15 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
1
The Chinese Republic elects Yuan Shih Kai as emperor of a restored monarchy. The vote tally shows 1993 in favor and 50 against as China shifts to a monarchic government.
Washington December 15 A new war department program to raise coast defences and the mobile army to peak efficiency at nearly 100 million dollars has been prepared for the House appropriations committee. It centers on exclusive use of sixteen inch guns in new coast defences and a semi mobile sixteen inch howitzer to be railroad or tractor moved, with rapid ammunition reserves. Immediate mounting of twenty four twelve inch guns from reserve on new carriages will extend range and defend first class cities while the sixteen inch plan proceeds.
In Wilkes Barre Pa on December 15 emergency measures kept hundreds of miners safe after a cave-in at the Midvale and Pine Creek collieries released thousands of gallons of water. Pipes were laid and emergency pumps activated as crews diverted the creek and prepared for full operations within a day. Nearby, the U S Navy plans a wireless station on Cape Cod to guide vessels along the Atlantic coast in fog.
Representative Buchanan accuses New York District Attorney H Snowden Marshall of neglecting prosecutions of neutrality violations and munitions plots. The judiciary committee will probe charges, with impeachment possible, amid broader allegations against Labor's National Peace Council and anti trust concerns.
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