Pope's Support of Peace Plans Heard at World Faith Conference
Gardens City hears a plea for universal practice as more than four church dignitaries from various denominations attend. Cardinal Gasparri pledges pope's support in a letter read by Rev. C P Anderson. The Vatican letter urges unity and cooperation to heal divisions and advance the church’s mission toward peace.
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World Conference of Faith
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C. P. Anderson
Chicago
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Christ Jesus
Peter
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Christ the Head
Saloniki to Be Held by Allies in World War I
The Greek king has shifted stance, signaling potential alignment with the Entente. Reports from Athens say Venizelos has been approached about forming a government, while Greece debates joining the allies or remaining neutral. Censorship and political pressure color a fragile, evolving situation.
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Greece
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Ie Entente Dipoinatal
Sinking of ships in wartime torpedo attack reported
The Persia sank four minutes after torpedoing with Captain W. E. sailing under the Times of India report. Thirty five children, eight foreigners, and several officers survived among passengers. The Geting was sunk in collision with Bonvilaton, per a statement from the Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Company.
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Times of India
Bombay
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Perata
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Persia
Miteen
Elahtyalx
Prem To Barae Rae
Peninsular & Orleotat Bteam Whip Company
Getlng
Bonvilaton
Great anxiety felt in Tokyo over missing Benju Maru
Corresponder of The Associated Press reports Tokyo is gripped by fear for the fate of the Benju Maru loaded from Oran to Port Bald, missing since November 34. Families fear crew captured by a submarine in the Mediterranean. Japanese, Spanish talks on Tassakuni diary officers and crew extend to prisoner status in Morocco.
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Tatauma Straitship Company
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Morocca
Lucy Gates Debuts With Metropolitan Stars At Waldorf
Lucy Gates after fourteen years of study appeared with Metropolitan Opera stars at the Waldorf Astoria before Begby Musical Society members. The 2000 audience rose to applaud as she performed The Bell Song from Lakme and a duet with Amila, prompting Caruso to join in congratulating her. Her Metropolitan debut is now widely discussed as a strong possibility.
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Auss Gates
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Germans Repulsed In East Front Trenches March
Official communique reports German attempts to cross the line near Elmenhore thwarted by Russian fire. German troops wearing white coats driven back near Taargrad station, Svartorysk wood cleared, trenches along Dieta Untzo seized, and enemy counter attacks repulsed with heavy losses northeast of Czernowicz.
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Bosievac
Disaster death toll climbs with missing children and officials
A Taadton telegram details heavy losses after a disaster on a ship voyage. Twelve of eighty saloon passengers survived, while the Indian Ocean incident harms many prominent figures including Lt Col Howell and Capt J T Golwich. Names appear on a partial list, with several others reportedly perished. The incident raises questions over consular losses and memorials.
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A. C. Grant
Nombay
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Legetenant
Calvor] Coddington
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Mahe Karch
Leptonsioos
Bernhardt Appears Before Grand Coliseum Ovation
Jan 4 Fondon crowds give Mme Sarah Bernhardt a great ovation at the Coliseum for Sea Cathedrales. Queens Melandra Amelie and Victoria with Lord Howe in royal box. audience cheers for ten minutes before speaking. Rousing finish with Marsenalee and orchestra amid Vive le France cheers.
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France
Proclamation Aims to Mace Macedonia in Ocbrida
A dubious dispatch from London dated January 5 at 2:05 a.m. claims Virnns intends to proclaim a new order after the Carteimas holiday. It reports King Ferdinand of Wotearia seeks to establish a federal government and tighten control in the city of Ocbrida.
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Volltical
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Macedonia
Topas
Ocbrida
American Held by the British Aboard the Kankakee
Four American citizens were unlawfully detained when the steamship Rankalee was captured by a British cruiser off Montevideo on October 21. Aboard the Kankakee, a British prize crew took control while two Americans onboard filed protests in New York. The Kankakee left Montevideo around November 25 under the Polish flag and has since vanished. the state department seeks reparations for the rights violations. Engineers and officers described their treatment, with protests over communications and papers, and the ship later returned to New York after delays.
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Britten Offtelala
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Allo
Kankakee
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State Department
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Kankakes
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United States
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Mersburger
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Isoldiere
Ludwig Thorsen
Warner
Reith
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Ahle Voltaire
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Napers
Macedonia
Belége
Engineerrecht
Three Unity
Aridah
Mensburger
Doant
Galera
Admiralty
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Wagner
Hritain
Washington
Brother of Sheriff Arrested in Denver
Mode Fraughton, 21, of Al, and Con Bos were arrested in Denver on a fugitive from justice charge after his brother, the sheriff of Treder City Utah, arrived seeking him. The detained man disappeared a month ago aiming to enlist in the army, potentially in Europe, to pursue a soldier’s life.
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Oil Storage Plant Destroyed by Fire in Birmingham
An employee at the Ube Teras Oil company storage plant was burned when his oil soaked clothing ignited from a back flash, triggering a total loss estimated at 500000. Fire spread rapidly to lubricating oil and large Faxoline containers, with flames crossing to a creek. Nearby American Cast Iron Pipe company buildings faced danger but were saved. Several workers were seriously injured, one believed fatally, though no fatalities were confirmed.
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Ube Teras Oil Company
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Umea
Austrians Named as Grand Duke's Killers by Local
In Bucharest on January 4, the Transylvanian reader M. Local asserts County Thiza and other Austro Hungarian officials planned the assassination of Grand Duke Ferdinand. The claim responds to Pester Lloyd's report that documents implicating the Serbian government and Prince Alexander were found among papers seized by Bulgarians.
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Thiza
Seven Chinese Shot by Mexicans in Guerrero District
An American mining man in western Chihuahua reports seven Chinese were executed by General Villa on December 27. Five Americans were imprisoned four days without food before Villa spared them and released them after he left. Villa then had about sixty armed followers and supplies. Villa then left for Havana to visit family. A larceny by bailee charge against Villa’s former financial agent was dismissed at preliminary hearing. Two other cases were dismissed as offenses occurred in Mexico.
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Juarez
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Rumania's stance amid Allied conflict echoed in Bucharest
In Bucharest on January 4, former Interior Minister Teke Ioneacu said he could not state Romania's official actions. He argued that no government could force Romania to fight alongside Germany, noting Russia's mobilization and the national duty to join Allied forces as a likely outcome.
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Teke Ioneacu
Rurials
Liberal Party
Irumania
Teutona
Russia
Visihans
Act Would Bar Yankee Travel Under War Contraband Bills
In Washington today Nebraska congressman Stephens introduced bills block American citizens from traveling on ships carrying contraband of war. The proposals aim to curb transport of prohibited goods and restrict passage for vessels linked to hostile actions. These measures reflect wartime security priorities and seek to empower enforcement authorities.
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Jan
Stephens
Nebraska
Bills Bar Conflicted Ships From Entry to United States
Former Secretary of State W J Bevan endorses bills barring any ship whose cargo includes contraband of war and which carries American citizens from clearance or entry to U S ports. The measures aim to curb wartime trade while promoting peace and Pan American cooperation through academic international law talks funded by the Carnegie Endowment.
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United States
PanAmerican Scientific Congress
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Carnegie Endowment
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Elsty
Carnnegis Endowment
Carnegie
Rariona Republica
American Institute of International Law
Americas
Colorado Town Is Cut Off By Snow
Colorado town Gate way, Inland far from Grand Junction, trapped by heavy snow with two to eight feet drifts. Stockmen struggle to reach Sweatack as a stiff wind whips the area for days, leaving food and coal in short supply and crippling outside communication. Denver, a parallel storm disrupts wires and blows poles, with a box car toppled but no injuries reported. Carnegie Defraying Cost Of Congress.
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Grand Junction
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Gateway
Toulgbe
Denver
Monurceot
Colossaty
Here
None Lost on the Gelong Sinking Off Africa
Reportedly no details available about the sinking of the Gelong, a late steamer in the Peninsular and Oriental line, after it vanished off the African coast. The Gelong, linked to the Waratah incident, remains tied to mysterious circumstances from July 1503.
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London
New NY Suffragists Choose Mrs Whitehouse President
Mrs Norman de BR Whitehouse has been elected to succeed Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt as president of the New York State Woman Suffrage Party after Mrs Catt resigned to head the national association.
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Norman de BR. Whitehouse
Car
Rie Chapman Catt
New York State Woman Suffrage Party
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