Dual Craft Mile Up Thames In Duel Over Flight
Reports from Petrograd and Paris detail a turbulent Christmas with German bombs killing eight at Sochaczew in Russian Poland and ditto over Dover. A Thames aerial duel witnessed by thousands ended with the German machine escaping as British and German raids continue. Emperor Nicholas II faces front line duty as battles rage across Poland and the western front.
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Sochaczew
Russian Poland
Beara
Warsaw
Paris
Nancy
Zeprelia
London
Thames
Gereman
Sheerness
Dover
Channel
Dover Castle
Minister elopes leaving family in St Louis note
A note from Mrs. Alice Leona Erbs 22 reveals she eloped with Rev. James H. Baldwin pastor of the Church of Christ. Baldwin left his wife and nine children, reconciliation with Erbs’ husband failed, and the couple vanished after a claim of a five year friendship. Police sought them as Mrs Baldwin declined prosecution.
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St. Louis
Alice Leona Erbs
James H. Baldwin
Church of Christ
Erbs
Clara
Andrew Zumwalt
Baldwin’s
Baldwin
Zumwalt
Famine Threatens Lille as Germans Refuse Aid
Dec 26 report from Paris describes Lille under German occupation facing famine. Mayor Charles Delesalle pleads for relief. General Von Heindrich blames England and urges Swiss aid, saying Germans can support their own population but Lille may starve without outside help.
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Lille
James
Charles Delesalle
von Heindrich
England
Germany
France
Belgium
Weather recast for Rock Island area
Unsettled tonight and Sunday with likely snow and warmer conditions. Low tonight just above zero, high yesterday 8 above, low last night 14 below. 7 am temps 14 below, wind 3 mph. no precipitation in past 24 hours. humidity 87% at 7 pm and 88% at 7 am. River stage 3 feet, up 0.1 in 48 hours. Astronomical events noted with evening stars Jupiter Samira Mars and Mercury, Venus square Pegasus.
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Samira
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Pegasus
Emperor dissolves imperial diet over army bill in Tokyo
Tokio reports the emperor dissolved the imperial diet after rejection of the army increase. Premier Okuma condemned opposition as harming national welfare while defending Foreign Minister Kato on China. The naval budget passed. peers suspended. an election likely in March amid budget tensions. Marshall Field secures a marriage license in New York for Evelyn Marshall.
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Tokio Chamber of Commerce
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Mexican Official Has Bribe Story In Mexico City
Washington dispatch reports Consul Silliman disputed a minister Palafox claim that he and others took a half million pesds bribe to free ex governor Iturbide. Iturbide, who aided order in Mexico City, was released after U.S. Secretary Bryan’s representations. Maytorena begins retreat from Naco as talks for boundary warfare cessation proceed.
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Silliman
Mexico City
Palafox
Gutierrez
Leon Canova
Iturbide
Zapata
Federal District
Carbajal
Carranza
Bryan
Villa
United States
el Paso
Naco
Mexico
Maytorena
Sonora
Scott
Runaway Engine Strikes a Train atchison Kansas
A runaway engine from a roundhouse traveled 20 miles and collided with a Missouri Pacific passenger train near Atchison Kansas. Two people were seriously injured and seven slighty hurt. The passenger train tender telescoped the baggage car and both engines were badly battered. The fireman and a mail clerk were among the most seriously injured as passengers were tossed from seats and berths into zero weather.
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Atchison, Kan
Missouri Pacific
Kelly Kenny English Soldier Dies at 75 in Clare
London Dec 26 General Sir Thomas Kelly Kenny formerly adjutant general of British forces is dead at his home in County Clare where he lived since retirement in 1907. He was 75 and had served in many foreign fields. Admiral Dewey is 77 today in Washington. Washington reports say he is in good spirits as Secretary Daniels and naval aides visited.
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London
Thomas Kelly-Kenny
British Forces
County Clare
Admiral Dewey
Washington, D. C
Secretary Daniels
Naval General Board
Filipinos in Revolt Held for Sedition in Manila
Eight Filipinos arrested on sedition charges after an abortive Manila uprising. About ten thousand in Manila were said ready to attack Fort Santiago Cuartel Espana Cuartel Infanteria and Medical depot. American sailors repelled Filipinos at Caloocan as arrests and minor clashes reported. revolt led by Artemao Ricarte with Hong Kong links. Situation under military control with Governor General Harrison away and Winfred Denison in charge.
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Fort Santiago
Cuartel Espana
Cuartel Infanteria
Caloocan
Artemao Ricarte
Honk Kong
Ricarte
Harrison
Winfred Denison
Austria thanks for Christmas gifts to children of dead soldiers
A Vienna dispatch to the Austrian embassy says Emperor Franz Joseph expressed thanks to President Wilson through Ambassador Penfield for American Christmas gifts distributed yesterday to children of deceased soldiers. It notes a retreat from Serbia due to bad weather, with Archduke Eugene named chief commander of Balkan forces and claims Austrian forces continue to gain ground in the Carpathians despite heavy losses.
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Washington
Vienna
Wilson
Penfield
Servia
Archduke Eugene
Balkan
Carpathians
Sakhalin Island Ceded to Japan by Russia
Tokyo announces that Russia has ceded Sakhalin to Japan as part of postwar terms. The island had been Russian through September 1905, with the southern half already ceded to Japan under the Portsmouth Treaty.
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Sakhalin Isle
Russia
Washington, D. C
Tokio
Japan
Sakhalin
Portsmouth
Bryan Purchases Land For Summer Home In Asheville
Secretary Bryan buys ten acres of mountain land within Asheville city limits. The site overlooks Biltmore House and the 100,000 acres recently acquired for a national park. Also notes Whitlock not acting officially regarding actions toward German levy on Brussels. Also reports parcel post shipments in 1914 Christmas rush reaching 100 million packages with value near 100 billion dollars.
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S. C
N. C
Bryan
Biltmore House
Whitlock
Washington
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Brussels
Washington, D. C
Post Office
Mayor Roberts Held In Fraud Probe In Terre Haute
Indianapolis dispatch reports Donn M. Roberts mayor of Terre Haute and candidate for governor in 1916 was taken into custody by Federal Marshal Storen alongside Judge Redman amid a widening probe into November election fraud. Seventeen more arrests were made including Sheriff Shea and Judge Smith as the federal case grows toward a reported hundred suspects.
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Terre Haute
Donn M. Roberts
Storen
Roberts
Redman
Vigo
Roberta
Rednoran
Shea
Thomas Smith
Alfred Harkness
Joseph Kelly
Congress
December cold record breaks across nation
A devastating cold wave grips the United States from the Mississippi to the Atlantic as December records fall. Northfield Minnesota records 32 below zero while Albany New York hits 16 below and Syracuse 12 below. New England and the Midwest endure subzero temps with many towns reporting extreme lows. Some warmer expectations loom for later tonight as Great Lakes regions and New York look to slight relief. Central Illinois faces its coldest December in two decades with Decatur at 15 below, New York City at 4 above, and Chicago fog lifting temps from 4 below to 9 above. Telegraph and telephone lines suffer cold weather breaks from wire contractions. Charles City Iowa down to 24 below and St Paul at 22 below illustrate widespread severity.
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Mississippi River
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Peoria
Florida Peninsula
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New York
West Virginia
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Illinois
Nothern
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Wisconsin
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Ohio Valley
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Aurora
Charles City
Des Moines
St. Paul
Motor output for year tops half a million autos
Chicago reports 515000 motor vehicles produced by 45 firms in the year ending, valued at 485 million dollars. Alfred Reeves notes 1500000 cars registered across states and 1500 auto dealers nationwide, with 123620 garages and 686 supply houses in operation.
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Chicago
Alfred Reeves
Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Liebknecht joins army after anti war speech
Paris December 26 German socialist leader Karl Liebknecht who opposed the war credit in the reichstag has enlisted in the German army. A Humanite dispatch from the Swiss frontier states the move followed his protest against war as the means to halt opposition after a treason trial was deemed too risky.
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Liebknecht
Paris
Karl Liebknecht
Humanite
Reichstag
American Warships Threaten Tripoli Action Amid Turko-Italian War News
Secretary Daniels asked Captain Oman of the North Carolina to report threats against American sailors after Turks near Tripoli were said to threaten bombardment. Athens reports said the Tennessee may bomb Tripoli. Other items note Italy's Albania move, Roumania's neutrality doubt, and German losses near Nieuport with thousands killed and prisoners taken.
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Daniels
Oman
North Carolina
Tennessee
Brerut
Tripoli
Athens
Syria
Italy
Albania
Avlonia
Rome
Roumania
Paris
Bulgaria
De butante slouch to vanish as war shapes fashion
Chicago December 26 The Fashion Art league of America bulletin says the listless dress slouch will end due to wartime needs. It notes the de butante slouch and slinker slouch will fade as military collars and newer garments replace low necks and peekaboo waists.
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Fashion Art League
Chicago
Fashion Art League of America
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