Greeks and Turks clash as armistice talks stall in London
In a morning naval engagement off Sedir Bahri Greek warships, led by the cruiser Georgios Averof, faced Turkish forces with Greek torpedo boats and submarines sheltering behind an island. The Averoff sustained minor shell hits and withdrew. Balkan and Turkish plenipotentiaries adjourned in London without progress on the armistice protocol as Greece withholds signature awaiting Constantinople approval.
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Sedil Bahr
Anchorage
Georgio Averoff
Intervention by United States Welcomed at Peace Conference
Dr Daneff president of the Bulgarian Chamber of Deputies said intervention, not mediation, by the United States in the failure to secure peace would be welcomed with open arms. Turkish delegates said they are empowered to confer with the three Balkan kingdoms and have been given time to obtain instructions.
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London
Greece
B. Daneff
Procordl
Constantinople
Balkan League
Orher
United States
Arma
Daneff
Bulgarian Chamber of Deputies
US unlikely to mediate Balkan dispute says state dept
Washington officials say the United States will not be called on to mediate in the Balkan trouble and that the complex issues between warring states should be settled by neutral European states acting in good offices.
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U. S
Washington
Estate Department
United States
Balkan
Romance Dead Lament as Stocking From Hotel Sherman Drops
Oscar M. Dwindle stood before the Hotel Sherman in Chicago and watched a stocking float from a window and fall at his feet. A traveling salesman grabbed the stocking, saying he dropped it from the window. Dwindle muttered that all romance in the world is dead.
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Chicago
Oscar M. Dwindle
Sherman
Dragodd Death Report Spurs County Officials Probe
Cody, son of a well known ranchman near Bison, was found raped and murdered in a small creek. County officials report the throat was purple with head injuries and multiple gashes. Unknown assailant(s) are being sought as the investigation continues.
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HY Mor
Delle Pourchs
Cody
Bison
Rebels Harass Foes Near Juarez As U S Reports Death Toll
A rebels on a commandeered locomotive burned bridges on the Mexico Northwestern line near Juarez and fled south. In Washington, officials report over 150 American citizens murdered in Mexico since the revolution began, with foreign nationals also killed and property losses mounting. The Mexican government seeks a 30 million loan to quell unrest but teeters toward bankruptcy. An American, W C Nichols, faces a disputed murder case in Taampico provoking US concern.
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EL Paso
Juarez
Mexico Northwestern
Washington
Mexico
State Department
United States
Porfirio Diag
W. C. Nichols
Taampico
Impar
Supreme Court of Mexico
Tilo
Bounty Offered to Check Crime Wave in Kansas City
Kansas City police chief orders 10 days leave with full pay for any patrolman who captures alive or dead a highwayman during purse snatching or street robbery. The move aims to quell a months long crime wave that has produced about 200 hold ups 100 robberies and three murders.
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Kansas City
Tremonton Bank Vault Break-In Foiled Night of Heist
Tremonton Utah December 17 report says robbers labored to break into State Bank vault but found the bank already moved the day before. A telephone operator alerted the sheriff. a rude confrontation followed with no injuries.
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Tremonton
Utah
State Bank of
Robbis
Colorado Commission Chooses Exposition Site Amid Debate
Colorado's commission picks the San Diego Exposition site amid strong city support and a tense choice between New Orleans and the Golden Gate city. Officials cite the city's enthusiastic reception as a pivotal factor shaping the decision for Dvuver's project.
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Dvuver
New Orleans
Golden Gate
Colorado Livestock Leaders Head to San Diego Exposition Mission
Colorado’s commission to the San Diego exposition arrives in Cheyenne before heading to California. Members include State Treasurer Raady Kenehan, Fort Collins Agricultural College President A. Lory, Samuel F. Dutton of the Denver Chamber, and William R. Collier publicity commissioner. They aim to secure cooperation and publicity for Colorado’s livestock, irrigation, and mining interests at San Diego and plan to advise on Colorado’s overall representation.
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C. A. Lory
The
Colorado Agricultural College
Gam F. Dutton
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Randy Kenehan
William R. Collier
Douglas White
Salt Lake
Colorado
Cheyenne
San Pedro, Los & Sult Lake Railroad
San Diego
Ammons
South
Raady Kenehan
A. Lory
State Agricultural College
Fort Collins
Sanuel F. Dutton
Denver
Auite
Publicity League
White
California
San
Vice President of Central Is Indicted
CHICAGO December 17 John OCaratens en vice president of the New York Central lines was indicted by the criminal grand jury on the charge of giving rebates. A federal inquiry earlier looked into a 40 000 rebate to the O Gara Coal Co of Chicago in November 1916. The indictment also involved Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Big Four and Chicago Indiana & Thorn lines.
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Chicago
John Ocaratensen
New York Central Lines
New York Central
O'Gara Coal Company
Washington
Lake Shite and
Michigan Southern Railroad
Big Cou
Chicago, Indiana & Thorn
Wreck of Kearney Plane Recovered Near Port Los Angeles
Rescue party finds the hydro-aero plane wreckage bearing the bodies of Kearney and Chester Lawrence after a large search from Santa Monica to Port Los Angeles. The crash occurred during a flight from Los Angeles toward San Francisco prompting extensive sea and land searching efforts.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santas Monica
Kearney
Chester Lawrence
Topange Canon
Port Los Angeles
Lawrence
San Francisco
Tn B
Snookums
Salvation Army Christmas Dinner Fund Raised in Cheyenne
Local Salvation Army efforts in Cheyenne report multiple donors contributing between $1.00 and $6.00 toward a Christmas dinner for the needy. Total contributions reach 71.60 with calls for more support and directions to donate at The Leader office or Salvation Army headquarters.
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Cheyenne
A. Bristol
B. M. Bruce
C. BE. Morton
Lient
Wm. J. Connolly
John D. Reardon
W. W. Reno
Hiram Sapa
J. W. Bruner
Gibson Clark
R. H. Nichols
Leader
Salvation Army
Selvetion Army
J P Morgan to Testify Before Money Trust Inquiry
J P Morgan arrived to testify before the House Money Trust inquiry on contracting money and credits. He may be called Thursday after the committee discussed attracting money to New York, noting large country bank lending on stock exchange securities and high call money rates. Frederick Lewisohn, who had refused to answer questions about California Vetrellum stock profits, agreed to testify.
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Washington
J. Fierpont Morgan
House Money Trust
New York
Wieh
Marke
Prederick Lewisohn
Untermyers
California Vetrellum Company
Dee Shafer Quits Baseball in Los Angeles
New York National League utility infielder Dee Shafer says he has quit baseball for good in Los Angeles California. He explains he has received too many perfumed notes and will not return to the field.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dee
Art Shafer
New York
Natlomile Snys
Women of Nation to War on Egg Prices
New York December 17 The National Executive Committee of the House Wives League of America launched a campaign to cut egg prices to 26 cents in every city. The effort calls on state chairs and city presidents to begin local crusades and urge dealers to cooperate. The league, representing over 60 000 women in New York and tens of thousands elsewhere, also targets sanitary bakery conditions with a boycott of shops failing league inspections. Dr. Ernest Lederle declined to extend bakery inspections to counter handling of exposed baked goods, citing broader health priorities.
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New York
House‘wives' League of America
League
New York City
Julian Heath
Ernest J. Lederle
Health Department
Dr. Lederley
Mrs. Heath
Commissioner Lederle
Heath Mild
Abe
Lederle
Ly, Lederle
Fifth Avenue
Avery
Housewives League
Jail for unions' vice president in dynamite case
Indianapolis Dec 17 John T Butler Buffalo vice president of the United Iron Workers union was jailed after bond increase and perjury accusations in a dynamite conspiracy trial The case against Clarence Dowd was dismissed Witnesses testified Mrs McManigal wife of the confessed dynamiter was paid 25 a week by a Chicago Iron Workers union evidencing support for three months before the McNamaras pleaded guilty The DA questioned who sent her to Los Angeles while the union denied paying for her travel more testimony covered bonds and other union officials with varying denials and claims of charities
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Indianapolis
Ind
John T. Butler
Bufalo
Taiekitniis Iron Workers’ Union
Clarence E. Dowd
Ortie E. Me. Manigal
Dynaniter
Iron Workers’ Union
Chicago
Jai
Los Angeles
Richard 4H
Houlihan
McNamaras
Frank Buchanan
Irom Workers’ International Union
Congress
McManigal
Iron Workers
Ortler McManigal
Detroit
Kline
Robert Ross
Hawaii
Ross
Dunn Cleared In Newark Blackmail Case
Warren Dunn, one of three accused of writing threatening letters to Woodrow Wilson, was dismissed today by a federal commissioner in Newark. No action was taken against Jacob and Seolay Davenport. the court viewed Dunn’s case as very strong against the others.
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Newark
Warren Dunn
Woodrow Wilson
Jacob
Seolay Davenport
Prison Breaker Escapes in Mexican District
In Nogales Mexico on December 17 an inmate identified as Yeosbit, a Vaulted States cave ntryman, escaped from prison amid a breakout attempt involving four other prisoners and a boy. One youth was captured by Mexican authorities, while the remaining escapees are believed to have fled into Mexico. The jailed man was serving a sentence of $0 for the murder of a Mexican woman.
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Nogales
Aria
Andrew Yeosbit
Mexlean
Mexico
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