Pan American Congress Opens With Unity Theme
More than 1,000 delegates and guests gather at Continental Memorial Hall as Vice President Marshall and Secretary Lansing welcome the Pan American Union congress. Ambassadors Suarez Muji ca and Barrett address the assembly on internationalism and the Monroe Doctrine, urging unity among republics and deeper cooperation across the Americas.
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Chile
Quesada
Wilson
Lansing
Republics
The
Two Americas
Continental Memorial Hall
Carnegie Endowment
Congress
Scientific Congress
Marshall
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
Eduardo Suarez Mujica
Lansing Apoke
Latin America
United States
Americas
Bouth
Central America
Europe
30000 Taken by Serbs Prisoners Handed to Italy
Serbia turned over 30,000 Austrian prisoners to Italy for internment in Sardinia. Serbian officers accompanied the group to the Italian hold. A Marseille dispatch from December 17 reported 40,000 soldiers and 7,500 officers from Bulgarian German and Austro Hungarian forces had reached there en route to a concentration camp.
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Italy
Rome
Serbia
Sardinia
Marseille
KING GEORGE'S LETTER TAKEN
Important diplomatic documents fell into Austrian hands after Capt Wilson of the Huglth house of commons was captured near the Greek steamer Speta by an Austrian submarine. He was a personal messenger for the King of England delivering messages to King Constantine. The seizure occurred in Geneva on December 27.
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Geneva
Capt Wilson
Huglth House of Commons
Wilson
England
Constantine
Shells for France. Midvale cashes $30 million order
Officials of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company announced receipt of a $30,000,000 contract with the French government for 400,000 shells ranging from 8½ to 12 inches. All shells must be delivered next year and part of the work may be sublet to other firms.
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France
Philadelphia
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Serbian King in Exile Tragic Voyage of Refugee
King Peter of Serbia arrived in Brindisi aboard an Italian cruiser after leaving Durazzo. He vowed to preserve his strength for a future return, with plans to visit Saloniki to consult his war minister, as his army suffers hunger and fatigue during exile.
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Saloniki
Brindisi
Italy
Peter
Serbia
Paria
Durazzo
Avtona
Aviona
Gen
Tootani
Tirana
Esse Pasha
Berlin
Tageblatt
Sofia
Albania
Usku
Scottage
King Peter of
Cabinet Row Delays Britain Two Hours in Dispute
London reports show a tense two hour cabinet session ending in adjournment as ministers argue over conscription policy. Lloyd George demands compulsory service for unmarried men, while Balfour and others resist. A looming general election and possible resignations shadow the crisis.
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Lloyd George
Balfour
Angry mob attacks Archduke Stephen's palace
London dispatch reports in Vienna that a mob armed with pitchforks and axes attacked Archduke Stephen's palace on Christmas night protesting food squandering on an elaborate entertainment. Police dispersed rioters as stones damaged windows and pictures. Dresden reports cite Christmas day food riots in Chemnitz with women marching to the town hall, windows smashed, eleven injured.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Vienna
Archduke Stephen
Austria
Dresden
Chemnitz
Adda Thé Dispatch
Turks Hit Cruiser Sink Armored Boats in Dardanelles
Constantinople dispatch reports heavy bombardment and artillery action on the Gallipoli front. Allied trenches near Dardanelles hammered. a Turkish cruiser was hit four times. armored boats at Seddul Bahr reportedly sunk. Waterplane reconnaissance over Tenedos and Navro noted.
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Aeros
Constantinople
Gallipoh Peninsula
Aii Burnu
Seddul Bahr
Tenedos
Navro
King Constantine Faces Virulent Pleurisy
Athens dispatch warns Greek King Constantine suffers from virulent pleurisy, judged incurable by Paris physicians. Reports had claimed grip and danger passed, but local doctors here say the illness is fatal and death likely within three years, signaling a grave royal crisis.
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Washington Post
Paris
Athena
Midi
Constantine
Ak Grip
Egyptian Post Taken 300 British Killed Says Turkish Report
London denied the Turkish claim that 300 British soldiers were killed near Mazerah on December 26. British forces reportedly attacked near Sollum and dispersed Arab forces on Christmas Day with minimal casualties, while the Turkish communique claimed Arab successes along the Libyan coast.
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London
Berlin
Sayville
Mazeruh
Sollum
Constantinople
Oasis
Senuss
Egypt
Siwah
Brit
Libyan Desert
Alexandria
Mazerah
Sellum
War Office
Merss Metru
Materuh
Huerta Seriously Ill In Fort Bliss Detention
El Paso Texas December 27 Gen Victoriano Huerta former provisional president of Mexico is seriously ill and was moved today from Fort Bliss prison to the residence of his wife guards accompany him state official. The exact nature of his illness is not disclosed and reports say he recently recovered from a nervous ailment.
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el Paso
Tex
Victoriano Auerta
Mexico
United States
Fort Bliss
Duma Postponement Sows Unrest Across Russia
London dispatches report Petrograd gloom over further duma postponement blamed on budget delays and monarchist congresses in Petrograd and Nishni Novgorod. The Times notes limited military changes, but rising domestic political unease and a shift toward liberal currents in the upper house.
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London
Petrograd
Russia
England
Times
Duma
Nishni-Novgorod
Seven Lives Lost as U-Boat Sinks Liner Porto Said
A Milan dispatch says the Italian liner Porto Said was sunk in the Mediterranean by an Austrian submarine. Six passengers and one crewman were lost. 150 aboard were saved. An Italian destroyer pursued the sub but it escaped by diving. The port call brought a Greek steamer to port after witnessing the sinking. The Porto Said, of 6,301 tons, was owned by the Italian Maritime Society of Genoa.
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Washington Pont
Milan
Hiner
Porto Sald
Mediterranean
Porto Said
Derna
Porto
Italian Maritime Society
Genoa
London
Earthquake Destroys Gracias Honduras Historic City
A powerful quake at 5 30 this morning leveled the city of De Gracias in Honduras. The town of about 4000 residents lies in the Opalaca foothills and has long been a center for cattle and timber, including oak and mahogany. Gracias, founded around 1650, has played a prominent role in Honduras revolutions.
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Washington Post
San Salvador
Salvador
de Gracias
Honduras
Republic of
Gracias
Republic
Santiago River
Opalaca Mountains
Santa Rosa
Intibuca
Tegucigalpa
San Vincents
Republic of Honduras
Bne
Opalaca
Poles Desert Russians In War Strife
Reports from the Caucasus via Constantinople say the Russian army is demoralized by cold hunger cholera typhoid and poor equipment overseas news agency. Poles in districts held by the Germans desert or seek to be sent home to avoid fighting.
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Berlin
Sayuille
Caucasus
Hera
Constantinople
Newa
Italians on Frontier Reach Greek Line in Albania
London reports Italian troops land at Aviona and cross Albanian mountains to reach the Greek frontier in Albania. The dispatch from Athens Diplomatic corresp reaches the front. The movement marks a widening of hostilities on the Balkan front and indicates Italian involvement beyond coastal operations.
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Albania
Aviona
London
Athens
Sinking of Ville de la Ciotat and Four Other Vessels
German submarines sink five ships in 24 hours including the French liner Ville de la Ciotat and Belgian steamer Ministre Bernaert. 80 lives lost on the Ciotat, survivors saved by British and Moss liners. cargo on Yeddo valued over 2 million dollars. No Americans aboard Ciotat. ship torpedoed without warning and towed survivors to Malta.
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Mediterranean
Malta
United States
London
Ville de la Clotat
Ministre Bernaert
Ville de la Ciotat
Paris
Ministry of Marine
Far East
Marseille
le Clotat
France
Messageries Maritimes of
Saigon
Indo-China
Yokohama
Hadley
Yedda
Cnt
Cittingham
Cottingham
Ministre Beernaert
la Plata
Newcastle
Royal Belgo-Argentine Company of
Anvers
Feddo
Calcutta
Boston
New York
W.cory & Son
State Department
Japan
China
Hawaii
Churchill Visits London as Christmas Leave Ends
Winston Spencer Churchill returned to France yesterday to rejoin his regiment after a Christmas leave in London. A separate Amsterdam telegram reports a serious scarlet fever epidemic in Germany, spreading from Bromberg to several villages in Posen.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
France
Churchill
Rechange
Amsterdam
Germany
Bromberg
Posen
Pan-American Congress Meets Today
Page 1 overview notes multiple items including British cabinet rev, a French liner disaster death toll, a Honduras quake wreck, and a New York theater robbery. Also mentions Roosevelt and G O P puzzles, and various policy and international topics across sections.
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Pan-American Congress
Britiah
Honduras
New York
Roosevelt
Ford
Rewa
Bryan
Hague
Lansing
Monroe
Big gun fray in Lorraine
French artillery bombarded enemy positions near Dioncourt and Gremecey southwest of Chateau Salins in Lorraine last night. The War Office report notes no other major events.
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Gremecey
Chateau-Salins
Paris
War Office
Lorraine
Dioncourt and
Chateau Salina
Social figures shift as Miss Wilson to Greenwich Village
Miss Margaret Wilson arrives in New York to settle in Greenwich Village and undertake settlement work, with Miss Helen Woodrow Bones joining her. Dr Cary T Grayson, former White House physician, enters post graduate study in Polyclinic Hospital and will live in New York, drawing wide interest as the White House domestic circle breaks up on the eve of the new first lady.
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New York
Cary T. Grayson
New York Hospital
White House
Washington Post
the Herald
Wileyn
Greenwich Village
Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Miss Wilson
Grayson
Cary T Grayson
Us& N
Washington
Lower West
Woodrow Wilson
Cook Denied Passport by Copenhagen Legation
Dr Frederick A Cook explorer and his secretary Dr F P Thompson failed to obtain passports to Germany at the American legation in Copenhagen on December 27. They may appeal to Washington, but the minister stands firm as neither has urgent business in Germany.
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Germany
Frederick A. Cook
F. P. Thompson
Legation
Cook
Washington
Apwi
Cash
Dr. Thompson
Robbers Bind Watchman and Janitor in Theater Space
Four men forced entry at William Fox’s Star Theater on Lexing-ton Avenue and 107th Street at 4 AM. They bound watchman Morrie Klein, janitor Abraham Dorsky, and his wife, then abducted a scrubwoman Anna Simons. About $700 was stolen from the theater safe after paying vaudeville actors. Klein was detained for questioning as police investigate the masked intruders and motive.
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Washington Post
New York
Abraham Dorsky
Wiliam Fox
Star Theater
Lexington Avenue
107Th Street
Dorsky
Morrie Klein
Klein
Doraky
Anna Simons
George
Klem
Dorskys
Hanst
104Th Street
Capt Jones
Detective Bureau
Dorsaky
Anna Simona
Faurot
Third Branch Bureau
Stockholm Seizes 58 Sacks of Mail at New York Arrival
The Swedish steamer Stockholm on her first trip for the Swedish American Line reached New York from Gothenburg. She had left December 11 and was detained by a British cruiser in the North Sea, then taken to Hull. British authorities removed fifty eight sacks of mail suspected to be of German origin.
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Boston
Yeddo
New York
Calcutta
Lombard & Co
Consignees
Cant. Brennan
Denon
Stockholm
Potadam
Gothenburg
Sweden
North Sea
Hirkwall
Russians Rout Persians In Persian Campaign
Petrograd dispatch reports Russian troops defeated a German Turkish allied force in Persia. Several thousand Persian insurgents and gendarmerie were among the opposing units. The statement says the enemy was heavily damaged, many killed or wounded, and the survivors fled after heavy Russian attacks.
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Petrograd
Persia
Capt Boy-Ed Sails Today From New York
New York December 27. Captain Boy-Ed sails on the Rotterdam tomorrow after recalling German naval attaché Cdr. K. Bouythe. He reserved his stateroom today.
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le Mowmeriail
New York
Cdr
K. Bouythe
Rotterdam
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