Five Hundred Thousand In Stock Stolen From Mail Pouch
In Wilmington a mail pouch from the post office to the Pennsylvania railroad wagon was robbed of stock certificates and checks valued at about 830000. A wagon driver and another man were arrested on suspicion. $350000 in securities were recovered hidden in the wagon. The theft involved Du Pont Hercules Atlas General Motors and other firms as brokers awaited details.
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Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
Albert
Earl Islafson
DuPont, Hercules and Atlas
General Motors Company
Swedes Cold on Ford Peace Expedition in Europe
Stockholm reports the Ford peace missionheld meetings to spark peace sentiment in Seceen but lacked official US recognition. The Swedish peace league declines official status. The group sails to Copenhagen and possibly The Hague, avoiding Germany, with sessions ending around January 7.
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Stockholm
Arrye
Copenhagen
Hague
Germany
Denmark
United States
Marine Corps Needs Officers and Men Stated by Commandant
Washington December 25 Major General George Barnett commandant says the Marine Corps requires 7200 more officers and men for proper duties. He adds the Navy General Board policy limits to 1 fifth of navy strength, and recommends at present adding 1500 men. Secretary Daniels has asked Congress to approve this enlargement.
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Washington
Marine Corps
George Barnett
Navy General Board
Navy
Barmett
Daniels
Congress
New York Says Christmas Pleasantries Amid Poverty Decline
Charitable agencies report far less poverty in New York this year and a surplus of food for Christmas dinners. The extra supplies will be distributed to the poor despite mild foggy weather.
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New York
Mec
Shoemaker Rogers Shot By Burglar In Bloomington Home
Bloomington resident and veteran merchant and politician John W. Rogers was shot but not seriously injured when he surprised a burglar returning home from a Christmas party. Police investigate the break in and motive.
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Bloomington. II
Tohn W. Rogers
Officers puzzled over triple death
St Louis on December 26 reports three men found dead on Crewe Cover lake shore. One black man propped against an ice house shows broken neck and shoulder fracture. the other black man and a white man named William Bates show no wounds. County investigators probe poisoning whiskey as a cause or possible exposure from the night’s snowstorm and possible freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Crewe Cover Lake
St Louis
William Bates
President Wilson Drenched by Rain in Hot Springs
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson were soaked by a sudden downpour while leaving the golf links at Hot Springs Virginia. They reached their hotel unharmed though the president took a slight cold, despite the cold mountain air.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
Dartmouth College Man Victim of War
Richard Melville Hall of Ann Arbor Michigan a volunteer driver with the American ambulance operating with the French army in Alsace was killed Christmas Eve while on duty. Hall 21 son of Professor HOG Hall of the University of Michigan joined a Dartmouth college field ambulance last June and will receive a military funeral at the front tomorrow afternoon.
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Paris
Richard Melville Hall
Ann Arbor
Mich
Alsace
American Ambulance Committee
Hall
Hog. Hall
University of Michigan
Dartmouth College
Fergus Attacks Deficiency Funds in Illinois Court
Amended bills filed in Sangamon County Circuit Court seek restitution of 408 803 87 dollars in deficiency appropriations by Governor Brady and Treasurer Russell. John B. Fergus, a Chicago taxpayer, claims departments exceeded revenue limits and asks for repayment of 46 500 in relief payments not filed with the state board of claims.
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Chicago
Bill—Lagislature
Springfield
James J. Brady
Andrew Russel
Circuit Court of
Sangamon County
John B. Fergus
Fergus
Forty-Ninth General Assembly
State Board of Claims
Aurditor
Prominent Railroad Man Dies in Berkeley
William D. Mann, railroad man and theatrical promoter, died in Berkeley today of pneumonia at age 45. He was married in Paris to Marguerita Sylva, an opera singer.
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Berkeley
Cal
William D. Mann
Paris
France
Marguerita Sylva
Fire trucks collide in Beaumont fatal crash
In Beaumont Texas two fire trucks collided at high speed while answering a fire alarm. One man, Robert Glass age 27, was killed instantly and three others were injured in the accident.
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Beaumont
Tex
Robert Glass
Wheat deal ties Australia to British French governments
Melbourne reports a completed wheat sale involving Austria and Australia. The transaction amounts to nearly 3,009,000 pounds sterling at a price of five shillings five pence per unit.
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Melbourne
Australia
Tondon
Villa's Brother Released By Court
Habeas corpus proceedings before Judge W R Price in the United States district court resulted in the release of Col. Hipolito Villa under a 5000 dollar bond after a Christ mas dinner in the county jail. He had been held on a 20000 dollar bond for bringing stolen property into Texas. Villa said he did not intend to leave the country when arrested Wednesday night in San Antonio.
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Fel Paso
Tex
W.R. Price
United States District Court
Col
Hipolito Villa
Villa
Texas
San Antonio
Juarez
Auditor Reports Postal Service Growth and Revenue Surge
The Postal Service doubled in twelve years and in the last year allowed transactions reached the 2 million mark for the first time. The rural report cites Charlie Abram as a retiree for the post offices, noting stamp sizes and envelopes as revenue sources. Net income was about 278 million with roughly 92 to 100 thousand paid in salaries.
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Washington
Dev
Postal Service da
Ei Rual
Charlie Abram
St Louis Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday
Mrs Marie Reine Tschaen Fusz marked her centennial in St Louis with an after dinner address before about fifty descendants and relatives. She said divine grace kept her alive to a century and she would prefer to be in heaven with her girlhood friends. She attended mass at 6 am daily as part of her routine.
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ST. Louis
Marie Reine Tschaen Fusz
Doc Cook in the limelight again
Dr Frederick A Cook the American explorer who went to India in June to ascend the Himalayas and was detained as a German spy is traveling across Siberia aiming to return to New York according to E S Brooks motion picture operator with the Cook party Brooks left Cook and companion FP Thompson November 30 at Yokohama Japan and arrived on the Dairen Maru today in San Francisco
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San Francisco
Frederick A. Cook
India
Himalaya Mountains
Siberia
New York
E. S. Brooks
Cook
Brooks
Red Cross Must Deal With Carranza In Mexico Typhus Aid
Washington dispatch reports that the Rockefeller Foundation and the American Red Cross must work directly with Gen. Carranza to aid Mexico City typhus efforts. Ambassador Arredondo says he cannot intervene as the foreign office has not consulted him and the issue is not international in scope.
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Washington
Rockefeller Foundation
American Red Cross
Mexico City
Carranza
Arredondo
Foreign Office
Greek protest over Kavala landings by Allied troops
A Sofia dispatch to the Over Seas News agency reports an attempted landing at Kavala in European Turkey by Anglo French troops from Gallipoli. The Greek commander at Kavala protested the action.
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Berlin
Sarville
Sofia
Over Seas
Kavala
Turkey
Gallipoli
Four Laborers Die in Shack Fire Near Wauwatosa
Four laborers were burned to death in a lonely shack near Wauwatosa Wisconsin late tonight. Firefighters struggled to reach the scene beyond municipal limits.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wauwatosa
Christmas Fatality in Ballinger Home Burn
R L Harwell Jr HW years old was fatally burned inspecting a Christmas stocking near a fireplace at his Ballinger Texas home. His nightgown caught fire from the grate.
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Ballinger
Tex
R L Harwell, Jr
Postpone Exposition in Venice for 2016
A Paris Havas dispatch from Venice reports the twelfth international exposition of arts slated for 2016 has been cancelled and postponed. The decision delays the event and replaces it with no current date.
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Paris
Venice
Lloyd George Urges Trade Unions to Ease War Strain
British minister of munitions addresses 3,000 Glasgow workers urging acceptance of trade union reforms to speed munitions. He warns of delays hurting 1916 and cites possible American help for 1917, with strong statements on patriotism and the need to defeat German forces. Voices challenge trust in union leaders as proposals are debated.
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London
David Lloyd George
Glasgow Y Iliday
Llayd
France
Lloyd George
Belgium
Great Britain
Merchants Report Strong Holiday Trade in Baylis Area
December 25 report says merchants in Baylis New Salem Barry and Hadley enjoyed among the best holiday trade in years with especially heavy business in the last week of term. Local merchants express satisfaction with the season and SETS results.
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Baylis
Braylis
New Salem
Barry and
Hadley
England waits for great leader in new patenab government
The Observer denounces Premier Asquith and elevates David Lloyd George as potential head of a new government. It condemns procrastination on major issues and calls for decisive leadership as the country faces continuing crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Observer
Asquith
David Liond
George
Patenab
Holiday Lull Binds Soon on Balkan Front
Dispatches from the continent forecast a holiday lull breaking on the Balkan front as observers expect a large central powers army to move against the Entente. Greek authorities reportedly will not let German advances endanger Greek territory without guarantees. Provisional German control in Nish signals shifting Serb administration and a claim of respecting Serbian nationality. In England Lloyd George drives labor dilution to win union support while monitoring munitions output and industrial efficiency.
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London
Balkan
Agenet
Saloniki
Greece
Athens
Nish
Soarce
Montengerin
Montenenegro
Serbia
Zurich
Prince von Buelow
Lloyd George
England
David Lleayd Georg
St. Notdh
Lloyd Georgess
Bavarian Industry Believes Germany Can Endure War Burdens
Berlin dispatch reports the Bavarian Industrial association at a general meeting adopted a resolution asserting Germany’s economy can endure the war to its end. It says no industrial reason to end the war early and pledges Bavarian industries will bear burdens, remain financially strong, and operate beyond expectations.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
Bavarian Industrial Association
Germany
Over Seas Agency
Shore leave allowance granted for church services
The naval department temporarily suspended a shore leave ban on crews of the interned German cruisers Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kronprinz Wilhelm, allowing about 200 sailors and several officers to attend Christmas services in Portsmouth and return to their ships.
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Norfolk
Naval Department
Prinz Eitel Fredrich
Kronpring Wilhelm
Portsmouth
Consul Denies Report on Villa Absence
United States consul at Tuarez denied reports he left El Paso this week to join Villa. He said he had heard nothing from Villa since December 21 and attributed his El Paso absence to a lawsuit in Fort Smith Arkansas in which he was involved.
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Fort Worth
Texas
TD Edwards
United States
Tuarez
FE Paso
Beineen Villa
Mexico
Fray
Villa
Tom el Paso
F Smith Ark
Editor Shot by Assassin in San Francisco
A city editor was shot by an unknown assailant in San Francisco. Police launched an investigation, while hospital officials reported the editor in critical condition. No motive or suspect information was released.
Chinese newspaper editor shot at banquet in San Francisco
Wong Yuen Yung former editor of the Asiatic News in Shanghai was killed by an unidentified gunman during a Chinese Christmas banquet in San Francisco. The assassin fled as the editor, who had recently resigned after a bombing at his paper’s plant, died before aid arrived.
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SAN Lprancisco
Wong Yuen Yung
Asiatic News
Shanghai
China
Wong
C. Y. Kuo
CU. T. Loh
Chi Li
Shi Kui
Chnese
San Francisco
Fog and Rain Over Christmas in Old London
London on December 25 faced a grey Christmas as thick fog and rain blanketed the city. Soldiers on furlough, many mud stained, arrived late amid rough Channel crossing delays. Charities and hospitals brimmed with gifts for veterans and families while churches held special services and hospitals welcomed visitors and entertainers.
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London
Arranged Surrender Conference In Villa Area
In El Paso on December 3 a meeting occurred between Cathedra and two others from Gases Gem and Gis. Jose Rodriguez and 308 moved to Casas Grandes as officers returned tonight to Grandes.
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EL Paso
Tex
Gem
Jose Rodriguez
Casas Grandes
Grandes
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