United States and Austria-Hungary Hold Quiet Ancona Crisis
Washington waits as Vienna faces a possible severance of diplomatic ties over the Ancona affair. The American reply to Austria’s note is presented as final, with options including continuation of relations, or Austria confirming or denying Admiralty statements. A final note from Secretary Lansing may outline three possible outcomes.
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Washington
United States
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
Vienna
Austria
Admiralty
Lansing
Ford Ship at Christiania Welcomes Peace Pilgrims
The steamship Oscar II with Henry Ford and his peace party arrived in Christiania. A crowd of students and newspapermen greeted the pilgrims as they were quartered in the city’s best hotels amid snow and ten degrees below zero.
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Christiania
Henry Ford
Villa to receive full protection after rebellion ends
Washington reports the War Department, following State Department guidance, will grant General Francisco Villa full protection as he ends his rebellion in Mexico. New York notes Roosevelt dinner puzzling Wall Street financiers. Cleveland cites gasoline price rise tied to higher demand with steady output. Rome states General von Bissing to retire as Belgian command ends. Berne names Camille de Coppet president and Edmund Schulthess vice president.
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Washington
State Department
War Department
Frederick H. Funston
Francisco Villa
Mexico
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Wall Street
Cleveland
Rome
General von Bissing
Belgium
Berne
Camille de Coppet
Edmund Schulthess
M. de Coppet
Villa Cast Aside By Staff Amid Revolt Against Him
Gen Francisco Villa plans to quit Mexico and seek asylum in the United States after his officers repudiated him and prepared to turn over the Juarez garrison to Carranza. Carranza circles report formalities to finalize the turnover as Villa and his Juarez family prepare to move to El Paso. Mexico City awaits Carranza’s arrival amid festive preparations and new triumphal arches.
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Mexico
United States
Villa
Carranza
Andreas Garcia
Juares
Gen
Consul Garcia
Juarez
Col
Hipolito Villa
Chihuahua City
Santa Rosalia
Mexico City
Senate Extends War Revenue Tax Amid Partisan Clash
The Senate passed a joint resolution to extend the war revenue act for another year in a party line vote 45 Democrats to 19 Republicans. Progressives Poindexter and Clapp joined the Republicans. A lengthy debate framed tariff policy as a campaign issue with Lodge accusing Democrats of taxing the rich to favor the wealthy and Underwood defending the Underwood Simmons tariff act.
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Washington
Senate
Poindexter
Clapp
Lodge
Underwood
Mother of Explorer Dies in Newburyport at 86
Helena Lavinia Hovey widow of Horace Carter Hovey died at her Newburyport home aged 86. Her son Amund Otis Hovey curator of the American Museum of Natural History leads the Crockerland relief expedition and is currently icebound in North Star Bay off Greenland.
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Dr. Hovey
Arctic
Newburyport
Mass
Helena Lavinia Hovey
Horace Carter Hovey
Amund Otis Hovey
American Museum of Natural History
Mr. Hovey
Crockerland
North Star Bay
Greenland
Sunday School Row Turns Fatal in Asheville Area Church
A dispute over who may teach a Sunday school class at Northfork Baptist Church near Asheville escalated into a shooting. Martin Burnett was killed, his brother William Burnett was wounded, and Claud McAfee, the shooter, was stabbed by William Burnett and is likely to die. Burnett fled and is being hunted.
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Asheville
N. C
Northfork Baptist Church
Martin Burnett
William Burnett
Claud McAfee
Will
Burnett
Allied withdrawal from Gallipoli alarm over Salonika drive
London reports 100000 Allied troops left Gallipoli after ten months of fighting with heavy casualties and naval losses. Dispatches note potential redeployment to Salonika or Suez as Greece protests Turkish advances and German plans loom for a spring offensive on multiple fronts.
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Constantinople
Gallipoli
Dardanelles
Saloniki
Suez Canal
Suvla
Anzac
Asquith
House of Commons
Hague
Greece
Athens
Egypt
Nural
von de Goltz
Aleppo
Mesopotamia
Anfarta
Ari- Burnu
Sedul-Bahu
Monte San Michele
Gorizia
Berlin
Border Troop Concentration Near Saloniki Reported
Reports from the Balkan theatre describe Austro German forces massing along the Greek border near Ghergeli with about 200 000 troops. Rail and road repairs are underway, Italian reinforcements totaling 80 000 men are said to have landed on the Albanian coast, and engagements persist between Serbs and Bulgarians in the Albanian Black Drin valley.
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London
Ghergeli
Saloniki
Black Drin
Albania
Haig Succeeds French as British Commander in France
London reports Field Marshal Sir John French is relieved and General Sir Douglas Haig is appointed to command the British armies in France and Flanders. French becomes commander in chief of the United Kingdom forces and is created Viscount of the United Kingdom after sixteen months at the front.
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Haig
French
London
Sir John French
France
Flanders
Douglas Haig
United Kingdom
Joffre
British War Office
German Fleet Patrols North Sea Skagerack in War Review
Berlin statements claim a German fleet patrolled the North Sea last week. Heavily cited actions include cruising Skagerack on the 17th and 18th, inspecting 52 vessels and seizing one contraband cargo while English ships were not seen.
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North Sea
Berlin
London
Skagerack
Kaiser Bans Christmas Festivities In Germany
The Kaiser forbids any Christmas celebrations in Germany and declines customary greetings from Berlin Potsdam and Charlottenburg burgomasters. He refuses his princes requests to return to Berlin to spend Christmas with their families.
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London
Hague
Germany
Berlin
Potsdam
Charlottenburg
Greek troops seize Doiran station and town
Athens reports Greek forces occupy Doiran station and the town to block the En tente line from Bulgarians. Bulgarian forces clash with Greek outposts in Albania as the war moves across fronts.
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Athens
Doiran
Albania
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Great Britain
Monte San Michele
Gorizia
Sofia
Orient
France
Bremen
Instruct Deaf With Movies Aimed at Wider Learning
Trenton feature shows New Jersey School for the Deaf pupils using motion pictures to broaden education. William G. Newcomb, representative of the Bureau of Commercial Economics, discusses travelogues nature studies and industrial scenes used in class.
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Trenton
New Jersey School For the Deaf
William G. Newcomb
New Jersey
Bureau of Commercial Economics
Department of Public Instruction
Washington, D. C
Public Utility Board Eyes Action on Grade Crossings
The Public Utility Commissioners plan a January 26 Newark meeting with Orange and East Orange officials and the Lackawanna Railroad to seek a prompt settlement on eliminating dangerous grade crossings. If a quick accommodation fails, the board may order action to resolve the issue.
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Trenton
Lackawanna
New Jersey Panama Pacific Commission meets in Jersey City
The New Jersey Panama Pacific Commission discussed winding up its affairs and selling the New Jersey building on the exposition grounds. The building will be sold to the highest bidder and removed within sixty days with proceeds returning to the State Treasury. Attending were Treasurer Edward C. Grosscup former Governor J Franklin Fort Walter Gardner Henry Burnett James Waddington Gen Dennis F Collins and Tren ton Mayor Frederick W Donnelly.
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New Jersey
Panama-Pacific Commission
Jersey City
Mr. Hudspeth
Edward C. Grosscup
J. Franklin Fort
Walter Gardner
Henry Burnett
James Waddington
Dennis F. Collins
Frederick W. Donnelly
Trenton
Exposition Grounds
Alte
State Treasury
Fair Association Declares Dividend
The Inter State Fair Association board declares dividends on its stock with 5 percent on common and 7 percent on preferred. Secretary Mahlon R. Margerum presents earnings report. Dividends payable December 31. The board also adopts resolutions mourning the death of William S. Hancock.
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Hammond
Mercer County Tax Board
Public Utility Commission
New Jersey & Pennsylvania Traction Company
Princeton
Ogden H. Hammond
Civil Service Probing Committee
Attorney General's Department
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Hugh A. Smith
Hopewell
Court of Chancery
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Smith
Smith Manufacturing Company
Dr. Green
Mercer County School Board Association
Fred S. Cook
West Windsor
Henry B. Pittenger
James M. Green
State Normal School
Z. E B. Scott
W. C. Hopkins
Helena Brose
Hightstown
Nisi
Henry C. Brose
Plainfield
Backes
Civil Service Comm
Civil Service Commission
Arthur P. D. Tobien
West Hanover Street
Carrie B. Woodward
Bloomfield
Emma E. Dillon
East Front Street
Ruth M. Harriott
Paterson
David Weissman
Newark
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Frank V. Cantwell, Jr
Mercer Street
Marguerite Reeves
David T. Schotland
Betsey Sharkey
Berkeley Avenue
Esther L. Klein
Belleville
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