Hoover reports Belgian relief under way amid famine
London dispatch says Herbert Hoover, head of the American commission for relief in Belgium, has returned from Belgium. He notes distribution of food supplies is progressing, but famine remains desperate. He cites German and Allied positions on imports, and outlines transportation and canal disruptions affecting bread, salt, coal, and communications.
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London
Herbert
Hoover
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
American Commission
United States
Elgium
Poland
Petromrad
Laois
Haa
Almont
Wareawarem
Ingiy
Carpathians
Hungary
Cracow
Butte News Briefs and War Dispatches Summary
War dispatches and state notes headline today in The Standard. Anaconda and Butte items cover local briefs, church notices, and labor news. Destitution reports from Labrador and mining market updates appear among scattered items.
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Sandman
Goldberg
Labrador
Butte
War news from Poland and western front reports
Long dispatches discuss the Polish battle, German moves toward Krakow, and allied responses. It notes heavy losses north of the Vistula and Warta, indicates no clear frontline gains, and mentions British, French, and Italian political stances as tensions rise.
General De Wet in Shadow of Gallows
Reuters from Johannesburg reports Gen Christian De Wet, pale and calm, smoking his pipe as soldiers guard him in custody in London. He may face a court martial for treason with discussions hinting some factions favor execution, while others oppose swift hanging.
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DE Wet
London
Johannesburg
Reuter
Christian de Wet
Indiana Officials Face Serious Indictments in 1913 Legislature
Indianapolis December 4 Lieut. Gov William P O Neill Homer L Niblack and other patronage committee members of the 1913 legislature were indicted by the Marion County grand jury Thirty four counts allege false claims and illegal payments from legislative funds Doorkeepers clerks and stenographers are named as recipients of the funds Keegan Sands Harlan Niblack Stelthorn and others are identified as indicted officials with liberty on recognizance. indictments cover payments for excess wages and more employees than allowed by law.
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Indianapolis
William P. O'Neill
Homer L. Cook
Marion County Grand Jury
Mason J. Niblack
Vincennes
Levi P. Harlan
State Senate
Douglas Bolser
Newcastle
Keegan
Senate
Paul C. Hill
Greencastle
House
Wade H. Free
Anderson
George C. Stellehorn
Stelthorn
Sands Harlan
Niblack
Detectives Indicted Writer of Poetry in Chicago Case
Chicago dec 4 C P Bertache ward politician and longtime figure in the underworld testified before a grand jury linking police and criminals in the clairvoyant ring. James Ryan also testified, corroborating Frank Ryan's confession. Hoyne said nine true bills will be sent to the grand jury for action, amid denials by Halpin and Tobin. Bertache described payoffs and a monopoly scheme, with further investigations into police connections and future prosecutions planned.
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Chicago
C. P
Ilarney
Bertacha
Frank Ryan
Clatevoyant
Grand Jury
James Ryan
Ctive
Alamat
Buean
Maclay Hoyne
Mate
Hoyne
Ertache
Hope L. McKilowney
Lat Crowe
Wis
Police Department
James Monaghan
William Haan
Berteche
Nathan Spira
Nerte
John J. Halepin
Detective Bureau
John Tobin
Elair
Fraspin
Tobin
Faureau
Bertache
Eald
Rosenthal
Halpin
Egan
Kind
McEliswney
Zollee
Woods
New York
Myers Confers Over Copper Shipments to Europe
Senator Myers met with the state department to press copper shipment rights to neutral Europe. Officials said Britain has not yet replied, but Myers hopes Britain will view American copper exports more favorably amid war tensions. Rivers urged the issue’s importance to Montana and other copper states, warning of mine closures and job losses if the European market collapses.
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Standard
Washington
Myers
State Department
Europe
Great Britain
Senator Rivers
London Foreign
Girl Sells Hair to Pay Room Rent in Chicago
In Chicago Dee a 22 year old woman Mary Simpeon told how she cut off her hair to pay rent after losing a $180 weekly office clerk job two weeks earlier. She described subsisting on a pint of cream daily and street hardship while seeking new work at a Chicago Women’s Club employment bureau.
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Chicago
Dee
Emergency Employment Bureau
Womas
Namie Mary Simpeon
Buck
Pityacm Street
Eeven Alles
Violent storm hits Norway southern coast
A violent storm grips Norway's southern coast with water rising several feet in Christiania harbor, small craft breaking from moorings, Wylands wharf submerged, and warehouses damaged. About fifty motor boats wrecked, the Allan steamer India ashore at Larvik, sixty miles southwest of Christiania.
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Norway
Christiana “Harbor
Wylands
Nin
Thord
Allan Steamer India
Larvik
Christian
Alsace Front Sees French Move Against German Forces
Geneva reports a three day trend of French momentum in Alsace opposing German Landwehr units with activity extending into Lorraine. Burnhaupt near Than saw rail lines cut as Vosges snow blankets the high ground, while trenches yield severe cold hardship for troops in Alsace.
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Geneva
Paris
Alsace
Landwehr
Lorraine
Burnhaupt
Than
Vosges
Tete de Faux
Col du Bonhomme
German Casualty List Shows Heavy Bavarian Losses
London December 5 A Times dispatch summarizes the latest German casualty list noting Bavarian losses are heavy with more than 600 casualties in a single regiment of 3,000 in Flanders. The report adds totals of 18,721 officers and 668,488 other casualties including prior lists from Württemberg Saxony and Bavaria. It also cites an Alpine Austrian German daily trend of about 99,000 men lost in four months.
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London
Aiso
Times
Copentase
Omeers
Flanders
Italian Chamber Debates Neutrality Amid War Talks
The chamber of deputies heard speeches from two socialists and two republicans opposing Austro German policy. They discussed Premier Solandra's call for watchful armed neutrality, with further debate and a government confidence vote set for tomorrow. Reports from Paris stated no notable front incidents and claimed prisoners taken in the northern sector.
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Zealand
Egypt
Emden
Sydney
Salandra
Italy
Sym
Romie
Free
Iccasion
Chamber of Deputies
Social Fet
Solandra
Paris
Wee
Lynching of Pre HTENED Women in Florence South Carolina
A mob near Seward, South Carolina forcibly removed and lynched a Black man named Green after he frightened several women left home. The incident occurred around 4 am and was witnessed by officers. Government financial measures to raise revenue by 50 million francs are noted, along with chartering five steamers to transport wheat from Argentina.
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Florence
Green
Tay
Seward
S.C
Ikome
Wee
Argentina
Call for Blackmail Case Ties to Chicago Transit
Colonel Charles Vletander, a famed clubman, was arrested on a Chicago warrant charging violation of the Mann White Mave act. Prosecutors allege he transported Miss Jessie F Cope of Los Angeles to Chicago in February 190. Henry W Hayes, counsel, argues the case stems from an attempted blackmail that failed and led to this action.
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Chicago
Dec
Charles Alex Ander
Providence
Charles F. Clyne
Mies Jesale Cope
Los Argeles
Cal
Los Angeles
Alexander
Alexander Bros
Provadence
Federated Steel Company Land & Man
Clyne
Alexander Ie
Clubman
Daughe
Railroad workers press profit sharing and wage reform
Chicago reports intense debate among western railroad engineers and firemen over profit sharing and wage rules. William Carter champions sharing profits based on locomotive weight while rail owners argue wage standards must align with regulated hauls and overtime rules.
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Chicago
Wiliam Carter
Brotherhood of Loomotive Firemen
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