Allenby Enters Jerusalem as British Win Key Palestine Positions
British commander General Allenby enters Jerusalem and takes direct control of the holy city. He pledges protection of sacred sites as British operations in Palestine continue, with additional Turkish forts captured. In Italy heavy snow aids Austrian German defenses as battles persist on Alpine fronts. Bolsheviki and counter-revolutionaries clash with heavy losses reported at Mohilev and Tamanokva.
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VY Moraing
Kaledines
Bmolsheviki
Mohilev
Tamanokva
Allenby
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy City
Cambrai
Villa Alive? Reports Seek To Quash Death Rumors In Mexico
A Juarez dispatch claims Francisco Villa commanded forces in a train attack at La.guna on December 3 and killed Gen. Eduardo Chavez. A boy who drove Villa wounded officers says Villa removed his hat and urged him to tell Chihuahua City residents Villa is alive. Villa allegedly moved to Cuchillo Parada after the attack, leaving Martin Lopez in the field.
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Juarez
Mex
Francisco Villa
Laguna
Eduardo Chavez
Chihuahua
Villa
Chihuahua City
Cuchillo
Martin Lopez
Coyame
Woman begins ten year term in Colorado pen
Mrs. Louise Olivereau aged 46 arrived at Canyon City Colorado and began serving a ten year federal sentence for interference with the selective draft. She is said to be an I W W member who distributed anti draft pamphlets on registration day June 5.
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OY Morning Journal
Canyon City
Colo
Louise Olivereau
Women's Department of the Penitentiary
Olivereau
Seattle
Rumanians Told How to Get Evacuation Morning
London dispatch reports central powers willing to evacuate and restore Romanian territory if a new dynasty sympathetic to the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs is installed. Bolsheviks are said to be steering republican agitation within the Romanian army.
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Curnal Special
London
Hapsburgs
Manchester Guardian
Petrograd
Oregon Guardsmen Criticism Triggers Camp Mills Report
The Oregon governor criticized Camp Mills treatment of Oregon national guardsmen. The War Department asked the camp’s commanding officer for a routine report, with officials stating no special instructions were issued.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Oregon
Camp Mills
War Department
Department
Weather Forecast for New Mexico From Denver
Denver forecast for New Mexico on Thursday calls for generally fair but cold conditions with a cold wave in the eastern portion. Friday should be mostly fair and warmer in the east.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Local Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ended 6 PM Yesterday
Weather summary reports maximum temperature 69 degrees minimum 12 with a range of 47 degrees. At 6 PM the temperature was 48 degrees with a northwest wind and clear skies.
Two Germans Interned at Fort Bliss
Two German nationals Daniel Wette and John Siebel were interned at Fort Bliss stockade in El Paso Texas after fleeing to Mexico following the war declaration against Germany. They violated the president's proclamation.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Germany
Fort Bliss
Daniel Wette
John Siebel
Caillaux faces grave charges in Paris trial chatter
Paris reports say former Prime Minister Caillaux may be prosecuted for state safety breaches and peace propaganda with three charges tied to wartime actions. General Dubail seeks deputies approval for prosecution amid a cloud of gossip as Caillaux enters the chamber in agitation but claims health and calm.
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Jovanal
Wien
Paris
Dubail
Pari
Chamber of Deputies
Calillaux
France
Cauillaux
M. Caillaux
What America Expects of Us by Captain Tardieu
Captain Andre Tardieu, high commissioner to the United States, argues in Petit Parisien that Americans will aid France but demand discipline in return. He notes Paris pastry shops and wheat limits may prompt restraint, with supplies like tankers for gasoline and fewer pleasure trips. He urges a single allied supreme command and cites Somme as a cautionary example while praising American strategic sense.
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OY Morming Journal
Paris
America
Andre Tardieu
United States
France
Tardieu
Somme
Germans Penetrate 500 Yards in British Trench Line
London reports a German assault at dawn along the elbow between Bullecourt and Queant near Cambrai. Despite heavy bombardment and waves of Bavarian troops, British defenses held to limit gains to about 500 yards with fighting likely continuing after 1:30 pm. Weather remained fine and open warfare continued.
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OY Morning Journal
Pate
Bullecourt
Queant
Germans Pay Dearly for Mass Attack
London December 12 Field Marshal Haig reports the German assault this morning east of Bullecourt was repulsed by the British only at one point. German losses were heavy with many dead left behind on their retreat.
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London
Bullecourt
Field Marshal Haig
Cuba Declares War on Austria-Hungary
Havana shows a Cuban House of Representatives vote to declare a state of war with Austria Hungary after President Menocal urged the move. In New York City the Army Intelligence Bureau takes over the city’s bomb squad and about twenty detectives at War Department request.
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Journal
Opeciat
Gaegd
Havana
House of Representatives
Austria-Hungary
Republic of Cuba
Menoreal
New York
100 Engines Ordered East to Relieve Traffic Congestion
Washington December 12 Western lines were ordered by the railroad war board to send 100 locomotives to the east to aid in relieving traffic congestion.
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Washington
Dee
Western Lines
Railroad War Board
East
Vanderlip Urges War Victory Plans for Small Sums
Great banker calls campaign to secure small sums for buying certificates. He argues financing these purchases will benefit people and help defeat the Kaiser. The message emphasizes wartime finance and public thrift.
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Vanderlip
Negessary
Kaiser
War Savings Campaign Touts Thrift and National Defense
Frank A. Vanderlip, head of the national war savings committee, urged Illinois manufacturers to support a year long war savings drive. He said thrift can shape the country, with each saved dollar freeing money and labor for the government as Congress authorizes a $2.6 billion issue.
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Morning Journal
Chicago
Frank A. Vanderlip
National War Savings Committee
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Vanderlip
Congress
Death Toll in Mont Blanc Explosion Reaches 1226
Halifax Nova Scotia report fixes total dead at 1226 including identified and unidentified bodies with 476 identified by effects 225 unrecognizable 125 missing and 400 others. Committees formed to organize relief as star spangled banner plays and flag raised over St Marys college marking transfer to rescue workers. An inquiry office for refugee information opened with privacy guaranteed.
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OY Morning Journal
Halifax
Halifax Harbor
A. & Barnsted
Scotland
St. Mary's College
New England
Bellevue Hospital
Rhode Island Red Cross
Heuser Interned for Unique Propaganda
Frederick J. Heuser a Yonkers confectioner was arrested and interned on Millis Island as an enemy alien for selling cakes decorated with German colors iron crosses and Prussian helmets and icings representing Teutonic themes in New York December 12.
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New York
Frederick J. Heuser
Yonkers
Millis Island
State executive acts to confiscate lake coal for relief
Governor Cox orders confiscation and redistribution of idle lake coal in Ohio to supply destitute northern cities. He accuses fuel administrator of price manipulation and seeks explanation from President Wilson. Ohio railroads cooperate to move coal for domestic use within the state.
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Columbus
James M. Cox
Northwest
Ohio
Wilson
Cox
H. A. Garfield
F. (. Baird
Lake
Baird
Washington
Federal Fuel Administration
State Fuel Administration
Ohio Railroads
Oxtend
Guadalupe Eve Festivities Mark Yuletide Start in Santa Fe
Santa Fe marked Guadalupe Eve with cannon, fire-works, and large bonfires despite a wood shortage. Today Catholic Masses were held as the Mexican community observed Guadalupe Day with solemnity and festivity signaling a four week Yuletide season.
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Santa Fe
Guadalupe
Heavy December Snow Hits Virginia and Carolinas
One of the heaviest December snowfalls in history blankets Virginia, the Carolinas, and northeast Georgia. Snow depths reach eight to ten inches from mountains to tidewater.
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Richmond
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Mountains
Tidewater
Snyder seeks Republican nomination for U S Senate
Fred M. Snyder president of the University of Minnesota board of regents announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator to succeed Knute Nelson who will retire at the end of his fourth term.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Fred Ll. Snyder
Board of Regents
The
University of Minnesota
United States
Knute Nelson
Montoya Guilty of Failing to Send Children to School
Meliton Montoya pleaded guilty in district court to failing to send his children to school. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs, but the fine was remitted during good behavior.
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Las Vegas
N- M
Meliton Montoya
Montoya
North Carolina Soldier Wins Croix de Guerre at Verdun
Richard Allan Blount son of R E Blount of North Carolina captured, unassisted, thirty Germans during Verdun fighting with the foreign legion. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm for his deed.
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Foreign Legion
Verdun
Richard Allan Blount
R. E. Blount
North Carolina
Disloyalty Charge Forces Bishop's resignation
A committee of Methodist Episcopal bishops recommended the resignation of Bishop Paul Jones of Salt Lake City Utah after charges of disloyalty and anti church activity. Jones said he would abide by the committee's decision and had aided the People's Council of Defense and attended a pacifist meeting in Pasadena California.
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Y Morning Journal
St. Louis
Paul Jones
Salt Lake City
Utah
Jones
Bishop Jones
People’s Council of Defense
Pasadena
Calif
La Follette Burned in Effigy on UW Campus
Madison Wis Dec 12 the effigy of United States Senator Robert M La Follette was burned on the University of Wisconsin campus after a monster mass meeting of students who adopted resolutions pledging loyalty.
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la Follette
Madison
Wis
United States
Robert M. la Follette
University of Wisconsin
Argentina may face early revolution amid unrest and mobilization
Buenos Aires reports 3000 marines mobilized as a precaution for a looming general strike set for January 1. Political observers suspect the move backs the president during a special congressional session addressing the Luxburg case and other issues. Discontent grows as striking Cordoba farm workers burn crops.
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Count von Luxburg
Count Luxbury
Cordoba
Coal Shortage Shuts Down Baltimore Plants on Government Contracts
The Consolidated Gas and Electric company cut off power to Baltimore plants, at least five on government contracts, due to coal shortages. The Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding company halted operations, 500 workers laid off, with a promise to restore power tomorrow if coal supplies are secured.
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Baltimore
M Journal
Consolidated Gas and Electric Company
Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Gas and Electric Compan
Austro-Hungarian Subjects Face Lax War Rules
Washington declares war on Austria-Hungary but spares Austro-Hungarian subjects from broad internment and registration. Unnaturalized Austrians may travel freely within the U S and face restrictions on entry or exit, while German subjects face harsher measures.
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Department of Justice
Austria-Hungary
Congress
Austria
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
United States
Cape States
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M. E. Bishop
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