Destroyer Jacob Jones torpedoed on patrol duty
Washington reports survivors from the destroyer Jacob Jones sunk by a German submarine in a war zone. Lieut. Commander David Worth Bagley and Lieut. Norman Scott were among the rescued with 37 previously saved. The loss is described as the navy’s greatest to date, with survivors taking to motorboats and life rafts as Hulls sank.
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Washington
David Worth Bagley
Norman Scott
Jacob Jones
Navy Department
Sims
Harry R. Hood
Admiral Sims
Bagley
Belly Islands
John Kk. Richards
Nelson N. Gates
L. Adamkiewicz
Charles B. Pierce
Timothy Edward Twomey
John C. Johnson
Henry A. Stutzke
Edward F. Grady
Freman
John J. Mulvaney
Myron Flood
Chauncey
Walter KE. Teno
Jones
Daniels
Commander Bagley
Ensign Worth Bagley
Spain
Winslow
Cardenas
Cuba
Navy
Orama
Ree
Snior
Halifax Death Toll and War News Highlight Anaconda Page
The edition lists estimates of deaths in Halifax and reports on wartime actions including a destroyer torpedoed and torture prisoners. It also features diverse items from divorces to safety campaigns, high school play, and a parade of advertisements and society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Yaquis
Anaconda News
Knights of Columbus
Butts
Sullivan
Ore value in Homestake mine tied to Cardoner sale fraud suit
In Coeur d Alene Idaho on December 8 1916 W Earl Greenough testified in a U S district court suit filed by Mrs Mathilda Cardoner to rescind her sale of a one sixteenth interest in the Homestake mine for 270000 alleging fraud by Henry Allen and Dugene R Day. The ore was valued at 10750900 as of Oct 28 1916 and testimony wrapped up with the Day family members denying active involvement or knowledge of negotiations.
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Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Homestake
Mathilda Cardoner
Husene R. Day
W. Earl Greenough
Marsh
United States District Court
Henry Allen
Dugene R. Day
Hercules
Cardoner
Manda Jerome J. Day
Harry L. Day
Ecuador Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Germany
Guayaquil reports Ecuador has severed diplomatic relations with Germany per an official government announcement dated December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Germany
Red Cross rushes medical staff to Halifax disaster scene
One hundred surgeons and more than 160 nurses are mobilized by the American Red Cross in Halifax. Arrivals come by special trains from Providence and other cities while supplies from New York Boston and Maine flow in. Maine Maine materials and a Boston steamer carry glass putty blankets and 20 000 blankets plus 26 glaziers.
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American Red Cross
Halifax
Providence
R. Ty
New York
Boston
Maine
Milliken
Public Safety Commission of
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Wisconsin officer indicted for disloyalty in espionage case
A federal grand jury indicted Assistant Secretary of State Lewis B. Nagler on charges of uttering disloyal statements. The indictment cites his alleged remarks that he opposed private grafts and did not believe in the Red Cross or the M C A. He faces penalties under a section of the espionage law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madigan
Wis
Federal Grand Jury
Lewis B. Nagler
Nagler
Austrians in U S Face Possible Internment Revisions
Washington officials discussed loosening or adjusting alien enemy regulations for Austrian subjects in the United States. The changes may create exemptions for some groups while maintaining overall wartime controls, as about one million naturalized and five hundred thousand Germans and Austrians live in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dec
United States
Department of Justice
Austria
Five Americans Tortured and Slain in Mexican Raid
Five American workers were captured near Esperanza about 70 miles south of Guaymas Sonora and were tortured before being shot. Among the victims were Fred Hahn George Henry and two unnamed men. Reports say Yaqui uprisings prompted action, with details reaching Nogales tonight via an American mining man.
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Nogales
Ariz
Esperanza
Guaymas
Sonora
Kien
Fred Hahn
George Henry
Calles
Guay
Not a Shot on Russian Front Ends War
Fragmentary war bulletin notes ceasefire signed at noon ending hostilities. The line appears to announce the cessation of fighting and a peace milestone affecting Petrograd and the Black Sea region.
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Petrograd
Bega
Black Sea
Snow and Cold Rise as Crop Benefit Across Midwest
A weather expert says recent snow and freezing temperatures benefit crops across the northern Midwest by insulating wheat and moistening soil. The storm's loss toll includes seven dead when a dredge sank in Lake Michigan near Chicago. Temperatures dropped to 26 degrees below zero in Williston N D with deep cold across Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri and the Texas Panhandle reported as far as the zero line on maps. Rain and snow extended from Eastern Texas to the Great Lakes. fuel shortages were not reported.
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W,op
Middle West
Snow
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Williton
N. D
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Town
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Texas
Great Lakes
Weather forecast for Sunday and Monday
Data shows Mor e weather forecast for Sunday and Monday with snow on Sunday and colder conditions expected Sunday into Monday.
Engineering Students Exempt From Draft Under New Policy
Washington reports engineering students receive exemption from the selective draft act under prescribed conditions after a conference among Secretary Baker Provost Crowder and engineering officials. They gain preferred classification to finish courses and may be recalled as engineer reserve if needed.
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Washington
Dec
War Department
Baker
Crowder
Rece
Council of the American Society Ofgineers
Fort Smith Strike Halts City Lights As Labor Walks Out
Fort Smith Arkansas logs a citywide transport and utility walkout after 7 pm as unionized street car workers strike in solidarity. Telephone girls join the action though barbers and some clerks remain idle until later. Local papers publish Sunday editions before printers join the stoppage.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Port Smith
W. D. Mahon
Tocal
President praises action of Western Lumbermen
Spokane telegram quotes Woodrow Wilson praising the Western Pine Manufacturers association for adopting an eight hour day in the Inland Empire lumber industry and forming an association for labor efficiency with 16 large manufacturers joining. Secretary Wilson calls it the first ray of light in the national labor unrest. The plan includes an employing manager expert to head the effort.
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Spokane
Dec
Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Woodrow Wilson
Rotary of Labor
Willam B. Wilson
Seattle
Lumber Association
Inland Empire
Wilson
Association For Labor Efficiency
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Idaho
Halifax Death Toll Estimate Rough Four Thousand
Halifax Nova Scotia. Officials report four thousand dead from the Mont Mano wreck and harbor fire. Morgue authorities say about 1,000 bodies recovered, with 400 identified. many victims likely unaccounted as entire neighborhoods vanished. Relief efforts organized by American and Canadian officials and volunteers aid 20,000 destitute residents with shelter food and clothing.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Timate
Mont Mane
Hhis
Imo
Relief Efforts Expand as Halifax Mobilizes For Living Needs
Halifax directs attention to the living after a devastating blast. Relief units organize under federal provincial Red Cross and volunteers with Massachusetts aid trains arriving. 20 000 people are destitute and injuries are often fatal. Street cars and water systems suffer while the search for bodies continues amid wreckage and somber morgues. Lola Burns survived on her knees praying as the city grinds through recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bary
Richmond
Henneberry
Sixty Third Battalion
Tig
Sam
Devastated Halifax After Mont Blanc Blast
A Halifax correspondent describes the Richmond district wreckage after the Mont Blanc explosion. Three foot deep snow covers ruined streets as fires burn and hundreds perish, with collapsed houses, mangled bodies, and shattered church buildings among the scorched remains.
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Halifax
Associated Press
Isidlum
France
Richmond
Mont Blanc
Ima
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Tacob Jones
Scott
Clarence McBride
Syracuse
N.Y
Ben Nunnery
Bagmoor
Lawrence G. Kelly
Joseph —_Korzeniecky
Suvive
Russia
Hastorial
S—Potash
Perlmutter
Tuolumne
Empey
Fisk Expedition
Bingville Bugle
RED Cross
Halipax
Weather Forecast
Fort Smith, Ark
Deral
Uniteds
Mme
Bue
Pisa
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