Activities of German Spies in United States
A historical record notes ongoing German espionage and sabotage in the United States since the war began. It lists key incidents from 1914 to 1916, including fires, explosions, arson, and plots tied to the Du Pont mills, Roebling plants, and other facilities, with casualties and damages across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, and beyond. It highlights notable figures and probes, such as von Papen and Boy-Ed, and mentions arrests, trials, and warnings by authorities.
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Germany
United States
New York Tribune
New York
Kansas City
Baltimore
von Papen
Weld Canal
Fay
1914
John A. Roebling Wire Company
Trenton
N. J
du Pont
Haskell
Equitable Powder Company
Alton
United Safety Powder Company
Jeffersontown
Carney’s Point
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Simamahoning
Aetna Explosives Company
Bethlehem Steel Works
Bethlehem
American Powder Company
Acton
Mass
du Pont Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
Dumba
America
Great Britain
Lapland
du Pont Powder Plan
Pompton
Kane
Etna
Wee‘hawken
Venty
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
Boston
Atlantic
Eddystone
Pittsburgh
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Atlanta
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
New York Navy Yard
Great Lakes
Seyedel Manufacturing Company
Jersey City
Whitney
Rochester
Congress Street
New York Harbor
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
American Aluminum Company
New Kensington
Interned Germans at Hot Springs Denied Five Meals a Day
The Labor Department and Food Administrator Hoover dispute reports that Germans interned at Hot Springs camp eat five meals daily. Officials say detainees receive three substantial meals daily, prepared by their own cook, with no luxury or extravagance. The aim is humane, normal treatment to set an example for civilized nations.
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Hot Springs
N. C
Department of Labor
Hoover
Labor Department
Germany
Department
United States
Vast American Army Camps Rise in France for 100000 Troops
A New York Herald correspondent describes expansive recreation camps under construction in France to house and support up to 100000 American troops at once. German knowledge of preparations grows as camps expand with huts, trenches, electricity, and water systems, signaling US resolve in the war effort.
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New York Herald
France
Far West
America
Talking Dog Noah Delights Berkeley Household
In Berkeley California Noah a talking dog owned by Signor and Signora Antonio de Grassi answers with a clear mamma in English and French when asked whom he loves. He has a sister Salome who also talks and reveals hunger by saying Now . The family plans further training perhaps at UC psychologists and gives the dogs afternoon tea daily.
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Berkeley
Cal
Noah
Signor
Signora Antonio de Grassi
Dwight Way
Signor de Grassi
Salome
de Grassi
Defends the Marseillaise in preface remark
M. de Joanthe's new book argues the Marseillaise faced no family objections. The Duc de Montpensier notes his lineage sang the song at Jemappes and Louis Philippe later aided Rouget de Lisle and awarded him the Legion of Honor.
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M. de Joanthe
Duc de Montpensier
Duc d' Orleans
Duc de Chartres
Louis Philippe
Jemmappes
Rouget de Isle
Mas Prefitaincey '0 on French: Sod Ptuisedl
In a garbled AP dispatch a fragment mentions a French subject with unclear wording. The legible bits hint at a misrendered name and topic, but no coherent event, date, or identifiable figures emerge.
Hoover Passes On Large Cigar At Conference
Herbert Hoover declines a large dark cigar offered by Dr. H A Garfield at a food and fuel conference. Hoover jokes that it won’t do him any harm but prefers his own milder cigar, citing health and thrift concerns.
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Herbert C. Hoover
H. A. Garfield
Mr. Hoover
Ben. S. Ansen
The
Food Administration
Doctor Garfield
Austrian Regiment Surrenders to Roumanians in Russo-Roumanian Rout
An Austrian regiment largely made of Mohammedan Serbs from Bosnia surrendered and defected to the Roumanians during the Russo-Roumanian retreat, taking their arms with them under officers at the head.
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Bosnia
Hoarding of Coins Triggers Paris Protest
The scarcity of copper coins irritates Parisians as The Oeuvre protests to the finance ministry. A man seeks service at a post office substation and is sent through multiple windows for change, then told copper is unavailable. The piece condemns small traders and officials for hoarding copper and urges immediate minting of more small coins.
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Paris
Ministry of Finance
France
Germany
Switzerland
Boy With Charmed Life Survives Skating Accident
A six year old boy from York Pa, Arthur Hart, narrowly escaped injury when two wheels passed over his abdomen while roller skates carried him into a passing vehicle. This followed earlier scrapes including a trolley car collision on a western trip and a fall from a third story window. Passersby found him largely unharmed and a physician found no serious injury.
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Arthur Hartman
York
Wood For Shoe Soles Experimental Leather Shortage
The Dutch army plans 5000 pairs of shoes with wooden soles due to rising leather costs. Two thousand pairs are ready now. The soles will be used on new shoes and each pair will include an extra set to replace worn soles.
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Washington
Britain Buys 479 Million Pounds Wool in 15 Weeks
Col Willey the wool controller said Britain purchased 479000000 pounds of wool in the last 15 weeks, an increase of 19000000 pounds from the same period last year.
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Britain
Col
Willey
Safety Pins Urged for Troops by Mrs. E. Roscoe Matthews
New Yorker Mrs. E. Roscoe Matthews who recently returned from France reports soldiers’ needs near the front line trenches. She highlights safety pins and chewing grain, knit body scarfs, wind shields, and rubber coats as priorities, with safety pins described as crucial to fasten garments losing buttons during combat deployments.
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E. Roscoe Matthews
France
Slaughtermen Threaten Strike Over Wage Scale
New York city union of market men threatens a Wednesday night strike if four large meat packing firms refuse a conference and fail to adjust demands for an increased ware scale.
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New York
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Government Arsenal
Picatinny, N. J
Busse Soa
Mary Gerrity
Ruth Cruger
Mary
Bellevue Hospital
Bronx
Children’s Society
Marseillaise
R. C. MacAdams
M. P
MacAdams
Alberta
Canada
Charles
Simall
Usc Ile
DR Charles Flesh Food CO
Brooklyn, N
al. Pulverman
Opt
Ball
Market Street
Warren
Kopf
Henry
Grocers
L. C. Eddy
Pennsylvania Avenue
West General Law Business
D. G. Blackman
Justice of the Peace
Second St
Warren, Pa
BELL
Remingtons
Eempire Tyre Foundry
Buffalo
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