Germany to Treat Armed Merchantmen as Warships
Berlin reports Germany will issue a memorandum to neutrals declaring armed merchant ships of powers at war will be treated as warships. Austria plans a parallel note and Washington says armed Entente merchant ships will be sunk without warning starting March 1. Officials see this as a shift in submarine warfare policy.
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Berlin
Sayville
Germany
Alfred Zimmerman
Lansing
Ifo
Austria
London
Austria-Hungary
Washington
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Baron Zwiedinek
State Department
Davenport Saloon Men Perfect Appeal
Davenport Iowa February 11 The three Davenport saloon men who opened other places January 2 after the repeal of the Iowa liquor law as a test of prohibitory regulations have agreed that no permanent injunction should be issued against them in district court This eliminates a lower court hearing and allows an appeal directly to the state supreme court through the attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Fire Claims Life Of 75YearOld Mollie Thurman
Neighbors force entry to a burning Newton area home near Danville Illinois after smoke and flames erupt from a kitchen. They discover Mrs Mollie Thurman age 75 dead on the floor. investigators note clothing caught fire from a stove.
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Danville
Mollie Thurman
Newton
Note in Harmony With Our Stand
Berlin reports that Dr. Alfred Zimmermann said a German memorandum aligns with American proposals on submarine warfare and would take effect at month end. He spoke to American correspondents via London, noting the measure aims to place submarine warfare on a proper basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Alfred Zimmerman
Chamber outlines national defense and arbitration plan
The United States Chamber of Commerce closes its three day convention with resolutions urging wage arbitration in railroads and employees, ratification of a national defense program, universal military training, larger navy, and a national defense council to mobilize all resources. A pension referendum for federal civil service workers is proposed, along with constitutional amendments to veto disallowed appropriations. Secretary Daniels supports the navy program and merchant marine growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Council of National Defense
Daniels
Charles Nacel
Commerce and Labor
Army
Navy
Germans Recapture Neuville Craters In Artois Front
Berlin reports a large stretch of French trenches captured northwest of Vimy and Neuville Craters retaken after losses. Paris says French forces repulsed two German attacks near Neuville and Lavolie, with Germans holding only one crater. Bombardments continue along the front south of the Somme.
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London
Artois
France
Vimy
Berlin
Neuville
Teutons
Paris
Lavolie
Somme
Ship Purchase Bill Faces House Debate Over Subsidy Clause
Washington February 11 The house merchant marine committee heard opposing views on the administration ship purchase bill. Secretary Redfield supported the measure as written while W H Douglas of the Chamber of Commerce urged private subsidies over government operation of shipping.
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Washington
Merchant Marine Committee
House
Redfield
Department of Commerce
W. H. Douglas
United States Chamber of Commerce
President calls for scientific tariff board and merchant fleet
President Wilson told the Chamber of Commerce that America needs a real scientific tariff board and a robust merchant marine, urging immediate steps. He warned against delaying trade leadership and defended experimentation in ship delivery, while praising the Fed eral Reserve as a business safeguard amid war.
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Washington
Wilson
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
America
Tariff Board
Merchant Marine
Chamber
Return True Bills For Sixty One
San Francisco reports 61 indictments in the German bomb and shipping plot cases. Franz Bopp, Baron Von Schack, Baron Von Brincken, and others face general conspiracy charges for allegedly planning a military expedition against Canada from U S soil. Several associated figures and witnesses are named in the indictments.
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San Francisco
Franz Bopp
Baron E. H. von Schack
George Wilhelm von Brocken
Mr. Bopp
Baron von Schack
Baron von Brincken
Canada
United States
Charles Crowley
Margaret WW. Cornell
Crowley
Jeahnnes Hoenrykus von Koothergen
Canaan
Loms Fo Smith
Brandeis Associates in Rate Case Examined
Washington February 11 three men associated with Louis D Brandeis in interstate commerce rate cases were questioned by the Senate committee probing Brandeis nomination to the Supreme Court Tas W Carmack chief examiner IC C and Frank Lyon Pittsburgh Coal challenged Clifford Thome Iowa railroad commission statements about Brandeis conduct as counsel in the five per cent rate case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis D. Brandeis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Brandeis
Supreme Bench
Tas W. Carmark
Frank Lyon
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Clifford Thome
Iowa Railroad Comminssion
Battery Faults Responsible for The E-2 Disaster
New York reports that Edison Storage is blamed by Lieut. C W Nimitz for the E-2 submarine explosion at the navy yard which killed five. Nimitz said ventilation followed manufacturer directions but guidance was incomplete and a hydrogen detector was not provided. Edison countered that fault did not lie with them.
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New York
New York Navy Yard
Edison Storage Company
C. W. Nimitz
Charles M. Cooke
Naval Court of Inquiry
W. H. McGranh
Edison
Lieut. Nimitz
Lieut. Cooke
Edison Company
Lieut
Nimitz
German consul admits authorship of Papen letter
Dr. Paul Roh German consul in New Orleans told the Associated Press he wrote the letter read by British authorities from Captain Franz Von Papen. Roh said he admitted authorship to clear Baron Von Mevsenburg who has run a cotton business in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
von Papen
Falmouth
Paul Roh
Associated Press
Franz von Papen
Washington
Baron von Mersenburg
Dr. Roh
Baron von Mevsenburg
Coal operators and miners fail to reach wage agreement
In Mobile Alabama on February 11 operators and organized mine workers from western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois met to set a new wage scale. The run of mine pay demand was rejected by miners and the operators rejected a 10 percent per ton wage rise.
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Mobile
Ala
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Arrest Brakeman as Torch Suspect Near Midvale Plant
Michael Wallace a Chicago brakeman was arrested near the Midvale Chemical plant after a Thursday fire destroyed the facility. Police seized several suitcases at an address where he had been stopping but provided no details on their contents.
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Elizabeth
Michael Wallace
Chicago
Midvale Chemical Company
Wallace
Jacksonville Rate Case Settlement Hinted Next Week
The Public Utilities Commission of Tilireis received a petition by John J. Reeve of Jacksonville asking for a speedy determination of the Jacksonville rate case. He said settlement is hoped for next week, though no formal assurance was given.
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Jacksonville
Chicago
Public Utilities Commission of Tilireis
John J. Reeve
Garrison Shuns Comment On Resignation
New York February 11 Lindley M Garrison declined to discuss his resignation as secretary of war saying only that information must come from Washington He refused to say where he would go or how long he would stay The resignation surprised cabinet members and followed his decision not to speak in Washington on national defense
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New York
Lindley M. Garrison
Washington
Henry C. Breckenridge
Garrison
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
War Department
Wilson
Breckinridge
White House
Justice Lamar
Supreme Court
Mr. Garrison
Department
Congress
Naval Reserves To Participate In Summer Drill
A fleet of reserve battleships with naval reserve and militia from across the country will join summer maneuvers if Secretary Daniels plans are approved. An appropriation of 77000 is sought to cover traveling expenses for militiamen to join the mobilization.
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Washington
Naval Reserve
Naval
Atlantic
Pacific
Daniels
Congress
Great Lakes
Oregon
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Department
South Atlantic
Gulf
Train bandit pursued by posses in Cheyenne Wyoming
Two posses hunted a lone bandit eastbound on the Union Pacific line between Rock Springs and Green River after a railroad robbery. No trace found. A $1000 reward offered. About seventy dollars and a watch reported as loot. Deputies and railroad agents led the chase from Green River.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Otheir
Union Pacific
Rock Sprigs
Green River
Union Pacific Railroad
Sherife
Villa Pursuit Intensifies In Northwest Mexico
General Herrera orders Cisernos troops to move north and link with Madera forces to trap Francisco Villa. Villa is believed moving near Los Cruces and Santa Ana, with ranches burned in Babri cora Taneh. Rail towns from Juarez to Chihuahua City are strongly garrisoned as trains carry machine guns and troops toward the capital.
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EL Paso
Tex
Luis Herrera
Chihuahua City
Cisernos
Raihway
Chihuahua
Mimica
Madera
Francisco Villa
Villa
Los Cruces
Santa Ana
Santa Clara Ranch
Babricora Taneh
Juarez
New Levee Break May Prove Blessing
A new break in the Arkansas river levee south of Yancopin relieved pressure on Mississippi levees at Arkansas City as authorities rush to shore up flood defenses. The breach will slow the Mood flood and offset the force of water against the Illinois side, according to Terpessie bay levee board chair Ro Guibert.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas River
Yancopin
Arkansas City
Ro Guibert
Terpessie Bay Levee
Watiry
Messiseppt
Gilbert
Rannars City
Pindell Mentioned as War Secretary Candidate
Feb 1 Peorta Hi report says Henry Pindell publisher of the Peona Journal is strongly considered as a successor to Lindley M Garrison as secretary of war. Pindell, once named ambassador to Russia, declines to comment and plans to depart for Washington Saturday.
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Peorta, Hi
Henry
Pindell
Peona Journal
Lindley M Garrison
Washington
Russa
Resignations shake Wilson cabinet as Garrison quits
At the White House on Thursday night Secretary of War Lindley M. Garrison resigned after clashes with President Wilson over the continental army plan and Philippine independence timing. Assistant Secretary Breckenridge also resigned. Major General Hugh L. Scott becomes secretary of war ad interim.
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Washington
Lindley M. Garrison
Wilson
Congress
Breckenridge
Hugh L. Scott
Army
National Guard
Bitter fighting on Russ-Austrian front reported
Berlin says Russian forces attacked Austro Hungarian depots in Volhynia and along the East Galicia frontier with especially fierce actions in district of an Austrian infantry regiment. Russians were counted dead at position 26 and many captured after a strong counterattack near Taramopol.
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Berlin
Feb
Buv
Sayville
Rixsiins
Voltsnia
East Gallinia
Tarmopol
Honor Dead Statesman in Clarinda Funeral Rites
Clarinda business paused for an hour at 3 pm as funeral services were held for Col. W. P. Repburm former congressman who died Monday. The body lay in state at the Methodist church from 1 am to 3 pm with the G A R and Masonic order in charge of the rites.
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Clarinda
Col. W. P. Repburm
Methodist Church
G A. R and
Masonic Order
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National Chamber of Commerce
Neuville Craters
Need Scientific Tariff Board
Brandeis’ Associates
Continental Army
Bryan
Middle West
Justice McReynolds
W. J. Bryan
Naval Reserves
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