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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1917
Page
5
New York reports German U boats continued raiding, sinking ten vessels totaling 21 069 tons. Survivors include crew lands and Americans feared dead aboard several ships, with further casualties and missing sailors reported in subsequent dispatches from Queenstown and Liverpool.
Washington news reports George Washington, the Black fireman who died in the sinking of the British steamer Turino, is apparently British by subject status per Consul Frost. He was born in Alberta, Canada.
Swiss minister Dr. Paul Ritter takes on a diplomatic role representing Kaiser interests in the United States. He will liaison with American officials and scrutinize German policy impact on U S relations. Ritter brings prior church and academic ties to his new task.
New York reports indicate New York may christen the armed passenger liner St. Louis to defy German submarines in the barred zone. If approved by International Mercantile Marine directors, the Paul could follow and the Philadelphia may also be armed, though crew assignments sparking questions.
Washington reports the war department has had all bayonets blued so they will not attract attention of the enemy. The move ends the use of flashing bayonets in U. S. Army for the duration of the war.
The Berlin office announced safe conduct for Ambassador Gerard and passports ready for departure with guards and a special train to the Swiss border. Britain and France granted safe passage to Ambassador von Bernstorff, who will sail February 18, touching Halifax to examine papers. In Washington, U S officials and others were held in Berlin until assurances on Bernstorff’s departure and German ship safety were received.
The Tuscania of the Anchor Line reached New York from Glasgow with fifty six passengers. The liner was three days late caused by bad weather and a roundabout voyage.
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.
Washington reports say the California sinking has not become an overt act under Wilson's criteria. Brazil Peru Argentina Bolivia Spain and the Netherlands respond to the Germany submarine crisis with varied stances and refusals to sever relations.
At Nictheroy a suburb five miles east of Rio Janeiro a wireless telegraph station was found. It was established to communicate with German ships detained in the harbor.
Dr Lauro Muller, Brazilian foreign minister, denounces the diver war as a grave international crisis. He calls for unity among nations and immediate steps to stop hostilities, urging adherence to diplomatic channels and the settlement of disputes.
A telegram from Senator Wadsworth to Speaker Sweet requests swift passage of a bill to transfer state property on Rockaway beach to the federal government for fortification. The War Department deems the measure urgent and batteries must be erected at once.
Robert N. Harper, chairman of the local inauguration committee, with White House approval, says ceremonies will be simple yet unusually impressive to foster spontaneous patriotic display.
Judge Robert M. Douglas son of Stephen A. Douglas died at his Greensboro home on February 9.
Chicago hog receipts reach 46 000 with light shipments at 12 12 25 and heavy packing 12 12 25 while good to fancy pigs fetch 10 00 10 80. Cattle receipts total 8 000 with steers 10 75 11 50 cows 7 65 8 40 and dealers compare prime range 13 75 14 50. East Buffalo sellers Dunning and Stevens list cattle two cars steady and hogs 65 cars higher with heavy workers 18 25 13 30 and pigs 12 00 12 25. Lambs 14 90 15 00 yearlings 12 50 13 50 wethers 11 25 11 60 ewes 10 50 10 75 veals 15 50.
Nine passenger liners flying entente flags, two American line ships, and one Dutch ship are on the Atlantic sea routes between New York and Europe. All except three vessels bound east face possible danger from submarines or mines. Three British ships from New York are due to arrive but details may be withheld. Most vessels carry Americans aboard.
An Evansville report says a bomb with a clock mechanism was found near the Bucyrus shell building as guards thwarted an intruder. Watchman Henry L. Sutton chased the man who fled through barbed wire, three shots fired but no clear result. Officials deny the report but workers recall the attempted blow up.
Survivors from the Norwegian sailing vessel Songelvy and the Furness liner Turino report a German submarine in the war zone used an Italian steamer, seized and armed, as a temporary refuge for crews from sunken ships. The Turino’s captain and 29 crew were landed. its first engineer and three firemen were killed.
Alice Barkon aged thirteen, daughter of a farmer, was attacked and strangled after a ladder was placed to her window five miles north of Ord. The seven year old sister slept through the crime as the parents heard a fall and investigated. The murderer fled.
Orders from the war department direct the resumption of the homeward movement of state troops designated to leave the border. General Funston said the troops will be moved as rapidly as transportation becomes available.
Mobile Ala Feb 9 The United States government began laying mines in the entrance to Mobile Bay harbor. All alien lighthouse tenders have been discharged.
Neutral diplomats in Washington report formal exchanges of views on concerted action by neutrals to deter further nations from entering the great war. The Swiss government is said to have initiated these exchanges, though clarity is limited by the exchanges' nature.
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