United States Demands Action Over Ancona Sinking
Washington rebuts Austria over the Ancona disaster. Secretary Lansing repeats demands for disavowal, reparation, and punishment of the submarine commander, stating Austrian responsibility is clear and further discussion unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Austria
Pote
Ancona
Lansing
Alrady Proba
Amer
Viernes
Washington
Baron Zwiadinek
Imperial and Royal
Department of State
Ancna
Pasengers
Admiralty
Austria- Hungary
Ancona Note Reaches Vienna Through Vienna Telegraph
Vienna reports a telegraph dispatch forwarded to the Austrian foreign minister announces the delivery of the Ancona note from the United States. The note was announced by the Neus Freie Presse in London on December 22.
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Ancona
Vienna
PREGS
London
Reuter
S A Corres
Pondent Samya
Sec
al Ancona
United States
Neus Freie Presse
Sweden protests seizure of steamer Arco in German port
London dispatch reports the steamship Arco taken into a German port by a prise crew. The Exchange Telegraph Copenhagen correspondent says German boats pursued her into Swedish waters and boarded her, prompting Sweden to protest to Berlin. The cargo and ownership details remain unclear in the fragment.
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London
Arco
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Berlin
No Christmas Pardon For Thomas Striplinc
In Sinfanta Georgia on December 6 32 Thomas Edgar Striplinc faced a stalled pardon from Governor Herring who had previously indicated a Christmas pardon might be granted. The record notes Striplinc’s 14 years of confinement and the governor’s prior statements, with officials still holding back action.
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Sinfanta
Thomas Edgar
Ville
Gouvernor Mearrin
Priga
Georgia
Harriy
President Sends House to Europe to Gather Facts
Washington reports outline Col. E M House trip at the request of President Wilson and Secretary Lansing. He will convey U S views on general international questions and gauge official and public opinion in Europe. He will not seek views on peace negotiations.
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Washington
E. M. House
Europe
Wilson
Jory Lomahne
House
United States
Lansing
Colonel House
State Department
Eaid
Ican
Wilson Denies House Trip Tied To Peace Move
President Wilson said Col. E. M. House trip to Europe was not connected to any peace movement and followed his stated objectives. House had said the mission was to brief American ambassadors on the U S attitude toward the international situation. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson later motored to White Sulphur Springs for luncheon.
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Wilson
Hot Springs
Col. E. M. House
Colonel House
New York
United States
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Arrest in alleged spy plots shocks Brooklyn
Edmund Justice a night watchman for Atlas Steamship, part of Hamburg American line, was arrested by federal officers in South Brooklyn. He is charged in a Koenig led conspiracy to obtain troop movements and ship details for a German agents network targeting the United Kingdom and allies.
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New York
Edmund Justice
Atlas Steamship Company
Hamburg-American Line
Paul Koenig
Justice
Brooklyn
Koenig
Koenig's A Direction Justice
Sees Metzler
Quebec
United Kingdom
United States
Railroad ruling met with protests
Representatives of shippers in New York protested to the Interstate Commerce Commission against railroads’ plan to cut storage time for export shipments from 30 to 16 days. The commission will investigate the proposed change before it becomes effective.
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Washington
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Con
New York Commission
German Soldier Seeks Protestant Comfort in French Hospital
An injured German soldier in a French hospital, dying, asked for Protestant solace but could not be understood by the nurse and only available Protestant clergyman spoke German. The scene highlights cross language barriers in wartime mercy.
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Wnan
Bank With $10 945 713 In Deposits Ordered Closed
The Pittsburgh Bank for Savings in Pittsburgh was closed by order of the Pennsylvania banking department and G H Getty was appointed temporary receiver. Deposits numbered about 10.95 million with 41,000 schoolchildren among the savers. Officials cited depreciation in securities tied to the Kuhn failure as the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Kuhn
Pittsburgh Bank For Savings
Pennsylvania Banking Department
G. H. Getty
Financial
James 8. Kuhn Oy
W. S. Kuhn
Jones
Getty
Norwegian Peace Party Refuses Ford Aid Over Schwimmer Tie
London dispatches say the Norwegian Peace party will not assist Ford while Madam Roskin Schwimmer is linked to the Movement. Reports note calls for her expulsion to keep the movement neutral, with Oslo public favoring Ford as an idealist and others questioning his followers. Fifteen Ford staffers are to be sent home as plans to recruit arms manufacturers to halt production emerge.
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London
Roskin Schwimmer
Christiania
the Times
Ford
Mall
Chrisaliania
Stockholm
Schwimmer
Grand Hotel
Madam Schwimmer
Conqueror of Liege General Von Emmich Dies in Germany
Berlin reports the death of General Von Emmich at Hanover. He commanded the German Tenth army corps and led forces that invaded Belgium. A veteran of Prussian wars, he joined the army in 1866 and rose to lieutenant general by 1905. He issued the Belgian appeal not to resist.
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Berlin
Sayville
Hanover
von Emmich
Liege
Tenth
Belgium
Prussia
Badowa
Acquittal Requests For New Haven Directors Filed
The New York report notes pleas for acquittal on behalf of 11 former New Haven railroad directors under the Sherman Law. Arguments focused on McHarg entering the board in 1907 and Taft in 1904, with defense contending most government acquisitions occurred before their tenures.
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New York
Hunt
New Haven Railroad
Henry K,. McHarg
Homer
Cummings
McHarg
New Haven
Robert W. Taft
Henry M. Earle
Taft
Taft Returns After Cold Delay in Chicago
Former President Taft arrives in Chicago from South Bend Indiana where he was to speak last night but was prevented by a severe cold. He plans to leave later for the capital. The Philippine bureau chiefs are listed asSanna and others.
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Chicago, Bee
Taft
Sooth Bend
Ind
Trade figures show record US imports and exports in November
US trade data for November show imports and exports hitting record highs. Imports reached about 164 million and exports over 331 million, with the year to date totals rising to around 6 billion for the first ten months and a strong monthly export figure surpassing prior records. Gold movements also rose, with substantial inward gold and a net inward balance over the year, signaling a robust trade month.
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Washington
Dee
Opeies
United States
Wold
America
Sarah Bernhardt Reported Near Death in Paris Dispatch
London reports indicate Sarah Bernhardt is dying after repeated health setbacks since the leg injury last February. A Paris dispatch cites congestion and a worsening condition as her physicians announce she remains gravely ill at home.
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London
Sarah Bernhardt
Faris
Teleih
Powder Factory Blast in Germany Reports Flat Damage
A powder factory near Miuension has exploded causing extensive damage to the site and several ammunition depots. NoFurther details are available as authorities investigate the blast and assess casualty risk.
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Germany
Lorlon, Dee
St—Actuiling
Arastentam Pelegraat
Meutern Omndent
Miuension
Weatyhuila
Ove Che
Austrian submarine reported captured
Reports from Paria dated December 12 state that advices to Messangero from Hila via Hovis correspondent at Oy indicate an Austrian submarine has been captured after shelling two torpedo hogis.
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Paria
Messangero
Hila
Ford
Hovis
Japanese Steamship Sada Maru Sunk by Submarine
Paris reports the sinking of the Japanese steamship Sada Maru in the eastern Mediterranean by a German or Austrian submarine. Wireless aid reached Alexandria and search vessels were sent out, but the fate of the crew remains unknown. Shipping records show no Sada Maru at 6,227 tons, and confusion with a similarly named ship from Seattle exists.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Malta
Havis
Alexandria
Seattle
Not Guilty Says Franz Von Papen
New York December 23 Captain Franz Von Papen recalled German military attaché sails to Rotterdam on the Noor dam with safe conduct from the Entente. He says he leaves with a clean record and thanks Americans for kindness while praising U S army at Vera Cruz and predicting Germany will prevail. He denies charges against him and vows to serve his country in the trenches.
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New York
Frans von Papen
Germany
Rotterdam
Noordam
Vera Crus
United States Army
New York World
State Department
von Papen
Boyed
United States
Providence Journal
Evening Telegram
Arey
von Upen
Goodby
Holland- American Line
Gounaris
Greece
Armentieres
Kum
Persia
House of Commons
Earl of Derby
Penn Lines Declares 4 Per Cent Dividend
The Pennsylvania company operating lines west of Pittsburgh announced a semi annual dividend of 4 percent. The Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Railway, also a Pennsylvania subsidiary, declared 4 percent on preferred and 2 percent on common stock.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company
Federal citation issued in Arizona mining dispute
United States Marshal Joseph Dillon citing Western Federation of Miners officials and strike leaders in injunction proceedings for Detroit Copper Company to restrain interference with maturation work on unpatented mining claims in the Morenes district.
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Clifton
Ariz
United States
Joseph Dillon
Federal District Court of
Tucson
Western Federation of Minere
Detroit Pper
Morenes
Ford party member Lloyd Hingham dies in Norway
Lloyd Hingham a Ford police party member died of pneumonia in Christiania Norway on December 22 He was married to American actress Amelia Bingham The report also cites a Japanese man discussing his own mar economy and the idea of needing a son for several generations with a quip about fanning and waving it.
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Christiania
Norway
London
Lloyd Hingham
Ford Police Party
Amelia Bingham
Will Give Good Boys a Chance Training Ranch Proposal
Topeka Kansas December 22 Joan Marriage owner of the Bagis Canyon Franch in Millinville plans to turn his 6 000 acre ranch into a training home for orphans and neglected boys to learn farming. He asks Governor Capper to help and outlines a profit sharing system with three trustees and nine cooperators living on site. The program prohibits liquor tobacco vulgarity and profanity and bases governance on the Bible Romans chapter 12.
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Topeka
Kay
Joan Marriage
Bagis Canyon
Millinville
Capper
Vvernor
Iowa County
German Emperor William III ill with cellulitis in Berlin
Berlin reports Emperor William III suffers from cellulitis described as inflammation of cellular tissue. Official word says illness began with a silent inflammation forcing him to remain indoors for several days. medical notes outline typical cellulitis symptoms and possible grave constitutional effects.
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Berlin
Wirer Eas
Sayville
William
Western Front
Geency
London
Americans Released by Order of Villa
Dispatches report the release of Americans detained at Chihuahua by General Villa as a condition of his crossing the border. U S officials see Villa seeking to leave Mexico while tensions rise on the border with Carranza forces moving into Juarez.
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Washington
Chihuahua
Villa
State Department
Mexico
Department
Tela
Juarez
Carranza
Francisco Villa Hays
United States
Manuel Banda
Banda
Sen
Youbel Robles
Carramnza
Manuel Ocho
Fidel Avila
Victoriano Avila
Ochoa
Trevino
Torreon
Carranas
Obregon
Loyolite Villa
San Antonio
Unclear arrival of troops at Car run consulate
Fragmentary report states 1,000 troops arrived from the south and were expected to join a run force. details remain incomplete as officers rendered orders at the Car run consulate during the night.
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el Vase
Tes
Dee
Carrun
Football injuries of two years ago fatal in Fittaburah
In Fittaburah a medical student Khay Shof from the University of Mittebureh died late at night after injuries from a football game. He had been under medical care since the incident and his condition deteriorated.
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Fittaburah
Khay Shof
Mittebureh
Whitiburgh
Washington
Jeffermon Nagiens
Britain Expands Army as War News Update
London reports the House of Commons voted to add 1,000,000 troops to the British army, boosting strength to 4,000,000. Changes in command reflect allied coordination, with Robertson replacing Murray and Monro moving to the Dardanelles command. Russian forces reportedly capture Varna after bombardment, while Greek politics and Balkan fronts influence the broader war balance.
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London
House of Commons
Robertson
France
Imperial Aetaff
Murray
Western Front
Archibald Murray
Charles Monro
Dardanelles
First Army
Douglas
Imperial Atiff
Asquith
Hale
Gallipoli
Greece
Rumania
Balkan
Bulgaria
Varna
Russia
Daily Chronicle
Black
Austria and Zealand determined to continue war effort
Australian defense minister George Foster Pearce said withdrawals from Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay would not dampen resolve to fight or hinder recruiting. New Zealand Prime Minister Massey urged unity and to face the situation after British abandonment of Anzac positions.
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Melbourne
Australia
London
George Foster Pearce
Anzac Cove
Suvin Bay
Gallipo Pedsuls
British Retreat From Dardanelles Described as Disorderly Flight
Constantinople dispatches report British forces withdrew from the Dardanelles in great disorder leaving behind sick and wounded. The retreat allegedly claimed to be systematic but described as a head over heels flight by Baym the verseus news agency.
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Berlin
Sayville
Constantinople
Dar-tanelles
Baym
Verseus
Bri
French Take 1200 German Prisoners in Vosges
Paris reports the war office says 1,200 Germans were captured at Hartmans-Wellerkopf in the Vosges. The operation enlarged the French positions on the east slope, with prisoners from six regiments including three officers.
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Vosges
Paris
War Office
Hartmans-Woeillerkopf
Hartmans-Wellerkopf
British Sustain Heavy Losses in Mesopotamia
Report from London notes large British casualties in Mesopotamia as forces faced heavy losses near Kul Av army following a retreat. Official communications carry confusion over exact figures and location details amid wartime censorship.
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London
Dee Oy
Hedy Carton
Greta
Kul Avarmy
Austen Ghamberia
House of Commene
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