World News Briefs From Across The Globe
A wide summary of wartime and economic developments including Wilson’s executive order on Big Lake lore protections, fights over neutral trade with Britain, naval dispositions toward Vera Cruz, and crop forecasts. Reports cover European war news, casualties, and policy shifts in the Americas, with notes on Panama Canal governance, German and Russian actions, and domestic economic indicators.
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Washington
Wilson
Arkansas
Worthy of His Father Prince Leopold Enlists as Heir to Belgium
Months ago in northern France the Belgian king’s eldest son, Prince Leopold Duke of Brabant, aged fourteen, enlisted as a private in the Twelfth Regiment. The king introduces his heir with a pledge to continue the work of the war, saying he cannot finish it in his own lifetime and relies on his son to carry it forward.
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France
Albert
Prince Leopold
Duke of Brabant
Swiss Astronomer Reports Stable View of Copernicus Crater
The Swiss astronomer J. Pidoux vd notes a stable view from a high altitude spot near Gen 2 air observing the lunar crater Copernicus beyond the terminator. The crater area appeared pure and plainly visible while surrounding regions remained in shadow.
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J. Pidoux
Dancing Cows and Birds React to Indian Music Observed
At a Royal Asiatic Society meeting Professor Khan described experiments on animals and music in India. Cows showed fondness for a specific instrument while horses preferred wind, goats and birds reacted to bagpipes and guitars, with birds signaling desire for more music.
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Royal Asiatic Society
Khan
India
Soldier saved by deflected bullet and his watch
Readable text notes how a watch worn by an English soldier deflected a bullet, transforming from mere foppery into real utility as a life-saving example. The fragment highlights the earned admiration for a timepiece through a dramatic incident.
Plan to annex border states sparks federal response
Major General Frederick Funston reports to Washington on alleged San Diego plot to annex border regions and form a Mexican led republic with Mexican, Negro, Japanese and Chinese residents. The plan would redraw about 144000 square miles with 165183 inhabitants, over 60 percent Mexican.
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Union News Service
San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
Washington
San Diego
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
California
Mexico
Holdrege Hold-Up Ends in Fatal Shooting Near Omaha
Vincent Winklemeyer of New York City was killed and Fred E. Collum of Kansas City along with E R Lee of Lincoln were wounded in a Burlington freight car holdup No 70 between Holdrege and Funk Wednesday night. Nine harvest hands were in the car when robbers entered. Winklemeyer resisted and was shot four times. Collum and Lee were struck by stray bullets but not seriously hurt.
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College View
I York
Cheney
Falls City
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Diller
Roy Ramsey
Verdon
South Omaha
Fairbury
Walters Tyen
Kite City
H.C
Lincoln
Hey Gop
Kennard
Moreline
Smith
McMullen
Potre Oe
DeLloyd Thompson Chrym
Sienny R. Mellor
Nebraska Age Management
John Wee
W. Chase
Frank Cha
Pawnee City
Janes
Snove
Harmans
Braska
Louis Disbrow
John Raimey
Nebraska
Charles Nelson
Gage County
Daniel
Holdrege
Neb
Vincent Winklemeyer
New York City
Fred E. Collum
Kansas City
E. R .Lee
Burlington
This City
Funk
McCook
Winklemeyer
Callum
Lee
Checking Up Its Supplies in War Demand
Washington reports that the war department has asked American manufacturers for details on their facilities and potential emergency service. Officials seek to know if expanded capacity can supplement arsenal outputs as Congress readies measures to strengthen national defense.
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Washington
War Department
United States
Treasury to publish names of debtors from the war repatriation fund
Washington. The treasury department announced that on December 1 Secretary McAdoo will publish the names and begin suing all persons who are able to pay but have failed to settle advances of money given to them by the government to return home from Europe at the outbreak of the war. The sums still due from those able to repay total thousands of dollars.
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Washington
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Europe
Federal militia appropriation of four million dollars
Secretary Garrison apportioned four million dollars in federal funds to aid militia organization this year. Half of the grant goes to actual field service and rifle practice, divided among the states in proportion to their congressional representation.
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Washington
Garrison
Red Willow County Harvests Record Wheat Despite Hail Loss
Lincoln Nebraska report notes Red Willow County loses a quarter of its crop to hail yet still expects the largest wheat acreage on record and a yield per acre higher than previous years. The piece highlights local resilience and a strong wheat season ahead.
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Lincoln
Neb
Red Willow County
Etna Volcano Erupts Threatening Sicilian Villages
Etna, along with Vesuvius and Stromboli, has suddenly become active belching steam and smoke. Lava streams descend Etna’s eastern flank from two new craters risking Sicilian villages while Naples Messina and other cities face terror amid strong earthquake shocks felt in Taranto and Brindisi.
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Etna
Naples
Vesuvius
Mount Etna
Stromboli
Messina
Taranto
Brindisi
Italy
Armenians Massacred as Refugees Reach Van Outlet
A report from Tiflis says 60,600 Armenian refugees have arrived at Igdier the main outlet of Van villages. It is feared as many as 100,000 may be driven from Van with possible further Christian exodus from Persia. Kurdish forces reported to have massacred ten thousand Armenians in Bitlis villages, with bodies thrown into the Tigris and Euphrates.
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Tiflis
Trans-Caucasia
Igdier
Van
Persia
Bitlis
Tigris
Euphrates
Zeppelins Raid English Coast Amid Losses And Allied Retaliation
Zeppelins strike the east coast of England causing thirteen deaths and many injuries with damage to property. The British cruiser India is torpedoed off Norway and the destroyer Lynx sinks in the North Sea. Allied air raids hit Bavarian towns Weisbrucken and Sankt Ingbert in retaliation.
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