Chinese rebellion against monarchy sparks multi province revolt
Tsai Ao leads a revolutionary movement in Yunnan aiming to restore imperial rule. Government troops, numbering about 30 800, move from Sze Chuen to suppress the uprising centered at Yuan Nanfu. Five provinces reportedly declare independence as Yunnan treads toward monarchy.
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Pekin
Tsai Ao
Yunnan
Sze- Chuen
China
Tibet
Yuan Nanfu
Yunan
Sun Yat Sen
uBg China
Tong
Suze-Chuen
Funnan
Yuan Shi Kai
Kwang- Lung
Kiengs
Kwelchow
Szechuen
Council of
Atate
Shanghai
Christmas Greetings From Secretary Daniels to the Men of the Navy
Secretary Daniels sends Christmas greetings to the crew of the New York at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after they hosted a charity holiday aboard ship for about one hundred poor children. He also issues a broadcast message to all ships and shore stations, extending Christmas wishes from the American people to the Navy across the world.
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Washington
Daniela
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy
Farmer Burns Self-Destructs At Georgia Home
Edgar T. Burnley a prominent planter near Thomson Georgia shot himself with a pistol ending his life at his country home. The tragedy occurred December 24 amid signs of recent depression. He left a wife three children a mother and a sister Mrs J J Burnley and sister Belle Burnley.
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Thomson, Ga
Edgar T. Burnley
Thomson
Wif
Aisten Mra J. J. Burnley
Nites Belle Burnley
Land loan measure gains subcommittee approval in Washington
Washington December 24 a land loan bill completed today by a subcommittee of the joint congressional committee on rural credits Senate Hollis authorized to present the measure to the full committee January 3 The bill creates a nationwide land bank system with five member board twelve districts 500000 capital per regional bank stock issued in ten dollar shares private capital or local loan groups within ninety days then federal subscription The system would use cooperative farm loan associations or joint stock banks for borrowers with regional banks and local bodies approving loans borrowers pay interest on bonds plus one percent and bonds can be used to back public funds deposits Banks would back loans with land appraisals and borrowers liability with profits refunding to the government later
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Committee On Rural Credits
Hollis
Land Bank
Senate
Land Bank Board
Jecal
United States Commission On Rural Credits
Fletcher
Tecommission
Frick Pays Bank Deposits For Pittsburg Children
Pittsburgh residents learned that B C Frick, coal magnate, will fully pay 187000 dollars for 41009 child depositors in the Eldsburg bank for savings closed by the state. Payments will be cash and likely by January 3 after arrangements with local banks and officials. The school savings program had grown to nearly 170000 dollars before the closure.
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Pittsburg
B.C. Frick
Eldsburg Bank For Savings
State Department of Banking
City Board of Education
Frick
Asist
Mr. Frick
Pittahnee
Recallers Audit Seeks Tax Check on New City Voter Records
A recall campaign committee hires an audit firm to verify new city tax book registrations. Begun Friday, the effort continues past the close of registration with aims unseen. Officials expect about 12,000 to 13,580 names on the new list, as voters race to register before the Monday deadline.
Governor Harris Clemency Praised For Release At Prison
Abundant joy flows from clemency as J M Crawley freed from Pike county prison camp returns home with family. A Barnesville man recounts the moving meeting, praising Governor Nat E Harris for the act and noting the tearful reunion and gratitude of Crawley and kin.
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Barnesville
J. M. Crawley
Howard
Pike County
Harris
Nat E. Harris
Henry Ford Quits His Peace Party
Henry Ford sails from Bergen aboard the Bergensfjord toward New York after stating the peace expedition will continue under the Women’s International Peace Association. He notes publicity as essential to peace and mentions a committee of Judge Benn Lindsey, Rev. Dr. Jenkins Lloyd Jones, John Barry, and a lieutenant as teachers.
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Christiania
New’ York
Peace Commission
Norway
Finsr
Vora
Bergén
Ford
Bergen
Benn Lindsey
Denver
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Chicago
John Barry
San Francisco
Austria Studying U S Ancona Note For Settlement
Vienna reports cautious optimism over possible amicable settlement of tensions arising from the Ancona incident. Austro-Hungarian reply to the note expected soon while Professor Lammasch proposes a neutral international naval commission to review the case in line with Dogger Bank precedent.
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Vienna
London
Austria-Hungary
United States
Henry Lammasch
Lammasch
Tabanai
The
Hague
Inj
Dogger Bank
Second Christmas Comes to Soldiers on Battle Fronts
London dispatch describes Christmas Eve news from the wars on multiple fronts. Hartmanns-Weilerkopf fighting remains intense with heavy losses on both sides. Russians advance toward Teheran and report successes near Trembowla while Turkish actions on Gallipoli persist.
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London
Hartmaune- Wellerkopf
Western Front
Greece
Teheran
Persia
Kut-el-Amara
Guilleia
Trembowla
Seddul-Bahr
Gallpoilt
Turkish War Office
Nicholaa
Tourtak
Belo
Albania
Alexis Karageorgevitch
Serbia
Rome
Hibassan
Peter
Aviona
Lloyd-George
David Lloyd-George
Muniion
Clyde
Weather Prophecy RAIN Forecast For Georgia
Washington forecast notes renewed by clearing and much colder air after a brief rain. Sunday expected to be fair and colder with a west to northwest cell wave. Local report lists low and high temperatures and a mean, noting normal levels for the period.
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Washington
Georgia
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Vosges Sector
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