Brazil Replies to Germany over Unrestricted Submarine War
Brazil protests to Berlin against Germanys submarine blockade arguing it threatens all high seas and international law. Bolivia backs U S stance from Rio de Janeiro while Chile debates neutrality and Argentina vows to follow international law. Peru condemns Germanys naval policy and seeks unity with American states.
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Argentina
Chile
America
Peru
Ro de Janeiro
Berlin
Germany
Offic
Buenos Aires
Bolivia
United States
Imug
Lermins
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Valparaiso
American Navy Department
Pepiv
Drermany
Suspatches
Santiago
All Are Out as Wilson Calls on Officials
President Wilson visited the State, War and Navy Building to check on preparations for any international contingency. He found all secretaries out and moved to the Capitol, where he observed the Senate debating Stones resolution on breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany before returning to the White House.
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Wilson
White House
Secretary of State
Lansings Doorkeeper
Secretary of the Navy
Daniela
Secretary of War
Bakers Doorkerener
Mr. Wilson
Capitol
Senate
Germany
Big Convoy for Merchant Fleet
A fleet of allied ships to sail from the Virginia coast tomorrow in convoy with English and French warships. Merchant ships from Baltimore, Norfolk and Newport News gathered fifteen miles offshore, while warships wait twenty five miles from shore. The British will convoy large fleets to reach allied ports with food and supplies. Special representative Macsey Roads arranged the assembly in Norfolk. over ten warships are reported in the fleet.
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France
England
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Newport News
Brare
Macsey
Lost California Once Was Tourist Ship for The Post Contest
Announcement last night noted the sinking of the Anchor liner California. Washingtonians recalled The Post contest party of twenty who had sailed on the ship in 1911 from New York to Moville and back, detailing a pleasant voyage despite a dock strike and the later disaster with sincere regret. Names include K M Towers, Dr G W Warren, Rev Edward Carpenter, Mrs W H Carroll, Misses Em ery Hawkins Rawlings Rutherford Schneider Sprinkle Malone Lucas Warfield Owen and others from Washington.
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California
National Capital
Washington Post
New York
Post
Washingtoniana
Moville
K. M. Towers
G. W. Warren
Edward Carpenter
Alexandria
W. H. Carroll
Misa JC. Emery
Ruth Hawkins
Kate F. Rawlings
Nellie Rutherford
Loraine Schneider
Alma Sprinkle
Katherine Malone
Misa Leah Lucas
R. C. Warfield
R. L. Warfield
C. W. Owen
Washington
Liner California Sinks Trusting Warning Sinks 55 Reported Missing
Report says liner California was sunk off Ireland with 55 passengers missing. Vessel 4662 tons carried war supplies. cargo details withheld by port authorities. Officers listed include Captain John I Henderson and surgeon William F Alger. Passengers named from cities in Canada and the United States, many listed as British or Canadian residents. Additional note from Montgomery confirms survivor John A Lee missing from directories.
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Dudley Field Marine
California
John I. Henderson
William F. Alger
D. Etherington
W. Henry
K. Broughton
Shanghai
China
Baltic
Liverpool
Cameronia
Caledonia
Columbia
Million Dollar New York Militia Appropriation Passed
Albany reports the assembly approved a 1 million dollar bill for national guard expenses during the current international crisis. The Senate had approved it yesterday. In Trenton, Gov. Edge signed an emergency measure granting 100 thousand dollars to guard state property and military supplies.
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Albany
N. Y
Assembly
Senate
Trenton
N. J
Edge
Wilson signs two bills for inaugural expenses
President Wilson signed two appropriation bills for inaugural ceremonies. One provides 35,000 for Capitol expenses and 23,000 for the public order committee. A March 6 full ceremony is planned with 56,000 souvenir copies and a 65,000 dollar guarantee fund, while hat plans and public comfort efforts proceed.
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Wilson
Capitol
Court of Honor Committee
James Easby-Smith
A. Leftwich Sinclair
Hall
Washington
Cardinal Falconio Dies in Rome Former Papal Delegate
Rome February 7 Cardinal Falconio former papal delegate to the United States died today at the Vatican. The death ends a long career in church diplomacy and service in Rome.
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U. 5S
Rome
Cardinal Falconio
United States
Sinking of Liner Prompts Citizen Status Question
Casper Wyoming February 7 Aboard the liner California Mrs Alexander Cuthill left for Scotland two weeks ago her husband having taken out first naturalization papers He has filed on a homestead here Legal authorities believe Mrs Cuthill cannot be classed as an American citizen under naturalization law since first papers show intention to become a citizen not full rights The case centers on whether first papers confer citizenship privileges.
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Casper
Wyo
Alexander Cuthill
California
Scotland
Barkley
Kentucky
Senate
Congress
Senator proposes to cut district intangible tax to three tenths
Amendment to the District appropriation bill by Senator Sterling seeks lowering the intangible tax from four tenths of one percent to three tenths. It would exempt building and loan associations and relief societies, tax individuals rather than corporations, and exclude bank notes and bank-discounted notes. It also adds a provision for a general tax law inquiry by joint Senate and House committees, to report changes next session.
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Sterling
Building and Loan Associations
Relief and Beneficial Associations
Senate
House
Capital's Beauty to Be Discussed at Public Meeting
Washington beautified will be discussed tonight at a public meeting by the Washington Society of the Fine Arts in the auditorium of the new Central High School. Col W. W. Harts will discuss Washington's past, present and future with slides. Newton D. Baker will share ideas on city development with defense and improvement. Representative James N. Slayeden will cover monuments and parkings. Oliver P. Newman will outline municipal service plans. Glenn Brown will introduce the speakers.
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Washington
Washington Society of the Fine Arts
New Central High School
W. W. Harts
Newton D. Baker
James N. Slayeden
Oliver P. Newman
Glenn Brown
Abruzzi Relieved of Fleet Command in Favor of Revel
The Duke of Abruzzi asked to be relieved as commander of the Italian fleet. Vice Admiral Paolo Thaon di Revel will take over and also become chief of the navy's general staff. In Vatican news, Mgr James McCloskey of Philadelphia is named bishop of Zamboanga.
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Duke
Admiral di Revel
Rome
Duke of
Mgr
James McCloskey
Philadelphia
Zamboanga
Vatican
Leak Probe To Go On Dr y Bill To Be Pushed
The leak investigation continues as Republicans press to identify a source beyond Washington note senders J Fred Essary and W W Price. Witnesses include Mrs Ruth Visconti and reporters N O Messenger and Thomas F Logan. testimony outlines where proofs lay and who may be involved. A House plan to report the dry bill without recommendation is set for February 16, with hearings to follow, amid party clashes over timing and strategy.
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Washington
J. Fred Essary
W. W. Price
Pace
Missouri
Representative Campbell
Kansas
Sherman L. Whipple
State Department
Ruth Thomason Visconti
Thomas W. Lawson
Torquaty
Wall Street
House
Lloyd
Ben Johnson
AID OF COLLEGE MEN IS ACCEPTED
Philadelphia Feb 7 The plan by William McClellan for an intercollegiate intelligence bureau to mobilize college trained personnel for government service won warm endorsements from Secretaries Daniels and Baker. Many leading universities accepted and named representatives for a conference. Naturalization papers set a record with 78 filings at the U S District Court as Germany Austria and Hungary natives led the surge. Fort Mifflin shells were transferred to Atlantic reserve battleships at Philadelphia navy yard.
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Philadelphia
William McClellan
Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
Daniels and Baker
Navy
War Departments
Dean McClellan
Washington
Bureau
Germany
Austria
Hungary
United States District Court
Fort Mifflin
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Western High School German song boycott sparks protest
In Baltimore on February 7, Western High School students led by a German class criticized and refused to sing Deutschland ueber alles. Principal Weglein said the class need not perform the piece, and the German club dissolved as students favored harmless songs, signaling a decline in German cultural displays at the school.
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Vecal
Washington Post
Baltimore
David KE. Wegiein
Western High School
Suffrage Bill Defeated and Related Moves Across States
Concord New Hampshire February 7 the senate rejected by one to seven a bill granting women voting rights in presidential state county and town elections. Albany Maine February 7 the assembly judiciary committee voted to report favorably a resubmission bill this fall. Augusta Maine February 7 the senate judiciary committee backed a resolution for constitutional amendment to end women suffrage by constitutional change with a vote planned for next September.
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Concord
N. H
Senate
Albany
M. E
Assembly Judiciary Committee
Augusta
Senate Judiciary Committee
Greene Names 27 Republicans to House Organization Committee
Representative Greene of Massachusetts appointed twenty seven Republicans to the House Organization Committee. Gardner of Massachusetts was excluded. The list includes Madden Cannon Gillett Cooper Mondell Hill Fordney Marin Campbell Volstead Moore Longworth Hawley Stemp Austin Lenroot Woods Browning Anderson Greene Helgesen La Follette Porter Sloan Dunn Chandler Moores.
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Massachusetts
House
Gardner
Madden and
Cannon
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Cooper
Wisconsin
Mondell
Wyoming
Hill
Connecticut
Fordney
Michigan
Marin
California
Campbell
Kansas
Volstead
Minnesota
Moore
Pennsylvania
Longworth
Ohio
Hawley
Oragon
Stemp
Virginia
Austin
Tennessee
Lenroct
Woods
Iowa
Browning
New Jersey
Anderson
Vermont
Helgesen
North Dakota
la Follette
Porter
Sloan
Nebraska
Dunn and Chandler
New York
Moores
Indiana
Relief ships faces costs and navigation risk in relief effort
A report questions whether relief ships in transit from England can be warned and enter a new prohibited zone, noting Hoover orders for vessels in American Argentine Indian and European ports to stay provisionally. The issue centers on potential im munity in navigation and rising relief food costs.
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England
Relief Committee
Veteran journalist Earl Billings dies at 81
Earl Billings long time newspaper man dies at his home on Clifton street. Funeral services under Madison auspices set for 3 tomorrow afternoon with private interment. Billings aged 81 lived in Washington about twelve years. In Iowa he spent 30 years with former Senator Young in the newspaper business.
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Earl Billings
Clifton Street
Masonia
Billinga
Washington
Iowa
Senator Young
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Bryan
Post Office Committee
Antisaloon League
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Hamill
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Antisiloan League
Drys
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Anacostia Federation For Social Service
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Fifth Ave
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Shoreham Hotel
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Belgium
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Tucker KX. Sands
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A. G. Clapham
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Chas
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Frank P. Harman
Arthur Lee Arthur EB. Randle
Geo. Tully Vaughan
the Commercial National Bank
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Conn. Ave
K St
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Pa. Ave
Friedlander Brothers
Ninth Street Northwest
Stust
New & No
Broadway
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Adavt
X. Muddiman
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Symphony
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Brooks
Toggery Club, Inc
Equitable
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