British Ships Plot Target Under Cover of Explosions
Affidavits in U S authorities claim Robert Fay and four companions plotted to sink or disable British warships guarding the three mile limit off Sandy Hook. The scheme involved timing devices and a March plan after discussions in New York and Hoboken following the Kronprinzessin Cecilie voyage.
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New York
Robert Fay
Secret Service
Sandy Hook
United States
Fay
Max Breitung
Herbert Kienzle
Paul Doescha
Walter Scholz
Kronprinzessin Cecilie
Kienzle
Doescha
Hoboken
Society Women in Mills Fight Plant Closure in Trenton
Wives and social leaders of the Essex Rubber Company battle a forced plant closing and order cancellations for rubber heels and soles. They work in the cutting room to aid their husbands against alleged unfair action by striking girl trimmers. Company says about 150 on strike, denies vacancies from departures.
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Trenton
N. J
Essex Rubber Company
Notable Losses and High-Profile Surgical News
Maryland and New York items report deaths and medical events. John Pentiss Poe Jr. dies as a private during action on the French border. J P Morgan undergoes appendectomy at his Glen Cove home and is reported safe. Fortunes tied to Lafayette College grant and federal diplomacy on prize court verdicts and national defense policy.
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Baltimore
John Pentiss Poe, Jr
Princeton
France
New York
J. P. Morgan
East Island
Glen Cove
Easton
Lafayette College
Lafayette
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
London
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Washington
Frederick Funston
Douglas
Ariz
Garrison
Francisco@Villa
War Department
Max Breitung
Edward N. Breitung
Robert Fay
Champ Clark
Congress
Tragic Fire Kills 21 At St John’s Parochial School
A fire at St John’s parochial school traps 21 pupils ages 7 to 17, most girls, in the front vestibule. Sisters guide others to safety but a crippled child’s fall and jammed rear doors block exits, leaving many dead by suffocation. Mother Superior Marie Carmelita is badly burned.
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Peaboy
St. John's Parochial School
Order of Notre Dame
Marie Carmelita
Marie
Serbia's Struggle Deepens as Forces Move on Multiple Fronts
Reports say Romania may allow 500000 Russian troops through to attack Bulgaria from the north as German and Austro Bulgarian forces push on Belgrade and Nish. French armies claim gains near Strumitsa and Veles while British aid reaches Salonica to bolster Serbia's defense.
Trade Protest To England Notes 10 000 Word Envoy Dispatch
Washington reports a 10 000 word note protesting British interference with US European trade has been forwarded to the British Foreign Office. President approves the document and Ambassador Page will present it in London as Alexander Kirk carries further Berlin papers.
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British Foreign Office
Washington
America
United States
Europe
London
Ambassador Page
Alexander W. Kirk
Berlin
Gerard
Great Britain
Bryan
Lusitania
Week's Big News Events from the War Front
Paris reports a French victory north of Loos with German scouting forces defeated and Champagne repulsed. Berlin notes Austro German and Bulgarian junction on the Danube opening routes to Constantinople. Salonica landing of 13 000 British troops aids Serbia. Greece may join the Allies. Russia maintains pressure on Riga and Dvinsk while Galicia clashes continue. Berlin confirms only partial rescue of Prinz Adalbert crew.
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Paris
Rene Viviani
Aristide
Theophile Delcasse
Viviani
Briand
Havas
Charles de Freycinet
Paul Painleve
Jules Meline
Rene Renault
Gabriel Guist
Emil Combes
Leon Bourgeois
Dehys Cochin
Jules Guesde
Peter
Serbia
Italy
Salonica
Nish
Pirot
Timok
Zajecar
Kniajevats
Negotin
Berlin
Loos
Champagne
Danube
Constantinople
Venizelos
Greece
Russia
Tiekeh
Riga
Dvinsk
Galicia
Great Britain
Cyprus
Ferdinand
Strumitsa
Bulgaria
Athens
Baltic
Russia restricts hides and wool shipments during war
Washington reports the Russian government has forbidden the release of shipments of hides skins and all wools on grounds of military necessity. Fur skins seeds and other articles are released without undue delay according to H D Baker the commerce attache in Petrograd.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Relations
Department of Commerce
H. D. Baker
Petrograd
Sofia Revolt Suppresses Bulgarian Military Conspiracy
Reports from Sofia say many leaders of a military conspiracy against King Ferdinand of Bulgaria have been shot. Internal unrest in Bulgaria is rising and could affect the Balkan scene. Bulgarian troops faced hostile civilian demonstrations in districts they patrolled.
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London
Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Sofia
Balkan
California Nonpartisan Plan Defeated in Statewide Vote
California voters rejected the nonpartisan plan by about 20 000 plurality in San Francisco. Nine constitutional amendments failed as well amid high turnout and public apathy. The measures were promoted by Gov Johnson and drew surprise with their broad advocacy.
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California
Johnson
San Francisco
Columbia Man War Prisoner Believed Held by Germans
London report says W. W. Colquhoun former Columbia soccer captain and now Captain in the Scottish Light Horse of the British army is believed a prisoner of war in Germany. A classmate’s father received word that Colquhoun was last heard fighting in the Battle of Loac and was reported missing the next day.
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W. W. Colquhoun
London
Columbia
Scottish Light Horse
Germany
Calquhoun
Loac
Pope
Benedict
Venice
Scalzi
National Baseball Commission
Pope Benedict
James H. Bigger
18Th Regiment
Pennsylvania ‘ National ‘Guard
Pittsburgh
Loos
Page
Condon
International Association of Dairy & Milk Inspectors
Washington
John
Ensor
Baltimore
Clark
Wilson
Congress
Bahon
Haiti
Campbell
Gerard
Berlin
State Department
Liega
Belgium
Dannacona
Ariel
Russia
Pressed Steel Car Co
Yuan Shi-Kai
Wellington Koo
United States
Suwanee
Culver Military Academy
South Bend
Ind
Kansas City
Kan
Eulalio Gutierrez
Mexico
Carranza
Saltillo
George
Theodore Rooseviszit, Jr
Lord Wimborne
Ireland
King George Falls From Horse Endangers Tour
Royal tour of army field inspection ends after a bad horse fall with painful but not serious injuries. Allies gain weather advantage as Serbians face Central Powers in difficult terrain. Greece reaffirms neutrality to Entente and aided landings at Salonica. British reinforcements’ fate unknown, large in number. Submarines sink four German steamships in the Baltic. German offensives press on eastern and western fronts with gains near Riga and Dvinsk and a front advance at Muscovite positions.
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George
Greece
Salonica
Strumitsa
Berlin
Varna
Black Sea
Bulgaria
London
Baltic
Petrograd
Riga
Dvinsk
von Hindenburg
Wilson receives 100 delegates at White House Presbyterian Synod
President Wilson hosts 100 delegates to the Presbyterian Synod at the White House. The note mentions changes in social secretary appointments, naval secrets policy for internees, and several other unrelated items spanning international diplomacy and domestic notices.
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Wilson
Presbyterian Synod
White House
America
United States
Europe
London
Edith Benham
Benham
Isabel Hagner
Knox College Discontinues Football After Student Death
The Knox College faculty in Dales bury Illinois voted to discontinue football for the remainder of the season following the death in St Louis of Bryan Scott, a student injured in a game. Experts who watched Johnny Dundee outpoint Willie Ritchie in a ten round New York bout noted the outcome. Captain Lon Middlebrook of Yale's 1915 baseball team issued a statement taking blame for the play of five teammates at Quogue New York last summer.
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Knox College
Dalesbury
Ill
J. Louis
Bryan Scott
Johnny Dundee
Willie Ritchie
New York
Panama Assembly weighs 1.25 million six year loan
Extraordinary session of Panama's National Assembly considers authorizing a 1.25 million dollar loan over six years at 6 percent. Other items include ore confiscation at Chihuahua plant, typhoon deaths in Luzon, and diplomatic notes from Germany and Greece.
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Panama
Mer. Cagliero
Central America
Rome
United States
Germany
Zaimis
Greece
Venizelos
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Prahovo
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Belgrade
Saloniki
Romania
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Norfolk
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Ohio
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John C. Moore
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Memphis
Mississippi River Levee Association
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