Mexican Protests Prompt Talks on Border Troop Withdrawals
Washington reports Counselor Polk and Attorney Douglas in dialogue over Carranza’s refusal to sign the Atlantic City protocol. A withdrawal of U S troops without prior agreement is urged to ease the border situation while Lane insists troops stay until Americans are protected and Carranza proves control of the region.
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Washington
Polk
State Department
Charles A. Douglas
Carranza
Mexico
Douglas
Atlantic City
Franklin E. Lane
Villa
Fearless Wan and Wilson Puppet Fear In Berlin Article
In Berlin Dr Paul Nathan warns Germans not to view President Wilson as a British puppet. He urges fear of Wilson, stating You don't know the man. Madrid reports Spain will not back Wilsons peace note, signaling opposition to the U S proposal.
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Berlin
Paul Nathan
America
der Tag
Wilson
Spain
Madrid
United States
Prohibition Measure Introduced for Alaska Territory by Wickersham
Washington reports Delegate James Wickersham has introduced a bill in Congress to prohibit alcohol in the Territory of Alaska in line with November votes. No copy or details of the bill are yet available.
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Worl
Washington
James Wickersham
Congress
Alaska
General Electric Reports $60 Million Rise in Business
General Electric Company announces total business booked through year end estimated at 158 million dollars, up about 60 million from last year, in a New York report dated December 10.
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New York
General Electric Company
Seven Eclipses Predicted for 1917 by Naval Observatory
Washington dispatch says the Naval Observatory announces seven eclipses for 1917, including four solar and three lunar events, to occur over the year.
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Washington
The
Naval Observatory Today
Village Drunk Sparks Tragic Kamloops Blaze
James Charters, the village drunk, threw a lit lamp at his wife after she refused more whiskey. The explosion and ensuing fire killed Charters and three children, while Mrs Charters is severely burned and between life and death.
Death sentence ordered for insubordination in Russian camps
An overseas dispatch fromStockholm reports a military governor order to halt insubordination among Russian troops near Bessarabia. It cites 7000 disobedience cases in one week, including officers joining in resistance. Court mar tials will impose death in insubordination cases.
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Berlin
Nova Agency
Stockholm
Bensaveddin
Neaher Bessarabian
Russians and Rumanians Pressed in Wallachia Front
Berlin dispatch reports heavy rear-guard action as Russian and Rumanian forces retire toward the Danube in north eastern Wallachia and southern Tol Davis. General von Mackensen's German armies show steady progress along the front between the Romanian Carpathians and the Danube despite encountering strong resistance.
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Berlin
Soereth
Wallachia
Toldavis
von Mackensen
Romanian Carpathians
Danube
Mrs Fagg Dies in Sitka Relatives Gather
Private advices from Sitka report the death of Mrs. Fagg sister of Capt. C. E. Tibbetts of the launch Pacific. She died suddenly in Sitka yesterday while relatives in Southeastern Alaska are notified. Mrs. Fagg had been staying with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry, cable operator formerly stationed here.
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Fagg
C. E. Tibbetts
Launch Pacific
Alaska
Mra. Fage
W. C. Perry
Alameda Held At Juneau Dock After Sailor Fight
The steamer Alameda waited at the Juneau dock for James Moore to receive a hearing before Commissioner J B Marshall on a fighting charge. A deputy marshal arrested one sailor during a later altercation on unloading, but released him after both sides testified. A further investigation will be conducted on the Alameda’s return and settled by those findings.
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Alameda
Juneau
James Moore
J. B. Marshall
Marshall
Seattle Woman Is Robbed Of $1 000 Diamond Brooch
Seattle December 30 Mrs N B Solner, wife of a lending official at Union Trust Savings Bank, was robbed of a $1000 diamond brooch last night. The theft occurred from her apartment in Adrian Court, the fashionable Madison and Minor Seattle complex.
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Seattle
N. B. Solner
Adrian Court
Christmas mail to Alaska delayed by rail blockades
Mail advices from Alameda state that eastern Christmas goods for Alaska were behind time due to snow blockades on midwest railroads. Seattle office had cleared most goods before Alameda sailed and expected six days of delayed mail from eastern points, likely aboard City of Seattle departing Seattle for the north.
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Alameda
Alaska
Middle West
Seattle
Steamer Georgia Sold In Seattle to Vancouver Co
The former Juneau Sitka steamer Georgia was sold today in Seattle to the Vancouver Dredging and Salvage Company and will be used in raising the Northland sunk at Kake Alaska several months ago.
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Seattle
Georgia
Vancouver Dredging and Salvage Company
Kake
Alaska
Submarine N-1 Launches from Seattle Yard
Submarine N-1 was launched today from the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company yard in Seattle. The event marked a successful release though details were brief and the timing appears to be in December.
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Seattle
Seattle Construction and Drydock Company
Strike rumor spiked by company officials
Chicago December 30 officials of four companies issued a statement saying voluntary communications from a large majority of employees show that rumors of a renewal of the express wagon drivers strike are unfounded.
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Chicago
Empire Issue Set For Monday News Briefing
The empire will be issued on Monday with the usual thorough world news briefing. The announcement notes a New Year’s Day release and standard coverage of international events.
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Empire
News of World
Investigators Probe Puget Sound Liquor Ring in Juneau
Three Seattle based special detectives arrived on the Alameda to probe bootlegging in Juneau. Authorities hint at sensational developments within days as evidence gathered. Grand jury recess delays further action while agents pursue Logan Billingsley confessions and a San Francisco shipment of whiskey bound for Juneau.
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Seattle
Puget Sound
Alameda
Grand Jury
Des
Federal Grand Jury
Logan Billingsley
San Francisco
Juneau
Woman returns to Juneau in murder case
Corrine Gilmore arrived this morning on the Alameda from Montana to testify before the Grand Jury in the murder case of Babe Brown in the Douglas tenderloin. Federal officers report new information but will not disclose details before the Grand Jury sitting.
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Corrine Gilmore
Juneau
Alameda
Harry Azamsky
Babe” Brown
Douglas Tenderloin
Dres
Glimore
Douglas
Montana
Uncle Sam Buys Land Near Fort Monroe
The War Department purchased about 1700 acres on Lower Chesapeake Bay near Fort Monroe for use as an aviation experimental and training farm for the army.
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Washington
War Department
Chesapeake Bay
Ft. Monroe
Army
Carpentier Likely Not to Get Furlough for Fifth Bout
Paris dispatch reports it is unlikely George Carpentier will be granted a three month furlough to fight a fifth bout in America. He remains on a one month leave of absence in Paris due to trouble and will return to the aviation corps next week.
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Paris
George Carpentier
America
Carpentier
Aviation Corps
Postpone Case of Conspiracy in San Francisco
The trial of German Vice-Consul Eckhardt H. von Shack and San Francisco businessmen on conspiracy to defraud the United States by shipping coal and supplies to a German warship was indefinitely postponed by U S District Judge Dooling. The delay aims to await the neutron neutrality trial of German Consul-General Franz Bopp and six others, with most shipments alleged from San Francisco via American steamship Sacramento. Indictments were returned last January. the case may resume March 5, 1917, but a later date is likely.
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San Francisco
Eckhardt H. von Shack
United States
Dutley
Dooling
Germana
Franz Bopp
Sacramento
Alexandria
Dooling Will Sall
Preston
German Raider on Atlantic Boosts Insurance Rates
The presence of the German raider on the Atlantic has increased marine insurance eight per cent today in New York. The report notes higher premiums as shipping risks rise amid the war.
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Atlantic
New York
Wagner to wed on New Year’s Day in Pittsburgh
Hans Wagner, famed baseball figure, will marry Miss Bessie Smith on New Year’s Day, according to the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph this afternoon.
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Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Hans Wagner
Bessie Smith
Pittsburgh Chronicle
San Francisco Plans New Year Celebrations
The city will host its historic New Year festivities with dancing and merrymaking continuing past 2 AM after tacit police permission. Cafes hotels and restaurants prepare for the annual celebration as San Francisco weighs any opposition at tonight's board meeting.
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San Francisco
Drc
Police Commission
Davidson's Father Dead in Seattle Area Remark
Mrs. Chas E R Davidson received word yesterday from Mr. Davidson that his father had died. He left Juneau on the Princess Sophia to hasten to his bedside, but his father passed away soon after.
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Chas
Davidson
Twelve Army Aviators Wing 160 Miles to Philadelphia
Twelve aviators of the army aviation branch head from New York toward Philadelphia on a 160 mile flight. The group aims to test endurance and formation flying as they cover the distance in staged legs.
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New York
Army Branch of Aviation
Philadelphia
Northwestern collides in fog with Northland near San Francisco
Steam Northwestern of the Alaska Steamship Co now on the Portland San Francisco run arrived after collision in fog with the steam schooner Northland. Both ships sustained damage but repairs will keep them on the route. Northland formerly the Stanley Dollar, recently acquired by Alaska Steamship Co, reports injuries not serious.
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San Francisco
Northwestern
Alaska Steamship Company
Portland
Stanley Dollar
Wireless
Seattle
Ford Plant to Close Seven Days to Relieve Rails
Detroit December 30 Ford Motor Company will close its plant for seven days starting Tuesday to ease railroad congestion and handle carloads of food and fuel. Frank L Klingensmith vice president announced the suspension will cause a production loss of about 2600 cars daily.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Frank L. Klingensmith
Stock quotations from New York wrap on Alaska and copper
New York stock list shows Alaska Gold at 0.10 percent, Alaska Juneau at 7.44, American Zinc at 3.624, Butte and Superior at 4.5, Ray at 2.6, China at 6.344, Utah Copper at 10.14, and Copper metal quoted at 29. The text ends with garbled printing which does not affect the stock items.
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New York
Alaska
Alaska Junean
Butte & Superior
Ray
China
Utah
Strike Threats Rise as Railroad Brotherhoods Call Action
The four railroad employee brotherhoods pledge to strike to enforce the Adamson Act pending Supreme Court interpretation. White House sources say unions aim to press for immediate eight hour day, after New York talks with railroad chiefs failed to yield agreement. Details of timing or countermeasures remain undisclosed.
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New York
Brotherhoods
High Court
Wilson Talks Rail Legislation With Newlands at Capitol
President Wilson met with Senate interstate commerce chairman Newlands at the Capitol to speed railroad legislation amid tensions with the Brotherhoods over the Adamson Act. No public result was announced.
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Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Newlands
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Wrangell Narrows Light Reported Out of Service
The customs house was notified that Point Lockwood Rock light float No 1 is out and adrift. The light sits on a rock at the west side of Wrangell Narrows near its southern end. It will be replaced as soon as practicable.
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Point Lockwood Rock
Wrangell Narrows
Narrows
Steamer sailings and mail schedule update
City of Seattle announced yesterday that mail will arrive Tuesday with three days of letters. Princess Sophia is set to sail from Vancouver tonight, Mariposa from Seattle Tuesday, and Spokane from Seattle Wednesday. Admiral Watson and City of Seattle expected southbound Wednesday. Alameda arrived from the south and sailed westward this afternoon. Dolphins slated to sail from Seattle Wednesday.
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Dee
Princess Sophia
Vancouver
Mariposa
Spokane
Dolphins
Admiral Watson
City of
Alameda
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