Yuan Announces Future Policy To Cement China US Ties
Emperor Yuan Shi Kai proclaims monarchy in China and sets policy to cement friendship with the United States. He states sovereignty rests with the people and vows to promote industrial and commercial development between the two nations through closer ties and mutual cooperation.
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New York
Yuan Shi Kai
United Press
China
Themperor
America
United States
Tsi‘ting Kan
San Francisco
U.S
Greeks Withdraw from Salonika in Partial Move
Salonika with Greek forces beginning a partial withdrawal today under Anglo French accord. Twelve thousand Greek troops remain in the area as talks continue. Washington reports Vice President Marshall will accept re election nomination though not a candidate.
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Salonika
Washington
Marshall
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Make up home lists from Christmas advertisements in the Press. The ads suggest items to buy and tell where to purchase, making shopping easy and potentially profitable.
Lull in Battle on the Serbo Greek Frontier Deepens
Official dispatches report a lull along the Serbo Greek border with no large Bulgarian crossing yet. Small scouting parties crossed briefly, then withdrew after mistaking the situation.
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Athens
War Office
London
Greece
Suffrage Hope Raised After Talks With Maryland Leaders
Mrs Edna Story Latimer of Baltimore announced after interviews with Senator Blair Lee and Representatives Jesse D Price and Sandey E Mudd Jr that she is hopeful Lee will back the Anthony amendment. Latimer says Price and Mudd oppose the measure.
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Edna Story Latimer
Baltimore
Maryland Equal Suffrage Congressional Committee
Blair Lee
Jesse D. Price
Sandey E. Mudd, Jr
Senator Lee
Anthony
Price
Mudd
Villa holds 80 American workers in Mexico city move
Reports from El Paso claim General Villa has taken 80 American employees of Pearson properties in Madera Chihuahua as prisoners. Pearson representatives did not deny the account.
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el Paso
Texas
General Villa
Chihuahua City
Pearson Properties
Madera
Chihuahua
Pearson
Naval battle reported in the North Sea
Amsterdam reports a naval fight occurred yesterday in the North Sea with heavy firing heard along the water near the island off Wieland.
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Amsterdam
North Sea
Vieland Watet Isulland
Vienna Sees Flaw in American Note
Vienna officials criticize the American note on the sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona as weak. They argue Washington should have shared its seas freedom stance with all belligerents and that Austria-Hungary only knows Lusitania details from newspapers.
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Vienna
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
Chinese Appeal to Wilson Against Monarchy in China
Tong King Chong, head of the Chee Kung Tong, mailed an appeal to President Wilson urging continued recognition of the Chinese republic. He cites Diaz and Madero and urges restraint toward monarchy supporters, while Gen. Hwang Hsing seeks foreign support against a monarchic restoration.
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San Francisco
Wilson
Washington
Tong King Chong
Chee Kung Tong
Chinese Republic Association
United States
North
Central
South America
Diaz
Mexico
Madero
Peking
Allies responsible for continuing war says Helfferich
Berlin December 15 The responsibility for the continuance of the war must rest upon the Allies declared Dr Karl Helfferich Imperial Secretary of the Treasury in the Reichstag He quoted scriptures predicting the downfall and dissolution of the Buysigh Manvire.
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Berlin
Karl Helfferich
Reichstag
Buysigh Manvire
Chicago as convention city wins GOP nod on first ballot
Washington dispatch says Chicago secured the Republican national convention on the first ballot with 52 votes. The meeting will open June 7 in St Louis with a committee on arrangements to set up the temporary leadership. Debates over suffrage and proxies dominated the day as party leaders weighed platform planks and future procedures.
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Washington
St. Louis
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Hiles
Ralph F. Wiliams
Oregon
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
FE. C. Duncan
North Carolina
Fred W. Estabrook
New Hampshire
Fred Stanley
Kansas
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Michigan A’vah H. Martin, Virginia; James B.B. Goodrich
Indiana
John T. Adams
New York
Congress
United States
Warren
A. J. George
PilipinG Bill Sparks Fresh Senate Hearings In Congress
Senator Hitchcock's committee reopened consideration of the Philippine self-government bill. Gen McIntyre and Charlies M O'Brien testified urging changes to align with the House bill. O'Brien pressed for a federal court to protect foreign interests as Filipinos gain local control. If passed, the measure aims for earlier Senate reporting after the holiday recess.
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MclIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Charlies M. O’brien
Manila
McIintyre
Senate
McIntyre
O'Brien
Islands
Philippine Senate
O’brien
Philippine Islands
United States
Hitchcock
England to grant safe conduct to German attaches
The British Embassy notified the State Department that England will grant a safe conduct to Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papen. The move follows official discussions and was announced in Washington on December 15.
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England
U. S
von Papen
Washington
Boy- Ed
State Department
Austria to yield in Ancona case amid US demands
Reports from Swiss sources say Austria will surrender to United States demands in the Ancona incident after a cabinet meeting. Secretary Lansing states the US will not accept any excuse that Austria was unaware of Washington staff sentiment, noting Austria was informed via German channels. The Japanese Embassy declares Japan’s motives in its China protest are simple and pure.
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China
London
Austria
United States
Ancona
Washington
America
Lansing
Germany
Japan
US seeks release of six Germans from American ships
The United States cabled Ambassador Sharp in Paris protesting the Descartes seizure of six Germans and Austrians from the Carolina Coamo and San Juan. The note urges immediate release, citing neutral rights and a Trent precedent, and references a cabinet meeting and possible French contest.
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Dec. H
United States
Sharp
Paris
Foreign Office
Descartes
Carolina
Coamo
San Juan
Greek King III Stricken With Influenza in Athens
London and New York dispatches report King Constantine of Greece ill with influenza and fever, confined to his room with no participation in state affairs. Other items note Greece commandeering ships to move food and coal, seeking to bypass Entente shipping restrictions.
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London
Athens
Constantine
Chronicle
Bec
Greece
Central News
Cardiff
United States
Hampton Heads
Post Office Denies Mails to Denatured Alcohol Advertiser
The Post Office Department barred the mails to Professor Carl Von Hartzfeldt and his Wood Waste Distilleries Company and Teddys Laboratory of Wheeling West Virginia. They advertised producing twenty gallons of denatured alcohol from a ton of sawdust.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Carl von Hartzfeldt
Woodwaste Distilleries Company
Teddys Laboratory
Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore to Visit Sunday from Trenton and Baltimore
George Sunday the evangelist’s son and business manager arrived in Syracuse from Trenton and Baltimore. The two cities prepared housing arrangements for the evangelist and his entourage ahead of events.
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Syracuse
George Sunday
Evangelist
Trenton
Baltimore
Government Drops Zwiedenik Probe In Ancona Case Fallout
Washington reports no action will be taken in the Zwiedinek and von Nuber cases until after the Ancona affair is resolved. Cabinet officials said the Austro Hungarian officers’ alleged neutrality violations are not yet pursued, as the Ancona attack and related notes dominate the day. The administration also discussed a note urging France not to remove Germans Austrians from American ships near a French warship.
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Greece
Germany
Athens
Trent
United States
Mason and Sildell
State Department
Washington
Karen Zwiedinek
Alexander von Nuber
New York
Ancona
United State
Lansing
Wilesen
France
Porto
Haron Zwiedinek Tm
Chicago Hosts Battle For National Conventions
Chicago crowds gather as Republicans prep for the National Convention on June 7 while Bull Moose supporters plan events here on June 21. The Chicago Progressives organize a push to influence the party and promote reform.
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Chicago
Fragmentary notice hints at commission on child welfare
A fragment from a San Francisco forecast mentions a commission related to state proceedings and concerns about children born into work. Details are unclear.
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San Francisco
Dr. & Niche Jacobs
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