AIRMEN LEAD BATTLING ON BOTH FRONTS IN RAID ON CUXHAVEN
London reports indicate a coordinated air and ground struggle across the English channel and central Europe. British raids damaged targets including Cuxhaven while Berlin claimed limited success as German forces slow in both eastern and western campaigns amid shifting fronts.
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Lower Thames
Freiberg
Nancy
Metz
Sochaczew
Rerwiss Poland
Cuxhaven
Berlin
Hamburg
Russian
Poland
Beara
Warsaw
Wilson Quietly Marks Fifth Birthday in Washington
Washington dispatch notes Prest Wilson turns five today with a quiet family celebration. He received letters and telegrams from friends nationwide and even some world leaders, reflecting broad goodwill on his birthday.
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Washington, D. C
Compensation Not Burdensome says New York law
Philadelphia December 28 John Mitchell member of the New York state workers compensation commission told the American Association for Labor Legislation that the workmen's compensation law in New York gives general satisfaction despite insurance rates being high. He said lack of compiled statistics forces rate makers to err on the safe side and that once the law is firmly administered it will pose little or no added burden on industry.
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Philadelphia
New York State
John Mitchell
American Association For Labor Legislation
Mitchell
New York
President Wilson weighs five for Federal Trade Commission
Washington reports President Wilson plans to send five names for the Federal Trade Commission, with Edward Hurley of Chicago among the leading possibles. The list has been narrowed from about 300 to a few, including Joseph E. Davis, and Hurley, noted for foreign trade expertise and Illinois Manufacturers' Association leadership.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Joseph E. Davis
Edward Hurley
Chicago
Ilinois Manufacturers’ Association
Unsettled Weather Tonight and Tuesday Likely Rain or Snow
Unsettled weather with possible rain or snow tonight and Tuesday. Warmer tonight with a low near freezing. 7 am temperature 28, yesterday's high 25, last night's low 24. Wind 5 mph, no precipitation. Humidity 83 at 7 pm and 8 at 7 am. Water stage 3.9 feet, up 3 feet in 48 hours. Astronomical notes list Jupiter Saturn and morning stars Mara Mercury Venus. Light from Regulus travels 160 years to Earth.
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J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Saturn
Mara
Mercury
Venus
Regulus
Earth
Pittsburgh Lands Major Steel Orders for War Needs
Pittsburgh reports orders totaling 65 tons of high carbonized rounds in the district today. Fifty thousand tons destined for France and fifteen thousand for Russia. Earlier, twenty six thousand tons of this steel grade for shrapnel shells were shipped to Europe. An estimated six million dollars of steel has been bought in Pittsburgh for belligerents in the last two months.
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Pittsburgh
France
Russia
Europe
Americans Shot in Canada Water at Fort Erie Border
Buffalo men Walter Smith was killed by Canadian troops patrolling the border at Fort Erie Ontario while duck hunting out of season in Niagara River waters. Charles Dorsch was wounded in the shoulder. Secretary of State Bryan was notified by Vice Consul Curtiss. The question of potential complications remains debatable.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Walter Smith
Charles Dorsch
Fort Erie
Ontario
Buffffalo
Niagara River
Bryan
Curtiss
Labor ticket selection set by Tri City unions
Amasa Meccune and other union members of the Tri City Federation of Labor will meet tomorrow night at Industrial Hall to nominate labor candidates for city commissioners. The Australian ballot system will be used with referendum voting by federation members. Union affiliated officers will preside as judges. A spirited contest is expected.
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Semmueres
Tri-City
Federation of Labor
Twenty-first Street
Third Avenue
Labor
of Ciary
Miss Genevieve Clark to Wed James M. Thomson
Washington gives news of Miss Genevieve Clark engagement to James M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item. The wedding is planned for spring or early summer at Honey shuck Farm in Bowling Green Missouri. The match ties to the Baltimore 1912 Democratic convention and Champ Clark’s political circle.
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Genevieve Clark
James M. Thomson
New Orleans Item
Honeyshuck
Clark
Bowling Green
Baltimore
Thomson
Louisiana
Woodrow Wilson
Bennett Clark
Miss Clark
Anne Hamilton Pitzer
Colorado
Summit Point
W. Va
Pembroke Thomson
Miss Helen Thomson
West Virginia
Virginia
Fish Is Again On Trial On New Charge Of Arson
Chicago reports Joseph Fish the millionaire fire insurance adjuster who was acquitted on a Christmas Eve arson charge today faces another trial on a separate arson count. Proceeding notes indicate Fish is a prominent Chicago figure amid the legal case.
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Fish
Chicago
Joseph Fish
Mother seeks help locating missing barber H L Gilbert
A letter to Commissioner Archie Hart from Mrs J R Gilbert of Siler City North Carolina asks Davenport police to locate her son H L Gilbert a barber. She says a postal card from Rock Island dated December 12 said he left Davenport for Aledo to work in a barber shop. She fears foul play and asks anyone with information to contact police so she may get his address. She notes he wrote every three or four days.
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Archie Hart
J. R. Gilbert
Siler City
N. C
H. L. Gilbert
Rock Island
Davenport
Aledo
Scott Street
Police
Tennessee aids Jaffa refugees in transit to Egypt
Washington, D. C. Dec. 28 The cruiser Tennessee with Turkish government permission and on request of consuls approved by Ambassador Morgenthau is transporting 500 refugees from Jaffa Syria to Alexandria Egypt. The refugees could not obtain passage by other means.
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Washington, D. C
Tennessee
Morgenthau
Jaffa
Syria
Alexandria
Egypt
Villa Evacuates Mexico City Amid Revolt Fears
Carranza sources report Villa forces withdraw from Mexico City to shift troops northward. Rumor says Torreon and Juarez remain in peril as Carranza’s army of 100,000 blocks advance. Half of Torreon garrison reportedly splits, fighting against Villa forces. Villa concentrates on Tuxtan seaport as Ebano quiets.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza Agency
Carranza
Galveston
Villa
Mexico City
Torreon
Chihuahua
Juarez
War Department
Ebano
Tampico
Tuxtan
State Department
Servian Prisoners in Mitrovici Starve and Shiver in Cold
Cor respondence from Mitrovici Hungary reports the Servian army cannot meet demands, leaving 500 Servian prisoners in rags, unwashed, and bootless in a frozen market area. They are weak and aided by comrades, some seeking cigarettes as an Austrian officer forbids conversation, then march toward a prison camp.
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Mitrovici
Hungary
R IOTER FINED IN COUNTY COURT FOR SALOON RIOT
Charles Donley was fined 25 dollars plus about 25 dollars costs and sentenced to one day in county jail by Judge Nels A. Larson after a Christmas riot in a Fourth Avenue saloon. Officer John Johnson faced trouble with Donley who drank throughout the day. Assistant State's Attorney A C Edwards filed information in county court and the trial followed immediately.
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Charles Donley
John Johnson
Fourth Avenue
Nels A. Larson
Battery killed except one man survives
A Bavarian battery was wiped out except for one survivor, John, son of Bertha Von Walshauser. She reports he fought in 16 battles since August 5 and remained healthy, becoming an officer after his company was annihilated. He aided new troops until relief arrived amid heavy casualties and widespread grief at home.
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St. Louis
Bertha von Walshauser
Grosskohrnbach
Bavaria
John
National safety league to be formed in Chicago
Chicago December 28. A national safety league will be organized at a convention in the Fort Dearborn hotel to advocate war preparedness as a defense measure. Led by Colonel Henry J. Turner, the movement gathers some thirty Chicagoans and invites pacifists like Dr. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Jane Addams to address or send representatives.
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Chicago
Ill
National Safety League
Fort Dearborn
United States
Henry JL. Turner
Turner
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Jane Addams
David Starr Jordan
National Guard
Samuel Fallows
Barratt O'Hara
George V. Lauman
Illinois National Guard
Charles H McConnell
Iron Brigade
Gettysburg
Biv-Ouac
W. O. Poulson
H. O. S. Heistand
Department of the Lakes
United States Army
Archbishop Riordan Dies at Western Home
Rev. Patrick William Riordan archbishop of San Francisco died at 4 05 in his coast city home after a five day illness that began with a severe cold developing into pneumonia. Born August 27 1841 in Chatham England he studied at St Mary's of the Lake Notre Dame and Rome's American college and was ordained in Malines Belgium on June 10 1865. He served as pastor in Woodstock Joliet and Chicago before leading St James church where he built the present structure.
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Chicago
Ill
Patrick William Riordan
San Francisco
Hig
D. J. Riordan
St. Elizabeth's Church
Archbishop Riordan
Chatham
W. B
St. Mary's of the Lake
Notre Dame
American College
Rome
University of
Woodstock
St. Mary's
Joliet
St. James’ Church
St. James
Woman in Men’s Clothes Kills Husband in East St Louis
East St Louis reports Rose Hanlon, 33, shot and killed her husband after years of alleged cruelty. She claimed she had supported him while disguising as a man to find work. She said the killing followed his threat after she refused to give him 25 cents. Hanlon was held pending coroner action as authorities investigated the case.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Rose Hanlon
Appeal Granted for Leo M Frank Murder Case
New York Dec 28 Justice Lamar granted Leo M Frank an appeal to the U S Supreme Court after his murder conviction for Mary Phagan in Atlanta. Lamar also granted habeas corpus relief against a Georgia federal court ruling. Fort Smith Ark Dec 28 Judge Youmans disqualified by threats. Judge Jame P Elliott to preside over January term as coal miners face conspiracy charges.
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New York
United States Supreme Court
Lamar
Leo M. Frank
Atlanta
Mary Phagan
Frank
Washington, D. C
Georgia Federal Court
Leo Frank
Fort Smith
Ark
Youmans
Jame P. Elliott
South Dakota
Dynamite Explodes Near Indiana Saloon Row
Hyera Indiana December 28 three buildings including two saloons owned by Walker Wilson and Theo Thompson and a meat market were demolished by dynamite followed by fire. A fourth building across the street was wrecked. Wilson faced charges of illegally operating his saloon as police suspect enemies were responsible for the blast. Loss estimated at twenty thousand dollars. Seattle December 28 six automobiles to be equipped with shotguns to aid police in pursuing highwaymen and safe blowers.
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Hyera
Ind
Walker Wilson
Theo Thompson
Wilson
Seattle
Louis Land
Four Die in Fire at Old Folk Home in Cambridge
Fire at the Cambridge city home killed four residents and left 238 inmates, mostly elderly women, in shock and exposed to smoke. Among the survivors is Mrs Harriet Fisher Andrews of Trenton New Jersey, notable as a leading American iron manufacturer with international fame.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harriet Fisher Andrews
Trenton
N. J
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