Four More Vessels Sunk by Torpedoes In Mediterranean
The Times reports a wave of British merchant ship losses in the Mediterranean. The 5,030 ton Geelong was sunk but all aboard were saved. The 9,000 ton Glasgow steamer Glengyle and the St Oswald were torpedoed and sunk, with about 120 aboard on Glengyle and most others landed. Kenkon Maru was torpedoed December 29, crew saved. Details note ships’ tonnage, build years, and owners.
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Glasgow
Glengyle
Japan
London
the Times
Geelong
Mediterranean
Shanghai
Newa
Inul Gomel Kaisha Shipping Company
Kenkon Maru Claas
Bhe
Newcastle and Co
McGregor, Gow & Co
St. Oswald
Mudros Island
Alexandria
British and Foreign Steamship Company
wiver= pool
Saxon King May Abdicate Reported in Hesel Dispatch
Paris dispatch notes a report that King Frederick August of Saxony weighs abdication in favor of his eldest son Prince George due to public unrest and hostile demonstrations. No confirmation from Journal dispatch.
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Paris
Frederick August
Saxony
Prince Chorge
Journal
Hesel
Rob Nurses In Hospital Heist At St Luke's, Chicago
In Chicago on January 3 two masked bandits entered the basement of St. Luke's Hospital where about 50 nurses and attendants were at work. They held up the cashier Miss Mary Tobin and escaped with $2,000. The robbery occurred as payroll was being prepared. No injuries reported. Police began investigations.
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Chicago
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mary Tobin
Aeroplane Ambulances Move Sick From Serbia to Scutari
Paris reports for the first recorded use of aeroplanes for ambulance work during the French retreat from Serbia. At Prisrend several sick could not be carried on stretchers, yet six weathered aeroplanes remained usable. Col. Fournier ordered the gravely ill aboard to Scutari for evacuation.
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Paris
Serbia
Henri Barbey
The
Journal
Balkan
Prisrend
Col. Fournier
Scutari
350 Seized by Allies Arrests at Saloniki Spark Protests
Athens reports under Gen Sarrail orders Anglo French forces arrested 350 German Austrian Turkish and Bulgarian civilians at Saloniki despite Greek protests. Bulgarian and Turkish threats of reprisals follow, while the British vice consul seeks refuge in the American legation in Sofia.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Serrail
Greece
Athens
Sarrail
Saloniki
Consula
Saioniki
Amsterdam
Enevis
Balontki
Sarrall
Great Britain
France
Serbia
London
Reuters
Constantinople
The
Porte
Haa
Entente Povera
Russians Unable to Break Austrian Line in Bessarabia Front
Berlin reports bitter fighting along the Bessarabia front with Austro-Hungarian forces repelling Russian efforts. Three officers and 850 soldiers were captured. Isolated Russian advances on the Sereth and Styr River were repulsed in the Tope routz district.
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Berlin
Sayville
Bessarabiaa
Toperoutz
Sereth
Stripa
Kormin
Styr River
Pan American unity topic at scientific congress
Diplomatic delegates from Latin American republics and chairs discussed coordinating the Pan American scientific congress with Chilean Ambassador Suares Mujica presiding. Speakers included Former Secretary Bryan John Bassett Moore Alberto Santos Dumont and George B Roberts. A wide range of papers were read and audiences large.
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Scientific Congress
Bryan
Bantos “Dumont
John Bassett Moore
George E.i Roberts
Lansing
Suares Mujica
Congress
Papera Reed
Alberto Santos Dumont
Aeronaut
George B. Roberts
New York
Amerlean
American Society For the Advancement of Defence
William W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
Society
Gesa
Ants
Defy Guns in Conscription Fight Warns British Labor Leader
London dispatch quotes Robert Williams general secretary of the National Transport Workers' Federation declaring trade unionists oppose conscription and will risk bayonets and bullets rather than submit. He cites dockers doing soldiers’ work in Dundees and predicts government collapse under miners’ resolve in South Wales.
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Robert Williams
National Transport Workers’ Federation of Great Britain
Washington Poat
London
Trade Unionista of
Great Britain
Dundes
South Wales
Villistas massacre all males over 15, report from Douglas
Reports from Douglas Arizona dated January 3 confirm a massacre of male residents in San Pedro de la Cueva several weeks earlier. Villistas killed all men over 16, then retreated into Chihuahua. Father Ramon Flores reportedly died while pleading with Gen Ville. An American agent, George Saunders, is said to be buried by Mexican soldiers after disappearance.
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Douglas
Ariz
Honora
San Pedro de la Cueva
Chihuahua
Ramon Flores
Ville
George Saunders
Nacoxari
Sonor
Saunders
Burin
Frultiésa
British Dragoon? Backed By… Shelled Front Near La Bassee Bethune
British and French reports describe heavy bombardments and shelling along the La Bassee to Bethune front with mines and grenades causing casualties. Paris says Nancy shells fell. German bombardment near Hartmans Weillerkopf forced local retirements. New York to Florida special trains advertised.
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Berlin
Sayville
N. Y
la Basses
Bethune Westerday
War Office
Jlome
la Bassee-Bethune
Lutterbach
Alsace
Nancy
Paris
French War Office
Champagne
Tahure
Somme- Py
Argonne
Fourde-Paris
Hartmans-Weillerkopf
Rehfelsen
New York & Florida
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Cara
Advyi
Army and Navy Plan to Defend Americas From Europe
Defense designed to guard the Americas from Europe with two submitted plans. Experts propose expenditure of $1,000,900,000. Navy would equal the strength of any two European powers, and a project calls for preparedness to meet attacks on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts simultaneously.
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iPolicy
Americas
Europe
Athe Uw
Great
Britain
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Navy
Pan‘America
Navy General Board
South
Central America
Army War College
Persia Passengers Debate American Consul Fate
Survivors of the Persia tell of the American Consul McNeely perishing as the liner sank after a torpedo hit. Dispatches note 160 to 180 survivors, with 227 to 255 missing, and report ships sweeping the Aegean for more, while authorities await official tallies and statements from consul officials in Alexandria.
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Skinner Cables
Alexandria
Charles H. Grant
Gibraltar
Rose
Spain
Grant
United States
Sumner
Robert N. McNeely
Aden
Garrets
McNeely
Gable
Persia
Pottom
oMcer
Four More Shipa Torpedoed and Britain Rounds Up Shipping
Fragmented page items report torpedoed ships, unity calls, and defense plans. Consul McNeely drowned rumors surface amid U-boat actions. Congress faces grave issues on taxation and trade. District officials seek federal aid as news from Alexandria and other areas unfolds. Sporting events and financial court matters texture the page.
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McNeely
Crisia
Congress
Britain
Yapan
Siez
Ford
Germany
New York
Taft
Agathet T. R. Hill
Bry
News of
Alexandria
Jewels of Kapurthala Lost on the Persia
Cairo dispatch reports the Maharajah of Kapurthala jewel set valued at 800,000 dollars four million in gems lost aboard the steamer Persia. The Maharajah’s suite were aboard but he planned to join them at Port Said.
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London
Cairo
Evening News
Maharajah of
President Wilson Faces Grave Crisis Over Persia Sinking
President Wilson returns to Washington to take charge of foreign affairs amid the Persia sinking crisis. Officials fear this could be the most serious U S challenge since U boat warfare began, with Congress to reconvene as actions and facts are pursued. Baron Zwiedinek of Austria Hungary embassy offers assurances that if the attacker breaks law the U S will be satisfied by prompt explanations. Secretary Lansing instructs Ambassador Penfield to seek details on the submarine and attacker, while debates on armed merchant ships resurface amid reports of a small gun on the Persia.
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Congress
Senate
Nicaragua
Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lansing
Colombia
United States
Wilson
Americas
Argentina
France
Great Britain
Italy
Élso
House
Persia
Zwiedinek
U. S
Geelong
State Department
Baron Erich Zwiedinek
Lensing
Baron Zwiedinek
Bala
Baron Ewiedinek
Penfield
Vienna
Ambeesador Penfield
American
High Seas
Conaté- Lerén
Weitson
Wilson Leaves Hot Springs for Washington Early Honeymoon End
President Wilson departs Hot Springs at 8 45 PM in a private car to Washington after telephone talks on the Persia incident. He declines further comment and cuts short his honeymoon by two days, bidding farewell to hotel staff as a crowd of tea drinkers watches.
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Hot Springs
Wilson
Washington
Persia
Mediterranean
Joseph Harrison
New York
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Sin McNeely Drown
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