Lansing Says Zimmerman Lie Escalates U S Germany Clash
Secretary Lansing called Under Secretary Zimmerman of the German Foreign Office commit a false statement in newspapers claiming the United States had made new demands in the Lusitania case. He said Washington had not increased nor decreased its demands and then dropped the claim of any decrease. The remark undermines German hopes for a midway compromise.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lansing
Immerman
Foreign Office
Lusitania
President Wilson presses bills to speed up congress
Washington feb 7 president wilson will press forward this week to hasten the army and navy bills. he will meet many senators and representatives to urge quick disposal of the preparedness program and shift to shipping tariff and revenue measures. aides report expected brandeis supreme court nomination and possible philippine bill amendments.
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Congress
Wilson
Senate
House
Army
Navy Hills
Lusitania
Middle West
Jones
House Insular Committee
Louis DD. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Grandeis
Theatres and Films Shown in City Venues
Listings reveal showings at the Grande Theatre with Edmund Breese in The Song of the Wage Slave and at Liberty Theatre featuring Ruth Stonehouse in the Ulster Case. Victoria Theatre presents Pictures and Belveders theatre Pictures.
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Maryland
Grande
Edmund Breese
Liberty Theatre
Bryant Washburn
Ruth Stonehouse
Victoria Theatre
Belveders
theatre—Pictures
Telegraph Correspondence Woman's Editorials
Local column highlights woman readers and editors with editorial sketches. Dramas, sports notes, and mining captions appear alongside classified items and notices from Tri-State region.
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R. R
Tri-State
Teutons Moving Floods Engulf Toward Rumania
West Ontario towns panic as Home Guards mobilize after rumor of a bridge blast. Ottawa reports indicate no bridge orders, while Guard patrols and munition points tighten at Niagara frontier amid wider European war updates including Bulgarian Turkish moves toward Romania and Austro German advances in Albania.
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Rumania
Niagara
Niagara Frontier
Wellan Cana
Home Guards
Saint Catherines
Ottawa
London
Milan
Lusitania Crisis Deepens as Germany Pressures on Record
Paria reports that comment on Alfred Zimmermann's Lusitania interview says US German tensions have reached rupture point. Berlin notes no new developments while public anxiety grows over reparations and a formal regret. Germans seek to force a clear admission on submarine warfare by Washington and Lansing.
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Wilson
Lansing
Germany
Lusitania
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Great Britain
Guard Orders Placed on New York Bridges
Extra police guards were posted on the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges at Rear Admiral Usher's request to protect the United States cruiser Washington passing underneath. Brooklyn police say guards were precautionary. no bomb threat was confirmed as worthy of action. The Washington heads to Portsmouth, N H as a training ship.
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Manhattan
Usher
United States
Washington
Haiti
Navy Yard
Frank B. Upham
Tennessee
Hattian
Portsmouth
N. H
Svction
New York City
Interborough Company
Local Option Fight Set in Maryland House Tonight
At the Maryland legislature in Annapolis Garrett county local option battle centers the house debate on Delegate Shartzer's liquor manufacture prohibition bill. The temperance committee report opposes the bill and could kill it. a substitute motion will be considered at 8:30 p.m.
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Maryland
Garrett County
Senate
Baltimore
Anne Arundel
Baltimore City
Temperance Committee
Shartzer
Whitman Announces Run for Governor in New York
Gov. Whitman reiterates candidacy for the Republican nomination for governor of New York. He denies plans to seek the vice presidential slot at Chicago, clarifying he favors another gubernatorial nomination and supports Justice Hughes for president.
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Whitman
Chicago
Theodore R. Burton
Burton
William KE. Borah
Albert B. Cummins
David Jayne Hill
Mr. Whitman
Justice Hughes
Miners and Railroad Men Plan Big Strike
New York reports that 700000 union coal miners and railroad workers plan a coordinated strike. Agents of the railroads union in Mobile confer with coal miners heads to pressure employers for wage increases, asserting combined action would force concessions.
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New York
Railroads Mens Union
Mobile
Ala
Separate Peace for Belgium Discussed
London reports speculation on why Earl Curzon and General Haig visited King Albert. Berlin dispatches claim Germany may offer Belgian neutrality concessions and even restore destroyed Belgian cities in exchange for Belgium not joining Allied offensives in spring.
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Earl Curzon
Douglas Haig
France
Albert
Hague
Berlin
Germany
Belgium
Judge Landis Dismisses Federal League Suit Against Baseball
Federal Judge Landis dismissed the Federal league suit against organized baseball, ending the baseball war. The action charged the national commission with Sherman antitrust violations, but the court ruled in favor of the defendants, closing the case.
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Chicago
Feb. T
Landis
National Commission
Depositors Move to Remove Durbin at Grafton Bank Meet
In Grafton West Virginia a meeting of defunct Grafton Bank depositors drew up a petition to Governor Hatfield seeking lower receivership costs. They target a 4000 dollar yearly salary for the receiver and want Charles R Durbin removed as bank president and Taylor County official.
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W. Va
Grafton Bank
Hatfield
Charles R. Durbin
Taylor County
Chas. R. Durbin
Four stockmen die as coal train crashes into stock train near Dunlap
A coal train collided with the caboose of a stock train near Dunlap Iowa on the Northwestern road. Four stockmen were killed and many cattle were killed or injured as twenty cars were wrecked. Police and investigators assess the scene as a major railroad disaster.
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Dunlap
Midvale Steel Buys Cambria Steel Company
Philadelphia reports that Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company has purchased Cambria Steel Company. Cambria stock reportedly sold at 81 dollars per share.
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Philadelphia
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Cambria Steel Company
Cambbria Company
Holland Demands Germanys Apology and Reparations
Dutch papers across the spectrum unite in demanding prompt German explanation and compensation for the torpedoing of the Dutch tank steamer Artemis in the North Sea. They urge punishment of the commander and warn against repeat violations of Dutch law.
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Hague
Netherlands
London
Germany
North Sea
Vaderland
Hook of Holland
Noorahinder
STERL MERGER CALLED OFF
New York news reports the planned merger of the Lackawanna and Cambria Steel Companies with Youngstown Sheet and Tube is terminated. Lackawanna President Moses Taylor says business has grown and officers are glad the negotiations are ended.
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New York
Lackawanna and
Cambria Steel Companies
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Moses Taylor
Lackawanna
Mayer Brothers Brick Plant May Reopen at Frostburg
Frostburg Md Feb 7 local people show strong interest in a rumor that the Mayer Brothers Brick Plant closed for some time will be enlarged and reopened. Many workers have left due to lack of work, and the reopening would be highly welcomed. The plant formerly operated a large factory complex with production capacity over 60 units.
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Frostburg
Mayer Brothers
Teiper Charged With Murder of Mother in Buffalo
Buffalo Feb 7 John Edward Teiper was charged with first degree murder in the Supreme Court today. Prosecutors say Teiper killed his mother while they sat stranded on a week axe. The case also involved his sister Grace and brother, with Teiper ordered jailed without bail.
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Buffalo
John Edwad Teiper
Teiper
Dudley
His
Fred
Grace
Grace Teiper
Train accident near Vincennes claims two lives
In Vincennes Indiana on February 7 two men were killed when the engine tender of the Big Four railroad derailed or exploded during operations. Investigators probe the cause as rescue teams secure the site.
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Vincennes
Ind
Pwo
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