Punitive Expedition Formed to Uphold Chinese Republic
A cable from Tong King Chong, head of the Chee Kung Tong, reports a revolutionary group named the punitive expedition against Yuan Shi Kai forming in China to uphold the republic and restore parliamentary rights. It says provinces Yunnan Kweichau Klangae Hupeh rose in revolt, troops defected, and contracts with Yuan Shi Kai would be disregarded if the effort succeeds.
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San Francisco
Yuan
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Tong King Chong
Chee Kung Tong
Chinese Republic Association
Tong King Chong'a
Shanghai
Yunnan
Republic of China
Kweichau
Klangae
Hupeh
Sxechuen Provings
Saechuen
Sea Tonnage Growing Water Traffic Developing Shipbuilding Record
The annual report of the commissioner of navigation shows strong growth in American merchant marine tonnage and vessel numbers by December 1, 1986, with 1,157 ships built in the year totaling 225,122 gross tons and duties receipts of 1,315,425 dollars setting a new record.
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Commissioner of Navigation
Commignioner
Atecl
Peace Through Victory Chaplain Preaches Frontline Christmas
On Artois battle front a chaplain urged peace through victory during midnight mass amid ruins near Arras. Soldiers and civilians attended in shelters and trenches as fuses lighted the sky, rockets rose, and an improvised concert echoed the season’s spirit despite shelling.
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Artois
America
Arras
Paris
President Wilson to Host Pan American Delegation January 7
President Wilson will greet Pan American delegates on January 7 in Washington. Secretary of State and guests attend a large reception at the Pan-American Union, with sections meeting at venues across the city and a busy social program planned through the week. Glenn Swigett’s illness disrupts plans. John Noel to act as interim secretary general. Santos-Dumont arrives as a congress delegate and will fly at the Mall tomorrow. Dr Vital Brasil arrives with gifts.
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Pan-American Union
Women’s Auxiliary Conference
Congress
Robert Lansing
Memorial Continental Hall
Glenn Lavin Swigett
University of Tennessee
Dr. Swiggett
John Vavasour Noel
Lima
Peru
James Brown Scott
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Shoreham
Hennen-Jennings
London Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Raleigh
William C. Gorgas
United States Army
Ghabalon
Ebbitt
Leo &. Rowe
American Academy of Political and Social Defence
Willard
Eighteenth Street
Robert W. Patterson
Dupont Circle
Nicholas Murray Butler
Metropolitan Club
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Senor
Don Hduerdo Auares-Mujica
Officie
Sixteenth Street
Thomas T. Gaff
Twentieth Street
Ddwen Bradley
Connesticut Avenues
Cosmos Club
The
Pan- American
Wilson
White House
Mra
Washington
Santos-Dumont
A. Santos-Dumont
Brazil
Pan-American
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Fourteenth
C Streets
Washington, DC
S R Bowen
City and Suburban Railway of
Aald Company
Busness
Bowen
Georgetown and Tennallytown Railway Company
Wille
Fourteenth and
Northwest
saig@ compa
James F Hood
C. D
Federal National Bank
Ohn Poole
Washington Peat Company
Pensylvania Avenue
Washington D
John R McLean
Edward
Prineins
Darling Pest
National Mosaic Co. Inc
Pesnaylvania Ave
N. W. Oo
CCAL
Proett
Sharing Coal Co
N Street NW
War Orders Drive Large Bonded Outputs By U S Firms
Large new war orders pour into American munition makers amid secrecy. Bethlehem Steel reports five years of continuous delivery and Midvale Steel and Ordnance lists about 100 million dollars in orders including Remington Rifles. Acquisitions eyed to handle growth, with Pools Engineering and Machine Co. discussed as a possible purchase.
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New York
Oclaim One
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Remington Arms Company of Delaware
Mr. Corey
William Rockefeller
Pools Engineering and Machine Company
Baltimore
Dispatch
Red Cross moves to push hospital supplies to allies
Ming Boardman, chair of the American Red Cross, says shipments of hospital supplies to ambassadors in war countries may be arranged directly to guarantee delivery. Delays cited include lack of definite destinations for American units in Europe and need for British permits to avoid seizure. President Wilson urged to push defense bills after holidays. notes on weather, White House mail, and a birthday celebration for Wilson.
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Great Britain
Red Cross
United States
Ming Mabel T. Boardman
Miks Boardman
Europe
Miss Boardman
New York
Privy Council
Teutonic
War and Navy Departments
White House
Blaze on sugar ship baffles firemen for hour
Fire officers battled a suspicious blaze aboard the Inchmoor at Brooklyn’s Warren Street pier while loading 2400 tons of sugar for British ports. The vessel, to sail Tuesday, suffered multiple fire spots in hold No 8. Loss assessed as considerable, with 8410 tons on board earlier in loading. The incident echoes prior fires and bomb damage to British-bound sugar ships this year.
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Newcastle
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Gibraltar
Bermuda
Great Britain
Devon City
Craigside
Tyning
Carlton
Halifax
Lord Ormonde
Bordeaux
Lorimer Leads as Guests Compete in City Match
In a tight contest led by Lorimer, local guests and Graham of this city push for a win. The event, held in the city arena, drew attention from residents and officials alike.
Ancient quarry near White House to host pan American congress
The text notes delegates from Carnegie Fund and ten Argentine delegates at the congress, with President Wilson addressing a special session on January 6. It describes a nearby quarry rich in prehistoric Americanist artifacts near Rock Creek, studied under Smithsonian curator Prof. William H. Holmes, who leads the anthropology section for the Pan American Congress. The Americanists meet today at 1:30 p.m. in the New National Museum auditorium.
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Smithsonian Institution
National Museum For Organization
International Congress of American
Robert 8. Woodward
Carnegie Institution of Washington
United States Commissioner of Education
Pan-American Union For Organization
W. H. Bixby
Raleigh
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Argentine
White House
Wilson
Congress
Pan- American Union
International Union of Americanists
Washington
America
Egypt
Rock Creek
William H. Holmes
Dre. Holmes
National Muneourh
Reparation or Losses Amid Mexican Turmoil
An American widow received fifty dollars to leave the country after her husband was killed, with no other Americans reported to have received reparations. Affidavits alleging mistreatment of nuns and desecration of churches by Carranza forces sparked official comment. Fate of nuns unclear, with about 2,500 nuns at war start and 90 percent whereabouts unknown. around 250 accounted for, some in Cuba or the U S. Mexican religious institutions largely closed and nuns barred from their vocations. fears that about 2,000 nuns were forcibly taken by troops in Carranza camps.
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Mexico
Queretaro
Aguascalientes
Republic
Elisa del Salvador
Cuba
Elsa del Salvador
United States
Consul Edwards Called to Explain Remarks on Carranza
Special to The Washington Post from al Faso Texas December 26 report Carranza orders diplomat Pesqueira to seek removal of United States Consul Thomas D. Edwards of Juarez over an Fort Worth interview in which Edwards labeled Carranza a bull headed old fool and favored Villa as a better negotiating partner. Edwards has been away on State Department business and has long served on the Mexican border through multiple revolutions.
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Faso
Tex
Fort Worth
Thomas D. Edwards
Juarez
Venustiano Carranza
Robert V. Pesqueira
Edwards
United States
Carranza
Villa
State Department
Mexican
Mission Pillaged in Mongolia Bandit Surrounds Patsebolong
Telegraph from Friedstorom to Dr Reinsch reports the Scandinavian mission at Patsebolong Mongolia surrounded by bandits and Chinese troops failing to provide protection The foreign office urges local officials to act The ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine with E W Groves signature on the box and a 2c price.
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Peking
Friedstorom
Paul Samuel Reinsch
Mis
Sion
Patsebolong
Mongolia
Foreign Office
E. W. Grove
Progressive Democrats Name Delatorre for Presidency
Buenos Aires December 2 The convention of the progressive democratic party named Ligandro Delatorre and Dr Beni to Villanueva as candidates for the presidency and vice presidency of the republic respectively.
Schiffmanns New Bronchial Remedy Half-Price Offer
Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant is offered at 25c a half-price bottle at O Dunne’s Drug Store for the first bottle per person. The remedy targets coughs, colds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, whooping cough, croup and hoarseness with assurances of safety, non narcotic ingredients, and a refund of 25c if unsatisfied. A home preparation method doubles the value, claiming it saves like 200 to 2000 cents per batch.
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Schiffmann
Sele
Odoniel
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