California Sunk by German Submarine in War Zone
Washington reports the British liner California torpedoed off Ireland with 162 survivors and 41 missing. An American aboard is among the rescued as the United States weighs entry into war, with officials noting rights to traverse high seas and the push to arm ships if owners choose.
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Associated Press
Washington
California
Frost Queenstown
New York
British Isles
Ake
Gaid
Ireland
Nenstown
Amer Azul
Consul List
Queenstown
United States
Wilson
Consult
Fornia
Amert
Jim
Disr
Queensah
John A. Lee Montgomery
Ala
Uding
Consul Frost
Lansing
State Department
High Seas
Germany
England
Lloyds
Treasury Department
Standard Oil Company
Navy Department
Charge Zwiedinek
Vienna
Austria
Ihs
Neutral ships may arm for protection
New York February announcement says the sailing of American line steamships St. Louis and St. Paul in port has been indefinitely postponed. P A S Franklin, president of the International Mercantile Marine, stated the move.
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New York
American Line
St. Louis
St. Paul
P. A
Franklin
International Mercantile Me
Brazil to hold Germany responsible for submarine policy
Brazil plans to declare it will hold Germany responsible for consequences of its submarine policy while hoping relations can be maintained and diplomatic ties not broken.
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Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Germany
Open New Street Believes Traffic Eases City Growth
City Council inaugurated a project to open St Anne Allo from Jackson to Hall Street creating a sixty foot thoroughfare from the Quachita Nationa Bank building on 8 John Street to the W P freight depot Harrisor Street. Traffic now congested on DeSford Street would benefit from the relief and accommodate future growth.
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St. Anne Allo
Jackson Street
Hall Street
Harrisor Street
Quachita Nationa Bank
John Street
Ot DeSford Street
Time Limit Extended for 1917 Auto Licenses in Louisiana
Baton Rouge reports Secretary of State James J. Bailey extends the deadline for 1917 auto licenses to February 15. Many owners have not paid. delinquent status follows after February 1. Charles Batley notes about 13,000 paid, $80,000 collected, with ~25,000 expected. unlicensed owners risk prosecution when books close February 18.
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Baton Rouge
James J. Bailey
Barnley
Charles Batley
Automobile
Batley
City to vote on $612,000 bond issue for improvements
City Council after reviewing Engineer Walter G. Kirkpatrick’s plan calls an election for March 20, 1917 to issue $612,000 in bonds. Funds would cover surface drainage sanitary sewers water works street paving two new elementary schools debt retirement with no tax increase overall. The plan includes a detailed breakdown and a future tax impact.
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Walter G. Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
News- Star
Seige Guns to Protect Forts From West Point to New York
All six inch seige guns from West Point have been shipped to New York for fort protection. The transfer supports defense of the metropolis as authorities mobilize artillery assets for the fort front. Units and crews are prepared to deploy upon arrival.
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West Point
New York
Metropolic
Sinking of British and Swedish steamers reported by Lloyds
Lloyds reports the sinking of the British steamers Boyne Castle Turino and Dauntless and the Swedish steamer Waring. A number of people perished on the Dauntless.
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London
Lloyds
Boyne Castle
Turino
Waring
Sixty Vessels Sunk In Eight Days Reported
An Associated Press summary from New York notes sixty vessels sunk by German submarines and mines from February 1 to this morning. Thirty-three were British, five Entente ships, one American, and twenty-one other neutrals.
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Ansociated
New York
Winter Carnival Opens at Dartmouth College
The Dartmouth Winter Carnival in Hanover New Hampshire formally opened and runs through the week with hockey skating ski jumping snowshoe races tobogganing and other winter sports. Competitors arrive from Canadian universities and leading Eastern colleges as fraternities host open houses receptions concerts dinners and dances throughout the event.
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Dartmouth
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Safe Passage Granted for German Ambassador and Staff
Notice from Washington states Great Britain has granted safe passage for Ambassador Von Bernstaf and staff, received by the State Department. The report creates an official record of this diplomatic clearance amid wartime correspondence and consular movements.
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Washington
Feb
Fritian
von Bern
Starff
Shute Department
Guardsmen Join Reg Army as Louisiana units send recruits
Baton Rouge Feb 8 Despite limited infantry recruitment in the Louisiana National Guard many guardsmen have enlisted in the regular army. Over 70 infantry veterans joined since deployment. No orders yet to muster out militia. Washington artillery and field hospital batallions at McAllen Texas expected home by Feb 20, possibly remain in federal service.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana National Guard
United States Army
McCrory
Louisiana
Louisiens Bays
Washington Artillery
Field Hospital Corps
State Guard
McAlen
Texas
B. Hodges
Us&s A
New Orleans
Leak investigators make slow progress
Ruth Visconti refused to disclose to investigators who provided her information for a report to Tom Lawson claiming Secretary Tumulty and others profited in the stock market on the leak. She later wrote a name on paper with plans for possible public release. W. W. Price testified he spoke with Lawson as the intermediary between the women and Tumulty but had no talks with Tumulty about the noted period.
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Preas
Washington
Fel. S
Mre
Ruth Visconti
Eccumites
Tom Lawson
Tumulty
W. W. Price
Lawson
Germany to free Ambassador Gerard and Americans from Germany
The Copenhagen Politiken reports Germany will require guarantees that Ambassador von Bernstorff and the German crew in American ports may depart the United States before allowing Ambassador Gerard and other Americans to leave Germany. The information came in a telegram from Ambassador Gerard to the U S legation in Copenhagen.
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Associated Bross
London
Germany
von Bernstorff
United States
Gerard
Copenhagen Politiken
Copenhagen
United States Treads War Path as German Submarine War Escalates
Washington reports say Germany furiously pursues submarine warfare and risks an overt act that could drive the U. S. toward war. President Wilson awaits fuller details after the California sinking while consular reports note Eve ston e’s destruction. France grants safe passage to Von Bernstorff as Britain weighs steps.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Germany
Wilson
California
Frost
Evestone
Netherlands
France
von Bernstroff
England
Americans Held in Germany Over Ship Incident
Washington reports Ambassador Gerard and the American consuls and sailors aboard the Yarradale are detained in Germany while assurances are sought for safe departure of German officials and ships in American ports. Officials attribute the action to a factual misunderstanding as signals of ship seizures circulate.
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Germany
Washington
Gerard
Yarradale
von Bernstroff
State Department
Amaassador
Berlin
Willard
Madrid
Berne
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