Peace talks set for St James's Palace amid Greek dispute
London reports that peace negotiations will be held at St James's Palace with Austria Germany and Russia favoring ambassadorial talks. King Nicholas refuses to cede Scutari and Greece stays out of the armistice to avoid aiding Turkish reinforcements. Albania forms a provisional government under Ismail Kemal.
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London
St. James’s Palace
Aus+ ‘trie
Sir Edward Grey
Austria
Germany
Russia
Nicholas
Montenegro
Athens
Daily Telegraph
Chataldja
Greece
Asia Minor
Constantinople
Austro- Hungary
Italy
Avlona
Ismail Kemal
Greeks capture Santa Guaranta and Adriatico taken to Corfu
Athens reports Greek forces seized Santa Guaranta and captured the Italian steamer Adriatico at Eyiona as it loaded Albanians. The Makedonia sails the Adriatico to Corfu. A surprise Albanian foray at Himara Pass, led by Major Spiromilio, was defeated by Greek volunteers.
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Athens
Santa Guaranta
Malkedonia
Eyiona
Makedonia
Corfu
Himara
Spiromilio
Symi Islanders Declare Union with Greece
Symi inhabitants proclaim union with Greece and vow to resist Italian aid to the Turks. One thousand armed residents, led by a former Cretan priest, stand ready for any outcome.
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Symi
Greece
Bulgarian Losses Reported 75,000 In Killed and Wounded
It is semi-officially stated that Bulgarian casualties total 75,000 killed and wounded. The figure reflects significant losses reported from Sofia on December 8.
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Sofia
Prizrend Incident Strains Austria Servia Ties
Vienna reports reveal demands for removal of General Janovich and the Servian corps officers after the insult to the Austrian flag in Prizrend. A Servian regiment would march by the Consulate and salute the flag, with King Peter to visit Belgrade Minister and apologise. Belgrade notes Austro-Serbian tension over the affair and Janovich’s anger at Prochaska’s lack of courtesy.
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London
The
Chronicle
Vienna
Prizrend
Janovich
Peter
Belgrade
M. Janovich
M. Prochaska
Siege of Adrianople repulsed after six hour night assault
Constantinople reports the general assault on Adrianople on the night of December was repulsed after a fierce six hour fight. The dispatch notes a heavy toll and ongoing military tension. Advertisements promote Baxter's Pills and an anti neuralgic compound-quinine for indigestion.
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Constantinople
Vali Oh
Adrianople
Baxter’s
Liberal opposition to Borden naval policy in parliament
Ottawa reports a Liberal caucus aiming to oppose Mr Borden's naval bill with an amendment in favor of a Canadian built navy or three dreadnoughts run by Canada to ease Britain's burden. French Canadian press largely objects to autonomy breach, with L Evenement supporting the policy.
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Oitawa
Borden
Canada
Ottawa
Quebec
L’evenement
Alovie
Message from Lord Roberts on Canadian offer
Lord Roberts sends congratulatory message to Canada’s Prime Minister Borden from Ottawa. He says Borden has earned the gratitude of England and the Empire for Canada’s wonderful offer.
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Ottawa
Borden
Empire
Lord Robiots
England
The
Canada
Imperial fleet plans and Dominion Dreadnoughts debated
The Times recalls Canada's House of Commons scene after Mr Borden's speech and the Sydney Assembly's Parkes bill. The Observer reports dominions building three to six Dreadnoughts to police the Pacific and imperial patrol aims. Britain targets seventy Dreadnoughts by 1920 with six launched yearly to 1918.
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London
The
Times
House of Commons
Borden
Sydney Assembly
Henry Parkes
Nation
Dorden
Imperial Defence Committee
Canada
Observer
Dominions
Pacific
Australia
Thither
New Zealand
South Africa
Britain
Home
Mediterranean
Views of American Journals on Imperial Federation
The World asks if Australia and New Zealand will accept subordinate roles for seats in the Imperial Council after paying millions. Canada’s proposal is a new form of imperial federation. India’s potential demand if Native princes fund dreadnoughts is explored. The New York Times backs Canada amid militarism. Western Canada presses trade relief. The Tribune envisions a six continent British Empire with defence, representation and free trade as a global force.
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New York
Australia
New Zealand
Imperial Council
India
New York Times
Canada
Tribune
Canada Defence Committee change mirrors growing ties
The Telegraph notes a Canadian minister joining the Defence Committee as a major step toward autonomous yet cooperative ties with Britain. It highlights a push for more frequent Australian ministerial visits to the committee to better reflect Australian views. Melbourne reports Mr Fisher declines to discuss Mr Borden’s offer for now.
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Defence Committee
Fisher
Telegraph
Canada
Britain
Melbourne
Borden
South Africa Debates Naval Policy and Dreadnought Role
General Botha says no need for nerves over naval questions and seeks the right course as public opinion decides whether to fund a Dreadnought, give support, or build a South African navy. Hertzog criticizes Smuts as imperialist while stressing South African interests amid Dreadnought talk.
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Capetown
Botha
South Africa
Cape Times
Canada
Argus
Hertzog
Raustenburg
Smuts
Maly
Attitude of Germany on naval burden debated
Berlin reports Verr Reventlow accuses Mir Asquith and May Churchill of insincerity in appealing to Germany to ease naval costs. He says Britain must substitute Canadian for British Dreadnoughts or Germany will raise the naval policy issue again.
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Berlin
Verr-Reventlow
Mir Asquith
May Churchill
Germany
Airship for Britain Ordered by British Admiralty
A Berlin correspondent reports the British Admiralty has ordered a Parseval airship at a cost of 25000 pounds. The vessel will be 300 feet long with a capacity of 950000 cubic feet and a top speed of 50 miles per hour. It will carry twenty passengers.
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London
Berlin
Disasters at Sea Reported as Easton Wreck and Fishing Fleet Losses
A Booth Line steamer Easton ran aground in a snowstorm off Duluth with fifty aboard. many feared dead as ten tugboats aided rescues. Boston passengers saved only with difficulty amid hazard. Lisbon reports a gale leaving the fishing fleet without food or water for five days. four men suicide jumps, boats with seventy two missing, bodies washing ashore.
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London
New York
Duluth
Minnesota
Booth Line
Easton
Boston
Lisbon
Missing bullion boxes found in Bremen dispatch
A Bremen message reports the missing bullion boxes from the gold consignation to Alexandria have been recovered and will reach London on Monday.
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London
Bremen
Alexandria
Taft Opposes Philippine Independence in Message
President Taft urges Congress to reject full independence for the Philippines and to maintain a policy of returning two battleships per year as part of ongoing overseas strategy.
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Taft
Congress
Philippines
Rain brings relief to drought stricken areas
A Capstown message reports good rains have fallen in drought stricken regions aiding relief efforts and easing water shortages.
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Capstown
Mutiny at Isle of Wight Preventative Detention Prison
Fifty inmates mutinied in the Isle of Wight preventative detention prison after one prisoner was sent to punishment cells. Warders and reinforcements suppressed the disturbance with the use of birching discipline for the ringleaders.
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Isle of Wielt
Admiral Bridgeman Resigns as First Sea Lord
Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman resigns as First Sea Lord due to ill health. Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg will succeed him in the naval leadership post.
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Francis’ ‘Bridgeman
Prince Louis of Battenburg
China declines to send troops to Mongolia
The Government in Saint Petersburg reports that China has decided not to send troops to Mongolia, announced December 7.
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Petersburg
China
Mongolia
Japanese Political Crisis Sees Cabinet Formation Push
In Tokio on December 7 the Council of Elder Statesmen under Prince Yamagate urged Viscount Teranehi be summoned to form a new cabinet, signaling a decisive shift in government during a period of political pressure.
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Tokio
Council of Elder Statesmen
Prince Yamagate
Viscount Teranehi
The Newquay Tragedy Update
The Express reports Delay's wife was formerly Mrs Edward Young now divorced on Delay's account. A reward is offered for Mrs Nowill's watch to show it stopped minutes after she left the hotel. The death time will influence Delay's £30,000 funeral bequest.
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London
Express
Delay
Edward Young
Young
Nowill
Increase of Trade in London Imports and Exports
London reports November shows imports rising by 6 601 059 pounds and exports rising by 3 371 996 pounds from the previous November, highlighting stronger trade activity.
Home Rule Bill Debate Clouds Torquay Rally
At a large Memorial Hall gathering Irish Liberal Nonconformists favored Home Rule with speakers Canon Lilley Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Bernard Shaw. A crowd in helmets with dummy rifles roared down Sir Edward Carson as he spoke from the Conservative Club balcony in Torquay.
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London
Memorial Hall
Canon Lilley
A. Conan Doyle
Mr Bernard Shaw
Sir Edward Carson
Torquay
Railwaymen Strike Hits North Eastern Line
A thousand North Eastern railway workers strike after a driver is dismissed for drunkenness. Meetings call for reinstatement of Knox, vows to resist interference with workers private lives. Three thousand men on strike, service cut by half, several collieries threatened with stoppage.
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London
North- Eastern Railway
Knox
Forgers Trial Ends as Brown Bryne Watts Wallace Are Sentenced
Duncan Brown and William Bryne receive prison terms of ten and seven years respectively after a trial on forgery and coinage charges. John Watts gets three years while George Wallace is acquitted of forgery but to be retried for coinage. Inspector Gough notes Bryne as an Australian runner and outlines a confidence trick with jewels and large sums. Counterfeit coins were found at Brown’s flat.
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London
Duncan Brown
William Bryne
John Watts
George Wallace
Coin Inc
Brown
Bryne
Watts
Wallace
Gough
Continent
Anarchist Murder in Paris Shocks Nation
In Paris on December 7 Lacombe tortured and murdered Ducret after taunting them through a night of terror. He forced the couple to bed and sang while plotting deaths including the child. A coin toss decided the fate. six a.m. fusillade ended with Ducret shot. Lacombe fled. no capture reported.
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Paris
Lacombe
Ducret
Ducrats
Duerets
Dueret
Suffragette Melee Disrupts Dalston Home Rule Meeting
At a Dalston Theatre demonstration suffragettes disrupted speaker Mr Redmond with constant interruptions and protracted cheers. Free fights erupted as male supporters clashed with activists and a clergyman was thrown out in protest of steward treatment. Four suffragettes in Aberdeen began hunger strikes and damaged prison windows, later released for lack of forced feeding facilities.
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London
Fleet Street
Dalston Theatre
Redmond
Aberdeen
A New Zealander's Ex Experience in Militant Suffragette Debate
Miss F. E. Kershaw describes encounters with suffragists in Edinburgh and London during her England tour. She notes New Zealand women owe their privileges to votes and recounts a mouth to mouth exchange with two militant suffragettes who challenged her stance.
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England
F. E. Kershaw
Sydney
Dome
Tanean
Edinburgh
New Zealand
London
New
Luxury and Poverty Highlight London From Bishop Julius Address
Bishop Julius told the Commonwealth Club luncheon that London shows vast building expansion yet unchanged hard times for the poor. He warned luxury among Americans contrasts with intensified misery and predicted rising military interference in industrial strikes. Great firms were squeezing small tradesmen.
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Adelaide
Commonwealth Club
Julius
Britain
London
Indian Offer By Thakur Shrivassrasinghe Contested
In an interview Thakur Sahib Shrivassrasinghe of Seesodia says Indian proposals were exaggerated. He claims the plan envisaged two battleships costing four millions to be funded by the princes alone. The motive was that Indian defense participation would improve Indian interests in colonies.
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London
Thakur Sahib Shrivassrasinghe
Seesodia
India
Antivivisectionists Protest Carrel Nobel Prize
The Scandinavian Antivivisection Society protests Professor Carrel receiving the Nobel medical prize in Copenhagen in December. The group accuses him of cruelty as a vivisectionist.
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Copenhagen
Scandinavian Antivivisection Society
Carrel
Butler Alabama Lynching After Confession
A Black man named Curtis confessed to killing a planter and was jailed. A mob stormed the gaol and hanged Curtis at the scene. At Virginia the Governors convention repudiated Governor L Blease who urged vigilante punishment for alleged assaults on women. Blease defied the convention and threats. Governors pledged to stamp out mob violence.
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New York
Butler
Alabama
Curtis
Virginia
L. Blease
South Carolina
Blease
Bank Manager Arrested for Forgery and Embezzlement
Helsingsfors reports Idman, manager of Foerening's Bank, arrested on forgery and embezzlement charges. The bank suffered losses of 200,000 plus frauds in private accounts.
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Helsingsfors
Idman
Foerening’s
Landmark Offer Marking Imperial Constitution Development
The Herald comments that Mr Borden's proposal, in any view, must be celebrated as a conspicuous milestone in imperial history and a major stride toward an imperial constitution formation.
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Sydney
The
Herald
Borden
Triple Alliance Renews for Twelve Years
Paris dispatch reports both French and Austrian papers express satisfaction at the renewal of the Triple Alliance for a twelve year term. The accord solidifies cooperation among France Austria and their allied partners.
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Paris
Murder of a Missionary in Lisbon Case
Lisbon reports that Taveira, who killed missionary Mr. Douglas in 1011, has been sentenced to a year of military imprisonment.
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Lisbon
Taveira
Douglas
Overhauling the Cables Reported by Patrol
Patrol returns from overhaul of New Zealand cables with findings on lines and equipment. Officials say assessment updates support continued repairs and safety measures.
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Sydney
New Zealand
Warer’s Rust-Proof Corsets at Low Prices Across Stores
Government cheap advertising fragment mentions Warner's rust proof corsets offered in large sizes. It notes low prices and guaranteed quality. Limited readable details imply a general sales pitch for corsets distributed to chemists and stores.
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Baster
Warner’s
Warners
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy credited for recovery
Mr A M Buckley of River Street Bulimba Brisbane writes that his son Frank, with a weak chest and croup troubles, would not be alive today without Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He is now strong and healthy and the remedy is sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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Frank
Chamberlain
A. M. Buckley
River Street
Bulimba
Brisbane
Mystery of Easter Island Solved by British Team
Easter Island in the South Pacific remains famed for colossal statues and ruined houses. English sportsman W Scoresby Routledge sails to the island by motor yacht with a geologist and a British Museum archaeologist to pursue fresh clues.
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Easter Island
South Pacific Ocean
Petermanus Mitteilungen
W. Scoresby Routledge
British Museum
LARRIKINISM POLICE ASSAULTED AND TRIED
James Lindsay appeared before Messrs White and Hundle on four charges including being drunk and disorderly assaulting Constable Turner and resisting police. He pleaded not guilty on the first charge and guilty on the second and third under provocation for the fourth. The bench fined him and his associates for the night’s disturbances with varying penalties.
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James Lindsay
W W. White
W. Hundle
Turner
Emerson
Hast Street
Tancred Street
Kia Orn
East Street
Somerset Hotel
Constable Turner
Young
Lindsay
Winerson
Jie
John Hickey
Timaru Strike Ends As Workers Return Under Federation Order
In Timaru on December 9 mass meetings and a conference led to an announcement that workers would resume by Federation order. Water side workers remain dissatisfied while the steamer Karamea was brought in to load.
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Temaru
Federation
Karamea
American actor Lester Lawrence and his many marriages
A Chicago based star Lester Lawrence is described as a reckless wooer with eleven marriages and eight years of bachelorhood. The piece notes the mix of wives, some divorced him, and mentions his ability to recall many Christian names while recent matrimony lands are recorded.
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Jove
Lester Lawrence
Lawrence
No.ll
Chicago
Mattiitces
Nene
United States
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Newquay
Sir B. Carson
Fgorgers
Dr. Bridgewater
Per Presa Association—Copyright
Per -Presa Association
MR Fisher
Triple Alliance
Ashburton
Timaru
Pet Press Association
Internationa Prietors
Womon
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