Senate leaders warn session may last week
Washington Feb 9 after a long nonstop Senate debate over the ship purchase bill a plan for action was discussed. An arrest order was issued for sixteen absent senators and Jones spoke thirteen hours and fifty five minutes in opposition to a motion to recommit the bill.
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Jones
Washington
Senate
Ciarne
Arkantes
Norris
Lafollette
Kenyon
O'Gorman
Hitchcock
Wilson
Congress
House
Senator Weeks
New York
South American
White House
Rules Committee
Fletcher
Reed
Bankhead
Borah
Burton
Camden
Catron
Goff
Hardwick
Dodge
Oliver
Overman
Root
Sterling
Sutherland
Vardaman
Weeks
Clarke
Democrats Maintain Senate Control After Prolonged Session
Yesterday a parliamentary struggle showed the Democrats still held a majority of votes. Senator Jones yielded to Senator McCumber at five dollars and fifty cents this morning after speaking for thirteen hours and fifty five minutes.
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Jones
McCumber
Duma Ovates Allies Ambassadors With Ovation
In Petrograd the short duma session opened with ministers and diplomats present. The assembly sang the national anthem, then Rodzianko praised allied war work and the chamber cheered the ambassadors of France Great Britain and Japan. No officers were elected as this session continues last August adjourned.
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Petrograd
Via
Londo
Kel
Duma
Rodzianky
France
Great Britain
Japan
Schooner on Shoals Wrecks Phosphate Cargo
Washington Feb 9 The 1600 ton schooner William H H Yerkees of Houston Maine ran aground on the shoals and her cargo of phosphate rock is a total wreck.
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Washington
William HH. Yerkees
Hounston
Maine
Five large packing firms fined by Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri Supreme Court levied fines totaling 125000 against Armour & Co Morris & Co Swift & Co Hammond Packing Co and the St. Louis Pressed Beer and Provision Co in ouster suits from 1910. Firms must pay by March 11 to continue in Missouri or face removal for antitrust violations. The ruling cites an agreement to restrict competition fix livestock and dressed beef prices and dominate trade.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri
Major
Armour
Last Spike in C C and C Extension Driven
The last spike in the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio extension from Dante Virginia to Elkhorn City Kentucky was driven today by George L. Carter. The tunnel near Dante is nearly eight thousand feet long and the line will open for traffic soon. The extension links with Chesapeake and Ohio at Elkhorn City creating a direct Ohio Valley to South Atlantic route and opening a rich coal region.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio
Dante
Elkhorn City
George L. Carter
Clinchfield
Sandy Ridge
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Ohio Valley
Central West
South Atlantic States
Great Britain's Reply Nearly Finished and Ready for Washington
London reports the British reply to the American note on detained American cargoes bound for neutral European ports is virtually complete and will be sent to Washington in a few days. The document reportedly contains detailed findings from investigations into delayed cargoes and trade with European neutrals since the war began.
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London
Great Britain
Washington
Raiders to be treated as pirates in war crime plan
London reports Lord Beresford will urge Prime Minister Asquith to classify German raiders targeting undefended areas as pirates. He proposes trial by court martial and execution for murders of women and children, extending to air and sea raiders.
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London
Charles Beresford
Asquith
House of Commons
Seu
Drafts on Neutral Flags and Sea War Protests Considered
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan reviewed drafts of notes to Great Britain and Germany regarding the Lusitania flag incident and German sea zone policies. Officials expect no protests tied to specific violations of international law and aim to obtain more details on how neutral flags will be verified and applied in practice.
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England
Germany
Washington
Great Britain
Wilson
Bryan
Lausitania
United States
Twenty-One Workers Drown in British Columbia Mine Disaster
Nanaimo BC February 9 Twenty one miners died when a blast breached the old South Meld workings of the Pacific Coast Coal Company flooding the shaft. Manager Joseph Foy and fire boss David Millett were among the victims as water flooded the old stope. Mine Inspector John Newton ordered pumps. recovery expected to take two months due to swampy grounds.
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Nanaimo
South Wellington
Pacific Coast Coal Company
Joseph Foy
David Millett
Foy
John Newton
South Field
Day in Congress Hears Civil Appropriation Debate
The Day in Congress notes continued fight over administration ship purchase with House session at 11 a.m. Sun dry civil appropriation debate resumed. Representative Martin introduced a bill to penalize foreign ships flying the American flag for deceptive purposes and Representative Henry introduced a bill to authorize a commission to buy Monticello for $500. A resolution was adopted authorizing investigation into charges against Federal Judge Leyton of West Virginia. Adjourned at 6:35 p.m. to 11 a.m. Wednesday.
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Martin
Henry
Monticello
Leyton
West Virginia
Investigation of Dayton Charges Authorized
Washington February 9 Congress authorized a judiciary committee inquiry into charges against Federal Judge Allen G Dayton of the northern district of West Virginia A sub committee will hear testimony and members expect the probe to be thorough and fair Dayton supporters doubt the charges are true and hope the panel visits his district
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Washington
Congressional
Allen G. Dayton
West Virginia
House
Judiciary Committee
Sutherland
Dayton
White House denies any Sullivan whitewash in Dominican post hearing
Witnesses at the Wilson administration inquiry include Joseph P Tu multy and Representative James A Hamill who testified Sullivan sought State Department endorsement through intermediaries. The investigation reviewed debts and connections to the Jarvis interests, with state records showing creditor letters and New York judgments.
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Washington
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
James A. Hamill
New Jersey
James M. Sullivan
Dominican Republic
Phelan
Tumulty
Hamill
Sullivan
Becker
Jack Rose
New York
Whitman
Jarvis
W. ©. Beer
John G. Gray
Hance Nationale
White House
Franklin Fort
W. C. Beer
John Gray
Mr. Beer
Bishop Broderick
Pittsfield
Mass
Senate
Broderick
State Department
Financier Normand B. Ream Dies in New York
Normand B. Ream a prominent financier and director in several railroads and industrial firms died today in New York. Early estimates from the financial district place his fortune between 50 million and 75 million dollars.
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Normand B. Ream
New York
Normand
B. Ream
Mr. Ream
Mercer delegates grow as lower house seats rise
In Charleston W V February 9 1916 Mercer gains one delegate raising its county delegation to three McDowell increases to four while Bluefield charter bill moves to third reading The public service commission measure is amended removing sections 24 and 26 and shrinking membership to three with governor appointed members and a fixed salary of 6000 annually Also a Monticello purchase commission proposal is introduced to pay 500000 for Jefferson home as a memorial
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Charleston
W. Va
Senate
House of Delegates
Lowe
Mercer
Piblic Service Commission
Public Service Commission
Judice Service Commission
Bluefield
Devegate Lilly
State Publishers’ Association
Double murder veiled in mystery in New Britain church
In New Britain Connecticut a double homicide at St Andrew Lith uanian rectory ends in a locked attic room scene. Rev Joseph Zebris 40 and Miss Gilman 52 murdered by blows and strangling with a rope. Police have no clue to suspect. robbery suspected.
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New Britain
Conn
Joseph Zebris
Ya Gilman
St. Andrew's Lithuanian Church
Miss Gilma
Father Zebrie
House break in linked to revenge in parish
Police report a locked house entered via a cellar window after prior trouble in the parish. They suspect the crime may be revenge, linking local tensions to the incident.
Taft letter opposes munitions embargo stance
New Haven February Taft made public a January 26 letter to Prof Edmund von Mach Harvard University responding to a neutrality meeting request. He argued against any law banning shipment of munitions to belligerents saying it would threaten U S welfare if drawn into war and would favor one belligerent while disadvantaging others.
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New Haven
Conn
William Howard Taft
Edmund von Mach
Harvard University
Hitchcock
Taft
Villa invites diplomatic corps to move within his zone
General Villa through Enrique Lozano-Liorente invited the diplomatic corps in Mexico City to travel to any city under his control. He promised all courtesy and convenience with no demand for recognition. Secretary Bryan considered the proposal through informal channels via the Brazilian minister. Meanwhile reports say some diplomats may leave Mexico City as Carranza eyes Vera Cruz. President Wilson said the American embassy would not relocate. Word also reached the State Department of Carranza’s forces being defeated at Monterey.
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Washington
Mexico City
Villa
Enrique
Liorente
Bryan
State Department
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Wilson
Verarus
Mexico
Carransa
Monterey
War-Torn Serbia Faces Famine Threat
New York dispatch reports famine looming in Serbia as 800000 inhabitants may starve without grain for seed and farm tools. A relief committee seeks aid for destitute women and children after Austrian invasions, noting high child mortality in six fertile districts from hunger, lack of medicine, and exposure.
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New York
Serbia
Consuls at Bruges Haul Down Flag
Amsterdam via London reports the Sterman commander at Bruges ordered all consulates to remove flags and coats of arms. Consuls including Turkey’s representative protested the order, which was enforced in some places with violence and led to surrender of arms.
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Amsterdam
London
Telegraaf
Neutrals Exits Alsace Under German Orders
Neutrals fled Alsace as German authorities ordered all noncombatants out of Upper Alsace by morning February 10. Those crossing the frontier must spend two weeks on the right bank of the Rhine or face a possible year in prison.
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Alsace
Berde
Switzerland
Upper
Rhine
Germans Transfer Troops East Prussia in War News
Across Europe the war moves, as Germany shifts many troops to East Prussia to confront a Russian offensive. Western fighting slows to sporadic trench actions while Carpathians operations grow complex. Reports note gains for Russians near Bukovina and in western passes, with continued artillery exchanges and a French war office update on Belgian fronts.
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Germany
British Isles
France
England
Europe
Greece
Holland
Hamburg
Palmonath
Falmouth
Warsaw
Eest Prussia
Haat Prussia
Koenesberg
Danzig
Carpathians
Galicia
Bukowina
Western Carpathians
Mecolabortz
Mayuras
Beskid
Kipland
Crownland
East Prussia
Petrograd
Carpathian
Poland
Wilsit
Guerbes
Masurian Lakes
Lipne
Vistula
Baura
Paris
War Office
Belgium
Yesterdas
Ypres
Surnes
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Foreign Office
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