Wires for U S Stand on American Line Ships
P A Franklin requests definite instructions from Secretary Lansing on future movements of the American line steamships. The St Louis, now in port, is booking passengers for Liverpool with new sailings planned unless Washington instructs otherwise. A telegram outlines that these ships carry American citizens and cargo compliant with war risk bureau rules, while faulting Germany over Falmouth as a destination port. preparations to sail St Louis proceed.
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American Line
Lansing
State Department
P. A. Franklin
International Mercantile Marine
St. Louis
Liverpool
Franklin
Washington
St -Louis
United States War Risk Bureau
Government
War Risk Bureau
Philadelphia
Finland
Kroonland
Germany
Falmouth
Revenue Bill Passed by House Amid Debate
The administration revenue bill, meant to cover next year’s treasury deficit, passed the House 211 to 196. It heads to the Senate in a few days. Republicans opposed it, joined by the Progressives, London, Bovialist, and four Democrats Caldwell New York Callaway Texas Coughton Page North Carolina. Democratic support came from Kent California and Randall California. The measure would raise about 256 million dollars via increased inheritance taxes and an 8 percent tax on net incomes over 5,000, plus an 8 percent profit on investments, and authorize 100 million in bonds for Danish West Indies purchase, Alaska railroad costs, and other permanent investments.
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Senate
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Callaway
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Page
North Carolina
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California
Randall
Prohibition
Germany sets out submarine war aims to neutrals
A second memorandum from Berlin, released by the U S State Department, argues that Allied note refusals and attempts to dictate terms justify Germany's resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. It states neutrals will be sunk in a defined zone near Britain, France, Italy and the eastern Mediterranean after February 1 1917, as a step toward a hoped end to the war. The document appeals for U S understanding of Germany's position and seeks to force a swift peace.
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State Department
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Wilson
Senate
Count von Bernstorff
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Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Entente Alles
United States
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France
Italy
Mediterranean
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Gerard
Col. E. M. House
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Lansing
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Burleson
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Thieatny
Wilson's veto overridden by House in immigration vote
Washington Feb 2 President Wilson's veto of the literacy test immigration bill was overridden in the House 286 to 106. The measure had passed the Senate 64 to 7 and faces an expected override fight. Illinois Democrats split. Republicans largely opposed the veto, with 11 of 16 Republicans voting to reject the president.
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Senate
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White House
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Taft
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Kitchin
Ilinois
Buchanan
Rainey
Tavenner
Claude Stone
Peoria
Martin D. Foster
Olney
Chiperfield
T. S. Williams
Louisville
Britten
Cannon
Madden
Amethyst Attacked by Raider in South Atlantic
Buenos Aires reports the British cruiser Amethyst, part of a squadron hunting German raiders in the south Atlantic, was attacked by a submarine but repelled the strike. The ship later touched Pernambuco for repairs.
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Amethyst
South Atlantic
Pernambuco
Journal
Pequeno
All Loyal Now Plea Of Hughes
Charles Hughes, guest of honor at a New York Brown University alumni dinner, urged unwavering loyalty to the administration. He led the diners in the Star Spangled Banner and stressed unity, duty, and calm actions to uphold American rights and national honor amid a difficult crisis.
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Charles and Hughes
Brown
Mr. Hughes
Whitman pardons hunger striker in birth control case
Mrs. Ethel Byrne, serving a thirty day sentence on Ward’s Island for spreading birth control propaganda, was pardoned by Gov. Whitman. A group of women including Mrs. Sanger and Mrs. Pinchot urged clemency at a hotel before the governor. Byrne began her sentence with a hunger strike and has been fed by the prison authorities.
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Ethel Days
Sckwell's Island
Byrne
Pris
Sanger
Oregon antialien land bill not expected to pass
Salem Oregon February 2 The anti alien land bill targeting Japanese Chinese and Hindus to disallow land ownership or long term leases will not be passed by the legislature it is believed here.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon
Kansas Woman Acquitted in Husband's Murder Case
E Kansas Woman Acquitted. Mrs. M Bushong of USWORTHS Kan was cleared by a jury after her trial for complicity in the murder of her husband. The case centered on alleged involvement with her spouse and another defendant, with the jury finding her not guilty.
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Uswortihs
Kan
M- Bushong
Ald Turner
Congress Faces Grave World War Tensions
Washington reports a tense Capitol atmosphere as Congress pushes to clear the calendar amid Germany's ruthless submarine warfare. Major figures like Lodge and McCumber urge unity and prudence, while rumors grow that President Wilson may address Congress in joint session.
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Congress
Germany
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House
Kitchin
Unity Kitchin
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McCumber
Wilson
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Senator Stons
St. Louis
Senator Lodge
United States
German freighter Liebenfels sinks near Charleston harbor
Federal officers probe the sinking of the German freighter Liebenfels which settled to the harbor bottom in about 30 feet of water. Captain Klattenhof offered no details, first officer Lubken slept through the incident, and Collector Peters along with War ing discuss the case before a thorough report is prepared. Cecilia offered aid but was declined.
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D. C
Liebenfels
Klattenhof
J. Lubken
Fred C. Peters
Customis
Peters
United States District Attorney
Waring
Treasury Department
Washington
Tue Cecilia
State Department Tightens Passport Rules After Arrest
Washington February 2 Officials announced tightened passport regulations following the arrest of alleged German Captain Hans Boehm of Falmouth England who used a passport listing J L Thresher of Georgia. The move aims to require unmistakable identity for all applicants and has no relation to Germany suspicions.
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State Department
Hans Boehm
Falmouth
England
J. L. Thresher
Georgia
Germany
Not Guilty Verdict In Alpine Wife Killing Case
A jury in Free, Texas found Harry J. Spanell not guilty after less than two hours of deliberation in the July killing of his wife Crystal Hol land Spanell. Spanell sobbed in his cell as the verdict was read and faces another charge in the killing of Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler, with venue switched to Coleman county. the Butler case may be heard in May.
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Tex
Harry J. Spanell
Alpine
Texas
Crystal Holland Spanell
Spanell
Crystal
Duboise
M. C. Butler
Coleman County
Col. Butler
Sixth Cavalry
U.S. A
Union Boycott Bared In Trial
In Chicago on February 2 Benjamin J. Rosenthal testified he paid 3600 dollars to a union business agent to install a Philadelphia made switchboard in his state street skyscraper. Witnesses described a conspiracy to boycott outside Chicago electrical equipment under Sherman antitrust law. Rosenthal said he refused to cancel the contract, fearing union labor would force a strike, and eventually paid 3000 dollars after a firm demand. Julius Goettsch was among key government witnesses.
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Rosenthal
Philadelphia
International Electrical Union
Focal
International
Jr. McNally
Michael J
Umbrella) Boyle
Julius Goettsch
Davenport
Town
Building collapse after gas explosion rocks Chicago Ghetto
A three story building collapse in the Ghetto District of Chicago after a gas explosion left more than a score feared buried. Police removed one body and six injured others from the ruins as investigators probe cause. rubble devastated a tenement area housing over ten families.
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Chicago
Judge Takes Jewels to Pay Off Creditors
In Chicago on February 2, Federal Judge K M Landis ordered two women to surrender jewelry valued at about 1200 dollars for the creditors of William M Tripp, an advertising salesman who filed for bankruptcy. Each woman admitted the trinkets came from Tripp and delivered them to the judge.
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K. M. Landis
William M. Tripp
Topp
Wilson Seeks Policy As US Quietly Prepares Note
Washington notes the president’s course on Germany’s submarine war remain undecided with few in his circle informed. Secretary Lansing drives preparations and avoids public comment as officials expect a formal US move possibly involving severing relations.
German Raider Reported Sunk in British Action
Newsrooms report the German raider has been sunk in an engagement with a British squadron near Rio de Janeiro. The British cruiser Amethyst is said to have been involved, with reports of a submarine clash as part of the action.
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Amethyst
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