President Wilson Keeps Working On Wedding Day
President Wilson works through his wedding day as Edith Bolling Galt Wilson becomes first lady. He plans no engagements beyond a conference with Secretary Lansing over Austria's Ancona note while preparations for the ceremony and security for the event proceed at the White House. The couple will depart for a honeymoon retreat after a brief farewell at the station.
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Washington
Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
Lansing
Austria
Ancona
White House
Auivassadors
Sion
Galt
Wilson
Miss
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Charles Swei
Joe’’ Cannon
Edith Bolling Galt
Shadow Lawn
Montclair
N. Bu
Austrian Reply To US Note On Ancona Sinking
The Austrian note to the United States criticizes the US presentation of the Ancona incident as overblown and unclear. It questions the evidence and witnesses cited and asserts Austria’s readiness to discuss the case while defending its own legal stance. Ambassador Penfield is addressed in the communication from Vienna.
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Ancona
Washington
State Department
Frederick Courtland Penfield
United States of America
United States
Imperial
Washington Cabinet
Imperial and Royal
Berlin
Hold Up Gang Dies in Battle at Saloon Ambush
In St Paul three robbers die after a gun fight that wounded Detective Paul Gottfried who is hospitalized with two bullet wounds. Montana Pete, a train robber, is killed as Gottfried returns fire and the gunmen resist capture. Carson of Winnipeg and Chariton of St Louis die from wounds received in the exchange.
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ST. Paul
Paul Gottfried
St. Joseph's Hospital
James McDonough
Gottfried
McKinley
Montana Pete
Charles Carson
Winnipeg
Alexander Chariton
St. Louis
Carson
Chariton
Plot 10 Blast Well and Canal Foiled by Arrest
New York December 18 Authorities charged Paul Koenig and R K Leidendecker with plotting a hostile expedition against a nation allied to the United States. They aimed to destroy the Welland Canal valued at 27 million dollars. Fred Metzler also arrested. Bail set at 50000 for Koenig and 26000 for Leidendecker. Hearings postponed to January 12. Frederick Sechleindl, a National City Bank clerk, charged with aiding Kaiser's agents by giving information on funds and munitions transactions.
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New York
United States
Paul Koenig
R. K. Leidendecker
Houghton
Welland
Koenig
Bureau of Investigation
Leidendecker
Fred Metzler
F. R. Reimer
Dominion of Canada
Lake Ontario
Lake
Erie
Canada
Richard Kk. Leidendecker
Frederick Metzler
New Jersey
Frederick Sechleindl
National City Bank
Schleind
Kaiser
Secret Service
Watt to Be Here After First
The La Crosse school board took no action on the high school heating issue pending a visit by inventor Watt. The meeting focused on toilet installations at Lincoln and Jefferson schools, with officials noting grip and sore throat absences were not linked to heating irregularities. Adolph Schroeder and Louis Hirshheimer were elected to the board of industrial education, and toilet plans at Jefferson were approved.
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Board of Education
Professor Watt
L. P. Benezet
la Crosse
Watt
Adolph Schroeder
Louis Hirshheimer
Board of Industrial Education
Jefferson School
J. M. Furstman
Walter S. Woods
Board of Health
Grip
Mr. Woods
Johnson Traveling in Europe on American Passport
Jack Johnson is traveling through Europe on an American passport, information received by United States Attorney Clyne. Clyne began action to have the state department in Washington annul the passport.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Europe
United States
Clyne
State Department
Washington
Sunday Campaign Over In Strand Theater Case?
Rev J E Watson could not be located and it remained unclear if the Sunday closing effort ended with the acquittal of F J McWilliams in county court. The state cannot appeal the verdict while an injunction against the theater manager or further arrests remain possible.
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J. E. Watson
F. J. McWilliams
West Avenue
Strand Theater
Rev. Watson
Mr. McWilliams
Staublein
Schlabach
A. H. Schubert
Wolfe
McWilliams
la Crosse
Weather Today and Outlook Across Regions
A storm center near Washington brings rain along the mid Atlantic coast while snow falls in South Dakota Iowa Minnesota and parts of the lake region. Temperatures vary from high 26 to low 12 with unsettled, cooler weather spreading from Wisconsin to Minnesota and Iowa through Sunday.
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Aseseese
Baees
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Washington
United States to send sharp note to Austria on Ancona sinking
Secretary Lansing prepared a brief, grave note demanding complete disavowal of the Ancona sinking. The message, to be sent to Vienna tonight, is described as crisp with no room for quibbling. Diplomatic relations could be severed if Austria ignores the ultimatum.
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Washington
Austria
Ancona
Vienna
Lansing
VU. K
Baron Zweidinck
Cecil Gr
Austria rejects U S demand over Ancona sinking
Secretary Lansing releases Austria note in which Vienna objects to specifying exact circumstances and unnamed witnesses. It says the United States should discuss evidence and aims for a friendly exchange on reparations for victims, while reserving legal views.
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Washington
Austria
Ancona
Lan- Sing
Austrian Foreign Office
United States
Vienna Foreign Office
Street Car Plunges Through Draw. Seven Drown in Spokane
In Spokane Washington seven people died and twelve were injured when a street car plunged through the North Division draw bridge into the river. A second car followed, hung on the brink as passengers fled. Firemen and patrolmen arrived after several minutes to aid wreckage and rescues.
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Spokane
Wash
North Division
Bell patents kerosene engine carburetors for explosive engines
Ernest J. Bell of Richland or Richland? New Richmond Wisconsin has received letters patent for carbureting devices claimed to solve a problem that has puzzled experts in explosive engines enabling the substitution of kerosene for gasoline in propulsion.
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New Richmond, Wis
Ernest J. Bell
Envoys to Sail from Washington on Holland America Lines
Captains von Papen and Boy Ed notified the German embassy they will sail on Holland America Line steamers. They plan December 22 and December 28 departures, landing at Rotterdam and traveling by rail to Germany.
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Washington
von Papen
Boy-Ed
Rotterdam
Germany
Fall sown winter wheat area drops again in revised 1914 estimate
The area sown to winter wheat this fall was 11.3 percent below the revised 1914 fall estimate, a decline of 4,756,000 acres, according to figures from the bureau of crop estimates released today.
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Washington
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Ancona sinking disputed by Austro Hungarian admiralty report
The Austro Hungarian admiralty issues a report disputing foreign press claims about the sinking of the Ancona. It states the submarine fired before the steamer fled and pursued, then torpedoed after 45 minutes, with crew saving themselves and passengers left unrescued.
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Ancona
State Department
Orher
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Penfield
Jis
Mnimploye
Board
Watson
Cabinet
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