Bernstorff Used 16 New York Banks As German Slush Fund
The inquiry confirms Count von Bernstorff and Dr. Heinrich Albert deposited German funds in sixteen New York banks for espionage and propaganda after leaving the country. Deputy Attorney General Alfred E. Becker said more than 30 million dollars related to German pro-German agents were held in the U S for newspaper purchases and other covert activities. He noted the investigation has been active for two months, with expanded disclosures on the German slush fund and related arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Mail
United States
Count von Bernstorff
Heinrich Albert
New York
Alfred E. Becker
Attory
Germany
Becker
King
New York City
German War Funds Raised by Subscriptions and Investigations
The article describes funds from German and Austrian subscriptions for war loans, the investigation of sixteen banks over money held there, and checks drawn to Cash to conceal disbursement. It notes efforts to question recipients, recounts closed banks after von Bernstorff and agents left the U S, and mentions Dr Rumely waiving immunity for testimony. It also covers Rumely era at the Evening Mail, editorial leadership, and purchase rumors in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bernstort
de. Albert
Propagandisix
van Bernstorff
United States
Evening Mail
Will Lam W. Mills
Bureau of Standards and Appeals
Mills
T. Niles
John ©. Cook
LY. Chamberlain
Mr. Stoddard
Stodted
Ths Rumely
Rumely
U S Knows Holders of Germanys Bonds
Washington July 12 A fairly complete list of German government bond holders in the United States is among Secret Service assets fighting German propaganda officials said today Alfred L Becker New York Assistant Attorney General disclosed the list contains nearly 20 000 individuals built up during two years of secret investigations and includes securities issued in denominations as small as 50 dollars
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Busch Family
Alfred L. Becker
York
O Leary Admits Most Charges in Treason Case
Jeremiah A O Leary, Irish agitator and American citizen, admits nearly all accusations in a treason indictment as government prosecutors lay out questions linking him to Sir Roger Casement, The Fatherland editor, and German propagandists. He shifts, listens, and confirms while prosecutors read his writings and speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah A O'Leary
United States
Earl Barney
Sinn
Rogersement
Germany
Benjamin Franklin
France
George Sylvester Vieveck
Heleviand
England
Italy
Jeremiah Weary
America
O'Leary
Prohibition or Coal Boost Tops War Production Debate
The National Coal Association urged immediate nationwide prohibition to boost coal output for the war, saying drink curbs are essential to gain 100 million extra tons this winter. Industry leaders cite miner drink as a major barrier, while Congress and President Wilson weigh the plan amid wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuel Administration
The
Coal Association
Frank Farrington
United Mine Workers
Illinois
Dr. Garfeld
Wilson
Mlinois
Congress
Cas
French Strike Across Balkans and Champagne Fronts
Allied forces push on two fronts with gains in Balkans and Champagne. In Picardy the French drove Germans back toward the Avre River, capturing Castel and Annchin farm and taking prisoners as they advanced three miles. West of the Chanpage salient the French seized Longpont and the Savage farm, while Berat fell to Allied hands on the Balkan front and German retreat continued along the front.
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Picardy
Castel
Mailly- Raineval
Amiens
Avre
Maso
Annchin
Chanpage
Longpont
Savage Farm
Balkan
Berat
Tomorica
Devoli
Baker
West
Peasant Army Marches On Moscow Amid Russian Revolt Claims
A dispatch from Stockholm to Matin reports M Tehernoff leading a large band of peasants toward Moscow. Three Kerensky Cabinet members, including Tehernoff, were allegedly arrested in Moscow. Berlin sources note potential broader civil war and German plans to eject the British in the north if Russia splits. Germany seeks war indemnity totaling 3.5 billion rubles from Russia, cited by the Vossische Zeitung in Brest Litovsk claims talks.
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London
M. Tehernoff
Moscow
Stockholm
Paris
M. Tehernof
Kerensky
Mos
Berlin
Rheinische Westfaelische Zeitung
Essen
Russia
Germany
Murman Coast
Entente
Japan
Eri
Vossische Zeitung
Brest-Litovsi
Germans Push Belgium Toward Austria Style Federal State
Report from the Hamburger Nachrichten says Germany aims to reconfigure Belgium into a federal state modeled on Austria with Flanders and Walloon regions. Belgium would be divided under a single monarch or president under German control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Austria i
Baronween
Hamburger Nachrichten
Bellum
Austria
Flanders
Walloon
Geran
President vetoes 28 million dollar farm bill over wheat price
Washington July 1 The President vetoed the 28 million dollar annual agricultural appropriation bill over its amendment fixing a government guaranteed minimum wheat price at 2.40 a bushel He said farmers should not be stimulated by price and praised their patriotic effort in mobilizing resources The veto argues such price provisions cannot be administered to aid both producer and consumer and would distort normal market conditions The administration warns a fixed minimum price would raise costs and complicate trade The story notes the world food situation and the impact of policy on supply and prices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M. Knappen
Washington
Wilson
Congress
National Coal Association
The
Fuel Administration
United States Fuel Administration
Assect
Buty Nous
Gurtied
Association
Farmers of America
U Boat Off U S Captures Norse Vessel Manx King
A German submarine sighted near Cape Race July 12 captured the Norse bark Manx King, ordered her crew of nineteen to abandon ship, and disappeared. The Manx King, 1720 gross tons, built at Stock ton England in 1884, left a U.S. Atlantic port about two weeks earlier. fate of the vessel unknown. Captain Melgesen commanded. Survivors were brought to port aboard a British steamship.
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Atlantic
Cape Race
United States Atlantic
Stockton
England
Richardson Dock Company
Fredrikstad
T. Wilhelms
Axel Jacobsen
Melgesen
Archie Roosevelt May Be Invalided Home
Paris July 12 Captain Archie Roosevelt twice wounded by shrapnel in March underwent an operation to readjust nerves in his left arm which was partly paralyzed He has been transferred to a hospital at Neuilly He is cheerful and hopes to be invalided home a possibility he regards with optimism
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Archie Roosevelt
Pital
Neuilly
Homs
French in Picardy Advance Takes Castel Front
The French attack along a three mile front between Castel and Mailly Buimeval southeast of Amiens netted an advance of over a mile and a quarter. Castel was captured and Germans pushed back to the Ayre River. Auchin Farm and several fortified positions fell. More than five hundred prisoners were counted. Additional Allied raids yielded gains near Villers Cotterets Forest Lone Moris and further prisoner pickups in the Somme and Ly valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Office
Paris
Picardy
Castel
Mailly-Buimeval
Amiens
Ayre
Auchin Farm
Cantigny
Montdidier
Champagne Salient
Marne
Wrench
Villers-Cotterets Forest
Lonepont
Savage
Allies Establish A Single Front From Adriatic to Salonica
Rome reports Tralian and Allied forces in Albania and Macedonia have perfected a single front stretching about 200 miles from the Adriatic Sea to Salonica on the Aegean, per latest British monitors and Italian dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adriatic
Salonica
Rome
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Bernstorff
U. S
Ramely
Senate
Dr. Rumely
Senator Kins
O’leary Wills
Sinn Feiner
Hertling
Uel
Chancellor
Reichstag
Prohibition
A. R. Hamilton
Tater
Oncu
A& Accasion
von Hertling
Richard von Kuehlmann
East
Pope Benedict
Mr. Balfour
Foreign Affairs
Army Administration
Ise Dloes
Brest-Litovsk
Inter
Foch
Balkans
Ludendorff
Champagne
M. Tchernoff
U.S
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