May Abandon Mexican Parley May Hit With Radical Policy Shifts
President Wilson weighs ending talks with Carranza as the Mexican American commission reports a deadlock. Officials consider withdrawing General Pershing and sending Henry Fletcher as ambassador, signaling possible rapid policy changes on the border and military presence.
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United States
General Pershing
Carranza
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico City
Pershing
Mexico
City safety chief seeks salary cut opinion
Lorain Ohio January 4. O L McCahoon director of public safety asked City Solicitor C E Van Dagen for an opinion on reducing his 1200 annual salary. McCahoon proposes a 50 percent cut contending services rendered are worth more than 600 a year and asks to return half of his salary collected in 1916.
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Lorain
O. L. McCahoon
Director of Public Safety
C. E. van Dagen
McCahoon
Third Trolley Wreck Victim Dies in Jamestown Area
Jamestown New York January 4 reports the third fatality from the trolley car collision on the Jamestown Westfield Northeast line near Mayville. Martin Colby a motorman for the traction company died from his injuries while en route to his car when the accident occurred.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Copper Requisitioned by Government in Britain
London reports government requisition of un wrought copper supplies. The move tightens wartime controls and may affect industry capacity. Local firms are instructed to prepare stock for potential allocation across critical sectors.
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London
Curzon-Duggan Wedding in London
Parl Curzon of Kedleston and Mrs Grace Elvina Duggan were married privately in London. A small luncheon party followed the ceremony.
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London
Parl Curzon
Kedleston
Grace Elvina Duggan
Arrest Expected in Girl's Murder in Philadelphia
Police in Philadelphia expected an important arrest within 24 hours in the Mazie Colbert murder case. Detectives sought perfume clues and fingerprint matches while a wealthy upstate man under surveillance faced questions about his alleged motive and alibi.
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Philadelphia
Mazie Colbert
Upstate
Captain Tate
Detective Department
Miss Colbert
Bill to establish five standard time zones proposed
Washington January 3. A bill to set standard time dividing the continental United States into five zones was introduced by Representative Borland of Missouri. The limits are to be defined by an interstate commerce commission and consider ease of interstate and foreign commerce.
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Washington
Continental
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Borland
Missouri
Hamburg Riot Report Denied by Overseas News Agency
London Daily Express claimed a riot in Hamburg on December 7 killed or wounded a thousand people. Overseas News Agency denied the report saying the incident was absolutely unknown in Hamburg.
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Berlin
London Daily Express
Hamburg
Overseas
Germanic Troops Take Two Towns in Eastern Front Push
Across the western and Balkan fronts a period of calm continues apart from Roumania where Teutonic forces seize Matchin and Jijila opposite Braila. Russian and Roumanian resistance remains strong in Northern Wallachia as Austro German advances press the Danube region. On the western front artillery duels persist in Belgium and Verdun while Macedonia reports no new operations. A Berlin report of a submarine attack on the Verite near Malta is denied by Paris.
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Roumania
Dobrudja
Matchin
Jijila
Danube
Braila
Bessarabia
Moldavia
Wallachia
Transylvania Alps
Petrograd
Fokshani
Malta
Verite
Ministry of Marine
British claims of victors abroad over Egypt front questioned
Turkish official dispatch dated January 1 dismisses British reports of major wins near El Arish and Magdabah. It accuses Britain of exaggerating prisoner counts and loot while noting El Arish evacuation by the Turks and a minor engagement near Magdabah with Turkish losses.
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Berlin
Sayville
Suez Canal
el Arish
Magdabah
E Arish
Submarine L 4 Demonstrates Off Moro Castle Harbor
The U S submarine L 4 from Key West gave an exhibition off Moro Castle before thousands along the sea wall. Leaving at 10 o clock with Cuban marine chief and speaker of the house aboard, it traced a wide surface circle then submerged. It returned for a second trip with army officers as passengers.
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Havana
Key West
Moro Castle
Auto wedding rides into the night between Galion and Shelby
Miss Nora Jenkins and Robert Marsh both of Galion were married in an automobile at 30 miles per hour between Galion and Shelby. Rev. E. E. Lashley read the ceremony from the front seat while the couple stood in the back. Chauffeur Find ey Boyd witnessed. The newlyweds boarded a train bound for Cleveland after the ceremony in Shelby.
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Galion
Nora Jenkins
Robert Marsh
Here
Shelby
E. E. Lashley
Find.ey Boyd
RUSS-ROUMANIAN FRONT HOLDS AS TEUTONIC DRIVE CONTINUES
In Moldavia and Dobrudja the Russians and Roumanians hold positions while Austro German forces push east from the Transylvania Alps. Von Mackensen advances toward Fokshany and Fundeni as brutal artillery duels and counterattacks unfold. In France and Galicia sporadic fighting continues with patrols and shelling along Verdun, Ypres, and the Brody sector.
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Transylvania Alps
Moldavia
von Mackensen
Fokshany
Fundeni
Buzeu
Danube
Dobrudja
Matchin
Braila
Berlin
Galicia
Macedonia
France
Vermelles
Ypres
London War Office
Verdun
Hardaumont
Bezonvaux
Brody
Riga
Dvinsk
Stanislau
Million salvage claim for Sesostris freighter at Ocos
San Diego January 4 news from Captain R Ridley reports the former German freighter Sesostris ashore at Ocos Guatemala has been floated after 13 years. Three hydraulic pumps and 160 natives removed sand to free the wreck which may yield over $1,000,000. The ship once served as a coffee warehouse and supplied electricity to the town.
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San Diego
Cal
Ocos
Guatemala
R. Ridley
British Columbia
Pilot
Woman Fends Off Burglar at Borden Home
In Chicago a burglar entering the Lake Shore drive residence of John Borden, Arctic explorer and millionaire, fled after Mrs. Borden cried out. Gems valued at 25000 lay in an unlocked jewel case on a dresser. John Borden woke, pursued the intruder but could not catch him.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
John Borden
N Y Police Ex Chief John McCullagh Dies at 71
John McCullagh former New York police chief died in Asbury Park New Jersey at age 71. He rose from patrolman in 1870 to chief in 1898, serving before the police commissioner era.
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New York
John McCullgh
Asbury Park
McCullagh
Carranza Won't Sign Protocol Amid Diplomatic Tensions
Washington January 3 officials report Carranza refused to sign the protocol demanding American troop withdrawal from Mexico. The joint commission will draft a response as Fletcher heads to Mexico and Pershing's expedition may be withdrawn. Secretary Baker denied immediate troop recall, while Arredondo travels to discuss relations.
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Carranza
Mexico
Luis Cabrera
Ignacio Bonillas
Alberto J. Pani
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
General Pershing
Fletcher
Wilson
Lansing
White House
State Department
Baker
Fire at West 35th studio causes $250000 loss
A blaze at a New York film studio on West 35th Street destroyed equipment and forced actors and actresses to flee. Investigators attributed the fire to spontaneous combustion, with property losses estimated at $250,000.
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New York
West 35Th Street
Britain Names Envoy to Salonica Government
London announces Earl Granville, counselor at the British embassy in Paris, has been appointed representative of the British government to the provisional government of Eleutherios Venizelos at Salonica as diplomatic agent.
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Britain
Salonica
London
Earl Granville
Paris
Eliotherios Venizelos
Fire damages Oakwood Seminary main building
A fire in the Oakwood Seminary laundry section destroyed the two upper stories of the main building eight miles west of Auburn New York. The Auburn fire department helped extinguish the blaze causing four hundred thirty thousand dollars in damage.
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Auburn
N. Y
Oakwood Seminary
Auburn Fire Department
Entente Reply Sent as Peace Notes Go to Germany
The Senate debated approving President Wilson's course after a cableed Entente reply to his note proposing a discussion of terms. Republicans pressed slow review by the foreign relations committee while Democrats urged quick approval to support the president's international position.
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Entente
Senate
Wilson
Washington
Entent
State Department
Germany
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Stone
Congress
Hitchcock
Anti-Saloon league publications merge in Westerville
Four Ohio publications the National Daily the New Republic the American Patriot and the American issue merge into the American Issue After the change the daily will cease and the paper will be issued weekly The staff will be combined with Earnest M Cher rington editor Samuel Fickel managing editor Joseph H Larimore news editor W E Johnson and A W Perkins staff writers
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Columbus
Anti-Saloon League
Westerville
Here
National
The
New Republic
American Patriot
Earnest M. Cherrington
Samuel Fickel
Joseph H. Larimore
W. E. Johnson
A. W. Perkins
Street Explosion Kills Boy in South Boston
Explosions in 12 street man holes in South Boston kill one boy and injure several. Newsboy Thomas A. Nugent is killed when a flying manhole cover strikes him. Thomas Murphy, a companion, is blown 30 feet but escapes serious harm.
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Bay
Boston
Thomas A. Nugent
Thomas Murphy
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