Navy board meetings weigh synthetic nitric acid from air
At the Navy consulting board sessions Secretary Daniels discussed manning a trip to Sandy Hook while weather delayed. Dr. Leo Baekeland warned that Germany blocks air nitrogen sources and Britain blocks Chile saltpetre, risking shortage of nitrates for munitions. He urged immediate U.S. plants to produce nitric acid from air, with wartime needs offset by agricultural sales.
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New York
Msrabers
Navy Consulting Board
Daniels
Sandy Hook
Mittee
Thomag
Edison
Henry A. Wise Wood
Leo Hendrik Baekeland
Committee On Food Sanitation
Germany
Great Britain
Petre
Chile
United States
Baekeland
Typhoid Epidemic Reported in Mexico City
Washington discusses Rockefeller Foundation role in fighting typhoid in Mexico City and its environs. Ambassador Arrendondo reports worsened conditions. Dr Victor Hiser from the foundation may travel to Mexico City to coordinate with Gen. Carranza on disease control efforts.
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Washington
Rockefeller Foundation
Mexico City
Carranza
State Department
Amtoassador Arrendonde
Bureau
International Health
Arredondo
Gen. Carranza
Mexico
Victor Hiser
Tropics
Arrest of Edmund Justice Linked to Hamburg American Bail
Federal officers denied supplying the plot link as the Hamburg American Line faced allegations of financing conspirators against neutrality. Edmund Justice, employed by the company, was arrested after a hearing where $30,000 bail was posted, part of over $80,000 in bail supplied by the line for conspirators tied to efforts to attack the Welland canal.
Rail Workers Ice-Locked in Frozen North
Washington dispatch reports 1500 Alaskan railroad pioneers are ice locked in Anchorage awaiting spring. freight, including turkeys, held at Seward and navitation in Cook Inlet closed. William C. Edes, Alaska railroad commission chair, cites 35 miles of new road bed completed and a 471 mile line from Seward to Fairbanks with a Matanuska coal branch, five years to near completion.
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Washington
Anchorage
America
William C. Edes
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Alaska
Lane
Seward
Cook Inlet
Admiral Farragut
Northwestern
Kansas City
Alliance
Fairbanks
Tanana River
Alaska Northern Railroad
Kenai Peninsula
Turnagain Arm
Matanuska Junction
Matanuska
Edes
Villa forces surrender and U S officials optimistic
Washington reports Gen Manuel Ochna of the Villa garrison at Juarez has surrendered his troops and accepted a commission from Mexico's de facto government. Officials say Villa's reduced threat hinges on whether he crosses the border and on Carranza and Obregon movements in the west.
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Carranza
Trevino
Mapula
Sonotm
Washington
Francisco Villa
United States
Manuel Ochna
Juarez
Mexico
Chihuahua
State Department
Department
Villa
Chihuahua City
Rodriguez
Obregon
Kaiser Wilhelm Suffering From Cold in Amsterdam
A London dispatch says Emperor William is down with a bad cold and under throat specialists indoors after strenuous travel. He is greatly fatigued and must take precautions. The crown prince will visit during the holidays.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
William
Asked to Suspend Order in Missouri Rail Freight Increase
Jefferson City Mo Dec 22 An application to the Missouri public service commission to suspend the order permitting trunk railways in Missouri to increase freight and passenger rates was filed today by Marion Rhodes former member of the state legislature.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri
Pas Bo Rhodes
Marion
Illinois lawmakers to repay $26,000 in mileage bills
Illinois lawmakers face repayment of about 26000 dollars for two cent a mile mileage allowances claimed for 26 round trips between home and the state capital. The Supreme Court sustained a circuit court ruling that the bill was unconstitutional and will consider collection methods, with possible offsets from state funds and future expenses.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Supreme Court
Sangamon County Circuit Court
John B. Fergus
Chicago
Gov. Dunne
Dunne
Influenza Sickness Hits Chicago Public Schools
About 85,000 Chicago public school pupils are absent due to a sweeping influenza outbreak. Health officials report the illness is virulent in the Midwest, with a noted rise in pneumonia cases linked to the epidemic and warnings urging extra caution during illness.
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Chicago
Health Department
John Dill Robertson
Middle West
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Inquiries Over Actress Bermhardt Health Report
December 22 reports from Sarah Bermhardt's theater queried rumors of serious illness. The theater issued a statement affirming the actress is in good health.
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Sarah Bermhardt
Theater Today
Amie
Japanese liner Yasuka Maru sunk with all lives saved
A Paris dispatch to Reuters from Port Said reports the Japanese liner Yasuka Maru, sailing from London to Japan, passed Gibraltar on December 12 and sank in forty five minutes after an Austrian or German submarine attack. The Sada Maru is believed sunk in the Mediterranean. Perfect discipline prevailed aboard. all passengers and crew survived.
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London
Japan
Gibraltar
Paris
Mediterranean
Reuter
Port Said
Swiss council says not yet to mediate peace talks
Paris reports the Swiss federal council will not offer good offices for armistice or peace talks. M Hoffmann of the political department told parliament the time is not right and neutrality will be kept. Intervention could hinder any peace and is considered unfriendly. The statement follows a question by M Greulich and reflects cautious stance.
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Paris
Federal Council
M. Hoffman
Havas
Berne
M. Greulich
President and His Bride Draw Big Attention in Virginia
President Wilson and his bride rode mountain roads and creeks from Hot Springs to White Sulphur Springs, generating fanfare across the region. They visited the principal hotel dining room for luncheon, sparking a lively stir among guests and locals alike.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
White Sulphur
Judge Goodwin Honored in Appellate Court Move
SPRINGFIELD Illinois December 22 Judge C N Goodwin of the Chicago superior bench was named by the Illinois supreme court to the appellate court third district succeeding Judge Kickam Scanlan who resigned.
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Goodwin
Springfield
C. N. Goodwin
Superior Bench of
Chicago
Third District
Illinois
Supreme Court
Kickam Scanlan
Chiceen
State Dept withholds details of Germany’s Frye reply
Washington notes the German response to the sinking of the William P. Frye. The full text has been received but officials decline to reveal whether the reply meets the British and American demand that all on board be saved before sinking. The issue may affect Lusitania and Ancona cases and submarine warfare policy.
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Washington
Lusitania
Ancona
State Department
Germany
William P. Frye
Gerard
Frye
Assistants Appointed by Illinois Attorney General
Illinois Attorney General Lucey announces initial appointments to handle legal work shifted from state departments after the Fergusson Junction ruling. Everett Jennings joins for public utilities commission duties with Judge W B Schofield as associate. Judge Jacob Creighton to lead the insurance department. Effective January 1, 1916.
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Springfield
Lucey
Supreme Court
Fergus
Attorney General
Everett Jennings
Chicago
Public Utilities Commission
W. B. Schofield
Marshall
Surgeon Asks Aid in Rabies Epidemic in West
Formal requests were received today by Dr. J. S. Boggess of the U S Public Health Service from the governors of Nevada Oregon and California seeking federal assistance to combat a rabies epidemic among coyotes and dogs threatening livestock and people in the region.
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San Francisco
J. S. Boggess
United States Public Health Service
Nevada
Oregon
California
Goeurt Denies Motion In Schandt Case In L A
In Los Angeles on December 22 Judge Goeurt denies a motion by Mathew A. Schandt’s attorney to strike all testimony not directly relevant from the record and proceed with a narrowed evidentiary scope. The ruling narrows possible testimony while preserving key findings and procedural posture.
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Goeurt
Los Angeles
Cal
Mathew A. Schandt
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