Exiled Kaiser Remains Calm at Amerongen Summer Home
Reports from Amerongen describe the former German ruler Kaiser Wilhelm II staying at the castle with Count Bentinck. He watches workers carve Christmas trees, enjoys summer weather, and maintains health as Dutch officials and villagers observe from a distance while gendarmes guard the grounds.
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Count Bentinck
Amerongen Lre
Holland
Weilrd
Amerongen
Order of Knights of St. J of Jerusalem
Baief
Trder
God Hentinek
Emperor
Frederik Steb
New York Heroes Nominated for Distinguished Service Cross
War Department lists several New York soldiers awarded the DSC for extraordinary heroism in action. Capt Lucien S Breckenridge crossed the Meuse under heavy fire near Grandpre on Oct 14, establishing a ford for his battalion. Other honorees include Edward J Crowley private James Caddie Edward F Borden and Edward G Best with deeds across the Vosges St Juvin Argonne and Ville Savoye.
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Lucien S. Breckenridge
South Infantry
Herolam Tn
Grand Pre
Meuse
Ttreckenridge
Lucien Streckenridge
West Eleventh Street
New York
Seret
Edward J. Crowley
Ith
Glennes
Lfe
George Crowley
East End Avenue
James Caddie
308Th Infantry
Ville Savoye
Caddie
Vesie
Walter J. Caddie
Émother
West Ninety-eighth Street
Edward F. Borden
326Th Infantry
Herolam
St. Juvin
Aire River
Henry Burden
Hamilton Street
Long Island City
N.Y
Edward G. Best
Co. Booth Infantry
Forest of Argonne
Kelie
Belle Preston
Seventh Street
Irish Report Weak Denied by Paris During England Visit
Dublin barred in denials as Paris rejects the Sinn Fein inquiry during a visit to England. The edited report from Walsh Dunne and Ryan on their Ireland trip is printed by Party News, praising Home Rule and urging caution over disputed land policy and Mountjoy Prison accounts.
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London
Frank P. Walsh
Edward F. Dunne
Michael J. Ryan
America
Ireland
Wilson
Lansing
Lloyd <Iorge
Party News
Home
Mountjoy
United States
Irish Delegates Report on Dissent Hidden by Censor
Dublin reports a Walsh led Irish delegation’s conditions in Ireland. censor bars publication. Paris notes Cane P. M. House leaves for England to study Sinn Fein. House meets with President Wilson to review the situation before London trip.
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Dublin
Ireland
Frank P. Walsh
America
Paris
Cane EB. M. House
England
Sinn Fein
All Nation
London
House
Wilson
Irish Appeal to Peace Conference Printed in Philadelphia
The official Irish case for independence, brought by H J Boland of Sinn Fein, aims for the Paris Peace Conference. Boland and Dr Patrick McCartan depart for New York after concealing sensitive documents aboard a ship, citing passport risks. Firemen Hold Annual Tournament in Oyster Bay features nearly fifty volunteer companies and a large parade with ten bands and thousands of spectators.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
H. J. Boland
Ireland
Boland
Patrick McCartan
America
New York
Oyster Bay
Southern New York Volunteer Firemen's Association
Four Men Held in Murder Probe Near Trenton
Four men including a Camp Dix soldier are jailed in Mercer County on suspicions tied to the strangling death of Mrs. Theresa Foder near a city cemetery. Authorities offer no charges yet and plan further inquiry. Suspect Lewis Ferenc, 30, a laborer from 173 Story Avenue, and Jonas Jadwissis, 25, stationed at Camp Dix, are named among those detained. The soldier was located in Mount Holly and brought to Trenton with cash on his person after claiming new pay.
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Trenton
N. J
Camp Dix
Mercer County
Theresa Foder
Jonas Jad- Wisszis
Senate raises lawmakers pay to 1500 dollars
In Boston on June 12 the Senate overruled the Governor and passed a bill raising legislative salaries from 1000 to 1500 dollars with a 27 to 11 vote. The House had already approved the measure and the increase takes effect for the current session.
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Boston
Senate
House
Manly Responds to Attack Over Labor Board Removal
Basil M. Manly defends his status as Joint Chairman of the National War Labor Board after a Manufacturers' Council of New Jersey cable demanded his removal. He argues the charge is an attack by selfish employers seeking to undercut wartime wage agreements, citing profits and figures from corporate ledgers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Basil M. Manly
William Howard Taft
National War Labor Board
Wilson
Manufacturers’ Council of New Jersey
Labor Board
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Bentinck
Germany
Walter Williams
Cet Fpeotivck
Amerongon
Ermperoar
van Elsemann
Bermtinckh
Kaiser
NEW York Heroes
F Pershing
Captan L. S. Preckenridge
Distinguished Service Cross
Washington
The
War Department
Altman & Co
Roboys
Pnese Skelet
Waritt
Ceves
Perr Geene
Cneoo
Sven
Adisonw Avenue
Fifth Avenue
New Y York
Daily News
Col
Ing
Fort Leavenworth
Manly
War Labor Board
Liggett
Roxas Stores
the Safe Drug Stores
Broadway
34Th Street
Rose
Orchid
Copenhagen
Aria Eater
Saks
Beay
Palm Beach
Saks & Company
Milady
Hood Leisure
White Sea Island
Oxfords
Saks &Company
Faille
Saks & Company Broadway
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Chestnut Street
Boylston
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