Naval battles in the North Sea clash of destroyers
Reports from Holland describe two naval engagements near the Dutch coast and off Zeeland. German destroyers were sunk or damaged, with casualties including three officers and forty four men. a damaged vessel later towed to Youlden. Advices say two to seven German ships were sunk or badly damaged, with several ships and crews affected.
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London
Sual
Ae Cifcial
Zeeland
Borilla Vooliord
Holland
Youlden
Withdrawal Under Way From Amanan Expedition Role
Washington officials announced a withdrawal of the amenan expedition from various points including FC Valle and Coyne Lubian. The plan targeted a probable northern line and a military move, with orders from Washington guiding the process. An announced agreement with General Carranesented failed, and further actions are expected to reveal the outcome.
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Washington
Murremente
Amenan
Mee
Cutpudte
FC Valle
Coyne Lubian
Perehine
New York Confronts License Rule Inquiry Expansion
The New York committee presses brokers and exchange members to hand over records from December 10 to a board inquiry. Governors seek access to produced documents to probe past market activity and the handling of licenses amid generalized corruption concerns.
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New York
Stehenge
Wieker
Japan Faces Internal Crisis Amid Cabinet Rift
Disjointed report details opposition to Count Versuch’s administration and a new non-partisan cabinet formed in violation of constitutional norms. It notes Viscount Kato leading the foreign affairs effort, a wartime coalition with Nationalists, and calls for government action as Washington guardsmen deploy and unemployment rises.
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Toklo—vepan Uf
Count Versuch
Het
Ueaf
Wthim
Viscount Kato
Nand
Ereup
Severe Frost Grips Central and Northern Europe
German newspapers report 24 hours of frost in Beetz Prussia and surrounding regions as the coldest of the winter grips central and northern Europe with temperatures at four degrees below zero in parts.
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Jamlon
Europe
Newrpapers
President Urges Senators to Rush Democratic Measures
President Wilton pressed Democratic leaders to move fast on administration measures to advance the reform program begun after his White House entry. He summoned Senate leaders to discuss railroad labor, water power, corruption, foreign service, Porto Rican citizenship, and related appropriation and revenue bills amid a tight remaining session.
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Washington
Senate
Commiltiee
Wilton
White House
Dr J C Hunter charged in Mont disaster
A Montana physician Dr J C Hunter alleged to have killed his wife after drug fueled experiments to prove a life restoration method. The report states his wife Mary Hunter died five days before neighbors found her body and Hunter was ordered sent to an asylum after being deemed insane. Admiral Dewey funeral details follow with president Wilson leading mourners at Arlington. Military dispatch reports Villa followers defeated near Parral with several killed.
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Billings
J.C. Hunter
Hysham
Mont
Sp. Hunter
Pont
Joos Hopkins
Heidelbers
Germany
Hoth
Hunter
Mary
Thave
Polsonia
Chihuahua Vty
Francisco Murgula
J. Hernandes
Parral
Rancho el Aguaje
el Plano Contreras
Russians Report Victories and Prisoners in War Year
The Musaian service organ quoted by Central News from Petrograd says Russia captured more than 428000 officers and men and 25 guns in the last year. The annual war review lists about 420000 infantry, 25 guns, 1661 machine guns, and extensive booty.
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Malm
London
Musaian Service
Petrograd
Brussiloft
Sunk German Raider Barcelona Detained Pacific Cruise
A damaged report describes the Chinese steamer attacked by a German raider. The Nautical dispatch notes two guns aboard and a German crew accompanying the raider on a Pacific cruise, signaling a tense maritime encounter in the global theater.
Logging Chain Tied on Rails Near Salinas Cal
A second failed attempt within three weeks aimed to wreck the Lark, the Southern Pacific Company’s fast train from San Francisco, by tampering with the railroad track two miles south of Salinas. A London man suffered severe shock when a chemical plant explosion injured workers and caused widespread destruction in the district.
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Salinas
Cal
Captain John L. Duffy of the ill fated Chemung
Sept John L Duffy and Defty aboard the steamer Chemung were aboard when the vessel was sunk in the Mediterranean by a German torpedo. Survivors reported the attack occurred during wartime travel, leaving many injured or missing.
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John & Defty
Chemung
Mediterranean
Vopicka Exonerated in Diplomatic Accord Report
Washington reports Germany dropped charges of an unneutral compact against Minmer Viepicks tied to Roumania Serbia and Bulgaria. State Department announced Friday.
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Vopicka
Washington
Germany
Har
Minmer Viepicks
Roumania
Serbia
Pulgaria
State Department
Pork Barrel is Voted in Public Buildings Bill
Washington noted the omnibus public works measure passed the House by 204 to 82. It carries 35 million dollars for construction and improvements across the nation, with President We son signaling support and a formal notice of the bill’s enactment.
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Washington
Sandinge Bil
Weson
Secretary Daniels Sued Over Navy Armor Piercing Contracts
Washmevon official Daniels faces suit over awarding Hadfield Limited a British munitions firm contracts for a large batch of naval armor piercing projectiles at about $200 each, allegedly below the lowest American bid.
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Washmevon
Daniels
Hadfield, Limited
Oklahoma tragedy and fraud cases reported in brief
A young schoolteacher Miss Dunn was shot dead in her room at night. near by, Rowland D. music instructor and composer was killed. John M Couch, related by marriage, held in Guthrie. An alleged swindle valued between 2,000,000 and 16,000,000 francs involved Philippe Stimeoni and princes Huariv de Brogl-Hevel.
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Oklahoms Cay
ellie = M. Dune
Rowland D. Music
John M Couch
Mise Dunn
Guthrie
Okla
Pare
Philippe Stimeoni
Huariv de Brogl-Hevel
Artist Enda Her Life in San Francisco Suicide
San Francisco artist Enda de Jong, a prominent member of the city’s art colony and a painter of international reputation, died Sunday from a self-inflicted pistol wound. The death blanks a noted figure in local culture and leaves questions about motive and amid difficult times for the arts community.
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San Francisco
Sas Meny de Jong
German Raider Scours the Sea Sinking Overdue Arm Laden Steamers
New York reports a German commerce raider in the Atlantic between the Azores and South America from December 12 to January 10. At least thirteen vessels were captured or sunk, including eight British steamers and two French sailing ships loaded with arms and ammunition for the Entente. a Japanese steamer was released at Pernambuco.
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New York
Rio Janeiro
Azores Islands
Brazil
Pernambuco
Harold in Toronto Under Arrest After Shootings
Walter Harold 23 formerly of Kankakee IL is in custody with a bullet in his brain and cannot recover. His wife Rose Ella Harold and their infant daughter are dead from shots Harold said he fired. New York daylight saving committees seek to advance the clock for five months starting May 1, approved by the AFL and Samuel Gompers.
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Toronto
Walter Harold
Kankakee
Rose Ella Harold
Harold
New York
Cowboys Kill Mexicans Near Nogales
Two American cowboys shot and killed Mexicans thirty miles west of Nogales while they were returning cattle. Sheriff reports two trainmen slain in Kimball Nebraska as Albert B. Carroll is jailed on a coroner verdict for killing Cicero Alten and Otto Jones of Cheyenne aboard a Union Pacific freight train.
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Nogales
Here
Kimball
Nebo Albert B. Carroll
Cicero Alten
Otto Jones
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Defeat Turks on Banks of Tigris and Nanesti Capture
British and Turkish forces clash along the Tigris near Kut Amara with claims of British gains on the right bank and trench advances. In Roumania, German forces capture Nanesti after brutal street fighting, while French near Loos report daylight raids and Verdun artillery duels continue amid heavy casualties.
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London
Mesopotamia
Tlerts
Kutet Amara
Constantinople
Tigris
George
Kut
Nanest
Sereth
Roumania
Nanesti
Francs
Loos
Verdun
Sinn Fein Speaker Beaten by Crowd in London
About fifty Sinn Fein members surged the platform as Thomas Lundon, east division MP for Limerick, spoke. Lundon was struck with clubs and kicked, defended with a chair, and lay bleeding on the platform before being removed to a hospital. The attack followed a Commons speech on Irish volunteers disarmament.
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London
Sinn Fein
Thomas London
Limerick
Lundon
House of Commons
Irish Volunteers
Utah Boys Ordered Home From Mexican Border Duty
Salt Lake City reports the Second squadron of Utah cavalry, mustered at Fort Douglass, among 25 thousand national guardsmen relieved by Major General Funston to return home and muster out of federal service. In Kanopolis, Mrs. James Cowie aided a posse in a bank robber chase after bandits exploded the Exchange State bank vault and fled with about $3,000. she sustained a wrist wound.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Utah Cavalry
Fort Douglass
Funston
Kanapolis
Kan
James Cowie
Exchange State Bank
German Consuls Denied Move to Forestall Sentence
In San Francisco US District Court Judge William H. Hunt denied a motion by counsel for Franz Bopp the German consul general and Vice Consul EB von Schack to forestall sentencing for their violation of American neutrality.
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San Francisco
United States
Franz Bopp
EB. von Schack
Bopp
William H. Hunt
Federal District Court
Governor Kendrick’s Prohibition Kiss Rewarded in Wyoming
A crowd witnessed Governor Kendrick sign the prohibition bill and reward a kiss from Mrs. John B. Kendrick on Saturday in Cheyenne. The event marked the governor’s action to submit the issue to Wyoming voters.
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Cheyenne
Belgian relief drive eyed for 150 million expansion
The American commission for relief in Belgium plans at least another year of work and will discuss raising about 150 million dollars. Officers will outline how the extra funds will support aid in Belgium during the next phase of relief efforts.
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New York
American Commission For Relief In
Belgium
Four Killed as Train Strikes Car Near Jackson
Four men were killed outright and one fatally injured when a Michigan Central eastbound train hit an automobile near Jackson during a heavy snowstorm on Sunday.
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Jackson
Mich
Michigan Central
Here
Troop train wreck kills officer in Union Station collision
Toronto colonel William Cartapbell MacDonald was killed when an engine backed into a troop train at Union Station. Several soldiers were injured as the train departed the station.
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Toronto
William Cartapbell MacDonald
Union Staton
Cascarets advertise liver bowel relief for 10 cents
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle nightly cleanse for the stomach liver and bowels. It promises no gripe or discomfort and claims quick morning relief from headaches biliousness coated tongue and indigestion, powered by a 10 cent box.
Idle Curiosity Quote Sparks Contrasting Views
A hotel lobby is described as potentially half full of millionaires who go unnoticed, while a man carrying an unusual bag draws immediate, suspicious attention. The exchange underscores social double standards about wealth and appearance in a prosperous nation.
No Place to Stay found in a well quote exchange
A short exchange contrasts old sayings about truth with a cynical take on wells going out of fashion. The dialog centers on durability of sayings and changing metaphorical language. No individuals or organizations are named.
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