Snowbound City Mobilizes Thousands for Snow Removal
New York races to clear streets and restore services as Mayor Hyland orders limited trucking for essential goods. Private cars banned except for doctors. stores, tramways, and workers shovel through deep drifts while firefighters and hydrants are freed from snow. Isolated towns endure tides and late trains strain hotels and commuters.
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Hyland
Great Metropolitan Department Stores
Barnard College
Navy radio stations hit by storm ice troubles
Washington Feb 7 Three of four high power Atlantic coast naval radio stations were out of commission as the storm disrupted antennae and winds. New York-Newark area station remained in operation while Arlington Annapolis and Sayville stations were down. The weather bureau forecast the storm would pass beyond the United States today with only slight cold to follow.
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Washington
Naval
Atlantic Coast
Newswick
Navy Department
Arlington
Annapolis
Sayville
New England
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
United States
Tis Center
Halifax
Centralia Case to Start Monday
Two alternate jurors were obtained to sit with the jury in the trial of eleven alleged I W W charged with murder in the Armistice Day shooting. The state planned its opening statement in the afternoon, and testimony was set to begin Monday.
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Montegano
Warren O. Grimm
Atatete
Bolsheviks Seize Vladivostok Amid Telegrams Of Troop Moves
Russian officers with families arrived at Tsuruga harbor aboard two warships after an unheralded voyage from Vladivostok signaling an exodus from eastern Siberia. Reports say Bolsheviks took control of Vladivostok around January 31, with Nikolsk 40 miles north in Bolshevik hands and allied forces retreating toward Harbin.
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Vladivostok
Roseanoff
Tsuruga Harbor
Japan
Siberia
Nikolsk
Reds
Harbin
Marines Intervene as Reds seize Vladivostok
A Vladivostok dispatch reports American Marines intervened when Japanese troops blocked revolutionary forces from capturing General Rozanoff the Russian governor general. Rozanoff escaped to a Japanese cruiser as revolutionaries entered the city, and Japanese forces withdrew with foreigners observing neutrality. Major General Barnett questioned the reports' accuracy.
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London
Vladivostok
Rozanoff
Washington
Marine Corps
Rosano
Barnett
Lapé
Lane boosts fund for reclamation
Secretary Lane asked Congress to raise next year’s irrigation appropriations from 7.87 million to 12.87 million dollars with President Wilson’s approval. Nineteen projects across Arizona through Washington would gain added funds, aiming for greater development and benefiting multiple river valleys and basins.
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Washington
Lane
Congress
Wilson
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
North and
South Dakota
Nebraska
Wyoming
Nevada
New Mexico
Texas
California
Yuma
Grand Valley
Umatilla
Klamath
Bellefourche
Strawberry
Yakima Valley
Shoshone
Columbus Raid Was Known Advance Says Senate Hearing
Testimony at a senate sub committee hearing indicates Mexican plans to raid Columbus in 1916 were known in advance. Telegraph records and warnings from Douglas Arizona to Columbus officials are cited along with reports from a Mexican scout and statements by local figures about anticipated attack.
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el Paso
Senate
Columbus
W. F. Murphy
Douglas
Ariz
H. J. Slocum
Boca Grande
S. S. Burchfield
Murphy
Mexiacas
Slocum
Lifeboat Swamped As Polias Crew Lost Near Rockland
In Rockland Maine on February 7 AP reports the Polias stranded crew members including the first mate, an engineer, and eight seamen who left the wreck in a lifeboat, presumed dead after a heavy seas disaster. Three life preservers and other gear were recovered from Monhegan Island while the captain and 28 other crew members were rescued by coast guard crews and the cutter Acushnel. A radio from the cutter notes ten men left the Polias last night against orders.
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Polias
Burnt Island
Monhegan Island
Pallas
Coast Guard
Acushnel
Countess De Henrichsen Falls on Lake Geneva
Geneva February 7 Countess De Henrichsen a Russian colony member at Montreaux and former maid of honor to the Dowager Empress of Russia has drowned herself in Lake Geneva. Her body with jewels was found off Villeneuve after she walked to the lake and leapt in. Fleeing Russia after the overthrow of the imperial regime she spoke of Bolshevik barbarities and left no papers. Swiss hotel keepers have aided impoverished Russian aristocrats and fugitives.
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Geneva
Countess de Henrichen
Montreaux
Russia
Lake Geneva
Villeneuve
Switzerland
Cmar
Four Die in Memphis from Poisoned Olives
Deaths from eating canned ripe olives caused by ptaemarine poisoning rose to four in Memphis. Two luncheon guests who attended the event were also ill. Health officers work to trace the olive shipment and identify the source.
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Memphis
Works of art worth millions found in Chicago widow home
Treasures valued at more than a million dollars were discovered in the modest residence of Mrs. Fraline M. Kimball. The 79 year old widow of W. W. Kimball, founder of the piano company, has an estate assessed around 2.8 million dollars. An inventory filed in probate court lists jade and porcelain vases, tapestries, antique furniture and paintings by Rambrandt Constable Reynolds Millet Bristol Romney and Corot.
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Chicago
Fraline M. Kimball
W. W. Kimball
Kimball
Irving H. Cone
Los Angeles
Rambrandt
John Constable
Joshua Reynolds
Millet
A Bristol
George Romney
Corot
Execution Stay Extends to February 20 in Nebraska Case
Lincoln February 7 The governor extended the execution stay from today until February 20 for Aleon B. Cole and Alien Grammer in the murder of Grammer’s mother.
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Lincoln
Samuel R. McKechvie
Aleon B. Cole
Alien ¥. Grammer
Miss Knowles to Wed Brother of Her Child's Father
Guy S Spiker of Baltimore, fiancé of Miss Emily Knowles the English woman with her child, will marry Milas Knowles in Fall River. Immigration officials gave no objections after a Washington trip. Spiker arranged for the marriage license and planned to depart for Baltimore tomorrow night.
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Fall River
Mass
Guy S .Spiker
Baltimore
Emily Knowles
Spiker
Perley Spiker
Milas Knowles
Washington
Government guarantees 5 percent rail return for two years
Senate conferees reach agreement guaranteeing a 5 percent return on aggregate railroad value for two years under federal control. After two years the Interstate Commerce Commission would set rates to yield the same return, with district-based valuations and adjustments for deficits or surpluses.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Ment
Dutch Socialist push to intern William of Germany
In The Hague on Feb 6, Dutch Socialist MPs urged interning former Emperor William and curbing his liberty despite support for not extraditing Count Hohenzollern. Deputy Van Kol proposed housing William away from the German frontier and questioned leniency toward Lenin.
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Hague
William
Germany
Count Hohenzollern
van Kol
Holland
Nikolai Lenine
Amerongen
Lane Latest Cabinet Member To Quit Office
Secretary of the Interior Lane resigns to President Wilson effective March 1 after over twenty years in public service. Possible successor discussed includes Alexander T. Vogelsang, California first assistant secretary of the interior. Lane’s Canadian birth kept him from presidential bids.
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Washington
Iowa
Wilson
Edwin S. Meredith
David Houston
the Treasury
Lane
Department of the Interior
Interstate Commerce Commission
California
Canada
Alexander T. Vogelsang
Interior
Nevada Legislature Ratifies Federal Suffrage Amendment
Reno news reports the Nevada legislature in a special session ratified the federal suffrage amendment today with a unanimous senate vote and a single opposed vote in the assembly.
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Nevada
Reno
Senate
Assembly
Forty five Million Looted From Rail Car Theft In 1919
New York report cites United States railroad administration figures showing about 45 million dollars of goods stolen from rail cars in 1919. Losses are described as more than double pre war levels, with stolen values rising about 85 percent, and thefts increasing steadily across the nation. The piece notes theft techniques resemble those used in multiple countries and questions claims of a broad international organization at work.
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New York
United States
United States Railroad Administration
England
France
Italy
Argentina
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