Survivors Describe Persia Sinking and Hymns Aboard Weasel
Charles Grant of Boston survived the Persia sinking after a torpedo strike. He recounts lunch interrupted by explosion and rapid listing, crew and passengers singing hymns as lifeboats were launched on the starboard side unusable. Grant clung to wreckage until rescue by a warship, guiding others to lifeboats and later identifying a British warship that picked up survivors.
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Charles Grant
Boston
Weasel
Washington
Spackley
Persia
Young Czech Leader Trial In Vienna Reichsrat
Private information reports Dr Karl Kramarz leader of the Young Czech Party in the Reichsrat is on trial for high treason. Dr Koerner secretary of the faction and several Bohemian politicians face similar charges. Kramarz defends himself with notable skill after earlier prominence in Slav rapprochement efforts and visits to Petrograd.
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Berlin
Jan
Vienna
Karl Kramarz
Reichsrath
Koerner
Kramarz
Bohemiana
Count Bobrinsky
Duma
Dr Kramargz
Petrograd
Navy officers say Persia gun could reach over eleven miles
Navy officials debated offensive use of shipboard guns with the Persia torpedoing as a test. They asserted distance effectiveness varied by gun size and placement, noting a stern mount or forward mount could both be used offensively. A 1 inch gun could reach about 1 to 2 miles. The Emden used a 4 inch at 20,000 yards, and the US Navy has an inch gun proven effective at 22,000 yards.
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Persia
Mediterranean
Navy Department
Emden
United States Navy
King Peter Reorganizes Serbians to Saloniki
King Peter of Serbia, staying at the Serbian consulate in Saloniki, is to preside over a reorganization of the Serbian army. Dispatches report 100000 troops assembled in Albania, with reinforcements and uniforms, and plans for strategic lines along the front. King Nicholas of Montenegro may visit. allied authorities arrest suspected spies. King Peter met with Gen. Sarrall and Lieut. Gen Mahon for talks with French and British forces.
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Paris
Peter of
Serbia
Saloniki
Havas
Athens
Peter
Athena
Nicholas
Montenegro
Satonki
Albania
Péter
Sarrail
Mahon
Consuls To Be Freed After Greek Protest
France retaliates for the seizure of the Sofia legation by arresting a Bulgarian official in Paris. Consuls of Teutonic allies arrested at Saloniki to be moved to Marseille and then to the Swiss frontier. American consul Kehl’s demand to vacate allied consulate buildings refused. about 1,000 others among them include a German headmaster and several women.
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Sofia
Paris
Greece
Ministry of the Interior
Saloniki
Marseille
Légation
Petit Parisian
M. Romanos
Briand
Saloniki Ag
Berlin
Vienna
Balentki
Sayville
Corriere Della Bera
Milan
John B. Kehl
Austria
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Kehl
Woa
Tta
Silon
Seizure of Forwards Paper Over Lloyd George Meeting
In Glasgow on January 4 police seized all copies of the Scotch socialist paper Forwards after it printed an account of a Christmas day meeting between David Lloyd George and Glasgow trade union officials. London reports say MPs and radicals protested in the commons, arguing suppression infringed free speech. Lloyd George said the issue was suppressed for discouraging recruiting and should have been halted sooner.
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Glasgow
Scotland
David Lloyd George
Canson
London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Break in German Exchange Drops to Unprecedented Level
New York reports today’s German exchange at 75 percent, the lowest since the war began, equating four marks to about 18.5 cents, far below the normal 23.5 cents. Remittances to London rise to 4.74 percent in demand sterling, marking around a 2 percent depreciation from normal times.
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New York
Germany
Berlin
London
Reichsbank Surges as War Era Continues
Berlin reports December Reichsbank totals show record note circulation at 6.918 billion marks driven by Darlehenskassen refinancing. Gold covering stands at 35.3 percent, with total yearly German clearing turnover at 68 billion marks. War loan payments reach over 11.2 billion marks while bankruptcies fall to 4,480 in 1916. President Wilson’s White House return noted.
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Berlin
Reichsbank
Darlehenskargen
Relohakbank
Darlehenskassen
Germany
Wilson
Whites House
Kaiser Cannot Speak Artificial Larynx Or Cancer Reported
A Paris Matin dispatch reports German Emperor Wilhelm II suffering throat cancer with possible larynx removal. Doctors debated full removal to halt progression while palliative measures included earlier operations and a device to restore speech. travel plans to Sofia and Constantinople were canceled as he remains unfit for travel.
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New York
London
New York World Regila
Nessa Ia
Daily News Dispatch
Rome
Kalger
Kaleer
Sofia
Constantinople
Presa Publicsing Co
Kaiser
Paris
Europe
Berlin
Hea
Warsaw
Brussels
Von Papen Sails to Spain Amid Unconfirmed Report
Lisbon diary cites Daily Mail saying Capt. von Papen, recalled German attaché, disembarked Azores for Lisbon and Madrid on January 1. Unconfirmed. Von Papen reportedly left New York December 22 aboard Noordam. ship later held at Falmouth pending naval inquiry of passengers and cargo.
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London
Lisbon
Daily Mail
von Papen
United States
Azores
Madrid
New York
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Falmouth
Pendiig
Tote
January sales forbidden in Berlin inventory curtailment
Berlin reports the annual inventory sales were prematurely halted by military order for January. The ban stops all forms of special sales including linen, white week, and closing out promotions, plus reduced prices on woven and knit goods and clothing. The downtown shopping district, usually crowded, showed a subdued turnout as the measure took effect.
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Berlin
Paria
Elao
Teutons Withdraw From Czernowitz Amid Eastern Front Struggles
A wartime bulletin cites heavy Russian losses along the Austrian line in eastern Galicia with 2,800 dead in a 10 kilometer district, 400 prisoners captured northeast of Buczacz, and repeated failed attempts to break the line near Toeporoutm and Okna.
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Roumania
Vienna
Berlin
Russia
Toéporoutm
Oknasnd
Uxelasko
TTC
Will Mobilize Militia Test Plan Backed by Eleven States
Special dispatches from Chicago report that eleven state adjutant generals favor United States Senator George E. Chamberlain’s plan to mobilize the guardsmen as a test. Replies were received from Winds, Iowa, Wisconsin, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Mississippi, Virginia, and South Carolina.
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Tribune
United States
George E. Chamberlain
Iowa
Wisconsin
New York
Ohio
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Mississippi
Virginia
South Carolina
German Soldiers Build Crown Prince a Throne From French Material
Soldiers in the Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm’s army in the Argonne forest are crafting a throne chair in an old sawmill, using French tools and wood. Wood carvers from Stuttgart are making two chairs, one for the crown prince and one for the crown princess, engraved with Argonne 1914-16. An American-born captain runs the mill, his wife American, a former lumber businessman who earned a fortune in the U.S.
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Germany
Argonne Forest
Stuttgart
Argonne, 1914-16
Ford won't fund gowns for Hague peace delegates
Danish papers say Henry Ford will not pay for gowns for women peace delegates to The Hague. Gaston Plantiff of Ford told reporters delegates must wear their own gowns or stay in hotels. Some delegates wanted to stay in Harape longer and hoped Ford would cover return fares. Mme Schwimmer helped secure German consent for land route, damaging hopes of Allied support. Admiral de Richelieu aided the cause, pushing Berlin to permit a land passage via Germany to avoid mines in the North Sea. The Swedish liner Ceylon was seized by Germans and taken to Swinemund.
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New York
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Enterprise
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Stockholm
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the Hague
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Berlin
Defense debate grips Congress amid pacifist clash
The House reopened amid fierce defense debate. Gen. Isaac Sherwood challenged the preparedness program, arguing no emergency justifies more military spending. Rep. Gardner backs adequate defense while Davis of Texas, nicknamed Cyclone, plans an hour long aviation credits talk.
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Isaac Sherwood
Ohio
Hea
Wilson
A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Davis
Texas
Davisl
Sherwood
Congress
National Defense Evening At Belasco Event
Distinguished speakers will discuss nonpreparedness and national defense to aid Belgian scholars relief. Dr Nevil Monroe Hopkins on Seapower, Frederic L Huidekoper on American Land Forces, George Serton on Belgian devastation, and Frederick Coudert on National Defense. presided by Charles Page Bryan. Tickets range 26 cents to 12 dollars with patronage list of notable figures and families.
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Nevil Monroe Hopkins
Navy
Frederiq L. Huidekoper
United States
George Serton
University of Ghent
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Charles Page Bryan
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Japan
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Charles J Bell
Charles J .Bonaparte
Oscar T. Crosby
F Ward Denys
Thomas T. Gaff
Charles ©. Glover
Frank J. Goodnow
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Charles Nobel Gregory
Richard A. Harlow
John Grier Hibben
Hennen Jennings
Joseph Leter
Henry May
Frederic R. Coudert
William Crozier
Stephen B Hikins
Wiliam Corcoran Eustis
Grant Mille KR
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Archibald Hopkins
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Joseph Leiter
Samuel Reber
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Franklin D Roosevelt
George Sarton
Hugh L Scott
Philip H. Sheridan
Lawrence Townsend
James W Wadsworth
Clarence Wllson
Zeppelin to raid Saloniks from Sofia front line
A Zeppelin airship arrived at Sofia and will proceed to the Bulgarian front for raids on allied war ships and troop encampments at Saloniki. The crew was enthusiastically welcomed at Sofia today.
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Washington Post
Athens
Sofia
Saloniki
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