German spy case ties Walter Spoermann to Berlin networks
Baltimore and Washington authorities pursue Walter Spoermann and his brother Frederick H. C. Spoermann after arrest on espionage charges. A web of papers and associates, including links to von Bernatohn and Hoy Kd, hints at a broader spy system in the United States. Investigations indicate multiple arrests and secrecy over the case details.
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Walter Spemann
Count von Beenstortz
Hoy
Spotrmann
Kaiser
United States
Baltimore
Dan
Lh Lahent
Walter Spoermann
Norfolk
United States Marsials Office
Jad
Frederick H.C. Spoermann
Alo
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Atseh
Appermann
Elehe
Chetely
Spoermann
Flanly
Newport News
Spoermanh
Baltimore Tower
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Woyhid
Germany
West Suffering From Severe Fuel Shortage In 1930s Crisis
The federal fuel administration directs aid to the central belt as thousands idle and industries stall. Indiana bans nonessential closures, Michigan reports under 500 tons of coal outside Detroit, and heat restrictions spread. Granite City steel mill closes, Omaha forecasts normal supply in four days, and railways instructed to run coal trains. Wyoming Colorado and Wyoming increasing Nebraska supply.
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Federal Fuel Administration
Indianapolis
Michigan
W. K. Prudden
Detroit
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Granite City
Ill
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Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
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Arrest of Caillaux Ties to Berlin Cable, Lansing Says
Paris January 15. The arrest of former Premier Caillaux yesterday was prompted mainly by a cable from Secretary Lansing in Washington stating that in 1915 Caillaux had communicated with the Berlin foreign office.
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Washington
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Berlin
Ban on Beef Is Raised by U S
Washington announces a beef consumption policy for six western states. Residents may eat all beef desired on meatless days but no other meat. The Food Administration cites rising feed costs railroad congestion and low cattle profitability as causes and will not restrict beef in California Washington Oregon Colorado Nevada and Arizona.
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Washington
Food Administration
California
Oregon
Colorado
Nevada
Arizona
Eostern Seaboard
Receuit
Aix
Germany Censors Wilson's Message
Geneva dispatch reports President Wilson’s war aims speech edited by German censor before distribution to German press. Copies show suppression of praise for Russia open diplomacy and candor about war losses, with the Entente referenced only in restrained terms.
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Geneva
Frealdent
Wilson
Russia
Women in Spain Riot Injures Dozens at City Hall
In Barcelona crowds of women protested new food regulations as the city hall stairway balustrade collapsed. Thirty five women were badly crushed in the fall. Madrid reports say manifestations widen to Malaga and Valencia with factory shutdowns over coal and material shortages fueling unrest.
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Associated Press
Parcelona
Spain
Madrid
Malaga
Valentia
German ammunition plants forced to close in Karlsruhe
The Gazette reports Karlsruhe ammunition factories shut due to coal shortages, leaving 9,000 workers unemployed. Seven other large towns face similar closures as German coal consignments to Switzerland under the diplomatic arrangement are Heerensing.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
Karlsruhe
Adda
Urge Fixing of Wool Prices and Cotton Board
Chicago January 15 Representative Sabath declared he would propose a bill to empower President Wilson to appoint a board to fix cotton and wool prices. He said gambling in cotton cost the government 50 million in war material purchases.
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Sabath
Congréss
Wilson
Q Board
Ex-Empress of Russia Rumored Insane in Siberia
AMSTERDAM Jan 15 The former empress of Russia according to German newspapers has become insane and is confined to a sanitarium at Tobolsk Siberia.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Tobolsk
Siberia
Kuehlmann to Continue Peace Work Though Pressure Rises
Berlin dispatch reports Baron von der Bussache-Haddenhausen says foreign affairs instruction to Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmann remains unchanged for Brest Litovsk peace talks. In Petrograd, allied and neutral representatives protest Lenine over Rumanians' arrests, seeking immediate release. Hertling’s health and possible resignation drive military leaders to push for Kuehlmann's dismissal as the emperor and crown prince confer with leaders.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Baron von der Bussache-Haddenhausen
Reichstag
von Kuehlmann
Brest-Litovsk
London
A_ Reuter
Petrograd
Nikolai Lenine
Lepipe
Romania
von Hertling
Brest-Litovek
Herlin
Count von Hertling
Wilson
Liogd George
Cheyenne Man Wounded in War A Canadian Report
Ottawa dated wire reports list W. W. Miller of Cheyenne Wyoming among the wounded. Miller is unknown locally and efforts to locate his friends or relatives yesterday proved fruitless.
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Ottawa
W. W. Miller
Cheyenne
Wyo
Miller
Draft law would register men aged 21 since June
Senate panel chief Chamberlain introduces a bill to require registration for military duty of all men who have turned 21 since June 5 1917. A separate measure would authorize furloughs for national army workers in farming and crop harvest duties. A third bill shifts state quotas from population to available men, and a proposal for an exempted badge button is also noted.
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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 Near Brenta River
Italian mountain troops struck along the Brenta to lift a wedge near Motte Asolone. Heavy Austrian losses and hundreds of prisoners fell, including a lieutenant colonel and seven other officers, as war material was seized. The southern front operations near Monte Grappa were reinforced by the advance.
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Motte Asolone
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Monte Grappa
Wyoming Man in Pershing Army Dies of Measles
Washington Jan. 15 The War Department reported 37 AEF deaths from natural causes. Private Clifford DD Hrown of the ammunition train died Jan. 11 from measles near Pinedale Wyoming.
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Wyoming
Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
Pershing
Clifford DD
Pinedale
Wyo
25 Billion to Be War's Bill
A flood of unexpected statements suggests that Congress will approve wartime appropriations surpassing 21 trillion, a historic sum. The chatter points to large defense and domestic spending, signaling a major expansion of federal outlays.
Meatless and Wheatless Days to Stay Through War
Salt Lake City reports Joseph P. Cotton of the federal food administration told the American Livestock association that meatless and wheatless days will remain for the war period. He said relaxed limits may come to Pacific coast states first, but nationwide restrictions should stay until packing congestion eases. hog prices of 15.00 per hog were not expected to change.
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American Livestock Association
Joseph P. Cotton
Federal Food Administration
Food Administration
Mr. Cotton
Meat Division
Tie Administration
Pacific Coast
Cotton
Opposition to CS control of oil supply sparks denouncement
Washington January 15 opposition to government plans to take over oil supply was denounced by the fuel administration as hysterical fear or propaganda. The action would create an oil division and appoint Mark Requa of California as its head, the department noted, as the only feasible outcome under the law governing the Civil administration.
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Fuel Administration
Proterman
Am Oil
Mark
Requa
California
Ciel
Spoermann Not Spy Says Girl Spoermann Not Spy Says Girl
Mies Stoop a Baltimore violinist declares Walter Spoermann innocent and asserts she knows him well. She says they were engaged and planned marriage after the war and would break the engagement if he were proven a spy. She supports his innocence and intends to prove it.
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Wasilingson
Mies Maye
Walter Spackmioni
Baltimore
Velieven
Misk Stoop
Washington
Spoermann
Runiarry
Walter
Miss Stoop
German Air Attacks Fail to Kill Any Americans in France
The report describes German airplanes diving to 269 feet during a recent raid on American aviation centers in France. Bombs dropped did little damage as most fell on nonmilitary targets, and no American deaths are reported.
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France
Jan. K
Wilich
Cheyenne to Hold Session of American Mining Body
Cheyenne will host a session of the Wyoming branch of the American Mining Congress set for a date next month, city officials said this week. Officials from Casper and the Commercial Club pledged cooperation to secure the final convention, with plans expected to progress after A. O. Kelley secured a commitment by phone.
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Cheyenne
Session
Cheyvenne
Wyoming
Oleh
A. Od, Kelley
Itl Veone
Casper
Mir Kelle
Saloons Agree to Early Closing in Cheyenne
Cheyenne saloons began closing at 10 pm for the first time after a pledge. Some shut doors January 14 with only four remaining later. February 2 will enforce 10 pm closures by ordinance, though saloon keepers reportedly agreed to voluntary 10 pm closings ahead of the rule.
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