German plots tied to Bernstorff envoy and embargo talks
Secret telegrams tie Bernstorff's circle to Irish American leaders Joseph McGarrity Jeremiah O Leary and possibly John P Keating in Chicago. Officials say the Berlin led campaign sought to purge neutrality and sway Congress with German money and influence.
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Berlin
von Bernstorff
Joseph McGarrity
Philadelphia
John P. Keating
Chicago
Jeremiah O'Leary
New York
McGarrity
American Truth Society
State Department
John T. Keating
McGarrity Linked to Irish Groups and Casement Visit
Joseph M. McGarrity, named in Lansing disclosures, known as an Irish sentiment leader in Philadelphia, headed a committee to raise funds to arm Irish volunteers during home rule tensions. He hosted Sir Roger Casement in 1914 and is currently visiting Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Philadelphia
Joseph M. McGarrity
Lansing
Ireland
Roger Casement
McGarrity
O’Leary Denies German Sabotage Ties
Jeremiah O’Leary president of the American Truth Society denies any involvement with pro German sabotage in U S munitions plants and says Zimmermann note rumors are untrue He says he could not control Zimmermanns statements but has not engaged with sabotage or German agents and condemns publication without proof.
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Germany
State Department
New York
Jeremiah O'Leary
American Truth Society
von Bernstorff
Lansing
Zimmermann
Dr Hale Responds To Bernstorff Messages
Dr William Bayard Hale commented on being named in a Bernstorff dispatch. He recalled a 1915 visit by a Chicago man asking him to speak for peacetime efforts in Chicago. Hale said he declined and later found his name on American Embargo Conference stationery without consent.
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Dr. Hale
von Bernstorff
Congress
William Bayard Hale
Wilson
Mexico
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Hale
White House
Germany
Washington
State Department
McLemore
Europe
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Capitol
Hasting
Boehm
United States
American Truth Society
Zeelandia
New York
America
Count von Bernstorff
Ritz-Carlton
Berlin Bernstorff Sabotage Messages Revealed in 1916 Telexes
Secretary Lansing released a statement publishing German telegrams to Count von Bernstorff from January 1916 detailing sabotage plans against the Canadian Pacific Railway and methods to obtain operatives in the United States and Canada. It notes cautions to avoid factory targets and protect embassies, with references to Sir Roger Casement.
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Washington
Bernstorff
United States
Lansing
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
Canadian Pacific Railway
Boehm
Zimmermann
Canada
Joseph MacGarrity
Philadelphia
Penn
John P. Keating
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Jeremiah O’leary
Park Row
New York
Sir Roger Casement
Berlin
A. N
Hale
Congress
Germany
Smiles at White House Over Slam at O'Leary
The German foreign office message about Jeremiah O Leary drew grim satisfaction in the White House. It recalls O Leary's 1916 telegram to Wilson via Shadow Lawn pledging not to vote for him over foreign policy. Wilson replied, noting his mortification and asking O Leary to convey the message to disloyal Americans.
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White House
O'Leary
Washington
Foreign Office
Jeremiah O'Leary
American Truth Society
Tel
Mr. Wilson
Shadow Lawn
Woodrow Wilson
Hub autoist given 2 months sentence
Worcester October 10 Judge Utley imposed a two month term in the House of Correction on Preston E Bradlee a Boston salesman for operating an automobile while under the influence He appealed the sentence
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House of Correction
Utley
Preston E. Bradlee
Ka Warren Street
Boston
Bradlee
Perkins Institution Offers Facilities to Aid Government
At the annual meeting in Watertown the Perkins Institution for the Blind unanimously voted to offer its facilities to the government for American soldiers or sailors rendered blind in service during the war. Francis H. Adams was re elected president and all other officials were re elected.
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Perkins Institution For the Blind
Watertown
Francis H. Adams
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