OLeary's Clerk Accused of Treason Messenger Plot
J Willard Robinson once a stenographer for Jeremiah A O Leary is indicted for treason for delivering messages between O Leary and German agents in 1917. He allegedly traveled to Rotterdam on an American tank steamship and met Frank Richards and others via invisible ink correspondence about Ireland's freedom.
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New York
J. Willard Robinson
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
O’leary
Holland
Federal Grand Jury
Robinson
Rotterdam
Frank Richards
O'Leary
Mme
Marie de Victorica
John T. Ryan
Herman Wessels
Ryan
Fight For Freedom For
Ireland
Spy Ring Suspects Tied to Holland Spain and Denmark Letters
Robinson met O Leary and Madame de Victorica at the Hotel Nassau Long Beach to discuss plans begun in Holland to bring Richards to the United States as a German spy. The indictment cites letters from Holland Spain and Denmark seized by army intelligence and notes hidden messages in collars and handkerchiefs given to BM Benson in Stockholm for delivery to O Leary.
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Inson
O’leary
Madame de Victorica
Nassau
Long Beach
Holland
Richards
Robinson
Spain
Denmark
Army Intelligence Bureau
Ber M. Benson
Stockholm
O'Leary
Mme. de Victorica
Maria von K
Grand Jury Drops Mooney Case Probe
San Francisco January 20 Grand jury ends investigation into irregularities in the prosecution of Thomas J Mooney and related cases filed with the Department of Labor by John B Densmore director general of employment The department declines to have Densmore testify before the grand jury
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San Francisco
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
Department of Labor
John B. Densmore
Densmore
Catholic Head for Relief in Near East
Walter George Smith was named unofficial representative of the Catholic Church in America on the field committee of the American committee for relief in the Near East. He is an attorney and UPenn graduate and will join Rev. Dr. James L. Barton in Constantinople.
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Philadelphia
Walter George Smith
Catholic Church
America
American Committee For Relief
Near East
Smith
University of Pennsylvania
James L. Barton
Boston
Constantinople
War lists begin ten dwindle as honor rolls grow
National war lists show 132 new names of soldiers wounded or missing in action added to the honor roll. The totals include few fatalities and reflect the war’s winding down as lists shrink and closure nears.
New England Names Appear in Corrections Appendix
Names of 15 New Englanders appear on the lists and in the appendix of corrections. The lists categorize casualties as severely wounded wounded and undetermined and slightly wounded as well as missing in action.
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New
New England Boys Listed for Wounds and Missing in Action
Official casualty list from New England names several service members. Wounded severely Pt Robert H Clemence Milford Conn wounded Bennie T Small Monticello Me Carl Zampetti Marlboro slight wounded Pt Abraham Smith Arlington Heights missing in action Lt John H Smith New Bedford wounded degree unknown Pt Clarence S Swett Cambridge previously reported killed Died.
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Robert H. Clemence
Main St
Milford, Conn
Bennie T. Small
Monticello
John H. Smith
Allen St
New Bedford
Clarence S. Swett
Norfolk ‘St., Cambridge
Boy Murderer Given Two Life Sentences
Jersey City January 20 Charles Evans of Springfield Illinois 18 year old deserter from the navy confessed to two murders and was sentenced to life imprisonment for each crime the sentences to run concurrently Evans killed a man during a robbery and later killed a policeman who tried to arrest him He received the sentence with a smile and called himself a model prisoner.
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Jersey City
Charles Evans
Springfield
Iil
Navy
Evans
Stableman Killed by Kick of Horse in Revere Barn
Michael Dineen age 57 a stableman for D Whiting & Co. was kicked by a horse at the Otis street barn in Revere and died while en route to Lynn Hospital. He had worked there about a year and is survived by wife Mary and four children. home address 15 Linden street Lynn.
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Michael Dineen
D. Whiting & Co
Otis Street
Revere
Lynn Hospital
Whiting
Mary
Linden Street
Lynn
Influenza Mortality Among Troops Reported by Surgeon General
Washington report shows six months ending January 27 had high army troop deaths from influenza and pneumonia. The overall death rate reached 32.15 per thousand per year, with influenza and pneumonia at 30.97 per thousand per year. The outbreak began in late September and struck camps at home.
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Washington
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