Austrians Reply To U S Note Threatens Crisis
The Austrian reply to Secretary Lansing's note on the Ancona sinking is viewed as evasive and unsatisfactory by U S officials. Diplomacy stands at a breaking point as Vienna rejects discussion and refuses to discuss wartime facts while the Admiralty backs the submarine commander's actions.
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Associated Press Leason Wire
Washington, D. C
Austria
Lansing
Ancona
London
Amsterdam
United States
Wilson
Vienna
State Department
Penfield
Washington
Lausins
Germany
Associated Press
Frederick C. Penfield
Viena
Reuter
Americans Detained by Villa May Face Expulsion
Thirty Americans held by General Villa at Madera Mexico may be expelled from Villa territory as Spaniards were at Torreon, though they are not deemed in immediate danger of execution. Villa officials warned of possible reprisals against U S interests after Carranza troops entered U S territory, with about 300 more Americans in the capital district at risk. A special train with 300 Carranza soldiers arrived from Eagle Pass en route to Nogales.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Villa
Madera
Mexico
Villa
Torreon
State Department
el Pa
Department
Carranza
United States
Juarez
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Nogales
Day in Congress Reports War Tax Extension and Debates
Senate met at noon with a favorable finance committee report on the war tax extension resolution. House sessions discussed extending the emergency revenue law, Ways and Means Republicans filing a report alleging the tariff shift worsens treasury deficits while Judiciary heard suffrage advocates and committees organized for the sixty fourth Congress.
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Senate
Finance Committee
HOUSE
Ways and Means
Treasury
Judiciary Committee
Wilson Plans Address on Postwar Economic Policy
President Wilson will soon deliver a special address to Congress after the holiday recess. He will advocate legislation to help the nation meet conditions after the European conflict ends, using reports from diplomatic and consular officers, special econo mic data from the Department of Commerce, and input from the Federal Reserve Board to outline future policy.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Europe
Department of Commercce
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Egypt in Peril of German Raid
Rome reports Turko German threat to Egypt growing. A new Damascus to Sinai railway, double tracked, could enable a half million troops and supplies by February. Ottoman forces totaling about 200,000, led by German officers, concentrate near Aleppo and Homs as engineers lay desert water tubes and bridges for Suez crossing. Turko German emissaries push Senussi toward attacking from the west and Abyssinians toward Sudan. German officers act as propagandists and instructors. The entente powers face a Balkans lesson as Egypt alarms rise.
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Rome
Egypt
Damascus
Sinai Peninsula
Ailessantretta
Aleppo
Homs
Suez Canal
Sudan
Balkans
Head of Mexican General Is Gift Delivered as Christmas Token
Mexico City December 10 General Pablo Gonzales head of General Juan Hernandez, longtime Diaz ally and Huerta relative, shipped from Esperanza Veracruz as a Christmas gift. The severed head, reportedly found on a battlefield, was boxed by Lieutenant-General Luna Galicia of the constitutionalist army and sent to Gonzales at his city headquarters.
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Mexico City
Laredo
Texas
Pablo Gonzales
Juan B. Hernandez
Porfirio Diaz
Huerta
Esperanza
Fght
Luna Galicia
Gonzales
Aviation Lab Planned Amid Warship Expansions
Washington Dec 16 Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt announced a rush to add sixty draftsmen and electrical experts to the Navy staff to speed up dreadnought and battle cruiser construction. Congress will be asked to authorize the extra force at an annual cost around 120000 dollars. Plans for a proposed aviation laboratory and aeronautics program are also outlined in the administration’s defense expansion push. The Advisory Commission on Aeronautics urges organization of aircraft as naval and military auxiliaries and argues for a trained corps to accelerate aeronautics into future commercial and military use.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Roosevelt
Department
Congress
President Wilson
Plan Aviation Laboratory
Special Aviation Laboratory
Advisory Commission On Aeronautics
House
Wilson
George P. Scriven
Army
Europe
Zeppelin L-22 Explosion Kills Or Wounds Crew
Copenhagen reports the destruction of airship L-22 from Schleswig last night. Nearly all forty crew members killed or wounded as a bomb unintentionally explodes during departure, demolishing the shed and the vessel.
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Copenhagen
Schleswig
Younger Officer Replaces French as British Commander in France
London reports General Sir Douglas Haig is appointed to succeed Field Marshal Sir John French in command of British armies in France and Flanders. Haig, notably younger at 52, brings extended combat experience and is expected to influence Western Front strategy amid ongoing retreat and redeployment near Salonika.
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French
France
London
Douglas Haig
John French
Flanders
War Office
General Aig
Haig
Battle of
the Aisne
Tfrench
Douglas
British War Office
Fons
Sir Douglas
Iowa Grange convention may head to Muscatine
Ottumwa Iowa December 16 bidders from Davenport Muscatine and Jacobuk compete to host the next Iowa State Grange convention with a Friday morning decision on 1917 location. A B Judson of Balfour is favored for re election as master and officers are chosen this evening. Closed sessions marked days four of the meeting with Mrs James A Devitt of Oskaloosa addressing attendees and the public session underway.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Davenport
Muscatine
Jacobuk
Iowa State Grange
A. B. Judson
Balfour
James A. Devitt
Oskaloosa
Iowa State Woman Suffrage Association
Trangers
A Message to You Becoming Partners of Santa Claus
A Muscatine newspaper appeals to readers to join Partners of Santa Claus, stressing that giving bonds people through friendship. It recounts a letter from a woman offering her overcoat and fruit to help families in need, urging donations or volunteer calls to help provide Christmas cheer to disadvantaged children and households.
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Santa Claus
Muscatine
Office of the Muscatine Welfare
Journal -Office
Welfare Association
Settlement Near In Labor Strike In Chicago
Chicago reporters say a fifteen thousand garment workers strike that tied up clothing manufacture for three months will settle within ten days. Garment Workers' Union president Sidney Hillman says the strike is nearly ended. police have withdrawn from affected plants and nearly 2000 strikers returned to work. Manufacturers claim no concessions were made. union recognition remains unsettled.
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Chicago
Sidney Hill
Garment Workers’ Union
Hillman
Balkan Front Shifts as Greece Bulgaria Agree Neutral Zone
Bulgarian Greek talks yield a five kilometre neutral zone along the frontier. London reports the Entente lines at Saloniki face a halt near Vardar and Kilindier as British cavalry hold northern Doiran. Vienna notes Berlin presses Greece to stay neutral, or join the Germanic league if Greece cannot defend itself.
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Sofia
London
Greece
Bulgaria
Vardar
The
Times
Morning Post
Jingrom Karasyli
Skilindier
Saloniki
Kilindier
Doiran
Athens
Gievgeli
Serbia
Teutonicalles
Monastir
the Times
Ontyv
Aurich
Switzerland
Salonki
Unsettled Weather With Snow Possible Tonight
Weather bulletin notes unsettled conditions tonight and Friday with snow likely in the west and rain in the east. Colder air moves in, bringing cooler temperatures tonight and Friday across the region.
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Towa
Businots
Jane
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