Japanese liner Yasuka Maru attacked by submarine in Mediterranean
A Japanese liner Yasuka Maru with 120 passengers and 160 crew was struck and sent to the patrole without warning. all aboard were saved and the ship carried about 12.5 million dollars in gold. An Austrian air raid near Saloniki dropped bombs as heavy fighting rages in southern Alsace and along the Gallipoli front.
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Mediterranean
Ghda
Pattery
London
Port
W. J. ‘Leigh
Saloniki
Salogiki
Athens
Baseball leagues sign to erase third circuit in Cincinnati
Sporting representatives of the Federal American and National leagues signed an agreement at Cincinnati that eliminates the third circuit from the national map. Charles H. Weeghman, president of the Whales, acquires the Cubs and Joe Tinker becomes manager. Phil Ball buys the Browns. Ad Wolgast, former lightweight boxing champion, is suspended six months by the New York athletic commission for violating a contract with the Harlem Sporting Club.
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Cincinnati
Charles H. Weeghman
Whales
Cubs
Joe Tinker
Phil Ball
Browns
Ad Wolgast
New York Athletic Commission
Harlem Sporting Club
New York
State Reformatory
Charles F. Lawson
Joseph Combs
Lawson
Death of Gen Rafael Egula Lis Reported in Mexico
Reports state Gen Rafael Egula Lis and his staff were executed at Cuautla by order of Emiliano Zapata with a public act carried out by a Zapatista. In Juarez a riot left two Americans and six Mexicans dead, and George A. Dipert was shot in El Paso. Juarez becomes Carrancista, Villa garrison evacuated, and peace talks were signed in El Paso with the de facto government.
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Rafael Egula Lis
Cuautla
Mex
Emiliano Zapata
Zapatista
Juarez
el Paso
George A. Dipert
Villa
Villa Council of War
Chihuahua
Notable Deaths in 1900s Overseas Dispatches
Personal Lloyd M. Bingham, husband of actress Amelia Bingham and Ford peace party official entertainer, died of pneumonia aboard the Oscar II. Ford and Mme Schwimmer are ill at Christiania, with expedition possibly abandoned. Emperor William of Germany slightly indisposed with inflammation of the cellular system. General von Emmich, conqueror of Liege and Tenth German corps commander, died of arteriosclerosis at Hanover per Overseas Pency.
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Lloyd M. Bingham
Amelia Bingham
Ford Peace Party
Ford
Mme. Schwimmer
Illat Christiania
William
Germany
Berlin
von Emmich
Liege
Hanover
Pency
New York Hit by Freak Storm and High Winds
A freak blizzard with a 71 mph gale blasted New York and nearby areas. The storm killed seven people, injured many, and damaged roofs and windows across the city. Buildings were blown down and a three story site collapsed in the Bronx. Dozens rescued from adrift canal boats as heavy snow and hail battered the region.
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Union News Servios
New York
Matthew Ward
A.ireman
Mineola
Newark
Fort Hancock
N. J
Brighton Heights Reformed
New Brighton
S. I
Submarine Progress Advances in Navy Bidding
The United States navy will require bids on submarines based on plans prepared by naval constructors. Previously bidders supplied plans. now the navy will abandon general requirements and accept alternative bids from patentees. Rear Admiral David W. Taylor notes progress by the navy’s constructors enabling this shift.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy
David W. Taylor
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Workmen Urged to Unite in Britain War Effort
David Lloyd George addressed 8,000 trade union officials and stewards in Glasgow urging an agreement between skilled and unskilled labor. He warned that failure to secure production could threaten 1916 guns, risk Allied supply in 1917, or face pressure to concede to German demands.
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London
David Lloyd George
Glasgow
Lloyd George
Admiral Dewey Celebrates 78th Birthday at Home
Washington observed Admiral George Dewey's 78th birthday with many congratulatory messages and visits from friends. Despite age, he remains active in naval affairs as Chairman of the General Board of the Navy.
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Washington
George Dewey
Manilla Bay
Admiral Dewey
General Board of the Navy
Italian Liner Port Said Sunk by Submarine
A Tripoli dispatch reports the Italian liner Port Said sunk by a submarine flying Austrian colors. Six passengers and one crew member died. The survivors were rescued.
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Milan
Tripoli
Secolo
European War Timeline Highlights Late 1914 Events
A review of December 28 1914 to January 1 1915 notes actions across Europe including Antwerp defenses Cuxhaven raids Paris Rhine fortifications and Polish front movements. It records Turkish and Russian maneuvers Austrian and German clashes and American relief efforts such as the Tennessee cruiser refugees and Rockefeller wheat purchases for Belgium.
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Antwerp
Cuxhaven
York
Gibraltar
Rhine
Cracow
United States
Germany
Saida
Turkey
Consur
Tennessee
Syria
Hungary
Carpathians
East Prussia
Suwalki
Russia
English Channel
Dunkirk
Rockefeller Foundation
Chicago
Germans Begin Offensive Movements Across Kielce Ardahan
German forces advance against Kielce in Poland and seize fortified Russian Ardahan as Turks push into the region. Four German reservists are arrested in New York harbor, exposing a major fraudulent passport plot.
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Kielce
Russia
Ardahan
New York Harbor
Condensations from the era on color, fisheries, and living costs
The color magenta recalls a battle tied to its discovery year. Lake Erie claims the highest fish yield per square mile among waters. Gardner Savage of North Anson Maine, blind for years, is a telegraph operator who can repair his instrument. Io Baltimore study finds a single woman needs at least $6.50 weekly to live decently, with 81 percent of department store women earning less.
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Lake Erie
Gardner Savage
North Anson
Baltimore
Evansville Rotary president speaks on parks and city progress
Allen D. Albert of Minneapolis, head of the International Association of Rotary Clubs, urged municipal improvements through parks citing civic value. Mrs. Albion Fellows Bacon praised housing efforts as part of the discussion at the Evansville luncheon.
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Evansville
Allen D. Albert
Minneapolis
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Mannsweiler Kopf
Existgom
Exchange Telegraph Company
Constantinople
Oso
Hartmans-Weilerkopf
Alsace
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Imbros
Tenedos
Lemnos
Zurich
London Daily Chronicle
Varna
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Turkish War Office
Suvia
Anzac
Galipoli
Federal
Paul Koenig
Richard Leyendecker
United States Land Canal
Edmund Justices
Edward Victor Palm
Dorothea Vollmer
Henry Vollmer
Dorothea
Davenport
sTama
Burlington
James Delaney
Lee Derby
Amberse Leatch
Chicago & Northwestern
Humboldt, In
Fowler
Frank Leslie
Lesie
Dunne
Illinois
James Ryan
Barney Bertsche
Joseph Choate
Pilgrims
Sir Robert Laird Borden
Canada
Doylestown
Wis
Emil Erdman
Louis
Robert L. Knox
New Orleans
Louisiana
Ben ’Foster
Hattiesburg
Miss
Alex Franko
Natchitoches
Yexco and
Mississippi Valley
Baton Rouge
James B. Duke
Tgbacgo
Trinity College
Durham
North Carolina
Grist
Britain
Austria
Col. E. M. House of
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Europe
Snorter
Naval Constructors
Belgium
Steinbach
Sennheim
Warsaw
Bzura River
Poland
Flanders
Austria-Hungary
Ine
Russian Caucasus
Kars
Pola
Maszapequa
Philadelphia
Hoosier
Bloomington
Ray Dunn
Stinesville
Dunn
Marion
Hettie Miller
Robert Casey
South Marion
Casey
Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles W. Fairbanks
L. W. Henley
Republican State Central Committee
Franklin
C. G. Sayers
Landscape Department
Purdue University
Glenn Ellis
Johnson County
Ninevah
Shelbyville
John T. Paxton
Rushville
Blair
South Bend
Herechsanky
Hyman Kaplan
Winchester
W. W. Canada
Vera Cruz
Mexico
State Department
Republic
Fort Wayne
George Redmond
Robert E. Kelly
St. Louis
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