Germans Plan New Attack On Monastir and Salonika
London dispatch says Germany plans a large offensive on the left wing of the Allies with anticipated assaults toward Calais Dunkirk and Salonika. Field Marshal von Mackensen is at Monastir as Monte negrin forces join Serbs and fall back to Durazzo amid Balkan movement.
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Field Marshal von Mackensen
Monastir
Athens
London
This Morning
Frise
Ypres
Pinkelm Road
Calais
Dunkirk
Saloniki
Exchange
Dievegeli-Strumnitza
von Mackenzen
Durazzo
Berlin
Vienna
Oscieczko
Galicia
Col di Lana
Lugana
Rome
Albania
Earth Tremors Shake Schenectady Area Overnight
Two distinct earthquakes were felt in Schenectady and surrounding county at 11:25 p m with shaking houses and broken windows. The GE plant tremor caused speculation of an explosion while Saratoga Springs and nearby areas within 25 miles also felt the shock.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Saratoga Springs
Monument to Zeppelin Victims Proposed in Paris
The Petit Parisien proposes a public memorial in Paris to the victims of Zeppelin raids. The plan calls for the monument to stand in a square in the working class quarter that endured the heaviest losses.
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Paris
Petit. Parisien
Viscountess Maidstone Tries Mediation Between Drexels
The American beauty of London known as Viscountess Maidstone attempted to reconcile her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel of Philadelphia. Her efforts failed and a final decree for Mrs. Drexel is anticipated soon.
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Viscountess
Maidstone
London
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Rockefeller Foundation funds insane care surveys in 16 states
New York February 3. The Rockefeller Foundation has donated 22 800 dollars to survey care of the insane in sixteen states this year. Mentally ill societies have recently formed in Louisiana and will be organized this year in Texas and seven other states.
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New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Louisiana
Texas
Frost Predicted As Cold Spell Lingers In Local Area
The forecast calls for another frost despite a break in the cold spell. Clear conditions persist with fair and warmer weather expected Thursday night and Friday. A high pressure system moves east from the northwest while a low centralizes over Nevada, signaling gradual temperature rise soon.
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Wyoming
Dakotas
Gulf
Nevada
Weather Bureau
Local Forecast for San Antonio Area
Fair and warmer tonight and Friday with a likely frost tonight for San Antonio and vicinity. westerly winds slight and dry conditions.
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San Antonio
Weather Fronts For Tourists Across The Midwest And East
Forecasts from The Light show St Louis at 16 degrees with west wind and rising clouds. Chicago 10 degrees fair and cold with a 20 mile west wind. Milwaukee 4 below zero with cold, clear skies and west wind. St Paul 14 below with southwest wind and very cold trend. Kansas City 12 cloudy with north wind and continued cold. New York 24 degrees with snow and northwest wind. Washington 24 with northwest wind and colder conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Fair
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
Unprecedented Northwest Storm Paralyzes Oregon
Portland and much of Oregon faced the worst storm in the region’s history. Sleet and snow driven by high winds cut railroad service east, disrupted wires, and halted business and traffic. Telecommunication networks were severely damaged as trees bent under ice.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Spokane
Snowstorm Grips Pacific Northwest Strains Seattle
A severe snowstorm paralyses rail and city life across the Pacific Northwest. Seattle reports heavy roof collapses including St. James Cathedral causing about 75,000 dollars in damage.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
St. James Catholic
Villa feints as forces close in from east and south
Reported near Tule Francisco Villa with loot as 100 reinforcements move toward Bosque Bonito. Troops from Chihuahua, Juarez, Ojinaga and Guadalupé converge while Pershing orders border patrols and Urbina’s buried gold bullion tale surfaces.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Tule
Gallegos
Gavira
Juarez
Bosque Bonito
Villa
Mexico
Chihuahua
Villa Ahumada
Guzman
Thirteenth Cavalry
Sierra Blanca
Texas
John J. Pershing
Eighth Infantry
Fort Bliss
Here
Luis Herrera
Chihuahua City
Riojas
Ojinaga
Guadalupe and
Major Ortiz
Tomas Urbina
Las Nueves
Fierro
Santa Clara Ranch
Convicts Rescued as Arkansas Flood Threatens Levees
Three hundred black convicts faced drowning on Cummins Penal Farm levees but were saved and moved to Willys Camp. As the Arkansas river rose, 599 inmates were relocated to safety, while 190 remained in a Lakeview Camp stockade under rising water. Rescue efforts furthest below were aided by trains and local authorities.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cummins
Penitentiary Commission
Willys Camp
Lakeview Camp
Goree
Bailey
Associated Press
Iron Mountain
Oliphant
Newport
Pine Bluff
Lake Village
Gould Situation Critical as Rescue Efforts Stall
In Gould Arkansas on February 3, a rescue launch from Grady proved unavailable by noon. The Gould Southwestern railroad said trains could be brought within two and a half miles, with refugees to Star City via Grady. Seventy five Black refugees were rescued from a cotton seed warehouse and brought into town.
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Gould, Ark
Grady
Ark
Gould, Southwestern Railroad
Gould
Star City
Corpus Christi Temperature Returns To Normal
Corpus Christi Texas reports a return to normal temperatures after a cold spell earlier in the week with steady readings across the city.
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Corpus Normal
Corpus Christi
Tex
Colquitt Seeks 10 Learn Strength Here
Oscar B. Colquitt former governor and US senate candidate arrives in San Antonio for a state tour to gauge sentiment on his candidacy. He registers at the Gunter Hotel and holds talks with supporters, noting Culberson’s bid affects all in the race. He plans to press on through Texas, possibly visiting Houston before returning to Dallas.
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Oscar B. Colquitt
United States
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Culberson
Colquitt
George B. Taliaferro
Claude V. Birkhead
McDonald Meacham
Harris County
Claude Hudspeth
el Paso
Otto Wahrmund
Houston
Dallas
Military Service Act Set for Feb 10 Enactment
King George signed a proclamation in London fixing February 10 as the date the military service act comes into force. The royal action follows a privy council meeting where the act was approved for immediate effect.
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King George
London
George
Privy Council
Acebo Case to Jury in District Court Trial
The state and defense finished testimony in the Joe Acebo murder trial in District Court. Acebo claims self defense in the September killing of A Perez a Mexican. It was expected that closing arguments would finish that day and a jury would retire before night. Acebo drew attention as a principal in last year’s election fraud case in federal court.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Joe Acebo
A. Perez
Acebo
Levee Breach Floods White River Region and Railroad Loss
Reports from Helena Arkansas say the New Augusta levee on the White river failed last night flooding a large area. Five miles of Memphis branch railroad track washed out and three Black men drowned with another frozen to death at Mellwood.
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Helena
Ark
New Augusta
White River
Memphis
Tron Mountain
Mellwood
Golden Cargo Captured In Appam Seizure
Daniel Bacon of Elder-Dempster Company reports the British steamer Appam was captured by a new light-draft German cruiser with swift armed design. A convoy including a collier scout vessel accompanied the cruiser. About 150000 dollars in gold was taken from the ship's specie room while mails and cargo remained aboard.
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New York
Daniel Bacon
Elder-Dempster Company
Appam
Mr. Bacon
Appam Prisoners Freed as Landings Allowed for Most Aboard
Newport News report says all aboard the Appam except the officer and prize crew may land at will. Twelve British subjects held as alleged military prisoners are among those released. Dispute continues over the raider’s identity and how the capture occurred during the January voyage.
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Newport News
Appam
Hampton Roadg
Kiel Canal
Dakar
West Africa
Harrison
Aptam
Anpam
Clan MacTavish
Prizes debated as ApRam status questioned
Secretary Lansing says Apram remains a prize but its disposition hinges on the Hague Convention and the Prussian American treaty. Lieutenant Berge's refusal to land British seamen who were gunpointers on British merchant ships will be studied further.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
Apram
Berge
Kaiser Not Sick Denies Cancer Report
Berlin February 3. The Overseas News Agency rejects a spread that the German emperor was treated by an American doctor for a cancer in his larynx. It calls the report a malicious attempt to influence foreign opinion and says the emperor is moving from one battle line to another as a healthy man would.
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M. Sturmer
Russia
Novoe Vremya
Petrograd
Reuter
War Office
England
Berlin
Sayville
Election Fraud Convictions Upheld in Chicago Appeal
The United States Court of Appeals sustained the convictions of Donn M. Roberts former mayor of Terre Haute Indiana and ten co defendants found guilty of election frauds.
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Chicago
Donn M. Roberts
Terre Haute
Ind
United States District Court of Appeals
Made in U S A Exposition to Be Held in Washington
Mrs Genevieve Clark Thomson daughter of Speaker Champ Clark announces a mammoth Made in U S A exposition in Washington from May 238 to June 2 under the Woman s National Made in U S A League. Mrs Thomson heads the league executive committee and patrons include Mrs Thomas R Marshall Mrs Champ Clark wives of cabinet officers Mrs John Hays Hammond Mrs George Dewey and Mrs Thomas A Edison among others.
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Genevieve Clark
Thomson
Champ Clark
Washington
Woman's National
Thomas R. Marshall
John Hays Hammond
George Dewey
Thomas A. Edison
Italy to Increase Tax for War Funds
Italian finance minister FE Daneo said after completion of the third national loan subscriptions Italy will use indirect taxation to fund the war effort. He noted two billion lire already subscribed and up to three billion may be reached before February 10. he argued higher taxes curb extravagance and promote savings toward victory.
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Rome
Paris
Turin
FE. Daneo
Italy
Signor Daneo
Signor
Daneo
Sinking of Brindisi claims 242 lives near Albanian coast
Athens reports survivor Miss Marie Lamos recounts the Italian steamer Brindisi striking a mine two and a half miles off the Albanian shore on January 6. Of 384 aboard, 142 survived after reaching shore. Austrian aircraft then bombarded the survivors, killing about ten more.
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London
Brindisi
Adriatic Sea
Athens
Marie Lamos
Red Cross
Keating bill bans child labor in interstate trade passes House
The Keating bill to bar interstate commerce of goods made by child labor passed the House 337 to 46 and moves to the Senate. It imposes penalties for shipments of products by children under 16 in mines or quarries or under 14 in mills canneries workshops or factories. Night work or more than eight hours raises minimum age to 16 in that class. opposition mostly from the South.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Dress Ignites Burns at Midway Schoolhouse
An 11 year old girl Annie May McDaniel was fatally burned when her dress caught fire from a wood stove at Midway Schoolhouse two miles east of Lewisville Texas on February 3. Principal C Emory and teacher Laverne Knowlin suffered burns while trying to extinguish the blaze.
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Lewisville
Tex
Annie May McDaniel
Midway
Here
C. Emory
Laverne Knowlin
Dies Faces Back Home Pressure Over Preparedness
Beaumont Texas February 3 Congressman Martin Dies will hear from supporters back home as petitions opposing the president's preparedness policy spread through his district after his House speech against the Wilson defense plan. Hundreds of signatures already gathered.
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Beaumont
Tex
Martin Dies
House
Wilson
Dies
Secret Navy Code Lost From Hull Torpedo Boat Destroyer
A book containing the United States Navy secret code is missing from the torpedo boat destroyer Hull. Navy officials report court martial proceedings for Lt. Herbert A. Jones and Ensign Robert D. Kirkpatrick over joint possession of the book as Washington confirms actions. If the code cannot be recovered or destroyed unread by outsiders, a complete new system of secret communication may be required.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States Navy
Washington
Navy Department
Mare Island Navy Yard
Herbert A. Jones
Hull
Robert D. Kirkpatrick
Navy
Golf ball prices cut on approaching patent expiry
New York February 3 dealers lowered prices by 10 to 15 cents each on medium grade golf balls. The reduction is linked to the nearing expiration of the Haskell patent on April 11.
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New York
Coke Ovens Largest in World built at Clairton by U S Steel
Pittsburgh February 3 United States Steel Corporation plans to construct 1500 by products coke ovens at Clairton near Pittsburgh. The project costing about 15 million dollars will form the world largest group of ovens when finished.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Clairton
President Wilson praises American navy and world peace in St Louis
In St Louis President Wilson told a breakfast gathering the United States should maintain a powerful navy and stay out of war if possible. He urged mobilizing economic forces and creating a tariff board while praising Middle West patriotism and the nation’s peace with the world. The Coliseum crowd cheered as the president spoke and sang along to The Star Spangled Banner.
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ST. Louis
Wilson
America
United
Coliseum
Coors
Middle West
Washington
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U. S. A.” Exposition
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SRS
Thamas RR
Piarsmhalil
John Mays Hammond
Champa Clark
U.S. Navy
Mr. Wilson
St.louis
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