Texas House Deliberates on Woman Suffrage Measure
In Austin on February 6 the Texas House held suffrage debate as Baker of Hood proposed submitting a constitutional amendment enabling women to vote. Speakers for and against argued discovery, dignity and home roles, with anticipated defeat and no immediate action on other measures.
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Austin
Tex
Baker
Hood County
Canales
Texas
South
Mendell
Bryan
Midland County
Bagby
White House
Blackman
Beard
Harris County
House
Jess
Petty
Yantis
Denton
Thomason
el Paso
Barry
Miller
Stanley Beard
George B. Terrell
Switzerland Refuses to Join America in Break with Germany
Washington reports that Switzerland will not accept President Wilson’s call for neutrals to sever relations with Germany. Spain also signals it will not fully break with Germany, preserving its neutral stance as a potential mediator. King Alfonso's desire for peace advances Spain as the prime intermediary while an American-Austrian rupture looms.
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Washington, D. C
Switzerland
Wilson
United States
Germany
Spain
Riano
State Department
Austria
Alfonso
Swiss council debates Wilson note on German issue
Geneva reports the Swiss federal council discussed President Wilson’s invitation to join the United States in acting against Germany. Switzerland’s reply was telegraphed to Washington. The Swiss Telegraphic Agency says taking charge of German and Austrian interests in the U S is premature though likely. The Journal de Geneve notes Switzerland’s engagements differ from America’s and urges strong protest to Berlin and Vienna while cautioning against breaking neutrality.
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Geneva
Paris
Wilson
United States
Germany
Federal Council
Washington
Swiss Telegraphic Agency
Switzerland
Council
Journal de Geneve
America
Berlin
Vienna
Switzerland Declines to Depart From Neutrality Policy
Berne reports Switzerland in reply to President Wilson will maintain strict neutrality as a vital principle of policy.
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Berne
Paris
Switzerland
Wilson
Guardsmen Join Army in Helena Dispatch
Troop A Montana cavalry en route from the Mexican border now numbers 35 men and three officers. Fifty of the 85 men who went to the border have joined the regular army, according to Adjutant General Phil Greenan.
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Helena
Mont
Montana Cavalry
Phil Greenan
San Antonio Weather Tonight Through Wednesday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer overnight temperatures and a higher chance of rain or storms.
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San Antonio
Weather outlooks for major cities from The Light
Tourists receive city by city forecasts with temperatures ranging from 2 below in Milwaukee to 32 in Kansas City. Wind speeds from southwest to northwest and chances of snow noted alongside cloudy or clear conditions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Navy yards and armor plants gird for wartime effort
Philadelphia reports a broad mobilization as navy yards and armories increase security and shift to three shifts. Ships of the Atlantic reserve fleet prepare for immediate service and the old battleship Ohio may get gyroscopes to stabilize heavy seas. The Pennsylvania Woman Division of National Preparedness offers its support.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
National Guard
Stewart
Navy Yards
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Pennsylvania Woman Division of National Preparedness
Plans for Defense Grow Across War Organizations
In New York Feb 6 a busy week unfolds as defense and peace groups push universal military service. The National Security League backs Wilson and universal service while mayoral committee chiefs urge federal control and citizen army mobilization. Socialist keep us out of war gatherings begin, and US Rubber Co pledges resources to support the government.
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New York
National Security League
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Navy League
American Defense Society
The
Military Training Camps Association
Universal Military Training League
National Guard
Socialist Party
United States Rubber Company
Submission Up Friday in House for Final Vote
Austin reports the House will take up final passage Friday morning with a bone dry resolution supported by former submissionists. A new bone dry measure is expected later in the week as several former supporters oppose the committee resolution.
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Austin
Tex
Robbers Escape With 3000 From Chicago Dairy Branch
Five robbers entered the Bowman Dairy Company Lake View branch on North Berteau avenue beat and bound three employees before blowing a safe and fleeing with more than 3000 dollars.
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Chicago
Lake View
Bowman Dairy Company
Berteau Avenue
German Ships at Honolulu Wrecked by Crew Action
Nine German merchant vessels tied up near Hawaii have had engines and boilers disabled by their crews. Captured crews from Pommern and Prinz Waldemar are taken into custody while crews of seven other ships remain at the immigration station awaiting removal to Pearl Harbor naval base. request sent to Washington.
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Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Pommern
Naval Base
Pearl Harbor
Washington
Loss of Merchantmen in January Exceeds Any Prior Month
New York February 6 report from the Journal of Commerce shows January wrecks totaling 336,997 gross tons across 154 vessels. The war toll reaches 4,368,766 gross tons and 2,361 ships, with British losses leading at 2,668,317 tons. United States losses amount to 24,558 tons across ten ships. Entente losses comprise 73 percent of the total. Teutonic 20 percent.
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New York
The
Journal of Commerce
United States
Entente
Teutonic
Republicans Urge Submarine Fleet Expansion Bill
Republican senators backed Senator Poindexter’s plan for immediate construction of 20 fleets and 80 coast submarines at 4 million dollars. The measure would fund navy yards to build six Pacific coast boats and 25 coast subs, with action pending in the naval committee.
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Washington
Poindexter
Navy
Pacific Coast
Naval Committee
Senate
House
Padgett
House Committee
Florida Cold Costs Millions in Crop Freeze
Florida fruit and vegetable growers face millions in losses from a cold spell over the weekend. Early estimates show at least 75 percent of vegetables wiped out and many citrus trees killed though much of the citrus fruit had already been harvested and shipped.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Weather Warmth Fails to Bring Expected Cold Drop in Florida
Tampa reports minimum temperatures of 31 degrees despite forecasts of a colder night. Damage to citrus and truck crops from last Friday and Saturday’s cold is not worsened, thanks to protection where possible. Early bloom in many groves was damaged, and vegetable crops overall suffered notable harm.
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Florida
Tampa
Fla
Neutrals Plan Conference as War Tensions Rise
The piece reports neutral nations considering a conference amid the submarine crisis with the United States and Germany. It notes the Eavestone sinking and an American seaman’s death, while officials seek to avoid an overt act. Austria’s stance and Germany’s naval policy color expectations.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Eavestone
Wilson
Austria
Zimmerman
House
Padgett
Naval Committee
Navy
Secretary of Navy
Naval Establishment
War Department
Keys
Tuckerton
German Ships Guarded In New York Harbor
German admiralty orders for captains of merchant ships tied up in American ports to scuttle vessels in trouble have prompted federal and city officials to closely monitor the ships. Secret service agents and police guard the twenty seven German vessels in New York harbor and four Austrian ships, valued at about 140 million dollars, amid wartime shipbuilding price rises.
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United States
Secret Service
New York
Vaterland
Negro seaman killed in Eavestone sinking near Fastnet
An official report from Consul Frost at Queenstown states the provisional British collier Eavestone was sunk by a German submarine shell fire near Fastnet on February 4. An American negro, Richard Wallace of Baltimore, an able seaman, was killed after abandoning the Eavestone. Details remain scarce.
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Washington, D. C
Eavestone
E Department
Consul Fone
Queenstown
Consul Frost
Fastnet
Richard Wallace
Baltimore
Frost
Admiralty
Germany
Berlin
Immigrant Seamen at Ellis Island Await Entry
Immigration officials at Ellis Island continued examining German seamen from merchant ships seeking entry. Eighteen crew members were admitted yesterday while the German ships remain under heavy guard amid reports their machinery has been ruined.
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New York
Ellis Island
Literacy test provision to take effect May 1
Congress overrode President Wilsons veto 62 to 19 after the Senate passed the measure to enact the literacy test provision. The House had re passed the bill last week as part of the final step in enacting the immigration measure. Taft and Cleveland had previously vetoed similar legislation.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate
Wilson
House
Taft
Cleveland
Army to Buy Reserve Quartermaster Supplies
Secretary Baker ordered immediate purchase of reserve termasters supplies for the army up to the limits of available appropriations.
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Washington, D. C
Baker
East Liverpool Mayor Seizes Coal for the Poor
East Liverpool Ohio February 6 Mayor W F Orr seized four carloads of coal in the Cleveland Pittsburg railroad yards for distribution among the poor suffering from a coal shortage amid a city aid effort.
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Ohio
East Liverpool
W. F. Orr
Cleveland & Pittsburg
Forty Hurt In Rock Island Wreck Near Walnut Iowa
Two score passengers were injured when the Rock Island No 7 east of Walnut Iowa derailed on a curve after rails spread. Five coaches plunged ten feet, catching fire from a stove in the smoking car. Survivors were exposed to zero temperature in night clothes while being treated at Atlantic and Omaha hospitals. One man Oleana Ohio back may be fatal.
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Walnut
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago
Denver
Atlantic
Omaha
Ira Albrecht
Oleana
England plans 10 fight U boats in new blow
London Feb 6 Arthur Neville Chamberlain director general of the British national service said Germany intends to starve Britain and that the answer must be a blow between the eyes to beat the enemy. He warned against resting after Count von Bernstorff’s passports were issued.
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London
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
British National Service
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
American Line Accepts Bookings For Philadelphia and Finland
The American Line announced it is accepting bookings for the steamers Philadelphia and Finland. The Philadelphia is slated to sail from Liverpool February 10 and from Raii February 15 bound for New York.
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London
American Line
Philadelphia
Finland
Liverpool
Newark
Munitions Shipment Continues From New York Port
Five ships sailing from New York to Europe carry contraband war goods sufficient to equip an army corps. Shipping circles suspect Britain will convoy these vessels through the danger zone despite the German blockade declaration.
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New York
United States
England
France
Europe
Great Britain
Berliners show courtesy to Americans after break in relations
Berlin reports no hostile acts toward Americans after the U S breaks diplomatic ties. Passports are blocked for some, while others depart with military inquiries. German papers urge Wilson to recognize Germanys aims and warn against misreading the crisis.
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Berlin
London
United States
Passport Department
America
Foreign Office
Gerard
Wilson
Europe
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
Anzeiger
Senate
Tageblatt
Theodore Wolff
Herr Wolff
England
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