Arizona flood toll rises with cannons of water flood
Extreme rainfall swept across southern Arizona from Phoenix to the border, washing away ranch houses and roads. Dozens of ranch dwellings were destroyed near Amado, two Mexicans drowned after hanging from trees for hours, a U.S. soldier reportedly drowned at Naco, and a long open cut for the Tucson Farms project submerged. Rail and highway service collapsed, and towns including Nogales Fort Huachuca Florence and Ray faced isolation. National guardsmen aided flood survivors as train washouts stranded passengers for a day, with widespread property damage and uncertain death tolls through continued rain.
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Here
Amado
United States
Naco
Tucson Farms Company
Biabee
Nogales
Fort Wuachuca
Florence
Ray
Phoenix
Salt River Valley
Raing
Southern Pacific
Tucson
Novales
Sahuarita
Audacious Navy Submarine Letter Controversy Rises
The naval appropriation debate stalls for holidays as Audacious propulsion plans trigger clash between big and little navy factions. Commander Stirling’s correspondence to the department reveals repeated attempts to push submarine expansion amid rebukes and coordination disputes.
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Stirling
Marines Return From Haiti With 650 Repatriated
The United States transport Hancock arrived at the Philadelphia navy yard with 650 marines who had been on duty in Haiti. Nine hundred thirty more marines will join the local contingent, while the rest are sent to stations along the Atlantic coast.
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Philadelphia
Dew
United States
Hancock
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Haiti
Atlantic
Troops Drain Belgium and Seize All Resources
Washington Post report from Faris details German occupation in Belgium and occupied France. Requisitioning of labor and mills, seizure of salt, wool, and raw materials, and stockpiling for German use. Civilians endure hunger and fear while authorities fortify roads and spread propaganda. Inhabitants cling to hope and endure shortages.
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Washington Post
Faris
Belgium
France
Aisne
Paris
Germany
Cambrai
St. Quentin
War halts Ghent peace banquet but celebration will be held
A Ghent event marking a century of English speaking nations avoiding armed conflict will proceed with a February celebration despite a pause in the peace banquet. The program emphasizes the supremacy of justice over might and aims to settle disputes without force as part of the broader commemorations.
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Ghent
Treaties That Made Peace Possible Then and Now
The Ghent peace treaty of 1814 ended the War of 1812 and began a long era of Anglo American peace. The State Department now catalogs treaties with nearly every nation, noting historic accords from 1778 with France to modern settlements, with a display of the Ghent treaty cover.
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United States
State Department of
Washington
Ita
Europe
Uruguay
Montenegure
Monaco
Ghent
Louis
Boy Brave 17-Year-Old Executed in Trenton for Murder
Stephano Rugbigirili, 17, the youngest condemned inmate at New Jersey State Prison, was electrocuted for the May murder of Pasquale Bulgarano at Lyons Station. He bid farewell as he was strapped in the chair, receiving last rites from Rev. Edward A. Griffin. The executioner was Edward A. Curry, with hymns sung by five other condemned men.
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Trenton
N. J
Washington Post
Stephano Rug- Bigirili
New Jersey
Pasquale Bulgarano
Lyons Station
Edward A. Griffin
St. Joachin's Catholic Church
Dhair
Edward A. Curry
Charlestown
Mass
Rugsigiri
Rugeggehi
Fred
Fulgarano
Germany Offers Peace To Russia Amid War Talks
Germany seeks Turkish acquiescence by offering Egypt and the Suez Canal back to Turkey as a reward for alignment with Berlin. Berlin’s diplomacy aims to bind Turkey to its plan against Britain and the Allies, with Russia and France possibly reassessing loyalties and the impact on the United States and Pacific dynamics.
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Turkey
Alles
Exyrt
Great Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Russki
Black Sea
Germany
Wilehress
England
Decisioe
Marschal von Biberstein
Russia
Jérsian Gulf
Europe
France
Eugland
Tero
British Troops Make Gains in Belgian and French Trenches
Reports from the front describe advances between Nieuport and Westende and in the Slee strane Hixschonote region as British forces occupy a forest and several houses. In Arras and Amiens sectors artillery fights continue while counterattacks are repulsed and machine guns captured. Further gains are claimed north east of Beaussjeur and in the Ta Grurle forest with mines used to seize trenches, though Bourenvilles fighting remains serious and some positions could not be held. No incidents reported from the Meuse to upper Alsace.
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Belgium
Nieuport
Westende
Sleestrane
Hixschonote
Baraune
Vivench- -Lesa Hussee
Arras
Amiens
Aisne
Champagne
Perthes-les-Turins
Beaussjeur
Ta Grurle
Bourenvilles
Meuse
Alsace
City News In Brief with Government Service and Local Events
Fifty years of service in the Treasury Department was celebrated by Miss Eliza Ro Hyde, a clerk in the office of the comptroller of the currencies. A letter from Secretary McAdoo and flowers marked the occasion. Mrs. Georgia D. Van Fleet will host a New Year reception at the Ebbitt for Grand Army members. The Washington Secular League will hear William D. Mackenzie speak on Permanent World Peace. The M C A boys department distributed Christmas baskets to needy WA families, with plans for a busy week ahead. The will of Mrs. Rosalie de Ronceray was offered for probate, leaving estates to daughters Marie Estelle and Louise. Knight sued three railways and the Pullman Company for damages from a February 6, 1914, train incident, represented by Douglas, Ruffin & Obear.
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Treasury Department
Eliza Ro Hyde
Currenes
McAdoo
Miss Hyde
Sierra Old
Battleboro
Georgia D. van Fleet
Department of the Potomac Woman's Relief Corps
Radieal Society
Grand Army of the Hopubiic
Ebbitt
Gleason
van Fleet
Washington Secular League
Europe
William D. Mackenzie
League
M. Co. A
Washington
L. W. de Gust
Norfolk ‘and Western Railway ‘Company
The
Southern Railway Company
Pullman Company
District Supreme Court
McLilvain Knight
Douglas, Ruffin & Obear
Knight
One Hundredth Anniversary of Ghent Treaty Peace
New York on December 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the 1814 Ghent treaty ending the last Anglo American war. American and British committees planned joint celebrations and urged civic observances across the United States and Canada despite World War I. The note stresses the century of peace between English speaking peoples and invites churches schools and public bodies to observe in February and later in spring 1915.
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Great Britain
Ghent
Belgium
Creat
Russia
Madison
St. Petersburg
England
New York
Ihent
Hale
Washington
Europe
America
Joseph H. Ch
Willis Howard Taft
New Haven
Thomas F. Bayard
Wilmington
George W. Burleigh
Nicholas Murrray Butler
William A. Clark
John D. Crimmins
Wiliam Curtis Demoreat
Henry 8. Drinjcer
South Bethlehem
J. Taylor Ellyson
Richmond
John H. Finley
Albany
Austen G. Fox
New Yor
Albert Hupgene Gallatin
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Saniel Gompers
Washington, D. C
W. O. Mart
New Orleans
Job E. Hedges
Andrew 3. Humphrey
Harry Pratt Judson
Chicago
Theodore Mackuris
Henry C. Morris
Robert C. Morris
Alton B. Parker
Elihu Root
Francis Lynde Stetson
John A. Stewart
Oscar 8. Straus
Frank 8. Streeter
Concord
Andrew Carnegie
Jacob M. Dickinson
Charles Francis Adams
Hoston
Andrew J. Montague
Bether
Frence
Canada
Earl Ley
Lord Cowdray
Txichess of Marlborough
Viscount James Bryce
Harry K. Brittain
Unarmed Border Hope Sets Example for Peace
London reports a manifesto by British communities marking the centenary of peace with the United States. It laments Ghent’s occupation delaying celebrations, and hopes the unarmed US Canada frontier may model safe defense and mutual trust. The Times editorial praises American wartime charity and self sacrifice.
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London
Brifighe
United States
Great Britain
Ghent
Wiermann
Canada
Times Today
America
Clerks to Hold Christmas Tree Event at Commerce
Secretary Redfield and Assistant Secretary Sweet will attend a morning Christmas tree ceremony for clerks in the Department of Commerce. Offices of Chief Clerk Haypendinger decorated. All federal departments close at noon today through Saturday. district offices stay closed. Some workers could draw salaries early to have funds for Christmas.
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Redfield
Sweet
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
Haypenner
Negligent Exposure of Rifle Ends in Death in Store
Morris Lashin, 5 years old, was killed when a rifle stood in a jewelry shop at 1606 Seventh Street NW fell after being knocked over by Theou Peters, son of proprietor Harry Peters. A coroner's jury found the elder or other parties indirectly responsible for criminal negligence in keeping the weapon where children could play. A grand jury action was anticipated.
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Harry Peters
Seventh Street
Morris Lashin
Theou Peters
Lashin
Phelan to Investigate Sullivan
Senator-elect James D. Phelan of California was appointed special commissioner to investigate charges against American Minister Sullivan in the Dominican Republic. The President and Secretary of State gave him full authority to conduct the inquiry without further orders.
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James D. Phelan
California
Sullivan
Dominican Republic
Phelan
Viviani Speech Spurs Allied Resolve Across Europe
French Premier Viviani’s words at the reopening of Parliament rally support for the Allied cause. The Courrier des Etats-Unis notes his pledge of unity among Britain France and Russia and a war without mercy to end with German defeat and Kaiser Wilhelm II's fall. The piece emphasizes liberty justice and humanity against barbarity witnessed in Belgium and Serbia.
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Viviani
France
Vivianl
London
Dir Viviani
Germany
Europe
Buet
Woody Bartka
Vistula
Yser
Belgium
Servia
Gershans
England
Russia
Vigiani
Wilhelm
Kataer
Admission to U S Tax on Baggage for War Revenue
Travelers entering the United States face a 2 cent baggage tax under a war emergency revenue ruling. Tax applies to baggage declarations, not the baggage itself. Sealskin garment ownership certificates do not require document stamps, the commissioner ruled.
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Muat Bay
United States
Bias in Dr Hillis Germany View Sparks Controversy
Herman Ridder criticizes Dr Dwight Hillis for biased remarks on Germany aired by a Brooklyn sermon and later interview. The letter compares Hillis to other prominent American voices and argues his view misrepresents German aims and wartime causes, urging weighing his opinions against broader American thought.
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Germany
The
Staats-Zeitung
Kut
Charlea Francis
Adams
Butler
Hibben
Fuilis
Stull
France
Hilts
Hig
Brooklyn
Thomas Hall
Union Theological Seminars
St. James’ Church
Russian Empire
Russia
John W. Burgess
Great Britain
United States
Hildie
Herman Ridder
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