Spoermann Charged as German Spy in U S Arrests
Walter Spoermann a German spy linked to Count von Beenstortz faces charges not death penalty. His brother Frederick H C Spoermann and Maries Alwoh were also jailed as federal offices probe an expanding spy network with ties to von Bernath and Hoy Ked.
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Spoermann
War and Navy
Baltimore
Dan
Lh Lahent
Walter Spoermann
Norfolk
United States Marsials Office
Jad
Frederick H.C. Spoermann
Alo
West Hit by Fuel Crisis Prompting U S Aid Rush
Across the central west storm district the fuel famine prompts federal relief efforts. Indiana reports scarce coal outside Detroit with business heating hours cut. Amusements shut. Granite City steel mill closed. Nebraska expects normal coal within four days pending no new storms. Wyoming Colorado and Wyoming supply Nebraska coal. Kansas directs railways to run solid coal trains.
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Kansas City
Granite City
Ill
Omaha
Neb
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
Northwest
Caillaux Arrest Traced to Lansing Cable
Paris January 15 The arrest of former Premier Caillaux followed a cable from Secretary Lansing in Washington stating that in 1915 Caillaux communicated with the Berlin foreign office.
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Associated Press
Paris
Gaillaux
Lansing
Washington
M. CaMaux
Berlin
Ban on Beef Is Raised by U S
Six western states may eat all the beef they want in meatless digs but no other meat under a food administration ruling. High feed costs and railroad congestion have reduced cattle profitability, leading officials to decide not to restrict beef consumption in California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada and Arizona.
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Associated Press
Washington
Food Administration
California
Oregon
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Eostern Seaboard
Receuit
Aix
Germany Censors Wilson's War Aims Speech
Geneva January 15 reports indicate President Wilson's war aims speech was edited by the German censor before German press distribution. Prints received today show suppression of praise for Russia, calls for open diplomacy, and candor about war losses.
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Geneva
Frealdent
Wilson
Russia
35 Women Crushed in Spain Food Riot At City Hall
PARCELONA Spain Jan 15 A massive crowd of women gathered near the city hall to protest new food regulations. The main stairway balustrade collapsed sending hundreds tumbling. thirty five women were badly crushed. Madrid reports simultaneous demonstrations in Malaga and Valentia as factories close for coal and material shortages.
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Associated Press
Parcelona
Spain
Madrid
Malaga
Valentia
Germanys Karlsruhe plants forced to close
The Gazette reports the German ammunition factories at Karlsruhe have been closed due to coal shortages. About 9,000 workers, men and women, are out of work with seven other large towns affected. The German coal consignments to Switzerland under the diplomatic arrangement are Heerensing.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Karlsruhe
Adda
Sabath sets push to fix cotton and wool prices
Chicago January 15 Representative Sabath proposes a bill to let President Wilson appoint a board to fix cotton and wool prices after asserting gambling in cotton caused large government costs in war material purchases.
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Chicago
Sabath
Congréss
Wilson
Q Board
Ex-Empress of Russia Rumored Insane in Tobolsk
AMSTERDAM Jan 15 The former empress of Russia, per German newspapers, is described as insane and confined to a sanitarium at Tobolsk in Siberia.
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Russia
Amsterdam
Tobolsk
Siberia
Kuehlmann To Continue Peace Work Amid Turbulent Germany
Berlin dispatch reports Baron von der Bussache-Haddenhausen says Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann will continue peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk with unchanged instructions. Other wires note unrest as militarists push for resignations, Hertling illness delays Reichstag address, and conferences among the emperor, crown prince, and leaders continue.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Baron von der Bussache-Haddenhausen
Reichstag
von Kuehlmann
Brest-Litovsk
von Hertling
Brest-Litovek
Herlin
Count von Hertling
Wilson
Liogd George
Cheyenne Man Wounded in Wah Canadian Report
Ottawa dispatch notes W. W. Miller of Cheyenne Wyoming listed among Canadian wounded. Miller is unknown locally and efforts to locate his friends or relatives last day proved fruitless.
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Ottawa
W. W. Miller
Cheyenne
Wyo
Miller
Draft bill seeks registration for men turning 21 since June 5
Senate war committee chair Chamberlain introduces a bill to draft all men who have turned 21 since June 5, 1917, with another measure to furlough National Army troops for harvest duty. A third bill shifts state quotas to be based on available men rather than population, and a separate proposal would grant a distinctive badge for exempted personnel.
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Associated Press
Fashington
War Department
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Senator Chamberlain
Crowder
National Army
Amberlain
Benatoy Chamberlain
Italians Smash Austrian Lines In Northern Front
Italian mountain troops attacked positions east of the Brenta river inflicting heavy losses and capturing hundreds of prisoners including an Austrian lieutenant colonel and seven officers. The operation near Motte Asolone pushed the Aisistro German wedge back, strengthening Italian defense and causing further enemy losses.
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Brenta
Italy
Motte Asolone
Brenta River
Monte Grappa
Wyoming Man in Pershing Army Dies of Measles
Washington Jan 15 The War Department reports 37 American expeditionary force deaths from natural causes. Included is Private Clifford DD Hrown of the ammunition train from Pinedale Wyoming who died January 11 from measles.
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Wyoming
Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
Pershing
Clifford DD
Pinedale
Wyo
25 Billion to Be War's Bill Likely Exceeds Record
Washington January 14 The flurry of unexpected state ments suggests that congress will approve appropriations surpassing 21,000,000,0000 marking a historic wartime spending surge. The discussion centers on defense needs amid growing global tensions and the emotional push for funding.
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Washington, D
Hugh
Meatless and Wheatless Days to Stay in War
Joseph P. Cotton of the federal Food Administration told the American Livestock Association convention in Salt Lake City that meatless and wheatless days will remain at least for the war period. He said Pacific coast extensions are temporary and that hog prices at 315.00 per hog would not be changed.
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The
American Livestock Association
Joseph P. Cotton
Federal Food Administration
Food Administration
Washington
Mr. Cotton
Meat Division
Tie Administration
Pacific Coast
Cotton
Opposition to Government Oil Control Sparks Denunciation
Washington January 15 fuel administration denounces opposition to government plans to seize oil supply as hysterical fear and propaganda. It notes the oil division creation and Mark Requa of California named to head the effort under the law.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Proterman
Am Oil
Mark
Requa
California
Ciel
Spoermann Not Spy Says American Sweetheart Speaks
Miss Stoop an American violinist from Baltimore says Walter Spoermann is innocent of espionage and she would break off their engagement if he were a spy. She has known him three years and plans marriage after the war ends.
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Wasilingson
Mies Maye
Walter Spackmioni
Baltimore
Velieven
Misk Stoop
Washington
Spoermann
Runiarry
Walter
Miss Stoop
German War News From France Reports Narrow British Losses
German air raids over American aviation centers in France are described as limited. One recent sortie saw planes descend to 269 feet targeting billets and bombs but no American deaths are reported. The account notes enemy efforts and minimal American casualties.
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France
Jan. K
Wilich
Cheyenne to Host American Mining Body Session
Cheyenne will host a session of the Wyoming branch of the American Mining Congress in the coming month. Efforts by city officials and miners to secure the meeting cite Casper involvement and cooperation from local business leaders.
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Cheyenne
Session
Cheyvenne
Wyoming
Oleh
Saloons End 10 PM Start Cheyenne Pledge
Saloons in Cheyenne shut by 10 PM marking a pledge by local saloon keepers. After a January 14 start, several closed while four remained open briefly. A February 2 ordinance set 10 PM closing, but leaders agreed to voluntary 10 PM closures before enforcement.
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Cheyenne
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London
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Petrograd
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Lepipe
Romania
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Standard Oil Co
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Sweetheart
Geremass Home
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Mir Kelle
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