Mutiny and peril aboard the Thessalonika narrative unfolds
United Press reports heavy damages claims against National Steam Navigation Co of Greece after the liner Thessalonika wrecked. Passenger William Williams seeks 475 dollars for health injuries and baggage loss. 177 passengers were rescued by the Patria, with Captain Goulandis and crew arriving on Portugia. Wireless operator Aristotelis Vranicas recounts mutiny threats and disobedience to request aid as seas raged and the ship founders.
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Stampala
Signhkling
Stampalia
Nicho Orioff
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Drioff
Dharep
Fletizel
Hall‘tax
Havana
Flettiel
Bermuda
Goulandiz
Kaiser Kept in Isolation Amid Illness Rumors
Special cables report the Kaiser remains completely isolated with no official detail on his condition. Allied governments note the isolation as evidence of serious illness, while Berlin residents struggle to obtain reliable information amid secrecy surrounding the imperial bed chamber.
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Paris
Gurmise
Berlin
Seeger Aes
Seizure of Cotton Ships Threatens Allied Unity
Washington reports allied unity in a test of seizing American cotton shipments, amid fears of British and French actions. British defenses rise along the Suez Canal with trenches and floods planned, as neutrals are excluded. the plan risks provoking all Entente powers and could affect Egypt's security.
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China's Minister of War Assassinated in Peking
San Francisco reports confirm Twang Kee Sui former minister of war of the Chinese republic was killed in Peking by an assassin. Chinatown fears clashes between republic supporters and royalists after the royalist gesture. He had advised Yuan Shikai against monarchy before resigning.
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Jan
Twan Kee Sui
Hiness Republic
Aun Yat Sen
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Peking
Republic
Chinatown
Twang
Yuan
Omaha Bishop Richard Scannell, 71, Dies in City
Special to The Washington Post reports in Omaha Nebraska on January date the Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell aged 71 bishop of Omaha since 1891 died today in the city.
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Washington Post
Omaha
Nebr
Richard Scannell
Visionary Seer of War Telegraphed July End and October Shelling
San Francisco events are predicted to be shelled in October 1916 and the war to end July 26, 1918. Gunnery Sergeant Thomas G. Sterrett, a U.S. Marine, cites seventh-son lore for his forecasts. His past prophecies include a Kansas City railway station and Pittsburgh floods.
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San Francisco
Thomas G. Sterrett
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Sterrett
Kansas City
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Teutons Feeding Serbia Food Under Occupation
Austro-Hungarian authorities provide food to Belgrade and Serbia as occupiers pay half salaries of Serbian officials. Cooperation with relief committees is noted. German districts report similar policy with officials retained. December 18 to January 1 yields 41,162 kg wheat flour and 1,682 kg corn flour distributed. Decree bans use of animal and vegetable fats for technical purposes.
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Berlin
Tuckerton
N. J
Today
Belgrade
Serbia
Pretravic
Xraguyevats
Horses sold at national stockyard for allies
Hast St Louis Jan 8 1950s report states 195000 horses bought at the National Stock Yards by entents allies. President S T Jones says total expenditure about 84000000 dollars. British buyers have stopped but French Italian and Belgian officers are buying about 300 horses daily.
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Entents
T. Jones
Stock -Yards
Serbian Archives Found Hidden in Convent
Vienna reports the Serbian foreign office archives were discovered by Austro Hungarian troops in a convent. The papers, moved in 68 cases to Vienna, were hidden by the Serbian government. Russian warships in the Black Sea bombard Varna and Haskinograd near the coast. King Ferdinand's summer palace sits at Buxinograd, near Varna.
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Neue Frele Presse
Vienna
Foreign Office
Adda
Varna
Huxinograd
Black Sea
Washington Post
Genoa
King Ferdinand
Buxinograd
Girl is elected auditor in St Clair county
Miss Geneva Moeser, 21, defeated eight male candidates for the office of auditor of St. Clair county in East St. Louis. The election occurred on January 3.
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East St. Louis
Ge-neva Moeser
St. Clair County
Iron Cross Awarded to Woman for Spy Bomb Plot Foiled
Jan 5 Kaiser honor goes to a woman for identifying a spy bomb plot in time to thwart it. First time a woman has received the Iron Cross in history.
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Sarville
Re Skolik
Gleimitz
Torpedo Boat Wreck Found at Gottland Island
Dispatches from Copenhagen report wreckage of a German torpedo boat washed ashore on Gottland Island. Flotsam found on the island is believed to be from the destroyed craft.
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