Whitman Moves to Oust Riley on Tuesday
New York Governor Whitman charges State Superintendent of Prisons John B. Riley with misconduct for ordering transfers at Sing Sing to Dannemora. Hearing set for January 11 1916 at noon. Whitman cites alleged manipulation of prisoner lists and obstruction of prison administration amid Osborne case tensions.
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Riley
Albany
John B. Riley
Tuesaday
Theodore A. Bingham
New York City
Frank A. Wade
Buffalo
Kirchwey
Sing Sing
Dannemora
Rirchney
Arden
Waren
Orty
Osborne
Executive Chamber
Si Sing
Lst
League
Wirchwey
Prannemora
Thane of Kirchwrvk
Ford Peace Mission Travels Through Germany to The Hague
Five weeks after leaving New York the Ford peace expedition reached The Hague. The train journey via Lübeck Hamburg and Bremen featured military observers and minimal formalities, with guards and Red Cross nurses seen at stations. The party, including Norwegian Danish and Swedish delegates, faced warlike scenery yet carried on toward potential support from local groups.
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NEW York Times
The
Hague
Ford
Germany
Libeck
Hamburg
Bremen
Osnabruck
Bentheim
Tim
Noordam
Mme Schwimmer
London
New York
Lubeck
Warnemuende
Copenhagen
Denmark
Uip
Red Cross
New Haven Jurors Still Deadlocked Second Night
The New Haven trial jurors remained deadlocked after a day of deliberations in the Federal Building. They requested papers on steamship deals and Northern Securities, eyed Rockefeller letters, and heard Dunbaugh testimony as they considered the case.
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New Haven
Federal Building
Twe
Northern Securities
Knickerbocker
William Rockefeller
de Lancey Nicall
England
London
Richard W. Lindabury
Michael Kenealy
Edward D. Robbins
Stamford
Charles 8. Mellen
Florida East Coast Company
H. M. Flagler
Joy Steamship Company
Mélien
John M. Hail
Judge Hunt
John M. Dunbaugh
Jay Steamship Line
Mr. Mellen
New Haven & Spices
Hudge Hunt
Frank M.swacker
Foreynan
Stephen Chirsttiman
Max Hartman
F. M. Swacker
Dunbaugh
Milburn
Albert E. Weldon
Peter Wagner
James H. Carton
C.A. Flint
Haskins
Mellen
Lombaugh
Joy Line
Hoover Invited to Feed Serbians Amid Relief Strain
A New York Times report from Paris notes Germany invited Herbert Hoover to organize relief for starving Serbians. It discusses American Red Cross Rockefeller Foundation efforts and the difficulty of reaching invaded Serbia, with Belgium, France, and Britain financing relief and peasant needs guiding aid.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Clearing House
American Red Cross
H. ©. Hoover
Belgium
Serbia
Germany
Rockefeller Foundation
Ned Cross
Swiss Committee For
Fromm Hiolland
Scheldt
America
New York
Antwerp
Rec Sa
France
England
Austria
Bulgaria
Greece
Montenegro
Albania
British E Boats Submerge Three Days in North Sea Patrols
London dispatch describes a British naval base with cruisers, destroyers, and submarines ready for sea. It notes Arethusa leading a fleet scouting the German coast from Kiel and recounts submarine endurance claims of seventy-two hours submerged and squadrons returning from battles. The piece highlights swift destroyers, sea-faring U boats, and vivid combat recollections from the Baltic to the Dardanelles.
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Admiralty
Associated Press
North Sea
Baltic
Dardanelles
Arethusa
Bosporus
Saltic
Kiel Canal
Sir David Heatty
Blicher
Ocean Rangers
Tyus
Skagerrak
Teneriffe
Gibraltar
Lance
Harwich
Demand the Recall of Our Stuttgart Consul
The Cologne Gazette and other German papers demand the immediate recall of Edward Higgins American Consul at Stuttgart for alleged anti German sentiment. The State Department has not found evidence Higgins is unneutral and is reviewing the matter. Higgins, a Boston native, has served twelve years in the Consular Service.
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Stuttgart
London
Jan
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Cologne Gazette
Edward Higgins
New York Times
Washington
Higgins
State Department
Boston
Colonel House Requests Informal War Strategy Talks in Britain
Colonel E. M. House, representative of President Wilson, met with Sir Edward Grey and other British leaders in London as he begins a European war condition survey. Officials avoided labeling the meeting a conference and House planned a week in England with British advisers while awaiting Ambassador Gerard’s guidance before possible Berlin travel.
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House
Grey
London
Europe
E. M. House
Wilson
Edward Grey
Foreign Office
Colonel House
Gerard
Berlin
England
US protests British seizure of neutral mails in transit
The United States formally protests to Britain over seizure and censorship of American and neutral mails on ships in transit and at British ports. The note to Ambassador Page argues postal correspondence remains inviolable under international conventions.
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New York Times
Washington
United States
Ambassador Page
London
Europe
Rotterdam
High Seas
Guns Mounted on Italian Ship Violation Sparks US Inquiry
In New York two mounted three inch guns were found on the Italian steamship Giuseppe Verdi. The Austro Hungarian Chargé Zwiedinek asked Secretary Lansing about neutral US action. Officials expect the ship not to sail until guns are removed and see the matter as a potential international dispute.
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Washington
Baron Erich Zwiedinek
Lansing
New York
United States
Baron Zwiedinek
United State
Germany pledges to curb submarine warfare amid Persia disaster
The Frye note and Germany’s new pledges aim to align submarine actions with international law. Officials see potential long term benefits if Berlin Vienna and Austria adhere to the code, with emphasis on safeguarding merchant ships and preventing future losses.
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Wilsey
Lansing
Germany
Austria
Americans in Berlin Press Blockade Relief
The American Association of Commerce and Trade in Berlin sent a wireless appeal to Secretary Lansing and Washington lawmakers. It urges immediate action to aid American firms whose business is paralyzed by British trade measures. The note cites ruined profits for non-contraband goods like typewriters, locks, carpet sweepers, and photographic films as German competitors gain.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
American Association of Commerce and Trade
Lansing
Washington
Germany
Bonheur Sinks. Fifteen Crew Members Landed
The Norwegian steamship Bonheur of 1158 tons gross has been sunk. Fifteen crew members have been landed. Report from London dated January 8 states the incident involving the vessel, with the location and onward notes.
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Bonheur
London
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