Germany's German War Boss Ludendorff Dominates State
Geneva dispatch explains General von Ludendorff as real boss behind military and civil German policy. He directs food, industry, labor, and foreign relations from imperial HQ with Hindenburg. His order of Belgian labor and total war mobilization shows his central role in Germany's war effort.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Associated Press
Germany
von Ludendorff
von Hindenburg
Silesian
Prince of Pless
Ludendorff
General Staff
von Bissing
Belgium
Krupps
August Thyssen
General von Ludendorff
Baltimore Marshal Seeks 240 Special Policemen
Police Marshal Carter announced he will ask the Police Board for authority to muster 240 specials immediately. The men will be in civilian clothes but armed to guard against outbreaks or rioting.
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Baltimore
Carter
Police Board
British Hold New Positions in France and Belgium
British headquarters report 12 officers and 761 men captured in recent actions on the Ancre. They repelled a three wave attack above Baillescourt Farm with no British casualties and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Additional gains include entering German positions near Arras Fauquissart and Ypres, taking 19 prisoners and destroying a machine gun.
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London
France
Ancre
Baillescourt Farm
Arras
Fauquissart
Ypres
Bouchavesnes
British Steamship Valdes Sunk Without Warning
Lloyds Shipping Agency reports the British steamship Valdes of 2285 tons gross torpedoed and sunk with two crew killed and nine missing. The captain and others were landed. Lloyds also notes the Worcestershire of 7175 tons gross reported sunk.
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London
Lloyds Shipping Agency Today
Valdes
Lloyds
Crew of Law Arrives in Rome After U boat Sinking
Captain McDonough and the crew of the American schooner Lyman M. Law arrived in Rome with Roger Tredwell, the U S consul at Turin, and were questioned at the American embassy. The crew described the submarine as manned by about 40 large blond sailors and noted the ship’s large canned meat and vegetables supply. Engineer Lee Thompson from Belfast, Maine, identified the captor vessel as a German type about 120 feet long. The group will be sent to the United States, after Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page reported to Washington.
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Rome
Paris
McDonough
Lyman M. Law
Roger Tredwell
United States
Turin
Minster
Lee Thompson
Belfast
Fore River
Mass
Thomas Nelson Page
State Department
Washington
Wilson Weighs Armament of U S Liners Amid Submarine Threats
The article reports fears among U S and other ships, many canceling sailings. Officials stress the blockage effect on eastern ports and Halifax port of examination may ease dangers. The government uses all means to prepare for action and may arm merchantmen quickly if decision is made. No US Austria Hungary Turkey talks progress noted. News from Berlin mentions Yarrowdale prisoners release but State Department has not received notice.
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Halifax
Kirkwall
United States
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Berlin
State Department
Aged Barber Learns Heir to $1 Million Fortune
In Cold Brook Springs, Fred P. Kimball a 70 year old barber and widower with two daughters learns he is one of eight heirs to $1,000,000 from Uncle Charles Chase who died in Nashua. His life includes a past accident that led to leg amputation after an axe slipped during work years ago.
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Coldbrook Springs
Fred P. Kimball
Charles Chase
Nashua
Kimball
Charles Jones
Burlington
Harry Bruce
Barre
French troops strike German trench near Pont-a-Mousson
Official dispatches report French forces invading a German trench in Bois le Pretre on the Moselle near Pont-a-Mousson and destroying Teuton works. German forces dressed in white attacked Russians near Kochava southwest of Dvinsk, but Russian reserves repelled them. In the Carpathians Russian detachments captured a fortified Austro-German position near Okna without firing a shot.
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Bois le Pretre
Moselle
Pont-a- Mousson
Teuton
Paris
Kochava
Dvinsk
Teutons
Carpathians
Okna
Petrograd
Ship Galatea Stolen Off Pensacola Likely War Cargo
Galveston dispatch reports a 60 ton schooner seized at Pensacola and driven into the gulf. Unconfirmed rumors claim war supplies for Cuban revolutionists, or contact with German submarines. Broadcast orders issued to U S vessels and land authorities to seize the vessel.
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Galveston
Tex
Pensacola
Gulf
United States
Explosion Kills Youth as Waterbury House Blows Up
In Waterbury Connecticut a 14 year old boy Joseph Treticione was killed and his father Alcidio his mother and one sister were severely injured when their single story cement home exploded today. The cause remains undetermined with the boy blaming a gas leak while the gas company reports gas had been shut off for some time.
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Waterbury
Conn
Joseph Treticione
Alcidio Treticione
Treticione
Brazil Warns Germany to Keep Hands Off Ships
Paris report says Brazil warns Germany that it will hold Germany responsible for the fate of three Brazilian vessels approaching the war zone. The ships left Brazil for neutral powers after Germany declared a submarine blockade. The warning came from the Brazilian minister in Berlin by order of his government.
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Brazil
Germany
Paris
Berne
Switzerland
Berlin
Sinking of Italian Liner Bisagno Reported by Berlin
Berlin reports details of the Italian steamship Bisagno sunk by a German submarine on January 12 in the Atlantic. Four warning shots forced the vessel toward the Spanish coast where survivors were urged to jump and were rescued by the U boat and later by the Dutch ship Gesterland to Falmouth. The Bisagno, 301 feet, built in 1884 at Dumbarton, sailed from Genoa January 5 for Villaricos, Spain.
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Berlin
Sayville
Bisagno
Atlantic Ocean
Idea Nazional
Overseas News Agency
Gesterland
Falmouth
Genoa
Villaricos
Spain
Dumbarton
Seven Rescued From Dorchester Fire At 124 Harvard Street
A basement fire in a three story Dorchester building at 124 Harvard Street forced seven people to be rescued as flames raced to the top. The blaze started from an overheated furnace and spread quickly, trapping six on the third floor until firefighters removed them. Loss estimated at $2000.
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Harvard Street
Dorchester
W. J
T. A. Burke
Robert M. McLearn
Michael Keehan
Francis Quigley
Seized Stolen Ammunition At Watertown Plant
Inspector James P. Burke seized twenty one boxes of government pistol ammunition, 420 rounds, from Lester D. Apgar, 23, of Watertown at the Hood Rubber Company plant. Apgar, a former crew member of the U S 8 0 Brien, claimed target practice theft and faces possible court martial or punishment under war statute.
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James P. Burke
Watertown
Hood Rubber Company
Lester D. Apgar
Melendy Avenue
Burke
U.S
O’brien
Shoot on Holiday Opens Middlesex Rifle Club Season
The Middlesex Rifle Club begins its 1917 season with an open shoot on Tower road Lincoln range on Washingtons Birthday. Events are scheduled at 200 300 and 500 yards.
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Middlesex Rifle Club
Tower Road
Lincoln
Orline treatment advertised for breaking the drink habit
The Orrine home remedy claims to destroy desire for whiskey and other alcohol and offers a money back guarantee if no results. Available in two forms at $1.00 per box, with a booklet and nationwide availability through Liggett's Riker Jaynes Drug Stores.
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Orrine Co
Washington, D. C
Liggett’s-Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Sheehan Sent as Delegate to Madden Revisal Hearing
President John J. Sheehan of the Boston Post Office Clerks Association Branch 5 will attend the Madden reconversion hearing in Washington today. He left with a clerks delegation after the Longfellow Hall meeting, where reports were heard and a theatre program was staged by the entertainment committee.
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John J. Sheehan
Boston Post Office Clerks’ Association
Washington
Madden
Longfellow Hall
Sheehan
Capital
Woman Rescued From Mystic River Ice Fall
Mrs Elizabeth Botte of West Medford narrowly escaped drowning after stepping on thin ice near the scene of a prior tragedy. Robert Doherty and Thomas Blakeley used a ladder to reach her, pulling her to safety. She was taken home in serious condition.
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Mystic
Elizabeth Botte
Sheridan Street
West Medford
Robert Doherty
Winn Street
Woburn
Thomas H
No Longer Engaged to Marry Weston Elopes for Vermont Wedding
Brookline carpenter H Greeley Weston and 65 year old Cape Elizabeth woman Miss Helen B Andrews denied engagement. Weston secretly married 22 year old Jamaica Plain woman in Saxton's River Vermont last Monday, officiated by Rev John Chapin.
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H. Greeley Weston
Brookline
Helen B. Andrews
Cape Elizabeth
Weston
Jamaica Plain
Saxton’s River
John Chapin
Miss Andrews Denounces Runaway Wedding With Greeley
Miss Andrews daughter of the late Major General George Leonard Andrews says she loves Greeley but cannot act against him after he fled their engagement. She details estate holdings at 185 Buckminster Street Brookline and Cape Elizabeth plus 80 shares of American Telephone stock and municipal bonds now in dispute.
Cotton Fire Fights Knight of the Garter at Mystic Pier
A late night blaze aboard the steamer Knight of the Garter at Pier 46 Mystic wharf started in the cotton hold. Firemen fought the flames amid heavy smoke and limited access. damage pegged at 11 thousand dollars. The crew had it under control when city units arrived. cause attributed to smoker carelessness.
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Knight of the Garter
Pier 46
Mystic Wharf
Miss Leonard Weds Dr Joseph A Mahoney
Miss Winifred C Leonard daughter of Mr and Mrs John T Leonard of Jackson Road Newton married Dr Joseph A Mahoney dental surgeon in the United States navy yesterday afternoon at the parochial residence of the Church of Our Lady Newton Rev Lawrence Slattery officiated Miss Sara Leonard sister of the bride and James Mahoney brother of the groom attended Best man James Mahoney The groom gave a gold diamond pendant to the bride After a wedding trip to Washington the couple will reside in Newport where Dr Mahoney is stationed
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Winifred C. Leonard
John T. Leonard
Jackson Road
Newton
Joseph A. Mahoney
United States Navy
Church of Our Lady, Newton
Lawrence Slattery
Sara Leonard
James Mahoney
Washington
Newport
Dr. Mahoney
Slayers of Foley Suspect Dual-Job Involvement
Autopsy confirms a revolver fired at Foley was pressed against his body burning clothing and flesh. The bullet pierced the left abdomen entering vital organs including the liver and lodged in the back. Foley's body will be released to relatives today.
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Foley
Robbers suspected in Mattapan hold up tied to Roxbury store slaying
Police link the early morning Mattapan holdup on Edgewater Drive to the same trio who robbed Ralph Garo near his home and to Edward T. Foley's murder at a Roxbury store, after an all day manhunt yielded no leads.
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Mattapan
Ralph Garo
Edgewater Drive
Edward T. Foley
Roxbury
Garo
Jim
Neponset River
Vincent Garo
Boston
Station 19
Pastor James Fairley Installed at Jamaica Plain Church
The Rev. James Fairley was installed yesterday as pastor of the First Congregational Unitarian Church on Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain. The sermon was delivered by the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, president of the Unitarian society.
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James Fairley
First Congregational Unitarian Church
Eliot Street
Jamaica Plain
Samuel A. Eliot
The
Unitarian Society
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Leonard
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Western Union Telegraph CO
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