Garrison resigns over continental army plan dispute
Secretary Garrison quits after President Wilson declines to insist on Congress adopting the continental army plan. Henry Breckenridge also leaves. The president assumes control of the army policy and delays naming a successor as public defect over Filipino independence terms surfaces.
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Washington
Garrison
Wilson
Continental Army
Congress
Henry C. Breckenridge
War Department
Secretary Garrison
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
New York
Clarke
Liquor Advertisements Bill to be Taken Up Today
Washington Feb 11 The house post office committee will take up Representative Abercrombies bill to exclude all liquor advertisements including letters from circulation in any dry state or part thereof Samuel D Weakley chief justice of Alabama will head a delegation appearing before the committee
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Washington
Abercrombie
Alabama
House Post Office Committee
Samuel D. Weakley
German Consul Ordered To Leave Durango Mexico
German Consul Shommer at Durango City was ordered to depart the state over alleged price gouging in his store. The report comes from Torreon Coahuila dated February 11.
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Durango
Mex
Torreon
Coahuila
Shommer
Durango City
Haitians Teach A New Way Of Taking Tobacco Stains
In Port au Prince Haiti on February 11 natives describe a method for removing tobacco stains from fingers using a paste of switbur pumice and lime juice. United States Marines stationed there are testing the technique as they learn from locals.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
United States Marine Corps
United States
Major General Scott Becomes Secretary of War Ad Interim
As chief of staff of the army Major General Scott automatically assumed the role of secretary of war ad interim following the resignation of Mr. Garrison.
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Army
Scott
Garrison
City approves ordinance banning roller skating on sidewalks
Mobile city commission adopted a new ordinance prohibiting anyone over ten from roller skating on sidewalks or paved park walks with immediate effect. Violations carry a fine up to 50 dollars per offense. Skaters petitioned to modify the rule to allow restricted sidewalk skating.
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City Commission
Mobile
Spanish Southern railway sold to American company
A Reuters dispatch from Madrid reports that the estate executors of the late Senor Bosch sold on February 3 the Spanish Southern railway to an American company. The buyer will operate mines in Granada and Almería and develop the railway network in southern Spain.
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London
Reuter
Madrid
Senor Bosch
Spanish Southern Railway
Granada
Almera
Spain
War At A Glance Shows Ongoing Frontline Struggle
Report outlines continued heavy fighting on the western front near Vimy and Neuville with renewed activity along the line southward. Heavy artillery in Riga-Dvinsk and movements around Rovno Lutsk noted, while Belgium denies peace overtures. Briand’s Italy visit may push closer military ties in the Balkans.
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Vimy
Neuville
Belgium
Yprés
Russia
Riga-Dvinsk
Bntt
Volhynia
Rovno
Lutsk
Nicholas
Austria-Hungary Declares Armed Merchantmen Warships
Vienna via London reports Austro-Hungarian foreign office memorandum declaring armed merchantmen of belligerent nations as combatants. It notes British 1913 armaments, wartime use against ships, and sets Feb 29 1916 as the effective date with neutrals warned to avoid armed liners. The note instructs embassies to telegraph the policy to their governments.
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Vienna
London
Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office
Austria- Hungary
Admiralty
House of Commons
Austria-Hungary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
German memorandum masts Britain in warship plan
The Germania via London says Germany will treat armed merchantmen as warships and condemns Britain for war tactics revealed as dissembling and treacherous. It blames Britain for escalations and asserts Germany’s duty will sharpen naval warfare with Britain bearing sole responsibility.
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Britain
Berlin
London
The
Germania
England
Germany
Senate Armored Plate Plant Recommendation Echoed
The Senate naval committee backs a federal armor plate plant despite warnings that prices would rise $200 a ton if Tillman’s bill passes. The report argues current charges are excessive and urges a government factory to curb private manufacturers with a strong national warning.
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Washington
Senate Naval Committee
Tillman
Senate
Academy dismisses 82 midshipmen for study failures
Secretary Daniels approved the academic board at the naval academy recommendation dismissing 82 midshipmen for failures in their studies.
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Washington
Daniels
Ayal Academy
Russian Victory in Bukowina Shapes Front Lines
Petrograd reports a new Russian offensive gains near Czernowitz and the Bukowina frontier. Occupation of Uscieczko on the Dniester strengthens supply lines and threatens Austrian positions, while German advance guards retreat from trenches as fighting continues along the Dvina front.
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London
Uscieczko
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Roumania
Oscieczko
Dvinsk
Sammie Ag
Allied Airmen Raid German Bases Near Ypres Front
A Ghent dispatch reports ten days of violent artillery fighting between Ypres and Armeptieres, with Germans reinforcing lines and delaying a major offensive until better weather. Allied airmen intensify raids on German camps parks and military buildings, including Camp Houthulst where forty seven raiders damaged property.
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Amsterdam
London
Ghent
Echo Belge
Ypres
Armeptieres
Camp Houthulst
Italy 18 Not Expected to Act in the Balkans
London dispatch reports that Briand's Italian mission will tighten alliance bonds. Expected outcomes include close Balkan military cooperation with Italy sending troops to Saloniki, a Paris based diplomatic council of allied governments, and greater Italian involvement in munitions production.
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Italy
Balkans
London
Briand
France
Saloniki
Paris
M. Briand
Day in Congress Senate Debates Defense and Post Office Funds
Senate sat at noon and considered the Nicaragua treaty in executive session. Military affairs committees plan to draft an army bill Monday while general debate on the post office appropriation bill resumed. Naval and military affairs committees continued hearings on national defense.
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Nicaragua
Post Office
Naval and
Military ‘Affaires
National Defense
Wilson urges neutrality to keep US from war
Delegates to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States wrap up their annual convention with a message from President Wilson. He stresses the United States must stay out of the European conflict while keeping the dispute at arm's length and defends the neutral stance as the right course. He also urges tariff reform and a stronger merchant marine.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Wilson
Farm Loan Bank System Agreed On by Panel in Washington
A rural credits committee completed a bill to create a land mortgage bank system. It would channel a $6 million federal loan to a chain of regional banks handling farm mortgages, with tax exempt bonds and a federal farm loan board oversight. Loans run up to 36 years with 6 percent cap and 1 percent fee, first mortgages only.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Rural Credits Committee
Federal Treasury
Federal Farm Loan
Federal Farm Loan Board
National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Reserve Banks
Capture of Seventeen German Submarines Reported
Dr. M S Ingles, a Canadian army surgeon, said British nets captured seventeen subs. He described finding a sub crew shot to death after towing ashore, the commander killing his men and himself to avoid suffocation. He noted glass bottom boats aid submarine scouting with hydroplanes.
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New York
M.S. Ingles
Cameronia
Liverpool
Ingles
Four men killed as boiler explodes at Salisbury mill
Four men were killed and three injured by a boiler explosion at John Hurley's saw mill near Salisbury. The blast occurred on Thursday. The incident is reported as a lethal industrial accident with several injuries and no details of casualties beyond the seven people affected.
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Salisbury
John Hurley
Berlin
Kovno
Russia
London
Stea Elswick
Yarmouth
Wage Conference Recess Amid Debates Over 10 Percent Miner Pay Hike
The joint wagon scale conference between coal mine operators and the United Mine Workers stalled on a proposed 10 percent per ton wage increase. Sessions closed without agreement on Friday with Lincoln's Birthday a holiday. many operators leave for New Orleans while workers plan caucuses to press their case.
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Lincoln
New Oleans
United Mine Workers
Hugh Shirkie
Terre Haute
John P. White
van Bittner
Pittsburgh
J.D. Greenway
Indiana
William Green
W. K. Field
P. H. Penna
C. J. Maurer
Cleveland
Ohio
White
Weather forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Generally fair with light east winds. Alabama partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with warmer temperatures in the extreme north tonight. Mississippi overcast tonight and Saturday with warmer in the northeast portion tonight and northeast winds.
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Mobile
Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Funeral notices and miscellaneous classifieds from Mobile 1916
Funeral notices record Frederick M Adolph’s February 10 death with a Saturday funeral schedule from Government Street and St John’s church, Magnolia Cemetery interment spot, plus donor notices and multiple lost items from various addresses in Mobile. The column lists rewards for return and contact details.
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Frederick M. Adolph
Government Street
St. John’s Church
Magnolia Cemetery
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Ohio
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