Britons Withdraw From Gallipoli Front
Vienna and London dispatches report British troops pulled back from Suvla and Anzac in Gallipoli with guns and stores intact. Official notices say other sectors will continue operations while the retreat proceeds, amid speculation on earlier bombardment attempts at the Dardanelles.
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London
Suvla
Anzac
Gal Hpoli
Gallipoli
Vienna
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Tschanek
Former Governor Morrison Dies in Boise
Idaho mourns former Governor John T. Morrison who died suddenly Monday morning of apoplexy in Boise. He served as chief executive from 1902 to 1904 and later led the Western National Bank of Caldwell and the Empire Company of Boise. Survived by his wife a daughter and a son.
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Boise
Idaho
John T. Morrison
Presbyterian Church
Morrison
Worcester University
Cornell
Western National Bank of
Caldwell
Empire Company of Boise
Teachers Gather in Zion at Utah Education Meet
Salt Lake City saw over 2,200 teachers attend the opening session of the Utah Educational Association with at least 3,000 pedagogues present by the close. Dr Ellwood P Cubberley Stanford University spoke on Changing Conceptions of Education urging schools to assimilate foreign born citizens and strengthen democracy.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Educational Association
United States
Ellwood P. Cubberley
Department of Education
Leland Stanford University
Cubberley
Yaquis Again on Warpath at Guaymas
Yaqui Indians resume raids on the American settlement at San Pedro and attack the Richard Construction Company's experimental station there, per a dispatch to the American consul from regional settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guaymas
Mexico
San Pedro
Richard Construction Company
Chinese provinces declare independence from Yuan Shikai
Tong King Chong, president of the Chinese Republic as sociation, received a cablegram from Shanghai stating five Chinese provinces have declared independence from Yuan Shikai’s rule.
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San Francisco
Tong King Chong
The
Chinese Republic Association
Shanghai
Ching
Yuan Shi Kui
Bullet Through Heart and Lives
Hy Flak of Helena Montana, a medical student here, survived a December 6 shooting that passed through his heart lung and liver and is reported as recovering by his physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirksville
E. Hy Flak
Helene, Mont
Baltimore Minimum Wage Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The Maryland law setting a three dollar per day minimum wage for laborers employed by the city of Baltimore was upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Washington
Maryland
Baltimore
Supreme Court
United States protests Britain over parcel post shipments
Secretary Lansing said on Monday that Washington has protested to Great Britain regarding interference with parcel post shipments between the United States and Sweden.
Teutonic Allies March Against Egypt
A Turco German expedition against Egypt has begun, directed from Constantinople, with an estimated 400000 troops including 300000 Turks and 100000 Germans. Arabs are expected to join, Turkish forces have crossed into Egypt near El Arish, and British outposts have engaged them as they aim for the Suez caravan route near Ismailia.
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Rome
Egypt
Tribuna
Constantinople
el Arish
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Trevino Defeats Villa Near Chihuahua City in Fierce Battle
Troops under General Jacinto Trevino clash with remnants of the Villa army at Mapula, ten miles from Chihuahua city. Reports say Carranza forces inflicted a severe defeat with about nine hundred Villa soldiers killed, wounded, or captured, according to advices to Carranza officials in Nuevo Laredo.
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Laredo
Texas
Carranza
Jacinto Trevino
Villa
Mapula
Chihuahua City
Nuevo Laredo
Hoyne Refuses Prosecution In Baby Bollinger Case
Chicago state attorney Maclay Hoyne on Wednesday declined to prosecute Dr. Harry J Hallselden for not operating on Baby Bollinger a detective in an effort to prolong its life. Hoyne’s refusal was sent in a letter to Attorney General Lucy who asked Hoyne to prompt a grand jury investigation.
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Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Wedensday
Harry J. Hallselden
Baby Bollinger
Lucy
Hoyne
Picture Thought to Be Murillo Seized on Arrival
Adolphe Cramer was arrested in Paris on a charge of bond theft as he prepared to sail to America. Authorities found in his baggage a painting believed to be a Murillo showing the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, unsigned but dated 1682.
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Paris
America
Adolphe Cramer
Cramer
Jesus
Stripling Pardon May Be Delayed in Georgia
Thomas Edgar Strip ling, once a life prisoner who escaped and led Danville Virginia police during fourteen years of freedom, likely will not get his Christmas pardon from Governor Harris. Identified in 1911, he remains jailed in Georgia where he has served since the discovery of his identity.
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Atlanta
Thomas Edgar Stripling
Danville
Harris
Georgia
Switchmen's Strike Averted in Chicago Railroads
Settlement announced after a threat by 4000 switchmen on lines entering Chicago. Railroad general managers' committee informed Brotherhood of Trainmen officials they would accept the employer demand that transfer trains carry cabooses.
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Chicago
Railroad General Managers’ Committee
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Pittaburg Bank for Savings Closed by State Inspectors
State banking officials took charge after Pittaburg Bank for Savings failed to open on Wednesday morning. Among depositors are 41,000 school children with combined balances of 167,166 dollars and 68 cents.
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Pitteburg
State Department of Banking
Pittaburg Bank For Savings
New York New Year’s Eve Celebration Closes Early
Mayor Mitchell orders the major portion of New York Citys New Years Eve celebration to close at a.m. January 1 1916, signaling an orderly wind down as crowds disperse after midnight events.
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New York
Mitchell
Russians Capture Bulgarian Port Varna
The Daily Chronicle reports Russian forces captured Varna on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It describes bombardment that silenced Bulgarian guns, a ruined harbor, and a garrison that suffered heavy losses before Russians landed infantry and artillery to hold the town. Russian force reportedly included a cruiser and two destroyers with sixteen transports carrying troops. Varna is a rail terminus near Burgas.
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Athens
Exchange Telegraph Company
Varna
Black Sea
Burgas
Serbia
Bulgaria
Odessa
Gallipoli
Asquith
House of Commons
London
Constantinople
Noteworthy Shootings at Yazoo Depot In Louisiana Affair
Robert L. Knox a New Orleans port customs surveyor and Louisiana attorney killed two men in Baton Rouge depot. Benjamin Foster of Hattiesburg and Alexander Fraenklin of Notchitoches were shot in an incident tied to the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad era.
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Baton Rouge
Robert L. Knox
New Orleans
Louisiana
Benjamin Foster
Hattiesburg
Miss
Alexander Fraenklin
Notchitoches
Philippines Bill Reported By Senate Committee
A favorable report on the administration bill to extend self government for the Philippines was voted by the Senate Philippines Committee after two days of hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philippines
Senate Philippines Committee
Crude Oil Prices Edge Up Again in Pittsburgh
A Friday price increase was announced with all crude grades rising 6 cents per barrel except Ragland, which rose 2 cents per barrel in Louisiana.
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Pittsburgh
Rioting Mexicans clash with troops at Juarez border
Heavily armed Mexican and American forces faced off along the Rio Grande after riots in Juarez. An El Paso brakeman, George Diepert, was killed by a shot from south of the border. Mexican guards reported several rioters killed and looting in Juarez.
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el Paso
Texas
Rio Grande
Juarez
United States
George A. Diepert
el Paso & Southwestern
Santa Fe Bridge
Ochoa
Wilsons Tour Mountains After Wedding Trip to White Sulphur
President Wilson and his bride drove over winding mountain roads from early to late Wednesday visiting White Sulphur Springs after crossing the West Virginia line. Their bespattered car returned to the Hot Springs hotel following a long miles journey.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Greek premier M Skouloudis also serves as foreign minister
M Skouloudis holds dual roles as Greece’s prime minister and foreign affairs minister, continuing to steer national policy on domestic and international fronts.
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M. Skouloudis
Greece
Powder Plant Destroyed at Fayville Illinois
The Aetna Powder company nitroglycerin plant at Fayville Illinois near Cairo exploded on Tuesday, blasting 4000 pounds of nitroglycerin. No workers were killed in the incident.
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Cairo
Aetna Powder Company
Fayville
Krupp Works Destroyed in Turkish Bombing Report
Copenhagen dispatch says the Krupp works outside Constantinople were destroyed by bombs dropped by British aircraft. The National Tidende prints a statement from a Dane in Constantinople confirming the attack and damage.
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Copenhagen
National Tidende Prints & Statement of & Dane
Constantinople
Krupp
Ford quits peace mission leaves Christiania leaderless
Henry Ford the peace envoy who left New York on December 4 abandoned his party while in Christiania. He secretly sailed for Bergen aboard the Bergensfjord after a bout of influenza and nervous strain. Initial reports said he went to Stockholm, but later advisories placed him in Bergen, with doctors recommending rest.
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London
Henry Ford
New York City
Europe
Christiania
Ford
Bergen
Norway
Bergensfjord
New York
Stockholm
Millionaire banker shot near Forest Lawn cemetery
Burt W. Richardson vice-president of the First National Bank of Tropico and a former Chicago resident was killed at the cemetery gate on the San Fernando road. Thomas Mizar a Tropico real estate dealer confessed after a posse pursuit and surrendering his weapon. He cited a land leasing dispute as motive.
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Los Angeles
Burt W. Richardson
First National Bank of
Bernhardt Stricken by Bone Malady in Paris
Reports of Sarah Bernhardt illness denied earlier. now said to be a bone disease of unclear scope possibly incurable. She continues occasional public recitations while seated, with performances deemed artistic and effective.
New York Woman Offers 2 Million for Italian Soldiers Families
The Stefani News Agency reports Mrs. Josephine Del Drago of New York has offered 2 million dollars to the queen of Italy to aid families of combatants and the queen has accepted with thanks.
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Rome
Stefani
Josephine del Drago
New York
Italy
Hold Up At Shoe Store Netted Robbers N J
Two masked men robbed Oscar Edstrom of 300 to 400 dollars in a Thursday night hold up at his shoe store. They kicked Edstrom in the stomach and fled while he lay semiconscious in the shop.
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Bingham
Oscar Edstrom
Edstrom
Foreign Trade Breaks Record in November
Washington reports U S foreign trade reached an unprecedented 600 million dollars in November marking a record high for the month.
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Washington
United States
Death of General von Emmich Reported by Overseas News
The overseas news agency announces General von Emmich, famed for capturing Liege, has died at Hanover from arteriosclerosis.
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Berlin
Hanover
General von Emmich
Liege
von Emmich
Italians to join Colors on January voyage
Two cars of Hallan reservists traveling from San Francisco to New York and one car from Los Angeles passed through Salt Lake Thursday. The reservists will board an Italian-American ship in New York on January 3 to join Colors.
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Hallan
San Francisco
New York
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
Latest Note Makes Good Impression at Vienna
The new American note regarding the Ancona has made a good impression here. An early answer may be expected. Work on it has been begun already.
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Vienna
Ancona
Ida von Claussen Freed From Middletown State Hospital
After years in state mental facilities since November 2014 Ida von Claussen the writer of threatening and eccentric letters to Theodore Roosevelt and others is to be released from the Middletown state hospital for the insane.
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Nyack
N. Y
Ida von Claussen
Theodore Roosevelt
State Hospital For the Insane
Middletown
Guatemala Ends Two Day Quake Spree With No Major Damage
In Guatemala City and surrounding areas twenty severe earthquakes struck over two days though officials report no serious damage. Authorities monitor aftershocks and advise residents to remain vigilant.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Tax Extension Victory Links House Senate Votes and Wilson Signature
The 205 to 189 House vote and 45 to 29 Senate tally upheld extending the emergency revenue tax to December 31. President Wilson signed Friday night as Congress adjourned for Christmas. Reassembly on January 4 aims to advance national defense plans and revenue increases after holidays.
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Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Congress
Reichstag Passes War Credit Bill Amid Tax Proposals
The reichstag approved the second and third readings of a 10 trillion mark war credit with only nineteen Socialists voting no. Socialist minority spokesman Geyer explained the negative vote while Socialist leader Ebert urged support for a yes vote. Dr Karl Hefferich outlined that future budgets require higher income taxes to balance finances.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Friedrich August Karl Geyer
Friedrich Ebert
Sooty
Karl Hefferich
Imperial Treasury
Netherlands protest over seizure of Dutch mail bags
The Hague reports the Netherlands foreign ministry has protested to Britain against the seizure of Dutch mail bags on the steamers Noordam Frisia and Rotterdam. The protest demands an immediate end to the act and urges the incident not be repeated.
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London
Reuter
Hague
Foreign Ministry
Netherlands
Noordam
Frisia
Rotterdam
Imeas
Britton to Fight Griffiths in Cardiff Match
Akron report says Jack Britton of Chicago will substitute for Freddie Welsh to face Johnny Griffiths in a twelve round bout at catch weights on December 28 in Cardiff.
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Akron
Ohio
Jack Britton
Chicago
Freddie Welsh
Johnny Griffiths
Victor Carlstrom’s Aero Flight From Toronto to New York
Victor Carlstrom established an ord recently when in a military tractor biplane he flew from Toronto to New York City with only one stop, in the actual flying time of 62-3 hours.
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Victor Carlstrom
Toronto
New York City
Faltin Declared Insane by Arizona Jury
William Faltin, who avoided hanging at Florence penitentiary on November 26, was declared insane by a Phoenix jury on Thursday and sent to a state asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
William —_ Fraltio
R. B. Sims
Florence Penitentiary
Atate Avylum
Pillaging From Colonists in Casas Creek Colony
Reports from El Paso Texas describe violence by Rodrigues' troops against colonists at Casas Creek and the extortion or looting during billeting disputes, with soldiers blamed for raids and disruption of settlement operations.
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el Paso
Texas
Bishop
P. MH. Hurst
Casas Cree
Rodrigues
Eivision
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Nadine de Aliefuss-Proctor
Jeanne Marie
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Flanders
Bulgarian
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Virginia Hills
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