147 American Soldiers Lost on Tuscania
The war department cites 113 American soldiers lost in the Tuscania sinking while British admiralty figures raise to 166 missing, 147 Americans. Survivors in Belfast number 100 to 260, treated with aid as they travel to camps in Northern Ireland.�
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Ireland
Vitish Admiralty
Fish
Washington
Northern
Washington, D. C
War Department
Ie Tuscania
Tuscania
Royal Irish Regiment
Tilkens
Beittle
Johnston
Page
Reds Plan New St Bartholomew Night Hint
London reports from Copenhagen that Finnish red guard leaders debated a St Bartholomew night style purge targeting capitalist class members over a certain age. The plan was rejected by two votes amid the historical reference to the 1572 massacre in France.
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London
Finland
Man Exchange
Copenhagen
Red Guard
St. Bartholomew's
St. Bartholomew
France
Asks repeal of extra pay for aviators
Washington report states that aviation is not more hazardous than other combat service and a bill to reveal all aviation extra pay would be submitted. Gen Pershing notes such laws create pay imbalances and may be unnecessary. Sec Baker’s measure would create a new aviator grade for qualified civilians at 160 dollars monthly.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Baker
Senate Military Committee
Foutois
Aviation Field Service
Spain Sails Protest Over Torpedoed Steamers
The Spanish government reports two steamships torpedoed near Valencia and Morvida beaches. The Sebastian of 4500 tons and the Duca di Genova of 7895 tons were hit while bound for New York, with crews saved and investigations planned. If confirmed, a protest will be sent to Berlin.
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Sebastian
Sunlk
New York
Associated Press
Madrid
Duca di Genova
Marviedro Beach
Valencia
Berlin
Torrevieja
Alicante
Mediterranean
Canada Observes First Heatless Day
Canada experiences its first heatless day as factories stores and buildings across the dominion observe fuel restrictions except where operations are deemed necessary for sustenance or war effort. exemptions were granted in some distant Ontario municipalities with low coal use, wood serving as the fuel. The heatless period will continue through tomorrow and Monday.
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Toronto
United States
Reward Offered For Stolen Jewels In Chicago Robbery
A Chicago notice offers up to 25 000 in rewards for information leading to the conviction of all offenders in a jewel robbery at the Heller Rose company two weeks earlier. Individual rewards total 10 000 for convictions, 2 500 per offender, plus 15 000 if all plunder is returned or 10 percent of value for part. Loot includes 15 pearl neck laces and many unset diamonds and other stones.
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Chicago
Heller-Rose Company
Interurban lines seek to stop mileage books plan
Interurban lines in Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to discontinue sale of 1,000 mile interchangeable marriage books at 1.75 cents a mile and to amend local mileage rates from 2 to 2 1/4 cents a mile.
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Washington, D. C
Illnois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Peace Pact Signed With Ukraine by Central Powers
Feb 9 dispatches report a peace agreement signed by representatives of the central powers and the Ukrainian rada. Bolshevik government likely to reject any treaty tied to the rada. Reports cite fighting as Ukrainians and Bolsheviks clash over independence and governance. Diplomatic missions face departure from Petrograd as Red terror spreads in Finland and Helsinki.
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Copenhagen
Rada
Berlin
Russia
Ukraine
Copenhager
Exchange Telegraph Company
A. B&b
Washington, D. C
Francis
Petrograd
Lenino-Trotzky
Red Cross
Tornea
Stockholm
Helsingfors
Trotzky
MM. Kameneff
Brest Litovsk
Finland
Ellen Key
Mannerheim
London
Berlinske Tidende
Red Guard
Red Guards
Denmark
Meat ration of one pound a week ordered in Britain
London February 9. After long consideration the food controller Baron Rhondda issued a meat rationing order for civilians, allotting roughly one pound of meat per person per week.
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Britain
London
Baron Rhondda
Victory Bread Limited to Four Fifths Wheat
The United States Food Administration announced no standard recipe for victory bread will be issued for bakers, hotels, restaurants, or households. Bread must contain no more than 6 percent wheat flour and at least 20 percent other cereals such as corn meal, corn flour, rice flour, or potato flour. Victory bread suits wheatless Mondays and Wednesdays and other wheatless meals when other cereals can be used.
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Washington, D. C
Victory
United States Food Administration
Food Administration
Spy hunt on Dutch liner Nieuw Amsterdam continues
Federal agents withhold details on the capture of a German spy aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam at an Atlantic port. Thirty-six passengers and three women are detained as searches begin for 1000 steerage travelers. Unofficial reports say the spy is a naturalized American who claims to link German spy networks in the United States to the Teutonic government.
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Atlantic
Med
Nieuw Amsterdam
America
Teutonic
Farmers urged to ship corn promptly nationwide
Washington officials launched drives in western states to speed grain movement to railheads for central elevators. Box cars are being redirected from eastern congestion as McAdoo orders grain shipment priority amid mild weather and potential corn spoilage. Western farmers and grain interests met with Edward Chambers to discuss grain movement plans for the next year.
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Washington, D. C
A. H. Smith
R. R. Aishton
New York
Chicago
McAdoo
Edward Chambers
Railroad Administration
Two Americans Wounded in Action Two Die in Mishap
The report from Gen Pershing lists two American soldiers wounded in action while infantry privates Joe Pekas from Deglacs North Dakota and Fran Chavers from San Jose California. The agency adds several noncombatant deaths including First Lieut F B Turner from Wicomico Maryland Cadet Charles A Hopkins from Newark New Jersey Corporal L G Sailors from Pittsburg Kansas and privates Charles C Burns Earl L Maxim George W Ross Herbert Gleman Robert Noy Earl Davenport with locations and causes noting airplane and submarine incidents and gunshot injuries.
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Washington
D. C
Gen. Pershing
Joe Pekas
Deglacs
N. D
Fran Chavers
San Jose
Cal
F. B. Turner
Wicomico
Charles A. Hopkins
Newark
N. J
Doctors See Roosevelt Recovery Point Near
New York February report says Col Theodore Roosevelt improving after ear surgery at Roosevelt Hospital. Attending doctors set three weeks for possible release, noting normal temperature and pulse, subsiding inner ear inflammation, and need for rest. Family not allowed visits, but global messages of good wishes pour in.
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New York
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Lauck
Theodore Roosevelt
Harold Keyes
Josephine Strrkine
Martin
Duel
Dogs Bark Alerts Germans as American Patrol Raids
German dogs warned their troops of a late night American patrol in no man’s land. Corporals and two privates crossed into German trenches, cut wire barriers, and observed German chatter before a rocket and machine gun fire forced the Americans to take cover. A bomb landed nearby and shells later rained on the large patrol, but no injuries were reported.
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Associated Press
France
No Man’s Land
Gertmans
Nagein
Seed corn prices at local sale reflect 1916 and 1917 crops
At a public sale near here this week seed corn from the 1916 crop sold for 32 dollars per bushel and was guaranteed to grow. Seed corn from the 1917 crop went for about 10 dollars per bushel as buyers eyed future harvests.
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Shell Rock
Psb- Uc
Bremer County Defends Loyalty Amid War Efforts
Bremer County residents defend their patriotism as editorials criticize disloyalty claims tied to an attorney's arrest in Waverly. J G Lauer cites strong Red Cross, drives and War Savings efforts, noting Bremer’s community support and overtopting quotas. The Stenzel case is clarified, stressing proper local action and avoiding sensationalism.
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Waverly
Mienters
Bremer County
County Council of Defense
Bremer
Lberry
Red Cross
M.G. A
Stenzel
Ben Stenzel
U.S
Tlis Bond
Kaiser Promises Nation Good Peace
Amsterdam Feb 9 Emperor William thanks those who sent congratulatory messages on his birthday. The Merlin Reichszeitung cites a telegraphed Berlin summary noting confidence between crown and people, 20 years of peace efforts, and Germany's wartime achievements. The emperor expresses gratitude and foresees a good peace with God’s help.
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Amsterdam
William
Merlin Reichsenzeiger
Berlin
Germany
Justice Will Be Meted In Bremer County Defense Letter
A Bremer County Community Club official urges fair treatment and strong penalties for disloyalty while noting re examinations of local boys and high per capita service. He defends exemptions as justified under new rulings and praises residents volunteering as Bremer County leads in state service.
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Talning
Stenzel
Tie
Waverly
U. S
Des Moines
Bremer County
J. G. Lauer
Community Club
County Council of Defense
Plan Inquiry Into Italian Disaster on Isonzo Front
Rome announces a cabinet named committee will investigate the Italian defeat on the Isonzo front in late October 1917. General Cadorna and General Capello will stay at the minister of war’s disposal with full rank to provide the committee with all useful facts.
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Rome
Isonzo
Stefani
Cadorna
Gen. Capello
Weather forecast for Washington area next week
The weather bureau predicts a generally fair week for the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with mild temperatures for the season. Brief cold snaps are expected Monday and again midweek.
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Washington
D. C
Weather Bureau Today
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Crown Prince Forges Meet Bloody Check
Berlin reports say crown prince armies suffered costly defeats in raids across the Meuse and near Verdun. French bayonets and hand grenades repelled attackers as German troops pressed along the St Mihiel front with heavy losses. A French detachment seized 230 prisoners and a machine gun in a raid near Dioucourt, Lorraine.
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Berlin
London
Rivray
St. Mihiel
Rivraya
St. Mihial
Tha
Toul
St Michilel Salient
Lorraine
Verdun
Crown Prince
Associated Press
Fra
Baden
Fosseswood
Lamogneux
HL Bay
France
Belgium
Lens
Paris
Dioucourt
War Office
Renault Diplomat Louis Renault Dies in Paris
Louis Renault, permanent Hague delegate and foreign office adviser, died yesterday at age 99. Born Autun 1843, he helped negotiate major French government treaties for over two decades and shared the 1907 Nobel Peace Prize prize with Ernesto Moneta for the Liatian matter.
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Paris
Louis Renault
Hague
Foreign Office
Autun
Dijon
Institute of International Law
M. Renault
Ernesto Moneta
Liatian
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Havana
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