Relief Ship Levenpool Reported Sunk Near Belgium Relief Ship Levenpool Reported Sunk Near Belgium
Rotterdam December 17 The Belgian Relief Ship Levenpool sailing under relief commission banners was last reported in sinking condition after sailing from New York November 24 with 6540 tons of lard and bacon destined for Belgium relief at Rotterdam Officials doubt torpedo strike citing possible mine and note the ship displayed clear relief markings and night lighting to identify its status
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Levenpool
New York
Pool Shipping Company
West Hartlepool
American Commission For the Relief of
Belgium
American Protest Sent Over Coamo Removals in France
Paria Dec 17 The American note to France on the removal of passengers from the steamer Coamo and other vessels by the French cruiser Des cartes was received at the American embassy Wednesday night and will go to the foreign office for consideration, with a reply expected after several days.
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France
Coamo
Descartes
Foreign Office G
Berlin
Sayville
Salonika
Austria
Montenegrin Resistance Battles Austrians in Montenegro
Across a seventy mile front Austrian forces push into Montenegro as Montenegrin troops along the Lim river resist despite severe shortages of heavy artillery and ammunition. Eastern Montenegro residents flee the advancing army amid fighting and displacements.
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Paris
Austria
Montenegro
Montegrin
Lim
Ford Peace Ship Oscar Second Leaves for Christiansand
The British authorities release the Ford Peace Ship Oscar Second and allow it to proceed to Christiansand Norway under bond after contraband items were found aboard. The cargo may be partially sent to a prize court but will be returned to England to avoid delaying the peace mission.
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London
Oscar
Christansend
Norway
Christiansend
Admiralty
Republicans aim for united 1916 campaign in Chicago
Washington reports Republicans seek a harmonious Chicago convention to reunite Bull Moose and old line members. Crane leads a tentative ticket while Root and Hughes factions waver. Committee plans place convention early and set national HQ in Chicago with Reynolds and Stone arriving by May 1.
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Chieu Coll Teum
St. Louis
Chicago
Sube Committee
Hikes
National Committee
Congress Hotel
Reynolds
Stone
Chicrago
Wilson Couple to Wed as Austria Crisis Looms
President Woodrow Wilson plans a near location wedding and short honeymoon despite tensions over Austria. Secretary Lansing may visit if decisive action is needed. The license was issued to Chief Usher Koover and the ceremony will be at Mrs Galt's home with about 80 guests. specifics of departure remain private.
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Dec. le
Wilson
White House
Lansing
Austria
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St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
W.W
EH. B. Ga
District of Columbia
District Supreme Court
Woodrow Wilson
Edith Bolling Galt
Usher Koover
Rielle
Germany
Romania Debates Allied War Entry Amid Serbia Retreat
Bucharest dispatches report Romania will not enter the war against Austro-German powers following the Serbian retreat. M. Marghiloman with the king favors joining the central bloc and invading Bessarabia, signaling a shift in conservative strategy.
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Serbia
Romania
Bucharest
Wester
Teutonic Forces Threaten Egypt
Rome reports the Turko-German threat to Egypt growing. A Damascus to Egyptian frontier railway nears completion, enabling rapid 500000-man concentration. Ottoman troops total around 200000 with German officers, as desert water lines and bridges for the Suez are built. Emissaries urge Senousi to strike from the west and Abyssinians toward Sudan.
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Homs
Desert
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Sudan
American in Bow Street Court Faces War Material Charge
Cedric Erlund described as an American business organizer was remanded in Bow Street court on a charge of unlawfully proposing to deal in large quantities of war material without a permit. Information showed he possessed documents referring to proposals to deal in New York with shells rifles and picric acid.
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London
Cedric Erlund
Bow Street Court
Erlund
New York
Russians Occupy Hamden Near Tehran in Persia
Petrograd reports Russian troops have occupied the important Persian city of Hamden, located about 165 miles south of Tehran, with a population of inhabitants as noted in the official dispatch.
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Petrograd
Hamden
Teheran
Hostage Crisis as Villa Demands Million Ransom
Pancho Villa holds 30 American workers in Chihuahua City after seizing control of Francis S. Pearson syndicate operations. He demands a $1,000,000 loan and threatens to burn lumber mills and wreck railroads until payment is made. The Pearson group refuses, citing bankruptcy after Villa’s actions. Villa bars Americans from leaving without his consent, signaling no protection due to U. S. troop movements through Mexico.
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Pancho Villa
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Madera
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Pearson
Villa
F. S. Pearson
Lusitania
United States
Carranza
Triple Collision Kills Six Teens Amid Heavy Fog
In Newcastle area, a freight train, pilot engine, and a passenger train collided in dense fog near Jarrow. Six teens are dead, over fifty injured, several missing, and four coaches were overturned and incinerated.
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England
Jarrow
Italian liner Porto Said sunk by submarine
London reports the Italian liner Porto Said, a 53 000-ton vessel, was submarined and presumably sunk in the Mediterranean. The loss is described as a grave maritime disaster with uncertainty over survivors.
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London
Porto
Mediterranean
Austria Answers Ancona Note Seen In Washington
Washington reports Austria’s reply to the Ancona note is being decoded and studied by Secretary Lansing and President Wilson. Berlin expects no break with the United States, while Vienna signals cautious concessions to avoid crisis. a German draft note may influence U.S. actions.
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State Department
Latistie
Tong
Howe
Wilson
Lansing
United States
Toto
Vienna
Austria
Ancona
Attaches May Not Be Named Till War Ends
Washington reports doubt on appointing successors to Captains Boy-Ed and Von Papan as warned by Count Von Bernstorff. Officials expect possible further formal letters to the German admiralty after withdrawal. Captain Boy Ed denies any secret leak of a confidential Navy report from the White House.
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von Paen
Boy-Ed
Washington
von Papan
William
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
State Department
Admiralty
War Office
New York
Boyed
White House
Navy
Wilson
Churchill Narrowly Escapes Shell Hit Dugout
London reports that Winston Spencer Churchill, who resigned as chancellor of the duchy to rejoin his regiment at the front, escaped injury when his dugout was struck by a German shell a few days ago according to wounded soldiers returning home.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Churchill
Partisan House Clash Over Emergency Revenue Extension
Washington date line reports a partisan division as Democrats push to extend the emergency revenue law to end of next year. The House vote stood 205 yeas to 189 nays with Republicans uniting against the extension and a few Democrats breaking ranks. Senate action expected today as leaders anticipate year end adjournment.
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House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
Finance Committee
State Senator Brings City Hall Briefing on Annapolis Plans
A state senator from Allegany met Mayor Preston at City Hall to discuss proposed legislation for the city this winter. The note-taker says details were not released but suggests the plan includes city expansion and a projected exit strategy for the town.
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Nazaihiman
Miayor Preston
Ftis
Allegany
Annapolis
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