Fort Rockaway Point Fortification Rushes to Shield New York
The war department rushes a Rockaway Point fort to defend Brooklyn and New York Harbor with four 6 inch siege guns and two 16 inch howitzers. About 12 acres seized at a total cost of 1 million dollars. Army engineers supervise rapid emplacement of concrete bases as 3800 laborers work on the project.
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Rockaway Point
War Department
Brooklyn Defense Army
Brooklyn
Fort‘Hancockion Bandy
Hook
Army
Wilson Quits White House for Capitol
Washington, Feb 9. President Wilson will visit the Capitol and executive departments frequently to speed legislation and handle pending questions. He will not alarm the public by sudden visits and is keeping time open for work on the foreign situation.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Capitol
White House
Kenyon Opens Fight on Pork Barrel Bill In Senate
Washington Feb 9 Senator Kenyon of Iowa Republican gave notice he would fight the rivers and harbors bill now totaling 938.5 million. He proposed a substitute to provide a lump sum of 322 million for improvements where the war department sees fit.
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Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Commerce Committee
Kenyon
Iowa
War Department
Bill to create separate Banking Department advances
Des Moines February 9 Senator Arney of Marshalltown introduces a bill to transfer bank supervision from the state auditor to a new Banking Department. The bill would place enforcement of banking laws under this department’s control.
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Des Moines
Senate
Arney
Marshalltown
State Auditor's
Litchfields Remember Panama Canal Voyage Aboard Calfornian
E C Litchfield of the Litchfield company recalls the May 1915 voyage of Anchor Line ship California as she steamed through the Panama Canal during a West Indies tour. Mr and Mrs Litchfield transferred from the Californian to the sinking vessel. the 15 000 ton white liner now lies at the bottom of the sea.
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E. C. Litchfield
Litchfield Company
Panama Canal
Mr. Litchfield
Temperatures and Dates From February 9 Historical Record
Supposedly supplied by Buchanan Optical Co the page lists temperatures for February 9 across years from 1912 to 1916 with ranges such as minus 12 to 2 in 1912 and 0 to 20 in 1915 along with notes on times midnight am noon and a 10 cent cigar promotion labeled El Verso advertisement in faded text
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Broker Springs a Sensation at Leak Hearing
Washington witnesses testify about stock dealings connected to lawmakers. George B. Chipman of Harriman & Co. offered to name members after chair calls. He said no congressmen sold during the peace note leak period, could not confirm senator or secretary names, and noted tips and prior payouts since 1914 were ineffective. Chipman learned a note was coming from Connolly and Lansing’s briefing surfaced through AP, UP, and CSM contacts as hearings recessed.
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Washington, D. C
George B. Chipman
Harry M. Harriman & Co
New York
House of Representatives
Werry
Chipman
Congress
J. L. Livermore
Wall Street
Livermore
Clement, Curtis & Co
Chicago
E. F. Hutton & Co
F. A. Connolly
F. A. Conpoly & Co
Allied Planes Destroyed in Month. Germany Loses 34
Berlin reports from January show Germany losing 34 airplanes while the British, French and Russians together lost 55 in aerial engagements or ground fire. The war office notes aviators fulfilled observation and attack tasks, with three hostile balloons brought down and no German balloons lost.
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Germany
Berlin
Sayville, L. J
War Office
House declines to hurry defense bills in naval measure
The House Rules Committee refused a special rule to speed three administration amendments to a naval bill. The proposals authorize a 150 million dollar bond issue for ships and war supplies, 1 million for aircraft patents, and commandeering of shipyards and munition plants. The naval bill was again under consideration as the dispute over special rules continued.
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Washington, D. C
House
Navy seeks 25 000 more sailors and 50 000 officers
Washington reports the Navy will enlist 25 000 additional men while peacetime strength is set near 74 000. Officials anticipate wartime expansion to 87 000 with volunteers serving for the duration. The War Department plans to organize an officers reserve and widen commissions for eligible men.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Department
War Department
Althe
Hounds Track Down Suspected Slayer of Girl
Bloodhounds from Albion tracked Louis Kamerad, 21, suspected of raping and murdering Alice Parkes at Qrd Neb. The scent led from her home to where the car was stolen and abandoned, then back to Kamerad’s home. He was arrested and held in the county jail amid murmurs of vigilantism but no disorder is seen.
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Neb
Albion
Louis Kamerad
Alice Parkes
Parkes
Kamierad
Hospital Corps of Iowa Guards to Leave Border Soon
The Iowa cavalry at Llano Grande and the Iowa field hospital and ambulance company at Brownsville will depart for home on February 15. Adjutant General Guy Logan said quarters for the return troops may be at Fort Des Moines, but the fort is crowded, so efforts will seek alternate barracks, possibly the Des Moines Coliseum, or direct return arrangements with the War Department.
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Tex
Iowa
Cavalry
Llano Grande
Iowa Field Hospital
Brownsville
Des Moines
Guy
Logan
Iowa National Guard
Towa Cavalry
Fort Des Moines
Fort
Des Moines Coliseum
War Department
Appam Crew Taken to Philadelphia for Internment
Newport News Va February 9 Under guard by immigration authorities Lieut Hans Berg and the German prize crew that brought the British liner Appam into port after Moewe raid left for Philadelphia. They will be placed in detention under the navy yard commandant and join their brothers on the interned auxiliary cruisers Prinz Bitel Fried rich and Kronprinz Wilhelm. They will not be prisoners, just interned.
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Newport News
Hans Berg
Appam
Moewe
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Prinz Bitel Friedrich
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Germany grants another respite to neutral ships
Paris reports Germany extending the delay of 48 hours for neutral ships en route to ports in the blockade zone. Spain replies to Wilson notes indicating no further action beyond its Austria Hungary reply. Dutch newspapers approve Holland's stance on not breaking off relations with Germany.
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Madrid
Petic Journal
Teyngard
Germany
United States
Central Powers
Wilson
Willard
Spain
Austria
Hungary
Berlin
Holland
Hague
London
Loudon
Maurice M. Langhorne
Washington
Russia Pleased at America's Action
Petrograd reports the foreign office saying the United States decision to sever relations with Germany left a deep impression in Russia. It commends President Wilson for his prompt disapproval of Germany's submarine warfare and his refusal to maintain friendly ties with a nation flouting civilized principles.
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Petrograd
Foreign Office
Associated Press
United States
Germany
Russia
Wilson
Berlin Consulate to Send Gerard Train Saturday Evening
Berlin reports indicate former Ambassador Gerard and his party will depart Saturday night by a special train to Switzerland, with plans then to reach Spain and sail for the United States. The group includes embassy secretaries, attaches, consular staff, and many American correspondents, about 300 people in total. Lansing says he doubts intentional detention by Germany and notes no Americans have yet arrived in Copenhagen this week. Bernstorff will sail for Halifax Monday, easing speculation about Gerard’s departure.
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London
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Altho
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Am‘bador von Bernstorff
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Berne
Spain
United States
Germany
Scandinavia
Holland
Foreign Office
Lansing
Washington, D.C
Copenhagen
George Washington
Frost
Alberta
Canada
Bernstorff
Count von Bernstorff
Halifax
Hague
Netherlands
Maurice M. Langhorne
Denmark
Ryndam Returns After U Boat Warning
Ocean voyage news from New York reports the liner Ryndam returning to port after being warned by a German submarine while en route to Rotterdam. Other ships Baltic Saxonia and Kroonland are delayed or uncertain due to weather and censorship. Passengers cancel or switch to voyages on Ispage, Lapland, and other vessels as tensions rise in wartime Atlantic shipping.
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White Star
Cunard Lines
Europe
Bordeaux
Lapland
Liverpool
St. Louis
Ryndam
Rotterdam
Falmouth
Kroonland
New Orleans
Weiland- America
Mamship
Sandy Honk
Dune
Woman Sets Bed On Fire for Sympathy Fatal Outcome
Cedar Rapids Iowa February 9 to gratify desire for sympathy Mrs Royal A Streeter twenty wife of a drafts man at J G Cherry company set her bed on fire while husband away at Marion seeking a physician Her night clothing caught fire she could not reach the door neighbor Louis Smid broke in Mrs Streeter died at 1 30 a m today in hospital
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Cedar Rapids
Royal A. Streeter
J. G. Cherry Company
Marion
Louis Smid
British Light Gains Reported on Somme Front Attacks
The British attacked at three points on the Somme front yesterday. Army headquarters announced they gained a small amount of ground in the engagements.
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Somme
Berlin
Sayville
L. T
Paper delivery notice for delayed home delivery
If the newspaper is not delivered by 6 oclock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 and two copies will be sent. After 6 30 oclock, telephone 2.
Three Norwegian Ships Sunk by German U-Boats
London, Feb. 3. The Norwegian steamship Ida of 1,172 tons was sunk by a German submarine. Survivors reported gunfire on deck with no warning. The captain said the chief mate and the steward perished. Also announced: the Norwegian steamship Hanskinck, 617 tons gross, formerly Latilla, was sunk. The Norwegian ship Storskog, 2,? tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk near Queenstown. Crew were captured or rescued by nearby steamers.
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London
Ida
Storskog
Queenstown
Scar
Carpenter
Wilson Won't Draw Sword Until Forced
Washington reports state department notes attacks on merchant ships by German submarines but urges restraint. President Wilson reaffirms that private property of foreigners will not be seized even in war, aligning with 1828 treaty provisions. Entente embassies seek publication controls on ship sailings and manifests to limit publicity in the war zone.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Wison
IGHEP
Entente
Fewer Babies Die in American Cities Shown
New York report from the Babies Welfare association compares infant death rates in the ten largest cities. The 1916 average was 106.14 deaths per 1000 births vs 107.69 the previous year, indicating a slight improvement in urban infant mortality.
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New York
Babies’ Welfare Association
Woman in Charles City Music Circles Dies at 40
Miss Elizabeth Wellemeyer of Charles City, a seven year supervisor of music in Marshalltown public schools and a well known figure in Iowa music circles, died after a three day illness from uremia. Her remains will be taken to Garner for burial after funeral in Charles City on Monday.
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Marshalltown
Elizabeth Wellemeyer
Charles City
Garner
Van Taken From Room In Hospital Expires
John OGrady became suddenly ill in his room at 613 Commercial Street and was taken to St Francis hospital by police. He died today at the detention hospital. He formerly resided in Chicago and relatives are being notified. Body disposition pending at Hiteman & Gindt mortuary.
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John O'Grady
Commercial Street
St. Francis Hospital
Chicago
Hiteman & Gindt Mortuary
What Congress Did Senate Debates War and Federal Finance
Senate met at midnight with the commerce committee reporting titers and barbers carrying 32 million. Senator Mengor announced plans to push two substitutes for a blanket 200 million appropriation to be spent by the war department. District of Columbia and federal reserve act debates followed amid bank and currency committee amendments while naval inquiry hearings resumed.
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Senate
Commerce
Mengor
War Department
District of Columbia
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Net Yar Wen
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Ty Wil Walks
Tite
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J. Borden Harriman
Wiliam Cummings Story
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J. P. Morgan
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