Gerard Still Held Prisoner
New York reports from Copenhagen say Minister Egan received telegrams indicating Americans, including Gerard and his staff, will be retained in Germany with consuls until the fates of Count von Bernstorff and German crews from captured ships are decided. Communications are in plain English and code telegrams are denied.
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New York Times
Legation
Egan
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
America
Mr. Gerard
Copenhagen Legation
Yarrowdale
Anchor liner California torpedoed off Irish coast
The passenger vessel was struck by two torpedoes from a submarine about 300 yards away off the Irish coast. Officials say no Americans aboard, though a State Department report notes one American rescued. The ship carried 184 crew members and 31 passengers and sailed from New York for Glasgow on January 29. Fear numerous lives were lost as the ship sank.
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State Department
New York
Glasgow
Submarine Seen Off Nahant by Tug Crew
Captain Smith A. Ross and the crew of the tug Sadie Ross report spotting a foreign submarine off Nahant yesterday morning. They claim a clear view of the largest and most improved type for several minutes before it disappeared.
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Nahant
Smith A. Ross
Sadie Ross
Foreign Submarine Sighted Near Nahant Off Gloucester Route
Captain Ross reports sighting a strange vessel southeast of Halfway Rock Nahant four miles from Marblehead on a Gloucester to Boston towing job. The craft resembled a submarine but differed from American types with six foot plus waterline, a forward deck house or conning tower, and no distinguishing marks. The ship moved toward Nahant then veered south at about 18 knots, crew unseen and armament not visible.
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Gloucester
Boston
Halfway Rock
Nahant
Marblehead
Ross
United States
Cardinal Falconio Dies in Rome at 80
Cardinal Diomede Falconio, prefect of the Congregation for Religious Affairs and former apostolic delegate to the United States, died in Rome at age 80. Born 1842, he received the red hat in 1911 and was appointed apostolic delegate at Washington in 1912.
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Rome
Paris
Diomede Falconio
Congregation of Religious Affairs
United States
Cardinal Falconio
Washington
Deserted Bride Tries Return Home From Oklahoma
Mrs. Ebba W. Berg Robson formerly of Quincy traveled from Chickasha Oklahoma where her husband Bert Gossett deserted her after a two month courtship and marriage. Two Oklahoma sheriffs seek Gossett to detain him for Quincy police on the charge of desertion.
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John Henry Robson
Ebba W. Berg
Quincy
Chickasha
Okla
Robson
Bert Gossett
Oklahoma
Mysterious Oklahoma Ranger Romance Ends in Swift Upset
Ebba Berg of Quincy read a matrimonial ad and wed Robson, a 22 year old government official in Oklahoma. The couple married December 26, then went to Chickasha for a honeymoon. Robson left with the wife’s marriage certificate and suitcase, taking $400, later abandoning her with $2.50 and prompting her father to wire funds for a return home.
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Ebba Berg
Quincy
Robson
Leander Hokenson
Swedish Lutheran Church of
Quincey
California liner California torpedoed. American survivor reported
A Queenstown cablegram says the British passenger liner California was torpedoed without warning. An American citizen survived. Officials, including President Wilson, had not yet assessed whether the attack will push the United States toward war.
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Washington
State Department
Frost
Queenstown
California
United States
Wilson
Consul Frost
President weighs response after liner disaster reports
The President awaits complete reports before asking Congress for authority to defend seamen and citizens. A consul's first dispatch cites one death and 30 hospital cases among the 200 aboard, while a later report notes survivors, including John A. Lee of Montgomery Ala., landed at Queenstown with several still missing. News excitement eased slightly with the American escape but remains high.
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Congress
Fone
Queenstown
John A. Lee
Montgomery
Ala
Lee
New York
Spirited Away Boy In Weird Custody Suit In Middlesex Court
In East Cambridge the Middlesex Superior Court hears a case where Elizabeth Doucet of Waltham sues the boy's parents for $5000 claiming the child Joseph H. Doucet was legally given to her by Adelaide Libby. The suit arose after the boy was spirited away, with Libby named as his mother.
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Mother Love
Middlesex
East Cambridge
Waltham
Joseph H. Doucet
Elizabeth Doucet
Alder Street
Adelaide Libby
Adams Street
Libby
Actress Reveals Secret Gray Hair Recipe
A well known actress shares a home recipe for darkening gray hair. Mix half a pint of water with 1 oz Bay Rum a small box of Barbo Compound and 1 4 oz glycerine. Drugstore versions available or mix at home. Directions are in Barbo Compound boxes. It darkens gray hair without coloring scalp and leaves hair soft and glossy.
Boston Globe baseball editor Murnane dies at Shubert Theatre
Timothy Hayes Murnane, famed baseball editor of the Boston Globe, collapsed and died of heart failure in the Shubert Theatre check room last night after leaving his office to turn in his final copy. He was with his wife when the incident occurred. physicians in the lobby could not revive him.
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Timothy Hayes Murnane
Boston Globe
United States
Shubert Theatre
Funeral for Brookline resident scheduled this Saturday
The body was moved to Mr Murnane's residence at 12 Manchester road Brookline. The funeral from the house at 9 o'clock Saturday morning will be followed by a solemn requiem mass at St Aidan's Church Pleasant and Freeman streets Brookline at 10 o'clock.
Fragmented OCR sports table fragment with unreadable data
A damaged OCR extract shows scattered numbers and abbreviations from a sports page. Readable items are scarce, with possible team scores and player marks obscured by misreads and misaligned columns. No clear event, date, or names are identifiable.
Senators Vote With Wilson on Germany Break
The Senate approved President Wilsons severance of diplomatic relations with Germany after five hours of debate. Five Republicans joined Democrats in backing the resolution while five senators opposed during the roll call. Leaders from both parties expressed full support for the President.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
Senate
President cuts ties with German government in 1917 note
The President, citing his February 3 1917 address to Congress, announces severing diplomatic relations with the imperial German government. The move marks a decisive shift in policy signaling the United States stance in the evolving world crisis.
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Congress
Germans capture trench line near Arras a year ago
One year ago today German forces reportedly took a half mile of French trenches north of Arras France while in America a San Francisco grand jury indicted 32 persons including German and Turkish consuls for alleged conspiracy to wreck ammunition plants and aid German ships.
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Arras
France
United States
San Francisco
Unsettled Boston Forecast Baffles Early Winter Outlook
The forecast for Boston and nearby areas shows unsettled conditions with possible light snow and a drop in temperatures at night. Strong southwest winds shift to northwest as a cold wave approaches, with Vermont and northern New England expected to see snow flurries and increasing cold through Thursday. Friday brings generally fair skies but remains very cold across southern New England.
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Boston
Wersey
Washington
New England
Vermont
Boys Find Dynamite in East Watertown Farm Shanty
A 12 year old boy located a large quantity of dynamite on the Moore farm in East Watertown prompting police to investigate. Watertown and State police are handling the incident and securing the area.
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Watertown
Moore Farm
East Watertown
Watertown boy finds explosive sticks in old shanty
Donald Sabin and other Watertown youths discovered 20 sticks of dynamite in an abandoned quarry shanty while playing. Police investigated with state help, seeking how the explosive got there amid labor strikes or nearby contractor work.
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Donald Sabin
Charles H. Sabin
Appleton Street
Watertown
Sabin
California Sunk By Torpedo With No Warning Off Irish Coast
Consul Frost reports the British liner California torpedoed off the Irish coast with no warning. One American passenger is confirmed saved, others missing including two women and several children. Captain says submarine fired two torpedoes from 300 yards. about 200 aboard, one death, 30 hospital cases, survivors reaching Queenstown. John A. Lee of Montgomery, Alabama, among crew.
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Washington
Frost
Queenstown
State Department
California
John A. Lee
Montgomery
Ala
Consul Frost
Glasgow
California Liner Carries War Supplies and Armed Crew
The California sailed from New York with a stern gun and a large cargo said to include war supplies. Officials noted the passengers were British or Canadian, and only four crew members joined at this port, none Americans. The remainder boarded in Glasgow as British subjects.
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New York
California
Glasgow
Glas
Holland American Line Ryndam Returns to New York
The Ryndam which sailed January 29 from New York is returning to port with 97 passengers aboard 68 in first class and 29 in second class. Among them is Desire Derulle American consular agent at Luxemburg.
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Holland- America Line
Desire Derulle
Indefinite Delay Announced for St. Paul and St. Louis Sailings
In New York on February 7 P. A. S. Franklin president of the International Mercantile Marine said the sailing of the steamships St. Paul and St. Louis from the port is postponed indefinitely.
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New York
American Line
St. Paul
St. Louis
P. A. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
American ships defer voyages amid German restricted waters stance
Washington decline on advising private shipowners to sail through German declared war zones. State Department notes neutral vessels may arm in defense and sail where rights on the high seas apply. The American Line postpones sailing S J Louis and St Paul from New York as officers review whether to sail within prohibited waters or arm vessels.
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State Department
Washington
Germany
Franklin
S J. Louis
St. Paul
New York
Lansing
High Seas
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