United States Exposes German Plots in War Era U S
A public information release details German espionage in the United States during World War I. It cites Wolf von Igel at 60 Wall Street, Koenig, Archibald, Emerson, Devoy, Cohalan, and German embassy links to plots against ships, Irish revolution, labor unrest, and propaganda financing. It notes German agents aided by Americans of German extraction.
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Germany
America
United States
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Lieb
Ruhig Sein
Wacht Am Rhein
Vaterland
Teutonic
Department of Justice
Canada
GO Wall Street
Mwan
Wolf von Igel
von Igel
U. S
United States Secret Service
Secret Service
Wall Street
von Bernstorff
Paul Koenig
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
New York
Fort Oglethorpe
von Iernstorff
Koenig
von Papen
James F. J. Archibald
Edwin Emerson
John Devoy
New York City
Ireland
Bernstorff
Roger Casement
Devoy
Casement
Daniel F. Cohalan
New York Supreme Court
Berlin
Chicago
Plot to destroy Welland canal and sever Canada from Britain
The document details LET ER WAVE's plan to damage the Welland canal and push Canada to split from the British empire. It cites G. S. Viereck and Vierick's Weekly offering aid with picric acid, William J. Ruff seeking German aid to blow trenches and ships, Ray Beveridge receiving funds for a pro German lecture tour, and Bernstorff's staff promoting munitions transport via Holland. It also notes Wolf von Igel's spy system sending a code on April 11 1916 about California troops and coast fortifications.
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Welland Canal
Canada
G. S. Viereck
The
Fatherland
Vierick’s Weekly
William J. Ruff
Quincey, T
Ray Beveridge
California
Red Cross
Bernstorff
Holland
Wolf von Igel
Coast Fort
Germany Used Explosives and Microbes in Bucharest Embassy
Washington reports reveal the German legation in Bucharest hid explosives and deadly microbes after Germany surrendered control of affairs in Romania. Secretary Lansing notes this aided bomb plots against American interests and other schemes tied to German intrigue.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Bucharest
Lansing
Argentina
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
von Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Congress
Longshore union votes for arbitration with Mercantile Marine
The New York longshoremen voted 418 to 217 to submit grievances to arbitration with the International Mercantile Marine and return to work. Capt. William S. Baker warned the government would not tolerate delays in war shipments and could declare New York a government reservation with labor conscription if arbitration failed.
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New York
International Mercantile Marine Corporation
William S. Baker
United States Army Transport Service
U S Army Plans Gas and Liquid Fire Units in France
American troops in France will be supplied with trained forces to deliver gas and liquid fire attacks. General orders released in Washington authorize solar engineer units to operate these modern trench warfare devices.
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Pershing
Washington
France
Roosevelt Denounces La Follette During Chicago Stop
Theodore Roosevelt harshly attacked Senator La Follette calling him a neo copperhead leader as he traveled through Chicago. He criticized the Minneapolis speech, commented on Von Bernstorff disclosures, and declined to discuss Mayor Thompson's changed stance while en route to Kansas City.
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Chicago
Senator la Follette
Néoéo Eee
von Bernstorff
Thompson
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas City
la Follette
Minneapolis
Roosevelt
Small Fortune Collected for Ambulance Fund
A foreign automobile arrived at the subtreasury as Miss Natalie Camp in a Russian military costume collected spare change from bankers and brokers along Wall Street. The funds will support the Allied Ambulance corps.
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Wall Street
Natalie Camp
Miss Camp
Allied Ambulance Corps
Argentina halts vote on war amid German intrigue
Buenos Aires reports delaying a break with Germany as a Berlin note cools tensions over cruiser warfare. A 200000 railroad workers strike erupts with pay demands risking higher rates. German intrigue behind the walkout sparks talk of martial law.
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Teuton
Hienos Aires
Thei Ay Line
Chamber of Deputies
Lpin
Germany
Berlin
Argentina
Count von Luxburg
Germa
German Legation Involved in Ailing Explosive Plot Revealed
Report details 51 boxes unearthed from a garden with 50 loaded with TNT and 1 with anthrax samples. A note from Kronstadt consulate describes poison delivery to horses and cattle, warning of direct throat or fodder introduction. Foreign Minister Porumbaru provided documents tracing the boxes to German origins.
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State Department
William Whiting Andrews
Legation
Bucharest
Poronbaru
Roumania
Vopicka
Andrews
United States
Kronstadt
Hungary
Flowers for U.S. Men in Dark French Welcome
An American engineer regiment entering a French town near the front is greeted with total darkness but with cheers of Viva America. French civilians shower the marchers with flowers, fruit, and bouquets from balconies as generals greet them.
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France
Union
America
First Negro Nominees on New York Republican Ticket
The city records a historic first as color men secure regular nominations from a major party. In a Harlem ward A district Johnson is named for state assembly and James Thomas for alderman after the Wednesday primary returns.
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New York
Retu
Repubican
Harlem
A. Johnson
James Thomas
Floods in Mexico Kill Many in Quahuila Belt
Mexico City reports severe floods in the cotton belt of Quahuila state causing numerous deaths. Hundreds of houses are washed away and crops damaged.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Quahuila
Cropa
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Kaiser
Great Britain
Mr. Hoover
Frederic C. Walcott
Inglewood, N. J
Food Administration
Doctor Bernhardt
T. R. Flays
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Loui
Boston
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St. Louis
Pittsburgh
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Peeesesese
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