Indict Eight Men for German Plot in U S
Federal grand jury indicts eight men including a congressman and former congressman for pro German activities. The group, linked to Labors' National Peace Council, allegedly sought to bribe labor leaders and provoke strikes to hinder munitions production for the Allies.
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New York
Congress
National Peace Council
David Lamar
the Wolf of
Wall Street
Frank Buchanan
Hlinois
Jacob Taylor
Jacob Taylor, Hast Orange
N. J
Robert Fowler
Frisk
Monnett
Ohio
Herman Schaitels
Henry B. Marti
Franz von Rintelen
England
von Rinteler
Emperor William
Lamar
Buchanan
United States
H. Snowden Marshall
Peace Council
Washington
Fowler
Committee On Resolutions
Taylor
New Jersey
von Rintelen
Secret Service
Andrew D. Meloy
Edward V. Gasche
Meloy
Rout British Near Egypt At Matruh Attack Reported
The Turkish war office says British forces were defeated on the western front of Egypt. The commander of the British force and 300 soldiers were killed. The attack occurred at Matruh, 150 miles west of Alexandria. After the defeat the British fled, leaving two guns, ten automobiles and other material. Carnegie Gives Belgians $12,000,000. Andrew Carnegie, the American philanthropist, funded the first instalment of 12,090,000 for Belgian relief. Each Belgian prisoner in Germany is to receive 14 dollars.
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Constantinople
Turkish War Office
Froner
Egypt
Matruh
Alexandria
Carnegie
Amsterdam
Andrew Carnegie
Belgian Relief Commission
Mandelsblad
Germany
Kaiper to Go Under Knife for Throat Operation
Swiss reports said that an operation would be performed on the patient’s throat within a few days. Berlin denied and unconfirmed rumors circulated a year ago just before the halt to the front.
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Kaiper
Tragon
Nner
Frm
Berlin
Weather Report Notes From Various Stations
Observations at 8 p m show temperatures and cloud cover across multiple stations. Forecast calls for rain or snow today with tonight clearing, followed by tomorrow clearing and easterly winds.
Warden Osborne Indicted In Sing Sing Case At White Plains
Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing Sing prison is indicted on six counts by the Westchester county grand jury. The charges include perjury and several omissions such as absenting himself from duty, allowing fights, neglecting to report immorality, and moral character concerns with prisoners. John B. Riley says he would be removed once a successor is named. Osborne, appointed in late 1914, had recently drawn attention for studying penology at Auburn prison.
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White Plains
N. Y
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Westchester County
Rudolph Diedling
State Prison Commission
Charles Hecker
John B. Riley
Osborne
Sing Sing
Glynn
Auburn Prison
Tom Brown
British Seize U S Mail From Steamships Bound for Holland
Rotterdam dispatch via Overseas News Agency reports British authorities seized American mail on two steamers bound for Rotterdam the Nieuw Amsterdam from New York December 14 and the Christian Michelsen from New York December 3 with six hundred sacks and forty sacks respectively. Allies will now examine all U S mail to Europe arguing military necessity and non-subscription to The Hague convention.
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Berlin
Holland
Rotterdam
Overseas
Nieuw Amsterdam
New York
Christian Michelsen
Michaelsen
U. S
Washington
United State
Germany
Turley
Hague
Motorist Bell Sentenced For DUI In Altoona
George M. Bell, a Spruce Creek farmer, pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Judge Baldridge fined 100 dollars and sentenced him to 30 days in jail. The judge warned that anyone convicted of DUI would face fall imprisonment as he tightens enforcement.
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Altoona
Der
George M. Bell
Spruce Creek Walier
Baldridge
Confesses Murder in St Clair Grocer Killing
Earbo Ricovucci twenty one of St Clair is held in Schuylkill County Prison after state police captured him in Reading. He admits firing three shots at Joseph Burchill during a melee two days earlier, one shot proving fatal. Four alleged accomplices are under arrest.
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Reading
St. Clair
Pottsville
Earbo Ricovucci
Schuyl- Kill
Joseph Burchill
Ricovucci
Burchill
Record Monday Mail
Washington reports indicate Christmas mail in nineteen twenty four was fifteen to forty percent heavier than ever before. A post office department statement said reports nationwide showed the rise was general and that the volume was handled promptly.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Start World's Peace Body Formed in Albany
Papers filing the World's Court League in Albany outline a plan to establish a world court to investigate and settle international differences. The group nominates thirty directors including Henry Clews Oscar S Strauss John Hays Hammond and Alton B Parker.
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Start World's Peace Body
Albany
World’s Court League
Secretary of State
Henry Clews
Oscar S. Strauss
John Hays Hammond
Alton B. Parker
New York
James Brent Scott
Washington
Henry R. Rathbone
Chicago
Augustus Butch
St Louis
E. C. Stokes
Trenton
N L
Fewer Killed in Hunting Season in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg March 29 reports to Dr. Joseph Kalbfuss secretary of state game commission show that during the recent hunting season twenty seven persons were killed and 199 injured in Pennsylvania. These numbers may rise slightly with later reports. Last year fifty one persons were killed and 33 percent injured during the season.
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Harrisburg
Mec
Joseph Kalbfuss
State Game Commission
Pennsylvania
Boy-Ed Criticizes Press as He Sails Home
New York reports Captain Karl Boy-Ed the recalled German naval attaché, Colonel Edward M. House, and Brand Whitlock sailed on the Rotterdam. Boy-Ed denounces the press utterances as reckless and says the U S government may curb them in self defense. House will visit embassies in London Paris Berlin and possibly Vienna. The trio was escorted by a police officer through a demonstrative crowd at the pier.
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New York
Karl Boy-Ed
Edward
House
Wilson
Land Brand Whitlock
Brussels
Europe
Rotterdam
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Lansing
Mr. Whitlock
Man Declares Return After Fifty-One Years in Wisconsin
Henry Secoy, believed dead for over half a century, visited his uncles Jerome and George Adams near Almond, Wisconsin, revealing he fled at the start of the war fifty-one years ago and has since stayed away from public contact. In other notes, nine German and Austrian submarines were reported sunk or captured in the Mediterranean by Paris-orbit figures, a Lancaster court orders the Wheatland hotel sale in April over nearly 100000 in judgments, and Pennsylvania begins distributing stock transfer tax stamps through the auditor general’s department.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
Henry Secoy
Jerome
George Adams
Almond
Secoy
Mediterranean
Paris
Mediterranean Sea
Figaro
Woman Drowns Two Sons Then Jumps In
Milford Conn December 29 Mrs Edward Krause threw her two small sons into Milford reservoir and then jumped in after them. She was rescued but the boys Sidney six and Edward five died. Mrs Krause will be examined for mental condition. The act followed belief her husband was killed in an auto accident. The Krauses had moved from Philadelphia a little over a year ago.
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Milford
Conn
Edward Krause
Mrs. Krause
Philadelphia
Roosevelt awarded costs in Barne libel case
Syracuse Dec 29 Theodore Roosevelt won $1412.50 in costs against Republican leader William Barnes after the trial where the jury dismissed the $59,000 libel suit Barnes faced. Attorneys had agreed Roosevelt could claim about $2900 more due to trial length, but he accepted the actual costs incurred.
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Syracuse
Theodore Roosevelt
Willian Barne
Elty
Roosevelt
Aged Wormm Burns te fects Colrmb
Cassidy, a 24 year old, was burned while lighting a lamp in the kitchen. The incident happened as she prepared breakfast when the lamp exploded, causing她 to retreat and seek aid. Local authorities investigated the blaze and reported the injury details and nearby responses.
Italy's King Wounded Rumor Sparks War-Tone Turmoil
Berlin dispatches report King Victor Emmanuel of Italy wounded by Austrian grenade and hospitalized. Overseas News agency calls it sensational rumor amid claims of police terror, public panic, and war weariness across Italy.
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Berlin
Vireresa
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Forthern
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