St Louis Favored For Republican Convention Next Year
Washington reports the Republican National Committee likely favors St Louis to host the 1913 convention, with Chicago San Francisco and Philadelphia also possible in a deadlock. Delegates numbered about 985, with 600 chosen by primaries and 385 by state conventions, as party rules balance primaries and state seats.
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Republican National Committee
St. Louis
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Committee On
National. Committee
Taft
New York
National Committee
National Republican League
Senators Weeks
Sherman
John Hars Hammond
Henry D. Estabrook
Democratic Party
Stearier Minnesota Safe After Severe Boilder Break Down
The disabled Hill freighter Minnesota ten ton tugs was sighted off Point San Pedro, nineteen miles south of San Francisco, proceeding north. It was expected to reach here tonight and pass in tomorrow. U.S. District Attorney John W. Preston will lead an investigation tomorrow. Orders require the Minnesota to stay mid stream on arrival until inquiry into the accident that crippled sixteen boilers is complete.
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San Francisco
Minnesota
Point San’Pedro
Here
John W. Preston
U. S
Congress adjourns after noon session clears tax and munitions plans
Day in Congress met at noon with Republican committee assignments approved and Senator Kenyon proposing taxes on munitions makers and a prohibition on passengers aboard munition ships. Senator Chamberlain introduced a military citizens set while adjournment at 2 pm set next noon Thursday. Democrats caucus planned tonight to extend emergency war tax laws.
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Kenyon
Chamberlain
Democratia Caucus
Tails Over Commission for US Italy Treaty
Washington December 13 Italian ambassador Count Cellere and Secretary Lansing met with the investigating commission to be created under the new treaty. It is desired that commissioners named by either country be fully acceptable to the other.
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Washington
Count Cellere
Andecretary Lansing
United States
Italy
Pacific Mail Fleet Sold to New International Corp
The American International Corporation, tied to National City bank interests, announced it purchased the entire seven-ship Pacific Mail Steamship fleet. With Charles William Grace and Co as partners, the move preserves Central American service and coast trade, after earlier transfers to International Mercantile Marine.
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New York
American International Corporation
National City Bank
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Charles William R. Grace and Company
United States
South America
New International Corporation
American‘ International Corporation
International Mercantile Marine Corporation
Manchuria
Mongolia
Siberia
Korea
Central America
Save
International Corporation
Pacific
West
San Francisco
Peary urges Swiss military training and aerial coast patrols
Rear Admiral Robert F. Peary at an Economy Club dinner urged states to adopt the Swiss system of military training and to establish an aerial coast patrol for national defense. He proposed the first patrol station at Casco Bay Maine, with a hydro airplane and two aviators, costing an estimated 4100,000 to 750,000. The plan would provide coast surveillance, deter surprise attacks, and serve as a peace asset by teaching discipline and self-reliance to youth. Other speakers included David Jayne Hill Andrew White Albert Bushnell Tart and Oswald Garrison Villard.
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New York
Robert F. Peary
U.S. NL
Economy Club of
Casco Bay
Maine
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Navy Departments
Aero Club of America
Society of Aeronautical Engineers
Navy ‘Advisory Board
United States
Peary
David Jayne Hill
Andrew, D. White
Albert . Bushnell Tart
Harvard
Oswald Garrison Villard
Storm Strikes the East From Sandy Hook to Great Lakes
A winter storm centered near Sandy Hook, New Jersey and moving northwest brought the season’s first heavy snowfall to the north Atlantic seaboard and Great Lakes region. Philadelphia reported seven inches and New York City saw winds up to 64 miles per hour.
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Washington
North Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Sandy Hook
N. Y
Philadelphia
New York City
Villa Forces Burn Houses of Americans
Washington reports that Villa troops destroyed homes of American Pearson employees in Madera Chihuahua while refugees seek safety in El Paso. Carranza cancels Huerta concessions and Mexican sedition cases will be tried under 1862 law as Obregon closes on Villa’s forces near Chihuahua with federal cross-border passage approved by the State Department.
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EL. Paso
Texas
Madera
Chihuahua
Pearson
Villa
Sonora
Pearson Company
Washington
Carranza
Mexico
Mexico City
Huerta
State Department
Agua Prieta
Ojinaga
Obregon
King Handles State Affairs After Front Injuries
London dispatch reports King George has recovered enough from injuries suffered when thrown from his horse at the British front in France on October 28 to resume state affairs with limits. Doctors say he has lost weight and must avoid fatigue, with a daily stimulant during convalescence and a return to total abstinence when health permits.
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London
George
France
Frederick Treves
Bertrand Dawson
Ford Ship Delayed in Christiania Arrival Time Shifts
London dispatch from the Morning Post reports the Oscar II steamer carrying Henry Ford and his peace party is delayed by storms and unlikely to reach Christiania before Thursday or Friday. The voyage was highly anticipated and tied to Ford's political efforts.
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Ford
London
Morning Post
Christiania
Oscar
Henry Ford
Seal the Wireless on a German Ship
The German steamer Bulgaria, interned in Baltimore harbor, had its wireless apparatus sealed by a U S naval officer. A naval wireless expert had been seen nearby for days and authorities hinted that messages may have been received and sent from the ship. Most officers and part of the crew are German citizens remaining aboard.
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Baltimore
Bulgaria
Washington
December snowstorm disrupts transport in Albany
Heavy December snowstorm lashes Albany with the worst since 1874. Telephones and telegraphs to the south are interrupted, streetcars and interurban traffic delayed, and trains from Newark are late. By midnight seventeen inches had fallen across the area.
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Albany
N.Y
Newark
Villa generals surrender to Carranza forces in Mexico
Laredo, Texas dispatches report General Maximo Garcia and five other Villa generals surrendered to Carranza troops. Carranza authorities in Nuevo Laredo cite the event. Mexican officials also claim Rosalio Hernandez now fights for Carranza in Chihuahua.
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Laredo
Texas
Maximo Garcia
Villa
Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Rosalio Hernandez
Chihuahua
Kills Daughter and Wounds Son in Champaign Outburst
In Champaign Illinois a drunken man named Starry Slade shot and killed his 12 year old daughter and mortally wounded his 4 year old son. He resisted arrest and then shot turnkey John McKinney in the leg at the county jail.
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Champaign
Starry Slade
John McKinney
Betsy Storey Marks 103rd Birthday With Smoke
Carmi Illinois December 13 Mrs Betsy Storey aged 103 celebrated her birthday quietly at home. She received a few friends and smoked a cigarette, saying smoking has not shortened her life. She has never ridden a railroad train or worn a corset and credits common sense simple diet and moderation for vitality.
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Carmi
Betsy Storey
German envoy, detective, and agent indicted on arson plots
Baron George Wilhelm Von Brincken at tache of the German consulate C C Crowley a detective and Margaret Cornell a secret agent said to be in Crowley's employ were indicted by the grand jury on two counts each Conspiracy to interfere with commerce and use of the mails to incite arson assassination and murder Bail fixed at 5000 on each count In three indictments Counsel for the defendants pledged to appear tomorrow Crowley had earlier been charged with conspiracy and remained free on 10000 bail Mrs Cornell posted 1000 bail The government holds documentary evidence and the investigation has only begun with more charges and possible testimony forthcoming
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San Francisco
George’ Wilhelm von Brincken
C.C. Crowley
Margaret Cornell
Crowley
Union
United States
Baron von Brincken
Cornell
Great
Britain
France
Russia
Seattle
New York
John W. Preston
van Koolbergen
Canada
Pacific Coast
Fierce Explosion Destroys Belgian Munitions Plant
Havre dispatch reports a massive blast at a Belgian munitions factory. Sheds covering 150000 square feet were wiped out, with the first explosion crater 130 feet deep. Shock reached fifty miles, injuring residents near Harfleur and causing widespread damage across Bolbec Honfleur St Saveur and Beuzeville.
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Havre
Harfleur
Bolbec
Seine
Honfleur
St. Saveur
Beuzeville
Fire Hits Florida Landmark Monastery of St Augustine
In St Augustine Florida on December 13 a historic Fr anciscan monastery landmark burned. Property loss is described as small though the fire damaged the building and its historic facade. Local officials stated the blaze caused minimal ruin to the monastery.
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ST. Augustine, Fla
Florida State, Arsenal
St. Augustine
Train passes elevator burst scatters corn near Lanesville
A Wabash passenger train moved past the Mansfield and Ford elevator at Lanesville, Illinois, when the elevator burst releasing 3,000 bushels of corn across the tracks. Traffic was delayed about 30 minutes.
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Springfield
Ill
Mansfield and
Ford
Lanesville
Retirement of Allies Across Greek Frontier
London dispatches report British and French troops completed a orderly retirement from Serbia into Greece, clearing a fall back path to Saloniki and organizing it as a base. Reports claim British divisions were not annihilated, while Bulgarian and Austro German pursuit lags behind. Serbia resists, Montenegrin offensives slow, and snow hinders Gallipoli while Turkish attacks at Kut El Amara are repulsed.
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London
Serbia
Saloniki
Athens
Greece
Albania
Montenegro
Gallipoli
Entente
Kut-El- Amara
Russian Artillery Sinks Zeppelin Over Kal kan Station
Reports from Kal kan on the Libau railway say Russian artillery destroyed a German Zeppelin on December 3 after a night pursuit. The airship appeared from Novo Dvinsk, was located by searchlights, and hit by shells over the railway yard. Flames engulfed the craft, debris fell inside Russian lines, and the German crew were buried with a cross honoring the brave.
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Petrograd
London
Kalkan
Libau
Novo- Dvinsk
Dvinsk
Wilson and party attend St Luke’s hospital meeting
President Wilson and his fiancee Mrs Norman Galt joined cabinet members Viscount Chinda Japanese ambassador at a Washington gathering promoting St Luke's International Hospital in Tokyo Japan.
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Washington
Wilson
Norman Galt
Viscount Chinda
St. Luke's International Hospital
Tokyo
Japan
British plan to buy American securities surprises none
New York, December 13. The British government's decision to make outright purchases of American securities caused no surprise here, as the plan had been among several options British treasury officials were considering.
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New York
Britain to Mobilize American Securities for War Loans
London December 13. After a chancellor explanation and debate the house passed the second reading of a bill allowing government to mobilize American and Canadian securities by purchase or borrowing. The scheme is voluntary and aims to meet wartime liabilities in the United States without flooding markets. McKenna estimated securities in hand at 300 to 800 million pounds to secure loans and maintain exchange.
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London
Reginald McKenna
House of ‘Commons
Great Britain
United States
McKenna
America
England
David Mason
Marshall
Frederick I. Booth
New York
Sir George Younger
Edward ‘S. Montague
Treasury
Reception at the Ottoman Court for Wolff Metternich
Constantinople reports that Count Paul Wolff Metternich, newly named German ambassador to Turkey, was received with great ceremony by the sultan. In a speech the ambassador urged fostering close German Turkish relations built on mutual interests and confidence in their governments. The sultan predicted the allied armies would soon win a lasting peace and crown their triumph.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Constantinople
Paul Wolff- Metternich
Turkey
Iowa Bank Robbed at Depew by Masked Bandits
DEPEW Iowa December 18 The first state bank of Depew was robbed this afternoon by masked bandits More than 4000 dollars was taken Posses started in pursuit of the robbers
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Iowa
Depew
First State Bank
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