British Take Up American Note
London reports Cabinet officers at the war office discussed the U S protest on detained American vessels. The aim is to curb contraband via guarantees on bills of lading and to secure assurances from Denmark, Holland, Norway, and Sweden to block shipments to Germany or Austria-Hungary. Britain may seek American honesty in consignments, with days needed for a full reply. Allies may request Jap troops. rumors say such proposals are being discussed in Europe and the East.
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London
War Office
United States
Edward Grey
David Lloyd George
Exchequer
Reginald McKenna
Home Affairs
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Francia Hopwood
Admiralty
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Sir Howard Grey
Ambassador Page
Foreign Office
Crown
Wilson
Austria
Washington
Dec
Europe
Mao
Informa
Pope Benedict Aims Peace Message to American People
Pope Benedict XVI expresses through the press a firm push for peace to Americans. He pledges ongoing efforts to shorten the war’s toll and mitigate its horrors, praising the peace-loving American faith and intent on reducing suffering worldwide.
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Pope Benedict
Rome
Preas
Holy Father
Princess August Wilhelm Hospital Visit in Berlin
Princess August Wilhelm visits a wounded patient in a Berlin hospital. Officials say the health status is being monitored and no details of the injury are released. The royal request was discreet and aims to show support during the recovery.
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Princess August Wilhelm
Berlin
Belgian Minister Charges German Requisition of Belgians’ Property
Belgian Minister Havenit protested to the U S State Department over German military authorities requisitioning Belgians private merchandise. He alleges the goods were not for Belgian uses but shipped to Germany, implying Germany uses Belgiums foodstuffs for itself while Belgium seeks aid.
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Berlin
Washington
Havenit
Belgium
State Department
Germany
Germans Drop Bombs on Dunkirk and Furnes
Five German aeroplanes conducted a bombing raid on Dunkirk France killing 14 and wounding 82 as seventeen bombs fell on the town. Two bombs struck Furnes. The attack aimed to wipe out Belgian forces near King Albert's forces, with damage reported at the Belgian home front.
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Dunkirk
France
London
Furnes
Purves
Albert la
Dumage
Federal aid sought to end Ohio strike
Martina Perry Ohio December thirty first federal aid sought by a Wheeling board of trade committee to urge Congress and Labor Secretary Wilson to settle the eastern Ohio coal miners strike. Socialist leaders warn evicted miners' children will be cared for by socialists with five thousand youths to be placed in Wheeling Steubenville and Parkersburg homes. Coal Operators to Meet Cleveland December twenty first may discuss evictions. Ada Ohio December thirty first Ohio Northern student Andrew K Yoko died at a Toledo sanitarium after a failed suicide attempt and attack on his wife.
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Martina Perry
Federa
Ala
Ohio
Wheeling
W. Va
Cleveland
Hstern
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Olea
Ada
Andrew K. Yoko
Ohio Northern University
Toledo
Prohibit Exportation of War Munitions Debate
Representative Vollmer of Iowa urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to back a resolution stopping munitions exports to belligerent powers. He claimed U S actions make it a partner in war crimes and said ending sales could end the war in ninety days. Reports from Venice note a French submarine damaged by Austrian battleship Viribus Unitis near Potenza.
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Washington
Vollmer
Iowa
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Europe
United States
Vollmer de
Venice
Pota
Restoration of Franchise Rights in Adame County
A December 31 report notes restoration efforts for 2000 Adame county voters disfranchised in 1911 by Judge A. Ble. Governor Cox is urged to address the issue amid petitions from prominent citizens and local leaders seeking citizen status.
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Calumbus
Adame County
Wellihy
van Auked
Cox
van Myde
Ton
Adiscoun
City Chamber Proposes Legal Time Change Bill
A chamber committee plans to introduce a bill in the legislature to standardize time in the east. Rumors surface about Kaiser’s health and a pipe incident, details unclear and unverifiable amid rumors.
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Cleveland
Dee
Chamber of Comene
Kaiser Ain
Rome
Aiplonetio Cieli
Kaiser Os
Girl's Ring Gone After Theater Borrowing
Toledo December 31 Miss Ethel Berry a telephone operator complained to city detectives that her escort in a theater borrowed her 250 diamond ring for a moment and then disappeared.
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Toledo
Ethel Berry
Meeting Postponed in State Republican Committee
Columbus report says Chairman w L Parmenter announced no meeting of the Republican state central committee on Saturday. Governor-elect Willis allegedly asked to postpone the session until after the inauguration.
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Columbus
W L. Parmenter
Republican State Central Committee
Satuday
Willis
Ice breaks bridges fall in Cincinnati area
Ice from the Little Miami river breaks the Meminston bridge and a span of the Linwood to Mt Washington bridge. Total loss estimated around 25009 dollars. Strong entities include Cincinnati, Little Miami river, Meminston, Linwood, Mt Washington.
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Cincinnati
Little Miami River
Meminston
Linwood
Mt Washington
Charles A Perkins Named District Attorney of New York
Charles A Perkins to succeed Whitman as district attorney of New York, marking a transition in the city’s legal leadership. Whitman exits after tenure guiding prosecutions and policy moves. Perkins assumption signals continuity in the office amid ongoing citycrime concerns.
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Will
Whitman
New York
Inquest Finds Accidental Killing of Walter Smith
A Canadian coroner's jury ruled Walter Smith died unexpectedly on November 28, 1914, from a bullet fired accidentally by three Dominion militiamen at Fort Erie while warnings were being given for unlawful duck shooting. The inquest, held at Fort Erie, included American consul presence and a promise of further Canadian military inquiry. Theodore Douglas Robinson will resign as Progressive state chairman after informing Colonel Roosevelt, saying others should lead.
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Buffalo
Walter Smith
Oliver Thomas Delaney
Fort Erie
Niagara River
Smith
James B. Curtiss
State Department
Delaney
Canadian Military Court of Inquiry
Douglas Robinson
New York
Theodore
Roosevelt
Rising Sun grocery robbed and Argonne death report
Short, fragmented clippings: two yeges robbed a Rising Sun Ohio grocery of 400 dollars. Lt Bruno Garibaldi killed in Argonne. A Utah man captured in France after Belt up the Binz Tam state Dank. money recovered. Train No. 9 robbery west of San Antonio. Charles Miller jailed in New York for illegal drug peddling in disguise as a woman. plus brief snippets from verse and a London war risk rate cut to 1 percent.
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H. c! Sass
Rising Sun
Southern Pacific
Cilue
San Antonio
Texas
Charles Miller
New York City
Miller
Teachers Elect Officers in Ohio Associations
The executive committee of the Ohio State Teachers association reelected W. M. W. Kershner of Columbus as secretary and treasurer. Other officers were chosen at the summer meeting. The next summer gathering is set for Cedar Point June 28. An Ohio School Improvement Federation slate elected F. A. Derthick of Minnetonka president, W. N. Bootham of Bucyrus secretary, J. H. Dickinson of Wooster treasurer, with six vice presidents and an executive committee also chosen.
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Columbus
Dec
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
W. M W. Kershner
Cedar Point
Ohio School Improvement Federation
F. A. Derthick
Minntya
Preident
W. N. Bootham
Bucyrus
J. H. Dickinson
Wooster
Russians Gain Momentum In Galicia Front War News
London reports say Austria admits western Galicia and eastern front are lost as Russian forces push on Cracow and Warsaw. Dankl and Voisosh retreat after defeats along the Piatza and Nida rivers, with Boeem-Ermolli’s 200,000 move stalled by Russian counterattacks and Carpathian pursuit. Russian artillery harasses the Ravka while German losses on the Brura east bank mount.
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London
German War Office
Galicia
Galiese
Poland
Nida
Dank
Volosch
Piatza
von Hindenburg
Baura
Rayka
Warsaw
Cracow
Petrograd
Dankl
Voiosch
Boecme-Ermolli
Servia
Carpathians
Tocrow
Novo Sandec
Carpathian
Russia
Brura
Artilery
Ravka
Akron Man Gets Indeterminate Sentence for Embezzlement
George Towne, 45, a former telegraph operator and secretary of the Eagles' Home Building company, pleaded guilty to embezzling 2200 dollars and received an indeterminate sentence of one to five years in the penitentiary.
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Akron
George Towne
Telegraph Operaeter
Towne
Eagles' Home Building Company
Republicans Jollify in Urbana as Longworth Delivers Key Address
Urbana Ohio December 21 five hundred Republicans gathered in jollification with prominent state politicians present. Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati gave the leading address as party spirits ran high across the gathering.
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Urbana
Cott
Atnan
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
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Gracow
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