Allied Naval Board Created At Conference
At the inter Allied conference attended by the United States the creation of a supreme inter Allied naval committee was announced The Allied General Staff will work on a definite program towards military unity and joint action The Foreign Office read communications from conference presidents praising unity and solidarity in economic financial and military cooperation The talks produced assurance of practical unity and the efforts to solve transport food and other needs through the new inter Allied structure
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Foreign Office
Minster of Foreign Affairs
Cabinet Council
Allien
inter-Allied General Staff
Arrest May Explain Why Useless Shells Reached Pershing
Philadelphia dispatch reports the arrest of German American William Lekouski on defending the government charges. Frank Derino of the Department of Justice hopes the case will reveal why ammunition from the Frankford arsenal to Pershing’s army proved defective. Lekouski held on $5,000 bail. a second German suspect is sought as the investigation widens.
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Philadelphia
William Lekouski
Frank Derino
Department of Justice
Frankford Attecal
Pershing
Lekouaki
United State
Long
Korin
Arsenal
Gar
Garbert
Caae
Garberino
Lekouski
vLkourki
Secret Service
Attor Dry Kene
Niele
U-Boat Sinks Ship Kills Eighty Passengers and Crew
London report says the British steamer Apapa, of 7,822 tons, was torpedoed and sunk with 80 lives lost and about 120 rescued. The vessel, built in Glasgow in 1914, belonged to the African Steamship Company. The submarine is alleged to have fired on women and children in open boats.
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London
Apapa
Glasgow
The
African Steamship Company
All Central Powers Join Truce Parley
Berlin reports armistice negotiations on the Russian front begun with a Russian delegation welcomed by Prince Leopold of Bavaria. General Hoffman chairs talks with German, Bulgarian, Austrian Hungarian, and Turkish plenipotentiaries amid reports of a temporary armistice and uncertain duration.
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Berlin
London
War Office
East
Leopold
Bavaria
Geners
Hoffman
Nls
Bulgari
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Londo
Russia
Germany
Leopold of Bavaria
Amsterdam
Infuriated Bolsheviki Hurl Dukhonin to Death From Train
Petrograd dispatch reports General Dukhonin, ex commander in chief of Russian armies, was killed by Bolshevik mobs after Mohilev capture. Another account says he was dragged from a train and beaten. Krylenko's message condemns lynching and notes unrest as forces clash near Vitebsk with Cossacks massed behind Krylenko.
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Petrograd
Urban Ademiralty
Keylenko
Bolsheviki
Dukhonin
Pan Wre
Bolshevikt
Mohilev
Korniof
Duki Honin
Krylenko
Spo
Dekhonin
Mobilev
Korniles
Fowhyn Krylenko
Vitebsk
Trotzky Says United States Needs Friendship With Bolshevikiom
Trotzky urges improved ties between the United States and Bolsheviki on page five, arguing that friendly relations would help resolve mounting international tensions. He emphasizes mutual interests and condemns recent hostilities that threaten peaceful collaboration.
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Trotzky
United States
Spy Round Up First Step in Austrian War
Washington reports that scores of Austro Hungarian subjects suspected as enemy agents will be arrested once war with Austria-Hungary is declared. Many have been under DOJ surveillance, some fled the United States, and leaders of espionage linked to Austria-Hungary face swift action under wartime orders.
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Washington
Austria
Department of Justice
Congress
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Amories
United States
Industrial Workers of the World
von Papen
Evory
Executive Departments
Austrian Round-Up Planned as Soon as War Is Declared
Federal officials anticipate a declaration of war against Austria-Hungary and have quietly prepared lists of notable Austrian subjects for arrest once a proclamation is issued. Prominent Austrian bankers and others in New York are active in labeling enemy aliens, with Marshal Thomas D. McCarthy estimating 130,000 German speakers over fourteen in the metropolitan district and 266,882 Austro-Hungarian natives in New York City per the 1910 census.
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Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Thomas D. McCarthy
United States
New York
City Hall
York City
Greater
York
Nelsons Plead Not Guilty in Draft Conspiracy Case
Representative John M. Nelson and his son Byron were arraigned in federal court on charges of conspiracy to evade the draft act. Both men pleaded not guilty and were released on bonds.
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Madison, Win
John M. Nelson
Byron
President Wilson on war aims and a just peace
President Wilson addresses Congress outlining war aims aimed at defeating the German threat, preserving Belgium and the Balkans, and establishing a peace based on justice and universal partnership. He rejects annexations, emphasizes open diplomacy, and urges a world order where autocracy is defeated and Germany may join a cooperative peace only if it accepts shared standards and reparations.
War Declarations Loom on Austria and Allied Turks
President Wilson urged Congress to declare war on Austria Hungary as both houses prepare swift action to extend U S involvement in World War I. He warned against premature peace and outlined a just peace framework including Belgian reparation and evacuation of conquests. Support for declaring war on Austria Hungary grew with anticipation of quick Senate and House votes.
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America
Wilson
Congress
Austria
Belgium
Austriaey
Free Balkan States
France
United States
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Turckey
Bulgaria
House
Senate
Raaary
Martin
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Frankford Arsenal
U. S
Nelsons
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Asia
Balkans
Europe
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Turkish Empire
Bulwark
Justiees
Supreme Court
Italy
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