Draft notices ready for Vienna by Monday
A completed draft note is prepared and will be sent to Vienna by Monday. The expected dispatch date is stated and details are to follow once finalized.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1915
Page
1
A completed draft note is prepared and will be sent to Vienna by Monday. The expected dispatch date is stated and details are to follow once finalized.
President Wilson completed the first draft of a new note to Austria Hungary reiterating American demands after the sinking of the steamship Ancona. The draft, sent to Secretary Lansing, urges indemnity and punishment of the submarine responsible, and asserts United States legal positions regarding international law. The note will be presented to Vienna and kept concise, with no extended discussion of details.
A close relative reported a possible imprompt ceremony at the bride’s home in Hot Springs Virginia after a wedding at a local venue. The couple planned a simple observance with immediate family.
President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt were married at the White House in a simple private ceremony. The couple departed for a honeymoon at Hot Springs Virginia after the wedding, traveling by private car and special train with police and crowd controls in place. The ceremony had no attendants or music and reflected a home wedding style, with guests limited to close family.
A draft note to Austria is discussed in Today’s Standard, with mentions of Mrs Wilson and state of affairs. The piece references a possible truce and notes on political posture amid ongoing international tension.
New York reports the arrest of Paul Koenig, head of a Hamburg American detective force, and Richard Leyendecker on charges of conspiring to blow up munition plants and the Welland canal. Federal officials say a country wide plot involves 27 Koenig agents in New York and perhaps 300 to 400 nationwide, with Metzler promising to testify and Metsler and Scheindl held as key figures. The case includes bank document larceny suspicions at National City Bank and moves toward a special grand jury next week.
Berlin reports Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg met with James W. Gerard the American ambassador for an extended talk on German American relations. No subjects disclosed but the Ancona incident looms as a possible topic and references to the note's text suggest miscommunication affected diplomacy.
The Panama Canal, closed since September 18 due to the worst slide in its history, will reopen to vessels drawing less than 20 feet tomorrow. Ten ships will pass, three from the Atlantic end and seven from the Pacific end, restoring limited traffic.
A long missing letter mailed in Neogath on Nov 6, 1860 to Rev Sammuel Ward of Zanesville Ohio was finally received in Los Angeles. The 1860 postmark from Eoga shows the journey spanned five decades before reaching Professor Ward of Overla Gental college, sharing with the sender’s son H C Ward.
London dispatch notes heavy wardrobe planning for Mrs Wilson including gowns in black velvet sapphire blue and white satin. The wardrobe, said to cost thousands, features tailored suits velvet dresses and evening gowns with furs and intricate embroidery for state occasions and a honeymoon trip.
Tucson Arizona December 18 Judge Sawtelle directed Western Federation of Miners officials to appear December 24 to show cause why an injunction should not restrain them from interfering with assessment work on 130 claims of Detroit Copper company in the Clifton mining district Arizona.
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