Woman Takes Poison in Denver Union Station
A 20 year old Hazelton woman Amanda Regner attempted suicide at Denver Union Station pouring poison into a bottle marked skull and bones. She collapsed in the waiting room and was rushed to county hospital, facing possible death while seeking work. In Washington negotiations on the Lusitania crisis continued with Secretary Lansing and German ambassador von Bernstorff in talks and a conclusion expected within days.
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Denver
Colo
Union Station
Merv
Amanda Regner
Hazelto Cole
Hazelton
Lafferty
Morrison, Cole
Washington, D. C
Lansing
John von Bernstorff
State Department
von Boernstorff
Bernstorff
Wilson
Germany
Lusitania
United States
Berlin
Bernatorff
Carranza Calls for Mexican Congress to Convene
General Carranza orders a constitutional congress to meet in Queretaro on Sept. 1. The decree, issued in Mexico, states the new constitution takes effect February 6, 1917. Queretaro would be the temporary capital as schools reopen under stated provisions.
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Calveston
Texas
Carranza
Mexic
Quetaro
Carramia
Mate Quetaro
Galveston—Capranza
Queretaro
Constitutional Congress
Lobby at Work in Parcel Post Struggle
Washington, D. C., Feb. 8. Chairman Moon of the post office committee accused a powerful lobby of trying to throttle parcel post to aid express firms. He described the effort as the greatest lobby the American people have faced and submitted a $24,000,000 appropriation bill for postal work.
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Washington, D. C
Moon
Post Office Committee
Parcel Post
Delaware public sale sells no horse for five cents
In Georgetown Delaware on a February sale the property of Delaware Burton fetched the lowest price ever paid for no horse in Delaware as David Warrington bought one for five cents at the public auction.
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Georgetown
Del
Delaware
Burton
David Warrington
Avalanche blocks railroad and floods threaten Seattle area
Chinook wind melts historic snow depth over thirty feet in Cascade passes. An avalanche near Keechelus halts line of Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul as eastbound train passed and westbound trains held. Northern Pacific remains open and crews deploy for emergencies. A mud and rock avalanche from a bluff kills Mr and Mrs Edward Gurney in Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Cascade Mountains
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Keechelus
Chicago
Easton
Northern Pacific
Edward Gurney
Wilson Expected to Seek Second Nomination
St Louis Feb 8 The Democratic national subcommittee says Wilson will be renominated unopposed though Marshall may not be. Advisers expect a formal re nomination announcement within the month and plan to notify Ohio secretary of state that voters will consent to have his name in the primary.
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ST. Louis
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Ohio
Flood top of levee drives rescue effort and work
Reports from Arkansas and Washington state describe continued flood danger with water pouring over levee tops and 100 convicts assigned to flood work. Rail service disrupted by mudslides. trains rerouted while authorities assess damage and reinforce embankments.
Explosions and Disasters Reported Across Cities
Notable incidents include a fatal gas explosion at an Nottingham colliery with seven dead. a major oil blaze at Humble injuring two firemen. and mutiny reports at Nuevo Laredo. Additional items cover political moves, indictments, and legal cases in multiple cities.
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Wilk
Nottingham
Plymouth
Wyoming Weather: Partly Cloudy to Day End Tomorrow
Partly cloudy conditions persist in Wyoming with a chance of snow in the northwest and cooler temperatures toward the end of the forecast period.
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Wyoming
Northwest
Cael
Villa Threat Spreads Amid Uproar Over Mexican Forces
Reports from the South say Mexican soldiers in El Paso fear Villa forces will attack Chihuahua City. Rumors credit Villa with vowing to strike first in Chihuahua if blocked, while Carranza troops and locals brace for possible intervention. Foreigners plan to leave for safety as currency woes strain de facto army pay.
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EL Paso
Texas
Cihuahua City
Francisco Villa
de Favto
Villa
Chihuahua City
Santa Clara
United States
Jiarez
Gavira
Canon de el Nido
Wadera
Chihuahual
Guerrero
Villa Hex
Buaz
Ornelas
Juarex
Chase on Stand in Trial of 4 Strikers at Ludlow
John Chase adjutant general of the Colorado National Guard testified in the murder trial of four former strikers tied to the Ludlow mine war of 1914. He described guard actions as per orders from Governor Ammons, noted limited machine gun possession, and said jailed strikers faced few bail reductions. The court deferred rulings on photographs of the strikers tent colony as testimony continued.
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Castle Rock
Cole
John Chase
Colorado National Guards
Maj
P. P. Lester
Colorado
John H. Denison
Ludlow
General Chase
Chase
Trinidad
Denison
Filipinos Form Republic: Quezon Sees Independence Near
Manuel L. Quezon, resident commissioner, predicts the Philippine republic will emerge from the Hitchcock bill. He says Filipinos trained in republican government will reject monarchy, seek neutralization treaties with major powers, and expect continued U S trade benefits and reduced military obligations. He notes friendly American interest remains.
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Washington
Philipine Republic
Far East
Lome
Ate
Manuel L. Quezon
Philippines
United States
Quoson
Quezon
Keating Calls For Government Oversight Of Coal
Colorado representative Keating told the House labor committee that government control or ownership of coal mines is being pushed by the dispute between anthracite operators and miners. He argued price controls and retail safeguards would be needed if such oversight occurs, noting Pennsylvania's situation strengthens the argument.
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Washington, PD
Ix Belong
Pownevivanta Anthracite
Keating
Colorado
House
Anld
Pennsylvania
German Naval Dark Hopes for North Sea Battle Rise
London officials report rumors of a German fleet buildup for a North Sea sortie. Dispatches claim Kiel is active with officers recalled, Zeppelins and tanks reinforced, and plans to challenge the British and neutral navies from behind Melkøland defenses.
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London
North Sea
Tague
Kiel
Copenhagen
Melgoland
Teuton Naval
Pivers
Appam
Norfolk
Berlin
Germianks
Snerak
Zepeline
Navy
Indians in War Paint Dance for Outbreak
In Phoenix today Joseph Dillon United States marshal and Themes Flyne United States district attorney met to organize a response to prevent a possible outbreak among the Hopi and Dine in the Western Navajo Reservation. Instructions were received from Washington to move with defenders arriving by May.
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Pihomnix
Joseph Dillon
United States
Marsiel
Flyne
Mlagetalfhoy
Tuba
Diane
Washington
Fionn
Russian torpedo boats claim sinking forty Turkish vessels
Paris dispatches report Russian torpedo boats sunk forty Turkish sailing vessels in the Black Sea and bombarded three Havels along the Anatolian coast. German forces announced a foiled German advance near Kir a Gomme and an air raid on Poperinghe and British camps between Poperinghe and Vixmude.
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Black Sea
Poperinghe
Poeringhe
Vixmude
Teuton
He Miers
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