Germans Continue Plunges Toward Warsaw in Fresh Attacks
London dispatches report Gen. von Hindenburg driving costly lunges west of Warsaw while Russian forces to the north threaten an outflanking move after crossing the Bzura. The western front remains stalemated with renewed German activity in Belgium and notes of possible submarine blockade pressures from the coast. Turkish forces at the Suez Canal are described as advancing columns crossing the desert toward the canal region.
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London
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Bzura
Carpathians
Lupkow
Beskid Pastes Oh
Prussia
Belgium
Cairo
Suez Canal
Xoun
Poland
Bolimow
The
Batra
Humin
Mackensen
Heavy Russian losses reported in Carpathians
An official statement from Vienna via Berlin to London says Russian attacks have renewed in some Carpathian areas but broken down with heavy losses. It notes ongoing Allied pressure in western Galicia and forest regions, with about 4,000 prisoners taken in the Carpathians.
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Vienna
Berlin
London
Poland
Galicia
Carpathians
War Hurts British Trade In January Declines
The Board of Trade reports January shows imports fell by 3,020,000 and exports by 97,790,000 due to wartime effects. Food imports rose 36,250,000 while manufacturing and raw materials slumped, with cotton down 17,500,000. Coal exports dropped 8,750,000 and manufactured goods by 86,000,000, including cotton textiles at 30,000,000. Separately, the steamer Dacia, carrying cotton from Galveston to Rotterdam, is en route to Norfolk with a reported speed of 140 knots and expected to arrive tomorrow morning.
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London
Board of Trade
Dacia
Norfolk
Galveston
Rotterdam
Hatteras
Norwegian Steamer Seized by Japanese Warships
Tokyo reports Japanese warships seized the Norwegian steamer Christian Borg on paper irregularities. The ship was turned over to the prize court at Sasebo after sailing from Shanghai on January 27 for San Francisco via Japanese ports.
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Tokio
Japan
Christian Borg
Sasebo
Christian Bors
Shanghaian
San Francisco
Plot to dynamite steamer thwarted in Corunna
Faris Feb 6 reports a plot to blow up the French liner La Champagne arriving from Mexico at Corunna Spain was thwarted by a wireless message. A man aboard, believed German, planned to destroy the ship. The captain acted swiftly and arrested the suspect. Five dynamite bombs were found in his trunk.
Russians Battle German Forge Toward Warsaw in Massive Assault
Widespread German thrusts west of Warsaw threaten to break the Russian line as 105000 to 106000 German troops, aided by 100 artillery batteries, press the front. Russians counter with fierce rifle and bayonet fighting, while reports claim success in Poland and retreat in the Carpathians.
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Petrograd
Borsimov
Warsaw
Humin
Borjimov
London
Hindenburg
Carpathians
Tarnow
Galicia
Story of Killing Inmates at German Odd Fellows Home
Yonkers, Feb 6 Investigation of Fred Mors claim that he killed eight aged inmates at the German Odd Fellows home because they were old and a nuisance extends to physicians who signed death certificates in some cases. Adam Bangert, superintendent, and three porters are held as witnesses. more patients are under alienist surveillance in Bellevue. The coroner says porters reported chalk marks on doors and that doctors sometimes certified deaths as apoplexy. Mors says five inmates died by anaesthetics and three by other drugs.
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Yonkers
Fred Mors
Adam Bangert
More
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Mors
District Attorneys Office
New York
Colorado Officials Make Official Visit
Denver officials led by Gov Gev A Carlson and many Colorado legislators visited Gov J B Kendrick and Wyoming lawmakers in Cheyenne. Nearly 200 people including wives traveled from Denver to reciprocate Wyoming’s January visit, continuing a cordial exchange between the states.
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Denver
Colo
Gev. A. Carlson
Colorado
J. B. Kendrick
Wyoming
Cheyenne
German Blockade Rhetoric Delivers Warning
Washington dispatch reports German proclamation on blockade claims no intent to molest neutral ships with civilian food cargo for Britain while acknowledging naval attitudes of belligerents. The U S State Department hopes England refrains from seizing American vessels like the Wilhelmina, noting ongoing disputes and potential escalation.
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Washington, D. C
Omiisay
State Department
England
British Isles
North Sea
Germany
Miss Nona McAdoo Arrives in London on Lusitania
Miss Nona McAdoo daughter of Secretary McAdoo and Miss Catherine Britton of Washington arrive in London from New York aboard the Lusitania. Colonel House and his wife will travel in Europe. The two young women plan a trip to France to curse French soldiers.
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London
House
New York
Nona McAdoo
Secretary of
Treasury
McAdoo
Catherine Britton
Washington
Lusitania
Colonel House
Europe
Miss Britton
France
Transatlantic liner Alfonso XIII sinks off Santander
Paris reports a Madrid dispatch says efforts are under way to refloat the Spanish transatlantic liner Alfonso XIII which sank in Santander harbor yesterday. All crew and passengers were saved. no cause for the accident is yet given.
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Paris
Madrid
Santander
President of LC Asks Higher Passenger Rates
Illinois state officials heard a campaign to raise passenger rates from 2 to 2 1/2 cents per mile. Charles H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central, with fourteen railroad presidents, argued the need to boost passenger revenue in the Midwest. He said passenger income supports operation and freight income would suffer without it. no commutation-rate increase is requested.
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Edw. F. Dunne
Minois
Chas. H. Markham
Minois Central Railway
Springfield
Charles H. Markham
Dunne
State Utilities Commission
Illinois
Middle Western
Passener
Llinvis
Markham
Two Dreadnoughts Authorized by House Vote
Washington February 6. The house passed the naval appropriation bill with two battleships authorized, despite protest by Majority Leader Underwood. The bill totals 144,648,902 dollars and includes ships, submarines, destroyers, a hospital ship, an air fuel ship, and transport. Amendments approve Pacific coast destroyers and submarines built there.
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Waethington
Underwood
Treasury
Senate
Pacific
Four Die in Ninth Avenue Elevated Collision at Fifty Street
A rush hour crash on the Ninth Avenue elevated line in New York at Fifty Street left four people dead. The impact involved a local train and an express, with the forward car of one burned to the trucks and the rear car of the other also destroyed.
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New York
Ninth Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Fear for Lives of Miners in West Virginia Mine
An explosion at the New River Coal Co mine in Carlisle near Fayettevill e West Virginia trapped about 130 miners. Gas and a lamp ignited a pocket of gas, many feared dead while hoisting gear remained intact and rescuers, including two state mine inspectors, prepared to intensify search efforts as crowds gathered but were kept back.
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Fayettaville
W. Va
New River Coat Co
Carlisle
Widow of Stonewall Jackson Critically Ill in Charlotte
Mrs. Mary Jackson, widow of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, is critically ill at her Charlotte home according to late reports from the city. The condition was described as grave as local authorities and family await further medical updates.
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Stonewall Jackson
Charlotte
N. C
Mary Jackson
New York Witnesses Describe Fees At Pre Mot Hearing
Seth Low returns as final witness as the federal commission on Industrial Relations prepares for a Chicago session to examine transportation issues. Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller defend their foundations, both denying they threaten the public. Rockefeller left the stand amid a $6 payment, with $2 as witness fee and $3 for mileage, while Carnegie forgot his $2 check during photography sessions. Frederick A. Cleveland opens today as director of the municipal research bureau.
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New York
Seth Low
New York City
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Chicago
Andrew Carnegie Ondobu D. Rockefeller
Whog
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Frederick A. Cleveland
Bureau of Municipal Research
Flood Crest Near Cincinnati Reported By Weather Bureau
The weather bureau bulletin says rainfall in the Ohio watershed is over for now and the flood situation is not seriously altered. The crest eyes near Cincinnati at 8 this morning stood at 54.3 feet, about 4.8 feet above flood stage, while Evansville and Cairo show varying levels and floods are probable downstream by week's end.
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Washington, D.C
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Doad
Cincinnati
Evansville
Cairo
Mississippi
Neutral Powers Protest German Sea Policy
The Tribuna blasts German measures against neutral ships as disrespectful to neutral powers and dignity. It notes Britain’s protests to the US and Italy over distinguishing absolute and conditional contraband and warns of neutral refusals to accept Germany’s exam at sea ruling. It argues reprisals against Britain are possible but must avoid harming neutrals and their subjects.
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Rome
Tribuna
Germany
Britain
United States
Italy
Great Britain
Science of Killing Advances Over During Paris Dispatch
A British army surgeon deputation praised American ambulance setups at Meuilly for wounded care. Brief addresses followed by Sir Almroth Wright, Sir Herkley Monynihain, and Dr Alexis Carrel contrasted advances in killing and caring sciences.
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Paris
Meuilly
Almroth Wright
Herkley Monynihain
Alexis Carrell
Carrel
Foot and Mouth Disease Actions Across Major Cities
The Department of Agriculture orders inspectors to cross yards in Chicago Indianapolis Louisville Buffalo Cincinnati Jersey City Pittsburgh and Columbus to intercept interstate livestock shipments after discovery of foot and mouth infection. An upcoming rule will decide if yards may receive cattle for immediate slaughter and in transit shipments without symptoms or exposure will be allowed to proceed to non infected areas under federal inspection.
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Washigton
D. C
Chicago
Indianapolis
Louisville
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Jersey City
Pittsburgh
Columbus
Department of Agriculture
Prohibition Enacted in Arkansas Governor Signs Law
A statewide prohibition bill in Arkansas was signed by Gov. G. W. Hays. The act, amended by the senate and approved by the house, bans new saloon licenses for 3915 but leaves existing licenses intact. In Pulaski county Judge Joe Asher granted Little Rock saloon licenses at 10:30 a.m., forty minutes before the signature, and fifty saloons opened immediately.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansag
G. W. Hays
Senate
House
Pulaski County
Joe Asher
Cleveland Foundation Promoted By Trust Head In NYC Hearing
Frederick W. Goff, president of the Cleveland Trust Company, told the federal industrial commission in New York City Hall about a foundation created by his bank “for the good of mankind.” The Cleveland foundation, formed in January 1914, would receive surplus wealth from wealthy donors to improve the condition of the human race, especially in Cleveland.
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Frederick H. Goff
Federal Industrial Commission
New York City
Frederick W. Goff
Cleveland Trust Company
Cleveland Foundation
Trust Company
Perrons
Cleveland
Foundation
Extra Session Depends on Shipping Bill in Congress
Washington dispatch reports President Wilson may call an extra session if the ship purchase bill fails at this session. White House officials lean against an early session, hoping to pass all appropriation bills within a week or ten days once the ship bill is disposed of. Democratic leaders seek to amend by yielding to Senator Clark’s motion, aiming to press Gore’s motion to remove the commerce committee from consideration of a substitute bill. They expect Norris, Kenyon, and La Follette to back the motion, with Newlands also present. If Smith cannot return, Fletcher’s recommitment motion would fail by one vote. The date for general debate remains uncertain, with the fight likely to extend toward March 4 despite Republican assurances of no quarter.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
White House
Senate
Clark
Gore
Norris
Kenyon
la Follette
Newlands
Marshall
Smith
Fletcher
Secret handling of Asama wreck details kept by Navy
Washington February 6 The Navy Department received Advices from Rear Admiral Howard on the wreck of the Japanese cruiser Asama off the west coast of lower California. Delicate questions surrounding aiding a belligerent ship by Central American vessels lead to secrecy.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Howard
Asama
Lower
California
Russians Shift Troops in Galicia
Berlin dispatches state extensive shifting of Russian troops in East Galicia and Bukowina to hold occupied areas even at the cost of retreat elsewhere. Reports cite captured Russians moved from Przemysl vicinity and a defeat near Lupkow saddle with German Austro Hungarian forces. Warsaw faces severe provisions shortages as Frankfurter Zeitung notes a large food convoy arriving at Archangel destined for Warsaw, delivery timing unclear.
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Berlin
Sayville
L. i
Budapest
Hungary
Galicia
Bukowina
Przemysl
Ungvar
Foot and mouth disease found in Cincinnati stockyards
Cincinnati Ohio February 6 local stock yards placed under government quarantine after foot and mouth disease was detected in 12 cattle shipped here this week. The herd reportedly came from Indianapolis and the shipment prompted the action.
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Cincinnati. O
Indianapolia
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