Senate Debates Dobyns Bill and Lincoln Tribute in Indiana
In Indianapolis on February 12 the senate amended the Dobyns highway commission bill, sending it toward engrossment amid Lincoln memory tributes in both chambers. Speakers Reser Negley Thornton Hughton Harf touched the day as caucuses debated cost, governance, and the governor’s likely reaction while the house suffrage bill awaits third reading amid committee referrals.
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Indianapolis
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New Navy Guns Strike Out Bond Clause in Highway Bill
A Senate action removes a bond requirement guaranteeing road surfaces for ten years. Amendments by Senators Jackson Dorrell Reser Rutherford Chamber and Metzger affect highway funding district boundaries tax levies inspector presence and abutting property owner costs. A capital punishment bill failed on the floor.
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Maston
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Metzger
Chambers
Walker
Americans Held Prisoners in Germany After Yarrowdale Capture
Seventy two American sailors aboard the prize ship Yarrowdale are detained in Germany. Dr Paul Ritter, acting for the German government, said Germany would hold the prisoners until assurances German crews in American harbors would be treated similarly. Officials seek full details on German warships and merchantmen in American ports, with protests and a demand for release already prepared.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
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Westfalen
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Congress
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Lansing
Lansing urges Cubans to avoid new Cuban revolution
Washington reports Secretary Lansing sent a warning to Havana urging Cubans to await election results and honor courts. The State Department clarified no request for U.S. supervision was received and warned against forcible interference. It cited U.S. practice of accepting disputed results after legal processes.
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Washington
Havana
Lansing
Cuba
State Department
United States
Five British and one Greek steamer sunk by U boats
The Day's Toll lists five British ships and one Greek vessel among yesterday's U-boat toll. Nets: Netherless 4,227 tons Sallagh 3,811 tons Vasilissa Olga 1,400 tons Voltaire 409 tons Olivia 242 tons Lycia 2,715 tons. The Sallagh's engineer and two sailors were killed by gunfire.
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Sallagh
Vasilissa Olga
Lycia
Bernstorffs Farewell to Washington Friends
The Count and Countess von Bernstorff bid farewell to a large group of friends in Washington after eight years, with a stream of callers at the embassy. They plan to leave for New York tonight to sail home Wednesday aboard the Danish steamer Frederik VIII, as the Swiss minister has assumed Germany's interests here.
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Countess von Bernstorff
Germany
United States rejects German submarine talks during war
The United States refuses to discuss submarine warfare with Germany while the campaign continues. Secretary Lansing says negotiations are possible only if Germany renews the Sussex assurances and acts on them, viewing Germany’s proposal as insincere propaganda aimed at pressuring the United States. The note outlines the exchange via the Swiss minister and Ritter memorandum, and notes no other talks have occurred.
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Relief Commission Ordered From Belgium by Germans
Washington reports expulsion of the American relief commission for Belgium and northern France after 2 1/2 years of service. Hoover vows continued outside relief work while internal administration may pass to Dutch and Spaniards. Officials cite untenable position and impending transfer of Belgian relief duties.
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American Commission For Relief
Belgium
France
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London
Germany
Herbert C. Hoover
Bone
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