US protest over British interference with trade studied
British officials study the American note on commerce during the war and expect a reply. The protest seeks clearer rules on contraband and detention of neutral cargoes, and warns against possible friction with the United States.
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London
United States
Edward Grey
Downing Street
Iscount Haldane
Foreign Office
Asquith
Sir Edward
British Foreign Office
Diplomatic Corps
England
Wilson
Washington
Great Britain
German Airmen Kill 15 in Dunkirk Raid
Seventeen bombs dropped on Dunkirk by five German aviators killed fifteen people and wounded over thirty in a Wednesday raid. Women and children were among the victims. Reports from Furnes say two bombs hit the Belgian headquarters where King Albert is present but caused no damage.
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London
Dunkirk
Furnes
Albert
Attleboro Falls Postmistress Chases Robbers
Miss Ella Thompson postmistress at Attleboro Falls led a four mile chase after two men who blew open the post office safe and stole 200 dollars in stamps and cash. The pair fled but were not caught.
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Attleboro
Mass
Ella Thompson
Attleboro Falls
Bloomington Woman Shoots Former Jailer
Bloomington Illinois January 2 Bertha Kielson alias Pearl Lowe of Springfield shot and killed Ben Grampp former night county jailer. She says Grampp refused to allow her to go to work in hotel.
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Bloomington
Ill
Bertha Kielson
Pearl Lowe
Springfield
Ben Grampp
Night County
Grampp
Zapata Troops Routed at Tepeaca by Carranzistas
Washington report states five thousand Zapata forces led by Gen Afemio Zapata were defeated by four thousand Carranzistas at Tepeaca Puebla. Zapata losses include one hundred killed.
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Zapata
Washington
Afemio Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Tepeaca
Puebla
Suffrage Amendment Seen Likely for House Vote Jan 12
Washington January 2 Suffragists who urged Representative Henry learned that the proposed constitutional amendment probably would be voted on in the house January 12.
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Washington
Henry
Bandits Grab 10840 From Sunset Limited Robbery
Three robbers held up the Sunset Limited near Spofford on the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio line taking 7840 in cash and jewels valued at 3000 from two sleepers. Jose Martinez a Durango native with wife and daughter carried 16000 and valuable jewelry. he shared 25 to 150 with victims after escaping. Mrs J Carson a Houston passenger with her infant faced threats over valuables. under her pillow lay 185.
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San Antonio
Tex
Jan
Galveston, Harrisburg
Cline
Spofford
Jose Martinez
Durango
Martinez
J. Carson
Houston
White Wins Narrowly Over Shugrue After Ten Rounds
In New York on Tuesday night Charlie White defeated Joe Shugrue after ten rounds by a large margin. White dominated with sharper punching and a firm left hook while Shugrue showed courage under punishment in a strong, balanced fight. Both weighed 183 pounds.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Charlie White
Joe Shugrue
Shugrue
White
New York City
Department of Health
London
Argentina
Cunninghame Graham
South America
Kalamazoo
Mich
Zadak Willis
Norma Cliff Andrews
James Montfort Schley, Jr
Admiral Schley
Supreme Court
Giegerich
Schley
Seven Thousand Carranza Troops Desert for Villa
Seven thousand Carranza troops on board a U S ship en route to San Diego declared for Villa at Tepic in Tepic state on Mexico’s west coast. Foreigners at San Blas and Tepic sheltered aboard the Glacier as Rear Admiral Howard ordered the gunboat Annapolis to San Blas by wireless though no trouble was anticipated.
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U. S
San Diego
Cal
Carranza
General Villa
Tepic
Supreme Court allows Frank appeal stay of execution
Associate Justice Lamar of the United States Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeal of Lee M. Frank the Atlanta factory superintendent convicted of the murder of Mary Phagan This means a stay of execution will be granted and Frank cannot be hanged until the high court rules on the constitutional questions raised in the case.
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Washington
Lamar
United States Supreme Court
Lee M. Frank
Atlanta
Bomb Thrower Ends Life In Fatal Temple Blast
A man named Vavara believed to be a religious fanatic wrecked a Hindu temple at Filbert and Webster streets in San Francisco by exploding a dynamite bomb at the feet of Swami Trigunatita during services. Vavara died instantly. the swami suffered severe injuries to legs and feet, and four others in the congregation were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Vavara
Filbert and
Webster Streets
Swami Trigunatita
Swami
Christmas Rush Delays in Enlistment at War Office
London reports a Christmas rush of recruits at multiple war office stations with many Englishmen delaying enlistment to stay home for the holiday.
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London
War Office
England Full of Wounded Soldiers Sent to South Africa
London reports a growing number of wounded at home with many disabled veterans sent to South Africa for convalescent care as the war continues.
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England
London
South Africa
Aged Couple Burned to Death in Terre Haute Kitchen Fire
Terre Haute Ind Dec 30 an aged couple Mr and Mrs Knott Hillman were burned to death Sunday when returning from a visit they found the kitchen aflame after Hillman lit the room with kerosene to warm it.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Knott Hillman
Hillman
Rus sian headquarters under Grand Duke Nicholas praised
A Russkoe Slavo correspondent visits Petrograd and reports that at the Russian commander in chief Grand Duke Nicholas headquarters every worker is essential and the atmosphere is Spartan yet democratic. The piece praises revived Peter the Great resourcefulness Souvaroff iron will and Skobeleff dash in the army.
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Peter the Great
Souvaroff
Skobeleff
Mother British Howitzer Impresses Frontline Airs
London reports from the front describe the British artillery as reinforced with the heavy howitzer named Mother. Weighing 7200 pounds, it has scored four direct hits on German eight inch guns in the last two weeks. Archibald the anti aircraft gun accompanies Mother on a motor lorry and has brought down a Taube. Our dive battery continues its effective work.
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London
Archibald
Archie
Dveiich
Russians Hold Germans Along Vistula and Pilica
Berlin dispatch says the Russians strengthened their left wing as Austrians retreat through the Carpathians, with 175000 troops suspected of disorderly flight. Russian claims claim prisoner tallies and that German attacks on a Russian line near the lower Vistula and Pilica failed.
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Berlin
Galicia
London
Boehm- Ermills
Vienna
Carpathian
Petrograd
Carpathians
Lower
Vistula
Pilica
Allies Record Gains on Front at Nieupont and Steinbach
Official French war office reports two key successes on the battlefronts. Franco Belgian forces occupy St Georges near Nieuport while Pau’s troops invest Steinbach in the Vosges. Fierce fighting surrounds the Apremont area as French troops retake trenches with heavy casualties on both sides.
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London
Nieuport
Muelhausen
French War Office
St. Georges
Pau
Upper Alsace
Steinbach
Vosges
Betwen Cernay
Thann
Apremont
Mistake Costs Man's Life Near Nordhoff
Herbert Lathrop famed Ventura county guide hunter was shot and killed by Floyd Perritt a Los Angeles Coast league pitcher. Perritt and his wife camping near Lathrop's cabin mistook a wildcat for the animal and fired. He found Lathrop dead with a abdominal wound.
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Nordhoff
Cal
Herbert Lathrop
Ventura County
Floyd
Poll) Perritt
Los Angeles Coast League
Perritt
Lathrop
Two Kentuckians Fatally Shot in Island Disturbance
Albert Gillan and Uriah Everly were shot to death in Island Kentucky as they resisted arrest and fired on the pursuing police. Chief Park Taylor returned fire killing both men.
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Lexington
Albert Gillan
Uriah Everly
Gillan
Island
Park Taylor
Family wiped out by typhoid in Lebanon death of two children
In Lebanon Illinois on December 29 typhoid fever claimed the lives of Nicola Marie eight and Frank Hagerman ten within forty minutes of each other, leaving their father Arthur Hagerman to mourn the loss of his entire family.
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Lebanon
Ill
Niiola Marie
Frank Hagerman
Arthur Hagerman
Birds Face Starvation Across Illinois During Deep Snow
Springfield Ill Dec 29 The state game department warned that heavy snow left Illinois game birds starving and appealed to farmers to scatter grain to help feed the birds across the state.
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Springfield
Ill
State Game Department
Illinois
Vandalia Railroad Shops to Extend Workday in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana on December 29 the Vandalia railroad shops will extend the workday by one hour for 1300 employees starting Monday with a proportional pay increase.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Vandalia Railroad
Six More Terre Haute Officials Arrested by Feds
Federal officers arrest six additional Terre Haute officials in a widening election case. Indicted for conspiracy to corrupt the November 3 vote, they join 102 total arrests. several detainees remain jailed, others released. Prosecutions for interstate voting are being explored with Danville and Indianapolis DA offices.
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Terre Haute
Indianapolis
A. B. Anderson
Marion County
Frank Lockwood
H. B. Talbott
George Ehrenhardt
Kizer
Robert Lockwood
United States
Karch
Danville
Ill
Dailey
Villa lifts siege of Naco
United States citizens of Naco Arizona emerged from bomb-proofs and removed window plates as they celebrated the lifting of the siege on the Mexican town. Governor Joss Maria Maytorena and his besieging forces evacuated entrenchments under cover of darkness and withdrew about five miles to the east south and west.
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Naco
Ariz
United States
Joss Maria Maytorena
Relief Request for Mexicans in Need Delivers Appeal
Consul General Hanna telegraphs the American Red Cross requesting 2,000 cheap blankets be sent to Monterey Mexico to alleviate suffering of natives. He notes food shortages despite aid from San Antonio Texas and calls for more help as outlying towns beg for relief amid war weary shortages.
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New York
American Red Cross
Hanna
Monterey
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Actor killed in street as scaffolding collapses
In Kansas City Missouri on December 29 a scaffolding collapse at the new Muehlenbach hotel killed vaudeville actor Walter Dickinson and injured five construction workers. Dickinson, struck by the falling structure while walking, died at a hospital from a fractured skull. The injured men were building workers.
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Kansas City
New Muehlenbach
Walter
Dickinson
German demand to control American consuls in Belgium
The German government formally informs the U S State Department that American consuls in Belgium must be acceptable to German military authorities and that some consuls should be withdrawn for the present. The report follows a separate item: the schooner Warren Adams was wrecked by a gale on Christmas and the seven crew members were rescued by the Norwegian steamer Joseph J Cuneo.
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Washington
American State Department
Belgium
New York
Warren Adams
Joseph J. Cuneo
Helgoland Fortified Like Gibraltar by Guns
New York on December 31 The German naval base at Helgoland has been rendered virtually impregnable by hundreds of heavy guns claims Richard Wackerow former United States vice consuI at Breslau He describes the fortifications as formidable and well defended amid ongoing military preparations.
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Helgoland
Gibraltar
New York
Richard Wackerow
United States
Breslau
French Submarine Curie Lost with 24 Men Confirmed
Paris reports the ministry of marine confirms the loss of the French submarine Curie and 24 crew in Austrian waters a fate already carried by newspaper dispatches confirming previous reports
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Paris
Ministry of Marine
Curie
English Mail Ship Trent Sinks Near London
The sinking of the Royal Mail steamship Trent near London was reported at the maritime exchange. It was said the Trent went down at her dock with her inward cargo aboard.
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New York
London
Trent
Maritime Exchange
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