Mantola Survivor Recalls U Boat Attack Aftertorpedoing
Earl M. Rice ship's surgeon of 628 Salmon Street Portland Ore described the Mantola torpedoing 185 miles southwest of Fastnet Ireland on February 8. He details the explosion, lifeboat evacuations, a shelling run by the submarine, and a British sloop rescue as the Mantola sank at dusk with eleven crewmen lost.
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Washington
Amercan
Earl M. Rice
Salmon Street
Portland
Oregon
Fastnet
Ireland
Consul Frost
Queenstown
State Department
London
Karl M. Rice
Ore
Mantola
Wieh
Jes Chavas
Sion
Eve Mently
Mantula
Lincoln born in a log cabin on February 12 1809
The article recalls Abraham Lincoln’s birth in a tiny log cabin at Hodgenville Kentucky later preserved in Lincoln Farm Memorial Hall. It highlights the cabin’s primitive state and Wilson’s description calling Lincoln a democracy embodiment. It traces Lincoln’s life from log cabin to plow, raft, state legislature, and finally the White House.
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Wilson
United States
Lincoln Farm
Memorial Hall
Hodgenville
Kentucky
Abraham
Thomas
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Lincoln
Mr. Oldroyd
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Diplomatic Row Over Ambassador Refusal to Sign Treaty
Ambassador Gerard refused to sign a treaty after ceasing official duties and stop telegraphing for instructions unless permitted to use code. The stance led Count Montgelas to take a position amid the standoff in Copenhagen on February 10.
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Topenhagen
London
Gerard
Count Montgelas
Americans in Germany Face Pressure Over Signaling Protocol
The text notes hints that not signing a protocol could affect Americans in Germany and their departure rights. It cites Ambassador Gerard opposing pressure to pull reporters from the talks and questions whether press influence could sway diplomatic negotiations. After his stance, no further word on the protocol or detentions emerged.
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Germany
Gerard
Diplomatichhess
Re ratification of treaty provisions on nationals in belligerent lands
The text notes the re ratification of provisions from 1769 and 1828 governing mutual treatment of nationals in war zones, outlining several important additions and expansions.
Lincoln associate dead linked to Lincoln
Kansas City reports the death of Judge Samuel C. Parks age 97 who was once associated with Abraham Lincoln in a Springfield law firm. Born March 25, 1820 on a Vermont farm, he studied at Indiana State University and was its oldest alumnus.
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Kansas City
Samuel C. Parks
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Mr. Parks
Vermont
Indiana State University
Capital Hears No Peace Move
Washington officials rejected reports of a German peace offer amid the submarine war. The Mantola sinking was the sole confirmed item, and the United States insisted it could not recognize ruthless submarine warfare while discussing other issues. Some labeled the peace rumor as German propaganda.
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Frost
U. S
United States
Shipping Board seeks Army transports to ease freight congestion
The United States Shipping Board appealed to President Wilson to allow the War Department to use army transports to relieve congestion in ocean freight traffic. The board would charter vessels and place them in the Gulf and Pacific trades where congestion is most felt.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Wilson
War Department
Army
Death Calls Judge Gibbons Twenty Four Years
Judge John Gibbons of the circuit court, a leading Chicago jurist, died of pneumonia at Presbyterian hospital. Born in County Deneral Ireland, he graduated from Notre Dame, was admitted to the bar in 1870, served as city attorney, and came to Chicago in 1880. He served on the circuit bench after 1893 and was repeatedly reelected through 1915.
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Chicago
John Gibbons
Circuit Court
Presbyterian Hospital
JJ Gibbons
County Deneral
Ireland
Notre Dame University
Keokuk
Tfa
Iowa
Railroad earnings slide in December reports
Washington reports railroad earnings for December fell by over 2 million dollars across 144 railroads. The Interstate Commerce Commission released a partial summary. Leading express firms, however, posted a rise of more than 12 million in October business.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Postponed German Austrian War Sufferers Bazaar
A Milwaukee bazaar planned for May for German and Austrian war sufferers was indefinitely postponed by the directors. The resolution states it will be held again when amicable relations with Germany are re established.
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Milwaukee
Germany
Birth Control Question Prompts New New York Commission
Governor Whitman creates a commission to study birth control amid hunger strikes and jail service. Physicians writers clergymen and philanthropists join Mrs Juliet Barrett Rublee in urging amendments to federal and state laws that criminalize distributing birth control information.
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New York
Whitman
Juliet Barrett Rublee
National Birth Control League
Rainey Names Baking Heads in Food Probe
Illinois representative Henry T. Rainey urges federal agencies to summon key bakers and publishers to testify on a suspected nationwide effort to raise bread prices. The list includes Paul Schulze of Chicago and J M Bell of Chicago, with others tied to the baking industry and wheat millers. The push follows a master bakers convention statement on a ten cent loaf.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Agriculture
Wilson
Henry T. Rainey
Illinois
Houston
Rainey
Paul Schulze
Chicago
S. F McDonald
Memphis
National Master Bakers Association
J. M. Bell
John Lind
Minneapolis
Wheat Millers
Modern Miller’ of
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
McDonald
Arming of American Merchant Ships Under Review
State Department officials say international law allows arming merchant vessels for protection without Congress. Navy ready to provide three and six inch guns and trained crews, but no crewed escorts. If armed, ships may be visited and searched by submarines and defend themselves. such action could trigger a U.S. response if Germany protests or an overt act occurs.
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Washington
United States
American Line
State Department
Germany
Navy Department
Naval Reserve
Wilson
Congress
Sea wreckage washes ashore near Pernambuco coast
Wreckage including wireless apparatus a tin box with explosive cylinders planks and provisions has washed ashore near the mouth of the Parnaiba in Pernambuco Brazil over the past several days indicating a maritime incident possibly linked to a sea battle.
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Pernambuco
Brazil
Parnahuba
Inventor Sells Torpedo Secret to Marlin Arms
Monroe Wis Feb 12 Lester Barlow inventor of a torpedo sells his secret to Marlin Arms Co for 50000 cash plus a seventeen year royalty guarantee at least 50000 yearly and a 100 weekly salary as superintendent of manufacture. The weapon is described as nonexplosive until dropped from an airplane. Barlow born in Monroe now lives in Clear Lake Iowa is visiting.
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Monroe
Wis
Lester Barlow
Marlin Arms Company
Barlow
Clear Lake
Iowa
Indiana Girl Becomes Heiress
Chicago report states Lillian Groff a Chicago high school graduate inherits her grandfather Dr Emil Schincke estate who died recently in Rochester Indiana. Police received the telegram from Bruce Love police chief of the Indiana town confirming the inheritance.
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Chicago
Lillian Groff
Emil Schincke
Rochester
Ind
Bruce Love
Indiana
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