Appam Detention Sparks Doubt on German Raider Moene
Washington reports indicate the British liner Appam cannot leave Norfolk as the State Department weighs its status. Lieutenant Berg says the Moene raider is a naval auxiliary, while authorities prepare to decide if Appam is a prize or man of war.
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Woman in taxi linked to dying railroader case baffles police
Pittsburgh detectives hunt a woman named Mrs Marie Slagie who rode with John Slagle to a hospital before he died. The taxicab driver reported a quarrel and a request to fetch whiskey, while the woman claimed injuries from a fall at home.
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Edward J. Brophy
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Great Britain Denies Secret Peace Steps
London reports an official denial of German claims that Britain plans to abandon its allies or seek peace with Germany. The statement accuses German sources of spreading insidious, untrue reports to harm Britain with neutrals while denying peace overtures to Germany.
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Warning Against Subs Issued And Withdrawn
The British consul general in New York announced a warning to British ships to beware of German submarines off American waters. The warning was later withdrawn as the information was deemed not authentic. Captain Gaunt stated the alert arose from earlier reports about a submarine with the captured steamer Appam, but sources clarified the claim as erroneous.
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Towboat boiler explodes killing crew near Huntington
The towboat Sam Brown owned by the Monongahela Consolidated Coal Company suffered a boiler explosion near Huntington West Virginia on February 2. Several crew members are reported killed and others injured.
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Zeppelins Strike English Cities In Night Raid
Berlin reports that German airships dropped many incendiaries on Liverpool Birkenhead Manchester Nottingham Sheffield and Great Yarmouth causing heavy fires. Sixty seven wounded and fifty four killed as 220 bombs were dropped. airships returned safely despite heavy fire.
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National Guard plan clashes with federal army drive
Washington reports Adjt. Gen. Stewart and Gen. Logan did not testify before the House Military Affairs Committee as officials debated the national defense program. Garrison and the National Guard Association pressed for federation and guard pay, while fears of a purely federal volunteer force were aired. Colonel House in Paris after leaving Germany early, meeting Briand and planning to travel to London.
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Von der Goltz in trap at Erzerum forces besieged
The Giornale d Italia reports Field Marshal von der Goltz now commands Turkish forces at Erzerum with 0 locked inside city and provisions for a fortnight. The Black Sea fleet backs Russian land operations and Trebizond is on the Russian right. A Daily Mail source says the Turkish first army corps was sent to relieve Erzerum but cannot reach within a fortnight.
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Colombian treaty praised by Senate panel amid Panama Canal rights dispute
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee favorably reported the Colombian treaty while regretting Roosevelt's Panama Canal rights move. It lowers the indemnity to 15 million dollars. Berlin reports the German Foreign Office sent instructions to Ambassador Bernstorff in Washington, suggesting progress toward understanding on the Lusitania matter.
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President Wilson to Speak in Topeka Kans
Des Moines dispatch says President Wilson departed for Topeka Kansas to address Kansans on preparations for the upcoming events and policies. The trip emphasizes national leadership and civic engagement as he travels from Des Moines to the state capital.
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Wilson
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Railroads Reject Eight Hour Day Plan
The executive committee of the Association of Western Railways issued a statement denying that the eight hour day demand was for shorter hours. They say it requests higher wages costing about 100 million dollars yearly, since train workers are paid for overtime rather than hours. The plan affects 300,000 men on 280,000 miles in the United States and Canada and would raise wages by about 52 percent and overtime by 87 1/2 percent, with current rates making fulfillment impossible under present freight and passenger charges.
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Association of Western Railways
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Gunman suspect with silenced rifle linked to Schenectady case
Albany reports police say a 22 caliber rifle with a silencing device was found in the room of a man calling himself George Beverly, arrested in Schenectady after travel from Albany amid the Friday shooting spree that left James Irwin dead and two others seriously hurt. Beverly admitted being in Albany last week and demonstrated concealment of the weapon.
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James Irwin
Court Grants Divorce to Mrs Katherine Knox
Pittsburgh, Feb. 2. A divorce on the grounds of cruel and barbarous treatment was granted to Mrs Katherine McCook Knox, wife of H Smith Knox son of Philander C Knox former Secretary of State. She cites intoxication and public disputes including an incident at a cafe and an accusation of drinking. The elder Knox reportedly sent the son from the table after a bout of intoxication.
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Philander
Wreck of New York Day Express injures woman near Johnstown
Johnstown Pa Feb 2 The New York Day Express No 44 on the Pennsylvania road wrecked six miles west of here at noon Several cars left the rails and overturned but reports say none is dead One unknown woman was seriously injured.
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Romania Prepares to Join the Allies
A Rome Telegraph dispatch says Roumania will take the field with the allies in March. Milan papers note Austria-Hungary fears the Roumanian move as the army is rapidly equipped. horses arrived at Gala tz. M Reni reports rising interventionist sentiment in Paris and London.
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Sub could accompany Appam across ocean
Washington reports raise the possibility that a German submarine escorted the captured British liner Appam across the Atlantic and could operate off the American coast. Navy officials note Germany may have developed thousand ton subs, but many remain skeptical while eyeing a surge in munitions shipments to the Entente in coming months.
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Woman jailed for two years of arsenic poisoning in husband
Mary Jones of California Pennsylvania is jailed on charges of systematically poisoning her husband Henry Roberts by placing arsenic rat poison in his meals over two years. Roberts is hospitalized near death as police seek a male suspect. Roberts reportedly cannot be recovered and Mrs Roberts has admitted to poisoning him without offering motives. A separate item notes sav age Arms plant sheds burned in Utica New York with potential arson.
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Mary Jones
Henry Roberts
Monongahela Hospital
Floods Ravage Arkansas and Mississippi Valley
Floods wreck Arkansas area with ten million dollars in damages and eight deaths. Levees break and waters rise across Little Rock Newport and surrounding communities. Across the Mississippi, St Louis reports flood decline but telegraph lines fail and rail lines are cut as the river and Wabash rise, forcing evacuations and school closures in Indiana and Kentucky.
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Bank Run Eases as Depositors Repaid at Farmers Bank
Pittsburgh on February 2 officials of the Farmers Deposit Savings Bank announced the run on the bank is nearly over. Every depositor in the line was paid before 3 PM and many new deposits entered to compensate. The queue sometimes extended to Wood Street and Oliver Way, near noon, as police investigate defamatory reports about the bank.
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London Amazed by Daring of Germans
London reports astonishment at a German raid that captured a vessel and brought it to an American port amid varied newspaper commentary on the bold act and its implications during the conflict.
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