Written Record of Atrocities
Accounts released by the Public Information Committee in Washington recount brutal acts by German forces in Belgium. Diaries from prisoners describe mass executions, village burnings, looting, and the shooting of infants in mothers arms, with references to Dinant, Tamines, and Louvain and to General von Buelow.
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Brand Whitlock
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Meuse
Wikx Trancs
Gue @Ossus
Tamines
Charleroi
Tumines
Sambre
Rock of Bayard
Dinant
Narour
Rocher Bayard
Tinant
Meister
Dew Rivages
Neffe
Curious Condensations From The War News Clip
Mrs Sarah Ann Pickup of Providence aged seven ty eight has knitted 102 pairs of heavy socks in two years. Sam Gompers plans to unionize 600000 civil employees with President Wilson's sanction. Over 600 million gallons of mineral water are used annually in the United States to make soft drinks. The war trade board requires duplicate licenses for enemy trade applications and sends clothes for inspection.
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Sarah Ann Pickup
Providence
R. 1
United
Samuel Gompers
Wilson
United States
War Trade Board
Russians Reject Germanys Terms in Peace Talks
Amsterdam reports Count von Hertling met Reichstag representatives in Berlin to discuss Russia peace and negotiations. The emperor authorized Kuriman to conduct talks while independent Socialists participated for the first time. A German peace study bureau was formed led by Dr Helfferichte and Albert.
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Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Reichstag
Russia
Berlin
Veo Kuriman
Hiekery
K. Helfferichte
Albert
Willing to Assist Allies and Japan’s Siberia Move
Washington reports Japan anxious to strike Germany by occupying Siberia. Some allied diplomats support the plan amid fears of Teuton rule in Russia. American consul Vladivostok notes need for troops. President Wilson could decide if Japanese forces seize Vladivostok based on Japan’s wishes.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
Siberia
Russia
Vladivostok
Wilson
Sol
Americans' Property Taken for Traineeship in Berlin
Berlin announces that American property in Germany has been placed under the traineeship of the German government. No confiscation or infringement of personal rights is intended. The federal council authorizes the imperial chancellor to appoint administrators or trustees for American commercial interests and private holdings as a reciprocal measure to German property in the United States.
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Berlin
Germany
Federal Council
United States
Secret Russo Japanese Treaty Claims Offensive China Pact
The March 3 1916 secret Russo Japanese treaty, exposed by the Workingmen's and Soldiers soviet, binds Russia and Japan in an offensive alliance against any power seeking political supremacy in China. Signed by Saszonoff and Baron Monjo, later foreign minister, it expires July 1 1921.
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Petrograd
China
United States
Saszonoff
Baron Montono
Russia
Real Meatless Days Loom in England After January
London reports Lord Rhondda announces that England will endure real meatless days. Starting after January 11, dealers will observe one meatless day each week with no meat sales on that day.
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London
Lord Rhondda
England
Former Scout for Pershing Dies in Deming
Washington reports direct assurances from British and French commanders on army plans efficiency. In Deming New Mexico John H. Locke a former Pershing scout and one of three escapees from Villa’s raid at Minaca died at his home from pneumonia.
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Alfied Generale
Washington
War Department
Pershing
Deming
N. M
John H. Locke
Gen. Pershing
Mexico
Villa
Minaca
Pneumena
Enda Life to Avoid Arrest in Jacksonville Incident
In Jacksonville Bernice Bartholomew, 26, allegedly misled authorities by taking steps to avoid arrest on a charge of passing worthless checks. She died in the police station after attempting to elude capture. The incident prompted inquiries as officials review the sequence leading to the death.
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Enda
Jacksonville
Bernice Barthosow
Poleon
Worthles Cherks
Bere
War talk grips Argentina as Luxburg leaks cited
Argentina faces pressure for war with Germany as Luxburg documents surface. Officials fear student demonstrations could pull the nation toward conflict while rail damage and grain theft plots worry authorities. Ambassador Neon criticized Argentine leadership amid revelations of German plots and Latin American neutrality talks. Other items note German socialist opposition to peace with Russia and passport refusals to Independent Socialists.
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Washington
Germany
Luxburg
Buenos Aires
France
Neon
Luxbury
Loxburg
State Department
Count Lasourg
Foreign Office
Berlin
Republica
Garmas
United States
Sonferwnes
Car. Tanta
Mexico
Sunday Manages Swift Victory at Sun Day Tabernacle
Bill Sunday whippunched rival W H Bouterrauth, a German carpenter, after a platform clash in Aulanta Georgia. Sunday denounced Germany, refused to discuss at police station, while the other incident notes a New York quarantine dog and a Gary Indiana street robbery ending with an $800 theft and assault.
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Aulanta
Hilly Bunday
W. H. Bouterrauth
Sunday Tabernacle
Germany
Bouterrauth
U boat sinkings rise as losses decline claim
London report to Parliament notes fewer ships lost to mines and submarines as British and French admiralty statistics show a continued drop. Week's total losses reach 14 vessels over 1 600 tons with three under that tonnage. French losses minimal.
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London
Lloyd George
Britioe
Admiralty
Cheteau Reneult
Mediterranean
Safety Vault Robbery Taints Summit Bank Funds
Robbers stole about 30000 dollars from safety deposit vaults of the state bank of Summit a Chicago suburb. The payroll money for Argo plant of the Corn product was insured none of the bank's funds were touched. H Kilgore, bank president, also vice president of Le Grange bank said payroll money was insured. Another item notes war duration and a Cross service tag in Dallas with three crosses.
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Summit
Chicago
State Bank of
Argo
H. Kilgore
le Grange Bank
Kilgore
Activity of Troops Below Normal Amid World War Updates
New York reports show reduced front line activity in France Italy and the Sallan front with Austro German reinforcement plans in play. British and French troops are reinforcing in every department as Italy prepares to defend ground. In Argentina popular protests favor entry into the war against the German allies.
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Italy
France
Bek Klum
Diaz
Rome
Piave
Argentina
South American Republic
Contine
Count von Lamburg
Uman
Foreign Office
Merlin
Germany
English
Peace proposal backed by Czechs and South Slavs
Vienna dispatch reports the Unterhage narrowly backed a Czech and South Slav proposal for general peace. The plan demands no annexations or indemnities and seeks Russia’s good offices to present the idea to the Entente governments.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Unterhage
Avor
Russia
U S Regulates Coal Contracts Under Fuel Administration
Washington announces direct supervision of coal contracts by the Fuel Administration. Operators and wholesalers must submit contracts for approval and no contract may extend beyond one year.
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U. S
Washington
The
Fuel Administration
German Agent Held in Kansas City During War
Adolph Kappas a former German army lieutenant and alleged agent for the German government at San Antonio Texas was arrested in Kansas City by a Department of Justice special agent. He will be interned during the war.
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Kansas City
Adolph Kappas
San Antonio
Tez
Carramba
Department of Justice
Papal Warning to Bishops Over Jerusalem Aid
Rome reports the pope issued a nuncio to all bishops in beliligers ent countries warning that any Christian state aiding the Turks to retake Jerusalem will be condemned by the Holy See. Steel Industry Hurt by Requisitions and Weather, 16 Percent Inactive
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Rome
Acco
New York
For Educational Meet Washington President Wilkon Letter
President Wilkon from Washington writes to the Nation Education Association arguing no interference with the annual meeting at Pittsburgh from June 20 to July 6. Swiss President Berne Switserlant Vellx Calamd er, vice president and interior department head, was elected president of Switzerland for 1914.
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Wilkon
The
Nation Education Assolution
Pittaburgh
Berne
Switserlant Vellx Calamder
Switzerland
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