Christmas Manifesto Calls German Soldiers From Trenches
The German Humanity League circulated a December 25 manifesto urging German troops to quit the front lines and depose the Kaiser. Signed by Karl rnstein and nine others, it denounces the Kaiser and declares no peace while he remains on the throne. Berlin dispatch by Cary W. Ackerman notes Hungary is willing to pledge open Dardanelles to Russia as a peace condition, with Count Albert Apponyi criticizing Russia’s growing influence and American note tone.
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German Humanity League
Karl Rnstein
Rome
Napoleon
Cary W. Ackerman
Berlin
Hungary
Russia
Dardanelles
Balkans
Apponyl
America
England
Three Hundred Rescued From Torpedoed liner Yaasaka Maru
London reports nearly three hundred passengers and crew of the Japanese liner Yaasaka Maru were saved after a submarine torpedoed the vessel in the Mediterranean. The ship stayed afloat about an hour, allowing lifeboats to be launched. many women and children survived with no reported confusion.
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London
Port Said
Line
No Issue Christmas In Press Notice
The Press will not be published on Christmas Day. The church section and automobile pages will appear with the Friday December 24 paper edition.
Christmas Shopping Easy and Profitable Ad Guide
Readers are advised to plan home shopping by using Christmas advertisements in the Press. The ads summarize available wants and indicate where to buy, making holiday purchasing simple and potentially profitable.
Theater Listings For Liberty Holbrook Blinn
Liberty Theatre shows The Family Cupboard. Victoria Theatre presents Pictures. Belvedere Theatre also screens Pictures.
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Liberty Theatre
Holbrook Blinn
Victoria Theatre—Pictures
Belvedere
Pictures
Bulg ar Seaport Still Holding Out
Petrograd dispatches deny Athens claim that Russian forces captured Varna Bulgaria. Russian torpedo boats chased a Bulgarian craft in Varna Bay and withdrew under shore battery fire. influx of ships and heavy bombardment reported but no confirmed landings. Athens report disputed by Bucharest and Daily News summaries.
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Petrograd
Athens
Varna
Bucharest
Daily News
Allied subs capture Austrian submarine in historic tow
Rome reports two Allied submarines captured an Austrian submarine and tow it to Malta. Malta dispatches say Austrian boat was destroyed by two Allied torpedo boats. If confirmed it marks the first capture of a submarine by submarines.
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Rome
Malta
Sahar Rienbaert in Serious Illness Reported in Andernas
French doctors say the famed actress Sahar Rienbaert is seriously ill but improving rapidly in Andernas on December 23. She will stay there until full recovery and plans to travel to London afterward.
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Andernas
France
Farmhand Confesses in Viehmier Strangling Case
Pittsburgh detectives say two men William McClure and Joseph White confessed to murdering 71 year old Mrs. Caroline Viehmier in her home on December 12. Robbery motive cited as White and McClure described tying and gagging the victim and leaving her body in a kitchen corner.
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Pittsburgh
Caroline Viehmier
William McClure
Joseph White
White
Viehmier
McC
Swiss Won't Offer Peace Mediation Now
Paris reports the Swiss Federal Council will not propose mediation for armistice or peace talks. M Hoffmann, head of the political department, said neutrality limits intervention and urged peace only if belligerents request it, warning unsolicited mediation could hinder the peace process.
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Paris
Federal Council
M. Hoffman
Berne
M. Greulich
Socialist
Grippe Epidemic Warned Across Nation
Washington reports a Health Service warning of a grippe epidemic sweeping the country. Cities including Camden New Jersey Jackson Mississippi and several middle western towns show serious symptoms and concern rises for upcoming season.
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Washington
W. Rucker
United States Health Service
Camden
N. J
Jackson
Miss
Ford illness clouds neutral peace delegation trip
Christiania December 23 Henry Ford grows ill and withdraws from the neutral peace conference party bound for Stockholm to recruit delegates. Dean Marquis of Detroit disappears with Ford and party leader S McClure plans to depart. Ford may follow later and may miss active involvement. Lochner reports a $10,000 Ford donation to a Norwegian university building amid mixed reception by Danish officials.
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Ford
Dean Mar
S. McClure
New York
Manna
North Dakota
Mme
Rosika Schwimmer
Lloyd M. Bingham
Amelia Bingham
Katharine Lackie
Christiania
Henry Ford
Louis P. Lochner
Students’ Association
Canada Will Send Big Army to Front
Premier Robert L. Borden told the Canadian Club in New York that Canada will mobilize even larger forces for the front. He pledged readiness for further sacrifices to aid humanity and civilization and noted loyal enlistment efforts and long journeys by volunteers. He referenced only a distant, cautious note about the United States as a kindred nation.
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New York
Biltmore
Robert L. Borden
England
France
Robert
United States
Lloyd George Speech Sparks Cabinet Split Debate
London December 28 Lloyd Georges too late speech targets Lord Kitchener and raises questions in the Commons about his remaining in the cabinet with the minister of munitions. The address fuels coalition disruption as anticonscriptionists press to block compulsory conscription and Labor argues voluntary recruiting may be exhausted.
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House of Commons Lobbey
Kitchener
Muni
Lloyd George
Labor Party
Thompson plan to bankers eyed in Pittsburgh area talks
E R Scrugham, NY financer, returns from Uniontown with a draft agreement for J W Thompson creditors to liquidate Thompson indebtedness. The proposal envisions selling coal holdings at true value to raise funds and involves unsecured creditors joining a creditors committee voluntarily.
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E. R. Scrugham
New York
J. W. Thompson
Thompson
Serigham
Scrugham
Mr. Scrugham
Turco German Drive on Egypt Reported in World War I
Advices from Constantinople report a Turco German campaign against Egypt with about 300000 Turks and 100000 Germans and Arabs. Fighting is underway east of the Suez Canal as von Mackensen’s force is said to have moved toward the canal.
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Vosges
Egypt
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
Suez
Marshal von Mackensen
Turkey
Anzac
Suvia
Gallipoli
Port Said
Suez Canal
Athens
Ki Arish
Ismailia
French Win on Western Front in Hartmansweillerkopf Clash
Paris and Berlin report French forces capturing Hartmansweillerkopf in the Vosges after local actions, with 1,800+ prisoners noted as the largest west front capture since Champagne-Loos. German losses acknowledged and further French actions described along the summit and nearby trenches.
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London
Hartmansweillerkopf
Vosges
Champagne-Loos
Paris
Hartmaneweillerkopf
Wilsons plan Christmas junket to Hot Springs
President and Mrs Wilson may take their immediate relatives on an old fashioned Christmas trip to Hot Springs Arkansas. The group is expected to depart Washington on Christmas Eve for the mountain resort.
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Washington
Wilson
Hot Springs
Krupp Armament Works Destroyed Outside Constantinople
A Danish resident in Constantinople reports that Krupp armament plants near Constantinople were destroyed by bombs dropped by the British ally. The claim appears in the National Tidende.
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Copenhagen
The
National Tiidende
Constantinople
Krupps
Second American Ancona Note Reaches Vienna as State Dept Reports
Washington reports the second American Ancona note was received in Vienna at six o clock Tuesday evening according to the state department.
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Washington
Vienna
State Department
Arrest of Hamburg America employee ties to neutrality plots
Federal officials say the arrest of Edmund Justice, night watchman for the Hamburg American Steamship Co, provides the missing link in evidence that the company funded German operations against U S neutrality. Justice posted 30000 bail for a January 12 hearing as part of a case linking Koenig and a wider conspiracy aided by the line. The probe has already spent over 100000 in support for accused parties.
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Edmund Justice
Hamburg- American Steamship Company
Steamship Company
Department of Justice
Justice
Paul Koenig
Hamburg-American Despective Bureau
Welland
Koenig
United States
Hought
Bf American Company
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