Villa Seizes Hostages Threatens Million Dollar Lumber Complex
Pancho Villa demands a one million dollar loan and threatens to burn five million dollars in lumber mills and wreck the railway. He holds thirty American company employees in Chihuahua City as hostages for ransom, while the Francis Pearson syndicate refuses the demand and US personnel face tight restrictions. Doctors discussed functional diseases and the power of suggestion in treating alcoholism, with Dr DeLancey Carbter elected president of the Society for the Study of Alcohol and Narcotics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
el Paso
Tex
Francis Pearson
Pancho Villa
Chihuahua City
Madera
Chihuahua
Pearson
Villa
F . Pearson
Lusitania
American Society For the Study of
Raleigh Hotel
Matthew Wood
Philadelphia
Tom A Williams
District of Columbia Medical Society
Andrew Wilson
Columbia University
Henry C. Marcy
Boston
T. D. Crothers
Walnut Lodges Hospital
Hartford
W. F. Waugh
Loyola University
Chicago
L. Fisk
Life Extension Institute
New York
DeLancey Carbter
New York City
Col. L. M. Maus
W. E. Berkeley
Baltimore
Richard Grundy
Catonsville
S. 1
Bishop
John D. Quackenbos
Emeritua
Dr. Quackenbos
Obituary notices listing multiple local deaths and funerals
A collage of death notices and funeral details for residents including Beck, Browne, Clevenger, Cragin, Dwire, Godfrey, Kole, Poole, and Curry plus Mrs Laur a Canary. Entries cover death dates December 1915, funeral times and locations from Washington DC addresses to Glenwood and Mount Olivet cemeteries with interment venues and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jacob A
Jennie Clevenger
Leonard Meyers
Fifth Street
St. Josepha Church
Mount Olivet
Godfrey
Garfield Hospital
John Westey Godfrey
Caalha Flouse
North Columbia
Kole
Edith C
Charles A
Lissetta M Kolb
Jeb Poole
Wisconsin Avenue
Front Royal
Maryland
Woodside
Laura Canry
Richard T Wilson
In Memoriam for Daisy Johnson at St Celas Academy
In memory of my true and dear friend Daisy Johnson who died one year ago today December 16 1914 Mass at St Celas Academy for the repose of her soul Her friend Mrs Annie C Francis.
Body Buried in Quicklime Found by Workmen
Unidentified man’s body locked in a trunk was buried in quicklime when Kensington Avenue house was torn down. Police opened a murder investigation, believing the victim may have been killed only months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Philadelphia
Kensington Avenue
Secretary Redfield backs government build for merchant fleet
Brooklyn speech urges a shipping board to regulate rates and oversee merchant marine expansion. Redfield proposes constructing ships in government navy yards to be sold or leased to public companies and used as naval auxiliaries in war, warns on alien registry transfers and calls for 900 vessels to sustain US fleet.
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Brooklyn
Navy Yards
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Civic Club
Shipping Board
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Congress
REVIVE ARMY SCANDAL IN BRITISH COMMAND
The text outlines allegations of misconduct around Sir John French at his headquarters. It cites visits by women and an American friend, claims of incompetence, and remonstrances by Gen Joffre and Prime Minister Asquith. It notes denials and a looming crisis amid Allied reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Lords
Baron St. Davids
Clar
Sir John
Sir John French
John Hed
George Gordon Moore
Detroit
Moore
London
Asquith
Front
France
London Hears Defense Plans In Commons Session
London observers faced fresh anxiety over London defenses as the House of Commons opened. Admiral Still in charge as Thomas MacNamara refused to detail changes in antiaircraft personnel while confirming Rear Admiral Sir Percy Scott no longer led London’s aerial defense, and Harold Tennant announced war office sole control of the corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Admiralty
Percy Scott
Thomas J. MacNamara
Harold J. Tennant
War Office
Sir Percy Scott
Tennant
German Treasurer Predicts British Empire Downfall
Berlin dispatch reports Karl Helfferich, German treasury secretary, warning that responsibility for future bloodshed and hardship falls on those who refuse to admit Germany's military strength. He declared Britain and France rely on loans and money power, while Germany endures hardship and will outlast its enemies. He defended German war loans and gave figures on total loans and daily war costs, noting entente share versus German burden.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichetag
Karl Helfferich
the Treasury
Germany
Pyseurerien
United States
England
America
France
Money England
Helfferich
Azser-T
Drexel separation pact under English court scrutiny
In London chancery court Anthony J. Drexel seeks to set aside wife Margarita Armstrong Drexel’s writ notice for money under their separation deed. The agreement provided $50,000 yearly to the wife and life-policy arrangements, with both parties agreeing not to pursue divorce or interfere. Drexel claims France as his domicile and English courts lack jurisdiction amid dating disputes over residency and divorce filings.
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London
Anthony J. Drexel
Margarita Armstrong Drexel
Chancery Court
France
Justice Nevile
New York
Lawrence
Drexel
Edward Carson
Secret leak by German envoy sparks recall pressure
New York December reports detail Capt Karl Boy-Ed's secret access to a confidential naval briefing for President Wilson and advisers. An American confidential secretary disclosed the document, triggering Boy-Ed’s rage and a clash over trust before the recall of Boy-Ed and Franz von Papen.
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Boy-Ed
Rege
Clers-Khew
Washington Post
New York
the Times
Washington
Karl Boy-Ed
Franz von Papen
Wilson
Navy
soy-Ed
Roy-Ed
Boy-Hdl
Hoy-Ed
Boy- Ed
Saemcsameet St
Oscar II Held Up In Kirkwall With Ford Peace Party
Kirkwall Orkney Island December 15 steamship Oscar II carrying the Ford peace party arrived early today London says no naval or foreign office confirmation yet and suggests local Kirkwall naval authorities acted on their own initiative the ship destined for Christiania likely being held for examination with no cargo aboard the voyage appears paused near England under government policy to avoid bringing the party closer to the coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kirkwall
Orkney Island
Ford
Foreign Office
Henry Ford
Kirkwall i
Christiania
London Dispatch
Houses of Commons
Ford Party
Armvir
U S Consul Recalled Over Help to German Prisoners
Charles K. Moser American consul at Harbin is accused of aiding German prisoners to escape, with Harbin claimed as neutral by Moser. The Russian minister demands his recall and officials in Peking discuss the case as Moser travels to explain his actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harbin
Washington Post
Peking
Charles K. Moser
Moser
Peru Enacts New Government Coinage Law
Lima decree enforces a new coinage act passed by Congress allowing the government to produce 200,000 soteas monthly in fractional silver coins and permitting private minting at a small charge. The law limits silver held in bank vaults relative to paper and mandates prosecution for note-for-coin exchange at premiums.
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Lima
Peru
Congress
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Pearson Syndicate
U. S
Americana
Carranza
J. D. Quackenbos
Columbia College
Society For Study
Dr. de Carter
Sobersa
Frank Geier's Sons CO
Seventh ST N.W
Modern Chapel
Cail North
George F. Zurhorst
Ste
Nevius & BR Brown
New York Ave
Chapel
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Watt
Modern Chapel Automobile Funerals
W. R. Sphare
F Street
N. W
Pept Snawlens Sons
SR A
Thones
Savnce Thos. S. Sergeon
Seventh Stow
H. Small & Sons
Orner 16Th
Hl Streets
Aluurt Astoria
Broadway
Trank
Xmas R. Harris & CO
Jewelers
Ee Harlan
Cortley
Nick Collars
Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc
Advocates Shipping Board
Secretary of Commerce
Belshazzar
London Court
Anthony J
Viscount Maidstone
Paris
Friends of
Royalty
George W Childs Drexel
John R Drexel
Alexander van Rensselaer
A. J Drexel Biddle
J E.caldwell & Co
U.S
Sebios Gagfialde m
SF Street
Lavallieres
Ags
the Mayer CO. Jewelers
15Th St. N. W
Keith
Ederal Finance
John Poole
Federal National Bank
Kalon Co., Inc
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