Mrs Asquith sues Globe for libel over patriotism claims
London dec 18 Mrs Herbert H Asquith wife of the premier filed in chancery seeking an order restraining the Globe from publishing alleged libels. Her lawyers say she has been harassed for weeks by accusations of disloyalty and German association and that the press campaign continues. The case was adjourned to Tuesday with Mrs Asquith denying under oath the circulated statements.
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London
Herbert H. Asquith
Chancery Court
Globe
Asquas
Mennith
Taintiff
Asquithad
Workman Suspected of Dynamite Plots in New Jersey
Salem county authorities probe John Szodoba former Du Pont worker at Carney's Point after explosives and work gloves found in his room. He is held on a larceny charge and is regarded as suspicious. Du Pont lodge no complaint about plots to damage property and Szodoba has multiple aliases.
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Salem
N. J
Salem County
John Szodoba
du Pont Powder Company
Carney’s Point
Harria D. Smith
Trate
du Pont Company
Agistrate Smith
Szodoba
Agistrate
November exports set record at New York port
Exports valued at 188,006,445, the largest monthly total ever shipped from an American port, left New York harbor in November. The November figure tops October’s record by over 12 million, while imports reached 97,666,615, about 22 million more than October. duties for November, though, were lower at 76,000,000 due to many free goods.
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New York
New York Harbor
Customs House
Iimporta
Fight Between Banana Interests To Be Heard
In Philadelphia federal court Judge Thompson overruled a motion to dismiss a $15 million antitrust suit by the Minefields Steamship Co. Ltd. against United Fruit Co. The receiver for Bluefields challenged the Fruit Co. for alleged conduct to drive a $5 million banana business loss and to secure a U S monopoly in banana imports. The case has spanned years with weeks of hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Thompson
Federal District Court
Bemias
Gulf of the Minefields Stamahip Company, Limited
United Fruit Company
Steamahip Company
Fruit Concern
Bluefields Company
Fruit Company
Aleamelio Company
Frult Com
Hivefields
United States
Sir Edward Grey Rest After Illness in London
London reports Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey is forced to rest due to illness. The Prime Minister and Marquess of the Council expressed concern as government affairs proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Greyg
Villa Urged to Abandon His Fight Before War Council
From Paso to Chihuahua a war council discusses ending Villa opposition to the Carranza de facto government. Villa and his staff attend as pressure mounts to quit the fight. Supplies are commandeered in Chihuahua for a southern expedition rumored to target Jalisco.
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Juarez
Madera
Pearson
Canns Grandes
Jalisco
Revenue Measure Passed by House
The House approved by 206 to 189 a joint resolution extending the emergency revenue tax through December 31, 1916. Senate action is expected soon. The extension aims to raise about 42 million dollars annually, with Republicans backing the measure and Democrats opposing any short extension. Leaders warned of a large deficit without renewal and discussed potential funding options, including Panama canal bonds, as a broader revenue program looms after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Calloway
Te Hilliard
Keating
Colorado
Illinois
Wingo
Arkansas
Bevera
Carole
Cneeele Enaner Na
Congress
Mann
Cannon
Hearing on Flour Standards to Be Held
Washington announces a joint committee hearing on definitions and standards for flour and related food products. The session is set for December 20, 1915 at 10 am in the Sellatonl building Kansas City Missouri. Representatives from the USDA and two national associations will attend to aid federal and state enforcement of food and drug laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Joint Committee On
Soteonl
Kansas City
Southwestern Millers’ League
Southwest
United States Department of Agriculture
Association of American Dairy, Food and Drug Officials
Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
Fair Hunter College Girls Seek New York Adopters
New York reports that one hundred Hunter College girls seek guardians who are residents of New York City. The college may end free education for nonresidents, as upheld by attorney P Paul Ker. About 600 girls attend Hunter. five hundred meet actual city residence, while several of the hundred wait with friends or relatives. Ivan Samler Davis notes adopted by warm supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hunter College
New York City
College
Hunter
Ivan Samler Davis
P Paul Ker
Three Shot Down by Mexican Highwaymen
Riverside California December 17 two Mexicans shot and killed Cc P Macey an Elsinore grocer and wounded his son and daughter when they refused to surrender the store receipts. A posse under Sheriff Wilson pursued the bandits who fled in an automobile toward San Diego and the Mexican border. Pearl Macey the daughter and Ward Macey the son who fought the bandits were hospitalized after being shot twice each. The girl saved the money the bandits sought.
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Riverside
Cal
Cc. P. Macey
Elsinore
Wilson
San Diego
Pearl Macey
Macey
Churchill Narrow Escape Amid War Duty
London reports Winston Spencer Churchill, taking up duties as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, narrowly escaped danger after a light shell struck his dugout at home while he sought to join his regiment. The incident underscores the peril facing leaders serving in uniform during wartime.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Maker of Lusitania affidavit in jail
An alleged maker of an anti British Lusitania affidavit is jailed. Judge Charles oan of Gemane states the affidavit concerns the sinking. Heed and Patos alias Ritter have been arrested on a charge of passing a false check by federal officials.
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Lusitania
Charles 8. Oan
Gemane
Ecmae
Ge Heed
Pimech Patos
Ritter
Theft of Report Denied by German Attache Captain
New York December 18 Captain Boyed the German naval attache issued a statement denouncing as fabrications newspaper reports that he obtained a confidential report prepared by American naval officers for President Wilson. He says he never heard of such a report and had no American citizen employed in his office. The captain calls the articles absurd and without foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boy-ed
Eminazay
White House
Wilson
United States
Boyed
Wilton
Food Sent Germans by Postal Service
London reports large food parcels sent to Germany from America by postal service. Lord Robert Cecil told the House of Commons undersecretary for affairs that steps are being taken to handle the matter. A New York committee announced it had delivered condensed milk, lard, and rice to the U S post office for shipment to starving German and Austrian children.
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London
Germany
America
Wash
Robert Cecil
House of
Citizens’ Committee
Austria
New York
United States Post Office
Salg
Rumiero
Aviona Coninonis
Adriatic
Aviona
Aly
Hartern
Italy
Alana
Baloniki
Greece
Nald
Uthern
Sforme
Petrogria
Dvinak
Persia
Ambassador Willard Dodging Tax Charge
Richmond Va Dec 17 A report charges Ambassador Willard of evading taxes by omitting intangible property valued at 1,719,600 from tax returns. The matter involves loans to finance the Stre ndmond and Rappahannock railway. The case will be presented to the circuit court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Seeren
Willard
Spain
State Auditor of
Prince William County
Stredmond & Rappahannock
Clicuit
Cholera Death Toll Rises Amid Philippine Epidemic
From Washington reports, health officers in the Philippines faced a severe cholera outbreak over the past year, with about 10,000 deaths recorded. Army officer Capt C Helvbower cited the crisis before the Senate delegation, underscoring strained health services and mounting casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waoekington
D.C
C. Helvbower
Army Media Corpa
Renate Suapee
Philip Itoe
Tne
Hungarian Leader Pleads For Peace
London reports a sensational speech in Hungary's Seegerger region advocating peace with the enemy powers. The speech, censored at home and in press dispatches, urges recognition of Hungarian unity and compensation, blaming the government for censorship and wartime faults while calling for resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henow
Serbia
Fall wheat crop smaller in 1915 forecast by USDA
Washington December 18. The Agriculture Department estimates next year’s winter wheat crop at about 540 million bushels, 115 million less than this season’s harvest but about 100 million more than the five year average. Acreage sown fell 11.3 percent to 37,266,000 acres with wheat condition at 17.7 percent of normal on December 1. Rye condition stood at 91.5 percent of normal.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Rocky Mountain States
Decree bars liquor sales in Mexico City for 90 days
Galveston Texas dispatch reports the Mexico City ban on alcohol for 90 days issued by the federal district governor to curb typhus. It notes Yucatan Governor Alvarado has banned liquor sales there and churches damage investigations tied to military operations, with reports of excess in the United States.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexico City
Federal District
Alvaredo
Yucatan
United
Crane employes to receive big bonus
Crane officials announce a Christmas gift plan totaling more than 700000 dollars. The bonus equals 10 percent of each employee's annual salary, to be shared by about eight thousand workers nationwide, including men and women at Crane Company plants.
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Chicago
Crane Company
Christman
Aix mm Chen
Wartime Woes Report on Forced Searches for Women
Fragmentary text claims women spies and agents are active across alliances. It mentions Austro-Ewie and Geneva Giapatans with alleged orders forcing women to diarobe and submit to searches for papers, cosmetics, or personal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Fletcher Named Minister to Mexico
Washington December 18 Henry Prather Fletcher currently ambassador to Chile was nominated by President Wilson for the Mexico post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Mexico
Washington, D. C
Henry Prather Fletcher
Chile
Wilson
Mex
Abyssinian Army of 200000 Ready for Allied Use
Paris December 18 The young Abyssinian emperor Lidy Jensen is favorable to the entente and has offered 200000 soldiers for use by the allied forces. Pierre Alype, a colonial committee member, cites the offer in debates on a resolution to secure Abyssinian independence. He notes rapid transport possible via Jubiiuil to Addis Abeba and then to Suez or Basra, with Abyssinian troops already well armed by Belgium and Germany.
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Paris
Lidy Jensen
Abyssinia
Great Britain
Italy
France
Pierre Alype
Chamber of Deputies
M. Alype
Foreign Affairs
Foreign Affairs and Colonial Committees
Chamber
Oetien Candace
Guadaloupe
Frence
Ates
Bees
Alype
Ral
Jubiiuil
Addis Abeba
Siniu
Suez
Bassara
Mesopotamia
Germany
Belgium
Egypt
Mesoaeua
Ohio rivers swollen by rain and sleet flood fears
Heavy rains and sleet have caused widespread rising water across the Ohio valley. Small streams within about 60 miles of Cincinnati are at flood tide, with reports from central Kentucky indicating increasing flood danger. In Kentucky, mountain streams are rising and threaten low lands and small villages as the worst of the storm passes.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Kentuc
Jackson
Louisville
Breakdown of liner from natural causes reported
Report states that the disabled steamer Minnesota, examined by investigators and agents, suffered a breakdown off the California coast not due to any criminal act found so far.
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Fan 2 c
Clace
Minnesota
Callefornia
Incoherent OCR Phrase From Local Page
OCR fragment yields unreadable line "rtennal en sTaike enoe ma as the Bac cane, Bat Laue ral Ria" with no clear entities or event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoe Ma
Tense outlook as Austria US talks near rupture over Ancona case
Washington reports a grim mood over the Ancona dispute with Austria. Vienna's reply is seen as evasive and potentially breaking relations, though diplomats hope for a negotiated pause. Secretary Lansing warned the note may not be public until reviewed, while a further note is planned as talks continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Austria
Ancona
Vienna
Berlin
Baron Swiedinek
Basasador
Basie
Hoveniud
Lanai
Wilson
State Department
Lansing
United States
Two murderers pay penalty of crimes in Sing Sing
Ossining New York 17 Worthy Tooley of Athens New York and Ludwig Marquardt of Kingston New York die by electrocution at Sing Sing as per sentence.
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Ossining
N. Y
Worthy Tooley
Athens
N. Pe
Ludwig Marquardt
Kingston, N. Y
Derera
Sing Sing Sars, Macatee
Bomb hits Shanghai newspaper plant in unclear blast
A bomb was thrown at a Shanghai newspaper building causing minor damage and no listed casualties. The attack damaged the front of the News building and left several witnesses in shock amid a tense wartime environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Dallewa
Celtis
Seth Mearchy
Canuastiva
Y News
Three City Officials Held in Court By Special Board
A special board convened to investigate city inefficiencies held three city officials, including Walter C. Leininger and city manager, accountable for administrative issues. The proceedings, led by Judge Koala, resulted in findings of fault across departments and calls for oversight reforms.
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Apecial Tradt Board
Koala Ineffielees
City Employes
Ney
Walter C. Leininger
Iningee
BuDerInt Godont
Atrenta
Milan notes 30000 Italian troops at Valona Albania
Paris dispatch cites Milan correspondent estimating about 30,000 Italian troops at Valona with indications of a large expedition to Albania. The report suggests Saloniki reinforcement by Allies and Greek caution, while central powers weigh next moves and Greece’s stance amid the widening war theater.
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Paris
Milan
Valona
Albania
Aytona
Lange
Italy
Imain
Galeniki
Saloniki
Macedonia
Salamenti
Europe
Aviona
British Inquiry Sent to Pigeon Hole
An unclear docket notes a British inquiry sent to the pigeon hole with actions postponed and pending decisions. The text references a committee and power bill work set to begin January 4, with ongoing indecision and a meeting delay affecting the inquiry's progress.
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Pigeon Hole
D. G
Speyer and Cassel Retain Citizenship in Trial Ending
Fragmentary text reports a court proceeding involving Speyer and Cassel retaining citizenship. Names such as Edward Byeys and an eight-member panel appear, with references to a verdict and judgments. The content is unclear but indicates a citizenship determination and legal context.
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Asquith
London Globe
du Pont
Villa
Council of War
Chihuahua
Moosers
Southwestern Millers
Fair College
Lord Churchill
Britain
Philippines
Count Karolys
Hungary
Seegregr
Apecc
Karolys Taadice
Independence Party
Morning Post
War Ee
Gulfport
Miss
Uncle Sam
Ite Osly
Albany
Kaisey
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Ridetracks Smith
Speyer and
Cassel
Edward Byeys
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