Enemies to register today under wartime order
Washington announces a nationwide campaign to register half a million enemy aliens, mainly Germans, with Austrians exempted. All males must appear, provide four photos, and give personal details, residence, and war status. Noncompliance risks internment for the war’s duration.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
United States
Wilson
Department of Justice
Austria-h Hungary
Ape Moore
Der
Gera
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
Alaska
Virgin Islands
Guam
Samoa
Head of U. S. Masons Dies in Baltimore
Gen. Thomas J. Shryock, grandmaster of the Masons in Maryland and the head of all Masons in America, died in Baltimore. He led the organization for years and was a prominent national figure in fraternal circles.
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U. S. Masons
Thomas J. Shryock
Maryland
Baltimore
The
Masons
America
J.D
Morrow
National Coal Association
Pittsburgh
Federal Trade Commission
Hamburg Shipyard Strike Flares as Workers Return
General von Kessel threatens harsh punishment for resuming work as seven o’clock deadline looms. Hamburg shipyard strike posture shifts with some workers returning, while the strike committee plans to call them out again. Socialists arrested in Berlin amid martial law tensions and incitement charges.
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Hamburg
London
von Kessel
Brantenburg
Berlin
Exchange
Copenhagen
Amsterdam
Lokal Anzinger
Germany
Inerlin
Navy Needs Large Reserve Force for War Effort
Washington reports the navy department will require at least 160000 naval officers and has launched a recruitment drive. Vessels transferred by the army to the naval overseas transportation service will number 1000 with a combined tonnage of 8000000. Commander Charles Belknap heads the transport service.
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War Department
Washington
Navy Department
Naval Overseas Transportation Service
Charles Belknap
John L Sullivan Dies After Heart Trouble on Massachusetts Farm
Abington Mass February reports the death of John L Sullivan a famed prize fighter at his West Abington farm. He suffered heart trouble two weeks earlier while planning a Boston visit to friend Capt James P Sullivan. He led a vigorous life supporting temperance and public service and died at fifty nine.
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Abington
Mass
John L. Sullivan
West Abington
Boston
James P. Sullivan
Boston Police Department
America
John L
James J. Corbett
New Orleans
Sullivan
John Barleycorn
Liberty Loan
Kate Harkins
Roxbury
Annie Bates
Centerville
Chicago
Deaths Among Pershing’s Men Reported
Washington reports General Pershing list shows eleven soldiers dead from pneumonia bronchitis hemorrhage gunshot wounds and fractured skull. Names include Corporal Robert Burtis Private T M Dace Albert Sevgerdel George McLeod Willism Bennew and Preston Myers Sergt Wilson Hebel Nestor Fredland Floyd McKenny among others with listed hometowns across New York Michigan Ohio and California.
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Washington
General Pershing
Robert T. Burtis
Wood Haven
T. M. Dace
Tecumseh
Kan
Albert Sevgerdel
Brooklyn
N. Y
Madison TL
Olds
Detroit
Mich
George TD. McLeod
Palms
Willism W. Bennew
Willows
Cal
Preston C. Myers
Bridge Avenue
Spokane
Wash
Wilson Hebel
Superior Street
Wyandotte
Nestor L. Fredland
G. Oak Street
Ashtabula Harbor
Floyd EK. McKenny
Whistler
Postal delays to soldiers in France reported
Washington on February 2 reported by Postmaster General Burleson that letters take from fifteen to thirty days to reach soldiers in France depending on location and ocean conditions. He said mail to France is cleared with every dispatch and every effort is made to expedite and safeguard the mail.
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Burleson
France
Washington
United States
FINS CLOSE IN ON FE Deputy Assassinated in Prison
News from Stockholm says Finnish government troops near Uglenborg press the Red Guards toward the coast amid torn railways and new troop positions. In Helsingfors the Red Guard holds control while Deputy Emikkola, a leading diet member, is reported assassinated in prison. Washington, Feb. 4. Trotsky arrives in Helsingfors and calls for neighbor support.
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Stockholm
Mannerheim
Red Guards
Uglenborg
Gulf of Bothnia
Haparanda
Sweden
Aftonbladet
Tornea
Kemi
Helsingfors
Red Guard
Emikkola
Diet
London
Leon ‘Trotzky
Copenhagen
Russia
Silverhjelm
Tle
Petrograd
Red Army
Letrograd
U S Troops Hold Lorraine Front as Air War Intensifies
American forces occupy a Lorraine sector amid heavy artillery and air battles. French aviators fended off German attempts to cross behind US trenches while US 75 mm batteries harass enemy positions. Correspondents may travel closer to the front with gas masks and helmets. Berlin had already revealed US presence months earlier near Nancy along the Rhine Marne line.
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France
Lorraine Front
America
U. S
Verdun
Somme
Berlin
Lorraine
German War Office
Rhine-Marne Canal
Nancy
Belgium
Ban on Spanish Vessels From New York Port
The United States government issued an order forbidding Spanish ships from departing New York harbor and it was reported the ban extends to all American ports. The measure is confirmed this afternoon by officials.
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France
Germany
Washington
Belgium
Holland
Brussels
The
Hague
State Department
United States
New York
British Raid near Epehy Nets Prisoners
British troops conducted a night raid near Epehy on the Cambrai St. Quentin front and captured several prisoners, according to the War Office announcement.
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Epehy
Cambrai-St. Quentin
London
Germany
Cambrai-St. Quein
War Office
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Pershing
Reds
Membe
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Paris
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Alsace
Rhone-Rhine Canal
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