Tuscania disaster figures and funerals announced
British admiralty reports 2,235 saved and 166 missing from the Tuscania. 126 American troops’ bodies recovered. Survivors arriving in Glasgow, with 148 aboard, 134 Americans among them. Memorial services planned in Waco for Tuscania victims. Other updates confirm some individuals were not aboard or safe, including Col. Robert McCoy and Capt. G. J. Rollis.
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London
Tuscania
United States Army
United States
Glasgow
McLean
Waco
Tex
Cotton Palace
Thirty-second
Camp MacArthur
Aco
Cat
C. J. Rollis
Madison
Wis
Mra
J. Rollis
Stoughton
War Department
Washington
G. J. Rollis
France
McCoy
Ia Crosse
Robert McCoy
Sparta
Camp Merritt
N. J
Bruce McCoy
Janesville
Charles Kellogg
Baraboo
Four Men Held in Murder of Widow Joy Sparks
In Clay Kentucky four men are in custody for the death of widow Joy Sparks age twenty four whose body was found buried in a barn stable. Jacob Hicks and son Heber along with James Logan and William Casey both negroes are held. Prisoners moved to Henderson jail to avert mob violence.
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Clay
Joy Sparks
Avery Stable
Jacob Hicks
Heber
James Logan
William Casey
Henderson
Red Guards Slaughter Finns in Helingfors Plunder
A fleeing correspondent reports Red Guards slaughtering large numbers of Finns in Helingfors and engaging in indiscriminate looting and killing amid a climate of terror.
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Copenhagen
Helingfors
Red Guards
Director of Traffic in New York Harbor
H. H. Raymond, president of the Clyde and Mallory steamship lines, is named to direct the United States Shipping Board traffic into and out of the port of New York. He will pool vessels and coordinate facilities in cooperation with allies where pooling is needed.
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H. H. Raymond
Clyde and Mallory Steamship Lines
United States Shipping Board
New York
Draft Law Drafting at Twenty One Kept for War Needs
Senate military committee favors registering men at twenty one and bases drafts on class one totals rather than state populations. Proposals to exempt those reaching thirty one or to register at nineteen were rejected. Other bills include urgent wartime manpower, officer uniforms at cost, and aid to families of fallen service members. Conference calls to unite Republican opposition and house action on convict-made war supplies wrap the session.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Military Committee
Crowder
Senator New
Indiana
Jones
Army Nurse Corps
Wilson
Senate
Thomas
Military Committee
United States
Baker
Gallinger
House
Labor Committee
Story
German Money to Bolsheviki Reported in Germany Documents
Paris reports official German papers claim Bolshevik funding from Berlin. Letters detail payments to Lenin Trotsky and allies, plus arms deals and bank accounts linked to the Brest-Litovsk group. Finland's White Guards defeat Red forces near Tammerfors with 3000 Red casualties. Washington doubts envoy expulsions as Petrograd reports circulate.
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Finland
Red Guard
Washington
Paris
Petit Varisien
France
Russia
Germany
German Imperial Bank
Switzerland
Nicolai Lenine
M. Zinovieff
Leon Trotzky
M. Kamenets
Brest-Litovski
M. Soumenson
Marsta Koslovsky
Bolshevika
Mme
Alexandra Kollantay
Lenine
Bolsheviki Department of Public Welfare
M. Mereain
Stockholm
Y. Furstenberg
Raphael Schumann
Haparanda
Sweden
Vallarberg
Tretzky
Lulea
Varda
Essens Sons
Trotsky
Stockhold
Mannerheim
Forges
Ed Guard
Helsingfors
Afton Tidningen
Red Guards
Korkenkosi
Tammerfors
State Department
Francis
Petrograd
American patrol in front line trench finds deserted and gathers souvenirs
American patrol from Chicago and Los Angeles crossed No Man’s Land to enter a German trench and found no one home. They returned with a rifle and a “made in Germany” sausage while artillery on both sides shelled positions and reduced German sniping activity. A separate British Gall official note confirms limited action north of St Quentin and a French raid near Verdun.
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France
Chicago
Los Angeles
No Man's Land
Leutenant
London
St. Quentin
Belgium
Paris
Forges
Verdun
Meuse
French repulse seven German raids at Verdun
Paris reports the French have repulsed seven German raids at Verdun since February 2. The German losses were described as heavy, with high casualties and material damage cited by the announcer.
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Verdun
Paris
Peace Claim: Ukrania Reaches Accord with Central Powers
London reports an official Berlin statement declaring a peace agreement signed between Ukrania and the Central powers. The claim places the date of signing on Feb 9 with Berlin as the source.
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London
Berlin
War department keeps Tuscania death toll at 113
Washington reports no official new details on the Tuscania sinking and the War department maintains the 113 dead estimate issued yesterday.
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Washington
War Department
Tuscania
Roosevelt Slightly Improved, Doctors Say
New York February 9 physicians bulletin reports Theodore Roosevelt is somewhat improved today after ongoing illness and medical care.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Fifty Five Charged in Haywood Conspiracy Plot
Indictment filed in Sacramento charges fifty five persons with conspiring with William D Haywood to hinder wartime law enforcement. The group planned factory sabotage strikes and ships damage along the Pacific coast, tied to a December governor residence bombing inquiry. Forty six detainees are in custody. Hood and Voetter face separate dynamite transport charges. Frank H Little is listed among co conspirators.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Department of Justice
Sacramento
Pacific Coast Territory
Cal
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
Federal
Grand Jury
San Francisco
William Hood
G. I. Voetter
Hood
Voetter
Stephens
Frank H. Little
Butte
Mont
U S Seeks Spies On Liner Nieuw Amsterdam
Federal agents search aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam on arrival at a U S Atlantic port amid heightened security. Customs barred passes and officers examined passengers and baggage while justice and treasury agents met the ship. Only Augustus Phillips the Netherlands envoy and his party were allowed to land.
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Atlantic
Feb. S
Nieuw Amsterdam
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
America
Halifax
Kirkwall
Augustus Phillips
Netherlands
United States
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U. S. Funds Organization
Haywood
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