Wilson Rejects Germany Offer In Lusitania Talks
Washington reports Secretary Lansing and President Wilson rejected Germanys latest proposal on the Lusitania dispute. The administration demands strict accountability from Berlin for the loss of more than 100 American lives and wants Germany to admit liability for neutrals killed in the act against a vessel of an enemy. The decision, conveyed at a state department meeting with Count von Bernstorff, could go to Berlin for consideration within days.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lusitania
Lansing
Wilson
Isaid
Count von Bermstorff
State Department
Berlin
Germany seeks friendship while resisting indemnity
From informed sources comes a report that Germany favored broader friendship with the United States in its proposals, while the administration insists law must guide concessions. Germany has refused to accept that law makes her liable for neutral losses, noting its stance since submarine actions in the North Sea. In the August 19 note on the Arabic sinking, Germany expressed regret for American casualties but could not admit an obligation to grant indemnity even if the commander mistaken about the Arabic’s aggressive intent.
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Germany
United States
North Sea
Boom for Clark Started in New York
The Champ Clark Presidential Campaign Committee launched a presidential boom in New York. The action signals growing momentum for Clark amid ongoing campaign activities and organized outreach.
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Clark
New York
Champ Clark
Typesetting Machine Co Sold at Foreclosure Auction
The plant of the International Typesetting Machine Co. was sold at auction in Brooklyn for 1,650,000 dollars. The winning bidder was Philip T. Dodge, president of the Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
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Typesetting Machine Co
New York
International Typesetting Machine Co
Brooklyn
Philip T. Dodge
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
Dominion liner Norseman sunk report
London a Liverpool message to the Exchange Telegraph Co reports that the Dominion liner Norseman has been sunk.
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Dominion
London
Liverpool
The
Exchange Telegraph Co
Norseamian
German War Loan Payments In Berlin
Payments on the third German war loan have been completed with the last installment due January 22. The total amounted to 12,160,000,000 marks, equivalent to 3,040,000,000 dollars.
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Berlin
Embargo on Sugar Shipments From Jamaica
In Kingston Jamaica the government imposed an embargo restricting sugar shipments from the island to destinations within British possessions only, halting exports to other countries and markets.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Former Head of I. T. U. Dies
Chicago reports the death of W. B. Prescott, former head of the International Typographical Union, at his home from apoplexy. He will be buried in Toronto.
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Chicago
W. B. Prescott
International Typographical Union
Toronto
Deaths in Kansas from Grip in December Declared
Figures from the Kansas state registrar of health show 348 deaths attributed to grip in December across Kansas. The harsh winter flu season pushed illness-related fatalities higher than expected as health officials track regional impacts.
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Kansas
Kan
State ‘Board of Health
Grave Diggers Strike Hits Calvary Cemetery Gates
Funeral workers at Calvary Cemetery refuse overtime as cemetery officials reach a settlement with 300 grave diggers after a strike disrupted burials and halted services at the New York site.
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New York
Calvary Cemetery
Germany proposes new terms to settle Lusitania sinking dispute
Washington reports Germany has submitted another written proposal via Ambassador von Bernstorff aimed at settling the Lusitania sinking controversy. The text reportedly removes a warning the German embassy issued before Lusitania sailed, a point previously rejected by President Wilson. The latest note hints at U S action on freedom of the seas, with talks likely between the German ambassador and Secretary Lansing.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Ambassaor von Bernstorff
New York
Whic
Wilson
Lansing
Mob Lynch Texas Man in Boston Banner Incident
W J Mayfield a 50 year old man was taken from the jail in Boston Texas and hanged to a tree about a half mile south of town He was alleged to have killed his father mother and brother with an ax.
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Boston
Tex
W. J. Mayfield
Bank Fire in Mishawaka Destroys Trust Building
A blaze swept the Mishawaka Trust and Savings building in Mishawaka Indiana causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Firefighters battled the flames but the structure was destroyed and surrounding property escaped major damage.
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Indiana Bank
Mishawaka
Ind
Mishawaka Trust and Savings
Man dies after 12 inch fall in Terrell Texas
Andrew Myers was killed when he fell from his car and landed on the ground in Terrell Texas. A mis-step caused the fall and broke his neck, ending his life at the scene.
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Terrell
Texas
Andrew Myers
Widow’s Last Look Ends With Crematory Fire
Mrs. George Korkett, grieving for her husband, narrowly escaped serious burns when a crematory door opened and flames singed her veil and scorched her face during a final view of her husband after his cremation in New York.
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New York
George Korkett
Wood Driven into Man's Skull in Dubuque Case
Herman Lunning a 70 year old recluse near Dubuque Iowa was found with a six inch by one inch wood fragment driven through his skull. Police report a brutal fatal injury likely inflicted by another person with unknown motive. Investigators seek witnesses and urge caution while probing the attack.
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Dubuque, Ia
Herman Lunning
Workmen Dig for Bodies in Snow Debris Field
Seattle workmen race funds to recover victims after an avalanche wrecked two Cascade Limited cars. About three hundred men dig through snow and debris at the wreck site seeking bodies and clues to the fated passenger train disaster.
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Seattle
Wash
700 Get Increased Pay in North Andover Strike
North Andover workers at Davis & Furber Machine Co voted to accept a 10 percent wage increase after striking last week. The 700 employee group approved the offer, ending a dispute over higher pay.
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North Andover
Mass
Davis & Furber Machine Co
Belgian Count Arrested in France for Fraud
Gisos France Belgian Count de Prelles de la Nieppe arrested at Calais on charges from Belgian authorities. Frauds amounting to several million francs alleged in the case.
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Gisos
France
de Prelles de la Nieppe
Calais
Black prisoner escapes from Greensburg jail with two others
Charles Douglass, a Black inmate held under sentence for a serious case in Greensburg Pennsylvania, confronted a guard and overpowered him then seized keys and fled with two other prisoners.
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Greensburg
Charles Douglass
U S Protest Rules Trade With Enemy Act Objection
The United States has notified Great Britain via the American embassy in London of its objection to the application of the trading with the enemy act in a manner affecting American trade.
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U. S
Washington
United States
Great Britain
London
German Air Raids and Front Clashes Amid Balkan Moves
London reports two German air raids on England's east coast with casualties including a killed civilian and injuries to a family. Austrians seize Montenegro's two main seaports while Germans take French trench positions near Arras and in Argonne. Heavy fighting persists in France and on the Turkish front as weather hampers operations. British and Russian forces push toward Kut El Amara with high casualties and advancing troops.
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London
England
Montenegro
Arras
Argonne Forest
Vienna
Berlin
Kent
Montene Erins
France
Lens
Kut-Hl- Amran
Sir Percy Lake
Kut-El-Amara
Caucasus
Petrograd
Turks Admit Sinking Persia, Berlin Report Says
Amsterdam dispatch cites Berlin claiming the Turkish ministry of marine will issue a statement that a Turkish submarine sank the steamer Persia. The report says Germany and Austria publish similar claims, hoping to settle the Peraia question.
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Persia
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company Bayes
Berlin
Turkish Ministry of Marine
Peraia
Mrs Jane McCoy Dies at 95 in Oakley Township
Real PD A R Dies In Illinois Decatur NJ Mrs Jane McCoy 95 one of four surviving real Daughters of the American Revolution is dead at her home in Oakley township Macon county.
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Decatur, NJ
Jane McCoy
Oakley Township
Macon County
Mrs Tumulty Undergoes Operation In Washington
Mrs Joseph Tumulty wife of the president’s secretary underwent an operation in Washington and officials reported her condition improved after the procedure.
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Tumulty
Washington
Joseph Tumulty
Ship Rescued H-3 From Mud
The submarine H-3 ran aground on a mud flat near San Diego California and was pulled free by the other ship Cheyenne after the incident.
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San Diego
Cal
Cheyenne
Congress Bill Proposes Credit for Roosevelt Cuba Visit
A congressional bill proposes a $26,000 credit to cover entertaining Col. Theodore Roosevelt during his upcoming visit to Havana Cuba. The measure sets a $25,000 cap for the event.
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T. R
Havana
Cuba
Congress
Col. Roosevelt
Drafts Stolen From Mail Pouch Totals Seventy Thousand
A post office theft reports Newton Ja drafts valued at 70000 along with a small cash sum. The drafts were in a mail pouch rifled after the outbound mail departed the facility. Police investigation underway.
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Newton, Ja
To Try for Dry Rock Island Ballot on Spring Election
Petitions circulated in ideal churches in Rock Island Illinois to place the local option proposition on the spring election ballot.
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Dry Rock Island
Rock Island
Ill
Record-low Arctic cold snaps hit Seattle area
Mercury dips to 80 below zero near Seattle Washington as Richardson reports 60 miles from Fairbanks and other points register 4 to 60 degrees below zero in a sweeping arctic outbreak.
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Seattle
Wash
Richardson
Fairbanks
Robbery at Thomas Cook & Son Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Chicago a bandit and a woman robbed the Thomas A Cook & Son tourist office on a busy street. The cashier was wounded, a policeman shot dead, and $900 stolen. The woman directed a cab to East Jackson street and fled as the robber locked the office and fired on the officer.
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Chicago
Thomas A Cook & Son
John McCabe
East Jackson Street
Cook
Ernest L. Walsh
B. A. Johnson
Johnson
Mexican revolutionary leaders vow war on Americans
Washington reports a November convention near Cordoba where Villa Zapata Arguello and allies reportedly agreed to attack Americans and destroy their property in Mexico. The state department had received scant details and public knowledge was limited.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Cordoba
Villa
Zapata
Argumedo
Higinio Aguilar
Cedillo
State Department
Vienna Sums Up Teuton Booty
Central News reports Vienna totals for 17 months of war show nearly 32,000,000 prisoners 10,000 guns 40,000 machine guns and 470,000 square kilometers of enemy territory occupied by Teutonic allies.
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London
Amsterdam
Central News
Vienna
Dixon Leads By Dragging Team In AlaskaSled Race
Frank Dixon, taking over after Big Gray Hound collapsed, drove his dog team three blocks to win a 54 mile Anchorage to Old Knit and return race. He finished in 8 hours 14 minutes.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Big Gray Hound
Frank Dixon
Old Knit
Vienna Center Sinking of Persia Report Clears Submarine
The Austrian government told U S ambassador Frederick C Penfield that no Austro-Hungarian submarine was involved in the sinking of the Peninsula and Oriental line steamer Persia.
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Vienna Center
Persia
Vienna
Frederick C. Penfield
United States
Texas Suffragists Organize in Houston
The Texas branch of the Congressional Union for Woman's Suffrage organized in Houston with Mrs Masterson of Houston elected president at a gathering of prominent Texas women.
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Texas
Houston
Congressional Union For Woman’s Suffrage
Man Aged 113 Dies in Pittsburg Home
Julius Levy aged claimed 113 years dies at his home in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. Report notes he never wore glasses and had not been ill until last October. The brief obituary highlights a remarkably long life with no need for vision correction.
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Pittsburg
Julius Levy
Locomotive Co profits rise in half yearly report
New York reports the American Locomotive Co shows a gross earnings increase of 9,089,680 for the last six months. The company has outstanding offers totaling 52,740,090.
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New York
American ‘Locomotive Co
Postmaster Nomination Rejected for Walnut Ridge Ark
The nomination of M. M. McCarroll as postmaster at Walnut Ridge Arkansas was rejected by the senate. He was opposed by Senator Clarke.
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Washington
M. McCarroll
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Senate
Clarke
Senators Take Rest Amid Absent Illinois Senate Vote
Springfield reports that nineteen senators were absent as the Illinois Senate met, sergeants-at-arms tried to compel attendance, and after a stubborn session the body adjourned. A motion to call out the militia was not seconded, while a unanimous resolution endorsed Governor Edward Dunne for the U S Supreme Court, lauding his record and urging President Wilson to consider his qualifications.
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Springfield
General Assembly
Senate
Barr
Franklin
Keller
Canaday
Cornwell
Chicago
Adjutant General
Dunne
United States Sypreme Court
Stephen D. Canady
Hillsboro
Richard J. Barr
Supreme Court
W. Duff Piercy
Mount Vernon
Elbert S. Smith
Smith
Lamar
Supreme Court of the United States
Woodrow Wilson
Tlinois
Edward ¥. Dunne
Illnois
Wilson
State of
Illinois
United States
Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham Remedy
Astoria New York woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing illness without surgery. After two years of weakness chills and headaches she refused a doctor's operation and reports improvement from the tonic within two weeks and ongoing better health. The letter urges others to seek Pinkham advice and medicine.
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Astoria
N. J
Lydia E. Pinklam
Joan A. Koenig
Flushing Avenue
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia
Priam
Lydia EK
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
How America Suffers War Talk Wears On Europe
A reader notes the global impact of the war as Europe is drained while Americans grow weary. The exchange highlights fatigue with ongoing conflict and a plea for shift in conversation to other topics. The brief dialogue captures public strain and desire for respite.
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America
Europe
Airship Flights Reach Above Twenty Five Thousand Feet
The oxygen inhaler alone enables balloon flights to ascend beyond 25 000 feet, expanding high altitude travel potential.
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Real PD. A. R
Ilinois
Thomas Cook & Son
Dean
Nancy B. Cook
Illinois Ave
East St. Louis
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Warners
Warener
Alvin H. Morton
Gashmere
Warner's Safe Remedies Co
Rochester
N. Y
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