Vienna notes sharpened as U S May reject reply
The Ancona incident dominates Vienna diplomatic signals as Austria-Hungary prepares a formal note. The United States threatens immediate severance if demands for disavowal, punishment of the commander, and indemnity are not met. Penfield reports differ from press versions while Zwiedinek and Lansing discuss the pending text and potential steps.
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Ancona
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U.S
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Zwiedinek
Lansing
Austria-Hungary
Ncte
Amsterdam
London
Austria- Hungary
State Department
Penfield
Erich Zwiedinek
Zwiedinck
Frederic C. Penfield
Reuter
Woman dies as flying boat capsizes in San Diego Bay
Mrs Lulu Comstock, 74, of San Diego, died when a flight with aviator Anton Meyerhoffer Jr ended as the flying boat crashed into San Diego Bay. Meyerhoffer survived with minor injuries after freeing himself. Comstock had a broken neck and other injuries. She leaves a son and daughter.
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Cal
Mra
Lulu Comstock
Anton Meyerhoffer, Jr
San Diego Bay
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Meyerhoffer
British Seize Mail Food to Germany Warns Berlin
London reports say American food parcels to Germany are under scrutiny as British officials, including Lord Robert Cecil, discuss actions to curb shipments. The Citizens' Committee warned New York of sending condensed milky lard and rice to starving German children. Berlin notes German-US parcel post suspensions amid British interference.
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Germany
Perce Post
America
Washington
Lord Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Citizens’ Committee
Austria
New York
United States Post Office
Berlin
United States
Churchill's life in peril amid front-line escape tale
London dispatch reports Winaston Spencer Churchill resigned as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to join his regiment at the front. Wounded soldiers who have returned home say his dugout was struck by a German shell a few days ago. The account underscores the peril surrounding his service with the regiment.
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London
Winaston
Spencer Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Kitchener May Betrothal Rumor From Dowager Countess of Minto
London dispatch says Earl Kitchener of Khartoum is set to announce marriage to the Dowager Countess of Minto soon. The countess, widow for nearly two years, visited Washington in 1903 and was entertained at the White House by President and Mrs Roosevelt. Her late husband was Viceroy of India and former Governor General of Canada.
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Washington Post
London
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Countess of
Indian Army
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Earl Minto
Canada
Earl Grey
Countess of Minto
Charles Grey
England
Earl of Minto
Kitchener
Washington
Minto
Eileen Elliott
Newport
Countess of Antrim
White House
Prees Publishing, Co
French Mutiny At Saloniks Reported In Berlin
Berlin reports panicky conditions in Saloniki as troops of the Entente replace Greek forces. An Overseas News Agency note warns of a siege prospect and suspicious Serbian refugees. French soldiers mutiny with some refusing to work on trenches as the German Austro Hungarian colony prepares to depart.
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Wille
Saloniki
Entente
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First Clash in House Over Emergency Revenue Law
In a heated House session Democrats push to extend the emergency revenue law to end of next year, winning by 16 votes amid bitterness. Five Democrats sided with Republicans. Senate action expected amid GOP efforts to trim the extension. The debate featured Kitchin leading the Democratic case and Cannon recalling past revenue battles.
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Houge
Senate Teaders
Villa consults aids on giving up fight at Chihuahua
El Paso December 16 The question of terminating Villa opposition to the Carranza de facto government before a council of war now in progress at Chihuahua is being considered by Villa and his staff. Americans arriving from the south stated this information tonight.
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Carranza
Chihuahua
M'KENNA MAY RULE INDIA Viceroy Teaser
The Morning Post editorial in London reports a persistent rumor that Reginald McKenna will succeed Baron Hardinge as viceroy of India, while denouncing him as a party politician unsuited for the high post.
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The
Morning Post
Ruthor
Reginald McKeenne
Exchequer
Baron Hardinge
India
McKenne
Turko German threats grow as rail line to Sinai nears
Rome reports grave danger to Egypt as a Damascus to Sinai railway tops 50 miles from the frontier. About 800,000 Turks and 600,000 troops could be concentrated, with German officers directing Ottoman forces and waterworks. Paris notes France eyeing Abyssinia for cooperation to blunt German influence.
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Sinai Peninsula
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American in British Cell Remanded on War Material Plot
Cedric Erland an American business organizer was remanded in Bow Street court on charges of unlawfully proposing to destine large quantities of war material without a permit. Evidence showed he possessed documents about proposals to deal in New York with shells rifles and picric acid.
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London
Cedric Erland
Bow Street Court
Erlund
New York
Wilson Galt marriage license issued in DC prior to ceremony
President Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt obtained DC marriage licenses from District Supreme Court clerk Irvin H. Hoover. The license, issued by Chief Clerk Hoover, names Rev. Herbert Scott Smith to perform the ceremony at Mrs Galt's home likely Saturday night. The event, kept private, will delay public details until later.
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Wilson
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Francis Bowes ‘Saura
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Norlina
N.C
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Hemp, Va
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Woodrow Wilson
Waite
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John R. Young
W. A. Keolz
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Austria's Ancona Reply and War Tensions
An index item highlights Austria's Ancona reply amid Italy's Balkan theater activity, with references to war tax clashes in the House, efforts for peace in Hungary, and a German menace to Egypt as Kitchener is mentioned for possible actions.
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Captain F. F. Robards Killed in Haiti Expedition
Captain Frank F. Robards of the United States Marine Corps was killed yesterday by a fall while on duty with expeditionary forces near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He was born in Texas about 38 years ago and had served in the corps since 1900. His wife and son reside in Philadelphia and his father, W. C. Robards, lives in San Antonio, Texas.
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Frank F. Robards
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Port Au -Priges
Haiti
Navy Department
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Texas
Philadellphia
W. C. Robards
Lves
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Tex
Russians Shifting Army From Sessarabian Frontier
A Berlin wireless dispatch quoted by the Pester Lloyd says Russia is moving the greater part of troops from the Sessarabian frontier. Telegraphic links between Russia and Roumania have been stopped, per advices to the Budapest paper.
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Berlin
Pester Lloyd
Budapest
Sessarabian
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Roumania
Karoly Urges Peace Proposals and Unity
Budapest dispatch reports Count Michael Karolyi of the independence party demanding peace talks with enemy powers and recognition of Hungarian national unity. He asserts Hungary seeks economic independence, not territorial conquest, and urges peace after war sacrifices.
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London
Morning Post
Budapest
Michael Karolyi
Independence Party
Serbia
the Press Publishing. Co
Two American Bankers Executed in Austria
Milan despatch reports a Spanish refugee Panueli alleging two American bankers were executed by Austrian authorities in Gorizia during suppressive actions tied to the Anglo-French war loan funding. He says belongings were confiscated, residents expelled, and suspects shot. names to be learned via the American Ambassador.
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Sportal
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Milan
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Amilicare Fanueli
Ne Vaita
Panueli
Gorisia
Pannell
Vienna
American Banking Trust
Italy Sends Aid to 10 Allies in the Balkans
London reports Italian landings on the Albanian coast and a reinforced Anglo French force near Saloniki. Germany seeks to strike at Saloniki with Bulgarian involvement while Greece resists cross frontier moves, and a neutral zone two kilometers wide is established along the Greece Bulgaria frontier.
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Balkans
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Bulgaria
Entente
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Allice
London
Saloniki
Albania
Bessarabia
Aegean
Sayvilie
Sofia
Gresik
Zurich
Switzerland
Sa Joniki
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
Adda
Wilson's Name on Ballot in Michigan Primary
President Wilson will be listed as Democratic candidate on the Michigan presidential primary ballot. The secretary of state announced that enough petitions were filed to ensure his name appears on the ballot in Lancing Michigan on December 1.
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