United States Stands Firm Against Negotiations With Germany
Washington reports solid official opinion that Germany cannot negotiate while submarine warfare continues. President’s offer reception noted but dismissed. Senator LaFollette proposes arming ban for armed American merchant ships. National defense mobilization steps discussed. commission seeks rapid, protective resource measures.
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Washington
Germany
LaFollette
Natio
Tacs
LaFoliette
United States
National Defense Council
Advisory
Great Britain
Rance
Commission
Council
Gifford
Hoy Waterie
Senate Prohibition Measure Tests North Carolina Assembly
Republican Senator Jonas introduces a bill to determine if the General Assembly is truly for prohibition by outlawing liquor supply for commerce while allowing personal sacramental use and keeping physician allowances. Four Republicans join him as the Senate alone convened, killing a separate bill on privacy in marriage.
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Raleigh
N. C
Jonas
General Assembly
R. L. Davis
Lincoln
Senate
Clark
Jones
British Losses Mount In Submarine Campaign On Feb 12
Lloyds reports the sinking of the British steamships Voltaire 409 tons Olivia 242 tons and Netherlee 4227 tons with two small steamers bringing total tonnage to 4976 for the period. British forces push on at the Somme with gains north of Beaumont Hamel while French raids on the western front meet limited success. Russian front reports only outposts encounters and surprise attacks in small force.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyds Today
Voltaire
Olivia
Netherlee
Lloyds
Herg Mrheh Hhs
Somme
Beaumont-Hamel
Ancre
Berlin
Serre
Paris
Berlin Demands Status of Germans Held in Port
Berlin reports 72 Americans captured by a German raider and brought in by the Yarrowdale are being held in Germany pending word from Washington on the fate of German crews in American ports. Foreign Secretary Zimmermann says Germans will be released after clear status is established and American civilians may move freely despite possible diplomatic break.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Zimmerman
Washington
Yarrowdale
Germany
London
United States
Switzerland
Gerard
Admirality
Herr Zimmerman
Ambassador Gerard Arrives in Zurich En Route to Berne
Official reports from Berne indicate former Ambassador Gerard and his staff have arrived in Zurich and will proceed to Berne by 9 p m. The envoy, met by American Minister Stovall, is described as well and declining to comment to reporters. Colonel Bruegger of the Swiss army welcomed the party at the frontier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gerard
Zurich
Switzerland
State Department
Stovall
Berne
Bruegger
Federal Council
Navy gun issue for American Line ships sparks debate
Washington, Feb. 12. P. A. S. Franklin requests the Navy supply guns to arm passenger liners of the American Line. Navy favors arming ships for defense but opposes convoying merchantmen into war zones. Old model rifles exist but are insufficient. training crews poses difficulty. French ships with guns used civilian crews.
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Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
New York Sees Coldest Spell Of Season In February
New York records a morning low of 3 above zero as ice fills rivers and bays. The Hudson freezes solid between Tarrytown and Nyack for three miles, allowing pedestrians and some cars to cross the ice. The official forecast promises a gradual warmup after this severe cold snap.
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New York
Hudson
Tarrytown
Nyack
Britain reports wartime spending and loan demand
By Associated Press Feb 12 London shows an average daily revenue of 740000 pounds sterling. Chancellor of the exchequer Andrew Bonar Law announces in the House of Commons total wartime expenditure at 4.2 billion pounds and notes unprecedented public demand for the new loan.
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Associated Press
Andon
Great Britain
Andrew Ponar Law
Exche‘vor
Bonillas Named to Represent Mexico in Washington
Ignacio Bonillas, a Carranza representative on the Mexican American joint commission, named ambassador. Ramon de Negri, heading the Mexican embassy after Eliseo Arredondo, learned of the appointment as Bonillas, now at Palm Beach, is expected to reach Washington soon to present credentials near Henry P. Fletcher’s reception by the Mexican government.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ignacio Bonillas
General Carranza
Pleading for More Family Worship in Episcopal Group
Chicago February 12 The Student Workers organization of the Episcopal Church in America meets to stress reviving the old time custom of family worship with all members around the Bible reading by the father. Secretary William E. Gardner says God may speak in the home beyond formal worship.
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Chicago
Student Workers’ Organization
The
Episcopal Church In America
William E. Gardner
General Board of Religious Education of the Church
Parliament to Discuss Irish Problem in Commons
London February 12 The Government agreed to set a Commons debate on Irish administration after Nationalist leader John Redmond urged an early discussion of a motion demanding the free institutions long promised to Ireland.
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Parliament
Associated Press
London
House of Commons
John Redmond
Theovernment
Ireland
Referendum Demand Prevails Over War Push in Peace Federation
Washington reports the Emergency Peace Federation delegation from Eastern cities sought Congress support for a popular referendum before war. Mrs. Henry Villard of New York chairs the group which pledged to back peaceful dispute resolution and oppose war as a crime against humanity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Emergency Peace Federation
Congress
Henry Villard
New York
Federation
United States
Germany
Two German Ship Classes in American Ports
Washington reports two classes of German vessels in U S ports. Warships like Prinz Heinrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm and naval craft such as Cormorant and Geier are interned as prisoners for the war. Merchantmen at harbor of refuge may leave and their crews are aliens under immigration rules. President Wilson vows all foreign rights will be respected.
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America
Washington
Prinz Hitel Friedrich
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Cormorant
Guam
Geier
Honolulu
United States
Germany
Wilson
Americans Leave on Lexington for War Zone
The British steamer Lexington sailed from Newport News today carrying about seventy American horsemen and a cargo of horses bound for a British Isles port amid wartime operations.
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Associated Press
Newport News
Lexington
British Isles
Ambassador Gerard At Zurich After Berlin Strain
Swiss authorities limited communications to Ambassador Gerard as tensions rose from Berlin. He avoided public comment until reporting to President Wilson, while German moves, ship seizures, and censored channels heightened uncertainty for American travelers in Europe.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Assadors
Ambasador
Gerard
Wilson
Washington
Berlin
America
Count von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Mrs Innes Again Goes On Trial In Atlanta
Atlanta, February 12. Mrs. Victor E. Innes is on trial for larceny after trust involving about $3,000 of Nelms sisters cash. Her husband Victor Innes was convicted of killing Beatrice and Eloise Nelms in a case with unresolved disappearance. He received seven years imprisonment. verdict upheld by the State Supreme Court. Mrs. Innes, reportedly tubercular, appeared ill at the start.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Victor E. Innes
State Supreme Court
Carranza Proposes Embargo to Neutral Nations
General Carranza has sent a note to the United States Argentina Brazil and Chile and other neutral nations urging them to join in an agreement to prohibit the export of foodstuffs and munitions of war to the warring European nations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Carranza
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Orlean s Red Cross Membership Drive
New Orleans women canvass the city to raise the local Red Cross chapter membership to 10 000. Subscriptions are being sought to fund a portable base hospital for New Orleans.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
American Red Cross Society
Submarine warfare halts Bahama winter resort season
German sea raiding in the Southern Atlantic ends the Bahama Islands winter resort season. Hotels closed after British authorities ordered lights out at night and hundreds of tourists fled, leaving businesses shuttered.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Morro Castle
Record Cold Snap Hits Saratoga Region
Forty below zero was recorded in Saratoga and surrounding areas as the coldest of the winter, with many locations reporting 40 degrees below zero this morning in upstate New York.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Intense cold grips New England with record lows
The Weather Bureau reports frigid conditions across New England on Feb 12. Boston recorded a zero degree low while Northfield Vermont hit 24 below, Burlington 18 below, and Portland Maine 10 below, marking deep winter cold across cities.
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New England
Boston
Mass
Northfield
Burlington
Portland
Weather Bureau
Ohio Chilled to the Bone
Cleveland reports a 10 below zero forenoon as the coldest day since February 10, 1883 when the temperature fell to 16 below.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Suffering in Detroit From Severe Cold and Coal Shortage
Detroit reports the coldest weather in years with twelve degrees below zero in the city and 12 to 22 degrees below in surrounding areas. The harsh conditions caused widespread suffering as coal shortages worsen the winter hardship.
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Detroit
Mich
Kenwood Hotel Fire Claims Dozens In Minneapolis
Police estimate at least 13 dead after a hotel blaze in Minneapolis Minnesota shortly after midnight Eleven others who were away from their rooms remain unaccounted for One victim confirmed dead as firefighters fought the blaze and searched the wreckage
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Kenwood Hotel
House of Commons Debates on Large Votes of Credit
London February 12 The House of Commons opened a week focused on finance introducing two votes of credit totaling 550 million pounds one to cover expenses to March 31 and another to begin the next fiscal year Chief speakers included A Bonar Law and Reginald McKanna with sessions scheduled for Tuesday to Thursday on secondary financial legislation.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
A. Bonar Law
Reginald McKanna
Asquith
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