San Antonio quarry could become grand outdoor theater
Bos ton Opera manager Max Rabinoff toured the Brackenridge park quarry and urged city officials to convert the semicircular rock pit into an open Greek style amphitheater. He envisions staged concerts pageants and plays drawing thousands with annual municipal and festival use.
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San Antonio
Max Rabinoff
Boston National Grand Opera Company
Brackenridge Park
H. W. B. Barnes
Rabinoff
California
British Convoy Ships Munition Fleet Off Virginia Capes
British steamers carrying war munitions gather in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes and will be convoyed to England by a British warship. More than twenty vessels, many from Hampton Roads, assemble at the rendezvous and may depart today or Saturday. British Vice Consul C H Kenworthy declined to confirm or deny the report.
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Newport News
Atlantic Ocean
Virginia Capes
England
Hampton Roads
C. H. Kenworthy
Noted alienist dies in New York at hospital
Dr William Mabon longtime superintendent of the Manhattan State Hospital for the insane since 1906 died in New York today from pneumonia. He was one of the country’s best known alienists and served as chief alienist for the state in the Thaw case.
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New York
William Mabon
Manhattan State Hospital
Are You Going to War Inquiry Across Major Life Office
New York February 9 one of the largest life insurance companies with headquarters here instructed agents to ask all applicants if they intend to serve in the army navy or Red Cross to estimate potential war liabilities. Officials said no decision to enforce restrictions has been made though other firms may follow.
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New York
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Fort at Rockaway Point to Guard New York Coast
Rockaway Point fort under construction to defend New York harbor. Land captures twelve acres at a cost of about 1 million dollars. Battery will mount four six inch siege guns and two or more 16 inch rifles with concrete emplacements ready in three weeks. Fort Hancock opposite Sandy Hook enhances city defense.
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New York
Rockaway Point
War Department
Brooklyn
Fort Hancock
Sandy Hook
New York Bay
New York Bills Seek Cession of Rockaway Lands
Albany Feb 9 Bills to authorize the New York sinking fund commissioners to cede lands at Rockaway to the United States for fortifications were introduced in both houses and passed to final passage without opposition. The measures follow a War Department request to move quickly.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
United States
Rockaway
War Department
Civil service amendment on postmasters defeated in House
In Washington February 9 the House rejected a Senate amendment to place postmasters of all classes under civil service. The vote 234 to 43 sent the bill to conference. President Wilson supported the change while Democratic Leader Fitchin led opposition. The House also disagreed to a Senate provision about members' clerks payrolls.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Moon
Post Office Commission
Wilson
Fitchin
Weather for Tourists Report From Major Cities
The Light maps city by city temperatures with winds NW to north and varying conditions. St Louis 38 with 12 mile wind. Chicago 28 below. Milwaukee 22 below. St Paul 18. Kansas City 36 in warmer trend. New York 48 with rain. Washington 48 with rain and NW wind.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
United States monitors German U boat activity and rights
Washington reports preliminary notes on sinking of merchant ships by German submarines. Officials compile data on torpedoed vessels while refraining from action, awaiting a clear provocation. Mentioned are the Turino and California losses, with emphasis on protecting foreign property and seeking convoy efforts.
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Washington
State Department
California
Wilson
Germany
Entente
California Sinks Off Irish Coast After Torpedo Hit
The British steamer California bound from New York to Glasgow was torpedoed off the Irish coast at dawn and sank in nine minutes with forty one lives lost. Five killed, thirty six drowned in boat launches as crews attempted orderly evacuations despite calm seas. Captain Henderson praises passenger and crew conduct amid rapid sinking and chaotic launch operations.
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London
California
New York
Glasgow
Henderson
Navy seeks 25000 men now for wartime expansion
Navy recruiting officials announce an immediate push to enlist 25000 more sailors as winter gains bring total to about 58000. If war comes, the president may authorize a wartime maximum of 87000, with volunteers possible for duration of the war. The War Department mulled a rapid officers reserve corps and boards to evaluate applicants.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Department
War Department
Rivers bill carries 38 million with proposed lump sum for projects
The rivers and harbors bill totals 38 1/2 million, about 137000 more than the House version. Senator Kenyon plans to offer a substitute to set 22 million for nationwide improvements. House Texas items and levee work in Arkansas and Texas were adjusted and a channel survey from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi was directed.
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Washington, D. C
House
Wag
Senate
Commerce Committee
Kenyon
Iowa
War Department
Redriver
Arkansas
Texas
Beaumont
Neches River
Baker
Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi
Sheppard
Spain Defines Course in Neutral Reply to Powers
Madrid dispatch says Spain’s foreign minister handed Ambassador Willard a copy of Spain’s reply to the Central Powers in response to President Wilson’s note to neutrals. The minister says Spain can act only as declared to Germany. Spain’s answer to Austria-Hungary mirrors that to Berlin with minor wording changes.
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Paris
Madrid
Wilson
United States
Willard
Spain
Germany
Austria- Hungary
Berlin
Shore leave granted to German ships crews in New York
Under Washington instructions, officers and crews of German merchant ships tied up in New York since the war began were allowed shore leave today on passes signed by their commanders. They must return before midnight. Since the severance of diplomatic relations with Germany, the crews have been confined to their ships.
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New York
Washington
Germany
No Switchmen's Strike Averts Chicago Rail Tie Up
Chicagoans awoke to learn a threatened switchmen strike on eighteen trunk line railroads was averted after a midnight conference. About 5000 switchmen had threatened to strike if five specific discipline and operation demands were not granted.
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Chicago
Summerlin named first secretary to Mexico City embassy
George T. Summerlin, currently secretary of the embassy at Santiago Chile, has been chosen to serve as first secretary of the embassy at Mexico City.
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Washington, D. C
George T. Summerlin
Santiago
Chile
Mexico City
Teutons Seek to Be Naturalized
In Chicago on February 9 twenty-nine of forty-five first papers for citizenship were filed by Austrians and Germans highlighting a local naturalization trend.
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Chicago
Gerard Not Held in Berlin Says Secretary Lansing
Secretary Lansing states he distrusts any German plan to detain Ambassador Gerard in Berlin. Dispatches reveal Count Von Bernstorff to sail for Halifax on Monday and the United States is informed Germany. Americans monitoring Berlin papers see no Gerard dispatch since February 5 at 7 p.m.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
Gerard
Berlin
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
Halifax
United States
America
Gerard To Leave Berlin Saturday For Switzerland
Former Ambassador Gerard and his party are set to depart Berlin Saturday evening by a special train to Switzerland en route to Spain and then the United States. Embassy staff and most American correspondents will join the party, with frontier privileges arranged to avoid delays. Holland asks limit visits due to scarce lodging and food.
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Berlin
London
Gerard
Switzerland
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Basel
Berne
Spain
Germany
Scandinavia
Holland
Cap
Foreign Office
Bar silver climbs to wartime peak in New York markets
Bar silver rose to 77.38 cents an ounce in New York, a wartime top. Dealers expect further gains as shipping constraints and high marine insurance raise export costs and foreign demand boosts prices.
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New York
Severe cold wave to sweep Atlantic coast
The weather bureau announced a severe cold wave sweeping the Atlantic coast from New England to extreme northeast Florida tonight frost possible in Florida to the 27th parallel. Storm warnings were ordered along the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Eastport Maine.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
New England
Florida
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Eastport
Maine
Senate Rejects Woodman for Labor Commissioner Post
In an executive session the Texas Senate refused to confirm C W Woodman as state labor commissioner, while all other January 17 appointments were approved. The Senate also confirmed most January 27 appointments except three new UT Board of Regents members, to be reconsidered next Wednesday. No action on T J Bowzee’s successor at the state insane asylum pending a date.
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University of Texas
Senate
T. J. Bowzee
Austin
State Insane Asylum
Can Forfeit Citizenship
Chicago February 9 naturalized citizens who run saloons may lose citizenship if Judge K M Landis sustains the government in a suit against Anton Isaac. The decision was expected today as government lawyers argued naturalized citizens are liable to forfeiture for any violation of state or federal law.
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Chicago
United States
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
Anton Isaac
Landis
Government to seek large war credits and suspend grand juries
London reports confirm a supplemental vote of credit for 200000000 pounds for war expenses to March 31 and a first 350000000 pound installment for the year ending March 1918. A bill will be introduced in the House of Commons to suspend grand juries during the remainder of the war.
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London
House of Commons
Amoskeag offers to recruit regiment for national emergency
Manchester New Hampshire February 9 The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company offered to recruit and equip a regiment of infantry at its own expense in a national emergency The regiment would draw from the company's 18000 mill workers and other sources The offer was telegraphed to President Wilson by Governor Henry W Keyes.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Wilson
Henry W. Keyes
Mooney Case Goes To Jury In July Bombing
San Francisco February 9 Thomas J Mooney charged with murder in the preparedness parade blast last July was to go to the jury today Edward Cunha assistant district attorney was to finish warming up for the prosecution this morning.
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San Francisco
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
Edward Cunha
Bomb attack kills four civilians near Verdun and Dunkirk
A German assault in Vaux les Palameux southeast of Verdun was repulsed by French forces. In the Woëvre region heavy artillery actions continued. Bombs dropped by airplanes at Dunkirk last night and this morning killed four civilians.
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Paris
Vaux Les Palameux
Verdun
Woevre
Dunkirk
British Attacks on Somme Front Yield Small Ground Gain
Berlin reports British forces attacked at three Somme points yesterday and army headquarters says they gained a small amount of ground. The wireless dispatch from Sayville notes the brief advance amid ongoing actions on the front.
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Berlin
Sayville
Somme
Army
Minor Operations Reported on Russian Roumanian Fronts
Minor operations along the Russian and Roumanian fronts are noted in today's war office statement from Petrograd dated February 9. The report emphasizes limited activity with no major offensives or strategic breakthroughs recorded.
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Petrograd
London
War Office
Ritter Takes Charge of German Embassy Interests
Dr. Paul Ritter the Swiss minister has assumed control of German embassy interests in the United States. Count Von Bernstorff will hand over embassy archives. The U.S. interests in Germany will be managed by the Spanish ambassador.
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Paul Ritter
Germany
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Dr. Ritter
Congressmen Named in Stock-Tipping Inquiry
The leak inquiry gains new life as George B. Chapman of Harriman & Co. testifies that House members traded stocks with him. He promises to provide names. he says no member sold short during the peace note period. Chapman notes he has no senator names but cannot rule out senators or representatives as customers. He claims no tips purchased since 1914 and says market tips were often useless. Livermore wires that a peace note was to be issued. Chapman checks with Connelly and learns the note is expected. Officials question Lansing about the forthcoming note as reporters Early, Groat, and Warner are questioned before a recess.
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Washington, D. C
New Life
George B. Chapman
Harriman & Co
New York
House of Representatives
Henry
Chipman
Congress
J. L. Livermore
Wallstreet
Livermore
Clement Curtis & Co
Chicago
E. F. Hutton & Co
F. A. Connelly
F. A. Connelly & Co
Lansing
Stephen T. Early
Associated Press
Carl D. Groat
United Press
Charles D. Warner
Christian Science Monitor
House Rules Panel Blocks Hasty Naval Bond Plan
The House rules committee refused a special rule to fast track three administration amendments to a naval bill. The amendments seek a $150 million bond for ships and war materiel a $1 million aircraft payment and powers to commandeer shipyards and munitions plants. The naval bill was debated again in the House.
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Washington, D. C
House Rules Committee
House
English transport seize Chilean steamer Maipo near Cerro Azul
An English transport halted the Chilean steam ship Maipo near Cerro Azul and abducted Captain Ernst Krausse, manager of Kosmos Line, a German shipping company, during the morning operation at Lima Peru.
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Lima
Peru
Cerro Azul
Ernst Krausse
Kosmos Line
Carnivale Dies of Tuberculosis, Not Electric Chair
In Ossining New York on February 9 officials announced John Carnivale will not be executed. The condemned man died last night of tuberculosis in Sing Sing prison, becoming the first inmate to die of natural causes in the death house.
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Ossining
N. Y
John Carnivale
Sing Sing
Carnivale
Eight Americans onboard Hyacinthus from Galveston
Eight members of the crew of the British steamship Hyacinthus sailing today for a northern French port are identified as American citizens. The Hyacinthus carries a cargo of hay.
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Galveston
Tex
Germany extends delay for neutral ships at sea to reach ports
The Petit Journal reports a new forty eight hour extension granted by the German government for neutral ships in the blockade zones to reach neutral ports. Germany had previously noted that ships en route to blockade ports would be spared for a period and ships in barred zones had to sail out by February five. The Spanish government asked Berlin for more time for its ships but no time limit was specified in any dispatch.
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Paris
Madrid
Petit Journal
Germany
United States
Central Powers
Apathetic Austria Watches War News Amid Snow Crisis
Vienna reports general public indifference to wartime shocks as U S Germany relations break and neutrals’ stance dominates discussion. The piece notes deep snow and fuel shortages affect the poor, while Wilson’s role draws mild attention and Count Von Bernstorff’s passports are cited.
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Vienna
London
United States
Germany
Wilson
Count von Bernstorff
Russia Praises U S Break With Germany In War Note
Petrograd reports the Russian foreign office commends the United States for severing relations with Germany. It lauds President Wilson for disapproval of Germanys submarine program and vows the civilized world will oppose continuance of Ger man methods. Bulgaria aims to stand with the Allies and may align with Central Powers decisions.
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Petrograd
Lonedon
Foreign Office
Associated Press
United States
Germany
Russia
Wilson
Bulgaria
Berlin
London
Radoslavoff
Sofia
Koelnische Zeitung
Austria Hears Note on Submarine War Similar to Germany
Brazil received from Austria-Hungary a note identical to Germany on submarine warfare. Brazil protested to Vienna with the same reply sent to Berlin. The American naval attaché departed for the United States aboard the Swedish steamer Saga.
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Brazil
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Vienna
Berlin
United States
Saga
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