Confusion From Metzler in German Plot Probe
Frederick Itzler, secretary to Paul Koenig, alleged head of the German secret service in the United States, confessed his part in the plot. Frederick Metzler, Koenig aide, arrested in connection with the Welland canal plot, may confess tonight detailing ramifications leading to arrests in other cities. Metlzer’s whereabouts remain hidden as investigators vow to seize Koenig when ready.
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United States
Metzler
Koenig
Welland Canal
New York
Frederick Metzler
Paul Koenig
America
Welland ‘Canal
Department of Justice
Secret Services
Arly
Marshall
Roger B. Wood
Capt
Offly
Richard Leyendecker
Schlein
Killed in Bread Mixer at Local Bake Shop
Aaron Nager, 49, was killed in a bread mixer at Jacob Slyman’s bake shop, 100 Oak Street, New Haven. Baker Joseph Cohen found Nager wedged between paddles and container Saturday morning. Medical examiner cites probable hemorrhage from internal injuries. Nager’s wife at 215 Commerce Street received word and collapsed.
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New Haven
Des
Jacob Slyman
Oak Street
Aaron Nager
Joseph Cohen
Cohen
Howard Avenue
Scarbrough
Mr. Nager
Commerce Street
One Crop Paid For Farm
Albert Armstrong reports Lane county farmers in western Kansas had a prosperous year. A farmer traded a heifer for volunteer wheat, pastured cattle, and harvested 1300 bushels sold for 1800 dollars. Another bought half a section at 15 dollars an acre and this year’s crop paid for the land.
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Atchison, Kan
Albert Armstrong
Lane County
Western Kansas
Armstrong
Indians Granted Full Citizenship at Cheyenne Reserve
Report from Cheyenne reservation indicates that over 74 Indians will be deemed competent for full citizenship and title to property. With this privilege the Indian gains all rights and responsibilities of any citizen, including tax payments.
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Pierre
Cheyenne Reservation
Neutrality party wins in election at Greece
Athens reports indicate the neutrality party led by ex-Premier Gounaris appears set to win yesterday's election. Observers say the result will keep Greece’s stance unchanged, despite Venizelos supporters urged to abstain. early returns show Gounaris neutralists outnumbering them in reported districts.
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Athens
Neutrality
Gounaris
Greece
Venizelos
Nevertheles
Germany counsels Austria to avoid open break over Ancona
Geneva December 20 high Austrian source says talks occurred between Austrian and German foreign offices on Austria's stance toward the United States over the sinking of the Ancona. Kaiser William is said to take a personal interest and may have urged Austria to prevent an open rupture. Austrian and German submarine activity in the Mediterranean and Adriatic has lessened since Ancona went down.
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Austria
United States
Ancona
Germany
Emperor William
Kaiser
von Jagow
Baron Burian
Mediterranean
Adriatic
Anti American Feeling Growing in Austria
From Vienna reports indicate rising anti American sentiment in Austria after the U S note on the sinking of the liner Ancona. Officials try to curb protests but several demonstrations have occurred as Austrian press claims the United States seeks to dominate Austria diplomatically economically and militarily.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Austria
United States
Ancona
Vienna
Germany
Wants Brides in Homespun Sermon Attacks Washington Status
Bouck White, pastor of the Church of the Social Revolution, repeated criticism of the president’s fiancée spending on her trousseau in a New York sermon. He decried Washington as a leisure-class city and argued the president’s removal from working people widens the gap. He urged a historical choice and likened it to Cleopatra marrying in homespun attire.
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New York
Cleopatra
Clean City Prizes for New Haven School Essays
Mayor Rice of New Haven announces five dollar gold prizes for the best essays on making the city cleaner and more beautiful. The top five essays from each grade in every school will be reviewed by a three member committee chosen by Supt Breede, with submissions due Monday January 17.
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New Haven
Rice
Supt. Breede
Prisoners Weave Grandmother Shawls in Jail
In Zivansville Indiana on December 20 prisoners at the county jail are knitting woolen shawls described as the kind grandmother wore. Two shawls are finished valued at ten dollars each. Four inmates are working, now expert in the craft, with exactly 6 405 knots counted in the shawl.
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Zivansville
Ind
Wilson and Bride Secluded at Hot Springs Hotel
President Woodrow Wilson and his bride spend the second day of their honeymoon in seclusion at Hempstead Hotel Hot Springs Virginia with private access to the eastern wing. The couple avoid visitors and cameras. meals, golf, and exits are controlled, while official duties are set aside. About 100 guests reside at the hotel, and a special mail routine maintains secrecy.
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Hempstead Hotel
Hot Springs
Woodrow Wilson
Secret Service
The
United States
Washington
White House
Charles Swein
Ocean Steamers Departures and Arrivals Report
New York December 20 report shows no steamers sailing today. Ships due to arrive include St. Paul from Liverpool on December 11, Em dyk from Rotterdam December 5, Na poli from Naples December 3, Nordamer ika from Genoa December 1, San Gugliel mo from Naples December 8, Kursk from Archangel December 3.
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New York
St. Paul
Liverpool
California
Emdyk
Rotterdam
Napoli
Naples
Nordamerika
Genoa
San Guglielmo
Kursk
Archangel
Left All to Employee in Otton Mowitz Estate
Sioux City on December 20 reports Charles Grubel a 25 year old clerk received nearly all of Otto Mowitz estate of fifty thousand dollars. Grubel had worked six years for Mowitz the grocer.
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Sioux City
Charles Grubel
Otto Mowitz
Grubel
Watt and Taft Struck by Illness in La Crosse
President William H Watt, en route to Yale, lies seriously ill at George W Burton home in La Crosse. Manager Taft, who was taken from the train on arrival, is also ill with chills but not currently considered in danger.
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Ously
George W. Burton
Mgr. Taft
Norway Hosts Ford Peace Delegates In Oslo
Aboard the Steamship Oscar II in Christiania Norway delegates from Henry Ford's peace expedition receive a quiet welcome from Norwegian students in Oslo. Officials note the effort is unofficial but hope to recruit ten Norwegians for the proposed mission while the Oscar II plans to sail to Stockholm. Ford aide Louis P. Lockner clarifies no peace terms are sought, only a mediatory channel.
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Wegian
United States
Oscar II
Stockholm
Norwegian Students’ Association
Political Association
Europe
Jennn Lloyd Jones
Chicago
L Louis P. Lockner
Ford
One Cent Postage Proposed for Local Letters
Washington December 20 One cent postage on local letters is proposed in a bill by Rep W J Browning New Jersey The congressman argues the government spends about a quarter of a cent to handle each letter and that halving the rate would not reduce revenue as local mail volume would double.
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Washington
House
W. J. Browning
New Jersey
Browning
Ancona Note on Way to Austria Delays in Vienna
Washington reports the final Austrian reply in the Ancona dispute is en route to Vienna and could shape future U S Austrian relations. Lansing wields full power to act with a special line to Hot Springs, while Vienna is expected to maintain its stated position unless new information emerges. Meantime Russian troops move from Beny to Galicia as German and Bulgarian lines strengthen on the Greece Serb frontier.
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Austria
Vienna
Ancona
United States
State Department
Ambassador Penfield
Lansing
Seattle
Wilson
Homestead
Hot Springs
White House
Beni
Galicia
Poland
Lake Doiran
Monastir
Turkish Thrace
German Fleet Sails Into North Sea Fails to Find British Ships
Berlin reports part of the German fleet went to sea and searched the North Sea for enemy ships. Fifty-two vessels were scanned and one ship carrying contraband was brought to a German port. No British warships were sighted during Friday and Saturday operations near Skagerrak.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Admiralty
North Sea
Skagerack
Greek Election Dictates Balkan Crisis Path
London, Dec 20. Greek general election results loom large as the future policy of King Constantine's government. Athens reports show a blow to Venizelos pro ally policies, while liberal leaders dispute the vote’s representativeness. Greece defends Salonika fortifications amid Anglo-French defense, neutral stance. Russian invasion through Romania now considered unlikely.
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Constantine
Athens
Venizelos
Liberal Party
Sale of Red Cross Seals Reported by Local Schools
The sales report from Salem area public schools lists amounts raised at multiple streets and locations including Central Ave, Oak Street, Rubber Avenue, Beebe Street, Prospect Street, School Street, Groveside, Pond Hill, Straitsville, and Millville with totals ranging from 2.00 to 31.30 dollars. The document records collected funds from the Red Cross seal drive by individual school addresses.
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Red Cross
Salem
Central Ave
Oak Street
Rubber Avenue
Beebe Street
Dee Prospect Street
School Street
Groveside
Pond Hill
Straitsvie
Millville
Millions of Highballs Wasted in Glasgow Fire
Glasgow Scotland Dec 20 Firemen battled a canal full of whiskey after a Distillery Company Ltd building fire. Twelve thousand casks stored inside. flames spread quickly and a cage explosion released whiskey turning the canal into a burning stream. Loss estimated at 750000 dollars.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Distillery Company, Ltd
Boy With Glass Pistol For 19 Robberies Nabbed
Chicago police arrest Fred Logue an 18 year old anaemic youth known as Red Pepper robber. He admits to 19 street holdups using a blue glass toy pistol and pepper spray. Fifteen victims identified him. he describes easy robberies.
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Chicago
Fred Logue
Logue
Seven Die in Car Plunge Over Spokane River Bridge
Seven people were killed and ten injured when a street car plunged through Division street bridge into the Spokane river yesterday. The crowded car carried early workers and the bodies were in the water for more than an hour.
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Spokane
Wash
Division Street
Spokane River
Allies plant big guns in Salonika battle line
Sandlinka report from December 20 describes Allied forces including British and French units fortifying approaches to Salonika with long defensive works along rail corridors toward the Servian and Bulgarian frontiers. Winter weather brings snow and hardship, with frozen injuries, wrecked hospital, and supply delays as Bulgarians resist in rugged high country.
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Salonika
Servian
Vardar
Tere
Spark From Incense Sets Church Afire in Manhattan
A fire at St. Vincent de Paul Church on West Twenty third Street, Manhattan, caused about 2000 damage after a spark from a censer started the blaze in the vestry. Father McMahon and Father Macher alerted others as vestments burned. the church had just hosted a service with over 500 attendees.
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St. Vincent de Paul
New York
St. Vincente Paul’s
West Twenty-third Street
Manhaattan
Father McMahon
Fathe Macher
Woman hunter sets Virginia record with first deer
Virginia on December 20 reports Mrs EB Pittkanen as the first Virginia woman to kill a deer. She returned from a country hunt near Markham with a buck weighing about 150 pounds. Fifteen Virginia women have licenses this big game season so far.
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Virginia
EB. V Pittkanen
Ex-Congressman Carlos Dickerman Dies in Sunbury
Ex congressman Carlos Dickerman, 72, former member of the Fifty eighth Congress from the Sixteenth Pennsylvania district, died yesterday in Sunbury Pennsylvania. He left an estate estimated at $5,000 99, with details reported from the local notice.
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Sunbury
Carlos Dickerman
Pennsylvania
Dickerma
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