US Note Based on Austria Reply on Ancona Sinking
Washington reports the note to Austria Hungary hinges on admissions by the Austrian admiralty that the Ancona was torpedoed after many passengers were not yet saved. The US seeks reparations for lost American lives and insists all passengers be removed before sinking. Officials kept the note private while discussions with Vienna continue and a Vienna embassy official met with a State Department counselor.
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Washington
United States
Austria- Hungary
Ancona
State Department
Vienna
Huron
Jurich Zweidenek
Itu
Polk
Penfick
Givig
Austria
le. Ancona
Plans for Defense Radically Different Across Departments
The plan proposes a reorganized military structure with Chamberlain and Hay units, consolidating inspector general into a general staff, creating an officer reserve corps, and distributing five year enlistment increases. It outlines regimental totals, reserve setups, provisional commissions, and militia treatment, with emphasis on sustaining forces at maximum strength and controlled expansions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Chamberlain
Coast Artillery
Hay
Signal Corps
Engineer Corps
Air Senator
Representative Hay
Senator Chamberlain
Military Academy
Continental Army
Congress
Continental Reserve
United States
Russians Capture German Army Staff In Daring Night Raid
Petrograd reports a bold night operation by Russian mounted scouts capturing the staff of the Eighty second German army. In under fifteen minutes the group seized two generals, a brigade commander, seven staff officers, and surgeons, returning to Russian lines with prisoners and papers.
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Petrograd
Vis
Londons
Daughter Seeks Mother's Liberty In Pardon Plea
The daughter pleads for her mother's liberty and asks for a pardon so the mother can return home. Tears flowed as Mrs. Griner testified after recently marrying the son of a Methodist minister in Augusta and now facing confinement in Kansas. The prison commission will rule later.
England accedes in Hocking case
Ambassador Page reported Great Britain has acceded to the American protest against requisitioning ships of the trans Atlantic company. The steamers Hocking and Genesee will be tested in court and not requisitioned while held for prize court decision. Britain will seize two other vessels of the company.
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American Company
Washington
Page
at-Bondoh
State Department
Great Britain Haa
American trans-Atlantic Company
Hocking
Genesee
Great Britain
Lansing
Cecil Spring-Rice
Aise
Foreign Office
Halifax
St. Lucia
London
Battery Park cattle round-up turns tragic collision at harbor
In Battery Park New York a collision between the steamship North Star bound for Portland and a livestock barge from Jersey City caused a breach in the barge. Hundreds of cattle and sheep swam or drifted in the harbor with 109 to 260 drowned. Police and fire crews corralled survivors in Battery Park seats as citizens searched for missing animals.
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New York
Battery Park
Hudson Rivers
The
Park
North Star
Portland
Maine
Jersey City
East River
Ao Circle
Hugh Black Declines Call to City Temple
New York December 3 Rev Hugh Black professor of practical theology at Union Theological Seminary declined a call to become pastor of the City Temple London succeeding Rev RJ Campbell. In his letter to Henry W Chapman he says he longs to serve Great Britain in her day of stress but must remain in America where his work is needed. Black is a native of Scotland and joined Union Theological Seminary from St Georges United Free Church Edinburgh in 1366.
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New York
Hugh Black
Union Theological Seminary
City Temple
London
RJ. Campbell
Henry W. Chapman
Temple
Black
Great Britain
America
Scotland
St George's United Free Church
Edinburgh
Rights Violated In Taking Germans From U S Vessels
Washington notes the US records immunity of all aboard American ships from German capture. French cruiser Descartes seized four German firemen on the Coamo and Carolina near San Juan while seeking consuls Waldemar Hepp and Join Stubbs. No official action pending further advice.
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U.S
Washington
Germany
State Department
Department
Carolina
Descartes
United States
Sipenbrink
Windber
San Juan
Porto Rico
Porto Rive
Déscartes
Waldemar Hepp
Stubbs
New York
Mieward Schaade
Coamo
New York and Porto Rico Steamship Company
Yaroling
Ponce
Arredondo Named Mexican Ambassador to the United States
Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza's confidant and leading jurist, is named Mexican ambassador to the United States in a key step toward resuming full diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States. Henry P. Fletcher is expected to be named U.S. ambassador to Mexico as talks advance.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Eliseo Arredondo
General Carranza
Henry P. Fletcher
Chile
Aven
Madero
Mr. Arredondo
Fletcher
Chambersburg
Fidere Ag
Cuba
China
Portugal
Japan
Carranaa
Exports from New York Reach Historic November Total
New York port exports for November topped 180000 dollars the largest in port history. Foodstuffs and explosives led shipments with smokeless powder the major explosive. Wheat, cotton, copper and cartridges were shipped in notable volumes to England and France.
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New York
England
France
Big Labor Federation Formed in England
December 9 report of England creating the largest labor alliance in history, uniting about 2,006,000 workers. Members include the Mineral Federation, National Union of Railway Men, and National Transport Workers’ Union, with joint action needing consent of all three bodies.
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England
Mineral Federation
National Union of Railway Men
National Transport Workers’ Union
Unions Weigh General Railroad Strike in Secret Meet
Chicago December 8 unions from major railroad brotherhoods gathered for a secret conference to plan a potential nationwide strike unless wage gains for overtime and an eight hour day are granted. Leaders said no arbitration, signaling a bold push after a split verdict by arbitration.
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Chicago
Transportation Hnez
Board of Arbitration
Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Carpenter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
W. G. Jee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
A. BR. Garretcon
Brotherhood of Nailway
Timothy Shea
Phig Sime
Bulgarians Claim Annihilation Of French Battalion
Sofia reports Bulgarian army headquarters issued an official statement detailing progress against the French in southern Serbia. The notice describes a bayonet assault that annihilated a French battalion near Petroz, captures at the Sudova station encampment, and advances near Grabtea, Deinly-Kupu, and Koenturino along the Vardar front.
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Sofia
London
Serbia
Demir-Kapu
Vardar
Deinly-Kupu
Grabtea
Petroz
Uouth
Sudova
Strumitsa Hays
Koenturino
Mrs Sinclair Libel Suit Dismissed in Greenville Court
Mrs Sinclair’s $11,000 libel suit against The Greenville Democrat was dismissed in county circuit court at the plaintiffs cost. The case, part of a spring wave of suits by Mrs Sinclair against newspapers nationwide over a Rockefeller office arrest reference.
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Greenville
Upton Sinclair
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Yania
Yor Commission
Ford
Rcevano
Arctic Ocean
Kae
Bergen
Henry Ford
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Christiania
Norway
Hague
Messrs
Bryn
Ritter
Arredondo
Henry Fletcher
BIG Labor Federation
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Co
Ailansa
Paris
the Silks
Crepes de Chine
Euse Failles
Gros de
Londre
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