Gerard to Have Safe Departure
Berlin reports Ambassador Gerard will depart with a large staff. German authorities assure private telegrams and staff safety as passports are arranged. Bernstoff departure unsettled. no official word received. Berlin asks Gerard to sign a treaty reaffirming 1799 and 1898 accords for merchants resident in either country.
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Berlin
Savville
Gerard
United States
Pssports
Germany
Orther
Bernstorff
Deniht von R Bernstorff
Pel
London
James W. Gerard
Count Montgelas
Revenue Bill 10 Senate Caucus Revenue Bill 10
Washington February 9 The administration revenue bill designed to rate 270 million and authorize a bone issue of 100 million was nearly agreed upon by Democrats of the senate finance committee Efforts to cut the eight per cent excess profit tax on net incomes of partnerships and corporations failed The exemption of 5000 and eight per cent profit on investment is retained The committee agreed to amend the bill by adopting a two cent per pound tax on oleomargarine in place of ten cents a pound Dairy interests opposed the measure and will be given a hearing reduced inheritance taxes and munition excises as carried in the horse hill are retained
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Horse Hill
Officers Offer Convict Regiment for War Service
New York February 9 A regiment of convicts from the city jails and prisons totaling about 5000 inmates would be offered to the government if a call for volunteers arises. Commissioner Burdet G Lewis says the plan has been discussed with Major General Leonard Wood and parole would be paid upon enlistment in the convict regiment.
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New York
Burdett G. Lewis
Tle
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Mr. Lewis
Reward for Diver Prizes
Paris report states the French navy league opens a subscription to fund rewards for vessels that capture submarines with the league contributing 10,000 francs toward the effort.
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Paris
French Navy League
The
Navy League
California Sunk by Torpedo Off Irish Coast in Nine Minutes
The British steamer California, an Anchor Line liner bound from New York to Glasgow, was torpedoed off the Irish coast at nine o'clock Wednesday morning and sank in nine minutes with 41 lives lost. Five were killed by the explosion and 36 drowned. one American survivor reported. The ship carried a 4.7 gun and had practiced drills. lifeboats were launched as water poured through a gaping wound. Local townspeople aided survivors as Red Cross units cared for the injured. Captain Henderson and officers remained aboard until sinking. several chief and junior officers were missing.
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London
California
New York
Glasgow
S. O
Red Cross
Bridge
Henderson
Smith
Cunningham
Sampson
Four Years to Destroy All Ships
Washington reports Germany’s submarine campaign could wipe out a massive share of world merchant tonnage. Officials estimate nearly a million tons sunk monthly, potentially four years to destroy about 48 million tons. Lloyds tallies 34,600 tons sunk on Feb 5–7.
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Washington
Germany
Warfar
British Isles
Lloyd’s
United States
Umerican
Europe
Great Britain
American
British pledge safe conduct for former German ambassador
London reports Count Bernstorff, once Germany's ambassador to the United States, will be granted safe conduct within Britain’s power. Foreign Office announced after a Balfour Page meeting, with both sides non committal. Britain could not guarantee protection against his own countrymen.
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London
Count Bernstorff
United States
Foreign Office
A.F. Balfour
Ambassador Page
Balfour
Washington
Great Britain
France authorizes loan to allies in world war effort
Paris reports the chamber of deputies authorized the finance minister to lend 1.5 billion francs to the entente and friendly nations, in addition to 2.3 billion previously advanced. Deputy Emile Constant asked who the friendly nations were. the finance minister declined to identify them, citing confidentiality.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Emile Constant
Three Sea Disasters Reported
Lloyd's agency reports the British steamer Vedamore sunk with crew landed. Four Jamaican sailors aboard Vedamore were shipped from Anchorage in Baltimore. Lloyd's also states the Saxonian tank steamer Yvonne trawler and Bangpuhlis schooner were sunk, with the Saxonian leaving New Orleans January 16 for Queenstown.
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London
Lloyd's Agency
Baltimore
Anchorage
Jamaica
Lloyd's
Yvonne
New Orleans
Queenstown
Leaks Quashed As Mrs Visconti Testifies In Inquiry
Washington February 9 The so called leak in quiry saw its promised sensation fade when Ruth Visconti testified to the investigating committee saying her information came from remarks by Price's young daughter Price denies profiting from the rumor and says it may have begun from chance observations by his family A crowded committee room heard the testimony and an New York hearing will review brokerage records after this session Lawson visited the room briefly and left as Visconti testified without naming her informant
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Washington
Ruth Thomason Visconti
Thomas W. Lawson
Mrs. Visconti
New York
Embargo on Chicago Freight Probed by Commerce Board
William L. O. Connell chairs a telegram to the Interstate Commerce Commission urging an investigation into an embargo on freight to and from the Chicago district. The aim is to ease a threatened coal famine. State utilities investigators probe railroad yards to see if railroads are delivering coal promptly.
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Chicago
William L. O. Connell
State Utilities Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Board
State Utilities Board
Campaign under way as U S weighs response to German threat
Washington reports a growing crisis as Germany presses submarine campaign. President Wilson seeks authority to act if needed, while reports of torpedoing of the California and the Turino sinkings raise tensions. Safe conducts for German diplomats are discussed and neutrality protests mount.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Congress
California
United States
Turino
George Washington
State Department
State
War and Navy Department
Lansing
Baker
1Iniels
Gerard
von Bernstorff
Great Britain
France
Berlin
England
Falmouth
Halifax
High Seas
Copenhagen
Friend of Lincoln Dies in Kansas City
Judge Samuel Parks aged 96 in Kansas City dies after claiming to be Indiana University’s oldest living graduate. He maintained an intimate friendship with Abraham Lincoln and displayed letters from the martyred president addressed to Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Samuel ©. Parks
Indiana University
Wisconsin Pledges Loyalty to Wilson in War Crisis
Madison Wisconsin February 9 the lower house adopted a resolution declaring the people of Wisconsin oppose war but pledge loyalty to any action President Wilson may take. The senate had endorsed Wilsons severing relations with Germany but the house rejected that resolution.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wilson
Germany
Senate
House
Sea Lord von Cappelle Leads German Submarine War
Admiral von Cappelle serves as minister of marine in the German cabinet and directs the deployment of submarines in the ruthless new conflict.
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Admiral von Cappelle
Treaty of 1828 with Prussians
Washington reports the 1828 Prussian treaty articles cited in the Gerard case. Article 23 allows nine months for merchants in enemy states to settle debts and depart, with both nations preserving all prior articles. Article 12 preserves neutral commerce, allowing free navigation and free goods on neutral vessels during war, with no interruption to neutral rights.
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Washington
Gerard
Forse
Umbrella Mike Boyle Paid to Keep Peace on Chicago Skyscraper
Chicago, Feb 9 Twenty thousand dollars was paid to Michael J. Boyle by Horace F. Hill to maintain peace among workmen on a Chicago skyscraper under construction. The payment, part of a government case against four business agents of the electrical workers union and eleven Chicago manufacturers, seeks to curb a boycott of goods not made by local firms in violation of the Sherman act. Ell testified that Boyle initially demanded 30 thousand but settled at 20 thousand, with 5 thousand installments and a final 10 thousand, all in currency.
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Chicago
Michael J
Mike”) Boyle
Horace F. Hill
Chicago Telephone Company
Fill
Electrical Workers’ Union
Ell
Boyle
Tie
Demand War Referendum Calls Mass Meeting in Washington
At a special meeting of the emergency peace federation members decided to hold a mass meeting in Washington on Monday to demand a referendum before a declaration of war.
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New York
Emergency Peace Federation
Washington
Navy shipyards race to speed war production
Washington reports rapid construction at Newport News Fore River and Electric Boat, with double crews on two battleships and plans to accelerate destroyers submarines. Officials say private plants may be commandeered as war needs rise, while many industries volunteer staff and facilities to support munitions and shipbuilding efforts.
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Washington
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Electric Boat Company
Newport News Company
Daniels
Apna
Newport News
Fort River
Electric Boat
Navy Department
Wilson
Baker
Navy
Used steamer as refuge ship in war zone report
Survivors from the Norwegian singing vessel Songel and the Furness liner Turino describe a German submarine using an armed Italian steamer as a temporary refuge for crews of sunken ships. After two days the rescued were transferred to the British steamer Penmount, while the sunk captains and crews remained missing.
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London
Songel
Furness
Turino
Hor
Songelya
Turing
Penmount
Smails
Hlollinside
Death of Austro-Hungarian Navy Chief Rear Admiral Oskar Hansa
London reports the death of Rear Admiral Oskar Hansa commander in chief of the Austro-Hungarian navy from precummonia. The summary notes the ill fated illness and official confirmation in February.
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London
Vienna
Oskar Hansa
American Fireman Killed Aboard Turine In London
A report to the American embassy says George Washington an American Negro fireman aboard the Turine was killed. Calvin Bay of Fillmore Utah is a survivor. Washington was one of three firemen killed. his wife is in Liverpool and the embassy is seeking her.
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London
Turine
George Washington
Calvin Bay
Fillmore
Utah
Washington
Liverpool
Sweden Rejects Wilson Plan For Joint Neutrality Split
Sweden rejects President Wilsons suggestion that neutral nations join the United States in severing diplomatic relations with Germany. The royal government reiterates strict impartial neutrality and outlines its efforts to uphold international law. Dutch Premier Vandeninden discusses submarine policy and Holland’s continued adherence to international law amid wartime tensions.
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Stockholm
London
Wilson
United States
Germany
Sweden
K. A. Waltenberg
Ira Neilson Morris
Mr. Morris
German air raids reported on Allied lines by Overseas News Agency
Berlin reports say German air squadron conducted raids along Allied lines. One night raid on Feb 4 dropped 1500 kilograms of explosives on Albert Amiens and Aveluy stations and 250 airgrams on camps and stations at multiple points. Four machines were shot down in air engagements with flames on the Macedonian front near Monastir.
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Berlin
Whieless
Sayville
Overseas
Albert
Amiens
Aveluy
Macedocian Front
Monastir
Austria's Attitude Remains Unchanged
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam quotes Austrian newspapers stating no change in the US Austria Hungary situation up to Wednesday. It reports Foreign Minister Count Cgernin held a conference with U.S. Ambassador Frederick C. Penfield, and notes Austrian papers avoid conjecture.
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London
Reuter’s
Amsterdam
United States
Austria-Hungary
Count Cgernin
Préderic C. Penfield
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