Diplomatic Note Over Ancona Sinking Deepens Atlantic Tensions
The State Department received word that the Italian liner Ancona was attacked and a note to Austria-Hungary seeks assurances on submarine conduct. Officials questioned how a submarine could seize a tanker amid Adriatic blockades and await fuller details while warning stern action if foul play is confirmed.
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Washington
Adriatic Sea
Mediterranean
Department
Austria-Hungary
Ancona
State Department
Frederick C. Penfield
Vienna
Baron Burian
Austria-Drimary
United States
Lusitania
Abhat Point
Lansing
Wilson
Nime
Penfield
Foreign’ Office
Developments in the Balkans Amid Salonicis Stand
London dispatch reports rapid Balkan developments as German and Bulgarian forces approach Kenali near Monastir threatening Anglo French lines. French troops fall back to Demirkapou while Bulgars attack near Strumitsa. Saloniki remains contested as a base for future Near East operations. In other fronts German gains in Champagne and Allied reinforcements at Kut el Amara coincide with Austrian counterattacks. Gallipoli offensive plans appear delayed and Russia endures severe winter weather.
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London
Balkans
Kenali
Monastir
Strumitsa
Krivolak
Demirkapou
Saloniki
Balkan
Near East
Champagne
Kut-El- Amara
Ctesiphon
Gallipoli
Russia
Shoop Elected Chicago Schools Superintendent
John D. Shoop was chosen to replace Ella Flagg Young as Chicago public schools superintendent after a board meeting. Jacob M. Loeb was elected board president, succeeding the long-serving Mrs. Young who ended fifty years of public school service. She urged Chicago children to spell opportunity goodbye before resigning to California.
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Chicago
John D. Shoop
Ella Flagg Young
Board of Education
Jacob M. Loeb
Chicago Teachers’ Federation
Young
California
Tle
Shbop
Ohio
Lake Forest University
Postponement of Gibbons Ahearn fight due to illness
ST PAUL Minn Dec 8 Postponement for at least a week of the Mike Gibbons Young Ahearn contest originally set for December 10 was announced tonight because of Gibbons severe cold illness.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Mike Gibbons-Young Ahearn
Gibbons
Wilson says Democrats have clear tariff issue for 1916
President Wilson told the Democratic National Committee at a White House luncheon that Republicans have no issue for the next campaign but the tariff and that democracy will win. He offered no indication about another presidential run and urged unity as he described democratic majority rule and Mexico policy.
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Washington
Wilson
Democratic National Committee
White House
White ‘House
Board of Trustees
Mexico
Fred B. Lynch
Minnesota
William T
McCombs
St. Louis
West Suffragists Report at Congressional Union Meet
Western women described their struggle for the ballot at the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage annual convention in Washington. Plans call for an active western push to back the Susan B Anthony federal amendment. Representative Mott of New York to introduce a resolution Friday allowing two western women to speak from the House floor.
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Congressional Union For Women Suffrage
Washington
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Representative Mott
New York
New England Through Line Proposed by Ex-NH & Hartford President
Charles S. Mellen testified in the New Haven directors trial about a coastwise through line from New York to Canada. He said the route would connect New York harbor to Providence Boston Portland Bangor and into Canada, serving as a military base line for New England and tied to a Boston tunnel plan. He noted Morgan supported the tunnel financing and cited officials who had backed the strategy for military reasons.
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New York
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
New England
Canada
Boston and
Maine
New Haven Road
Boston
New Haven
Long Island Sound Shore
Providence
Boston and Maine
Portland
Bangor
Vanceboro
International Bridge
Canadian Pacific
St. John
N. B
J. P.morgan
Boston Tunnel
Mellen
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Flaven
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Wickersham
Congress
Passengers barred from Adriatic for lack of passports
In New York on December 8, about one hundred would be passengers, mainly wives of Canadian soldiers, were prevented from sailing on the White Star liner Adriatic to Liverpool for Christmas with their husbands. They lacked the passports now required by the British government.
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New York
England
Liverpool
Adriatic
Evidence All Taken
In Chicago on December 8 the trial of Captain John J. Halpin, former head of the detective bureau, charged with taking money to protect clairvoyant swindlers, concluded today. Attorneys will resume arguments tomorrow with a jury trial likely to begin Saturday.
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Chicago
John J. Halpin
Detective Bureau
Agate Fragment Continues Local Extraction
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local Agate segment with scattered names and places. Readable bits suggest a small notice or brief item about a community event or update. Details are incomplete and uncertain in this clipped record.
Continue War Taxes Debated in Congress
Washington December eight. After a conference with Secretary McAdoo chairman Kitchin of the house ways and means committee announced that Democrats will push a bill before Christmas to extend the emergency war revenue law which would lapse by December. The measure is estimated to raise more than eighty million dollars annually. Kitchin suggested repeal of the free sugar clause of the Underwood tariff might be considered, though administration revenue measures may wait until after the holidays. The emergency tax law probably will be extended a year. There is no need for immediate action to keep the raw sugar duty as the Underwood law does not go on the free list until next summer.
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Washington
McAdoo
Kitchin
House Ways and Means
Congress
plan to curb neutrality violations discussed at cabinet meet
Washington December meeting in Secretary Lansing's office with Attorney General Gregory Postmaster General Burleson and Secretaries Garrison and McAdoo focused on preventing neutrality violations. Officials outlined roles of each department including inspectors treasury secret service and bureau of investigation and signaled possible legislation to strengthen neutrality safeguards. No cases were specified and the discussion centered on general strategy and future actions.
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Washington
Lansing
Wilson
Congress
United States
Gregory
Burleson
Garrison
McAdoo
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Attorney General
Department
Emperor William fixes marriage date for Joachim
London dispatch reports Emperor William fixed the marriage date for his son Prince Joachim to Princess Marie of Anhalt for late February at Potsdam. The telegram from Cassel notes the ceremony had been planned before Christmas but was postponed with hopes the war would end by February.
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London
William
Prince Joachim
Marie of Anhalt
Potsdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Cassel
Prussia
Princeton Captain Elected for 1916 Football Team
Princeton N J December 8 Frank Trevor Hoge of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was elected captain of the Princeton football squad for 1916.
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Princeton
N. J
Frank Trevor Hoge
Pittsburgh
Red Cross reorganizes for military and civilian relief
Washington dispatch reports the Red Cross reshapes its structure, creating separate director generals for military and civilian relief, with Ernest P. Bicknell heading civilian relief and Maj. Gen. Arthur Murray Pro Tem leading military relief. The meeting, chaired by President Wilson, also reviewed typhus and famine relief efforts in Serbia and Mexico City, while warning about physician preparedness for epidemics and camp hygiene amid ongoing relief work.
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Washington
Red Cross Society
Ernest P. Bicknell
Arthur Murray
Society
Wilson
Dr. Strong
American Red Cross
Serbia
Red Cross
Mexico City
Strong
United States
O'Connor
Red ‘Cross
Mexico
Sdup
Peace cost and victory outlined by Count Tisza
Hungarian premier Count Tisza, in a Budapest diet speech, tied peace to enemy will and war sacrifices. He warned longer war delays harsher peace terms for foes, noted Romania's fluctuating policy, and suggested Greece may gain a peaceful position in time.
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Amsterdam
Budapest
Count Tisza
Romania
Greece
Italian budget report shows deficits and surpluses
Rome, Dec. 8. Paolo Carcano, minister of the treasury, told the chamber of deputies that the 1914-15 budget closed with a deficit of 567 million dollars while the 1915-16 budget shows a surplus of 243.4 million dollars.
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Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Paolo Carcano
Bank Wreckers Trial Set In Ottawa Ill
John E Hart enthower president and George D Hillabrand cashier face trial next Monday on a charge of wrecking the Tonita Exchange bank in Ottawa Illinois.
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Ottawa
Ill
George. D. Hillabrand
Tonita Exchange Bank
Villa advances toward Casas Grandes in Mexico campaign
Gen Villa with 2000 men reaches Madera Chihuahua while Gen Rodriguez moves east toward Casas Grandes. In Fronteras on the Nacozari line Rodriguez’s forces attack Carranza positions to sever rail and telegraph links and drive south toward Agua Prieta. Five Americans reach Fronteras and routes to safety are watched closely as reports of Villa near Batuc emerge.
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EL Paso
Texas
Villa
Madera
Chihuahua
Mexico Northwestern
Rodriguez
Casas Grandes
Douglas
Ariz
Frontéras
Nacozari
Carranza
Jose Rodrigues
Agua Prieta
Jose Rodriguez
Fronteras
P. Elias
Calles
Esqueda
Agua
Prieta
Angel
Flores
Batuc
Rapid Progress in Clearing Canal in Panama
December reports excellent dredging progress in the Gillard cut of the Panama Canal. Only about 50 feet of earth separates the waters, with a small neck of land under 20 feet high that dredges can remove in days unless bottom bulges. Engineers remain hopeful about overcoming slides in the Culebra cut soon, but shipments must wait weeks at least.
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Panama
Gillard
Panama Canal
Culebra
Submarine Sinks Italian Cruiser Off Avlona
Official statement reports a U boat sunk a small Italian cruiser with two funnels off Avlona Albania during the morning. The action was announced from Vienna via London in a wartime dispatch.
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Vienna
London
Avlona
Albania
Police to Enforce Quiet City Ordinances
New York officials announced official recognition of the health and happiness of residents deprived of proper rest by noises. Police Commissioner Woods issued a general order placing responsibility on the police to strictly enforce ordinances aimed at quieting the city.
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New York
Woods
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State ‘Department
Ambassador Page
Emperor William
Keiser
Garranza
Willa
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