U S Artillery Ready to Return Fire Over Naco Border
The Wilson administration warns Mexican forces opposite Naco Arizona to end firing into American soil or U S field artillery will return fire. Officials stress no act of aggression is planned and emphasize defense under frontier tensions as Brig Gen Bliss moves to Naco with three batteries while Carranza and Villa factions face international pressure.
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Garrison
United States
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Maytorena
Hill
Highscott
el Paso
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Rio Grande
Tto
War Department
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Troy
Tuesda Sa Fm
Rafael Zabiran Cupimany
Carranza Stir
Hilll
Warranza
Mexico
Eull
Be Ready for War Garrison Backs Preparedness Policy
The annual War Department report by Lindley M. Garrison argues for strong military readiness, rejects pacifist distrust of militarism, and warns against relying on treaties alone. Garrison contrasts his stance with contemporaries like Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who criticizes isolationist and swashbuckling rhetoric. Continued on fifth page.
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Garrison
Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Fletcher Relies On Navy Power In Debate Over Submarines
Admiral Fletcher told the House naval affairs committee that the American navy was overmatched only by Britain's, denying a policy to challenge England for control of the oceans. He warned submarines would not alter naval warfare's core principles, though they could threaten ships from the Atlantic to the U S coast. Secretary Daniels and Commander Sterling were set to testify next.
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Naval Affairs Committee
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United States
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Russia
Japan
Philippines
Hawaii
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Sterling
Navy
Boston
Panama
Isthmus
Norfolk Navy Yard
Fletcher Frank
Admiral Fletcher
Point Mank
German Aviators Bombard Dover Near London
New York reports indicate German aviators dropped five bombs on Dover England about 60 miles from London. Lieuts Karl Kaspar and Richard Otto led the raid from near Ostend, with little damage and no casualties observed by Dover garrison.
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New York
England
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Richard Otto
Kaiser’s Army
Ostend
British Fleet Wins Battle in South Atlantic Crisis
Reported battles in the South Atlantic claim a British fleet destroyed three cruisers and 2,000 sailors. Simultaneously Emperor William II of Germany is gravely ill with pneumonia and is bedridden, with the crown prince potentially assuming command if needed.
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South Atlantic
Kaiser
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Berlin
William
Herrick boom in GOP circles ahead of 1916 bid
Special to The Washington Post reports renewed momentum for Myron T. Herrick's possible 1916 presidential nomination. Herrick avoids public talk, while Cleveland backers and Ohio supporters press for his candidacy. He emphasizes relief work in Europe and declines glamor of the presidency.
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United States
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Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Ufe
German Forces Repulsed in Lodz Region Battle
Reports from Petrograd recount heavy German losses as they attack Lowicz and Pabianitze near Lodz while Russian forces envelop Cracow. Russians evacuate Lodz under semi official note, claiming no Russian casualties as trenches sit empty before German advances. Continued discussion on Cracow front.
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Velitchka
Neu Sandec
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Aeroplane destroys bridge over River Scheldt again
London dispatch reports Allied aircraft over Antwerp dropping bomb laden messages and destroying the bridge over the River Scheldt for a second time, according to the Rotterdam cor respondent of the Evening Star.
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Rotterdam
Evening Star
Antwerp
Schedit
German cruisers sunk as British fleet sinks three ships
Battle follows as Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig are sent to the bottom while Nürnberg and Dresden flee, pursued by British ships. German losses estimated at about 2 000 men.
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Gneisenau
Leipzig
Nurnberg
Dresden
Turks Sink Two Russian Warships in Black Sea Action
Turks sink two Russian small warships in the Black Sea while a British squadron under Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee defeats a German force off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig are reported sunk. Dresden and Nurnberg escape, two colliers captured, British casualties described as few, with survivors reported from Gneisenau and Leipzig. London hails the victory as the war's most important naval engagement aside from Helgoland.
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Count von Spee
Falkland Islands
South Atlantic
England
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Gneisenau
Leipzig
Good Hope
Monmouth
Pacific
Dresden
Nurnberg
South America
Helgoland
Admiralty
Scharnhurst
Neirenau
Wberg
Sir Preven
Gnuelsensa
Dresitien
Wice
Nurnterg
Jongland
Sturdee
Red Cross Shifts War Aid To Combatant Care
At its tenth annual meeting the American Red Cross voted to end relief to noncombatants in the European war and focus on sick and wounded soldiers on both sides. President Wilson, ex officio president, urged neutrality and praised the Red Cross for aiding mankind eager to support suffering. Page continuation noted.
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American Red Cross Society
Shoreham Hotel
Wilson
Red Cross
United States
Three German Liners Are Sunk by Fleet off Terra del Fuego
Buenos Aires reports that three German merchantmen were sunk by British or Japanese warships near Picton Island and Pantalon harbor on December 6, as a fleet of five ironclads and one transport attacked from the roadstead. One liner was sunk at Picton Island while the others were sent to the bottom outside Pantalon harbor. The Cosmosine belonged to the German line Cosmosine.
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Berlin
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Buenos Aires
Terra del Fuego
South America
Piedra Buenas
Picton Island
Pantalon
Cosmosine
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