Protest Over British Seizures Prompts Diplomatic Response
London negotiates over U S protest against British interference with commerce. Sir Edward Grey and Viscount Haldane return to Downing Street to brief Asquith as cabinet to discuss. Americans to meet with Grey soon. Note argues British actions violate international law on contraband and continuous voyage. It defends neutral trade while outlining three core objections and the handling of to order shipments.
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London
United States
Edward Grey
Wednessey
Downing Street
Viscount Haldane
Foreign Office
Ater
Asquith
Sir Edward
British
Diplomatic Corps
England
Wilson
Washington
Great Britain
Porta
German air raid kills fifteen at Dunkirk retreat
London reports seventeen bombs dropped by five German aviators on Wednesday. Fifteen people died and more than thirty were wounded, including women and children. Separate item: Miss Ella Thompson, Attleboro Falls postmistress, pursued two robbers four miles after they blew open the safe, securing $200 in stamps and money but the men escaped. Another report: Bertha Eilelson killed Ben Grampp, alleging he blocked her hotel work.
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London
Dunkirk
Womnen
Furies
Albert
Attleboro
Mass
Ella Thompson
Attleboro Falls
Bandits Get 10840 After Sunset Limited Robbery
In San Antonio on January 1 three bandits robbed two sleepers of the Sunset Limited aboard the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railway. Passengers report $7840 in cash and jewelry worth 3000 taken. Jose Martinez of Durango carried 16000 and valuable jewels. He rewarded fellow passengers with tips after escaping. Mrs. J Carson, Houston, with baby, remained calm as robbers seized valuables. the leader ordered the baby spared. Three bandits boarded at Cline and fled near Spofford.
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San Antonio
Tex
Galveston, Harriaburg
Martinex
J. Carson
Houston
White Wins Ten Round Fight At Madison Square Garden
In New York on Tuesday night Charlie White defeated Joe Shugrue after ten rounds by a wide margin. White’s superior hitting and left hook unsettled Shugrue several times though he stood strong. Both fighters weighed 183 pounds.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Sean
Charlie White
Joe Shugrue
Shugrue
White
New York City
Zadak Wills
Norma Cliff Andrews
James Montfort Schley
Admiral Schley
Supreme Court
Justice Glegerich
Schley
Carranza Troops Desert for Villa near Tepic
Seven thousand soldiers with General Carranza switch allegiance to General Villa at Tepic on Mexico's west coast. Foreign nationals seek refuge aboard the U.S. supply ship Glacier at San Blas and Tepic. Rear Admiral Howard orders the gunboat Annapolis toward San Blas by wireless, though no trouble is anticipated.
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San Diego
Cal
Carranza
Frank Appeal Granted Delays Atlanta Murder Case
Associate Justice Lamar of the U S Supreme Court allowed Lee M. Frank’s appeal, granting a stay of execution for the Atlanta factory superintendent convicted of Mary Phagan’s murder. The stay remains until the high court resolves the constitutional questions raised.
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Washington
Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Lee M. Frank
Atlanta
Bomb Thrower Ends Life At Hindu Temple
In San Francisco on Sunday a man named Vavara, described as a religious fanatic, detonated a dynamite bomb at the feet of Swami Trigunatita during services at the Filbert and Webster temple. The blast killed Vavara andinjured four congregants while the swami suffered severe leg and foot injuries. London reports a Christmas recruitment rush with many Englishmen delaying enlistment to remain home for the holiday.
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San Francisco
Cal
Vavara
Filbert and
Webster Streets
Trigunatita
London
War Office
Blood for Sale Sparks Mass Blood Offer in New York
On December 30 in New York, about a hundred people answered a Beth Israel hospital appeal asking for blood donations to save three patients. The response showed widespread public willingness to help, with many offering to donate blood despite the unusual framing of the appeal.
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New York
Beth Israel Hospital
Russians Hold Germans Along Lower Vistula and Pilica
Berlin reports the Russian left wing proves superior and encirclement risk noted as Austrians retreat in disorder through the Carpathians. Petrograd says Russians hold the Germans back along the lower Vistula and Pilica, with German losses mounting in recent fighting.
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Berlin
Carpathian
Petrograd
Carpathians
Lower
Vistula
Pilica
Allied Victories Reported From Nieuport to Musshau sen Front
Definite successes announced by the French war office show allies advancing from Nieuport and attacking Musshau sen, with French forces under General Pau investing Steinbach in the Vosges. In near Apremont area forest fighting led to French retaking trenches, at heavy cost as cannonades and infantry assaults pushed Germans back despite fierce resistance.
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London
Nieu- Port
Musshausen
French War Office
St. Georges
Nieuport
Pau
Upper
Alsace
Steinbach
Vosges
Betwen Cernay
Thann
Apremont
Mistaken Identity Ends In Man's Death At Nordhoff
Herbert Lathrop a famed Ventura county guide hunter was shot and killed near his Nordhoff cabin by Floyd Perritt pitcher for the Los Angeles Coast league club. Perritt and his wife camped nearby and, mis seeing a wildcat, fired after watching the area for several minutes. He found Lathrop mortally wounded.
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Nordhoff
Cal
Herbert Lathrop
Ventura County
Floyd
Poll) Perritt
Los Angeles Coast League
Perritt
Lathrop
VOTE CASES UP SOON SIX Terre Haute Officials Held
Indianapolis dispatch reports additional arrests in a Terre Haute election corruption indictment. Six more men were taken into federal custody, bringing total arrests to 102 as prosecutors plan arraignments January 12 before Federal Judge A B Anderson. Names include Frank Lockwood Hl Talbott George Ehrenhardt Hilton Redman Frank Kizer and Robert Lockwood. Some defendants released on bonds. Inter state voting prosecutions under study by US District Attorneys Karch and Dalley.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
A. B Anderson
Marion County
Frank Lockwood
EL Talbott
George Ehrenhardt
Board of Pubic Worke
Hilton Redman
B. H. Redman
Frank Kizer
Robert Lockwood
Kizer
United States
Karch
Danville
Dalley
Villa lifts siege of Naco in Mexican border clash
United States citizens in Villa Naco celebrate as the siege of the Mexican town of Naco ends. Governor Joss Maris Maytorena withdraws his forces under cover of darkness, abandoning entrenchments five miles from the former siege line and lifting the two month stand.
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Naco
Ariz
United States
Joss Maris Maytorena
Consul General requests blankets for Mexicans relief
New York Dec 23 Consul General Hanna telegraphs the American Red Cross asking for 2 000 cheap blankets to Monterey Mexico to aid suffering natives food supplies are short and some towns already appeal for help citizens of San Antonio Texas sent a carload of food and clothing if winter is cold there would be great hunger and cold after four years of war the country is short of food he will make supplies and money go as far as possible.
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New York
American Red Cross
Hanna
Monterey
Mexico
San Antonio
Actor killed in street as scaffolding collapses in Kansas City
Kansas City workmen and vaudeville star Walter B Dickinson was killed when scaffolding for the Muehlenbach hotel project collapsed trapping him in the street. Five laborers were seriously injured as the structure fell, Dickinson died at a hospital after skull fracture. He had been brought for a special act on an all star bill to open a theater.
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Kansas City
New Muehlenbach
Walter
Dickinson
German demand on Belgian consuls shocks U S authority
Washington reports Germany requires American consuls in Belgium to be acceptable to German military authorities and suggests withdrawal of some consuls for now. In New York a wrecked schooner Warren Adams was abandoned after a Christmas gale with seven crew rescued by the Norwegian steamer Joseph J. Cuneo.
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Washington
American State Department
Belgium
Grew
New York
Warren Adams
Joseph J. Cuneo
Two Kentuckians Die in Island Shootout
In Island Kentucky Albert Gillan and Uriah Everly were shot to death after resisting arrest and firing on Chief Park Taylor who killed them. Gillan was Gillan's brother in law. The shooting occurred in Lexington with the events reported from December 29.
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Lexington
Albert Gillan
Uriah Everly
Gillan
Island, Ky
Park Taylor
Typhoid Fever Claims Two Children in Lebanon
In Lebanon Illinois on December 29 typhoid fever killed Viola Marile aged eight and Frank Hagerman aged ten, children of Arthur Hagerman, within forty minutes of each other, wiping out the family.
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Lebanon
Ill
Viola Marile
Frank Hagerman
Arthur Hagerman
Helgoland fortress likened to Gibraltar by ex envoy
Richard Wackerow, former United States vice consul at Breglau, says Helgoland’s German fortress has been made virtually impregnable by hundreds of heavy guns. The claim frames Helgoland as a Gibraltar-like naval base in a New York dea report.
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Helgoland
Gibraltar
New York
Richard Wackerow
United States
Consi
Breglau
Formidable Sunk in English Channel. 71 Rescued by Light Cruiser
London Jan 4 The British battleship Formidable has been sunk in the English channel. Seventy-one crew members were saved. It is unclear if a mine or submarine caused the loss. The ship, completed in 1903, carried 750 men and armament including four 12 inch guns. Survivors were landed by a trawler amid a violent storm. a light cruiser rescued them nearby. The Formidable was part of the Home Fleet and had escorted transports between English and French ports.
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London
English Channel
Admiralty
Preas Bureau
Arthur N. Loxley
Formidable
England
Exchange Telegraph Company
Cuxhaven
Warsaw Declared Safe From German Attack
Official dispatches report Warsaw no longer in danger as von Hindenburg’s men push along the line. German casualties reportedly heavier. Polish forces claim gains in the Carpathians and Galicia with thousands of prisoners taken. Battles continue along the Vistula and surrounding trenches near the Bzura and Rawka rivers.
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Petrograd
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
Poland
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Carpathians
Galicia
Vistula
Pt. Nea
Bzura
Rawka
Bolimow
East Prussia
Przemyslia
Britain to Get New Note on British Contraband
Washington reports official sources confirm the United States intends to send a new note to Great Britain. The measure concerns Britain’s stance on contraband. Concurrently in Cairo, refugees relay news that Djemal Pasha, leader of a 60,000 strong Turkish force, was assassinated in his Jerusalem headquarters.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Cairo
Egypt
Jaffa
Agia Minor
Djemal Pasha
Jerusalem
Wind Central Train Kills Couple in Springfield
Miss Stella MacElfresh twenty and her fiancé Phillip Ooslow twenty three were killed when a Winds Central train struck their buggy as they rode home from a party in Springfield NL on January 4.
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Girt
France
Springfield
Stella MacElfresh
Phillip Ooslow
California Syrup of Figs Adopts Gentle Laxative Promise
A nostalgic ad urges mothers to switch from castor oil and calomel to California Syrup of Figs for children. It promotes the fruit laxative as gentle, effective for stomach, liver, and bowels, and claims it suits babies to adults with directions on the bottle.
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California
Wasted Dress
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quips about clothing dyes becoming unavailable and a boy named Clarence debating black attire while lamenting fashion shortages. Reggie and Clarence discuss dressing in black, joking about clergy attire and parental expectations.
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Clarence
Reggie
Mothah
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Clear Your Skin with Fragrant Skin Care Creams
Fragrant creams claim to clear pimples blotches and rough skin while also soothing the scalp from dandruff and itching and easing hand chapping. Free samples by mail with 32p Skin Book, send address postcard to Cuticura Dept Boston. sold everywhere.
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Dept
Boston
Ady
Time for another battle Summon the army to fresh charge
A vivid anecdote on Napoleon where a marshals fears a lost battle are met with calm resolve. Napoleon checks his watch and commands four fresh charges, turning setback into renewed effort. The tale emphasizes leadership under pressure and relentless military tactics.
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Napoleon
Jad Salts Kidney Health Ad Claims Flushes Urinary System
An advertisement touts Jad Salta as a harmless inexpensive remedy to flush clogged kidneys, ease backaches, and neutralize urine acidity. It promises improved kidney function with a daily tablespoon in water and cites a local druggist endorsement.
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Ady
Not Ready Fire Tale Echoed In Birmingham Herald
Quotation from the Birmingham Age Herald recalls a line where Silas refuses to leave, insisting his shirt is in the washtub while the town faces a large fire down the road. The exchange captures local color and humor amid emergency.
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Birmingham Age Herald
Restore Youthful Color With Hay a Hair Health
Ad touts Hay a Hair Health as a harmless alternative to dyes for restoring youth color. Claims rely on an air action and an element in the preparation. price 61.00 plus 250 hdc, sold at drug stores or by mail from Philo Hay Bpedaillonie Newark NJ. Includes stray ad copy and classroom joke text.
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Ename
Philo Hay Bpedaillonie
Newark
N. J
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