German Bomb Plot Foiled As Verdicted in Hoboken Raid
Police arrest Fritz Kolb in Hoboken after two bombs found in his room and hints of a broader plan to destroy munition plants for the Entente. Investigators tie the case to Black Tom and Kingsland blasts while denying any direct assassination plot against President Wilson.
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Hoboken
N. J
Fritz Kolb
Germany
Kolb
Wilson
Kingsland
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Entente Alles
Hayes
New York
Port of
Bureau of Combustibles
Kurk
Cologne
Mexico
Kalb
Roth
Regin
Tamplco
Mex
Remington Aros
Department of Justice
Bloboken
Five Chinese Tongs Clash in West Coast Shootings
Five Chinese men were killed and two mortally wounded with three others injured in tong warfare across San Francisco Oakland Stockton San Jose and Seattle. Gunmen from Hop Sing Suey Sing Be Gong Lines faced foes from Suey On Sen Surtey Ying and Bing Kong as a peace conference neared. Street battles sent pedestrians fleeing and left bystanders scarce while the city’s Chinatown came under heavy fire.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Stockton
San Jose
Cal
Seattle
Wash
Hop Sing
Suey Sing
Be Gng
Sen Surtey Ying
Bing Kong
Chinatown
Slayer of Wife Given Life Sentence by Indiana Court
Terre Haute March 7 On a guilty plea William Hurt aged twenty one was sentenced to life in prison for killing his young wife. He also shot himself during the crime and lay for days as if near death.
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Terre Haute
Ind
William Hurt
San Francisco
Eureka
Sentries Ordered to Fire on Airmen Over San Francisco Forts
March 7 report states watchmen at San Francisco forts Miles and Scott were armed with orders to shoot to kill any aviator flying over the fortifications after an airplane was observed above the area.
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San Francisco
Miles
Scott
Wilson Renames Cabinet in Four-Year Turnover
President Wilson reshuffles his cabinet with new picks for nine posts while three holdovers remain. Robert Lansing becomes Secretary of State and William G McAdoo stays as Treasury nominee. Newton Baker is named Secretary of War and other appointments include Thomas Gregory Attorney General and Josephus Daniels Navy Secretary.
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Washington
Wilson
Robert Lansing
New York
Treasury
William Gibbs McAdoo
Newton D. Baker
Ohio
Thomas W. Gregory
Texas
Albert Sidney Burleson
Navy
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Interior
Franklin Knight Lane
California
David Franklin Houston
Missouri
William Cox Redfield
William Bauchop Wilson
Pennsylvania
James C. McReynolde
Supreme Court
William Jennings Bryan
Germany
Lusitania
Lindley M. Garrison
Iowa
U. S
Davenport
Lane
War Baker
Trousten
Treck Island Arsenal
Five Firemen Die in Detroit Blaze at Fielded Cloak and Suit
A five story Fielded Cloak and Suit building on Woodward Avenue caught fire in Detroit early Sunday, trapping and killing five firefighters. Three others were injured as the tower floors collapsed, the blaze one of the city’s worst in memory. Officials estimate the loss around four hundred thousand dollars. Nearby structures like the R. G. Fyfe building were also affected.
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Detroit
Mich
Marek G
Cloak and Suit Company
Woodward Avenue
Earry
Obhaise
Ince
R.G. Fyfe Company
Field
Fithiates
Swan
Zeppelin Blows Up During Trial Flight
Berlin reports one of Germanys newest Zeppelins exploded during a trial trip over Belgium. Ten crew members were burned alive. Two Belgian witnesses were arrested by German authorities.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Mediation Talks Continue Between American Warships and Cuban Authorities
Santiago Cuba March 6. Conferences between American warship commanders and Cuban military authorities are ongoing with indications an understanding may be reached soon.
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Cuba
Santiago
British transport sunk by U boat and mine in war reports
British Admiralty reports a destroyer sunk with all hands in the North Sea after striking a mine. Berlin cites an armed transport steamer of 34,494 tons with about 500 colonial troops sunk by a submarine, with some losses. Multiple sinkings are listed in the Mediterranean and a record vessel size noted.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Berlin
Boad
Mediterranean
Malta
Oreanta
America
Italy
Cunarder Lusiinala
Statendam
England
Tiitish
Haive Deep Incise
Ats Air Transport
Food cost crisis eyed by Secretary Houston
Secretary Houston urged greater use of scraps and house economics to curb living costs. He estimated Americans waste over 700 million dollars worth of edibles annually, but noted no real food shortage. He called for intelligent planning and increased acreage, citing last year’s unusually low wheat and potato crops.
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Washington
Houston
Wilson
Berlin Asks Colombia Aid for U-Boat Base
State Department reports show German agents sought to incite Colombia to hostile acts against the United States similar to moves toward Mexico and Japan. Evidence suggests Colombia listened to German intrigues. Berlin reportedly negotiated for a submarine base near Cape Darton with ties to oil interests in the PhiRier valley.
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State Department
Washington
Republic of Colombia
Bis
Mexico
Japan
United States
Colombia
Germany
Cape Darton
Phirier
Panama
Bank Robbery in Park Hill Touches Muskogee Area
Two masked men entered the First State Bank in Park Hill, Muskogee area, forced the cashier into the vault with revolvers and escaped with 1000 dollars in currency.
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Oklahoma
Muskogee
Okla
First State Bank
Park Hill
Here
Army Seizes German Railways Under Military Authority
Amsterdam March 7 The Kreuz Zeitung of Berlin reports that Germany has turned its entire railway system over to military authorities with the chief of the field railway system in charge.
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Amsterdam
Kreuz Zeitung
Berlin
Germany
President's ship bill passed by the House in 108 to 13 vote
Washington reports the House approved a bill to empower the president to arm merchant ships but not extend to other instruments. The measure passed 108 to 13 after a long, spirited debate. The president backs the Senate version including other instruments and aims to replace the House bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Claase
Flood
America
Revolley
US Indict three as spies in alleged plot
A federal grand jury indicted Albert A. Sander George Vanx Bacon and Charles W. Wunenburg in a spy plot case. The leaders pleaded not guilty and were released on bail after detention in England followed by revelations of a spy network. The defendants allegedly sent observers to Britain and Ireland to obtain military timings of merchant ships and economic condition data for Berlin.
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
England
Albert A. Sander
George Vanx Bacon
Charles W. Wunenburg
George V. Bacon
Sander
Wunenburg
Great Britain
Ireland
Germany
Berlin
Pershing Plans Visit to Matamoros Opposite Brownsville
Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the southern department, arrived on an inspection trip and arranged to visit Matamoros tomorrow afternoon to renew military courtesy exchanges with Mexican commander Col. Tez0o Gonzales, who plans to return the call.
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Brownsville
Tex
John J. Pershing
Southern Department
Matamoros
Tez0o Gonzales
Pershing
No Potatoes in Britain Warned by Food Controller
London March 7 Captain Bathurst the food controller's spokesman in the house of commons predicts that everyone will have to go without potatoes in the late spring and early summer.
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Britain
London
Bathurst
House of Commons
Submarines Claim Sinkings of 22 Ships
Bertin March 7 two submarines report from home bases that they sank fifteen steamers and seven sailing ships totaling 64 500 gross tons.
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Bertin
Governor Goodrich Signs Indiana Women's Suffrage Bill
Mrs. James P. Goodrich pressed Governor Goodrich to sign the Masten McKinley senate bill No. 77 granting Indiana women the right to vote in all elections not listed in the state constitution and in primaries special elections and for delegates to the constitutional convention. The governor signed privately with no crowd or cameras present and said the act would take effect when his proclamation in April or May places the session acts in force.
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Indianapolis
James P. Goodrich
Goodrich
Indiana
Masten-McKinley
Senate
Indiana Senate Advances Prison Land Leasing Plan
The Indiana Senate passed a bill by Rep. W worth of Laporte County to authorize the state prison board to lease prison lands for inmate tilled crops to produce food for the prison. The House also approved bills on hospital funding, military instruction in high schools, public service commission reach, mattress material standards, school attendance, county hospitals, and more. The Senate supported a bounty on chicken hawks and a Corydon courthouse sale by Harrison County for 50 000 dollars, with debates on special appropriations and historical commission continuation.
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Indianpolis
Senate
Wsworth
Laporte County
Board of Trustees
Harker Hospital
McNagay
War Department
Myers
Public Service Commission
Sipe
Symon
Myers’ Hospital
Prile
Humphrey
State Board of Accounts
Heser
Bureau of Legislative Information
State Historical Commission
House
Harrison County
Corydon
Jackson
Alberta Success Story Prompts Western Canadian Farm Boom
A. E. Merriam of Devil's Lake North Dakota recounts his migration to Alberta in 1909 and how hog farming and land appreciation transformed his wealth. He notes land values rising to 25 to 35 dollars an acre, annual taxes, and strong livestock profits with hogs yielding $5,000 in a year.
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A. E B. Merriam
Devil's Lake
N. D
Western Canada
Alberta
North Dakota
Dalroy
Dakota
Cascarets Claim Easy Relief For Liver And Bowel Ailments
An advertisement promotes Cascarets for liver stomach and bowels promising quick relief from constipation indigestion biliousness and headaches. The 10 cent box is framed as a health buy and even children are urged to use it with stores carrying the product.
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Foreign Relations Committee
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British Admiralty
BIG Crops Food Solution
John M. Horton
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
John Miller Horton
Buffalo
Frage Bill
A. RE. Merriam
Datroy
Canada
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