Seemingly plotted attack feared on Victoria Bridge
Deliberate attempts to destroy the Victoria bridge over the St Lawrence River in Montreal were reported as thwarted overnight. Guards manned by soldiers doubled on both ends, with searchlights and strict crossing limits after sunset. Observers reported three unidentified aircraft over railway tracks, triggering concern though no official statement was issued.
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Que
Victoria
St Lawrence River
Forth Bridge
St. Lambert
Rift
Grand Trunk Railway
Strert
Canada
United States
Lachine Rapids
Sam Hughes
Hughes
Rush of Police Patrols After Bomb Plot Rumor
Uniformed officers rushed to all subway and elevated stations in Manhattan and Hudson-Manhattan tubes at 11 pm after a warning of a planned destructive act. Superintendent Merritt led checks, with later word the threat was erroneous. Police acted as a precaution in a vigilant, anti burglary effort.
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Manhattan
Hudson-Manhattan Tubes
A. L. Merritt
Subway
Bronx
Brooklyn
Merritt
Dunham
Detective Bureau
Farrar to wed Lou Tellegen in New York next Tuesday
Geraldine Farrar and actor Lou Tellegen plan marriage in New York next Tuesday after months of rumors. Farrar confirmed the rumor privately during a Boston appearance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has since traveled to New York.
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Geraldine Farrar
Lou-Tellegen
New York
Miss Farrar
Broadway
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Metropolitan
Mr. Tellegen
California
Jesse L. Lasky
Maria Rosa
Tellegen
Longacre
Carmen
Rockefeller Asked to Aid Boy Slayer
Chicago reports an unconfirmed rumor that John D. Rockefeller Jr. may back efforts to free Herman Coppes, a seventeen year old life term inmate in Joliet for murdering a mother and two children. Mother Jones commissioned attorney William Cunnen to investigate. Rockefeller reportedly read a summary but issued no comment.
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New York Times
Chicago
Mary Jones
Herman Coppes
Joliet
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
William A. Cunnen
Jones
Coppes
Mr. Rockefeller
Penitentiary
Jack Robbins
Mother Jones
Mother’ Jones
AQUIT MRS MOHR OF MURDER CHARGE IN PROVIDENCE
In Providence on February 5 Mrs Elizabeth Frances Mohr was acquitted of instigating her husband Dr Charles Franklin Mohr's murder. Jurors also convicted Cecil Victor Brown and Henry Spellman for the actual killing, with Brown and Spellman facing life imprisonment on appeal.
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Providence
Elizabeth Frances Mohr
Charles Franklin Mohr
Cecil Victor Brown
Henry Spellman
Reservoir Avenue
Charlie
Virginia
Brown and
Spellman
Mohr
Brown
Charles Clark
Clark
Henry Speilman
Dr. Mohr
Gustavus Mohr
Ella Hogan
Calls H. P Davison in Subway Inquiry
Suburban inquiry targets H. P Davison over Freedman’s Books as officials seek explanation. The probe centers on alleged involvement and potential irregularities in transactions linked to the unnamed firm. Authorities have not released further details.
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H. P Davison
Yellow Dog
Thompson Legislative Committee
Thompson
H. P. Davison
J. P. Morgan & Co
API
Andrew Freedman
The
Interborough
Samuel Untermyer
Walter G. Oakman
Guaranty Trust Company
Freeiman
T. A. Guillespie Company
Manhattan
Morgan
Metz to Wed Old Sweetheart in New Connecticut Ceremony
Ex congressman Herman A Metz plans to marry Mrs Alice M Norman in Connecticut after a Stamford license was issued. Metz, 48, says he has known her since childhood and will wed next week. she is 37 and has three sons. He plans to live in Manhattan.
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Herman A. Metz
Metz
Stamford
Conn
Alice M. Norman
Lawson Norman
Philadelphia
Times
Hotel Astor
Reno
Neb
Uo Ee
Mr. Metz
Connecticut
Democratic Club
Fifth Avenue
Aator
Silk Association
Consolidated Color and Chemical Company
Farkwerke-Hoechst Company
Brooklyn
Teleh
Edward Metz
Veronica Bischel
Newman
No. S West Eightyseventh Street
New York City
Cornelius van Ronk
Fate of L-19 Crew Sparks German Outrage
Berlin press denounces the trawler King Stephen crew for not rescuing the L-19 airship crew citing Baralong comparisons. The Bishop of London supports the skipper saying Germans killed chivalry in warfare and Britain should stand by him.
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Germany
London
Berlin
Reuter
Amsterdam
Stephen Towarn
Lokal Anzeiger
Vossische Zeitung
Stephen
Britannia
North Sea
King Stephen
Grimsby
Frankfurter Zeitung
England
Arthur Winnington Ingram
Stoke Newington
Germany offers indemnity to the United States over Lusitania war
The proposed settlement prefaces that Germany began North Sea submarine warfare in response to the British blockade and states the action harmed neutrals and Americans. It says killings of Americans were not intended, expresses regret, assumes liability, offers indemnity, and pledges cooperation with the United States to secure freedom of the seas.
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Washington
Germany
Lusitania
North Sea
Orders In Council
United States
Guns Open Attack Germans Discuss on Saloniki Lines
Paris reports an offensive by German and Bulgarian forces along the Greek frontier with two days of artillery duels near Dotran while British heavy guns dominate the field. Austrian contingents move toward Sanjak to join planned Saloniki assault with 2,000 Montenegrin troops arriving at Durazzo.
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Saloniki
Paris
Balkan
Dotran
Rome
Idea Nazionale
Jarazzio
Sanjak
Mati
Ishni
Albania
Durazzo
Vukovitch
Montenegro
Podgoritza
Stateroom Car For Golfers Heads To Pinehurst Camden
A stateroom car service for golfers departs from New York 1,184 Broadway at 3 34 P M on February 11. The itinerary includes Pinehurst Camden Southern Pines and Ly. N Y with tennis and other leisure activities offered at nearby resorts.
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Pinehurst
Camden
Southern Pines
N.Y
Romania Votes on Big New Army Credit
Bucharest reports the Romanian Chamber approved a supplementary military credit of 8 million pounds bringing total war credits to 24 million pounds. The move follows Allied-leaning concerns amid German pressure and hopes allied victory may shorten the war.
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Amsterdam
London
Bucharest
NEW York Times
Rome
Romania
Greece
Lusitania case tensions ease as German press urges stance
Berlin dispatch notes the Lusitania saga cooling with most papers quiet. The Kreuz-Zeitung argues the Chancellor must resist American demands and avoid signaling weakness by abandoning the prewar position or confessing to breaches of international law while maintaining resolve amid war.
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New York Times
Berlin
America
Lusitania
Wilson
Germany
Washington
Kreuz-Zeitung
von Hbethmann Hollweg
United States
Settlement May Be Near in Reprisals
Berlin acknowledges that neutrals must be safeguarded as talks progress toward settlement. The admission follows renewed demands from allied powers and signals potential easing of wartime reprisals amid ongoing negotiations.
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Inter
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Europe
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Steamship Company
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Hillmore Hotel
Davison
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Beck
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Clermen
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State Department
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Count von Lernstorff
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