German Note Smiles Yet Probes Neutral Shipping Protections
The German reply to the American warning over neutral ships in the war zones shows a friendly tone but increases U S concern over potential complications. Berlin offers talks on protecting neutral vessels while warning of British flag misuse and contraband fears. Washington rejects convoying as a safety guarantee for merchant ships.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Ireland
Otis's son in law indicted in U.S. neutrality case
Harry Chandler, Gen. Harrison Grey Otis's son in law and Times owner, is indicted on conspiracy to violate U.S. neutrality by recruiting soldiers for an expedition into Lower California. Five co-defendants include Baltazar Aviles and B J Viljoen. Bail set at 2500 each. The cattle company linked to Chandler and Otis.
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Los Angeles
Harry Chandler
Harrison Grey Otis
The
Times
United States
Lower California
Federal Grand Jury
Baltazar Aviles
B. J. Viljoen
Walter Bowker
California-Mexico Land and Cattle Company
Charles Guzman
Gerosimo Sandoval
San Diego
Francisco Ayon
Guzman
Chandler
Gen. Otis
California
Department of Justice
Stand by Wilson Taft urges united support for President
Morristown New Jersey Taft tells Washington Association members the nation must stand by President Wilson in his policy toward the European war. He warns of a threat to neutral rights and urges calm over jingoism, pledging to support the President to the end.
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Morristown
N. J
Washington Association of New Jersey
Taft
Wilson
United States
Parole System Praised as Key Rehabilitation Agency
The biennial report of the State Board of Prison Directors calls the parole system the most valuable agency in rehabilitation. California’s two penitentiaries have 764 men on parole. Of those paroled in the last two years, 22 percent are failures, and 4 percent committed new crimes.
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Prison Report
Sacramento
Cal
State Board of Prison Directors
Calfornia
Wilson names trade board in new federal commission
President Wilson sent to the Senate nominations for the Federal Trade Commission to regulate big corporations. Appointees include Joseph E. Davies William J. Harris George Rublee Edward Nash Hurley and William H Parry with party notes amid Republican protests over lack of a regular Republican member.
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Washington
Wilson
Lenate
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph E. Davies
Democratic National Committee
Wisconsin
William J. Harris
aGeorgia First Insurance Company
Democratic State Committee of Georgia
William H. Parry
Seattle
Wash
The
Post Intelligencer
George Rublee
New Hampshire
Victor Morrowitz
Cotton & Spooner
New York
Louis D. Brandeis
Edward Nash Hurley
Illinois
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Davies
Hurley
Harris
Rublee
Parry
Monterey Under Attack As Carranza Reports Invasion
Carranza reports say about 22,000 troops engage in a renewed assault on Monterey with Monclova outposts driven back and the Torreon Monterey line open. Villa reinforcement possible, Duval West and George Carothers visit Aguas Calientes. Obregon and Castro evacuation denied. Travel disruptions noted between Mexico City Vera Cruz Tampico.
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Duval West
Wilson
Aguas Calientes
Villa
West
George Carothers
Marshall Ed Bryant
Chihuahua
Mexico City
Alvaro Obregon
Cesare Castro
Carranza
Vera Cruz
Tampico
State Department
Record Appropriation Bill Passes Senate Quickly
Washington reports a pension bill totaling just over 160 million dollars moved swiftly with a record rate of more than 40 million dollars per minute. The Navy states over forty submarines are ready for instant use in maneuvers or war.
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Senate
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Antwerp
Zeebrugge
Ostend
Galveston
Mexico
Heinrich von Ekhardt
Copenhagen
Nordkyn
Bornholm Island
Baltic Sea
Daniels
New York
New York Telephone Company
German Victory in East Prussia Rout Russians and Seize War Munitions
Officials report a decisive German victory in East Prussia with over 100000 Russian soldiers captured including seven generals. The Generals say parts of the Mazurian Army escaped, while the German advance nets seventy five cannon and vast war materiel, signaling a major strategic turning point amid ongoing Polish frontier fighting.
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aAn
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East Prussia
Poland
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Bobr and
Narew
Mazurian
Laxes
Loetzen
Widimer
Baron Sievers
Grand Duke
News of New Jersey: Miller verdict and state notes
A digest from late dispatches reports Howard W. Miller winning $1,800 in a suit against I. P. Thomas & Sons Co over acid fumes harming crops. Other items note a rabbit-killing case quashed, a gun returned, ordinances on hand bills, a dog outbreak, inmate counts, and local civic updates across Gloucester, Salem, Cape May, and Atlantic regions.
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Howard W. Miller, & Paulsbororo
I. P. Thomas& Sons Co
Mantua Creek
Miller
German Advance On Warsaw Reported By Berlin
Berlin says two German armies push toward Warsaw with progress as Russians battle near Lomza and Plock while Niemen actions continue in the northeast. Russians repelled German attacks in Galicia and the Carpathians as Italy edges toward joining the Allies. Nordcap mine disaster sinks with all crew lost. Kronprinz Wilhelm sinks four British ships with their crews reaching Buenos Aires.
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Berlin
Lomza
Vistula
Plock
Niemen
Galicia
Carpathians
Rome
Italy
Great Britain
Ireland
Nordcap
North Sea
Wrangell & Co
Haugesend
South Atlantic
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Buenos Aires
Loss of the Evelyn prompts U S Naval Attache probe
Secretary Daniels orders a thorough inquiry into the loss of the American cotton ship Evelyn after it struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. The vessel was not in the new war zone and was not sunk by a submarine, with owner Harriss-Irby Cotton Co stating no protest to the State Department. The incident marks the first loss for the Bureau of War Risk Insurance, which has earned substantial premiums.
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Washington
U. S
Gherardi
Berlin
Daniels
Evelyn
North Sea
New “War Zone
Germany
William L. Harriss
Har‘riss-Irby Cotton Co
New York
Bremen
State Department
U. S. Bureau of War Risk Insurance
Pots and Hunger Roil Berlin Markets
Turbulent scenes in Berlin markets saw waiting crowds discover potatoes sold out ten minutes after opening. Frantic, famished women led thefts of bread and other foods, clearing stalls without paying. Potatoes and other staples disappeared from display as shoppers acted in a surge.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Pith of the War News Highlights raids and fronts
Calais was raided by a Zeppelin dropping bombs killing four and heading toward Dun kirk. A German plane over Braintree dropped two bombs that did not explode. Allied advances continue in Champagne Meuse Argonne Alsace with progress claimed at all points. The German drive toward Warsaw advances slowly. Bukowina cleared of Russians. fighting remains hard in the Carpathians between Hungary and Galicia. England maintains policy to detain and search American ships carrying contraband.
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Dunkirk
Braintree
London
Champagne
Meuse
Argonne
Alsace
Warsaw
Bukowina
Carpathians
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Galicia
England
Germany
German blockade note praised by German press
Dutch reports indicate the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung endorses Berlin’s sea measures. It claims the actions target two British allies the United States and Britain’s partners by squeezing American arms traffic and provoking starvation.
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Amsterdam
United States
Vossische Zeitung
Great Britain
Market Notes Milk Prices Abolished Official Quotations
New York wholesale market notes state official milk price figures have been abolished and accurate quotations cannot be provided.
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