Arrests Due When O Leary Comes Today
Sensational Sinn Fein conspiracy coverage notes planned nationwide seizures. Jeremiah O Leary to be brought to justice by DeLancey Nicoll and H Snowden Marshall with war work delaying U S Attorneys overburden.
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Sinn Fein
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Charles Ne Woody
Department of Justice
O'Leary
Sinn
DeLancey Nicoll
Snowden Marshall Hye
United States
Omiah Ay O'Leary
John T. Ryan
Marie K. de Victorien
Carl Rodiger
Willard J. Robinson
Albert Fricke
Emil Kipper
New York
Air Nicoll
England
France
Marshall
Cattey
Labor
National Peace Council
Frank Tineho
Minnis
Kayser Workers Salute Flag Amid Pro German Purge Fallout
At Kayser Knitting Company in Brooklyn two hundred pro loyalty dissenters were ordered to salute the American flag during a lunchtime ceremony as 4 000 workers watched from windows. The salute followed a purge effort aimed at removing pro German and disloyal employees. The scene featured a flag over the factory, with workers marching in a civilian salute, while the plant superintendent noted absences of some family members at the demonstrations.
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Kayser Knitting Company
Brooklyn
Meyer
Algo
U. S. Starts Inquiry Into Debs Speech
U S starts inquiry into Eugene V. Debs Canton Ohio speech to see if disloyal or seditious remarks were made. United States attorneys Worth and Weetz in Cleveland and Columbus oversee the case, with potential action if violations are found.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Eugene V. Debs
Canton
Ohio
United States
Cleveland
Columbus
United States District
Worth
Terre Maute
Ind
Socialist Party
Debs
Weetz
Teh
Errand Boy Found Dead in Elevator Shaft
A sixteen year old boy from 18 Sons Avenue in The Bronx was found dead yesterday in a pit of an elevator shaft. Police say he was killed by being walled into the shaft, apparently believing the car was at his floor.
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Sons Avenue
The
Bronx
Mind Upset at Trial Hints Jeremiah O'Leary Defense
The trial of John J. O'Leary opened a defense line arguing Jeremiah A. O'Leary was mentally ill when he fled and that the defendant tried to prevent the break. Alexis O'Leary testified of preflight talks with Jeremiah and Arthur Lyons, while Father O'Donnell described Jeremiah's health and plans for rest in the Adirondacks. The proceedings also covered Jeremiah's family dynamics, potential espionage links, and the wife Mrs Lyons' testimony about travel and Reno divorce plans. The case resumes tomorrow at 10:30 am.
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John J. O'Leary
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
Alexis O'Leary
Thomas Felder
Jeremiah
John O'Leary
Arthur Lyons
Jeremiah O'Leary
Alexis
Lyona
Jeremah O'Leary
James Terrace
Felder
Ale
John
Jerry
Fils
Colonel Felder
Alexia
Arthur O'Leary
Siring
France
Jennin
Adirondacks
Feller
Adrian Groves
Patrick O'Donnel
Church of St. Francis de Sal
Ninety-sixth Street
Lexington Avenue
Jere
Winess Expreren
James Till
Father O'Donnell
Tay
Folder
Jamyl Hill
Secret Service
Mme
Victorica
Harry Jentzer
Department of Justice
Victori
Herbert Rosenbush
Navy
Newport
Houston
Tex
Jon
Mme. Victorica
Lyons
St. Louis
O'Leary
Reno
Arthur
Morris O'Brien
Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn
New York
General Managers Named for Roads in Eastern District
Regional Director A I Smith announces appointments for Eastern region railroads. Listed are J J Bennet of NY Chicago & St. Louis Mailroad and others with offices in Cleveland New York Philadelphia Detroit and Kingston, naming each general manager and their railroad. A separate Ohio Indiana district roster includes Worthington Grand Rapids & Indian Railway and Lafayette Indiana among others.
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A. I. Smith
J. J. Bennet
New York
Chicago & St. Louis
Buffalo
J. H. Nuelle
New York, Ontario & Western Railway
Middletown
N. Y
Morris Rutherford
Lehigh & Hudson River Railway
Warwick
R. A. Willuy
Lehigh 6
New England Railroad
Phildelphia
Richard 0. Sullivan
Ulster & Delaware Railroad
Kingston
N. C
J.D. Hawks
Detroit & Muckinag Railway
Ofice
Detroit
Ohio-Indiana
J. A. Worthington
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad
Indianapolis
W. B. Wood
Grand’ Raps & India Railway
Grand Rapids
Mich
H. C. May
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway
Lafayette
Ind
H. W. McMaster
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway
Cleveland
Naval Committee Defended by Secretary Daniels in June clash
Secretary Daniels defended the House Naval Committee and its chairman Representative Padgett of Tennessee after Allan R. Mawley of the Aero Club of America blamed Padgett for hindering coastal air defences. Daniels said Padgett cooperated with the department and that naval committees and the secretary act per naval experts.
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Washington
Daniela
House Naval Committee
Representative Padgett
Tennessee
Allan R. Mawley
Aero Club of America
Hawley
Amcowat
Padgett
Daniels
Germans Report Good Care of U S Captives
Amsterdam dispatch cites Wolff Bureau report that American prisoners in Germany are not mistreated or shown as objects. It notes they are not exposed to stones or insults and receive adequate food in camps alongside other prisoners of various nationalities.
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Amsterdam
Germany
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Abrogates Municipal Traction Contracts
The Court of Errors ruled that the Public Utility Board and the Legislature hold definitive rate making power. It held that contracts between Bradley Beach and Atlantic Coast Electric Railway were not binding at this time as fare rates must be reasonable when fixed and remain so.
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Court of Error and Appeals
Supreme Court
Bradley Beach
Atlantic Coast Electric Railway Company
Public Service Electric Company
Utility Board
Trenton
Court of Errors
Swayze
Fire Record at TES Goldbure West Attnats
A fire record describes an incident at TES Goldbure West with damaged areas and responders. Names ABH Dan Peessat and Gertrute Tait appear among witnesses or officials. Details are sparse due to damaged text but indicate a blaze and response actions on site.
Five Held as Result of Pro German Charge
Venezuela's President Gomez and his administration are accused of pro German sympathies. Dr Raqualla Vives a former secretary to Gomez along with his wife, daughter, two men servants, and Carlos Bustamante were detained at Ellis Island pending a special inquiry. Bustamante claimed his Caracas newspaper was suppressed for pro Allied editorials and not selling to German interests.
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Venezuela
Ellis Island
Carlos Lopez Bustamante
Gomez
Ellie Island
Raqualla Vives
Tir
Vivis
Bustamante
Caracas
Einnd
Buetamante
Customs and Immigration
Vives
Pacifist Teacher Dismissed by New York Education Board
Miss Mary BE MacDowell a Quaker high school teacher in Brooklyn was dismissed from New York City public schools by a unanimous Board of Education decision. The case centered on her pacifist views and resistance to wartime duties rather than religious beliefs. The board said such views undermine patriotism though her rights may be appealed to higher authorities.
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Mary BE. MacDowell
Brooklyn
New York City
Board of Education
John L.tildsley
MacDowell
Mss MacDowell
United States
Red Cross
Germany
George Ivan
Joseph Yeska
Mra
LF. Russell
Miss MacDowell
Arso
Supreme Court
Fourth Liberty Loan Interest Rate Clarified
Washington report states the fourth Liberty Loan will not exceed 4.4 percent interest, matching the third loan, with anticipation certificates generally at 4 percent. Public papers speculated on a 4.3 or 4.5 percent rate, but officials say such figures lack foundation.
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Washington
Treasury
Bonda
Yonkers names first policewoman Bertha Lane Scott
Yonkers Mayor William J. Wallin named Bertha Lane Scott wife of attorney William Forse Scott as the city’s first policewoman. She will serve without pay to safeguard Yonkers children and will lack a uniform while retaining full police powers.
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Bertha Lane Scott
William Forse Scott
New York
Yonkers
William J. Wallin
Wallin
German Women Go in Thousands To Be Registered
German enemy alien women began registration under the April 19 proclamation. By day end 19,195 filed affidavits and 2,991 completed registration including fingerprints. Registration runs 8 am to 10 pm until June 26 with extra photos for late entries. Some American women contested status citing ancestry and birth in the United States.
Trenton German Teacher Alien Fear Sparks School Row
An article about a German American schoolmaster triggers a citywide uproar in Trenton as the Board of Education and teachers clash over its description. Dr. Wetzel is not the target, says author J Miller Dorey, who resigns amid the controversy and a hearing is demanded. German women undergo alien registration at East Eighty eighth Street station with aid from the Americanization League assistants.
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East Eighty-eighth Street
Americanization League
Woman's Suffrage Party
Trenton
N. J
J. Miller Dorey
William A. Wetzel
Board of Education
Dorey
Dr. Wetzel
Frederick W. Donnelly
George B. Labarro
Huna
Belgium
Strangeland Held on $10,000 Bail in Trading With Enemy Case
Charles Emil Strangeland, former attaché of American legations abroad, is held on $10,000 bail by United States Commissioner Samuel Hitchcock on a charge of violating the trading with the enemy act. The complaint, sworn by Gustave V. Valmer of the Customs Intelligence Bureau, alleges a conspiracy with Gustave Ragnar Lindgren to convey a written communication for Strangeland to his wife Karin Mich aeliy Strangeland, novelist, now resident of Copenhagen.
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Charles Emil Strangeland
United States
Samuel Hitchcock
Strangéland
Gustave V. Valmer
Customs Intelligence Bureau
Gustave Ragnar Lindgren
Lindgren
Strangeland
Karin Michaeliy Strangeland
Conenhagen
Ambulance Made of Truck Retired Rector's War Rescue Feat
Former rector Karl S. Cate of All Saints Episcopal Providence now a YMCA worker in France recounts converting his motor truck into an ambulance and rescue vehicle as German advances broke through. He ferried five wounded Americans and evacuee children to safety near Paris after dumping supplies and enduring forty eight hours of sleepless toil.
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Karl S. Cate
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Providence
Young Men's Christian Association
France
National War Work Council
Cate
Paris
McCarthy Proposes Loyalty Parade Slogan and Eligibility Rules
Franz Sigel and Thomas D. McCarthy outlined who may march in the Fourth of July parade at Union Square Hotel. They stated that citizens by sentiment, and 1500 enemy aliens in the district, are eligible if they support America and its victory over the Kaiser. The meeting stressed patriotism beyond bloodlines and noted about 160 enemy aliens attended, with eighty having relatives in the U S armed forces.
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Franz Sigel
Friends of German Democracy
Thomas D. McCarthy
United States
Union Square
Germany
Marshall McCarthy
America
Marshal McCarthy
Sigel
Mr. Sigel
Julius Heymann
William English Walling
Nissen Hehar
Felix Sen
Senis
William Popeko
Zion Church
William Schoenfeld
Immanuel Church
Seni
German Newspaper Outburst Shocks Nassau Street Crowd
A man snatched a stack of German newspapers from a Nassau and John Streets stand and tore them to shreds before paying the dealer and walking away. Onlookers including two women and various clerks paused to applaud in astonishment.
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Waite
Jensuedler
Lerks
Nassau
John Streets
Loyal teachers lead Lower East Side unity in war effort
At a packed Est Broadway gathering, I Coleman du Pont, Marcus M. Marks, and local educators urged patriotic zeal and anti-hyphenated loyalty. Chancellor Hill blasted pro German and pacifist rhetoric while urging democracy, international law, and civic duty. School leaders pledged cooperation with Americanization efforts.
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T. Coleman du Pont
Marcus M. Marks
J. Wesley Hill
Lincoln Memorial University
Loss of Toe Verdict for Coney Island Crowd Injury
A Brooklyn Supreme Court jury awarded 17,500 to Fannie Ciambrelli who lost a toe when a Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company car struck her last summer in a crowd. Complications required operations and further surgery. A separate verdict awarded 15,000 to Henry E Hawker for his son Harry's death from a falling tackle on an American-Hawaiian Steamship Company vessel.
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Coney Island
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Fannie Ciambrelli
Coney Island & Brooklyn Railroad Company
Henry E. Hawker
Harry
American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
Canadian Deserter In Uniform Sentenced To Three Months
Albert E. Dexter, dressed in Canadian Royal Flying Corps cadet uniform, was arrested for impersonating an American army deserter. Identified in the 1st Side Court, Magistrate McQuade jailed him for three months at the Workhouse after Colonel F. Hunter testified. He faces insults toward an officer and was taken to station amid taunts.
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Canadian Royal Flying Corpoy
United States Army
Albert E. Dexter
Thwuntion
F. Hunter
Energ
McQuade
Big Ty Thres Monthe
WorkSouse
America Diera
Mutta
Igie
Porehing
One Can't Follow Lord and Fight Says Russellite
Joseph F Rutherford, head of the Watchtower Society and defendant in the government case against eight Russellites, testified that he cannot follow the Lord and kill. He said he objects to war for consecrated Christians and that affidavits from his group were to show religious objection and assist in classifying exempted men. Federal Judge Howe ruled that religious belief is not a defense and instructed the jury accordingly. Rutherford to return to the stand as the defense case proceeds to close after Giovanni de Cecca is examined.
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Joseph F. Rutherford
Pastor Russell
Brookelyn
Rutherford
Jesus
Congress
Willeam E. van Amburgh
Watchtower Bible and Tract Soci
International Bible Students’ Association
Watchtower
Harland B. Howe
Giovanni de Cecca
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