Teutons Said Advancing on Egypt in Ottoman Alliance
Tribuna reports a Teuto-Turkish expedition in Asia Minor and Egypt. Constantinople directs operations with 460000 Egyptian expeditionaries including 200000 Turks and 100000 Germans. Turkish forces reportedly crossed into Egypt near Arish and clash with British outposts as invaders aim for the Suez route near Ismailia.
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Teome
Egypt
Tribuna
Constantinople
Fl Arish
Suez Canal
Ismailia
Trevino Defeats Villa Forces in Mapula Battle
Troops under General Jacinto Trevino engaged remnants of the Villa army in Mapula near Chihuahua City. The fierce two day battle left about nine hundred Villa soldiers killed wounded or captured, according to Carranza officials in Nuevo Laredo.
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Zaredo
Texas
Carranza
Jacinto Trevino
Villa
Mapula
Chihuahua City
Nuevo Laredo
Hoyne declines to prosecute in Baby Bollinger case
Chicago State Attorney Maclay Hoyne refused to prosecute Dr. Harry J. Hailselden for not operating on Baby Bollinger, a detective, in an effort to prolong its life. Hoyne sent a letter to Attorney General Lucy after a grand jury investigation request.
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Chicago
Maclay Hoyne
Wedensday
Harry J. Hailselden
Baby Bollinger
Lucy
Hoyne
Paris Man Arrested on Theft Charge Over Murillo Canvas
Adolphe Cramer was arrested in Paris as he prepared to depart for America on suspicion of stealing funds. In his baggage a painting thought to be a Murillo, unsigned but dated 1682, depicting the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus was found.
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Paris
Iamerica
Adolphe Cramer
Cramer
Jesus
Stripting Pardon May be Delayed
Atlanta reports Gay Thomas Edgar Stapling, once sentenced to life, escaped jail and led Danville Virginia as police chief for fourteen years. He likely will not get the Christmas pardon from Governor Harris. He has been in Georgia prison since his identity was found in 1911.
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Atlanta
Thomas Edgar Stapling
Danville
Harris
Georgia
Switchmen's Strike Averted in Chicago Settlement
Chicago agreement ends the threatened walkout of 4000 switchmen as railroad managers concede transfer trains must carry cabooses. Brotherhood of Trainmen officials informed Wednesday.
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Chicago
Railroad General Managers’ Committee
Brotherhood of Trainmen
Noted Louisiana Lawyer Kills Two in Railroad Depot Killing
Baton Rouge surveyor Robert L. Knox and prominent attorney shot and killed Benjamin Foster of Hattiesburg and Alexander Fraenklin of Natchitoches at the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad depot in Baton Rouge. Foster was a close friend and former business associate. Franklin’s origin is identified as Natchitoches.
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Baton Rouge
Rtebert L. Knox
New Orleans
Louisiana
Benjamin Foster
Hattiesburg
Miss
Alexander Fraenklin
Natchitoches
Chicago Mayor appoints Hunt to lead detective bureau
Mayor Thompson announces a program to eliminate crooks in Chicago appointing Nicholas Hunt as head of the detective bureau. Hunt is a veteran policeman formerly in charge of Hyde Park district as inspector of police.
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Chicago
Thompson
Nicholas Hunt
Kunt
Hyde Park District
President and Bride Tour Virginia Hills Visit
President Wilson and his bride traveled by car through winding mountain roads to Hot Springs and White Sulphur Springs, crossing the West Virginia line. They toured from early to late Wednesday, returning bespattered to their hotel after a long inland journey.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
West Virginia Line
White Sulphur Springs
Pittsburg Bank for Savings Closed After Failure
State department of banks took charge of Pittsburg Bank for Savings after it failed to open. Among depositors are 41,000 school children with a total of 167,166.68 dollars in deposits.
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Pittsburg
State Department of Banklog
Pittsburg Bank For Savings
New Year’s Eve Celebration Hours Set by Mayor
New York City will close major New Year’s Eve celebrations at 3 a.m. on January 1, 1936, as Mayor Mitchell decides. The timing governs most public gatherings and night-life events in the city as crowds head into the new year.
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New York
Mitchell
Lincoln Cane Unveiled by Sandia Chief in New York
Lorenzo Lucero, chief of the Rubbio tribe at Sandia New Mexico, visited Washington to meet the president and tour the sights. The Lincoln era cane, given in 1823 to a tribe chief, is carried as a ceremonial emblem of chieftainship and has been handed down for 38 generations.
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Lorenzo Lucero
Sandia
N. M
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Joan of Arc
Jusserand
French Republic
Thomas A. Edison
Riverside Drive
New York
Anna V. Kivait
Rioting Mexicans Attack Border Town Amid Crossings
News reports heavy rioting across the Rio Grande with both Mexican and American troops facing off along the Tio Grande. A railway worker from El Paso died from a bullet as clashes spread, and Mexican and U.S. authorities reported numerous rioters killed in Juarez, including a Chinese shopkeeper murdered during looting.
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Fl Taso
Texas
Tio Grande
Juared
United States
George A. Diepert
el Paso
el Paso & Southwestern
Rio Grande
Santa Fe Bridge
Ochoa
Juarez
Navy aims for world‑power parity by 1925
The Naval General Board led by Admiral Dewey states the United States Navy should be equal to the most powerful in the world and reach that level no later than 1925. It calls for a steady year by year development plan, within the country’s facilities, plus a 1917 building program as part of a definite defensive expansion.
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Washington
Navy General Board
Admiral Dewey
United States
Reichstag Approves War Credit and Discusses Income Tax
The Reichstag passed the second and third readings of a war credit of 16 trillion marks. Nineteen Socialists voted against. Socialist leader Friedrich Ebert announced his faction would vote yes. Dr. Karl Hefferich said the next budget cannot balance without more income and that income tax proposals are being drafted.
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Imperial Treasury
Reichstag
Netherlands protests British seizure of Dutch mail
The Hague protests to the British government over the seizure of Dutch mailings aboard the steamers Noordam Frisia and Rotterdam and demands that the incident not be repeated. The foreign ministry issued the message via Reuter's Telegram company.
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London
Reuter
Hague
Foreign Ministry
Netherlands
Noordam
Frisia
Rotterdam
Senator Thomas to Introduce Sugar Consumption Tax Bill
Washington reports Senator Charles C. Thomas of Colorado will introduce a bill in Congress to levy a tax on sugar consumption. The aim is to raise revenue for running expenses and support the administration's appropriations program.
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Washington
Charles §. Thomas
Colorado
Congress
Britton to Substitute for Welsh in Akron Title Bout
Jack Britton of Chicago will substitute for Freddie Welsh the world lightweight champion. He faces Johnny Griffith in Akron Ohio on December 28. The twelve round bout will be at catch weights.
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Akron
Ohio
Jack Britton
Chicago
Freddie Welsh
Johnny Griffitha
Powder Plant Destroyed Near Fayville
Aetna Powder Company nitroglycerin plant at Fayville, Illinois exploded Tuesday. The blast released 3 006 loads of nitroglycerin. No workers were killed.
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Cairo
Aetna Powder Company
Fayville
Dane in Constantinople Reports Krupp Works Destroyed
Copenhagen reports a Dane in Constantinople stating that Krupp works outside the city have been destroyed by bombs dropped from British airmen. The claim follows recent air raids attributed to Allied forces targeting German armaments.
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Copenhagen
Constantinople
Britons Give Up Gallipoli Position In Withdrawal
Vienna reports British troops at Suvla and Anzac zones on the Gallipoli peninsula have been withdrawn with guns and stores moved to another area. The official statement says other front sectors will continue operations. A Vienna correspondent notes if the Allied fleet had renewed its Dardanelles assault, a major battery near Tschanek faced limited shells remaining.
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London
Luvla
Anzac
Gallipoli
Suvyla
Vienna
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Tschanek
Former Governor Morrison of Boise Dies Sudden Death
Boise Idaho mourns former Governor John T Morrison who died suddenly Monday morning of apoplexy. He served as governor 1902 to 1904 and later led the Western National Bank of Caldwell and the Empire Company of Boise. His wife and a daughter and son survive him.
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Boise
Idaho
John T. Morrison
Presbyterian Church
Morrison
Worcester University
Western National Bank of Caldwell
Empire Company of Boise
Teachers Gather in Zion for Utah Education Meet
Salt Lake City reports more than 2,200 teachers from all state sections attended the Utah Educational Association opening session with at least 3,000 pedagogues present before it ended. Dr Ellwood P Cubberley Stanford University spoke Monday on Changing Conceptions of Education urging the nation to rely on schools to assimilate foreign born citizens into American identity.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Educational Association
United States
Ellwood P. Cubberley
Department of Education
L=land
Stanford University
Cubberley
Yaquis Again on Warpath At San Pedro
Yaqui Indians raid the American settlement at San Pedro and attack the Richard Construction Company's experimental station near Guaymas Mexico according to a dispatch to the American consul from regional settlers.
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Guaymias
Mexico
San Pedro
Richard Construction Company
Five Provinces Declare Independence From Yuan Rule
Tong King Chong, president of the Chinese Republic association, received a Shanghai cablegram Monday stating five Chinese provinces have declared independence from Yuan Shi Kai's rule. The report highlights a major shift in Chinese politics and potential upheaval for the central government.
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San Francisco
Tong King Chong
The
Chinese Republic Association
Shanghai
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Bullet Through Heart and Lives in Kirksville Recovery Report
Kirksville Missouri reports a medical student from Helena Montana identified as Fisk, wounded December 6 by a bullet that passed through his heart lung and liver, is recovering well according to his physician.
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Kirksville
E. H1
Fisk
Helena
Mont
Maryland City Wage Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Baltimore's minimum wage schedule of $2 a day for city laborers. The ruling confirms the city can set wage floors for workers employed by local operations.
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Washington
Maryland
Baltimore
Supreme Court
United States Protest Over Interference With Mail Parcels
Secretary Lansing announced that the United States filed another protest with Great Britain over interference with parcel post shipments between the United States and Sweden, signaling ongoing diplomatic tensions and mail transport concerns.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Sweden
Lansing
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Panama Canal
Joan OF Arg
Border Town
Germany
Secretary of Treasury
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Zion
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