Senate Shows Friendly Attitude Toward Suffrage
Indiana Senate votes 38 to 11 for prohibition bill starting April 2 1918 and debates suffrage extension. Matson fails to suspend rules 27 to 23 while Republicans and Democrats clash over hearings. Prohibition bill defines intoxicating liquor at more than 0.5 percent alcohol with April 2 1918 start and Senate amendments limit druggists to medicinal use and allow veterinarians to use pure grain alcohol under same rules.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Wright House
Indiana
Indiana General Assembly
Matson
van Auken
Committee On Rights and Privileges
Laney
Reser
Jackson
McCray
Gemuill
Thornton
Simmons
Culberteen
Smith
Robinson
Porter
Senate
Goodrich
Senators Favor Immediate Break With Germany Move
Washington reports a cabinet and Senate gathering show unity for action against Germany over the submarine crisis. President Wilson weighs three plans from immediate severance to waiting for an overt act and seeks Senate views while warning the world of a serious crisis.
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Wilson
AsSocIated Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Capitol
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
White House
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
von Bernstorff
Lewis
Congress
Gerard
Zero Weather Closes In On G Hog and Early Spring
A harsh zero temperature grips the area as Mr. G Hog hides in his den. The sun shines through a clear sky while the official readings dip to seven below at dawn and two below at dusk. Forecasters expect gradual relief with possible above freezing by afternoon.
U S Ship Will Not Sail Freight s Depart
American line ship St Louis expected to sail to Liverpool but Secretary Lansing’s guidance prompted no official sailing notice. 280 passengers booked with 180 in cabin. five freighters including Cochran to Genoa left for transatlantic ports as British and allied ships prepare to sail. Dutch and Scandinavian lines suspend sailing temporarily.
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Associated Press
New York
Lansing
State Department
P. S. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
American Line
St. Louis
Liverpool
Transatlantic
Navy withholds warship locations as fleet shifts revealed
February 2 report states the navy will not reveal ship locations. Secretary Daniele says it is not advisable to disclose where the Atlantic fleet is stationed, with most ships at Guantanamo and a few tending along the coasts.
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Washington
Navy Department
Daniele
Atlantic
Guantanamo
Pacific
Jury to hear case in Huntington court today
The fate of John Spahr in the Huntington circuit court, charged with killing Ariel Littler in Markle on October 9, will be decided by a jury tonight around 6. Judge S. S. E. Cook has scheduled four hours of arguments for each side, with rebuttal evidence already presented by the state. Mrs. Hazel Littler, widow of the slain man, testified about the beer purchase and alleged encounters with Spahr, drawing a large crowd in the courtroom.
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John Spahr
Huntington
Ariel Littler
Markle
S&s. E. Cook
Hazel Littler
Mrs. Littler
Spahr
World War II U boat War Zone Map Declared
Naval experts prepare a map from official description showing Germany declared war zone. Heavy blue lines mark the restricted area with latitude and longitude. It notes the safe entry route for American liners once a week despite the zone.
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Germany
Contempt Hearing In Bowser Treasurer Case
Treasurer A H Shaffer must appear before Judge F Bowser in Huntington circuit court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to pay the Henry Beaver claim of 12000 against Huntington county. Attorneys filed motions to strike service and to specify the complaint as the hearing opened with further motions expected all day. The hearing, in the grand jury room, stems from long running litigation over the Beaver claim and related injunction actions.
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A. H. Shaffer
F. §. Bowser
Warsaw
Huntington
Henry Beaver
Huntington County
Bowser
Shaffer
Claude Cline
C. K. Lucas
H. B. Spencer
Branyans
Mr. Shaffer
Ovid E. Eviston
Beaver
Anderson Potts
John Brumbaugh
Five Ships Sunk In Second Day Of Subsea War
Dispatches from London report five vessels sunk on the second day of German submarine warfare including the Spanish steamer Algorta and Belgian trawler Marcelle. In Europe activity remains limited with patrols and bombardments on the west front and a British raid near Guerdecourt yielding sixty prisoners. The French government to mobilize civilians ages 16 to 60 for national defense.
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Associated Press
London
Algorta
Hecla
Marcelle
Europe
West Front
Guerdecourt
Somme
Berlin
Solotvina
Brzezany
Galicia
Petrograd
Roumania
France
State Department not withholding passports over war law
The Associated Press reports the state department announced it will not refuse to issue passports because of the new war measures. The formal statement was released today in Washington, D C.
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Associated Presa
Washington
State Department
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