Qubmits Further Plot Disclosures Tied to Bernstorff and Holland
Western Newspaper Union reports new disclosures of German propaganda before the break with Germany. Letters and coded documents seized in 1916 tie Berlin officials and Count von Bernstorff to plots to destroy ships, create labor unrest, and finance espionage in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Washington, D. C
Germany
Committee On Public Information
Department of Justice
New York
Wolfe von Igel von Igel
Count von Bernstorff
United States
High Seas
Great Britain
Mexico
Washington disclosures reveal Germany paying to influence Congress
Public disclosures in Washington show Count von Bernstorff requested authority to pay $50,000 to influence Congress via an unnamed organization. Ber n-storff notes past payments for similar work as Germany and Austria-Hungary seek peace through Pope Benedict's proposals. Wilson and Baker Daniels authorize a $3.75 million campaign to entertain troops near training camps while World Series dates are set. Ambassador Bakhmeteff pledges Russia will stay in the war against Germany until victory.
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Lansing
Washington
America
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Benedict
Amsterdam
Charles
Vatican
Platoria sinks as U boat warfare claims another American life
The Standard Oil Steamer Platoria of 3445 tons from New York was sunk with nine dead including captain John Leslie of Jersey City. Crowder readies to summon the remaining 8,000,000 men for the draft.
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New York
John Leslie
Jersey City
Crowder
Washington
Costa Rica Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Germany
Costa Rican government announces severance of diplomatic relations with Germany at San Jose. Passports were handed to German representatives as Costa Rican consuls in Germany are recalled. The move follows President Tinoco's finding that Germany allied with Gonzalez followers in a plot against the government.
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Harold Willis
Boston
Germany
Paris
San Jose
Tinoco
Gonzalez
Roosevelt in Chicago Briefly Heads West to Kansas City
Theodore Roosevelt's Chicago visit featured a sharp denouncement of Senator La Follette as a neo cop perhead leader and a terse remark on Von Bernstorff revelations. He refused to discuss Mayor Thompson's change of heart as the colonel prepared to continue to Kansas City.
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Senator la Follette
von Bernstorff
Thompson
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Kansas City
Iowa Draft Reinforcements At Camp Dodge And War News
The Iowa draft army will supply 2500 men for the Deming national guard depots after Camp Dodge training. W C Hayward former secretary of state and state senator died at 69. Edward S Welles reported bombs hit the hospital tents in France. Winterset sent off to bid farewell to guardsmen. Ames bid for next year’s municipal meeting. The Sioux City area saw bomb reports and draft notes. Road funding plans in Blackhawk county seek matched funding up to $100,000. Camp Dodge expanding to handle 45,000 to 70,000 men. Firefighting aided by First Iowa infantry at Johnson school house incident.
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Camp Dodge
Deming
Iowa
National Guard
W C. Hayward
Scott County
Hayward
State Senate
Eldora
Alden
Davenport
Edward S. Welles
Sioux City
Harvard Medical Unit
Battle Front
France
Welles
Winterset
David Williams
Rock Island Arsenal
Vig
Davenport Commercial Club
Schleswig
Kiron
Keokuk
Ames
Iowa City
Iowa League of Municipalities
L. R. Young
Elias Young
Woodbine
Elias
Mississippi River
Dubuque
C. B. O'Niel
Springfield
Mass
Fort Dodge
Springville
J. L. Alumiy
Janesville
Red Cross Society
Burlington
People’s Council
Logan
United States
Hedricks
J. F. Schurrmann
Blackhawk County
War Department
Iowa Infantry
Johnson Station
Plummer
George Blades
Illinois Central
Correctionville
Sam
Short
Hazel Anderson
Anthon
Benjamin Blades
Oto
Lyn George J Kelly
Villisca Charnel House
Council Bluffs
Kelly
Board of Education
Des Moines
United States District Attorney
Chicago
Claude Evilsizer
R. C. Travers
Cedar Rapids
Company A
Douglas
Arizona
Boone County
British Forces Break German Lines East of Ypres
British troops attacked German positions east of Ypres and penetrated to the Zonnebeke Gheluvelt line while reporting 2,000 prisoners taken. German losses quoted as 1,250 killed daily, per a Geneva dispatch via Dr Mathias Erzberger. Erzberger urges peace as German retirement on the Riga front sees villages burned.
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Ypres
Zonnebeke-Gheluvelt
London
Germany
Geneva
Mathias Erzberger
Cleriical Party
Erzberger
Reichstag
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Holland
Baker
Daniels
George Creel
von Igel
Holland Commission
Carl Heysen
Foreign Office
Hatzfeldt
Prince Hatzfeldt
Hamburg-American Line
Bureau of Investigation
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Paul Koenig
von Papen
Sir Roger Casement
Pete
U. S
Teutonic War News
Wilson Indorsed
Baker and
Army and Navy
White Sox
Boston Red Sox
National Baseball Commission
Cincinnati
Bakhmeteff
Joseph Davies
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Pomerone
Wilson
Senate
William C. Adamson
Georgia
Byron R. Newton
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Internal Revenue
The
Food Administration
Atlantic City
N. J
Federal Trade Commission
War Industries Board
Sergt
Alfred Bonhaupt
Sixth United States Infantry
General Pershing
Fort Oglethorpe
Robert W. Bingham
Judge Bingham
Louisville
Henry M. Flagler
Standard Oil Company
Oakdale
Wilmington
Clarence S. Ridley
Engineer Corps
State Department
Lindman
Sweden
John Purroy Mitchel
John F. Hylan
William M. Bennett
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Elberfeld
Dortmund
Hague
the War Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
State News
Riga
Petrograd
Muntz
Provisional Government
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