General election portrait as Britain votes on conscription
In London a heated debate culminates in Parliament approving a compulsory military service bill by 403 to 105 amid warnings of a coalition Labor split. A. J. Balfour chairs the closing appeal for unity as Asquith receives the measure with a national ovation and mixed party support. The Manchester Guardian assesses a potential party break up and questions the necessity of forced service based on Derby recruiting figures.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Labor Congress
A. J. Balfour
The
Admiralty
Asquith
Guardian
Derby
Carnegie Plans Florida Houseboat Cruise for Health
Andrew Carnegie sails to Florida for a winter cruise on a houseboat after health gains. Doctors advised the trip following a severe grippe bout last year. He turned 80 at Thanksgiving and has kept a close, retired schedule in New York.
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Proposals from Berlin on Lusitania dispute surface
The Associated Press reports Berlin has proposals Germany sees as ending the Lusitania controversy to the United States. Count von Bernstorff will meet Secretary Lansing. Berlin reportedly agrees to indemnify Americans and to warn before torpedoing. Germany cites reprisal for British blockade and clarifies submarine warfare in the North Sea and Mediterranean.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Berlin
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Germany
Mediterranean
North Sea
William P. Frye
State Department
Freezing Weather Predicted Across Region This Weekend
Weather forecast warns of subfreezing temperatures with a potential Friday night drop to 32 or lower. Major Allen Buell cautions the north Texas area may see a cold snap as a large high pressure system dominates the central United States. A inland storm could modestly modify conditions while a heavy mist lingers in San Antonio.
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Allen Buell
Texas
Gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Manitoba
San Antonio
Texas Special Wreck Leaves Passengers Uninjured After 6-Car Flip
Four Pullmans and two combination coaches of the Texas Special derailed and overturned between Oklahama and Bennesville. All six cars left the rails, rails and ties splintered, 250 aboard mostly asleep, no serious injuries reported. Traffic barred for 24 hours.
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Muskogee
Okla
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Oklaha
Bennesville
St. Louis
San Antonio
Six Inch Snowfall Hits Kansas City Area
Moderating temperatures spread across Kansas and Missouri after a snow storm. Reports show one to six inches of snow in spots with Kansas City recording five inches. Local observer notes fair weather this morning and little traffic delay in the region.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Saturday
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Saturday with colder temperatures tonight.
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San Antonio
Weather roundup from major cities this Saturday
St Louis 20 degrees cloudy north wind 20 to 24. Chicago 18 degrees clear northwest wind 16 to 18. Milwaukee 12 degrees clear northwest wind 12 to 18. Kansas City 18 snow northeast wind 18. New York 24 degrees cloudy north wind 22 to 42. Washington 26 snow northeast wind 24 to 44. Continued cold across regions.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Jury to Decide Rockefeller Case in New Haven Rail Conspiracy
The New York New Haven Hartford case against William Rockefeller and ten former directors for Sherman Act conspiracy to monopolize New England transport was presented to a jury. Trial spans years with high profile lawyers and a possible one year prison term or fine. Rockefeller absent at charge.
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New York
William Rockefeller
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Hunt
Lewis Cass Ledyard
Edward D. Robbins
New Haven
Conn
Charles F. Brooker
Ansonia
D. Newton Barney
Hartford
Robert Taft
Providence
R. I
Charles M. Pratt
Brooklyn
Henryk K. McHarg
Stamford
James S. Hemingway
A. Heaton Robertson
Frederick F. Brewster
New England
Department of Justice
The
Mad
George MacCulloch Miller
George F. Baker
Theodore N. Vail
Francis T. Maxwell
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Edward Milligan
Alexander Cochrane
Grand Trunk
Mellen
R. L. Butts
Texas
Gregory
Charles S. Mellen
Frank M. Swacker
St. Louis
Rockefeller
Rioting Flares as Youngstown Strikers Clash at Plant
In Youngstown Ohio rioting erupted over the East Youngstown plant strike at Youngstown Sheet and Tube. A man was injured as workers attempting entry were attacked and streetcars were stoned. Authorities feared dynamiting after fuse theft near the plant. 3000 strikers protested while Sheriff Umstead requested troops if needed though later said militia unlikely.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Youngstown
J. ©. Umstead
Willis
Brier Hill Steel Company
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Campaign on Gallipoli Official Report Tells of Brave But Futile Attacks
Paris dispatches report intensifying fighting on the Russian frontier with 800000 troops and 3500 cannons engaged on the Tarnopol Trembowla front. Russian officers describe barbed wire entanglements 24 layers deep and electric traps, and detail a rope and hook method to breach the wire under heavy fire.
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Paris
Petrograd
Havas
Kiev
Tarnopol-Trembowla
Red Cross
Girls strike at cigar factory in Poughkeepsie icicle protest
More than 100 girls gathered before a cigar factory in Poughkeepsie New York striking for higher wages. They bombarded the windows with icicles. Three were arrested and fined six dollars each.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Robbery Steals Large Vault of Internal Revenue Stamps
The St Paul office of the collector of internal revenue suffered a major theft when a vault door was blown last night. Cash and internal revenue stamps reportedly valued up to one million dollars were taken, with negotiable stamps stolen and unnegotiable stamps left behind. Police federal agents and local authorities launched a joint investigation led by revenue collector F. E. Lynch. The discovery was made by a janitor D C Ryan.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Internal Revenue
Collector of
Post
D. C. Ryan
FE. J. Lynch
Minneapolis
Ford Peace Delegates Move Toward The Hague
The Ford party left Copenhagen for The Hague on a special train through part of the war zone with German permission. The 150 delegates will be in Germany for eleven hours and must follow military rules. Holland is their final European stop before a protracted peace conference with neutral nation delegates expected in The Hague.
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Copenhagen
London
Ford
Hague
Germany
Holland
Europe
New Chinese Revolt Loots Kowloon Custom House
About one hundred armed men attacked midday and looted the Kowloon boundary custom house. The raiders issued proclamations claiming to be revolutionaries and are suspected of corrupting government troops. Kowloon lies opposite Hong Kong across the boundary between Chinese territory and British control.
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Canton
China
Kowloon
Island
Hong Kong
Porto Rican Executed at Ossining
Antonio Ponton, a Porto Rican student, was executed in the electric chair at Ossining for the murder of Miss Bessie Kramer a Schenectady school teacher. Warden Kirchwey opposed to the death penalty, excluded reporters from the chamber.
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Ossining
N. Y
Antonio Ponton
Bessie Kramer
Schenectady
Warden Kirchwey
British Gallipoli Operations Report Published
London reports General Hamilton’s Gallipoli campaign summary from May to October detailing the Anzac Cove Suvla Bay landings and the August 6 10 assault at Chunuk Bair. It notes Allied naval and artillery support and describes heavy Turkish counterattacks and high Allied losses.
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London
Tan Hamilton
Gallipoli Peninsula
Anzac Cove
Suvla Bay
Suvia Bay
Anzac
Chunuk Bair Hill
North Lancashire
Wiltshire
Hamilton
Hampshires
Baldwin
Royal Field Artillery
New Zealand
British Submarine Sunk Off Texel in Dutch Waters
The British admiralty announced the sinking of a British submarine off Texel island in Dutch waters. All 33 crew members were rescued by the Dutch cruiser Noord Brabant and brought to Helder.
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London
Holland
Admiralty
Texel
Noord Brabant
Helder
Women Democrats open fourth annual convention in Washington
The Woman's National Democratic League convened in Washington with delegates from across the country. President Wilson sent greetings and Speaker Clark delivered Democracy Today as the program opened. The league will plan support for the Democratic national committee in the coming presidential campaign.
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Washington, D. C
Woman's National Democratic League
Wilson
Clark
League
Democratic National Committee
Injunction Denied Over Washington Prohibition Law
In Tacoma three federal judges sitting en banc denied the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company’s petition for an injunction against enforcing the new state prohibition statute. The decision, issued yesterday, leaves the law in effect pending further action.
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Tacoma
Wash
United States District Court
Seattle Brewing & Malting Company
Adams Express depot destroyed by fire in Cincinnati
A three story Adams Express Company depot and office building in Cincinnati burned down. Loss is estimated at 200000 dollars with electrical wires suspected as the cause.
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Cincinnati, O
Adams Express Company
Cabinet Holds Important Session Over Persia Incident
Washington January 7 The Persia sinking dominated a cabinet session but no action followed due to lack of verified facts. Leaders discussed preparedness revenue and Mexican affairs while awaiting official advices. no immediate decision expected until all details are confirmed.
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Washington
D. C
Lansing
Senate
Mexico
State Department
Comitteec
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
White House
Mediterranean
Penfield
Vienna
Garrels
Alexandria
Baron Burian
United States
Persia
England
Quitting the Missions in Shànghǎi and Sze-Chuen Province
The province of Sze-Chuen in western China bordering Tibet has been advised of the will of Christian missionaries to leave multiple stations. The notice signals an orderly withdrawal from the region by the mission groups.
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Shanghai
Sze
Sze-Chuen Is
China
Tibet
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