Fled Canada in Trunk Like Slaves Used in War
Herman Wenz of Montreal tells how he escaped German persecution via a makeshift underground railroad from Canada to the United States. He paid a French Canadian $20 to place him in a trunk, shipped across the river to Buffalo, and was freed three hours later. Wenz says a regular system existed to smuggle Germans out of Canada and notes it parallels Civil War era routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wenz
Montreal
Washington Post
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Canada
Buffalo
Svades
Magara Falla
Wenz
London View Of Note On Neutral Rights In War
The editorial panels discuss Britain’s war policy, arguing the need for blockade rights while questioning whether British naval actions exceed necessity. It cites civil war precedents, notes American neutrality, and contrasts UK and US approaches to enforcing sea power against Germany and its allies.
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Great Britain
Morning Post
England
United States
Confederacy
Potomac
Mexican
North Sea
Baltic
Mediterranean
Germany
The
Daily Chronicle
America
Austria-Hungary
the Chronicle
Japan
Paris
Seattle
Port Arthur
Periol
Europe
Eighteenth
Kamio
Bannardiston
Wales
BAIN AIDS CITY White Wings Clean Downtown Snow
Remnants of Thursday's snow were cleared by white wings and snow shovels in downtown streets and residential cross walks. Street cleaners relied on rain to thaw the frozen covering and did not haul snow away to save costs.
Lewis files bankruptcy petition for Hotel Powhatan former manager
Clifford M. Lewis, former Powhatan manager, petitions District Supreme Court for bankruptcy. He lists assets and liabilities at 55,244.75 and property value 4.80, with deposits in banks and secured claims from Moore & Hill, George Fuller Company, and four banks plus individuals including John Wanamaker. The Cawien Hotel Company previously ran the Powhatan and had receivership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford M. Lewis
Hotel Powhatan
District Supreme Court
J. H. Hilbrey
Banka
Moore & Hill
George Fuller Company
New York City
Washington Southern Bank
Commercial National Bank
United States Trust Company
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Cawien Hotel Company
Powhatan
Japan's Platonic War With Germany
A detailed account of Japan's restrained, methodical Shantung campaign against Germany, its diplomatic conduct, treatment of German residents, and broader implications for Asia Pacific power dynamics, including relations with Britain, the United States, and China. It praises Japan's chivalrous conduct and contrasts it with European warfare, noting economic and strategic aims, capture of Tsingtao, and plans to return it to China.
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Apan
Japan
Count Okuma
Europe
Hobson
Peking
Tokyo
America
United States
Tsingtau
Tsingtaw
Cuba
China
Tsingtao
Shelfire
President hopes shooting at Canadian border not exaggerated
A President expresses distress over the Niagara River shooting of two American hunters by Canadian soldiers near Fort Erie. He has not received a full report and hopes initial accounts are overstated. The State Department has instructed the Fort Erie vice consul to seize the killed man’s body and aid the wounded hunter, with further action expected after coroner’s reports.
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Australia
America
Iren
China
Japan
Pacific
Europe
Marshall Islands
Httis
Jaluit
Yokosuka
Yeddo Bay
Yokohama
Chama
Hatoba
Niagara River
Fort Erie
Camlera
Secretary of State
State Department
Cecil Springs Rice
Buffalo
Charles Dorsch
Smith
Epworth League Seeks Christian New Year Celebration
Chicago churches plan a New Year counter to taverns by offering milk cake ice cream and lemonade with entertainment. The Epworth League urges Christian decency to curb liquor and late-night revelry, aiming for a city-wide response led by A J ONendorf.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Churches of
Epworth League
Cairo
Christian Endeavorers
all-Chicago
J. K. Horsley
Committee On Civic Righteousness
A. J. Onendorf
All- Chicago Committee
Widening Fourteenth Street to Link Line With Bureau
The Secretary of the Treasury sent a district appropriation estimate of 7000 to the Senate for widening Fourteenth Street between F Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to 70 feet. The upgrade supports extending the streetcar line to connect with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with tracks repaved in asphalt by the street railway. Senate amendments to the district bill include 130000 for a municipal lodging house lake project, and 9000 for twelve small cars for police traffic control, plus an anti discrimination clause for school funding.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Fourteenth Street
F Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Street Railway Company
Lodge
Lee
Maurice F. Lyons
William F. McCombs
Polis Theater
Powell School
Public hear on extension of minor street through square 4288
District commissioners will hold a public hearing Tuesday January 6 at 10 am on extending a minor street through square 4288 linking Twenty-fourth and Hamlin streets northeast. Petitions for and against the extension are on file at the District building.
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Twenty-fourth
Hamlin Streets
Signal Corps praised by War official at DC Christmas event
Assistant Secretary of War Henry S. Breckinridge lauds the signal corps work in the national guard and U S army during a District National Guard Christmas party at the new First Street NW armory. The event featured a screen show of Vera Cruz scenes and gifts for children from Santa Claus. Attendees included several military officers and their spouses.
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Eas
San
Tokyo
Tsingtau
Shantune
Japan
Kurume
Eighteenth
Kamio
Red Cross Society
Lord Abbott
Bairing Temple
Military Hospital
Hague
Signal Corps
National Guard
United States Army
Henry 3. Breckinridge
District National Guard Signal Corps
E Street Northwest
Arlington
Breckinridge
Signal Corp
Vera Cruz
Santa Claus
Cornt
Herbert A. Cady
Fulgar Russell
Aan L Parmerter
Adjutant General
District of Columbia
William M. Fausett
D. C Terry
NK. G. Dc
Loula Vogt
George N. Landis
R. N. MacLennan
Edgar Russell
O C Terry
Louis C. Vort
Naval Battalion
Joseph A. Demps
Frank Sigourney
Wilbur Lock- Janda
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the Express
Nettrals
Lancashire
Spain
Washington
France
Bain Aids
White Wings
Lewis
Nippon
Eliza Rahama Scidmore
Kiuhiu
T. Miyaoka
Nantatsan
Tokyo Palace
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
Siberia
Berlin
Russia
Far East
Chefu
Deutsche Bank
Rex
Nagatocho
Minnesota
Seatoat
Hamburg’s
Breman
Home Affaira
Celors
Jana
Geerman
Britona
Gerard
Zurich
Austria
Commodore Perry
Tsing‘tau
South Sea
South American
Suez
Lalachou Bay
Shantung Province
Shantung
Kiguchau Bay
Tsinanfu
Tientsin-Pukow
Yangtze
Meyer Walkieck
Oll Deas
Hankow
Shanghai
Maj
Derkenman
Yuan Shi Kal
Taingtau
M. Pichon
Shiba
Nogi
Mukden
Manchuria
Taing
Grand Hotel
Honolulu
Geler
Tsushima
Mise Scidmore
East
Hasamy
Epworth League Crusade
Rans
City News
Woodward
Secretary of Agriculture
Archibald H Grimke
Kelly Miller
J. J Miller
Portsmouth
Matthew Anderson
Philadel Ita
L. Z. Johnson
Baltimore
Arthur W. Craig
John W. Cromwell
F. J. Grimke
Washington Wellesley Club
Samuel Herrick
Macomb Street
Wellesley
T Here
McKinley Manual Training School
Alumni Association
Real Estate and Trust
Eldridge v. Jordan
Belgian Relief Committee
Eta
Raugher’s
Arcade
Board of Education
Henry P. Blair
Franklin
Association of Oldest
Tinton Engine House
Nineteenth
H Streets
American Negro Academy
Signal
Standard Oil Con
New Jersey
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