Government Controls U S Foods Licenses for Dealers
President Wilson issues a proclamation extending food control to license the manufacture storage importation and distribution of about 20 prime commodities after November 1 1917. The list includes wheat flour oats corn rice beans cotton seed oil peanut oil milk meat and many others with exemptions for small dealers farmers common carriers and certain processors. Violators face fines up to 5000 dollars or up to two years imprisonment.
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
Livestore
Board of Trade
Lcense
United States Food Administration
DL Law Department
Mutiny on German Battleships at Wilhelmshaven
A mutiny among crews of four German battleships at Wilhelmshaven led to the Westfalen captain drowning after being thrown overboard. Marines refused to fire as sailors surrendered after surrounding. Mutiny also reported on the Nurnberg at sea, with men aiming to be interned in Norway before being forced to surrender. Emperor William and Chancellor Michaelis visited, orders to shoot one mutineer per seven faced opposition. Heavy sentences followed. London reports a broader revolt described as widespread and difficult to suppress, with other mutinies among front line soldiers noted.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Westfalen
Nurnberg
Norway
Emperor Wilga
Michaelis
William
Reichstag
London
Copenhagen
Warfronts Hold Steady as Armies Rest in Flanders
British troops in Flanders pause after Tuesday gains along the Ypres front while French on the left reorganize newly won positions. Germans launch minor attacks repulsed. Verdun front sees limited German advances checked by Petain’s artillery. Austrians suffer heavy losses on the Carso Plateau. On Riga front Russian and German duels intensify. German chancellor says peace is impossible. Reichstag notes negotiations could end the conflict except for Alsace Lorraine demand.
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Haig
Flanders
Ypres
Carso
Bainsizza
Riga
Russia
Spitali Farm
Miadziel
Imperial German Chancelor
Tange Ag
Germany
Reichstag
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Widows Pensions Increased by U S Congress
Washington reports a pension amendment raises monthly widow benefits for Civil War Spanish American and Philippine insurrection veterans to 25 dollars with increases up to 13 dollars. No applications are needed. Entitlement limited to officers and enlisted from Army Navy and Marine Corps who served in specified wars.
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Washington
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Salzgaber
Pensions Bureau
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Mexico
Burial of Lieutenant Marcus at Arlington Honors Killed A-7 Crew
The body of Lieutenant Arnold Marcus of Chicago, one of six sailors killed when the submarine A-7 exploded at Cavite in the Philippines last July, was buried with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.
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Arlington
Washington
Arnold Marcus
Chicago
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Arlington National Cemetery
Mutinous Crew Overthrows Captain of Westfalen at Jutland
Report from the 1916 engagement off Jutland describes the German battleship Westfalen whose crew mutinied and threw the captain overboard after landing marines. The ship stood as a strong element in the German line as British forces fought.
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Jutland
Bernstorff Caught In Net Spread by Secret Service
Secretary Lansing released three cablegrams showing Berlin instructed Ambassador Von Bernstorff to sabotage Canadian railways and to influence Congress. The messages also tie Bernstorff to plans to mobilize Irish-Americans and to pressure U S policy, with figures including Joseph MacGarrity Jeremiah O Leary John P Keating and Dr William Bayard Hale referenced as part of the embassy network. Officials call the disclosures a natural step in indicting Germany for violating neutrality and seeking to corrupt U S government functions.
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Washington
Lansing
United States
America
Berlin
von Bernstorff
Bernstorff
Congress
Joseph MacGarrity
Philadelphia
Jeremiah O’leary
American Truth Society
Bull
State Department
John P. Keating
John T. Keating
Chicago
Dr. Hale
William Bayard Hale
Wilson
Mexico
Hale
White House
Germany
Telegrams from German Foreign Office to Bernstorff in 1916
The January 1916 telegrams reveal German plans for disrupting Canadian Pacific railway traffic. The General Staff seeks energetic action to destroy strategic sections, aiming at protracted interruption of travel and freight. Captain Boehm is identified as the operative, with funds and military attache briefings to follow.
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Secretary of
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
Canadian Pacific Railway
Boehm
Sabotage Plans Referenced to Casement Network
A January 20 note outlines persons suitable for sabotage in the United States and Canada. It names Joseph MacGarrity of Philadelphia, Joan P. Keating of Chicago, and Jeremiah O'Leary of New York, with varying reliability and discretion. It warns sabotage targets include munitions factories but not railway embankments or bridges, and calls for careful handling of Irish pro German propaganda.
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United States
Canada
Joseph MacGarrity
Philadelphia
Joan P. Keating
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Jeremiah O'Leary
Park Row
New York
Sir Roger Casement
Who Is Dr Hale in the 1916 Berlin Telegram
A September 1916 telegram from Count Bernstorff to Berlin’s foreign office notes an embargo conference and identifies Dr Hale as able to provide information. It states the conference aims to gain a congressional majority favorable to Germany and requests further support and a telegraphic reply. The message asserts no possibility of compromise.
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Count Bernstorff
Foreign Office
Berlin
A. N
Hale
Congress
Germany
O Leary and Hale Deny Any Zimmeman Note Link
Jeremiah O Leary released a telegram to Secretary Lansing asserting no evidence tying him to the Zimmermann note matter. Dr William Bayard Hale stated he was surprised early in 1915 by developments before U S entry into the war.
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New York
Jeremiah O'Leary
Lansing
William Bayard Hale
United States
Fourteen sunk ships in last week British tally
London Oct 11 British merchant vessels of 1600 tons each and larger sunk by mine or submarine in the past week total fourteen, the official admiralty statement said. Two vessels under 1600 tons and three fishing craft were also sunk.
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London
British Admiralty
East St Louis riot described in circuit court
Mrs Iva Clark widow of Scott Clark testified in East St Louis circuit court about the July 2 riot. She described fire at their home, fleeing to another house, mob attack near a hanging Negro body, and a guardsman who did not protect them. Col Clayton related the arrest of Wood and Keane amid the riot.
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Belleville
Vic
East St. Louis
Iva Clark
Scott Clark
Clark
Herbert Wood
Leo Keane
Keane
Eads Bridge
St. Louis
E. P. Clayton
Fourth Illinois Infantry
Wood
Governor appoints young militia head in Illinois
Governor Lowden appoints Edward C. Young of Chicago brigadier general to command the Illinois militia reserves formed as home guards. Young previously served as colonel of the First Cavalry before the Illinois National Guard reorganized into a division and later disbanded.
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Springfield
Fuel oil supply will be ample for British navy
British government representatives Standard Oil officials and shipping board members reported an ample fuel oil supply for the British navy after a conference. To address shortfalls 58 oil tankers recently commandeered will be completed and at least 40 more may be built. The issue is one of tonnage, with oil plentiful on this side of the Atlantic.
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Washington
Standard Oil
Shipping Board
Atlantic
Revolt in Navy Plot Foiled In German Fleet
Copenhagen October 11 The Reichstag was told that a plot to paralyze the German fleet had been uncovered in the navy Vice Admiral Von Capelle says Russian revolution influence led some to embrace revolutionary ideas He asserts some officers betrayed their honor and duty and received penalties The navy’s fighting power was never in danger and remains intact.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
von Capelle
Marine
Berlin
American Aviators Return From France With Bravery Honors
Three Lac Fayette escadrill veterans arrive at Atlantic Port aboard a steamship. Archibald Johnson of Pittsburgh and James R. Doolittle of Chicago are cited for bravery. Johnson downed a German aviator with a companion. Hull of Austin lost a leg to injury and will have an amputation to receive an artificial limb and return to duty.
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Otlantic
Lac Fayette
Haul
Must Save Dynasty In Peace Deal
Amsterdam Oct 11 German chancellor Dr George Michaels said peace requires enemies drop demand for German soil and stop driving a wedge between the German people and their Emperor? pacification hinges on ends of hostile claims and unity under the Empire.
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Dynasty
Michaelis
Amsterdam
George Michaels
Germany
Ambassadors to Attend Southern Commercial Congress in New York
Ambassadors and ministers to the United States from thirteen nations at war with Germany will be guests at the Southern Commercial Congress ninth annual convention in New York next week. They will represent France Great Britain Italy Russia Portugal Siam and other allied nations, with their invitations accepted.
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Savits
New York
United States
Germany
Southern Commercial Congress
France
Great Britain
Italy
Russia
Portugal
Siam
Clear Bey San
Serbis
Panama
Jessee
Atiyes
Revolt Report in German Navy Warns of War Strain
Washington reports from Amsterdam describe a German naval mutiny as a potentially dire sign for Germany and a hopeful one for the Allies. Navy officers say morale erosion is visible in feeble counterattacks on the western front while submarine crews face secretive British information suppression. The unrest among sailors may reflect deeper army discontent and mounting war fatigue.
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Washington
Navy Department
Amsterdam
Germany
North Sea
Barker murder verdict changes family inquiry in Peoria
In Peoria Illinois on a Sunday the Barker family rethinks their murder theory as coroner's jury rules Jesse Barker died by his own action. Witnesses testify about bullet marks and powder burns while the will reveals estate provisions for his wife and her daughter amid marital tensions. A local ad offers sale and repair of stoves and heating devices.
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Peoria
Oct
Barker
Jesse Barker
Strome Courier
Charles Heer
Bath Rooom
G. N. Portman
James
Raizen
North &Th St
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