French woman linked to Welland Canal plot arrest shocks U S
Alfred A Fritzen a German naval officer in the United States faces arrest after a six month DOJ search. Investigations tie him to plans to destroy property in New York and the Welland Canal. Frail connections to German officials and recent activity in Mexico are being probed.
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Mexico
Los Angeles
Cal
Alfred Fritzen
Teutons
Fritzen
Department of Justice
Madaline Bengoyne
France
Ivitgen
Miss Bengoyne
Blanford
Fritsen
Welland Canal
New York
California
A B Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Rapp
San Francisco
Boy-Ed
von Papen
United States
Cuba
Hatt
Writzen
Franks Hart
Piper
San Diego
America
Mr Hart
The
Mart For Waste Company
Haban
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
New Ileans
Alfred A Fritzen
Federal Grand Jury
Hans Taucher
Franz von Papen Wolf von Tgel
Constantine Corain
Indictments in Hoboken Bomb Case Name Three Men
Hudson county grand jury returned indictments today against Hans Schwartz and Fritz Kolb and a third unnamed man charging possession of high explosives. The case centers on an alleged bomb import and storage plot traced to Hoboken.
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Hoboken
Hudson County Grand Jury
Hans Schwartz
Fritz Kolb
Local Obituaries and Funeral Notices Roundup
Army retiree Brig Gen Theodore Frelinghuysen Forbes dies at 67 with Arlington interment planned. Notices list Gleeson, Gleeson residence, and multiple DC area funerals with private services and cemetery arrangements. Names include Mary Hollohan, Elizabeth Gaunt Pulliam, Joshua T Smith, Horatio Taplin, Cord a Whitham, Alvira Young, and others with addresses in Washington DC area.
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Wrahington’ University Hospital
Preestry
Marie
Fifth Street
Northwast
Gundey
Glemwood Cemetery
Tonie Elerbrook
Thomas
George Elerbrock
James Elerbrook
Forbes
Theodore Frelinghousen
Marlborese
Arlington National Cemetery
Leeson
Harvard Street
Mra Alich Knight
J K.P Gleeson
Gorman
Edward
Catherine Gorman
Greer
Wellestley
Maryland Avenue
Tcliaa
Washington DC
Congressional Cemetery
Hollohan
Mary
John Hollohan
Airoi West
St. Aloysius Church
Pulliam
Elizabeth Inee Gaunt
Robin G
Beverly R. and
Huens
Iunen
Quebec Sfdl
Smith
Fourth Street
Joshua T Smith
Mary E Smith
Taplin
Hia
Champlain
I Street
Horatio WN
Lillie T Taplin
Jolitffa
Montpelier
St Whitham
Corda
Lewis H Them
Willem H. Scott
Eighth Street
Reedssille
Ohio
Alvira Lottridge
Lillian Young
Mies Dimen
Kellar
Arabs Unite to Aid British Advance Toward Bagdad
British push in Mesopotamia gains speed aided by Arab defections from Turkish rule. Emirs Anzeh and Shamr unite tribes near Aleppo, arming and drilling men to join the fight. Prominent sheikhs, including Khazal Khan, pledge cooperation as British operations near Bagdad proceed.
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New York
Turkey
Tigris
al-Bil- Amara
Townshend
Kut
Bagdad Thia
Irak
Srand Sherif
Mecca
al Rawleh
Damascus
Hakim Ibn Mahid Hakim
Anzeh
Aleppo
Mesopotamia
Syria
Egypt
Euphrates
Sheik Khazal Khan
Sherif Suleiman I
Hejaz
Kuselt
Sheik Jabir Ibn Mabsrak el Subah
London
Authorities pledge secrecy in probe of munitions explosions
Indicted trio linked to Black Tom Island and Kingsland plant explosions. Schwartz and Kolb arrested on a technical charge and are said to have provided critical information to authorities, while the identity of a third man remains undisclosed, with a Monday plea anticipated.
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Schwartz and Kolb
Black Tom Island
Kingsland
Canadian Car and Foundry Company
German Seamen Convicted In Liebenfels Case
Florence officials report a U S district court jury found German sailors of the Liebenfels guilty of sinking the freighter in a navigable Charleston harbor, while one count of conspiracy was upheld as acquitted. Captain Kilattenhoff, the Liebenfels master, faced a separate trial. Most convicts were German with one Danish engineer. defense claimed they merely followed orders. A motion for a new trial was denied and sentencing set for tomorrow.
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Florence
Liebenfels
Charleston Harbor
United States District Court
Johann R Kilattenhoff
Charleston
Jonas Jansen
French Increase Champagne Gains in World War I
Paris reports French detachments pierced enemy trenches near Crapeaumesnil south of Roye and near Auberive. At Maisons de Champagne German assaults repelled by barrage fire and machine guns. France says 170 prisoners taken in the region, including 4 officers, with successful attacks on Butte du Mesnil to Maisons de Champagne. Berlin notes French attacks along Ripont Heights and Hill 204 repulsed, counterattacks reclaim trenches.
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Paris
Crapeaumesnil
Roye
Auberive
Maisons de Champagne
Butte du Mesnil
Butte du Meanil
Maisons Ds Chempagne
Berlin
Sayville
Wea
Champagne
Peattionsa
Ripont
Maisona de Champagne
Meuse
Verdun
Mystery German Raider Sighted in New York Sea Lane
Capt D M Nicoll of the Suruga reported sighting a suspicious gray cargo vessel with two masts and a stern gun in the New York to Mediterranean route near the Azores on February 20. The ship circled Suruga, altered course, and offered no identity.
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New York
Wessel
Mediterranean
D. M. Nicoll
Havre
Azores
Nicol
Nicoll
Memphis
Cotton
Scilly Islands
City of Memphis
United States
Germany
British ship searched for German letters on voyage to New York
The British admiralty ordered the steamship Vauban to stop at Bermuda where women government agents boarded and searched Mrs J W Zink an American passenger. She reportedly surrendered a packet of papers amid protests. Zink’s relatives later said the confiscated letters were from German friends intended to mail to Germany.
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New York
Vauban
Bermuda
J. W. Zink
Zink
South America
Capt. Cadogan
Hdlmound
J. Zink
New Air Squadron to Be Formed at Essington
The War Department will take over the Philadelphia School of Aviation at Essington near the Philadelphia navy yard to organize an air squadron. Gen George C Squier confirmed the plan by telegram relayed to Robert Glendinning president of the school who approved. The site covers 18 acres with two hangars and capacity for twelve airplanes plus room for expansion.
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Philadelphia
War Department
Washington
Philadelphia School of Aviation
Essington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
George C. Squier
Robert Glendinning
Glendinning
Bulgars Seek Separate Peace If War Prolongs
Rome based Daily Telegraph correspondent reports Bulgaria told Germany she cannot continue the war much longer and will seek a separate peace unless hostilities end this summer Premier Radoslavoff made the statement to Bulgarian deputies during a parliamentary session and was cited by the telegram service via Washington.
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London
Bulgaria
Germany
Rome
Daily Telegraph
Radoslavoff
Brazil hunts for secret wireless German stations on Appam
Rio de Janeiro reports German wireless stations suspected along the coast to track merchant ships. British naval actions near Fernando de Noronha prompt denial of Amethyst sinking. Appam seizure reveals hidden wireless gear used by a private team, with dynamos and a steam setup aiding transmission.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Fernando de Norohna
Amethyst
Glasgow
Brasilian
Foil German Radio Plot Uncovered In Panama City
Colombian officials thwarted a plan to smuggle German wireless radio parts into Panama City hidden in cracker boxes and Dilapo cases. Details about the port of entry and other plot specifics were kept secret. Berlin reports a German war loan subscription of ten million marks by Continental Can Company of Hanover.
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Germany
United States
Dr. Zimmermann
Count von Bernstorff
von Eckhardt
Mexico City
Mexico
Japan
New Mexico
Texas
Arizona
San Antonio
ARY Digest
Panama City
Panama
Berlin
Sayville
Overseas
Oficial
German News Bureau
Continental
Caouthous & Guttapercha Co
Hanover
Armed ship barred out at Rotterdam harbor
The British merchant steamer Princess Melita was refused entry to Rotterdam harbor because she was armed. She departed that evening and returned the next day after dumping her gun and mounting. For the week Feb 25 to Mar 3 Rotterdam saw seven arrivals versus 67 a year earlier and 197 in 1914, while Amsterdam had five arrivals versus 26 last year.
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Berlin
Bayville
Princess Melita Wag
Rotterdam
Overseas
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
The
Handelsblad
Amsterdam
Lane Open for Dutch Ships
The Dutch government received a German notice promising absolute safety for ships passing the North Sea channel west of Denmark from March 15, enabling trans Atlantic traffic to proceed through a key wartime route near The Hague via London.
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Hague
London
Germany
North Sea
Denmark
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