U S Seeks Austro Hungary Probe of Petrolite Attack
Secretary Lansing announced he sent a despatch to the Austro Hungarian government via Ambassador Penfield requesting investigation and explanation of an Austrian submarine attack on the American tank steamer Petrolite in the Mediterranean near Alexandria. The dispatch notes that a crewman was wounded and that the submarine commander took a hostage after a request for food was refused.
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Washington
Lansing
Penfield
Petrolite
Vietnam
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Thompson
Russians Begin New Advance in Bukowina
Petrograd reports a fresh Russian push in Galicia with Oscieczko in Russian hands near the Bukowina frontier. Russian artillery is praised for accuracy as they aim to seize Czernowicz, saw as crucial to pressRoumania, while German guards retreat to older positions on the Dvinsk front.
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Bukowina
Petrograd
London
Oscieczko
Dniester
Czernowicz
Roumania
Czernowitz
Dvinsk
Glass Bottom Boats Scout for Submarines
New York February 10 Dr M Inglis a Canadian army surgeon arriving on the Anchor liner Cam eronia from Liverpool said he knew of the capture in British nets of 17 German submarines. He described finding a submarine crew shot after being towed ashore and said the commander killed his men then himself. He noted British use of glass bottom boats with hydroplanes to scout submarines, glass yielding views to 50 or 60 feet.
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New York
Inglis
Cameronia
Liverpool
Censor Praises Ruth St Denis Dance In Boston Visit
Boston censor John M. Casey arrived in New York to review Ruth St Denis before her Keith's Theatre engagement in Boston. After watching her Palace Theatre performance he stated nothing violated Boston’s rules and called it one of the most beautiful and artistic expositions of dance.
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New York
John M. Casey
Boston
Ruth St. Denis
Keith’s Theatre
Miss St. Denis
Curley
South
Italian Liner Stampalia Allowed to Carry Guns
Washington February 10. State Department approval allows the Italian steamer Stampalia to carry guns for defensive purposes only. Assistant Secretary Peters of the Treasury notified New York Collector Malone to permit the defense arms on the vessel.
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Washington
State Department
Peters
The
Treasury
Malone
New York
Stampalia
Ceal
Armed Liner Declarations Across Warship Encounters
The article summarizes diplomatic correspondence from 1914 detailing German declarations on armed merchant ships and related incidents. It notes August 25 1914 communications to William J Bryan, the 1914 Oct 13 declaration on treatment of armed merchantmen, and 19 case details between April 11 1915 and Jan 17 1916 where merchant vessels fired on German submarines.
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Washington
William J. Bryan
State Department
Germany Austria set armed merchant ships to be warships
Germany and Austria notified the United States that from March 1 submarine commanders will treat armed merchant ships of Entente powers as warships and may sink them without warning. The notices were presented to Secretary Lansing by the German ambassador and Austro-Hungarian envoy. notes will follow. Officials say the move could settle submarine warfare questions and deny protection to armed vessel passengers.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
United States
Tansing
Count von Bernstorff
Baron Zwiedinek
Lansing
State Department
Saloniki
Greece
Russia
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Petrograd
Vimy
Artois
Berlin
Neuville
Somme
Paris
Allied naval policy sparks talk at embassies on American ports
Officials noted pressure from allied governments against allowing armed or noncombatant ships into U S ports as war tensions rise. Debate centered on whether, to protect trade, the United States could limit allied merchantmen or arm them abroad. Observers linked Austria Hungary and Germany actions, and questions about raider presence and armed merchantmen as war vessels.
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United States
Ameri
Atlantic
Moene
Ponga
Appam
State Department
Germany
Austria
New York
German War Report From Western Front Nears Vimy Vimy actions
German headquarters announce large trench section captured northwest of Vimy and a Neuville crater retaken. French local gains north of Becqinecourt and at Combres Hill noted. several French attacks repulsed. Eastern theater says Austro Hungarian forces repelled weak enemy detachments. Balkan theater nothing to report.
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Berlin
London
Vimy
Artois
Neuville
Somme
Becquinecourt
Combres
Celles
Vosges
Cenérals von Linsingen
von Bothmer
Balkan
Italian Official Report On Alpine Front Fire Incidents
Rome dispatch cites an official communication from multiple headquarters detailing events in the Cividale zone and upper Valtellina where enemy rifle fire hit posts near Capana but caused no damage. In Lagarina valley a minor attack was repulsed, and on Tofana ridge an enemy detachment was driven back from the summit. Artillery action on the Isonzo was prevented by rain and fog Yesterday.
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Rome
London
Cividale
Valtellina
Capana
Lagarina Valley
Tofana
Isonzo
French War Office Report From Artois And Somme Fronts
The war office report details continued artillery duels in Artois between Hill 119 and Neuville Thelus with gains in La Folie trenches and a mine crater held by the enemy. It notes a repulsed German assault and captures of 60 prisoners two machine guns and a revolving gun south of the Somme. No other major events reported on the rest of the front.
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Paris
London
War Office
Artois
la Folie
Hill 140
Neuville
Thelus
Somme
Beauraignes
Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Montmare
Belfort
Dornahh
Mulhouse
French War Office
Russian War Office Report From Riga Front
Russian war office reports artillery duels and rifle fire on Riga front. Our guns destroy German works at several points southwest of Shlok and at Kockenhusen, and bombarded positions near Frederikstad. In Jacobstad district Germans bombard our trenches near Duckern and Lievenhof by the Sussey river. Dvinsk sector sees lively rifle firing. Germans drop asphyxiating bombs in Tennenfeld. Our scouts near Lake Sventen take prisoners and seize arms. East of Tohemerine our forces capture a hill and repulse a counterattack between Rovno and Lutsk.
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Petrograd
London
Russian War Office
Riga
Shlok
Kockenhusen
Dvina
Frederikstad
Jacobstad
Duckern
Lievenhof
Sussey
Dvinsk
Tennenfeld
Lake Sventen
Tohemerine
Rovno
Lutsk
Soviet Forces Clash With Austro-Hungarian Troops in Volhynia Front
Austro-Hungarian headquarters report heavy Russian activity against advance depots in Volhynia and East Galician frontier. Intense night fighting around Austrian infantry Regiment No. 14 left 200 Russians dead and many prisoners. Russians also attacked northwest of Tarnopol, then were driven back. Croatian territorials on the Bessarabian frontier forced Russians from a fortified position to their main line.
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Berlin
Sayville
Volhynia
Tarnopol
British air raid and shelling report from Kemmel and surrounding areas
London reports that eighteen British aeroplanes bombed enemy huts at Terhand with several huts damaged and a steam lorry hit. Patrol skirmishes occurred east of Kemmel. Hostile artillery targeted Bray Suzanne Oville rS, Givenchy mine action reported with no damage or casualties, and mutual shelling south of Boisgrenier. Our artillery engaged an enemy battery west of St Julien.
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London
Terhand
Kemmel
Bray
Suzanne
Ovillers
Foquevillers
Givenchy
Boisgrenier
Poperinghe
Ilverdinghe
St. Julien
Deaths Cain In Somerville Thomas F beloved son of Patrick and Bridget Cain
Thomas F Cain dies in Somerville after a life with Charles town roots. Funeral from Bernard J Cain 54 Grant St Saturday February 12 at 9 15 am. Solemn high mass at St Ann s Church Medford St at 10 am. Relatives and friends invited. Late member of Owen A Galvin Court 175 M Cc O I.
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Cain
Somerville
Thomas F
Patrick
Bridget Cain
Graham
Charlestown
Bernard J. Cain
Grant St
St. Ann's Church
Medford St
Owen A. Galvin
Cc. O. I
Cardinal Mercier to Go Home Next Week
Cardinal Mercier plans to depart Rome for Belgium next week using the same route via Switzerland that he used on arrival. He will speak at a religious function in the French church of St. Louis next Sunday, with special tickets issued by the rector due to heavy demand for admission.
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Cardinal Mercier
Rome
Paris
Belgium
Switzerland
St. Louis
Baltic sails with 228 crew and 40 officers from captured ships
New York February 10 reports the White Star liner Baltic departed for Liverpool carrying 228 crew members and 40 officers from six British ships captured by German commerce raiders. The voyage marks a recovery of the sailors and a pledge of continued Allied effort amid wartime disruption.
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Baltic
New York
Liverpool
Appam’s Newport News Negotiations Leave Crew at Dock
Captain Harrison of the Appam and officers linger aboard the vessel as negotiations proceed over demand and release terms. The fate of the ship hangs on the outcome of those talks.
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Appam
Newport News
Harrison
Rev Axel Hillman Dies in Kansas City at 33
News from Quincy reports the death in Kansas City of Rev. Axel B. Hillman formerly pastor of the Swedish Methodist Church in Quincy. He resigned to move to Kansas City and fell ill shortly after arrival. An appendicitis operation in Quincy preceded the illness and he died February 2. He was unmarried and 33 years old.
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Quincy
Kansas City
Axel B. Hillman
Swedish Methodist Church
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