Congress prioritizes defense and revenue as end of term nears
Administration leaders push rapid passage of revenue and naval bills and Army appropriation as Congress nears adjournment. Efforts center on measures related to national defense amid diplomatic strains with Germany. Futures include shippping control, railroad labor, and other urgent appropriations by March 4.
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Washington
Germany
Senate
House
Congress
Waithoe
Naval Affairs Committee
Shipping Board
Ias
All Nations Guardsmen Ordered to Quit Border
War department orders demobilization of border guard units with last troop train expected by March 7. General Funston to deploy nearly 60,000 regulars from Brownsville to Yuma while state troops retreat, a policy set long ago and not tied to the Germany crisis. About 638,000 guardsmen to be demobilized. officials deem border raids unlikely to recur.
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Washington
War Department
Funston
Brownsville
Yuma
Ariz
Baker
Germany
Munston
State Department
Army
Ambassador Fletcher Arrives in Mexico City
American Ambassador Monty P. Fletcher arrived in Mexico City and was greeted by Mexican Foreign Office officials General Caranza staff and a large delegation of government officials with a military escort. He thanked them for their courtesies during the journey.
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Mexico City
Monty P. Fletcher
Foreign Office
Caranza
Fletcher
Mexico
Secrecy Placed on Merchant Ship Destinations
Washington announces that during the crisis with Germany the government will stop publishing the destinations and manifests of merchant ships leaving American ports. No port, cargo, or voyage details will be made public by the government granting clearance.
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Washington
Germany
Governmet Ae
Troops Advance Against Cuban Rebels In Camaguey
Official reports say calm in Havana Pinar del Rio Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces. In Camaguey 800 troops landed and moved toward Central Stewart as two other columns totaling about 2 000 men converge. Jose Miguel Gomez is cited as leading rebel forces at Clengo de Avila.
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Havana
Pinar del Rio
Matanzas
Santa Clara
Camaguey
Aurelio Hevia
William J. Gonzales
Stewart
Clengo de Avila
Jose Miguel Gomez
Wilson and Cabinet Discuss Submarine Campaign Effects
President Wilson and the Cabinet reviewed the German submarine campaign and its impact on the United States. Arming merchant ships and port shipping disruption were key topics as officials weighed options and debated timing for decisive action.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
McAdoo
Germany
Yarrowdale
Austria
Turkey
British Claim Capture of Deutschland and U-boats
William Palmer, second engineer of the Mongolia, reports seeing the Deutschland and 186 other German submarines in Plymouth harbor. He claims the British captured 400 U-boats with 187 chained together in Plymouth harbor. Captain Koenig and the Deutschland crew are jailed.
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Baltimore
William ‘Palmer
Mongolia
Plymouth
England
Plymouth Harbor
Palmer
Koenig
Railroads pledge resources to government for war
In New York, eighteen railroads formed a National Defense committee, with President Fairfax Harrison of Southern Railway as chairman, to place their networks at the government’s disposal for wartime needs after a prior group was created to transport troops to the border.
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New York
United States
Wilson
National Defense
Fairfax Harrison
Southern Railway
U S Signals Readiness as Cuban Rebellion Spreads
Secretary Lansing warned that the United States would not recognize a government born of violence in Cuba and urged calm while ready to intervene if necessary. The Baker sale of 10 000 army fifes and 2 000 000 rounds to Cuba hastens shipment as revolts widen across provinces and volunteers surge.
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United States
Cuba
Washington
Lansing
Republic
Gonzales
Havana
State Department
War and Navy
Baker
United States Army
Count Von Bernstorff Departs for Home from New Jersey
Count Johann H. von Bernstorff former German ambassador to the United States sailed for home aboard the Scandinavian American liner Frederick VIII from Woboken N J with the Countess von Bernstorff and about two hundred German diplomatic and consular officials. The quiet departure marks the severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany and occurred without incident.
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Woboken, N. J
Johann H. von Bernstorff
United States
Frederick VIII
Countess von Bernstorff
Germany
Violations of Rights May Impel President to Act
Washington reports the steady rise of violations of American rights by Germany suggests President Wilson may seek congressional authority to protect lives and property. Officials say he will act deliberately, only when the consequences are fully understood, not before a serious disaster occurs.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Congress
Americans Held for Ransom by Villa Bandits in Mexico
Joze Ynez Salazar with his Villa command occupied Ojitos, an American-owned cattle ranch in Mexico, 456 miles southwest of the Corner Ranch. One American, a negro, is held for ransom, and three American Mormon cowboys captured in the raid are also believed held for ransom amid border affairs shifts.
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Il Paso
Tex
Joze Ynez Salazar
Ojitos
Mexico
Corner Ranch
Salazar
United States Rejects German Talks Over Submarine Warfare
Secretary Lansing said the United States will not discuss Germanys submarine campaign until Berlin renews its assurances of the May fourth note and acts on them. The note follows a German offer to negotiate via Swiss mediation if England’s blockade remains intact.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lansing
State Department
Department of State
Switzerland
England
P. Ritter
Revolution swept Mexico joins peace effort
Washington reports Mexico's de facto government entered talks as an international peace maker proposing a joint effort to end the European war. An identical note was sent to neutrals urging coordinated action, with a potential second step to halt all munitions exports if the effort fails.
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Washington
Mexico
German Sailors in Honolulu Released by Immigration Officials
Immigrant authorities released sailors from several German ships that sought refuge in Hawaiian waters. The action followed orders from Secretary of Labor Wilson. concurrently, charges against officers and men for alleged machinery destruction were dismissed at the U S district attorney's request.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian
Wilson
United States
Prohibition Takes Long Step Forward in Congress
In the Senate a Reed amendment to the postal bill would criminalize interstate liquor transport into prohibition states and bar liquor ads from the mails in anti advertising states. The measure, 45 to 11, risks ending action this session. the House also backs a prohibition constitutional amendment, with passage likely within a week as of the report.
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Washington
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Webb
Post Office
Reed
Missouri
Neutral ships to resume trips via Halifax soon
Neutral flag steamships detained since the German submarine policy will restart sailings if Halifax is used for examinations instead of Kirkwall. Negotiations with Britain are nearly complete as the Ryndam sails to Rotterdam via Halifax and Noordam may follow. Stockholm to Gothenburg via Halifax and Carlsholm freight ship also set to depart. Halifax pilots have been ordered to the port under Admiralty orders.
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New York
Halifax
Kirkwall
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Noordam
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Carlshold
Calrnholm
Three Americans Slain in Mexico Found Near Monument No 53
Lem Spillsbury, Pershing scout, found three bodies about 50 feet apart one mile west of International Monument No 53 near Hachita New Mexico. Victims identified as Andrew P Paterson Hugh Accord and Burton Jensen. Each had been shot in the head multiple times according to testimony.
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Hachita
N. M
Andrew P. Paterson
Hugh Accord
Burton Jensen
Lem Spillsbury
International Monument No. 53
Corner Ranch
Spillsbury
Narrowest Margin Determines Fifth District Race
Official returns from the Fifth district primary show W F Stevenson of Chesterfield and C N Sapp of Lancaster advancing to the general election. Sapp edges Butler by 32 votes, with Stevenson leading the field 3784 to 2009 and 1977 for Butler. total 10572. Paul G McCorkle of York nominated for term expiring March 4. ticketing sent for Stevenson and McCorkle and race tied by close Sapp Butler result.
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Columbia
D. m. Finley
W. F. Stevenson
Chesterfield
C. N. Sapp
Lancaster
Mr. Sapp
Mr. Stevenson
Col
T. B. Butler
Cherokee
Stevenson
Col. Butler
Paul G. McCorkle
York
McCorkle
State Democratic Executive Committee
H. B.chomas
R. B. Caldwell
Chester
I, . Campbell
T. Y. Williams
T. H. Ketchin
Fairfield
A. . Beattie
Kershaw
G. A. Guignari
Lexington
Wilie Jones
Richland
Thomas
Saturda
Columbia land bank organizes with new officers
The Columbia land bank appoints F. J. H. von Engelken as president and David A. Houston as treasurer with Louis I. Guion as vice president and Howard C. Arnold as secretary. S. C. Warner and Robert H. Welch named registrar and director as the federal farm loan board completes its temporary organization serving the Carolinas Georgia and Florida.
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Columbia
Columbia Land Bank
Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
F. J. H. von Engelken
East Pakaka
Fla
Mint
David A. Houston
Monroe
N. C
Louis I. Guion
Lugoff
Howard C.arnold
Greenville
8. C. Warner
Palatka
Robert H. Welch
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
von Engelkin
Houston
von Engelken
Columbia Bank
Welch
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