Spy Stole Navy Code Sent Up For Manslaughter
William Neusman, a German spy and son of a count, was sentenced by Judge Wadhams at Sing Sing to not less than eight years and four months for the murder of Mrs. Caroline Clarks. He admitted taking navy code books, charts, and fortification drawings from the Apache deserter and expressed devotion to the Fatherland while warning of German agents guiding him.
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New York
William Neusman
Sing Sing
Wadhams
Neusman
Caroline Clarks
West 128Th Street
Minton
Navy
Unite States Navy
West Lighty
Herbert Bauer
Walter Berry
Neusmans
George Clayton Alexander
Coast Guard
Lieut. Alexander
United States Secret Service
Multiple Obituary Notices From February 1917
DIED entries list several individuals including ALER, ALLEN, DOYLE, TIMOTHY A., JOYCE, PERRY, ROBBINS, YEAKLE and PANNIE Bowview with dates February 15 1917 to February 16 1817, last residences in Washington DC area and private or church funerals. Interment locations include Rock Creek Cemetery and Immaculate Conception Church with service times and addresses. Relatives and friends invited to attend. services held at local churches and private residences.
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Aler
Samuel Alter
Terral Treates
Doyle Tin
Girt Caspial
Timothy A
Patek Doyle
Faltavull
Ion Oan
Demin
Joyce
Thurasay
Tost
Buebrad
Catharine
Imimarulate Conception
Sobriare If
Frederiik Md
Britain Declares Danger Zone In North Sea To Block U Boats
Britain’s foreign office notes a new danger zone in the North Sea from 4 points near Jutland curving toward Holland. From Feb 7 1917 the area will be deemed dangerous to all shipping due to German mines and submarines. Curhaven Bremmerhaven and Emden bases are cut off. a safe corridor remains for coastal traffic, with mines and patrols emphasized.
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Britain
North Sea
Great Britain
State Department
British
Foreign Office
Jutland
Holland
Germany
His
Cosal
Curhaven
Elbe
Bremerhaven
Bremen
Emden
Kaiser’s Navy
Turks Receive German Loan and War Resolve
London reports Germany loans Turkey 42.5 million Turkish pounds with 79 million lent since the war began. A Turkish senate bill authorizes loan acceptance and 32 million pounds in bank notes to be backed by gold. Talaat Bey vows to defend Constantinople and the Straits as the chamber backs the cabinet with unanimous confidence.
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London
Germany
Turkey
Reuter
Amsterdam
Constantinople
David Hey
Austria-Hungary
David Bey
Fea
theStok Snet
Talaat Bey
Asia Minor
Dardanelles
Philadelphia Liner Sets Sail From Liverpool Amid Submarine War
The American steamer Philadelphia, the first U S liner to depart Europe since Germanys submarine warfare pledge, left Liverpool with 227 aboard including 38 Americans. Among notable would be travelers Frank Simonds Winfield Sheehan and Dr Henry Van Dyke, who postponed or canceled. The ship carried dispatches from London and a cargo of express freight while unarmed, as passengers watched from the decks hopeful they would avoid attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Philadelphia
Europe
Germany
Frank Simonds
Winfield R. Sheehan
Henry van Dyke
United States
Holland
London
State Department
Washington
New York
American Line
Offers Factory Aid for War to U S Navy
O De G Vanderbilt Jr president of the Welr Frog Company of Cincinnati with Raymond H Pils on Southern agent told Assistant Secretary Roosevelt he offers the plant’s full resources and manufacturing output to equip freight terminals and rail supply facilities. He also offered to undertake any government work suited to the plant’s capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. de G. Vanderbilt, Jr
Welr Frog Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Raymond H. Pilson
Roosevelt
Vendersbilt
Frederik VII in Halifax Harbor with Bernstorff party
The liner Frederik VII from New York carrying Count von Bernstorff and German consular officials anchored in Halifax harbor at night. British naval escort and patrol boats surrounded the ship as authorities arranged guard duties and customs oversight for the return voyage.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Frederik VII
New York
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Halifax Harbor
Great Britain
Frederik VIII
Navy warns of steel net guard at Hampton Roads
Norfolk Va Feb 16 Half of the steel anti submarine net guarding the entrance to Hampton Roads has been placed. Rear Admiral McLean commander of the Fifth Naval District warns ship masters to signal the destroyer and naval tug and await orders before approaching the buoy line. Night searchlights will illuminate the buoys to warn ships.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
McLean
Fifth Naval District
Fae
Nation Offered Huge Brass Mill As Munitions Plant
William A Morgan of Buffalo proposes gifting the United States the largest copper and brass rolling mill to serve as a munition factory. The plant produces over 30 million pounds of brass monthly, employs 3,000 workers, and has supplied Canada and France with shell disc material. Morgan met with War and Navy officials in Washington, praising U S defense preparations.
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United States
War and Navy Departments
William A. Morgan
Buffalo
N.Y
France
Morgan
Washington
Baker
The
News
Americans aboard Tuscania sail to Glasgow during war zone run
The Anchor Line Tuscania sails from New York to Glasgow with 14 cabin passengers including four Americans. Other arrivals include the Stockholm bound for Gothenburg with four American travelers. The Algonquin, recently registry switched to US, may depart for London soon under Capt. Norberg.
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New York
Glasgow
California
Ireland
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Halifax
Algonquin
American Star Steamship Company
United States
London
A. Norberg
Deutschland Captured in Plymouth Harbor Report
William Palmer, second engineer of the Mongolia, claimed the merchant submarine Deutschland was captured and seen in Plymouth harbor with 186 other German submarines. He said 400 enemy subs were captured and chained together in a net of chains near buoys and wharves. Palmer noted Capt Koenig and crew were in English sails and jailed upon port arrival.
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Baltimore
Plymouth
William Palmer
Mongolia
Palmer
Koenig
New York
Chesapeake Steamship Company
Freighter Fights U Boat Near Brest
Officers of the French freight steamship Honduras report a December 7 battle with a German submarine 20 miles from Brest. The sub surfaced and opened fire, but the Honduras returned fire with a six inch gun. Thirty shells were fired. the damage to the Honduras was not serious and the U-boat appeared hit before pulling away.
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New York
Bordeaux
Brest
Honduras
New Orleans
France
Sweden Seizes Grain in Food Supply Regulating Decrees
Stockholm reports government measures to regulate food supply including expropriation of barley and oats products, ban on potato fodder, and peeling potatoes before cooking. Wheat and rye stocks were seized last December, now covering breadstuff except cornmeal and corn. Daily bread ration likely cut by 60 grammes.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Missing New York girl Ruth Cruger last seen after skate repair
Ruth Cruger a 17 year old schoolgirl vanished from her home Tuesday in New York. One hundred Wadleigh High School girls joined police in a wide search spreading to towns and cities across the United States. Police say evidence suggests elopement while family fears kidnapping. She was seen with a young man in a taxicab after leaving home to retrieve skates.
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New York
Wadleigh High School
Ruth Cruger
United States
St. Louis
Atlanta
Miss Cruger
Railways Back Nation Forms Defense Committees Near Army HQ
New York Feb 16 Railroads inform President Wilson their resources are at the government’s disposal in case of war. A special committee of 16 road officials will work with Army commanders and the national council for defense, with Fairfax Harrison continuing as chairman. Geographically divided subcommittees will oversee transportation and supply, with headquarters near army depots in each region.
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National Defense
Council For Defense
New York
United States
Wilson
United States Army
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
White House
American Railway Association
National Council For Defense
Daniel O. Willard
Baltimore and Ohio
Transportation and Communication
Fairfax Harrison
War Department
The
Southern Railway
Atterbury
Railway Association
Willam Sproule
Southern Pacific Company
E. P. Ripley
Atchison, Topeka and
Sarita Fe
J. D. Farrell
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Washington
Counce
Senate panel backs extended war risk insurance powers
The Senate finance committee recommended House bill passage extending the war risk insurance bureau to September 1, 1918. It would raise annual appropriations from 5 to 15 million dollars and allow profits to remain in the war risk fund rather than returning to the Treasury, with profits to date about 2.6 million dollars. The move aims to bolster the bureau to cover growing risks from unrestricted German submarine warfare.
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Senate Finance Committee
House
Ufe
Wet Risk Insurance Bureau
Treasury
Bureau
English War Loan Proving a Success
London reports a great success for the war loan with hints that subscriptions may reach five billion dollars. Arthur Neville Chamberlain predicts the result will be a bitter pill for Germany while Britain rallies on the final day of subscriptions. Bank of England staff work round the clock to tally new money and conversions.
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London
Nation
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
National Services
Bristol
Germany
Great Britain
Bank of England
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Weisribe
Hoerkenstein
Af Linden
Sadlheusen
jeNustien
Wadham
Bell-Ans
Perry O
Cane
Italy
Satom
Katherine Woeor Perry
Lowa and
Wash- Bean
Frank Geier’s Sons & CO
Anid Seventh ST
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
George P. Zarhorst
WM. H. Sardo & CO
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Almas R. Speare Willis B. Spenare
Joseph Stawlers Tins
S. Sergeon
J. H. Small & Sons
15Th
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Washington, Waldorf-Astoria
Madison
Blackistone
Sidth & H Sts
RWSE
R. Harris & CO
Tokalon Co., Inc
Bernstorff
Allen
Tuscania
England
A. A. Raven
Wales
Virginia
Naples
Havre
Canopic
Hull
Jale
Lewis
Hainaut
Calais
Republica Argentina
Leopold Ti
Rotterdam
Algiers
Lnsbon
Peéendred
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Falmouth
Rachel W. Stevens
Lisbon
Sarpfos
Chester
Copenhagen
Ricardo A. Mestres
Dartmouth
Maine
South Point
Wyncote
Doonholm
Toulon
British Harbor
Uruge
Department of the Host
Governor's Island
Central
Chicago
Southern
San Antonio
Western
San Francisco
Hastis L. F. Loree
Delaware and Hudson
W. G. Besler
Central Railroad
New Jersey
A. W. Thompson
A. H. Smith
New York Central
J. H. Hustis
Boston
W. J. Harahan
Seaboard Air Line
Aishton
Central Territory
Senate
Federal Bureau
Dew York
Cagany
Paris
America
Chicago Tribune
Wall Street Journal
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Japan
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Literary Digest
Globe
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Infidel Missions
Jay
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