Noted society women figure in British Army scandal
A court inquiry reports Mrs. Cornwallis West used influence to aid Lt Barrett of the Welsh Fusiliers, leading to his transfer and censure. It censures her for discreditable conduct and notes improper War Office correspondence and private influence on officers and battles.
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Cornwallis-West
William Cormallis- West
Princess of
Pless
Duchess of Westminister
Arthur Basil Markham
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
House of Commons
Patrick Barrett
The
Welsh Fusiliers
Delme-Radcliffe
John Cowans
Owen Thomas
Barrett
Lord Cheylesmore
James Richard Atkin
Donald MacLean
Peebles
Selkirk
War Office
John Cowan
Denbighshire
Wales
Wynne Edwards
Thomas
Lord French
Mexican Plot Against U S Bared In New York Arraignment
Federal officers arrest Juan Gras Consul General Burns and four others in New York on three indictments for shipping arms to Mexico in violation of Wilson embargo. Case ties cartridges found in Vera Cruz to Galveston and New York shipments. Burns funds alleged arms purchase. He pleads not guilty and posts 10000 bond.
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New York
Juan Gras
New
Burns
Mexico
Wilson
United States
John C. Knox
Ward Line
Vera Cruz
Pittsburg
Adic Company
Louis Gotting
Wenceslao Mont
John Gelpi
Jose de la Paz
Knox
Galveston
Tex
Neches
Mallory Line
B. Mier
Gotting
Mont
de la Paz
Mier
Reuben Mier
Houston
Ward and
Mallory
Hand
Japanese ship sails loaded with arms for Latin Republic
Jan 3 report from Tokyo says Colonel Carpio and two Carranza envoys aim to buy ammunition rifles artillery and a 3000 ton steamship Kotchira Maru now chartered by Kwasuda Shipping Co. Vessel sailed from Yokohama toward Salina Cruz with general cargo and machinery. Rumor says the steamer carries 2500 rifles bought for Mexicali from Japanese brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Carpio
Carranza
Japan
Kwasuda Shipping Company
Yokohama
Salina Cruz
Mexico
Mexicali
Monroe Doctrine Imperiled by President
Conflicting advices reach the White House as Colonel E M House arrives amid President Wilson's note proposing discussion of peace terms. The prompt outlines the entente reply and signals strain on policy.
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Entente
Wilson
E. M. House
White House
Senate indecision on Wilson note delays peace resolution
In Washington a bitter Senate debate over Senator Hitchcock's resolution on President Wilson's diplomatic note delays action. Senator Lodge attacks Count von Bernstorff for public remarks and opposition argues for cautious, humanity driven language. A substitute by Senator Galinger also faces consideration as the chamber weighs peace prospects.
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Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Wilson
Lodger
Count von Bernstorff
Lodge
Germany
Me’ Hitchcock
Gallinger
Smith
Georgia
United States
Europe
Weather Across States Shows Rain Snow and Cooler Temps
The weather report notes rain and snow moving from the Midwest to New England and Northern New York. Temperature drops are forecast for Thursday night and Friday in the upper Great Lakes and lower Ohio Valley, with milder Atlantic conditions for the next 48 hours. A table lists observed highs and lows across cities, including Chicago, Denver, Galveston, and St. Louis, with readings around 22 to 68 degrees and varying wind and precipitation.
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Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Michigan
New England
New York
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Upper Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
East Gulf States
Atlantic States
London chatter on potential replacement of U S ambassador
Diplomatic circles in Washington watch London reports that Sir Cecil A Spring-Rice, aged 57 and the British ambassador to the United States, may retire. Possible successors named include Asquith, Viscount Bryce, or Lord Rosebery as changes in the London government begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washigton
London
Cecil A. Spring-Rice
United States
Mr. Asquith
Viscount Bryce
Lord Rosebery
Washington
Place
Sir Cecil
Quiz Ball Star questioned in Grace Roberts death case
Philadelphia dispatch reports Oscar Carter once Penn catcher and friend of Grace Roberts was grilled as detectives pursue leads in the Wilton, Fifteenth and Poplar murder. Investigators seek perfume scent links, fingerprints, and identification from hotel suspects as funeral plans proceed.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Grace Roberts
Wilton
Fifteenth and
Poplar Street
Oscar
Nick’’ Carter
Cynwyd
University of Pennsylvania
Mrs.Roberts
Carter
Detective Bureau
Tate
Champange Charlie Kaier
Miss. Colbert
Miss Colbert
Longworth Emerges as Potential Speakership Contender
Washington reports a Longworth speakership boom gaining ground as Mann’s position weakens. GOP lawmakers from multiple states weigh the Cincinnati congressman as a compromise choice with broad support including old-line Republicans and some Progressives. Longworth declines public comment on the boom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Massachusetts
Mann
Illinois
Longworth
Ohio
Mysterious acid used to burn body in Boston broker trial
The State accuses Frederick Small of murdering his wife and destroying evidence by burning the cottage with an acid heat source. Prosecutors cite ruins containing dry batteries and a spark plug. chemist Walter Wedger links the evidence to the crime.
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the Commercial Tribune
Ossippee
Ni H
Frederick
Walter L. Wedger
Massachusetts
D. A. Carelton
Small
253 Held in Strike Riot in Virginia Minn
Two hundred fifty three woodsmen strikers and Industrial Workers of the World agitators were arrested at Cusson early today and rushed to Virginia on a special train for arraignment. Authorities say I W W leaders incited trouble to pressure lumber companies to recognize the organization.
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Virginia
Minn
Cusson
Verite Torpedoed by German Submarine Near Malta
Berlin reports the French battleship Verite torpedoed by a German submarine near Malta. Paris denies the claim. Verite, built 1907 at Bordeaux, of a class of four ships, with 14 630 tons displacement and a 742-man crew. Shipping losses include Erica, Goosebridge, Holly Branch, Aconcagua, Britannic, Ray Craig, Ellik, and Leon.
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London
Berlin
Malta
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Bordeaux
Lloyd's
Erica
Goosebridge
Holly Branch
Aconcagua
Britannic
Shipping Agency
Ray Craig
Ellik
Leon
Brest
Braila Defenses Hold Against Teutonic Assaults
From the Walachian shore Von Mackensen’s force presses on Braila a Danube port vital for grain and oil supplies. Reports say the bridgehead remains firm and resists daily Teutonic attacks despite several days of shelling from the shore.
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von Mackensen
Braila
Balkan Evacuation Demand Hits Daily Mail
Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail argues for withdrawal of allied troops from the Balkans. The paper claims if Macedonian forces had fought on the western front this year they would have turned the tide and secured a decisive allied victory.
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London
Balkans
Lord Northcliffe
Daily Mail Today
Macedonia
Germans Take Matchin and Ji jilay in Dobrudja
German forces report capture of Matchin and Ji jilay in Northern Dobrudja near Suncavity. The advance drives Russian troops toward Braila area as the Danube bends past Braila and Galata. Braila could be further imperiled according to Teutonic sources.
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Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Matchin
Jijilay
Dobrudja
Suncavity
Jijila
Danube
Braila
Galata
Four Great Russian Offensives Fail Says Critic
Berlin reports a military critic from Overseas News Agency stating that Russia's four major 1916 drives failed to achieve aims. He cites March attacks near the Pri pet marshes, August and September offensives west of Lutsk, Transylvania actions with Romania, and the Moldovan border battles, with heavy casualties and no strategic gains.
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Berlin
Russia
Pripet Marshes
Lutsk
Galicia
Carpathian
Brest-Litovsk
Kovel
Lemberg
Congress orders inquiry into Wood leak resolution
Washington reports Republicans push to probe alleged leak of the President’s peace note. House orders Rules Committee to report in ten days on Wood’s resolution for an inquiry, while Bennett cites Bernard Baruch as a Wall Street rumor source. Law son and Lawson questioned as testimony sought.
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Washington
Hrepublicans
Wilson
House
Rules Committee
Wood
Bennett
New York
Bernard Baruch
Representative Henry
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Henry
Representative Wood
Representative Gardner
Massachusetts
Mr. Lawson
Gardner
Garrett
Tennessee
Barney Baruch
Council of National Defense
Bis
Wall Street
Irue
New York City
Villa followers spike eagle at Parral consulate
A refugee reaching El Paso reports Villa's forces seized Parral on November 5, spiked the American shield at the U S Consulate and tore the flag to ribbons. He says Villa conducted a systematic canvass of the mining camp and took supplies for his army.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
United States
Parral
Big Change Foreseen in U S Border Policy
President Wilson held the fate of U S Mexican relations as the Mexican American Joint Commission reported deadlock and urged decisive action. American commissioners Lane Mott and Gray presented failure to ratify Carranza’s protocol on troop withdrawal and border cooperation. A new U S policy direction was expected to be announced soon as further talks were planned with Mexican officials.
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Tal
Philadelphia
Miss Colbert
Washington
United States
Mexico
Wilson
Joint Commission
Lane
J. R. Mott
George Gray
Careranza
Carranza
Luis Cabrera
Ignacio Bonillas
Alberto J. Pani
Ohio militiamen to stay on border through winter
Former Adjutant General B. W. Hough of Delaware says Ohio militiamen look solid for at least two months and possibly two years on the border. Hough plans to return to the front as lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Infantry, Ohio National Guard after Christmas.
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the Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Ohio
B. W., Hough
Delaware
Hough
Fourth Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Murguia Advances in Mexico Peninsula Conflict
General Francisco Murguia pushes south from Chihuahua City driving Villa forces and bases his HQ at Jimenez. Official dispatches report Carsranza troops hold Torreon Lerdo and Gomez Palacio.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Francisco Murguia
Villa
Jimenez
Torreon, Lerdo
Gomey Palacio
Cars Ranza
Patterson and Huffman Wed in Dayton Church Ceremony
Miss Evelyn Huffman daughter of Colonel and Mrs Frank Huffman and Frederick B Patterson son of John H Patterson were married at the First Baptist Church in Dayton Ohio. The bride received $25000 in gilt edge securities from her father and the groom provided furnishings for their new home. The couple will honeymoon for a year in Honolulu China and Japan.
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Dayton
First Baptist Church
Evelyn Huffman
Frank Huffman
Frederick. B. Patterson
John H. Patterson
Miami Valley
Honolulu
China
Japan
Wet voters keep Cuyahoga Falls in the wets column
Akron Ohio January 8 wets retain control after a tight race in Cuyahoga Falls. Officials report 730 votes for wets and 682 for dries in a closely watched election.
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Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
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