in England.
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London
Reuter
Hogue
Meidan
Rotterdam
New York
England
Brandeis Nomination Hearings Opened as Senate Adjourns
The Senate did not meet in session and adjourned at five with hearings planned on the Supreme Court nomination of Louis D. Brandeis. The public lands panel discussed a 41 acre grazing homestead bill, while the Indian appropriations debate resumed in the House. Panama canal needs were reviewed before the appropriations panel and Humphries of Mississippi was named chair of the new House flood control committee.
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Senate
Judiciary
United States Supreme Court
Louis D. Brandeis
Public Lands Committee
House
Generaiwards
Panama Canal
Appropriations
Ways and Means
Humphries
Mississippi
House Committee On
German raider Ponga captures Appam and takes gold
Captain H G Harrison, former master of the British steamship Appam, says the German raider Ponga captured the vessel near two ship lengths away. He reports only a shipment of gold bars from West Africa worth about 185000 dollars was taken, and details the crew’s treatment aboard and ashore.
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Harrison
New York
Appam
H. G. Harrison
Norfolk
Hamilton
England
Baltic
West Africa
Erg
Labor Shortage Threatens Mississippi Flood Levees
Official war department reports warn serious trouble south of the Arkansas River as flood conditions worsen in the Mississippi valley. Labor scarcity could curb levee defense and federal officers hint ration aid may go only to those showing willingness to help. A Vicksburg engineer's report says levees face a severe test but strong settlement could keep them intact if residents rally.
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Washington
War Department
Mississippi Valley
Arkansas River
Vicksburg
Miss
Arkansas
West Virginia and Virginia Weather Outlook
Weather forecast for West Virginia expects cloudy and colder conditions Sunday with likely colder temperatures on Monday. Virginia should see fair skies Sunday and Monday with little change in temperature.
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West Virginia
Virginia
Two Negroes Found Guilty of Actual Killing in Mohr Case
In Providence, Victor Brown and Henry Spellman were convicted of the actual murder of Dr. C Frank Mohr. Elizabeth Mohr was acquitted of instigating the crime, while all three faced an assault with intent to kill charge over Miss Emily Burger. The verdict came after a lengthy trial that began January 10.
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Trio
Providence
RK L
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Superior Court
C. Franklin Mohr
Victor Brown
Henry H. Spellman
Threats to Dynamite New Yorks Subway
A police order sent patrols to all subway and Hudson Terminal stations prompting reports of dynamite threats to New Yorks underground system. No confirmation of a plot was found as officers questioned suspicious packages while transit officials denied any threats or requests for protection.
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New York
Hudson Terminal
Frank H. Headley
Interborough Rapid Transit Co
Increase for Michigan Miners in Wages Raise
In Houghton Michigan on February 5 fifteen hundred miners at the Wolverine and Mohawk mines of the Starton group will get a second wage rise of five to ten percent monthly. The earlier raise, granted by most paper peninsula companies, was announced recently.
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Michigan
Houghton
Wolverine
Mohawk
Starton
Paper Peninsula
Push Bill to Repeal Free Sugar Clause Advance
Washington reports Democratic leaders aim to establish a tariff commission and repeal the free sugar clause of the Underwood tariff before the House by week’s end. Ways and Means will draft reports this week. the sugar bill likely to be first on the agenda with possible passage by February 20. About forty million dollars in sugar duties are at stake.
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Washington
Tariff Commission
House
Kitchin
Ways and Means Committee
Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company launched
New York February six marks the filing of Delaware incorporation papers for the Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company. Authorized capital stock totals 150 million dollars with 125 million common and 25 million seven percent preferred. The firm will absorb Mexican Petroleum Company and Colorie Company, controlled by California interests led by R. E. Doheny, and plans oil depots at the Panama Canal and along the South coasts.
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New York
Pa American Petroleum and Transport Company
Delaware
Mexican Petroleum Company
Colorie Company
California
RE. J. Doheny
Loot Found Under Blacksmith Shop Floor In San Antonio
Government agents unearthed 34 900 in unsigned national bank notes believed to be part of the loot from a railway train robbery near Rock Cut West Virginia in October. John Harrison, owner of the shop, was arrested after a fruit jar with 1 755 in unsigned notes was found.
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San Antonio
National Bank
Rock Cut
W. Va
Hblecksmith
John Harrison
Opera Singer Antonio Scotti Gravely Ill in New York
Antonio Scotti, the opera singer, is gravely ill with pneumonia at his hotel in New York. A bulletin from his physician says the condition is not satisfactory with enlarged lung area, increased temperature and respiration.
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Gravely I
New York
Antonio Scotti
Lusitania Sinking Sparks Debate On War Aims
Washington reports Berlin rejected the word illegal in a draft Lusitania accord, substituting language that argues the ship’s destruction was a reprisal and that reprisals should not target neutrals. Diplomatic notes indicate an early settlement outlook, with the pact noting Germany’s wartime submarine actions began in retaliation for Britain’s blockade.
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Washington
Mer
Germany
Berlin
Wilson
North Sea
Constantinople Conditions Normal Report From Berlin
American ambassador Henry Morgenthau Jr said from Berlin that Constantinople was almost normal with no food shortage. He noted the embassy works for ten nations and is extremely busy on its way to the United States.
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Constantinople
Berlin
Sayville
L. 1
Henry Morganthau
United States
Railroads Reject Wage Demands As Arbitration Looms
Big Four unions and railroad managers prepare for a potential eight hour day and overtime pay dispute. Both sides gather statistics on earnings, expenses, and service costs to present to a labor board, while ballots among 400,000 eastern road workers direct possible future actions.
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New York
Wew Board of Arbitration
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads
Dutch Press Demands Explanation for Artemis Torpedoing
Dutch newspapers in The Hague demand prompt explanation and reparations from Germany for the torpedoing of the Dutch steamer Artemis by a German torpedo boat in the North Sea. They call for punishment of the German commander for an act described as unlawful and an unjustifiable war action against the Netherlands.
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Hague
Germany
North Sea
Netherlands
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