US weighs action over Yaska Maru sinking and Leigh case
Washington considers diplomatic steps if an American citizen was aboard the Austrian torpedoed Yaska Maru. The State Department seeks to confirm Leigh’s citizenship status as consular interviews proceed, with Austria- Hungary and Turkey queried on submarine nationality. Officials note no Ancona progress yet while Vienna’s tone appears cautious.
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United States
State Department
W. J. Leigh
Leigh
Germany
Austria-Fungary
Turkey
Teutonic
Mediterranean
Austria
Ancona
Vienna Foreign Office
Edward Lyell
Bristew
Port Said
China
England
Brush With Yaqui Indians Expected
Ten thousand men with 25 field pieces, fifty machine guns, and several train loads of ammunition are concentrated at Hermosillo Sonora for a campaign against the Brancho Yaqui Tadans southeast of Guaymas. Carranza generals assume supreme command with Gen Po Falas Caller and aides. 3000 more troops move from Nogales toward Naco to cross into Juarez. Calles returns from Tuarez to oversee civil officer appointments in Sonora as Chihuahuan supporters shift loyalty.
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Ariz
Hermosilly
Sonora
Guaymas
Carranza
Agua Prieta
Po Flias Caller
Villa
Miguel Lancaga
Angel Flores
Arnulf Gomez
Bermudex di Castro
Justar
Nogales
Naco
Juarez
Calles
Tuarez
Obregon
Seven Provinces Engaged in Revolt in China
A cablegram received by Tong King Chong, head of the Chinese Republic Association in San Francisco, reports seven provinces declaring against the new regime. Shanghai revolutionaries transmit the telegram to military readers in the provinces, noting seven provinces showing active support. Five provinces were cited in earlier telegrams.
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San Francisco
Tong King Chong
Chinese Republic Association
Shanghai
Only Son of Christian Science Founder Dead
Sioux City Iowa December 97 Gen W Glover 72 only son of Mary Baker Eddy head of the Christian Science church died today at his home in the Black Hills near South Dakota. Glover attracted attention before in his mother's death by seeking a share of her fortune in Massachusetts. He was awarded about 3500000 after her oath. He was not a Christian Scientist.
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Towa
W. Glover
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Church
Black Hills
Scad
Glover
Massachusetts
Reception in Stockholm Leads Peace Delegation Hopeful
Stockholm welcomed the Henry Ford peace expedition warmly with unofficial invites to make the city a center for future negotiations. Ford aides consider Stockholm as a potential hub for a permanent arbitral board, while the group plans to proceed to Copenhagen as scheduled.
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London
Sweden
Henry Ford
the Hague
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Copenhagen
Hague
Illinois Teachers In Session Today
The Illinois State Teachers' Association convenes in Springfield for a three day meeting starting tomorrow with about 1800 instructors expected. Dr Thomas E Green of Chicago will open with an address on The Burdens of the Nation as talks focus on changes to state school laws including tuition, county superintendent qualification, and sanitation statutes.
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Ill
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Illnois State Teachers’ Association
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Chicago
Cantu Surrenders Control Of Lower California Affairs
Governor Esteban Cantu formally turned over control of Lower California to the de facto Mexican government. Mexican Consul E A Gonzales said clearances will be issued for vessels from San Diego to Mexican ports and new officials will be appointed for Mexicali Tijuana and Ensenada. Obregon announced Cantu received brigadier general rank and that formal control followed court actions to seize funds in Calexico banks.
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Defacto
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Lower California
E. A. Gonzales
Gonzales
Mexico
Mexicali
Tijuana
Enzenada
Calenico
Lower
California
Obregon
Villa
Republic
Calexico
Gov. Cantu
Gen. Obregon
Bank Cashier Wounds Pair in Grant Bank Robbery
Oklahoma December 27. Bank of Grant robbed of 4000 dollars by two youths who bound cashier Webb in the vault. He freed himself, retrieved a repeating rifle, and shot both fugitives as they fled toward the railroad. Claud Tanes 20 and Arthur McFarland 17 were jailed at Hugo. One robber severely wounded, another badly injured. their names and ages are reported by local sheriffs.
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Okla
Dew
Webb
Claude Tanes
Arthur McFarland
Hugo
Tanes
Danes ban Ford peace meeting in Copenhagen
The Danish government will prohibit Ford peace party members from holding meetings in Copenhagen after Erling Bjornson visited and attempted to deliver a lecture on European war.
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Copenhagen
London
Ford Peace Party
Erling Bjornson
Rhyme Used to Teach Grippe Prevention in City
New York health department distributed thousands of cards with preventive rhyme to curb grippe and epidemic spread. The couplet urges covering coughs and sneezes to stop transmission as there is no specific cure. Dr. Charles F. Boldaun notes prevention remains the sole control, with posters in public places schools and on elevated trains.
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New York
Health Department
Charles F. Boldaun
Bureau of Health Education
Cabinet Stormy Sessions Mark Sharp Policy Divide
The cabinet holds stormy meetings with deep disagreements on key policy paths. Officials report a great difference of opinion as debates hinge on economic and social priorities. The impasse signals possible delays in proposed reforms and contested directions for administration.
Conscription Debate Splits British Cabinet Reported
London papers on December 28 say cabinet discussions on conscription are brittle and unresolved after a two hour sitting. The Times notes delicate prospects and possible crisis today, with Lloyd George pressing immediate compulsory service and others opposing. Resignations or a general election loom as potential outcomes.
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Daily Mail
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Marquis of Lansdowne
Earl Curzon
Sir Frederick Smith
J. Austen Chamberlain
Walter Hume Long
Earl of Selborne
Lloyd George
Asquith
Morning Post
Morning Telegraph
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Chronicle
House of Lords
Home at 1427 North Sixth Street Burned to Ground
A fire at 2:30 this morning destroyed the home occupied by William P. Schermerhorn at 1427 North Sixth Street. Firefighters from stations 1 and 7 responded to a still alarm, with a later special call to station 6, but the house could not be saved. no one was at home at the time.
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William P. Schermerhorn
North Sixth Street
Villa Wives Say They Will Stay In Havana
Mrs Frarciscoa j Villa wife of the Mexican rebel leader and Mrs Hipolto Villa wife of Gen Villa’s brother arrived with children and many servants on the Atenas from New Orleans and said they intended to settle in Havana while their husbands continue the struggle against Venustiano Carranza.
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Hipolto Villa
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Atenas
New Orleans
King Peter of Serbia Spends Night in Albanian Hut
A Sofia report via Berlin describes King Peter of Serbia fleeing Albania in a snowstorm. Four cavalrymen entered a peasant barn where a wounded officer, believed to be the king, was placed on a couch. The king declined food, taking only a little liquid nourishment before dawn.
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London
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Peter of
Serbia
Albania
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Whitlock On Return Trip From New York
Brand Whitlock United States minister to Belgium sails tomorrow on the Rotterdam to resume duties abroad. He attended a Belgian relief luncheon hosted by Alexander Hemphill, treasurer of the relief commission, which praised the work and warned that suspension would worsen Belgian suffering. Whitlock will take back 85000 in a Toledo, Ohio fund to aid distribution under his supervision.
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Brand Whitlock
United States
Bellum
Rotterdam
Whitlock
Alexander Hemphill
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Ville De La Ciotat Torpedoed Off French Coast
French steam er Ville De La Ciotat was torpedoed without warning and sunk in the Mediterranean on December 24. Most passengers and crew were rescued. 79 persons drowned according to the American consul at Malta, with no Americans aboard.
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Vienna
Penfield
Ville de la Ciotat
Austria
Paris
Mediterranean
Ministry of Marine
Washington
Eastland Disaster Mentioned In Report
Waitington, Dec. 8. An echo of the Eastland disaster at Chicago appears in the steamboat inspection bureau annual report. It seeks legislation for closer inspection, annual hull examinations, and broader authority for inspectors. The report calls for power to set detailed structural tests and to bar transportation of goods likely to cause fire.
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Eastand
Chicago
Steamboat Inspection Bureau
Board of Supecssing
DOJ Officials Hint Inquiry Into Gasoline Prices
Officials of the department of justice said tonight that the continued use in the price of gasoline probably would be made the subject of an inquiry to determine whether there had been any violation of the Sherman anti trust law.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Indian Army Updates on Ten New Helicopters
The Indian Army has not announced details about ten new helicopters. No official statement was issued regarding procurement or deployment timelines.
Places filled by fresh recruits
The Indian army departs France for a new field of action with drafts from UK raised troops filling their places. Prince of Wales takes on a larger role in the absence of the empire. An official Turkish claim of Egyptian successes is denied by British press bureaus.
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London
France
Egypt
Mesopotamia
United Kingdom
Prince of Wales
Personal crisis reports on the rise in Cook County
The 1915 annual coroner’s report by Peter M. Hoffman shows 671 personal crisis reports in Cook County, up from 632 the prior year. Local deaths break down to 242 by illuminating gas, 144 by shooting, 109 by poison, with 980 drownings and 400 steam and railroad accident deaths.
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Acci
Chicago
Peter M. Hoffman
Eastland
Palace of Argheike Attacked by Wob
Vienna reports say the palace of Archduke Stephen of Austria was attacked Christmas night by a mob wielding pitchforks and clubs in protest of food shortages. Police dispersed rioters. windows shattered. several people injured. Separate reports note food riots in Chemnitz with women marching on the town hall and smashing windows. police restrained protesters, with eleven women seriously injured.
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Amecerda 2
Exchange Telegaph Company
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Stephen
Austria
Drewien
Chemnitz
Ebelist Borgan
Euggeelt
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