Swindlers Protected by Detective Force Indicted
Grand jury returns new indictments naming Captain John J. Halpin Lieutenant John H. Tobin Walter O’Brien and Detective Sergeant William Egan with operating a confidence game and bribery. The cases involve swindling Mrs Tlepe J McEldewney of 15500 Mrs Mary Kapp of Naperville and Dr William T Kirby head of Kirby Savings Bank who lost 20000. O’Brien is accused of taking 1000 bribe and Tobin 200 for bribe protection. Lertsche is identified as paymaster in both schemes.
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Chicago
Tribery
John J. Halpin
John H. Tobin
Halpin
Detective Bureau
Walter O'Brien
William Egan
Tobin
O'Brien
Mean
Tlepe J. McEldewney
la Crosse
Wis
Mary Kapp
Naperville
Berney Merteche
William T. Kirby
Kirby Savings Bank
O'Lirien
MeKidowney
App. Lertsche
End of Colorado Miners Strike Reported
The Colorado miners strike officially ended today as ordered by the miners' convention. Many ex strikers sought work but no employment was reported as companies said current forces meet needs. Officials had earlier indicated willingness to hire nonviolent workers despite the strike. News of possible early withdrawal of federal troops drew cautious attention in the coal fields.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Colorado
Wilson
Myron T. Herrick Receives Large Cleveland Welcome
Six thousand people packed Central Armory in Cleveland for a public reception honoring Myron T. Herrick former ambassador to France. Mayor Baker introduced Herrick who spoke briefly after a fifteen minute ovation. The event was his only public arrival notice.
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Erecial
Cleveland
Central Armory
Myron T. Herrick
France
Herrick
New York
Norning
Armory
Newton Dpd
Baker
Day in Congress Moves to Halt Export of Supplies
At noon Senator Works introduced a bill to prohibit export of all supplies to European belligerents. Scrutiny of discrimination charges in coal rates at South Atlantic ports continued before a special committee. Hearings on the hydro electric land leasing bill continued before the land committee. Adjourned at 4 55 to noon Friday. Representative Gardner spoke for his resolution to investigate national preparedness. Resumed District of Columbia appropriation bill consideration. Adjourned at 522 p m to noon Friday.
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Works
Land Committee
Gardner
District of Columbia
Weather forecast for New Mexico and Washington
Washington reports forecast of a pair of days with cloudy skies and possible snow in Perth. TheDecember 10 entry notes unsettled weather across New Mexico with similar conditions likely.
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Washington
New Mexico
Perth
Pay of Engineers Not High for Work
A report on wage levels for engineers involved in a rail project describes long hours and modest pay. Testimony from James M. Sheean highlights seniority rules and perceived profitability versus other industrial work. John Goulding, a Chicago witch engineer, admits earning about £140 a month while working near fourteen hours daily with several long workweeks.
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Orthou
Spierat
Chiengwe
Pen
Airvetretien
Western
Fonurteen Howe
James M. Sheean
John ©. Goulding
Chicato
Stone
Federal bill to regulate habit forming drugs moves to president
The bill to restrict uses of habit forming drugs was posted in the house and goes to the president. It compels registry with the internal revenue bureau of all physicians manufacturers and dealers who handle opium or its derivatives and prescribes forms for written orders for certain drugs.
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Horne
German Prisoners Landed In Kingston Detention Camp
A British cruiser landed ten German prisoners in Kingston Jamaica. They had been brought from the United Island of St Lucia and transferred to the detention camp for internment.
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Jamaican
Kingston
Jamaica
St. Latcia
Prophet's Son to Succeed as Head of Church
Independence MO December reports the death of the church patriarch after a fifty four year rule. Frederick M Smith, aged years, is named to succeed his father as head of the Church of Latter Day Saints. Funeral planned for next Sunday at the old stone church with burial in Mound Grove cemetery.
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Independence
Joseph Smith
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Frederick M. Smith
General Conferences
Smith
Old Stone
Mound Grove
Reorganized Church
Thousands of Austrians Captured by Servians Reported
Dispatch from Nish Serbia notes from December 3 to 7 that Servians captured 121 officers and 22,114 men. They also seized 68 field pieces 42 quickfirers 8 mortars 10 000 rifles 59 wagon loads of ammunition 1305 transport wagons 10 hospital wagons 4 ambulances 2 treasury safes and 2 horses.
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Paris
Havas
Nish
Servia
Two Doctors Charged in Death of Miss Merriweather
A district court information accuses Dr J L Mason of murder in the death of Miss Ruth Merriweather. Dr F E Noble is already under arrest on a similar charge. The coroner's jury found the death resulted from an illegal operation.
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Turning Journal Special
Denver
JL. J. Mason
Ruth Merriweather
Mason
Chicago
FE. W. Noble
Merriweather
Inquiry on British Missionaries Held in Beirut
Washington December 10. The British embassy asked the state department to verify reports that British missionaries were being held as hostages in Beirut Syria. The department cabled Ambassador Morgenthau in Constantinople to confirm facts with the Turkish government.
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Washington
Clieat
Britain
State Department
Beirut
Syria
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Eyes of England Focus on War Zone Movements
England monitors Belgian and French operations with optimism as reports from the front show favorable movements. The public receives encouragement from military updates and ongoing wartime dispatches.
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EYES
England
German Outflanking Tactics Shift Warsaw Front
The report describes a large scale German push to outflank Russian lines toward Warsaw and Cracow with pressure on Lodz, while French gains in the Argonne are noted and Austrian defeats in Serbia are reported as reinforcements arrive.
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Warsaw
Turkish Gunboat Sunk by Mine at Bosphorus Entrance
A Turkish gunboat was sunk by a Turkish mine at the Bosphorus entrance, according to a Daily Telegraph dispatch from Athens. The report notes the minefield incident occurred near the waterway’s mouth, detailing damage and implications for naval movements.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Athens
Bosphorus
War News of Yesterday Briefing Repeats Global Front Actions
Reports describe Allied advances near the Beersheba front and troop movements in France and Italy. A British squadron under Vice Admiral Sturdee sinks a German cruiser in the south Atlantic, while Dover faces alarm over alleged German submarine activity. Emperor William’s health reportedly improves and a proposed Christmas truce gains a papal footing. Turkish gunboat loss at the Bosphorus is noted, and rebel leader General Jevers is confirmed dead.
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Niles
Vetelods
France
Pritieh
Sir Frederick Sturdee
South Atlantic
Dover
England
Admiralty
Berlin
Germany
Pope Benedict
William
Bosphorus
Christian Jevers
South Africa
Union
Vaal River
Dover Quiet After Reported German Submarine Raid
Dover district awoke to claims of a submarine attack on harbor works and anchored fleet with searchlights and artillery fire. No official confirmation followed, but crowds watched as a torpedo boat flotilla patrolled. the harbor’s grand admiralty works near Calais are outlined with surrounding forts and piers.
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Ey Monn Journal
Dover
London
Channel
Calais
England
Admiralty Harbor
Admiralty Pier
Prince of Wales Pier
Dover Castle
Czar's Forces Stand Ready to Repel Invaders
Petrograd reports a Russian military expert analyzing the Warsaw German thrust. He notes German numbers are up but Russian forces massed to meet them, with plans to outflank Warsaw from multiple directions and outpace Allied moves toward Kielce and Radom, while evacuation of Warsaw would not cripple the Slavs.
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Petrograd
Rapid progress on immigration bill in senate debate
The senate advanced the immigration bill with amendments from the senate committee. An amendment to extend exclusion to legally charged persons was defeated. Debate focused on adding mental or manual to bar importation of laborers under contract, with Senator Walsh arguing against excluding skilled foreign workers.
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Washington
Senate
House
Walsh
Montana
Mighty German Movement Hags Warsaw as Main Point of Attack
German forces push toward Warsaw in a fan shaped attack plan as they converge on the capital of Russian Poland. Dispatch reports the Kaiser's armies coordinating a major offensive with emphasis on Warsaw as the central objective.
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HAG
Warsaw
Kaiser
Russian
Poland
Germans claim to be generally successful
Berlin reports the military situation in the east shows gains for German and Austrian forces. The Lodz victory is called thorough, with expected control of the railway to Warsaw and possible Russian retreat toward Ivangorod. Austrian lines southwest of Piotrkow repelled Russian advances, while west Galicia saw progress and 1,500 prisoners taken.
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London
Athiatic
Great Britain
Poland
France
Paris
Lettl
Berlin
Argonne
East Prussia
Miawa
Warsaw
Lodz
Cracow
Czenstochowa
von Hindenburg
Cvenstochowa
Ivangorod
Piotrkow
Novo- Radomsk
Galicia
German Vatican truce reply conditional on all belligerents
German press bureau reports Pope Benedict proposed a Christmas truce but Germany will accept only if all belligerents agree. Field updates note near contact with Russians in north Poland, continued fighting in Lowicz and south Poland, and a call by Emperor William for sustained war until lasting peace is assured. A Lille field hospital was set on fire by French civilians. Germans rescued wounded including French. Swedish ships reportedly sunk by Russian mines in the Skerries.
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Terlin
Sayville
Germany
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Poland
Miszga
Lowicg
Himperor William
Lille
Skerries
Unclear text crossing Sweden Russia markets and ships
Fragmented OCR mentions a Brazilian bank in Germany and trade with Sweden Russia. References to shipping, markets, police and casualties are garbled and numbers unreadable, with many nonstandard phrases and names unclear.
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Sweden
Russia
Germany
Save England
Worlies
Constantiinople
Save Resstia
Pol and Carpathian Front Reports Inbound War Updates
Vienna reports at 9 p.m. that from Poland yesterday the front remained calm along the line. Night Russian attacks southwest of Novoradak were repulsed and strong west Galicia forces clashed as 16,000 Tiberians were reportedly captured. The Carpathians yield significant retakes of territory as ongoing operations continue.
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Vienna
London
Poland
Novorademak
Galicia
Carpathians
Aerial Bomb Strikes Freiburg Station and Hangars
Paris reports airmen dropped sixteen bombs on Freiburg station and aviation hangars in Baden. Despite heavy cannonade, the attackers returned without injury. Separately in Pretoria, General Beyers body found near Vilage Krall after attempted escape. identification confirmed.
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Paris
Freiburg
Breisgau
Grand Duchy of Baden
Artillery Moves to Naco to Guard Border
Four troop trains carrying twelve cannons and about 500 officers and men of the Sixth artillery head to Naco Arizona to bolster the Ninth and Tenth cavalry amid Mexican border fighting. Clonel E S Greble and camp sites are prepared as Villa and Carranza agents dispute fortifications and potential moves.
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Morning Journal
el Paso
Tex
Sixth Artillery
Naco
Ariz
Fort Bliss
Ninth
Tenth Cavalry
Washington
Maytorena
C. Ramirez
Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Caurranga
Villa
Naeco
Carranza
Hill
Zabaran Capmany
Senera
United States
Robert Pesqueira
Fewer Immigrants Enter Ports as War Cuts Staff
The Labor Department plans to reduce immigration service staff, especially in New York and Boston, due to a drop in arrivals caused by the European war. Officials say Pacific coast immigration remains largely unchanged for now, with no Seattle or San Francisco reductions ordered yet.
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Morning Journal
SPET
Washington
Immigration Service
New York
Boston
Department of Labor
Bureau
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Francisco
Merchant marines and warships urged at naval engineers meeting
In New York the twenty second annual meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers heard calls for strengthening the merchant marine in peace and warships in war. Eugene T. Chamberlain and Stevenson Taylor spoke among others, addressing delegates from across the country.
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New York
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Eugene T. Chamberlain
United States Commissioner of Navigation
Department of Ecommerce
Stevenson Taylor
English Battleships Outnumber German Forces at Sea
Berlin dispatches reveal the German cruiser Nurnberg was sunk after a five hour engagement with British ships under Vice Admiral Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee. Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig were destroyed with no British losses reported. Dresden’s fate remained uncertain as searches continued in the Straits of Magellan.
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Ey Morning Journal
Opectm
London
Nurnberg
Falkland Islands
Dresden
Sir Frederick Deoreton Sturdee
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Sir Frederick Doveton Sturdee
Dresden Cornered in Magellan Straits
Buenos Aires reports the German cruiser Dresden, the sole escapee from Admiral von Spee’s squadron after the battle with Admiral Sturdee’s British fleet, cornered in the Straits of Magellan. The Sturdee division includes the Lion and Indefatigable battle cruisers. details of ships’ dimensions armament and crews are noted.
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Buenos Aires
Dresden
Count von Spee
Frederick Sturdee
Straits of Magellan
Sturdee
Lion
German steamer Luxor docks at Callao with coal cargo
In Callao Peru December 10 the German steamer Luxor of the Cosmos line arrived from Coronel Chile with a small cargo of coal and provisions and was reported to be at the port.
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Callao
Peru
Luxor
Cosmos Line
Coronel
Chile
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Guardians of Public Peace
William Kirby
Weather Forecast
Prophet
Jorning Journal
Erecial Lea
Der
Belgium
Belgrade
Louis Botha
Union of South Africa
Maritz
Botha
Kemp
Africa
Indian Office
Kurna
Persian Gulf
Czar
AY Morning Journal
Therm
Francois
Osterode
Speldau
Mlawa
Clechanow
Przasnys
Vistula
Roshan
Nowa Georgievsk
Mackenzen
Thorn
Lowicz
Hindenburg
Sierad
Lody
Skiernierwice
Kielce
Radom
Leds
Kaiser Willing Portrech
NMAS
Pittwater
Prencte Aventors
Ghrevman
Beyers Pound
Pretoria
Christian Beyers
Vaal
Vilege Krall
Beyers
Atlantic
Admiral von Spee
Pacific
South America
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Lloyds
Magellan Straits
Davenport
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