Abandoned Plot Sparks German Plot on Staten Island
In a sensational wartime fiction vignette, a German bomb plot at the Ansonia hotel is foiled by alert U.S. agents. A spy orders a Staten Island shack crew to speed a wireless controller and torpedo to launch against a fleet, while officers clamp a police cordon around the hotel and a shift of intrigue unfolds with Dixie Mason and Harrison Grant.
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Ansonia
Ansonia Hotel
Harrison Grant
Criminology Club
U. S
Secret Service
Heinric von Lertz
Dixie Maison
Wiuer
von Lertz
Anoyve
Lertz Stall
Harnson Grant
Dixie Mason
Miss Mason
Staten Island
Ft. Wadsworth
Germany
Schmidt
New York
Chief Flynn
New York Harbor
Magle
Dictograph talk and late-night alarms at the Hohenzollern club
Operatives under pressure as Karrison Grant and Dick Stewart monitor the dictograph amid rounds of arguments, drinks, and Kaiser toasts. Nearby, Bernstorff worries with Rov-Ed and von Papen awaiting confirmation on tomorrow’s plan, while torpedo readiness is checked at the shack.
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Karrison Grant
Dick Stewart
Stewart
Harrison Grant
German Bomb Plot Threads Through Midnight Gesprch
In a continuing intrigue, Dr Albert questions a torpedo plan aimed at forcing the Great Atlantic Fleet to stay in New York harbor. Karl Boy-Ed and Heinric von Lertz maneuver through social haunts as Dixie Mason suspects hidden motives and a Staten Island warehouse reveals a torpedo project being readied for action.
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Karl
New York Harbor
United States of America
Germany
Albert
von Papen
von Lertz
Hohenzollern
Imperiil
Dixie Mason
Heinric von Lertz
Heinric van Lertz
Ten Mile House
Staten Island
Ft. Wadsworth
Dixie
Pershing Urges AEF Men To Write Home
Washington June 9 The war department released a general order from Gen Pershing urging American expeditionary forces in France to keep writing to relatives and friends at home. He said steady letters ease distress and anxiety for those awaiting news from the front.
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War Department
Pershing
France
America
Steamer Back to Atlantic Port After Submarine Chase
An American cargo steamer loaded with foodstuffs returned to an Atlantic port reporting pursuit by a submarine. The captain asked naval authorities to arm the vessel so she could resume her voyage once cleared.
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Atlantic
Weary Journey From Jassy to Murmansk
The American Red Cross Mission to Romania endured a near month long trek from Jassy to Murmansk amid Russia's railway chaos. The 2,500 mile route featured cold, improvised heating stoves, frequent station altercations, Soviet officials, and occasional acts of plunder as trains halted and diversions occurred.
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London
Russia
American Red Cross
Romania
Jassy
Murmansk
Arctic Circle
Moscow
America
Odone
Flis
Coronel Odene
France
United States
Voleeda
Hai
Missouri Engineer Shot by Contractor in Kansas City
Curtis Hill city engineer of Kansas City and former state highway engineer lies in a hospital in critical condition after a bridge contractor attacked him at the board of works office. Police detain the suspect as physicians express little hope for recovery following a bullet wound.
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The
Board of Works
Thill
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