Sinking of Ten Ships Marks Submarine Toll for Day
German U boats continued unrestricted warfare sinking ten ships totaling 21 069 tons. Vessels include Turimo Vedamore Saxonian Hollinside Songel V Boyne Castle Waring Dauntless with multiple fatalities and missing crew. George Washington Was American on Turino killed. 41 Missing from California report notes 162 survivors.
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New York
Germany
Hollinside
Songel V
Boyne Castle
Waring
George Washington
London
Turino
Calvin Bay
Fillmore
Utah
Washington
Liverpool
Norfolk
California
State Department
Consul Frost
Queenstown
Mavestone
Central
Exchange Telegraph Company
Central News
Lars Kruse
Copenhagen
Reuter
Palermo
Mediterranean
C. Lopez Y Lopez
Barcelona
Fred Murphy
Thomas Nelson Page
Rome
Dr. Paul Ritter Serves as Kaiser Representative in U S
Swiss diplomat Dr. Paul Ritter appointed to represent Kaiser Wilhelm in the United States. He arrives to liaise with American authorities and manage tensions over Neutrality policies. Ritter replaces former envoy and is expected to work on trade and cultural outreach.
Passports Granted for Gerard as Blockade Tensions Persist
Berlin announces safe conduct for James W. Gerard and notes German efforts to aid his departure with a special train to the Swiss border. Britain and France grant safe passage to Count von Bernstorff, who will sail February 13 from New York. Washington reports U S officials held in Berlin until assurances of Bernstorff’s safe departure are received.
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Gerard
Berlin
Bernstorff
Washington
Great Britain
France
von Bernstorff
Halifax
Falmouth
New York
Kaiser
U. S
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Canadian born fireman identified as British subject in Turino sinking
Washington February 9 Consul Frost reports George Washington a color ed fireman who died when the British steamer Turino sank appears to be a British subject though born in Alberta Canada This update clarifies his nationality for official records and dispatches.
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Washington, D. C
George Washington
Turino
Frost
Alberta
Canada
Washington
California
Page
Quinnstown
Richard Wallace
Eavestone
Armed American liner plans loom in war risk
New York reports show American trans Atlantic interests moving to arm passenger ships to combat German submarines. The St Louis may sail with guns fore and aft and trained gunners, with the Paul and Philadelphia also discussed for armament as directors of the International Mercantile Marine weigh options and manpower.
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New York
St. Louis
Liverpool
International Mercantile Marine
U S Bayonets Ordered Blued for Discreet War Image
Washington reports the war department has ordered all bayonets blued to avoid attracting enemy attention, ending the era of flashing bayonets in U S armed forces.
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U. S
Washington
United States Army
War Department
Tuscania Arrives With 56 Passengers From Glasgow
The Tuscania of the Anchor line arrived in New York with fifty six passengers from Glasgow. She was three days late due to bad weather and a roundabout crossing route.
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New York
Anchor Line
Glasgow
Cardinal Falconio Dies in Rome
Cardinal Diomede Falconio, prefect of the congregation for religious affairs and former apostolic delegate to the United States, has died in Rome on February 9.
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Cardinal Falconio
Rome
Diomede Falconio
The
Congregation For Religious Affairs
United States
Neutral nations vary in stance as war extends
Washington reports the United States sees no over act yet in the California sinking while ambassadors report. Brazil Peru Argentina Bolivia Spain and the Netherlands respond to Wilson’s submarine warfare policy with firmness or refusal, signaling broader neutral reactions and caution amid German aggression.
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Germany
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Peru
Lima
Berlin
Lorton
Callao
Foreigen
Aguero
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Argentine
Bolivia
U. S
London
United States
Spain
Holland
Washington
Wilson
State Department
Netherlands
The
Hague
Secret German Wireless Station Found Near Rio Janeiro
At Nictheroy a suburban town five miles east of Rio Janeiro a wireless telegraph station was discovered. It had been established to communicate with German ships being detained in the harbor.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Nictheroy
Brazilian Minister Dr Lauro Muller Condemns Diver War
Dr Lauro Muller, Brazil's foreign minister, voices strong condemnation of diver war policy. He urges negotiation and calls for restraint amid rising regional tensions impacting Brazil and neighboring states.
U S Rushes Plan to Fortify Port
A telegram from Senator Wadsworth to Speaker Sweet urges immediate passage of a bill to transfer Rockaway beach state property to the federal government for fortifications. Officials report no such measure found in current bills as the War Department stresses urgent erection of batteries.
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Albany
N. Y
Wadsworth
Sweet
Assembly
Rockaway Beach
Senate
War Department
Inauguration to be simple and impressive
Robert N. Harper, chairman of the local inauguration committee, after a White House visit, announced that the inauguration ceremonies will be held with greatest possible simplicity yet designed to be unusually impressive, allowing a spontaneous display of patriotic feeling.
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Washington
White House
Robert N. Harper
Stephen A. Douglas's Son Dies in Greensboro
Judge Robert M. Douglas, son of Stephen A. Douglas, died at his Greensboro home, the death reported on February 9. The article notes his relation to the famed statesman and records the sad occasion in the local obituary.
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Stephen A. Douglas
Greensboro
N. C
Robert M. Douglas
Chicago Markets Review Live Stock and Grain Prices
The Chicago live stock market shows hog receipts at 46 000 with light to heavy pork prices from 12.10 to 12.85 and 10.00 to 10.80 for pigs. Cattle receipts 8 000 with steers 10.75 to 11.50, butchers cows 7.65 to 8.40 and dealers demand 13.75 to 14.50 for prime. Chicago cash grain lists wheat at 1.78 for No 3 red and 1.68 1.77 for No 3 northern spring. corn No 3 white 1.00 1.00 1/4 and No 3 yellow 1.00 1.44. oats 54c. Butter and eggs quoted with various firsts and seconds. East Buffalo livestock figures show cattle steady, hogs higher at 13.30 for heavy and workers, pigs 12.00 12.25, lambs up to 15.00, yearlings 12.50 18.50, wethers 11.25 to 11.60, ewes 10.50 to 10.75 and veals 15.50.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
THREE U S SHIPS NEAR DANGER ZONE
Nine passenger liners fly entente flags, two American line ships and one Dutch ship ride between New York and Europe. All but three vessels bound east face possible danger from submarines or mines. Three British liners from New York are due to arrive but details are withheld. Most passengers aboard are American.
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New York
Entente
American Line
Holland
Shell Plant Plot Foiled by Vigilant Guards
Evansville Indiana February 9 an employee of Bucyrus company a maker of steam shovels and shells for Britain reported an attempted bombing of the plant thwarted by guards. Workers said a clockwork bomb was found near the shell building and watchman Henry L Sutton pursued an intruder to a barbwire fence firing three shots without apparent result.
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Evansville
Ind
Bucyrus Company
Henry L. Sutton
Sutton
Submarine Uses Seized Steamer as Refuge for Sunken Ship Crews
Survivors from the Norwegian sailing vessel Songelvy and the Furness liner Turino report a German submarine in the war zone used a seized steamer as a refuge. The Turino crew, including its captain, were landed after deaths among engineers and firemen. The Italian vessel hosted rescued crews for two days before being used as a stand by ship.
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London
Songelvy
Furness
Turino
Girl of 13 Is Slain at Nebraska Farm Home
In Ord Nebraska Alice Barkon thirteen daughter of a farmer was attacked and strangled at her home five miles north of Ord. A ladder was used to reach a window and gain entry while her seven year old sister slept. Parents awakened to find the girl dead and the killer gone.
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Ord
Neb
Alice Barkon
Troops to Resume Homeward Trip From Border Duty
Orders from the war department direct resumption of the homeward movement of state troops designated to leave the border. General Fun nion says the transfer will proceed as rapidly as transportation is available.
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San Antonio
Tex
War Department
Funnion
Government Starts Laying Mines at Mobile Harbor Entrance
In Mobile Alabama on February 9 the United States government began laying mines in the harbor entrance. All alien lighthouse tenders have been discharged.
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Mobile Bay
Mobile
Ala
United States
Neutrals Discuss War Ban in Formal Exchanges
Neutral diplomats in Washington have held exchanges of views on concerted action to block further nations from entering the great war. The Swiss government is said to have initiated these exchanges, though full clarification is unlikely at this time due to the sensitive nature of the talks.
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Washington
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