British retreat deepens as Mesopotamian fight fades
News from London reports General Townshend’s British force withdrawing to Kut al Amara after heavy losses and 1,600 prisoners. The retreat follows a November 30 December 1 action near Ctesiphon with 150 casualties and two river boats disabled. Berlin confirms 2,000 Serbians captured as fronts see little action beyond weather.
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Townshend
Ctesophon
Kut-el-amara
Berlin
Bagdad
Azizi
London
Warring Forges Clash in Sonora Villa
Indications pointed to a general battle between Carranza and Villa forces in Sonora as of December 4. Villa troops were advancing slowly from Haviena Mababi toward Fronteras, with 4,000 to 5,000 men but limited ammo and no artillery, while Carranza forces near Esqueda and Fronteras boasted twelve artillery pieces, machine guns, ample ammunition, and solid supplies.
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Associated Press
Douglas, Ariz
Carranza
Villa
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Rodriguez
Vila
U.S
No Intention to Replace Joffre, Briand Says
Paris Dec 4 Associated Press report quotes Premier Briand stating the government has no intention of appointing a successor to General Joffre as commander of French armies on the front. The aim of a commander in chief role would be to ensure coordinated military operations and closer links between army commands and allied technical councils at grand headquarters.
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London
Reuter
Saloniki
Strumitsa
Yeserday
Monastir
Bulgaria
Qwar
Associated Press
Paris
M. Briand
Sinking of Algerien Attributed To Austrian Submarine
Paris reports further details on the November 25 sinking of the French steamship Algerien. A submarine flying the Austrian flag torpedoed without warning and fired shells, killing the captain. A lifeboat later rescued the captain’s body before being sunk by the submarine.
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Paris
Algerien
Rome
Journal
Telegraphs
Ford Peace Party Heads Overseas For Norway trip
Henry Ford leads a peace mission aboard the Oscar II with 83 peace envoys and 54 correspondents to Christiania Norway arriving mid December. Wm. Jennings Bryan and Thomas Edison bid farewell at the pier as the group sails for Stockholm Copenhagen and The Hague to pursue a neutral nations peace conference.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Henry Ford
Christiana
Norway
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Thomas A. Edison
Ford
Hoboken
Scandinavian American Line
Mr. Ford
Christiania
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Hague
Hagua
Invita
Wheat prices surge to season highs on heavy buying
Chicago December 4 Wheat prices jumped sharply late as large buyers pushed the market more than six cents per bushel from earlier quotes. Dec at 1.165 and May at 1.16. The close held near session highs amid bullish rumors of foreign orders and strong flour and wheat business in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Great Britain
Philadephia
Two British Ships Sunk by Submarines in Mediterranean
London December 4 12 30 p m Two British steamships were sunk in the Mediterranean by submarines the Middletown and the Clan Macleod Four men aboard the Middletown were killed and one wounded Nineteen sailors were landed at Malta The Middletown long 304 feet 2506 tons built 1895 Hull ownership The Clan Macleod last reported Port Said September 26 Glasgow ownership 795 feet long 4796 tons built 1903
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Associated Press
Ndon
Mediterranean
Middletown
Clan Macleod
iMalta
Hull
Port Said
Glasgow
Heavy sea saves liner from submarine chase
Captain Simon E H Gulie of the Italian steamer Verona told how a heavy sea in the Mediterranean on November 19 rolled the submarine and prevented accurate torpedo firing, aiding Verona’s escape after the sub surfaced near them west of the Straits of Bonifacio. The submarine flew no flag and bore no number, and officers doubted its nationality, though many believed it was a German U boat.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Simon EH. Gulie
Verona
Mediterranean
Guli
Straits of Bonifacio
Gale
U S Demands Early Recall of German Attaches
The United States, via Secretary Lansing, demands the immediate recall of Captains Karl Boy-Ed and Franz Von Papen from the German embassy. Washington cites improper activities with naval and military matters and says the officers have become persona non grata. The action, approved by President Wilson, aims to remove foreign officials harming U S neutrality and national interests.
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Cassociated Press
Washington, D.C
Germany
Karl Boy-Ed
Franz von Papen
Lansing
Count. von Bernstorff
Delay in Senate Debate Sets Start for Later Week
Washington Dec 4 The fight to restrict debate in the senate was postponed after democrats agreed in conference. The decision means the opening day of Congress will begin with Senate business and the election of Senator Clarke of Arkansas as pro tempore president. Majority Leader Kern telegraphed Vice President Marshall that his presence on opening day would not be required.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Congress
Kern
Marshall
Indianapolis
Clarke
Arkansas
Plot to Destroy Commerce Aims at U S Now
A warrant charges Baron George Wilhelm Von Brincken, German cavalry captain, with attempting to destroy commerce. Charles C. Crowley, a detective for German consul Franz Bopp, faces similar charges. Robert Capelle of North German Lloyd sought as witness, last seen likely on the Ottawa. Deputy marshals scour the bay to serve subpoenas as probes into American neutrality violations intensify.
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Cassociated Press
San Francisco
Calif
George Wilhelm von Brincken
United States Marshal’s Office
von Brincken
Robert Cappelle
Lloyd Steamship Company
Federal Grand Jury
Ottawa
Sausalito
Charles C. Crowley
Franz” Bopp
Crowley
United States
Capelle
Robert Capelle
Wilson Wedding on December 18 at Mrs Galt's Home
President Wilson and Mrs Norman Gait will wed December 18 at Ars Galt's Washington home with only immediate household and close relatives as guests. Officials anticipate a late afternoon ceremony with Rev Sylvester Beach and Rev Herbert Smith Smith officiating. No invitations planned, post ceremony honeymoon to be kept secret.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Norman Gait
Ars. Galt
White House
Washington
South
Sylvester Beach
Princeton
Herbert Scott Smith
Mrs. Galt
State Department
Joseph '‘R. Wilson
Baltimore
Anne Howe
Francis B. Sayre
Margaret Wilson
Allies 10 for Greece decision in Paris amid demands
Reports from Paris and Athens indicate Allied powers plan renewed economic pressure on Greece for delaying reply to demands. Public unrest grows in Greece with refugees arriving from Monastir, hunger and exposure claim children while relief efforts mobilize in Saloniki. Berlin dispatch cites Greece ceding Macedonian territory to Allies as a war base and allowing rail and port use while refusing to disarm central powers.
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Athens
Paris
Farina
Monastir
Demidoff
Saloniki
Greece
London
Grecian Macedonia
Berlin Tageblatt
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Aegean
Bav-ala
Tageéblatt
Albania
Panama Pacific Exposition Ends With Large Crowd
Frisco Fair closes in San Francisco with expectations of a 400000 attendance for the final day. City business nearly halts as officials project total expositions attendance near 19000000. State buildings, including the Illinois structure, sell at very low prices to wrecking concerns.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
Tlinois
Judge Howe Seeks Leniency for Dr Buenz Due to Age
Judge Howe favors clemency for Dr Karl Buenz and co defendants in a 1914 Hamburg American line conspiracy case. The men were sentenced to one and a half years in Atlanta federal prison with a nominal fine for the company. Bail set at 10,000 each. Poppinghaus gets one year. The matter traces to an agents’ 1914 charter and sailing investigation.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Karl Bueny
George Kotter
Adolph Hachmeister
United States
Atlanta
Joseph Poppinghaus
Tudge Howe
William Rand, Jr
U.S
Dr. Buenz
Mr. Rand
Howe
Poppinghaus
Pr. Buenz
Beezun J
Diplomat S Meet in Zurich Hotel Circles
The report notes Herr Von Muhlberg, former German minister to the Vatican, and Nazin Bey, former Turkish ambassador at Rome, staying at the same Zurich hotel since November 23. They have visited Prince Von Buelow at Lucerne and Von Muhlberg is said to be in constant communication with the Vatican.
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Geneva
Paris
Herr von Muhlberg
Vatican
Nazin“Bey
Rome
Zurich
Prince von Buelow
Lucerne
Weather update predicts partly cloudy skies this weekend
The forecast shows partly cloudy tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. No significant shifts in conditions expected across the period.
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