Persia Sinks After Torpedo Attack Aboard British Liner
The British liner Persia was sunk in the eastern Mediterranean near Crete after a submarine torpedo hit. Robert N. McNeely of Monroe, American consul at Aden, and several other Americans were aboard. four lifeboats escaped as the vessel went down with many lives lost.
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London
Persia
Robert McNeely
Aden
Bombay
Lloyd's
McNeely
Charles H. Grant
Edward Rose
Denver
Gibraltar
Rose
Mediterranean
Crete
Washington Sets Agencies to Gather Facts on Persia Sinking
The Persia disaster raises U S tensions with German and Austrian powers as officials scramble for full details. The Ancona crisis and Austria’s at odds authorities complicate policy while the United States waits for complete evidence before action. The sinking may involve an Austrian submarine, with Bernstorff denying German or Turkish submersibles in the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
Washington
Persia
United States
Austria
Ancona
Lusitania
Germany
Austrian Admiralty
Vienna Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Admiralty
Count von Bernstorff
Mediterranean
Persia steamer linked to Peninsular line sails Bombay to London
The Persia, a 7 974 ton gross steamer owned by the Peninsular Oriental Steamship Company in London, sailed from Bombay on November 14 for London and was reported leaving Gibraltar on December 2. Robert N. McNeely became consul to Aden, Arabia in October 1915. he is a North Carolina native.
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The
Peninsular
Oriental Steamship Company
London
Bombay
Gibraltar
Robert N. McNeely
Aden
Arabia
North Carolina
American consul appointee McNeely serves first trip to post
Washington dispatches report Robert Ne McNeely, appointed October 18, 32, of Monroe, N C, travels to his consular post for the United States government at Oden. The liner Parsia was torpedoed and sunk near Alexandria with nearly all hands lost, per London news.
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Washington
London
Alexandria
Robert Ne ¥ McNeely
United States
Oden
McNeely
Monroe
N. C
North Carolina
Court Declares Newspaper Reading A Civic Duty
Osnabruck court in Prussia rules residents must read newspapers as duty. Two villagers jailed for selling wool despite wartime regulations not displayed locally, court says ignorance is no excuse.
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Associated Press
Osnabruck
Prussia
London
Y Ip
City considers strict auto speed and parking ordinances
Chief Gray reports complaints about speeding by professionals and other drivers and cars parked too far from the curb. The city council may pass ordinances to enforce speed limits and curbside parking. He urges motorists to heed the warning to avoid enforcement and hardship.
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Gray
Emperor Nicholas Named Field Marshal in British Army
London January 1 official report that King George has appointed Emperor Nicholas of Russia as a field marshal in the British army confirming a rare honor between nations and signaling close wartime cooperation.
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Emperor Nicholas
London
George
Russia
New Year Brings No Sign of Peace in Prosecution of Hostilities
The new year opens amid ongoing hostilities with no clear pause or peace prospects. Officials report continued confrontations and no formal ceasefire in sight as the conflict persists into January.
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Serbia
Nalis-Leowis
Vienna
New Year Battles and Race Conflicts Across States
Reports from London to Blakely Georgia describe New Year military moves in the Balkans and persistence of hostilities. In Blakely area a manhunt widens into Alabama and Florida as clashes erupt. five Black suspects killed and several lodge buildings burned amid vigilante actions.
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Blakely
Henry Villipique
Alabama
Florida
Leré
Early
T. J. Howeh
Farly
Early County
Mike
Ulysses Goolsby
Villipique
Montgomery
Greenwood
Fla
Ed Low
Augusta special collision injures a dozen in Virginia wreck
Twelve people were injured, none seriously, when the southbound Augusta special collided with a freight train near Shipman Virginia due to a switch operator's error. The report names Nomia Hill of Catawba NC and Rio Hickman of Charlotte NC among the injured.
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Associated Press
Washington
Augusta
Southern Railway
Shipman
Nomia Hill
Catawba
N. C
Rio Hickman
Charlotte
N.C
Alleged Terms on Which Germany Will Talk Peace
Berlin reports a Neue Zürcher Zeitung article claiming to outline Germany's peace terms. The summary was circulated by the Welf news bureau to newspapers, drawing wide public attention. Leading German papers offered no uniform comment.
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Germany
Associated Press
Berlin
Neue Zuricher-Zeitung
Welf
German Peace Terms Reported by Zu richer Zeitung
The article lists five conditions Germany would accept for peace: Belgium sovereignty restored under conditions. no annexation of French territory. Poland separated from Russia as an independent kingdom under a German prince. restoration of German colonies. and indemnity paid as Russia’s debt to France amounting to 18 billion francs plus annual Belgian military costs. A similar Poland or Russia payment is unclear. The Wolf bureau disputes any authority that the article is a German peace feeler.
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Poland
Russia
Germany
France
Belgium
Wolf Bureau
Ford party likely to sail next Wednesday for Rotterdam
A Reuters report from Copenhagen states the Ford party will probably sail next Wednesday to Rotterdam. The dispatch notes the planned departure from Copenhagen with no further complications disclosed.
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London
Reuter
Copenhagen
Ford
Rotterdam
Property of the High Point Public Library Carolin
A brief notice identifies the item as property of the High Point Public Library in North Carolina, marking ownership and care details for cataloging and preservation.
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High Point Public Library
Wreck Delays Southbound Southern Trains Near Shipman Va
Southbound trains on the Southern ran four to five hours late after the No. 31 Augusta special wreck near Shipman Virginia between Monroe and Charlottesville just before midnight. Local interest centered on R K E Smith, formerly employed hero and cousin to Ernest Wall, reported as express messenger, with initial word that he was badly hurt.
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Southern
Augusta
Shipman
Monroe
Charlottesville
R. K E. Smith
Hero
Ernest Wall
Associated Press
Smith
Disabled Greek steamer towed toward New York
A radio message reported a disabled Greek steamer Thessaloniki being towed to New York by an unidentified vessel. Weather prevented learning the tow ship’s name or position.
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New York
Associated Press
Newport
R. 1
Thessaloniki
Southern Live Stock Liquidates Paying Dollar for Dollar
The Southern Live Stock Insurance company has liquidated and the secretary and treasurer, T. F. Wrenn, paid out today to its stockholders $25,000, dollar for dollar on its capital stock and has retired all of its stock. The company will renew its outstanding politics with Western Live Stock company, of which O. E. Mendenhall is general agent.
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Southern Live Stock Insurance Company
T. F. Wrenn
Western Live Stock Company
O. E. Mendenhall
High Point Negroes Celebrate Emancipation
High Point Negroes celebrate emancipation with an afternoon program and exercises at the High Point Normal and Industrial School. W. Robinson chairs the program committee and Rev. F. L. Maddison, pastor of Zion Church, will deliver the main address.
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High Point
High Point Normal and Industrial School
W. Robinson
F. L. Maddison
Zion Church
Organizing Tar Heel Boys Chapter of U D C
Mrs. D M Pollock plans to form a Tar Heel boys chapter of the U D C for boys under 16 with uniforms and caps to march on parades. She seeks cooperation from mothers and aims for a boys chapter mirroring the girls group she leads. Chicago news notes a planned ten round Willard Fulion bout canceled.
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D. M. Pollock
Pollock
Chicago
Jess Willard
Fred Fulion
Rochester
Mina
Thos. S. Andrews
Milwaukee
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