Clark Boom for 1916 Nomination Aims at Baltimore Rebuffs
Washington dispatch reports momentum forming to draft Champ Clark for the 1916 Democratic nomination. Clark's supporters push an announcement, arguing Wilson may skip renomination and Clark deserved the chance after Baltimore. They frame Clark as ready to lead a campaign while in his prime.
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Say Wilson Won't Run for Re-election in 1916
A Washington dispatch reports a New York American item claiming a leading senator asserts President Wilson will retire at term end. It notes Wilson appointed Paul Warburg to the Federal Reserve Board and suggests Warburg’s ties to Germany may influence policy and the postwar world as Wilson potentially acts as mediator and peacemaker.
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Langboog Raid Mixup Says Germans Bombed Island
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail cites Hamburger Fremdenblatt alleging four British airmen dropped bombs on Lan Beoos in the North Sea on Christmas Day, killing civilians. An investigation purportedly shows German airmen conducted the attack, mistaking British torpedo boats for threats in fog.
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Ten deported from Costa Rica amid plot to assassinate Costa Rican president
Ten persons deported from Costa Rica after the discovery of an alleged plot to assassinate President Alfredo Gonzales and spark a revolution. The conspirators, says report, are said to be conservatives from Nicaragua, aiming to foment trouble. They passed through Colon today aboard the steamer Calamares bound for Cuba.
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Halts N Y Central Merger Injunction Granted
Justice Arthur Tompking of the supreme court in chambers at Nyack granted an injunction against the New York Central Railroad Company restraining consolidation with the Lake Shore and stopping the issuance of 90 million dollars in consolidated 4 percent bonds. The injunction was sought by Continental Securities Company as a stockholder through J Aspinwall Hodge of New York.
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U S Presses Britain on Seizure of American Ships
The United States demands Britain end seizures of American ships and cargoes arguing contraband rules misapplied. It defends neutral rights, cautions against detaining cargoes to British ports, and cites copper shipments and to order consignments as key issues.
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Desperate Fighting in Carpathians Cracks Austria Hungary
Special cable reports a Hungary Budapest letter noting widespread unrest in Hungary. It describes Count Tiza’s vilified denial of conditions, mobs hurling eggs and stones, and the heavy security around him. The Carpathians campaign amid frozen rivers shows brutal hand to hand combat on ice with soldiers aiding each other to safety.
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Hewlett Reported Alive In German Capture
London reports Commander Francis E. Hewlett, pilot of a British seaplane in the Cuxhaven raid, believed captured by Germans after his plane was damaged and ditched. The raid force returned safely to base. Hewlett was famed for being taught to fly by his mother.
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Turks Claim Russian Warships Fled After Mine Layer Sinking
Constantinople reports Turkish forces advancing on the Caucasian front with a claim that a Turkish ship sank two Russian mine layers, Oleg and Athos, after a night attack on Rostislav. The Russians reportedly rescued two officers and 30 sailors.
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Kaiser at church service near Longwy described as careworn
Special to The Washington Post from London reports Kaiser at a French village church near Longwy. Generals and his suite occupied front seats with a center armchair for the war lord. Dressed in field gray with gold embroidery, he appeared grave and motionless, a chiseled presence. He joined the hymn singing, kept time, and after benediction thanked the pastor for the service.
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Vanishes From Hotel as Promised to Marry Warns Ahead
Robert G Crow a former Missouri state representative and postmaster disappeared from the Pontiac Hotel in St Louis after arr iving from Imo with over 1200 cash. Elizabeth Halliday and Bellboy Thomas Daniels were arrested after she claimed they planned marriage. Crow's brother said a family man, he might not have intended to marry. The room was left in clothesless state with no key or belongings, sparking a major police mystery.
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Will of Thaw's kin funds trust in Pittsburgh court
In Pittsburgh on December 28 Judge J F Miller of the orphan's court fixed 2 222 532 of Eliza Thaw Edwards estate to be settled per her will. Died May 13 1912 the will delays distribution two years. One million one hundred eight thousand two hundred sixty nine dollars to be held in trust for Katherine M Edwards and Charles I Dickson executor with income shared equally among the decedent's four children for their lives.
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Leaps to His Death at Sea
Key West Florida December 28 The British steamship Dragoswald sailing from Hull to New Orleans reported to Sand Key today that its captain jumped overboard and drowned. The captain’s name was not released. The British vice consul was notified. Freston Gibson of Key West was sued in the District Supreme Court yesterday by Arlington Hotel Company receivers for $9,000 claiming he bought $10,000 of the hotel’s preferred stock and paid $1,000 on subscription. Attorney E H Thomas represented the receivers.
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Peru to Send Cruiser in Panama Canal Celebration
Peru will send the armored cruiser Almirante Gran to participate in the opening of the Panama Canal and in the international naval cruise. Six foreign vessels have been listed to take part in the celebration.
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Five Die As Florida Home Burns Family Perishes In Blaze
Henry C Alvey his wife and three children aged 3 7 and 5 perished when their winter Haven Florida home burned early today. Neighbors saw the blaze and found charred bodies together in the former children’s room. Alvey 32 was son of former Chief Judge Richard H Alvey of Maryland Court of Appeals. he had lived in Maryland before moving to Florida three years ago. He leaves siblings and an extended Maryland family.
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Enver Pasha Builds Army By Threats And Exemptions
Constantinople dispatch describes Enver Pasha's plan to mobilize Turkey with fear and money. He threatened death to compel service and set a £43 exemption price, driving employers to pay or lose workers. U.S. Ambassador Morgenthau protested yet paid nearly $2,600 to secure needed Turkish staff.
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Threat of Force Moves British Vice Consul Case to Saida
A Saida guard barred the British vice consul from leaving his house, provoking a U S threat to deploy the cruiser North Carolina. The American consul general in Beirut demanded release, and Turkish authorities eventually yielded permitting the vice consul to depart by ship under the American flag.
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