Italy May War With the Turks
A French report notes new small advances in the West as European armies face Christmas fighting. Reports describe heavy snow battles in Poland, trench warfare in northern and eastern France, and near hand to hand fighting in west Belgium. Albania erupts in revolt against Essad Pasha with Tirana sacked, and Italy may intervene in Albania to protect Europeans, risking conflict with Turkey.
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London
Poland
Przemsyl
France
Belgium
Albania
Essad Pasha
Turkey
British Airmen Engage German Planes Over Coast
British airmen chased a German aeroplane sighted off Sheerness and near South End as misty weather limited visibility. Several anti aircraft bursts failed to hit. Naval and British planes pursued the intruder then vanished eastward. Dover and Herne Bay reports describe high altitude passes and extended scouting duties.
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Sheerness
South End
Dover
Medway River
Herne Bay
London
War Office
Imperial Diet Dissolved After War Fund Rejection
The Tokyo house of representatives rejected army expansion measures proposed by the government and was dissolved by Emperor Yoshihito. The closing session stretched late into the night with no compromise in sight.
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Big War Fund
Tokio
Japan
House of Representatives
House
Yoshihito
Diet
Russia Reports Prisoner Totals From Front Lines
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd cites 1,140 German officers and 231,700 men, 3,166 Austrian officers and 221,400 men registered as prisoners. Slav prisoners seek Russian naturalization to be sent against the Turks.
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Russia
London
Reuter Petrograd
Italians Occupy Aviona Seaport in Albania
Italian sailors have occupied Aviona, a seaport on the Adriatic, amid reports ofarchy and civil strife around the Albanian town. Kemal Bey partisans forced the Turkish flag down and raised Albanian colors, then Essad Pasha sent 500 troops to Aviona to disarm residents.
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Aviona
Rome
Albania
Adriatic Sea
Athens
Partizans
Kemal Bey
Essad Pasha
Cargo Of Cotton Sent To Germany From Galveston
The first Galveston cotton cargo to Germany since the war began sailed to Bremen aboard the American Pathfinder. It totals 6 550 bales valued at 455 000 dollars. Hatches sealed by the French consul and a Lloyds representative. The shipment was certified as pure American cotton with unobstructed passage. Freight reached the highest rates ever paid from Galveston at 3 dollars per 100 pounds.
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Germany
Galveston
Texas
Bremen
Lloyds
A Mighty Hunter Enjoys Christmas Week in Wheat
Theron Heer spent Christmas week in Wheat with John T. and various wildlife. They hunted possums, coons, and squirrels, finding a great time in the outdoors.
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Theron
He&er
John T. & N
Congress Reopens With Battles Over Literacy Test and Naval Bills
Congress reconvened after a short recess with leaders aiming to clear appropriation and general bills. The Senate faces a full agenda including immigration and literacy test disputes, while the House handles post office and rivers and harbors funding. The Agriculture Appropriation totals 22,627,712, up nearly 2 million.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Lewis
Smith
South Carolina
House Agricultural Committee
Department of Agriculture
Department
Air War Flows Over Europe During Christmas
London reports a busy Christmas for air forces with a German lone bomber over the Thames estuary causing no damage while seven British seaplanes bombed the German base at Cuxhaven. Flights chiefly reconnoiter, with German and Allied raids on Nancy Metz Brussels and Polish targets amid west front battles.
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London
Thames
Cuxhaven
Nancy
Metz
Brussels
Argonne
Alsace
Philippine Trouble Downplayed by U S Officials
Washington dispatch reports Governor General Harrison characterizes last week’s native uprisings in the Philippines as small and unsuccessful. Filipinos rallied in Manila and Laguna de Bay areas, forty arrests made, one policeman shot, leaders sought, with ties to the campaign of Ricarte from Hong Kong.
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Washington
Phillipines
War Department
Harrison
Manila
Novotas
Laguna de Bay
Campagn
Ricarte
Hong Kong
Noted Editor and Mason Arthur MacArthur Dies
Troy editor and proprietor Colonel Arthur MacArthur, 64, grand master of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar, died suddenly at his home. He was editor of The Troy Northern Budget and a prominent Republican. Governor Morton appointed him to his military staff and he served in that capacity.
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Troy
N. Y
Arthur MacArthur
Knights Templar
United States
Colonel MacArthur
Morton
Ack
Easley Couple Wed Christmas Eve in Glenwood
Easley residents Rufus Oats and Miss Florence Phillips of Glenwood were married at 6 o clock Christmas Eve by Rev. D W Hiatt. Miss Lula Alexander of Asheville visits Miss Winnie Johnson in Easley for Christmas holidays. All the students of the differ.
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Rufus Oats
Florence Phillips
Glenwood
D. W. Hiatt
Lula Alexander
Asheville
Winnie Johnson
Easley
Lever cotton warehouse bill passes House in 218 to 97 vote
Congress approves Lever proposed federal licensing for cotton and grain warehouses replacing a Senate cotton only bill. The measure creates warehouse bonds receipts with tradeable titles, requires accurate records and regular secretary of agriculture oversight, and reserves to the secretary power to suspend licenses and publish inspection findings. Conference with the Senate slated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Secretary of Agriculture
Austrians Reward Penfield Ward and Van Dyke for Red Cross Work
Emperor Francis Joseph honors Frederic Courtland Penfield Rear Admiral Aaron Ward and Henry Van Dyke with the Red Cross Medal of Merit for service related to the American Red Cross mission in the dual empire. Mrs Penfield is decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of Elizabeth for founding a hospital in Vienna.
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Vienna
Francis Joseph
Frederic Courtland Penfield
Aaron Ward
Red Cross
Netherlands
Henry van Dyke
Penfield
Order of Elizabeth
Rivadavia Battleship Leaves U S for Buenos Aires
The Rivadavia, built for Argentina, departed from Fore River yards in Quincy Massachusetts. Her keel was laid May 25 1910 launched August 26 1911 and commissioned August 28 this year. Rumors of purchase by England or Germany are denied.
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New York
Rivadavia
Buenos Aires
Fore River
Quincy
Mass
England
Germany
Chile Protests German Naval Neutrality in Pacific Waters
Chile formally protests to Germany over alleged German violations of neutrality in Chilean waters. The note claims German ships lingered up to five days at Chilean islands and transferred supplies before their engagement with Rear Admiral Cradock’s British squadron.
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Chile
Germany
Washington
Pacific
Chilean
Cradock
Prohibition Fails in House by Sixty-One Vote Margin
Prohibition failed in the U S House by 61 votes causing the Hobson proposed constitutional amendment to miss the necessary two-thirds majority by 31 votes. The vote tallied 197 for and 189 against with 258 needed to carry. Democratic and Republican party leaders opposed the measure jointly. Four thousand Austrians killed or injured in a rail collision near Kalisz reported by The Daily Telegraph.
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Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
United States
Sheppard
Texas
Senate
House
Hobson
Underwood
Mann
London
Kalisz
Russian Poland
Daily Telegraph
Petrograd
Roumania Agrees to Restore Dobrun Province to Bulgaria
Bulgarian official says Romania will return Dobrun province and most other lands gained from Bulgaria in the second Balkan War. He adds the accord was reached without German or allied pressure and Bulgaria will remain neutral.
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Roumania
Petrograd
Bulgaria
Dobrun
Germany
Four Germans Arrested Over Plot to Blow Up Rochambeau
Police say four men confessed to planning to destroy the French steamship Rochambeau, due to sail from New York. A box holding 75 pounds of dynamite wired for detonation was seized, set to explode in six and a half days, with the bomb to be shipped by express to the Rochambeau at New York for a sea attack.
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Hurn
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Hanalei
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Zapata
Col
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Philal ‘Phia
New York Stock
Obituary Roundup and World Events From 1914 Diary
A diary fragment lists obituaries for figures such as Dr Silas Weir Mitchell and General Simon Buckner, plus reports of battles, congressional actions, shipwrecks, and political changes spanning the year. It notes Villa’s insurgents in Mexico, Wilson’s war posture, and various disasters and sporting results.
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Silag Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Munfordville
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Ojinaga
I. Thaw
United States Court
Harry K. Thaw
Count Yukyo Ito
Tokyo
Louis Wagner
International Waterways Congress
San Francisco
Marie
Georges Pre‘quart
James Adams Beaver
Pennsylvania
Bellefonte
Wilson
Sporting
Boston Nace
American Athletics
Boston Nationals
King Charles of
Roumania
Carmen Sylva
Kansas
Ferdinand
Easley Lodge officers elected for 1915 and Lathem Williams wedding
Easley K of P elected Rev E V Babb C C Roy R Smith V C E L Hamilton Prelate J M Smith K B S C D Boke A R G Sheck M W J Milton King M F J E B Folger M E J Fulton Robinson I G S H Higgins O G T T Barton lodge deputy Dr J L Bolt H W Hamilton trustees. Lathem Williams wedding at North Main street home of Mary Williams Aiken with Vic Lathem.
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Easley Lodge K. of
E. V. Babb
C. C
Roy R. Smith
V. C
E. L. Hamilton
C. D. Boke
R.g.sheck
M. W
J. Milton King
M-F
J. EB. Folger
M. E
J. Fulton
Mary Williams
Vic Lathem
W. J. Foster
Honea Path
North Main Street
Lathem
Eliza Williams Aiken
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Ji Ther
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Lugise Martin
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