Berlin Regrets Break Relief Workers to Stay Safe
Berlin regrets the break and assures relief workers in Belgium and northern France will remain unmolested. German officials say the Belgian relief commission may operate under safe conduct if war ensues, with neutral transfer possible. Spain, Madrid, and London report bolster Belgian food aid and discuss routing via Rotterdam or channel.
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Berlin
Belgium
France
Berlin Assurance
London
Belgian Reef Commission
Commission
United States
Germany
Rotterdam
Scotland
English Channel
Falmouth
Belgian Relief Commission
Brand Whitlock
Brussels
The
London Express
Relief Commission
Entente
London Dispatch
Kronprinzessin Cecilie Damaged in Suspected Sabotage
The German liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie, costing 4.5 million, has engines disabled by a deliberate act. Captain John B. Coyle reports destroyed cylinder sections and off bolt heads, rendering the ship useless for months. Federal action likely. owners face civil suits and potential criminal prosecution.
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Boston
Kronprinzessin
Cecilie
John B. Coyle
United States Coast Guard Service
Kronprinzess
Appeals Gold Cargo Suit Over Kronprinzessin Cecilie
North German Lloyd seeks Supreme Court review of breach of contract suits by New York banks over gold aboard the Kronprinzessin Cecilie in 1914. The ship failed to deliver gold to Europe after warning by wireless, prompting a Bar Harbor return and a $2,240,000 damages award to Guaranty Trust and National City Bank. The company argues the ruling risks sale of the vessel and harms war bound ships, urging reversal as precedent.
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Supreme Court
Lloyd Steamship Company
New York
Europe
Kronprinzess
Cecilie
Wireless
Bar Harbor
Atlantic
Laws
Guaranty Trust Company
National City Bank
Lloyd
Galicia Fighting Renewed In Galicia Frontline Clash
Petrograd reports renewed fighting in Galicia with two attacks yesterday that failed. The war office says on the western front the enemy attacked west of Vollasadovsia near Kiselin, but retired under our fire. Attacks southwest of Brody were stopped by our forces.
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Petrograd
British Admiralty
Galicia
War Office
Vollasadovsia
Kiselin
Brody
Navy Seeks Wire Nets for Harbor Defense Plans
The Navy Department has provided plans and specifications for wire nets to protect harbors from submarines. Contracts for steel chains for this purpose have been let, with bids also sought for 1000 tons of steel for dirigible balloon hangars at Pensacola Florida.
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New York
Navy Department
Pensacola
Fla
Tisza Sees Peage Door U Boats To End War
Vienna dispatches quote Count Stephen Tisza urging adaptation of international naval rules for submarines. He argues submarine warfare could be used to bring peace, defense of Hungary, and that Entente demands risk dismemberment of Hungary. Apponyi calls for intense war effort until enemies drop their aims.
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London
Vienna
Reuters
Amsterdam
Stephen Tisza
Framdanblatten
Tisza
Reuter
Budapest
Count Tisza
Count Tiara
Count Apponyi
Entente
Hungary
Bill Takes Last Of Patronage
The final struggle to include postmasters of all classes under the classified civil service is set for the House floor tomorrow. Democrats favor defeated opposition, while the Senate approved the measure and President and Postmaster General Burleson back it. The plan faces Southern resistance over patronage loss, with Burns guiding the bill and Mann poised to urge conferees to concur with Senate nonpolitical postmaster language. The Postmaster General supports keeping capable postmasters in office.
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House
Mann
Senate
Burleson
Burns
Tennessee
Hospitals Offered to U S Government for War Use
Baltimore reports two Maryland medical institutions offer assets for national defense. The consumptives hospital at Towson and the Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore propose to serve as military hospitals if war occurs. Meanwhile Mardi Gras travel ads promote special rail fares to Mobile New Orleans and Pensacola with through sleeping cars from Washington. Reservations available at New York Ave Fifth Street and Union Station.
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Carndlia A
Heary C. Birnes
Charles
Howard
Eugen Need Aiyty
Silverpring
Rock Creek
Berrang
Cattierine Berrang
Blurry Po Berrang
Tevits
Fridas
Pars
Mondus
CA Stuant
Grint
New Yark
Haight
Viesdar
At & An
Ald Tenth Street
HI Fiaight
Uiarry
Mlasebt
Daniel
Mary Murphy
Harlison
Thursias
Debriary
Vai
Racine
Ohio
Valley
Tom
Prinella Harrison
Trank Geiers
Cormnrany
Speeneh Street
Tone
Tnt
Pat Fargutteen
Tis
Hechinger
Ametles
Lazar Hetuewer
Tebraary Soar
Brek Street
Portheas Cathiming
Tries
Werthes Tiaers
Shackelford
Colonial Beach
Jiresa
Asflackelford
Notte
Shimoneck
George Washington University Hospital
Milbiam
Queet
Arlington National Cermiteryo
Rawling Post
Sieterman Nistinkel
Gen. Wal- Na Tee TE
Permet
Baltimore
Hospital For Consumptives of
Maryland
Towson
United States
Maryland General Hospital of
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mobile
New Orleans
Pensacola
Washington
Cincinnati
Louisville & Millinois Central
New York Ave
5Th Street
Pa. Ave
Union Station
British Extend Front After Tigris Gains
British forces report advances on the Tigris front after February 3 gains, evacuations by the enemy east of Hal Tigris junction, and trench lines pulled back west of Hal to near Horice factory. Cavalry raids from Bhumran shelled camps and trenches with effect. Turkish HQ cites at least 2,000 British killed near Kut El Amara on February 1.
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Kat-El- Amara
London
Tigris
Hal-Tigris
Hal
Ilorice
Tigris-Hal
Bhumran
Berlin
Nes
Tigria
Kut-El-Amara
British 1000 Yards Gain on Somme Front
British forces report advancing about 1000 yards of enemy trench near Gradcourt with no opposition and 48 prisoners taken, including two officers, as artillery activity continues on Somme and Ypres fronts. German raids on Verdun near Louvemont and Eparges failed. French reconnoitering parties reached shelters near Aspach, Alsace. Appam prize ship to Norfolk. prize commander surrenders 60 pounds and two British orphans' fund boxes.
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London
France
Somme
Ourine
Gradcourt
Beaucourt
Ypres
Paris
Verdun
Louvemont
Eparges
War Office
Parroy Forest
Aspach
Alsace
Appam
Norfolk
Newport News
Plang
Hans Berg
United States
Marshal Saunders
Lieut
Berg
Coast Guard
Nine Hundred Teutonic Citizens Apply for US Citizenship
In New York on February 6 more than 900 people of Teutonic birth renounced allegiance to Germany and Austria and filed first papers to become U S citizens. About 600 in Manhattan and 260 in Brooklyn, two thirds Germans, rushed to naturalization bureaus as extra clerks were added. Applicants said they would fight for the United States if drafted.
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New York
Germany
Austria
United States
Naturalization
Manhattan
Central Powers
Brooklyn
Swiss to lease merchant fleet for wartime food transport
Inland Switzerland plans a fleet of vessels leased from neutral European states to transport food. The ships will sail under their own flags to avoid the Hague Conventions consent hurdle, enabling immediate service during the war.
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Switzerland
Commerce Department
Senate report alleges French munition makers overcharged
Dispatches from Paris cited by Commercial Attaché Veditz reveal a French senate committee report charging munitions manufacturers with excessive profits on government contracts. The disclosures imply government contracts yielded price abuses amid wartime pressures.
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Veditz
Paria
Bayer factory explosion reported near Leverkusen
A Handelsablad dispatch from Zevenaar cites travelers claiming the Bayer Company operated ani lina dyas and medicines factory at Leverkusen in Rhine province was blown up last week. Many killed and two streets largely ruined as a result.
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Amsterdam
Handelsablad
Zevenaar
Germany
Bayer Company
Leverkusen
Rhine Province
Brazil avoids clash with Germany amid neutrality moves
Rio Janeiro Feb 6 Brazil readies a firm note to Germany defend international law while avoiding provocation. Correio de Manha notes Brazil will act prudently and prepare naval and military measures to meet any eventuality. Argentine papers pulse with mixed views on Wilsons stance and Latin American unity.
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Rio Janeiro
Jornal Do Commercio
Brazil
Germany
Berlin
Jornal
Correio de Manha
Council of Ministers
Lauro Muller
Braz
Correio de Mania
United States
Moving Munition Supplies Norfolk to Northern Points
The movement of a large amount of ammunition from the Norfolk navy yard St Julian magazine to northern points began today. An unusually strong guard has been placed around the magazine.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk Navy Yard
St. Julian Magazine
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el Diario
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