Senate Committee Backs University Inquiry Scope
A Texas Senate committee reported no position for or against probing UT affairs. Some members favored limiting to records from a prior board of regents inquiry, while Gov Ferguson urged broader scope. The Senate planned to resume discussion and set an executive session for next Tuesday.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Page
Dayton
Henderson
Vinson
W. J. Battle
ex-Students’ Association
Board of Regents
Lattimore
J. W. Butler
W. P. Allen
D. H. Lawrence
Ferguson
University of Texas
State of Texas
Regents
Senate of Texas
Americans Allowed to Continue Relief in Belgium
A Reuters dispatch from The Hague reports Germany will allow Americans to continue relief work in Belgium and northern France. The German note, dated February 10, permits American participation in central relief management and promises to meet Commission demands. The relief commission had announced February 12 that its representatives would withdraw under German orders, leaving a small team to ensure uninterrupted aid.
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London
Reuter
Hague
Germany
Belgium
France
Legation
Brussels
Commission For Relief
Relief Commission
Brand Whit Occk
Baron van der Tancken
Coast Artillery Guards Connecticut Bridges
The Ninth company of the coast artillery corps Connecticut National Guard left Stamford today for guard duty at key railway and highway bridges along the Connecticut coast from Cescob to New London.
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Coast Artillery
Stamford
Conn
Coast Artillery Corps
Connecticut National Guard
Connecticut
Cescob
New London
Philadelphia Sails for Home from Liverpool
The Philadelphia, first American liner to depart Europe since Germany’s submarine warfare declaration, sailed from Liverpool with 95 passengers including 38 Americans. It carried dispatch bags for the State Department from American embassies across Europe and remained unarmed. Officials believed the ship had left the submarine danger zone.
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Liverpool
Philadelphia
Europe
Germany
Here
London
State Department
Washington
London Daily
New York
American Line
Borinquin Ten Days Overdue Leaves Boston Gap
The American steamer Borinquin, which departed Fayal for Boston January 21, is ten days overdue as of February 16.
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Borinquin
Boston
Mass
Fayal
Falls Two Stories Still Able 10 Fight
Chicago report says Mrs Kate Sinskowski fell from a second story window during a quarrel with her husband. Police found her back inside the home later reportedly beating him. She warned officers she could handle her affairs without help and they left after admonishing her to calm herself.
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Chicago
Ill
Kate Sinshki
Sinskowski
Orchestras Barred in Riviera Hotels and Restaurants
A Nice dispatch reports that all orchestras in Riviera hotels and restaurants are forbidden from playing in public venues. The ban affects music performances across major resort sites along the coast.
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Paris
Riviera
Nice
Weather Forecasts by The Light Across Cities
ST LOUIS temperatures range 34 to 46 with clear skies and west winds. CHICAGO 28 with snow and west winds. MILWAUKEE 20 clear and possible snow with southwest winds. ST PAUL 14 clear with southwest winds and warmer conditions. KANSAS CITY 30 clear with southwest winds. NEW YORK 24 cloudy with northest winds and colder. WASHINGTON 30 cloudy with southwest winds and colder.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
ST. Paul
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Epremiere
Rebels and government clash near Havana as US ships may be sent
Heavy fighting pits rebels loyal to Baldomero Acosta against government troops near Hoyo Colorado seventeen miles west of Havana. Several rebels die, others captured. Acosta escapes. Government forces advance in Oriente with Cruiser Cuba relief. Four US warships reportedly ordered to Santiago de Cuba Neuvitas Cienfuegos and Havana. Cavalry under Major Alfredo Lima disperses 80 rebels at Manajanaho. President Menocal pledges security for loyalists.
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Havana
Hoyo Colorado
Baldomero Acosta
Acosta
Cuba
Oriente
United States
Santiago de Cuba
Neuvitas
Cienfuegos
Alfredo Lima
Manajanaho
Santa Clara
Menocal
Santiago
Rigoberto Fernandez
Wilfred Diaz
Fernandez
Patria
Camaguey
Baldomera
Pino Guerra
Pina del Rio
Veterans’ Association
American Warships Reach Cuba Harbor Amid Mines Confusion
A U S gunboat whose name is withheld by the Navy arrived at Santiago de Cuba, inspected the harbor and found it free of mines. Santiago was reported quiet, though insurgent commander Major Fernandez said mines existed. Two American ships, Petrel at Santiago and Dixie at Havana, were anchored. Foreigners remained unmolested. no property damage reported.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Santiago de Cuba
Santiago
Fernandez
Petrel
Dixie
Havana
Gonzales
State Department
Woman Falls From Cliff Near Springtown
Springtown, Tex Feb 16 An aged woman rushing to her son Onie Carlson’s home collapsed and fell from a cliff. She died from injuries discovered late last night as search parties sought her son’s bedside after she failed to reach him.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Onie Carlson
Springtown
Hersons
Turnover of Mexicans Linked to Columbus Raid
General Pershing told the War Department that twenty one Mexicans captured by his force in Mexico and held in connection with the Columbus raid will be turned over to the Department of Justice.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
War Department
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Department of Justice
John James Piatt Dies in Cincinnati
John James Piatt, a noted writer whose works made him famous two decades ago, died in Cincinnati today at an advanced age. The report confirms his death occurred on February 16.
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John James Piatt
Cincinnati
Sean
Americans Warned to Leave Austria Report Denied
Washington officials deny any State Department instruction to Americans in Austria to depart. Penfield may have acted independently. negotiations with Austria-Hungary have reportedly broken off per Berliner Tageblatt via Copenhagen dispatch.
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Austria
Paris
Washington
Washington, D. C
State Department
Ambassador Penfield
Vienna
Penfield
London
Frederick C. Penfield
Berliner Tageblatt
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Bone Dry Measure Stalls in Texas House Vote
The Texas House failed to pass the bone dry resolution by 93 to 41 amid a short tally. Four present members did not vote and three were absent, leaving two votes shy of final passage as debate focused on an anti amendment and its potential to keep the state partially wet.
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Austin
Tex
Bagby
Army Bill in House Seeks Higher Aviation Funding
The $247 million army appropriation bill is under House consideration with a potential vote early next week. Chairman Dent proposes raising the aviation schools allotment from 1 million to 4.5 million from unexpended funds, and the bill would also provide 8 million for aviation. Secretary Baker sought many increases, but the committee plans to deny them.
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Washington, D. C
House
Dent
Military Committee
War Department
Baker
Senators Fail to Oust Reed Amendment in Postal Bill
Senators supporting prohibition lost today as Kenyon's motion to strike the Reed amendment failed 28 to 38. The amendment would make importing liquor into states prohibiting manufacture and sale a crime, preserving the Reed provision from yesterday.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Reed
Kenyon
Bernstorff Ship Sighted Near Halifax Harbor
The steamship Fredrick VIII, carrying Count Von Bernstorff former German ambassador and consular officials, was sighted off Halifax, Nova Scotia today and will not enter the harbor until seven o'clock tonight.
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Halifax
N. S
Fredrick VIII
Count von Bernstorff
Guard Officers Prepare Law in Texas National Guard
In Austin on February 16 a board of Texas national guard officers met to draft a law to govern the state military forces under the national defense act. Brigadier General John A. Hulen presides as the panel stays in Austin for several days.
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Austin
Tex
Texas National Guard
Texas
John A. Hulen
Americans in Germany Inquiries and Sailors Set Free Pace
Washington and Berlin exchanges over delayed trainload of former American officials from Germany to Switzerland. Officials seek clarity on release of seventy two prisoners from the Yarrowdale voyage and note relief workers in Belgium may avoid forced retirement. British plan to inspect eastbound cargoes could shift routing via Halifax and a South Atlantic station.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Berlin
Switzerland
Munich
Gerard
Stovall
Berne
Belgium
United States
Congress
Halifax
Kirkwall
South Atlantic
Gulf
Halifax Route Eases New York Cargo Backlog
British admiralty allows neutral ships from American ports to Europe to be examined at Halifax instead of Kirkwall or Falmouth. Dutch and Scandinavian steamers prepare to sail via Halifax, avoiding blockade waters while American registry ships show no immediate plans to depart.
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New York
Europe
Halifax
Kirkwall
Falmouth
Holland
Vienna Tension Grows Over United States Germany War Risk
Vienna reports rising war fears between the United States and Germany as Ambassador Tarnowski has not presented credentials yet. The Vienna press notes U.S. arming of merchant ships as a threatening factor and anticipates further steps from President Wilson to shape Austria-Hungary’s course.
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Berlin
London
United States
Germany
Vienna
Washington
Berliner Tageblatt
Tarnowski
White House
Wilson
Americans Leave Bern for Paris to Reach Home via Spain
The final group of Americans arriving from Germany sailed to Paris en route to Spain and home. Reports say more Americans and consuls expected from Germany have not arrived, with rumors that they are detained by the German government.
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Berne
Switzerland
Paris
Germany
Spain
Von Ludendorff Seen as Key German Leader in Berlin
An American observer in Paris reports General von Ludendorff as the brain behind German policy, with von Hindenburg as the executor. The note says Ludendorff dislikes Americans, aims to finish the war before US action, and that Germany mobilized men aged 18 to 45. It cites questionably high losses and a growing manpower strain as the war widens.
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Paris
Berlin
von Ludendorff
Emperor William
Field Marshall von Hindenburg
Ludendorff
United States
England
Germany
Submarine Battle Report From Brest Run Twenty Miles Offshore
The French freighter Honduras reports a running battle with a German submarine on December 7, about twenty miles from Brest. Honduras, 5913 tons, was en route from New Orleans to France with sugar. The U boat fired twenty eight shells. Honduras returned fire with a six inch gun. Thirty shots were fired. the submarine ceased firing and withdrew, showing faded pursuit.
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New York
Honduras
Bordeaux
Brest
New Orleans
France
Sweden Seizes Cereal Stocks To Regulate Food
Stockholm reports the government will expropriate barley oats and all cereal products and forbid peeling potatoes as part of a broad food supply control. It already took wheat and rye last December and plans reducing the daily bread ration by fifty grams.
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London
Stockholm
Germany plans bigger war credit in Reichstag session
Berlin dispatch notes a new German war credit bill to be proposed in the Reichstag, likely surpassing the 12 million marks of the last levy, with the Reichstag slated to convene February 22. Germany also extends a fresh loan to Turkey of 42.5 million Turkish pounds, bringing total support to 79 million pounds since the war’s start.
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Amsterdam
London
Reichstag
Berlin
Turkey
Germany
David Bep
Austria-Hungary
Wealthy youth enlists, brings 2000 cigarettes to camp
Hinmar Burman, son of a New York importer, was among army recruits sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He received permission to bring a box of 2000 of his private brand cigarettes as baggage and joked about possible issues getting them into service.
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Chicago
Hinmar Burman
New York
Jefferson Barracks
Lesguing
Rodin’s Wife Madame Rodin Dies in Meudon
Paris report states Madame Augustine Rodin, wife of sculptor Auguste Rodin, died in Meudon after a long illness. The couple wed last January. Rodin is 76.
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Paris
The
Petit Journal
Meudon
Auguste Rodin
Rodin
Several British Vessels Sunk Reported by Lloyds
Lloyds reports the British steamer Longscar of 2777 tons the sailing ship Percy Roy 1110 tons and a trawler were sunk. The greenerland of 1753 tons was also sunk with crew landed. The Kyunsti a British steamer is listed as sunk though no Lloyds record lists the vessel.
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London
Lloyds
Longscar
Percy Roy
Greenland
Steamer Romney Feared Lost in Atlantic
Fears grow for the safety of the British steamer Romney overdue from Liverpool with a cargo of horses and American muleteers aboard. Newport News reports three additional ships setting sail toward zones affected by Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, including the Harmattan carrying about 800 horses and forty American horsemen, Marmari to London, and Ooster dyjk bound for Rotterdam.
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Newport News
Romney
Liverpool
Germany
Harmattan
Marmari
London
Oosterdyjk
Holland-American Line
Rotterdam
Tuscania Sets Sail for Glasgow Amid Ocean Peril
New York February 16 The Anchor line steamer Tuscania with 14 cabin passengers including four Americans departed for Glasgow. It follows the California torpedoing last week which cost forty one lives, signaling continued peril at sea.
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New York
Glasgow
California
Subscriptions Push British War Loan To 506 Million
London reports a last day surge in the British war loan effort as citizens rush to supply every shilling. Officials aim to raise 506 million pounds to balance government accounts for the new financial year beginning April 1, with plans to secure even more. London is heavily placarded with appeals.
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London
Great Britain
Americans Sail London With Fifty Passengers
A delayed dispatch reports the American boat train left London carrying about fifty passengers, mostly Americans bound for an outgoing liner. The liner’s name was omitted by censor prior to transmission.
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London
Border Patrol to Bolster Guards West of Columbus
General Funston plans increased patrols in the Columbus west border area after a recent Corner ranch raid. Florida guardsmen chase seven bandits near Zapata and Roma. seven horses captured, seven raiders escaped into Mexico. Bodies of three cowboys found near the Corner ranch, pursuit halted by rugged terrain, troops redeployed from border patrol duties and state forces.
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Funston
Columbus
Corner Ranch
Laredo
Florida
Rio Grande
Zapata and
Roma
Soledad Ranch
Mexico
James Parker
Brownsville
el Tigre Arroyo
San Ignacio
Zapata
Col. H. G. Sickel
Andrew P. Peterson
Hugh Acord
Burton Jenson
General Funston
Salazar
San
Regiment
New Mexico National Guard
Sickel
Washington
First
Minnesota Field Artillery
Llano Grande
Fort Snelling
Women Flee Border Town as Villa Leader Threatens
At Hachita New Mexico on February 16 fear spread that Ynez Salazar, a Villa leader, would attack a border town. American women and children were moved inland while cowboys vowed revenge for the murder of three companions in the Corner Ranch raid. Reported force sizes varied with 500 mounted attackers said to face fifty defenders as patrol officers warned against crossing the line to pursue Salazar.
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Hachita
N. M
Ynez Salazar
Villa
Andrew W. Peterson
Burton Jetson
Hugh Acord
Corner Ranch
Meer
Attem
Aerae
Salazar de
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