Letters tie German diplomat von Papen to wartime sabotage funds
London dispatches seized from Capt. Franz von Papen reveal frequent payments to sabotage networks and threats against the United States. Letters show $700 to Werner Horn linked to a Canadian Pacific bridge blast, and $2,000 wired into Papen’s account just before the payment. Papen’s bank records indicate $6,400 received and $5,000 paid out in January 1915, underscoring expansive German clandestine financial activity.
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London
Frang von Papen
Washington
Falmouth
Gwrany
von Papen
United
State Department
Werner Horn
Canadian Pacific Railway
St. Croix
Wilson
Germany
United States
Seattle
New Orleans
Amsick & Co
New York
British reply to American notes awaits date with France
Lenson Eng reports Britain is preparing a detailed reply to the latest American notes but has not set a dispatch date pending consultations with France. The White Paper of January 4 frames the blockade policy, noting extended intercept powers since March 1915 and allied decisions to stop goods tied to Germany, a modernized blockade not necessarily confiscating contraband.
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Germany
World's Largest Butter Shipment To Russia On Way
A Chicago firm consigns what is believed to be the world's largest single butter shipment, about 744000 pounds or 72 tons, to the Russian government, en route to New York.
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Chicago
New York
Americans Safe at Madera after false report
Washington officials say advice from El Paso confirms nine Americans reportedly killed at Madera is false. El Paso states all Americans there are safe and accounted for.
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Madera
Washington
State Department
el Paso
Maders
Chilean ambassador resigns from Washington post
Ambassador from Chile, Fdorado Suarez Muj ea, has tendered his resignation to his home government, a development reported from Washington. The move ends his tenure as Chile’s envoy in the capital.
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Chile
Washington
Fdorado Suarez Mujea
Bank Robbers Escaped with About 2009 Loot at Midway Bank
The Sheriff of Barbour County and a posse pursued two gunmen after a bank robbery at the Midway and James Banking Company. The robbers fled with roughly 2009 dollars and remain at large as authorities chase leads.
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Clayton
Alan Yerts
Midway and James Banking Company
Barbour County
Hlewes
German Settler Escapes to the United States
An illiterately worded note describes a German settler named Peter Moher who escaped from a French prison and arrived in the United States aboard a ship called the Vigginier. The report assigns him as a roliier and mentions his attempt to enter the country in early January.
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Peter Moher
Hee
Vigginier
Tod
Explosion at Pont Powder plant injures five workers in Gibbstown
An acid house at the Pont Powder Co plant in Gibbstown New Jersey blew up injuring five workers two seriously. It was the eighth blast at nearby factories in three months with 49 deaths and 20 injuries overall. The brick and iron nitrate house collapsed causing about 25000 dollars in losses. Company officials blamed natural causes from gas in the process. no evidence of foul play.
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Philadelphia
In Pont Powder Co
Gibbstown
Tu Font
Landis
Reison
Ealward Bubb
Isaac Gibson
Fleeing German Sailors Arrested in Wilmington
Four German navy men said to have escaped from German warships interned in U S waters were captured by federal agents in Wilmington. Two worked on a U S dredgeboat repairing coast fortifications, named Karl Altmann Emil Klatstein Fred Kroger and Karl Eltmann. Altmann and Klatstein were aboard the dredge when warrants were served. Ehrmann and Kroger toiled at Bancroft Textile Mills and lodged near Bancroft Hall close to Hagley yards and the Du Pont Powder Works plant.
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Pel
United States
United State
Cave
Karl Altmann
Emil Klatstein
Fred Kroger
Karl Eltmann
Altmann
Klatstein
Ehrmann
Kroger
Bancroft
Fancroft’s
Hagley Yards
du Pont
Retrial Ordered For New Haven Railroad Directors
Washington DC Co Attorney General Gregory announced that the government will retry five former New Haven railroad directors after a federal jury in New York disagreed over their guilt or innocence. The announcement signals continuing prosecution of high level executives in the case.
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Washington, DC Co
Gregory
New Haven Railroad
New York
Washington backs nonintervention to find Santa Ysabel killings
Gen Carranza and the de facto Metiro government will be given full opportunity without U S intervention to pursue the murderers of American citizens at Santa Ysabel and prove capacity to restore order and protect foreign rights in the southern republic.
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Washington
Carranza
Metiro
United States
Santa Ysabel
Youngstown Troops Withdrawn In Ohio
Youngstown Ohio reports the fifth segment of the national guard has left on strike duty here since last Saturday while the Eighth regiment remains on duty and sent home.
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Youngstown
National Council of Women Elects Officers
Washington Mr Philip No Moore of St Louis was elected president and Mrs Joh Hage Hawmond was elected first vice president of the National Council of Women. Mrs Kate Waller Barrett of Alexandria, Va. was elected treasurer.
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Philip No Moore
St Lowa
Joh Hage Hawmond
Nathornl Council of Women
Kate Waller Parrett
Alexandria
Wee
Coal miners in Minnesota receive pay raise
Duluth Minnesota reports major mining firms including United States Steel Great Northern Republic Iron and Steel and Pickens and Mother announce a 5 to 10 percent wage increase effective February 1. About 22,000 U S Steel employees will share the raise and additional mines in Michigan follow suit, boosting earnings for up to 30,000 workers.
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Plan Safety First Show to Highlight National Safety
Washington shows planned at the Smithsonian Institution during the week of February 21. Arrangements are underway by an office of the O2 federal bureau for a national safety exposition. Every lifesaving device funded by the federal government will be demonstrated, in operator models or roving pictures.
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Washington, D. C
Officetale
O2 Federal Bureaue
Smithsonistan Institution
Turks Attacked on Two Fronts Amid Global Fronts
London reports say Turkish forces face pressure from Russians and British. Russians in the Caucasus have regrouped and push along a near hundred mile front, while British forces retreat Ottoman troops along the Tigris south of Kut al Amara and press on the east and north. In Montenegro Austro Hungarians chase Montenegrins, seizing positions. On the French and Italian lines artillery duels and mining dominate with a trench taken near the Tolmino bridgehead and renewed bombardments around Goriza Mraalvih and Monte San Michele.
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France
Belgium
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Goriza
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Monte San Michele
Updike Brothers Arrested for Plot to Kill Parents
Chicago Irving and Herbert Updike sons of Furman Updike a millionaire board of trustees were arrested charged with plotting the murder of their parents. The crime allegedly to have been committed Sunday night per confessions reported by Oak Park police. Irving Updike 38 allegedly coerced his brother 21 into the plot driven by fear their father would change his will disinheriting them.
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Chicago
Irving
Herbert Updike
Furman
D Updike
Board of
Bookkeeper Steals From Hercules Buggy Payroll
George K. Fink, assistant bookkeeper at Hercules Buggy Co., left the Evaneville IN office with a ratchet containing $17.00 intended for weekly payroll, claiming an error and intending to rectify it. He was arrested later and the money recovered.
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Evaneville
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George K. Fink
Hercules Buggy Co
Du Pont church riot leaves one dead and many injured
A clash between rival factions at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Du Pont near Scranton on Sunday caused one death, likely fatal injuries to two more, and at least a dozen additional injuries among congregants and bystanders. Investigation and local authorities edge toward determining motive and responsible parties.
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Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Dupont
Pana Farmer Frank Elam Dies in Barn Lot
South Pana resident Frank Elam wealthy farmer died in his barn lot after illness. Widow and eight children survive him. Funeral arrangements to be announced by family. Local residents express condolences and acknowledge his long service to the community.
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Pana
Frank Elam
South Pana
Hayes to pursue fifth reprieve in Benton murder case
Little Rock announces that Hayes will pursue a fifth reprieve for Clarence Manin and Joe Strong, both 21, who were sentenced Saturday for the murder of an aged Benton merchant.
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Ark
4Iot Hayes
Cran
Clarence Manin
Joe Strong
Benton
Shot Outside Courthouse Ends Divorce Proceeding
Betty Bird was shot and killed on the street as she left the Courthouse after a divorce ruling from Charles Bird. Sullivan police reported no arrests at this time.
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Courthouse
Sullivan
Mia Betty Bird
Charles Bird
Bones Found in Fool Killer Submarine Near Chicago
The creole submarine Fool Killer, raised from the river bottom weeks ago near Chicago, yielded human bones. Authorities believe the remains may belong to the inventor referenced in local rumors.
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Chicago
Sage to found Emma Willard branch in Troy for arts instruction
Mrs Roseell Sage announced plans to establish a branch of the Emma Willard School in Troy devoted to teaching domestic and industrial arts to young women, expanding women’s education locally.
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Troy
Roseell Sage
Emma Willard School
Nancy Art Works Removed to Safety
Paris authorities moved Nancy gallery artworks to safety to prevent damage from German shells. The transfer aimed to protect culturally valuable pieces amid air raid danger and ongoing shelling.
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Nancy
Paris
Conjugal rights restored for aviator's wife in London
The petition of Mrs Claude Graham White wife of the aviator for restoration of her conjugal rights has been granted.
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London
Claude Graham White
Spy Assassinated in London Dispatch
A dispatch from Amsterdam reports Belgian spy Corin who denounced Edith Cavell, the Englishwoman executed in Brussels by the Germans, has been assassinated.
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Amsterdam
Corin
Edith Cavel
Engleh Pore
Brusele
Ship 129 Years Old in Service
London Danish sealline weasel aged 228 years is in sound condition and recently put into Weet Hartlepool to discharge cargo. The vessel was built at Meretal to 17 percent.
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London
Weet Hartlepool
Meretal
Man Killed When Grain Wagon Overturns Near Grand Forks
Martin W. Roas, formerly of Whitehall, Montana, died in Grand Forks North Dakota when a wagon loaded with oats overturned on the road to market. He had lived with his parents until about a year ago.
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Grand Forks
Martin W. Roas
Whitehall
Fires Leave 2000 Homeless in Bergen and Christiania
A dispatch reports a destructive blaze affecting Bergen and Christiania in Norway and Paris France. One seaport district fire left 1000 people homeless with property damage estimated at 15 million dollars.
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Bergen
Christiania
Norway
Paris
France
Indictments Issued Against 246 in Mahoning Labor Troubles
A jury in Youngstown Mahoning County has returned indictments against 246 individuals tied to the recent labor unrest. Charges cover various crimes connected to the outbreak, reflecting widespread legal action in the city.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County Crond
Fast Youngstown
Tempe claims Bwies government targets El Ragno editor
Tempe authorities allege the Bwies government provoked the editor of El Ragno after publishing a scurrilous poem about Emperor Wilhelm. The editor was fined 300 francs in a disputed move.
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Paris
France
Tempe
Bwies
el Ragno
Willem
Continuance Granted in Bank Wrecker Case
Morris in Judge 8 Stough grants another continuance to delay arguments on a motion for a new trial. The date is set for January 23.
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Morris
Stoughbax
European War A Year Ago This Week
Recap of January 17 1915 reports with Allied gains in Belgium and Lille Russian advances in Bukovina and along the Vistula German and Austrian setbacks in various fronts French progress near Metz air bombardments on English towns Dutch loss and evacuations in Cracow MAP shows broad armed actions across Europe with multiple fronts including the Ardennes and Donajec Russian moves in Hungary and Romania German naval and air actions noted with casualties and expulsions of foreign subjects
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Lille
Kiriibaba
Bukowing
Vistula
Plotek
St. Michael
Yarmouth
King's Lynn
English
le Pretre
Metz
Bukowina
Longest bridge in the world and various oddities cited
The item notes Lay two miles and 7 yards in Scotland as the world’s longest bridge. It also claims a hummingbird stripped to cheesecloth will dust rather than scatter. Reports on Cape Cod canal draft limits, a storm-cloud powered motor, a gravy ciab, Pernholm coal, and a guard’s trouser-less bicycle wheel guard invention follow.
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Leeden & Mile Ie
Scotland
Cape Cod Canal
Denmark
Sweden
Pernholm
North Carolina
Married life too calm ends in divorce bid
Monroe and Wie report thirty three years of married life with no quarrel or separations. The Jeany couple, wealthy residents, have applied for a divorce and will live apart for the rest of their days.
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Monroe, Wie
Peter Jeany
Ths Place
Reform School Revolt Ends With Guarded Teachers Overdue Bills
A group of boys at Reform School staged a revolt, attacking teachers and seizing the bills before authorities intervened. Local officials pledged to review the incident and ensure safety and accountability in the facility.
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Reform Echool
Wallies
Reform School
Pains Inside and Back and Lydia E Pinkham Testimonials
An advertisement features Mrs Ana Key praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for relief from side and back pains. It touts general female health benefits and offers free confidential advice from the L F Pinkham Medicine Co. Also includes a sixties era dialogue about hair care and a hair dressing product ad named Creole.
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Burlington, Wia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ana Key
Chestnut Street
Burlington, Wis
Maine poet marks egg as human hull variation
Doctor Pearl, a noted Maine poetry authority, compares a hen's egg to the human skull in variation of size and shape. The idea highlights how eggshells reflect natural diversity similar to cranial forms, though the analogy ends with a caution about limits of comparison.
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Maine
Yoohers
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