Indicted in German plots target U S neutrality violations
San Francisco February 10 indictments against thirty two men and firms reveal broad proposed prosecutions over German tomb and shipping plots. Included are German consular officials ship owners agents and sellers of supplies tied to plans to blow up tunnels and powder mills.
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Cal
John W. Preston
United States
Franz Bopp
Baron Eckhardt H. von Schack
Baron George Wilhelm von Bricken
Johannes Henryvicus von Koelbergen
Charles Co. Crowley
Margaret W. Cornell
Crowley
Retriever
Sacramento
Hazavian
Olson and Mahony
Henry W. E. Kauffmann
Robert Capelle
North German-Lloyd Steamship Company
Materice Hall
Turkey
Joan and
Joseph Rothchild
George and
James Flood
Philip R. Thayer
Northern and Southern Steamship Company
R. M. Swayne
Swayne & Horr
John
Congress Rushes Army and Navy Defense Bills
Washington reports President Wilson urges quick House military committee action on army measures ahead of hearings. Senate ready to draft, aims for compromise with House, while navy bills for universal yard facilities and more Annapolis midshipmen pass. Speaker Clark backs doubling cadets at West Point and Annapolis.
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Washington
Wilson
House Military Committee
House
Senate
Navy
Annapolis
Clark
West Point
War Department
Garrison
Hay
German Aviators Drop Bombs on the British Coast
London reports a Zeppelin raid during the afternoon injuring two women and a child as sea planes and aeroplanes rose to confront the attackers. The war office said raiders retreated with no engagement reported while German gains near Lens and Arras shift focus on defensive positions.
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London
England
War Office
Lens
Arras
Berlin
Flest
Vimy
Smuts Accepts Vacancy With Rank of General
The British forces in East Africa face health-related vacancy changes as General Jan Christian Smuts, South Africa’s interior mines and defenses minister, accepts a temporary lieutenant general post. Meanwhile on the Riga-Dvinsk front von Hindenburg’s troops intensify bombardment and assaults around Pinsk, with Germans claiming Russian repulse amid renewed clashes near the fortress city.
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Pating
East Africa
Jan Christian Smuts
Walon
South Africa
Riga-Dwinsk
von Hindenburg
Pwinsk
Russia
No Hitch Claimed in Lusitania Settlement Talks
Washington reports officials and German embassy staff expect no further hitch to delay the Lusitania dispute closure. Count von Bernstorff may present a German note to Secretary Lansing by Monday or Tuesday, while Lansing plans to send a formal acceptance to Berlin. The sole obstacle is a possible German foreign office refusal to endorse a minor phrasing change.
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Washington
Lusitania
Berlin
Aianday
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Germany
Foreign Office
Fear Plot Averted at Montreal City Hall
Montreal officials reported a feared plot to destroy municipal buildings after a claim of a pilot's involvement. Fire and police guarded City Hall on the noon hour. no explosion occurred, but Mayor Martin kept guards and moved valuables to fireproof vaults.
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Montreal
Martin
Quebec
Mrs Frank to Open Memphis Apparel Store
Memphis report says Mrs Leo Frank wife of the Georgia lynched man will open a women’s wearing apparel store in Memphis. She currently resides in Atlanta.
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Leo Frank
Memphis
Tenn
Georgia
Mary Phagan
Men Implicated In Burning Barn To Appear Before Mayor
Red Maloney Harry Hoban and the Schoolers were arrested after a fire destroyed a barn on Wood Street early yesterday. They will appear before the mayor Saturday. no formal charge yet filed, but they face potential disorderly conduct accusations. The Schoolers, two brothers, lived in the barn behind Oscar Gerard's residence and allegedly argued after a stove tipped over, starting the blaze. Hoban's recent arrest followed a prior raid on Robert Lee's place.
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Harray Hoban
Schosieys
Wood Street
Arges
Schoolers
Oscar Gerard
Maloney
Hoban
Harry Hoban
Robert Lee
Hoss
General Lamb Dies After Pole Collapse Fatality Injures Linemen
General Lamb, one of two linemen injured when a pole collapsed near Fletcher, died yesterday evening in this city. Lamb, a married man, suffered a fractured skull, broken leg, several broken ribs, and remained semi conscious until death. The other victim, James Kiser, remains in critical condition with a fractured skull but shows possible recovery.
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Lamb
Pat Fletcher
Lish
Fletcher
James Kiser
Aged Missionary Sentenced Nine Months in Germany
Elly Reuss, a 74 year old Seventh Day Adventist missionary in Cologne, was court martialed and sentenced to nine months imprisonment in a fortress for attempted treason by inciting soldiers to insubordination. She preached Sabbath obedience and an anti-killing stance, with kindness cited as mitigating and mental subnormality noted by a court physician.
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Cologne
London
Elly Reuss
Seventh Day Adven
Plumbers to Reveal Sewer Crisis in City
Plumbers plan to expose serious sewer conditions in the city, citing backed up basements and ruined stock along Main Street. They argue North Main main line is too small and press for a trunk sewer to serve the west end, warning of possible health risks and costly losses.
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D. Louis & Son Grocery
North Main Street
Three Cs to Play Against Christian Church Lads
Three Cs meet Christian Church lads at St Marys Hall tomorrow evening in a non championship clash. The Christian outfit has been on a fast run and defeated strong opponents, while the Three Cs, already in city series action, risk lowering their standing with a loss to the visitors.
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St. Mary's Hall
Christian Church
Mystic Five to Play Mad Anthony Girls in Greenville
Greenville announces the Piqua Mystic Five will travel to Greenville tomorrow evening to face Mad Anthony Girls in a key third game of a five game series. Both teams are undefeated, with strong recent wins. locals anticipate a well matched, exciting clash at 7:30 p m with visiting fans expected to pack the hall.
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Piqua Mystic
Anthony ¢Hrub
Greenville Girls
Tate
Tha Musria
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Greenville ‘Tribune
Mad Anthony
Piqua
Anthny Woys
Union City
Hoosier Bunch
Winchester
Sidney
Uncle
Dayton
Mysterious Guest Tangles at Hotel De Gehle
Reported lineup at headquarters last evening saw three men obtain lodging at Hotel De Gehle. An elderly man in silk hat and tailored coat arrived claiming a room but refused to name himself. He promised to return at seven, yet no guest appeared and he reportedly slept overnight in a Troy graveyard.
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Hoel de Gehle
McDowell
Hotel de Gehle
Joe Cannon
Senator Lodge
Jatter
Hotel de Géhle
Troy
Milwaukee con man Frank De Quay sentenced to ten years
Frank De Quay, formerly active as a confidence man in Chicago, was sentenced in Milwaukee to ten years in state prison for procuring 31,700 from a Milwaukee wearer and using the funds to finance his honeymoon. The national police bureau of identification calls him the most dangerous con man in America, noting prior incarcerations under the name James La Bore in Indianapolis Mobile and Chicago.
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Milwaukee
Frank de Quay
Chicago
National Police Bureau of Identification
America
Indianapolis
Mobile
James la Bore
Kidney Disorders Quickly Relieved by Solvax Guarantee
Leading druggists offer Solvax kidney remedy with a money back guarantee for quick relief. Advertises Solvax as a cure addressing the kidney cause to improve overall health and vitality. Sold by Hedges & Higgins and other local druggists in the region.
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Piqua
Solvax
Hedges & Higgins
Thia-Vicinity
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