Baker testifies to Senate on army preparedness and ship counts
Secretary Baker faces cross examination before the Senate Military Committee over his claims of U S army readiness and plans to move a million men to France this year. He cites Shipping Board data and neutral sources, while promising precise figures in a secret session.
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Washington
Baker
Senate Military Committee
France
Hitchcock
United States
Typerts
Shipping Board
le Pree Baker
Ingent Wilson
War Department
Don c
Wedsworth
Ty Gymwes
Lively Artillery On The American Front
American artillery kept up continuous fire on one battery as German shells answered across the sector. Anti aircraft guns repelled enemy airmen attempting to cross lines. Two German planes abandoned their crossing after heavy shelling. A military police member found three French children behind the front and returned them to their homes with an ambulance driver.
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France
Deputy Dittman Accused of Leading War Strike
Amsterdam February 6 at court martial Deputy Wilhelm Dittmann of Independent Socialism blamed a strike on anti siege policy and Fatherland party machinations. He denied promoting the strike saying it aimed at peace by understanding. Admiral von Tirpitz named as intellectual organizer. Dittmann sentenced to five years for inciting high treason and two months extra for resisting authorities.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelm Dittman
Koennisch Zeitung
Seige
Fatherland Party
Dittman
Admiral von Tirpitz
Philip Scheidemann
Russia
Plans for destroying American property
Paris reports the Petiti Parisien published a letter dated January 15, 1915 from General Headquarters Dr. Fisher. The letter directs German agents in the United States to destroy property by explosions and other means and notes agents can be recruited among workers unions with anarchistic tendencies.
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Paris
Petiti Parisien
Agenst
United States
General Headquarters
Fisher
War funding debate questions army expenditure checks
Senator Wadsworth urged strict controls on army spending while Secretary Baker proposed waiving some fiscal restraints during war to boost efficiency. Baker noted delays in paying troops and dependents due to address problems and difficulties accounting for Liberty bonds, insurance, and allowances.
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Wadsworth
Baker
Russian Church and State Are Separated
London feb 6 the Bolshevik government explains the separation of church and state stating ecclesiastical property belongs to the people and should ease suffering classes. the patriarch tikhon is seen as still powerful but limited by population irreligion and possible church interdiction. lettish and estonian representatives demand self determination and withdrawal of german russian forces to allow free choice. 40 000 prisoners move toward petrograd as war prisoners are released in large numbers.
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London
Tikhon
All-Russia
Petrograd
The
Times
Drikhon
Russia
Brest- Litovsk
Russian Commission of War Prisoners
Letts
Esthonia
Cesel
Minister Stovall Prepares to Return to Berne
Pleasant A. Stovall of Savannah American minister to Switzerland met President Wilson for a final conference before resuming duties in Berne. He has been in the United States for several weeks resting and consulting with State Department officials on neutrality matters.
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Washington
Pleasant A. Stovall
Savannah
Switzerland
Wilson
Berne
Stovall
State Department
Civil Rights Bill Clears Senate Unanimously
Ashington reports the soldiers and sailors civil rights bill, providing a moratorium for men in the military establishment, passed unanimously in the Senate today in the form already approved by the House.
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Ashington
Soldiers and Sailors
Senate
American Shipping Increases Slowly in 1916 Census Report
Washington reports 37 984 American owned merchant vessels of five tons and up operated in land waters coastwise and in foreign trade in 1916 with a gross tonnage of 12 500 000. The average vessel tonnage fell from 345 in 1906 to 323 in 1916 due to fewer sailing and unrigged craft. Distribution shows 6 509 000 on Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 1 621 000 on the Mississippi system, 1 186 000 on the Pacific, 2 738 000 on Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence, and 196 000 in inland canals.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Rogers
E. F. Hartley
Atlantic Coast
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Great Lakes
Saint Lawrence River
Richmond Gas Plant Shut Down Amid Oil Shortage
Richmond Va February 6 The administrative board says the city gas plant will remain closed until gas oil supply arrives Several carloads of oil are en route The shutdown disrupts factories hotels restaurants and hundreds of homes including the four local newspapers A special gas oil train is being rushed to the city with expected arrival this afternoon The plant has faced a serious shortage for days
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Richmond
Stops Speculation in Green Coffee
Washington February 6. The Food Administration under Hoover ordered an end to speculation in green coffee on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange. Dealers agreed to remove such speculation by prohibiting trades above 12 1/2 cents a pound for No 7 coffee on spot months. The action followed talks with exchange members.
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Washington
New York
Hoover
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Additional Taxes for War Expenses in 1918
Paris reports Finance Minister Louis Klotz announced an additional tax levy of 361000000 francs to cover France’s wartime expenses for 1918.
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Paris
Louis Klotz
Finance
Final tribute paid to great champion John L Sullivan
Boston mourns as John L Sullivan's body is buried at Calvary cemetery after a public tribute. Crowds in snow lines streets from Roxbury sister's home to St Pauls church for a funeral mass. Temperance leaders and former supporters attended alongside neighbors and sporting figures remembering the boxing idol.
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Boston
Mass
John L. Sullivan
Calvary Cemetery
Sullivan
Annie Lennon
Roxbury
St. Paul’s Church
James J. Corbett
New Orleans
Abington
Calvary
Forest Hills
Gullivan
Will of John C King Declared a Forgery
Attorney General Brundage asks probate court to declare the late John C King will a forgery and not his last will. March 12 set for hearing. The 1905 will left the widow a nominal sum, with later papers alleging a $3 million estate.
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Chicago
Bedward’ Brundage
John C. King
King
Gaston Means
Maude A. King
North Carolina
Brest-Litovsk Talks Reportedly Break Off
London reports from Petrograd say negotiations at Brest-Litovsk have been broken off according to an Exchange Telegraph Company correspondent. The release notes the information as conveyed by the Petrograd source.
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London
Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Exchange Telegraph Company
Tugboats Battle Ice Masses Paralyzing New York Fuel Supply
The coal crisis worsens as 150000 tons of coal at New Jersey tidewater are blocked by harbor ice, with only 14000 tons reaching New York. Hospitals, homes, schools face shortages. 400 Bronx apartments lack heat. Ice slows tug efforts. 65 tugs idle. 1798 freight handlers quit, signaling broader industrial strain. New England shares the strain with factory shutdowns and wood fuel use amid restrictions.
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New York
Tidewater
New Jersey
Bronx
Campas
New England
Boston
Mass
French Vegetables for American Army
Paris reports a Franco American accord to supply canned fruits and vegetables for the American expeditionary forces from France. France will export produce and sell sugar and tin plate to the French government for canning while the U.S. saves about 70 percent on tonnage.
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Paris
France
American army /purchasing board
Officers Guard Veeder Vault After Packers Raid
Deputy U S Marshals guard the vault of Henry Veeder attorney for Swift and Company after an all night vigil following a raid on his Chicago offices. The search, tied to the Federal Trade Commission inquiry into alleged Packers acts, may proceed depending on today’s court decision on paper examination and further document seizures.
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Chicago
United States
Henry Veeder
Swift and Company
Federal Trade Commission
Veeder
Landis
Francis J. Heney
la Merce Talent Commissission
Packers
Labor Responsibility in Shipyards Demands Three Shifts
Charles Piez, vice president of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, urged immediate labor aid to expand shipyards to three shifts, saying 60,000 workers would be needed to meet wartime goals. He warned current single-shift yards risk submarine-era delays and called on women to recruit men for shipbuilding and ensure fair pay after service.
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Washington
Charles
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Tosary
Isea
Pies
Este
Ping
Germany
America
Committee named to divert railroad traffic from Hay gateways
Washington February 6 A traffic investigation committee appointed by General McAdoo to study railroad flows. Members include B LeCell Chicago traffic director Union Pacific G F Randolph New York head of trunk committees and T C Powell Cincinnati vice president of the Erie Railway. The panel seeks steps to shift traffic from congested to less congested ports and routes.
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Washington
General McAdoo
Appoent
B.le Cell
Chicago
Union Pacific
G. F. Randolph
B York
T. C. Powellscinnati
Fern Railway
McAdoo
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Project Ropes
Teutons
Underwood & Underwood
Minister Stovall
Paper of
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