Many plots frustrated by German spies in wartime U S
A lengthy list outlines German espionage and incendiary actions from 1914 to 1917 across New Jersey New York Pennsylvania and elsewhere. It notes ships burned factories exploded and munitions plants attacked with deaths injuries and heavy damages. The timeline names Du Pont Avondale Roebling and other firms along with locations such as Pompton Trenton Haskell and Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
New York Tribune
New York
Kansas City
Baltimore
von Papen
Welee Canal
Fay
Atlanta
1914
John A. Roebling Wire Company
Trenton
N. J
du Pont
Haskell
Equitable Powder Company
Alton
Ill
Great Britain
France
Lapland
du Pont Powider Plan
Pompton
Kane
Etna
Weethawken
Erie Wasin
Roebling & Sons
Wilmington
Del
Hopewell
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
Kingsland
Rutherford
Albert A. Sanders
Charles Wornanberg
New Brita. Goon
Herman Wireless
Mexico
Gia
Great Lakhes Naval Station
Chicago
Boston
Atlantic
Eddystone
Pittsburgh
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
New York Navy Yard
Great Lakes
Seyedel Manufacturing Company
Jersey City
Whitney
Rochester
Congress Street
Thirteen-Year-Old Confined at Home by Worried Mother
Miss Mary Gerrity aged thirteen vanished from school five months ago. Neatly dressed and happy, she was kept under strict surveillance after her mother feared a Ruth Cruger like murder. Bellevue Hospital officers detained the mother while the girl was placed with the Bronx ranch of the Children's Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Gerrity
Ruth Cruger
Mary
Bellevue Hospital
Bronx
The
Children’s Society
Interned Germans at Hot Springs Accused of Feeding Five Meals
The Labor Department denounces claims that Germans in Hot Springs N C eat five meals daily as propaganda. Food Administrator Hoover urged army or navy rations while stating detainees receive a wholesome diet to reflect humane treatment and set an example for civil nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
N. C
Department of Labor
Hoover
Labor Department
Germany
Department
United States
Fashree Wbstal
Americans Build Vast Recreation Camps for Troops in France
A New York Herald correspondent reports massive military encampments rising in France to house tens of thousands of American soldiers arriving for the war. Comfortable huts, water supply, drainage, and shade trees characterize the camps under expert supervision. French workers assist, and a large private property hosts a comfortable camp for a senior officer. The sprawling setup signals America’s enduring presence in France until the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
France
Eady
America
Berkeley dog Noah can talk say mamma and more
Noah the talking dog of San Francisco Bay Area owner Signor Antonio de Grassi answers in English and French when asked whom he loves and when hungry. His sister Salome also speaks and the family contemplates further tutoring at UC psychologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Noah
Signor
Signora Antonio de Grassi
Dwight Way
Signor de Grassi
Salome
de Grassi
Defends the Marseillaise in a French preface
The Duc de Montpensier says no family objections to the revolutionary song. Louis Philippe sang it at Jemappes and later helped Rouget de l, author of the Marseillaise, who received the Legion of Honor after poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. de Joanthe
Duc de Montpensier
Duc d’Orleans
Duc de Chartres
Louis Philippe
Jemmappes
Rouget de Asle
Hoover Passes On Pork and Health Cigar Tale
Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator, declines a large dark cigar offered by Dr. H A Garfield at a food and fuel conference. Garfield calls it a "good Presbyterian cigar" but Hoover prefers his milder, self supplied cigarette as he weighs health and costs against doctor bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Hoover
H. A. Garfield
Mr. Hoover
Allen
The
Food Administration
Austrian Regiment Defects to Roumanians on Front
An entire Austrian regiment including officers surrendered and joined the Roumanians on the Russo Roumanian front. The unit was made up largely of Mohammedan Serbs from Bosnia and carried their own arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosnia
Hoarding of coins provokes Paris anger over change shortages
Paris readers report copper coin scarcity causes hassles at public services. A man seeking a telephone from a post office substation is refused payment in francs due to lack of change, sent to a stamp window then back, with officials admitting copper money is unavailable. The Oeuvre protests rising conditions and urges Finance Ministry action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ministry of Finance
Pari
Boy With Charmed Life Survives Abdominal Assault
A six year old York boy escaped serious harm when two men knocked him to the ground and trampled his abdomen, then fled. Earlier he survived a trolley strike and a fall from a third story window on separate trips with his parents. Most recently he rolled on roller skates into a streetcar path but was not seriously injured, and pleaded with his sister not to tell their mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Wood for Shoe Soles Experiment by Dutch Army
The commander in chief of the Dutch army informed corps commanders an experiment will test wooden soles for shoes due to leather price rises. Five thousand pairs will be made, two thousand ready, with extra soles on each new pair to replace worn ones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Britain Buys Wool In Major Increase
Col. Willey the wool controller announced Britain has purchased 2,000,000 pounds of wool in the last fifteen weeks. This marks an increase of 19,000,000 pounds compared with the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Willey
Safety Pins Needed for Soldiers in France Relief
Mrs. BE Roscoe Matthews reports from New York after returning from France that American troops near the front line trenches need safety pins and chewing gum. She notes knitted body scarfs long enough to wrap three times and, if possible, rubber coats. The safety pin is vital for fastening apparel after buttons fly from uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Roscoe Matthews
France
Slaughtermen Threaten Strike Over Wage Demands
New York December 12 market men union threatens a strike this Wednesday if four large meat packing firms refuse a conference on wage scale increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Government Arsenal
Picatinny, N. J
Ers
Byiui Wiow
J Lox
Onatin
Reduni
Hoboken
New York Harbor
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
American Aluminum Company
New Kensington
R. C. MacAdams
M. P
MacAdams
Alberta
Canada
Marseillaise
Britain
Ostows
Orcharles Fles
Fulton ST
Brooklyn, N
Pulverman
Balls
Market Street
Warren
Groce
Kopf
Henry
L. C. Eddy
Pennsylvania Avenue
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second St
Warren, Pa
BELL
Remingtons
Eempire Type Foundry
Buffalo
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!