Senators fear split as Lynn recess appointment pursued
Senators warned White House to heed Senate advice on appointments after reports that John D Lynn was to receive a recess appointment as United States Attorney for the Western District of New York. Majority members signaled protests could force executive notices, while some administration senators defended the move and asserted the President would consider Senate views. Protests McAdoo's interference.
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Brig Gen Furey Dead and Organics Act Debate
A mixed report on political tensions follows Brig Gen Furey death and a push to defend the organic act. NY names, Meadon, Lay, O Gorman, and various officials are cited amid patronage disputes and possible Senate action on appropriations. The Senate committee signals no hearings on half and half plan, intending to preserve current district funding rules ahead of Christmas.
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Appropriations
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55 Attempts to Invade England And Ireland Since Caesar's Day
ROM the first invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar until Wednesday, when the German squadron raided towns on the northeast coast of England, there have been 55 attempts to invade Great Britain and Ireland. Notable entries include Caesar's two invasions, 1498 Anglo-Saxon attack, 405 Great Saxon invasion, 1667 Dutch fleet on the Thames with a broom masthead, and John Paul Jones from Portsmouth to Whitehaven with raids lasting two years. A 1798 French landing at Pembrokeshire ended in capture.
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Ireland
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Thames
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Portsmouth
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Pembrokeshire
Canal Crisis Closed as British Steamers Seek Merchant Status
Secretary Garrison pressed Col. Goethals for evidence of good faith from British steamship captains seeking to load coal and supplies in the Canal Zone for British ports. The crisis is deemed closed with assurances of neutrality compliance. Goethals heads to Washington to testify on canal needs including dry docks and coal wharves amid rising shipping use.
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New York
Washington
Obituaries and funeral notices from early December 1914
A batch of obituary notices records multiple deaths with funeral details. Names include Helen Br, Walter Fobeley, Mrs Morss Davis, Capt John J Hlover, John Johnson, James BR Johnson, Louis Kolipinski, Frederick Lake, Jennie McElfresh, and others, with stated residences in Washington DC areas and dates in December 1914. Services are scheduled at churches or private homes, with interments in Leesburg and other locales.
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St Ovelock A Om
Helen BR
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Q Street
Glover
R Street
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Johnson
Mleanord
James BR. Johnson
Wholy Name
Kolipinski
Louis Kolipinski
Hilla Kolpinski
Emilie Weiss
Andrew Soehngen
Tureral
St Mary's Church
Lakr
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Brig Gen John V Furey Dies at 1b Years Old in Brooklyn
Brig Gen John Vincent Furey retired 1b years old died of pneumonia at his home on W Eighth Avenue Brooklyn. Born in Brooklyn he lived there after retirement and served from Civil War in 14th NY and 84th NY infantry, in Bull Run Antietam Peninsular campaigns. Survived by wife and daughter Misa George Crook Furey named for Gen George Crook.
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Washington Post
New York
John Vincent Furey
Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn
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New York Volunteer Infantry
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Misa George Crook Furey
George Crook
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Russians Break German Pressure In Polish Front
War despatches report Russian forces retreating German offensives in northern and western Poland. Soviet regiments claimed victories near Lodz and a Russian resistance collapse on the Vistula and in Galicia. A Moscow statement says Russians are forced northward and Przemysl garrison repulses sorties with prisoners and machine guns taken.
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Four German warships shell English towns in surprise raid
The raid on Scarborough Hartlepool and Whitby displayed remarkable secrecy as German ships, possibly four battle cruisers and two armored cruisers, approached unseen. Casualties included women children and schoolboys. Scarborough Hospital was struck and the Rea residence wrecked.
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Hartleport
Scarborough Hospital
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French win trenches push near Arras and Lombaertz
Paris reports French gains in Belgium and Pas de Calais while capturing several German trenches near Lys and near St. Georges Lombaertz de Cheluvelt region west of Vermelles and Maricourt. Berlin claims French repulses at Nieuport and Soissons bridge threat blocked by artillery.
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London Paper Urges Against Christmas Truce in War News
The Morning Post editorializes on Americans' criticism of Britain for not driving German forces from Belgium. It argues no truce is acceptable while German armies are in France and Flanders. It cites Wilson's message on voluntary defense and warns readers to prepare militarily to avoid war horrors.
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Hartlepool Bombardment Toll Tops 82 Dead
A late official estimate reports 82 killed and about 264 wounded in Hartlepool and West Hartlepool after a German bombardment. An inquest opened as the coroner warned this was an unprecedented case in English history, with moving testimonies describing civilians killed during the raid and shelling. The jury attributed deaths to enemy shellfire under dense fog.
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German Acts as Turk War Minister and Commands Moslem Marine
London December 18 reports from Constantinople state Field Marshal Baron von der Goltz has been appointed military commander of Constantinople and acting war minister as Enver Pasha moves to command troops in Anatolia. A German admiral now heads the ministry of marine with Djemal Pasha taking command in Syria.
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Constantinople
Sefia
Baron von der Goltz
Berlin
Enver Pasha
Anatolia
Ministry of Marine
Djemal Pasha
Syria
Five Killed on British Warships In Battle With German Raiders
London, Dec. 17. The light cruiser Patrol and the destroyer Doon were among British ships that attacked German cruisers raiding the northeast coast of England. Both ships were struck by shells, with five men killed and fifteen wounded. Admiralty provided only a list of casualties, giving no further details.
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Patrol
Doon
England
Admiralty
Corpses Litter Roads in Servia Along Which Austrian Army Fled
A Times correspondent reports from Vaijevo on the Austrian retreat from Servis describing littered roads with corpses and impedimenta, pestilential hospital conditions, and Servian efforts to restore order after a decisive Balkan withdrawal.
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