Collapse of Big Strike Predicted Amid Military Arrests
Reports from Amsterdam to London describe a broad German strike wave fading but with martial law spreading to Bremen and Heneelingen. Berlin police seized the trades union building. Deputy Jiversten and leaders were arrested as strikes spread to Munich mines and workers joined the movement.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Berliner Tageblatt
Jiversten
Bremen
Heneelingen
Vorwaerts
Dortmund
Nuremburg
Vayaria
Huns Plan Cruelties For American Prisoners In War News
Reports from the front describe German plans to cage prisoners for four days without food and to feed them sparingly afterward. The details appear in captured documents and aim to extract information. Quiet on the American sector persisted amid fog and minimal artillery. Washington reports indicate U S forces are in active combat and in front line trenches, with Pershing’s sector not yet formally permanent.
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Associated Press
France
Washington,d. C
War Department
Gen. Pershing
Rainbow
Spanish Cabinet to Protest Germany over Giralda sinking
The Spanish cabinet met under King Alfonso and agreed to file a strong protest with Germany demanding reparations for the sinking of the 4,900 ton steamer Giralda on January 26 after the crew reportedly plundered the vessel.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Alfonso
Germany
Spain
Giraldia
Iowa Germans Form Society to Beat Kaiser
Des Moines Iowa Associated Press Leaged Wire reports the German American Patriotic Association was formed with membership limited to United States citizens of German parentage. Its aim is to further American wartime interests against Kaiserism. The organization, the first of its kind in the country, was proposed by former Senator Lafayette Young of Des Moines and includes prominent Germans of Iowa heritage. Possible scope for expansion to other states.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Town State Council of National Defense
Peace Rumor Drives Big Stock Market Rise
Early trading on the New York market rose on peace rumors with around 1,010,000 shares traded in the first hour and potential for a top day. The activity drew professional operators and public buyers from the Midwest, with gains in rails, industrials, shipping, coppers, and many specialties driven by pools. O. S. Steel led as demand moved in single lots of 1,000 to 10,000 shares and Liberty issues showed clear strength.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson opposes war cabinet and munitions director
President Wilson, at a White House conference with about a dozen senators, reiterated his opposition to pending bills creating a super war cabinet and a director of munitions. He argued the measures would hamper war conduct and were unnecessary. After two hours the senators said they would defer any announcement to the White House.
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Associated Presa Lersed
Washington
White House
Wilson
Americans Held in Belgium by German Authorities
Five American nationals in Belgium were denied permission to depart for Holland by German authorities. The Spanish minister in Brussels relayed the report to the American minister in The Hague, who informed the State Department. An inquiry is underway into the detention, described as a possible retaliatory action. Also noted, a Philadelphia dispatch reports a train carrying forty two ton machines and ninety engineers leaving for Washington, with plans to join General Pershing in France.
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Belgium
Molland
Brussels
Hague
State Department
United States
Philadelphia
George Grays
Third Motor Truck Company
U. S. Engineers
General Pershing
France
Relief From Severe Cold is Promised
Des Moines Iowa February 1 relief from the two day cold wave arrived for many areas of the state with a forecast of near zero to 15 below at 8 a.m. but temperatures began rising afterward. Overnight lows ranged from 26 below at Charles City to 20 below at Waterloo while Des Moines reported 14 below. A weather bureau note said a broad warming trend would reach the region by Saturday.
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Des Moines
Towa
Federal Weather Bureau
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Waterloo
Northwest
Chicago
Porinces
Montana
Wyoming
Dalolas
Davenport
Denver
Duluth
Green Bay
Kansas City
Keoseulkt
Springfield, Il
Wichita
Peoria
Flood Waters Rise as Ohio River Surges
Associated Press dispatch reports the Ohio River exceeding sixty feet above danger level causing widespread privation in lowlands near Cincinnati. Winter weather hinders merchants from moving stored goods and relief efforts, while ice jams from Rising Sun Indiana to Madison Indiana persist. River experts warn relief cannot come until jams break. Memphis reports Jam at Richardson Landing releasing water, Mississippi River rising about three feet overnight with vessels along banks seeking sheltered spots.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Ind
Madison
Joe
Memphis
Tenn
Richardson
Mississippi River
69 000 Men in Naval Reserve
Annapolis February 11 United States naval reserve force now embraces 619 000 men and 7800 officers larger than the regular navy when war was declared and three times as large as in the Spanish American war Secretary Daniels declares today in addressing the special graduation class of 3100 reserve officers at the naval academy He calls the record wonderful and says the reserve's creation enabled many navy tasks He cites Franklin and Jones on war conduct and non combatant protection noting America views war as a tragedy.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
United States Naval Reserve Force
Daniels
Naval Academy
Benjamin Franklin
Navy
John Paul Jones
America
Germany
Franklin
Jones
Cloth Weavers Strike for Higher Wages in Philadelphia
Associated Press report from Philadelphia dated February 1 notes cloth weavers in fifty mills struck for wage increases. About 6,000 workers reportedly joined after a union meeting ordered the action, with several mills on government contracts. Workers seek a 15 percent raise in addition to a recent wage adjustment.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Cloth Weavers Union
Italian Forces Halt Austrians In Northern Italy
Italian troops gain swift advances west of the Brenta and on Monte di Val Bella, with enemy losses estimated at 5 000 to 6 000 dead and many prisoners. The effort boosted Italian morale as Sardinians and Sassari brigades led renewed assaults despite severe winter conditions and supply strains.
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Associated Press
Rome
Astago
Monte di Val Bella
Telago
Italy
Associated Presa
Brenta
Asiago
Sassari
Krlapneret
Embargo on Spain Tied to German Influence
The War Trade Board halted export licenses to Spain and detained five ships bound for Spain due to Madrid’s favorable stance toward Germany. Pershing sought 200,000 blankets in Spain for American troops and other merchandise, blocked amid suspected German influence. Additional measures against other neutrals are planned.
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Associated Press
Washington
Spain
Germany
United States
War Trade Board
General Pershing
Lenin Life In Jeopardy After Failed Assassination
Petrograd dispatch reports Premier Lenin narrowly escaped an assassination at the Smolny Institute when a student in uniform fired on his car. Lenin and companions were uninjured as guards protected him during the attack.
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Premier Lenine
London
Kebi
Lenine
Petrograd
Daily News
Smolny Institute
Red
Austria Sends Message to U S President Wilson
London february 1 a dispatch from Berne to the daily mail says count czernin the austro hungarian foreign minister has sent message after message to president wilson through private intermediaries.
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London
Berne
Daily Mail
Czernin
Wilson
Rebellion in Finland Fails and Revolt in Helsingfors
A Times despatch reports Finland’s unrest easing with guards disarmed and surrendering nationwide while Helsingfors remains under revolutionists control. The legitimate government is blocked from duties, religious activity paused, railways and food to be kept running. Bolshevik greetings and international recognition shifts noted alongside revolts in Tavastehus and Juveskyle.
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London
Ifel
Finland
Stockholm
Times
Radi
Helsingfors
A. Helsingfors
Befhp
Central Association of Officials
White Guard
Tavastehus
Nelsingfors
Juveskyle
Wreck injures several on Peoria bound passenger train
A passenger train leaving Peoria at 7 for Pekin derailed in the lower Peoria yards. At least four people were injured, one seriously, in the morning wreck reported from Peoria Illinois.
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Peoria
Ill
Pekin
Poles Battle Bolsheviks as Crimea Proclaims Republic
The Black Sea seizure of Romanian steamers and warships widens the split between Bolshevik and Romania while Crimean Tatars form an autonomous republic. Polish legion declares war on Bolsheviks amid fighting near Minsk and on the western front. Russian lines report revolts within Polish elements in the Bolshevik army.
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London
Ixiev
Minsk
Reuter
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Ottopovich
Bakhihisaral
Crimean
Crimea
More Warships Reach Vladivostok Amid War Turmoil
AP dispatches report five more en tente warships arriving at Vladivostok and note China's ban on food exports to Russia under allied guidance. Moscow cites Turkish peace proposals to the Trans-Caucasian council while talks continue on reviving shipping between Odessa with Constantinople and Galatz. Mussulmen forces in southern Russia and Crimea oppose the Bolsheviks, with 20 000 troops aiding the anti Bolshevik effort as the British embassy warns of protecting medaled subjects from disorder.
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Associated Press
London
Kfive
Vladivostok
Petrograd
China
Russia
Moscow
Odessa
Galatz
Crimea
Ukraine
Bolshevii
Weather Forecast Iowa Illinois Fair and Warmer
Iowa fair with rising temperatures tonight and Saturday partly cloudy and warmer. Illinois fair tonight with not quite so cold in the north portion, Saturday partly cloudy and warmer with a probable light show near Lake Michigan.
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Lake Michigan
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