Monday, February 5, 1917

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ST. LOUIS SAILING DEFERRED; Washington Refuses To Advise That American Liner Depart. WAITS FOR DEVELOPMENTS Carmania, British, Starts with Twelve Cabin Passengers and Gun Crew. ROCHAMBEAU ALSO LEAVES Twenty-five Americans Aboard French Ship;-Cretic May Get Away Today. Now a Shining Target. French Liner Sails. SAILING OF ST. LOUIS AGAIN DEFERRED Cretic May Go Today. OFFICIAL ADVICE WITHHELD. Washington Gives No Counsel Regarding American Liners. SHIPPING RUMORS DISPROVED. No Attempt to Sink the Jacob Jones, Washington Says. THINKS WAR WILL NOT COME. Admiral Bowles Says Our Navy May Convoy Cargo Ships. FOUR SEAMEN ESCAPE. Get Away As San Francisco Gets Internment Orders.

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On This Day

• The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.

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• The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William S. Burroughs (1914)
• Robert Peel (1788)
• Robert Hofstadter (1915)
• Adlai Stevenson II (1900)
• Alan Hodgkin (1914)

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