Germany declares unrestricted warfare in note to Wilson
Count von Bernstorff presents Germanys note to Secretary Lansing replying to the presidents peace speech. Berlin reiterates open seas freedoms and cooperation to prevent future wars while condemning allied naval measures. The note predicts intensified German policy February 1 and cites liberty for nations like Ireland and India.
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Germany
Wilson
Senate
Washington, D.C
Count von Bernstorff
Tulay
Lanswy
United States
Ireland
India
Belgium
Siehesa
Wiversa
Sealy
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
England
Derby arrest over plot to murder Lloyd George
Four persons arraigned at the Derby Guild Hall on charges of conspiring to murder Premier Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson. The defendants deny the charges claiming the case is punishment for conscientious objection to conscription. Names include Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, her daughters Miss Ann Wheeldon and Mrs Alfred George Mason, and her son-in-law Alfred George Mason.
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Derby
Perems
Derby Guild Hall
Lloyd George
Arthur Henderson
War Council
Persins
Guild Hall
Alice Wheeldon
Ann Wheeldon
Alfred George Mason
Hutton Brokers Under Fire Over Peace Note Trading
U S Senate inquiry revealed E F Hutton & Co and Connolly & Co acted on a confidential peace note tip. Testimony showed firms may have known the note would be issued but did not urge client liquidation. market drop traced to broad selling rather than the note alone.
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Hutton
Utah Copper
Washington
Ellis
Connelly & Co
Oppose All Sea Traffic In Zones Kept In 1917 Note
Wireless dispatch from BERLAN reports a German note announcing from February 1 1917 all sea traffic around the eastern Mediterranean will be opposed. It describes a North Sea district near England and France and a maritime area from Parever Farce Island to 2 degrees westward three nautical miles south of Parever.
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Ville
Mediterranean
North Sea
England
France
Hee
Douteh
Ter
Gubint
Warde
Parever
Farce Island
RUSSIANS RESUME OFFENSIVE ON TWO FRONTS IN WAR REPORTS
Paris reports Russians renew attacks on the Romanian and Riga fronts with gains and prisoner tallies. German forces on the Lorraine frontier and a French transport sinking are also noted as major wartime events. The Admiral Magee transport loss is cited with 950 soldiers aboard and 800 saved.
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Lorraine
Berlin
Vale Putna
Petrocrad
Saloniki
Danish Ship Iris Resists German Submarine Near Copenhagen
The Danish steamer Iris defied a German submarine that threatened to sink her as she passed off Copenhagen. The submarine boarded the Iris, inspected papers, and ordered crew to abandon ship, but the Danish captain refused, insisting the Iris traveled between neutral countries with no contraband. After threats and arguments, the submarine allowed the Iris to continue on its voyage.
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Copenhagen
London
Ekstrabladet
Gion
Navy cruiser to hunt for missing plane in Mexico desert
The cruiser New Orleans will search the Sonora desert near the Gulf of California for the military aeroplane abandoned January 10 by Lieut. Col. Harry G. Bishop and Lieut. W. A. Robertson. If found, the craft will be dismantled and loaded aboard the ship for return to San Diego. An army board is reviewing the flight.
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San Diego
Cal
Harry G. Bishop
W. A. Robertson
Sonora
Mexico
Gulf of California
New Orleans
W. A. Glassford
War Department
Glassford
Cayrton
Guaymas
Robertson
Army
Bishop and Robertson
Calexico
Ee Frank Lahm
Three Suffragettes Conspirators Arrested in Derby
London decipher reports a conspiracy to murder Premier Lloyd George. Three suffragettes and a conscientious objector were arrested, with two women held at Derby and one at Southampton. They were to be arraigned at Derby with formal evidence to follow. The alleged plot involved poisoning the premier.
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London
Lloyd George
Daily Sketch
The
Daily Mail
Derby
Southampton
Derby: Mrs Wheeldon and three others charged with murder conspiracy
Jan. 31 Guild Hall Derby charged Mrs Alice Wheeldon her two daughters and Alfred George Mason with conspiring to murder Premier Lloyd George and Arthur Henderson MP. war council member.
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Derby
Alice Wheeldon
Alfred George Mason
Lloyd George
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
War Council
Whitman offers pardon to Mrs. Byrne in birth control case
Governor Whitman proposed pardoning Mrs. Ethel Byrne if she vows not to violate birth control laws again. A women’s committee delivered the offer in Albany, with Whitman pledging a commission to study birth control propaganda and possible law amendments if hardship is shown.
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Albany
N. Y
Whitman
Ethel Byrne
New York
Scotland Yard Files Conspiracy Charge Against Named Defendants
An inspector for Scotland Yard states that on multiple days from December 25 to now, the defendants unlawfully conspired with malice to murder prominent figures the Right Honorable Videct George and Arthur Henderson. The case was adjourned after arrest details. Mrs Wheeldon and daughter Ann reside in Derby, Mason a Southampton chemist, with defendants denying knowledge of any key statement.
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Scotland Yard
Videct
George
Arthur Henderson
A . Bodkin
Wheeldon
Derby
Ann
Mason
Southampton
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Ember
Hut Fo
Bolling
Capitol
Pro York
F. A. Connolly
Gerard
Henderson
E. F. Hutton
George A. Ellis, Jr
Hatten
Georgia
F.A
F. . Company
Connolly
K. W. Bolling
Frm
Jefi
Erge
Brher Bar
Shington
Pew
Hatton
Toomey
Mr. Say
South
Commission
Ee. Ellis Jr
H. Ga. Hutton
Elia
York
Rida Hutton
Ster
Whipple
Berlan
Ies Gama
MS. Bryine
Bene
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