Armour and Prince move to control Junction Railways
Testimony shows Armour & Co. and F H Prince used tactics to gain control of the Junction Railways and St Paul yards. Frederick W. Croll testifies Armour has no interest in Kansas City yards while Swift & Co. held early stakes in St Paul. Letters reveal plans to list guarantee stock and depress value to attract small holders.
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Chicago
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Boston
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Bloody conflicts in Russia and shipyard bustle headline
In today’s reports, Russia sees ongoing bloodshed while Italians push back Teutons. Hurley plans shipbuilding as Argentinians push for war. Hard work seeks owners amid bomb-plot suspicions. German food agents found as soldiers lose turkeys and supplies head to Finland. Bread arrives. Red Cross campaigns run a 3 page advert. Sugar slows. J Harvey Jackson seeks funds. Butte building work continues with horoscope and church notices. Geneva and state news noted alongside war department investigations and a local high school play honor.
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Geneva News
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Crowd Demands Break With Germany After Telegram Release
Buenos Aires reports heavy red patrols dispersing crowds shouting Death to President Irigoyen and Long live the republic. German property and the La Union office are guarded as Congress faces new demands for severing ties with Germany following Count von Luxburg telegrams.
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Government explanations clash with known facts in Luxburg affair
Buenos Aires reports La Patria Degli Italiani questions official telegram notes on Count von Luxburg. It cites Germany’s and Argentina’s actions since August, including halted Argentine ship sailings and diplomatic shifts with Spain and Japan, suggesting contradictions between statements and events.
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Oday
Mayor Mitchel Sued for Four Hundred Thousand
In New York on December 21, Wil Ian Bullock, director of the city inquiry, filed suit against Mayor John P. Mitchel demanding $400,000. The complaint cites 40 alleged libelous statements, each seeking $10,000, printed in New York newspapers during the recent mayoral campaign as Mitchel answered Bullock’s criticism of municipal policies.
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Hurley Declares Responsibility for Shipbuilding Efforts
Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Board testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee, asserting ultimate responsibility for shipbuilding success or failure. He credits organizational changes and new yards with enabling production and details past frictions between board leaders and Goethals.
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Fleet Corporation
William Denman
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Navy
Council of National Defense
Soldiers in France miss turkeys and cranberries for Christmas dinner
The Associated Press reports from France that most of the American Expeditionary Force will miss the anticipated Christmas meal. A U boat attack forced the cranberry cargo to turn back and late shipments of turkeys could not arrive in time. Supplies rely on substitutes as soldiers expect a traditional holiday feast.
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France
Turkey
United States
Pake
Starving Finland to Receive Ten Shipping Condiments of Food
Permission for about 40 000 tons of corn and oats to Finland via Sweden was granted by the food administration and the war trade board as famine grinds the Finnish people. Dr Kaarle Ignatius said ten ships would suffice to move the cargoes quickly and prot ect against German exploitation.
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Finland
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War Trade Board
Germany
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Ignatius
Russia
United Stat
Italians Hold Ground Against Teutons at Mount Asolont
Italian defenders regain much of the ground lost on Mount Asolont as fierce fighting continues. Merog forces stand firm while counterattacks slow German advances.
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Meroig
Mount Asolont
Huns Repulsed After Attack Along West Front
Bertin admits claims of German progress are false as quiet holds on other fronts. Heavy artillery fire continues in several sectors on the west front with no major gains reported.
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Bertin
Italians Move to Offense on Northern Front Amid Clashes
Allied dispatches report Italian forces along the northern line between the Hirenta and Piave have shifted from defense to offense. They claim gains near Monte Asolone and Monte Pertica while German reports admit Italians attacked but claim limited success. Western fronts show limited activity with Verdun quiet except for minor operations. In Russia, Bolshevik mediation falters as Ukraine and Kaledin factions seek terms, Brest-Litovsk talks edge toward a conference with German and Austro Hungarian ministers.
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Monte Asoione
Monte Asolone
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Monte Pertica
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Monte Axsolone
France
Belegium
Rada
Rade Hut
Ukraine
Vassar Student Ends Life in Front of Train
Chicago report recounts 21 year old Elizabeth Schumacher daughter of Bowen W Schumacher Chicago attorney ending her life by stepping in front of a fast Chicago Northwestern train near Highland Park. She was a Vassar College sophomore with two years of study and left a note for her mother explaining her death.
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Elizabeth Schumacher
Bowen W. Schumacher
Highland Park
Chicago & Northwestern
Professor Panzer Found Dead in Stanford Home
Earnest William Panzer assistant professor of applied physics at Stanford University was found dead at his Palo Alto home from a gunshot wound. A shotgun lay beside him. Panzer, of German extraction, had previously expressed favorable views toward Germany before the United States entered World War I. His wife said he had been consoling over defeats of the Central Powers.
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Germany
Weather notes show warmer spell ahead this Sunday
The forecast indicates a generally warmer period with largely fair skies for Sunday. Clear conditions and mild temperatures are expected to persist through the day with light winds.
Bloody conflicts erupt across Russia in new uprisings
London dispatch reports the rada in the Ukraine remains firm against Bolshevik demands and may align with General Kalinin's Cossack alliance. Odessa reportedly sides with the Ukrainian cause as Rostov-on-Don falls after six days of combat. Red Guards suffer heavy losses while Bolshevik leaders flee. Cossacks quick to strike at Red Guards and a cruiser Kolkvida is destroyed. Fighting also continues in Nakhitchevan province.
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Rostov-on-Don
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Holsheviki
Odessa
Cosacks
Kolkvida
Nakhitchevan
Sevon
German Food Agent Arrested in New York Case
Government reports Gustave A. Meyers, a pur chasing agent, was arrested as an alien enemy in New York. Authorities allege he communicated with Germany and handled goods valued at large sums, as part of a food traffic scheme aiding German interests tonight.
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Gustave A. Meyers
Skents
Germany
Axo
Mob Attacks German After Marshal Murder in Missouri
Malden Missouri December 21. Marshal R. St. Clair is dead after clashing with La H Wissman of Havand LiL during a demonstration over alleged disloyal remarks. Wissman was captured but fatally shot by a crowd while jailed. Coroner Harrison reported the German-born 39 year old Wissman died and the case crossed to Kennett Missouri.
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St. Clair
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Havan Lil
Wissman
Red Cro
Wiseman
Harrison
Kennett
Sugar inquiry stalls as Rolph defends price control
Washington wire reports tense hearings in the senate sugar investigation. Senator Kenyon protests the scope of the inquiry while George M. Rolph, head of the food administration sugar division, defends government actions and claims public service in keeping prices down. Hoover is slated to testify as beet sugar growers are expected to appear.
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American Sugar Refining Company
Federal Sugar Refining Company
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Kenyon
Reed
George M. Rolph
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Food Administration
American Sugar Re-nning’ Company
Rolph
Hoover
Ralph
Mr. Hoos Ver
Suspect Alien in Hazardous-Device Plot in New York
A man claiming to be Charles ig, 52, from Richmond Hill, was arrested in New York in a case tied to incendiary device plots against sugar and munition ships and waterfront fires. He appears connected to a German agent network and Schimmel’s office, with mentions of Von Rintelen and Otto Wolpert, amid prior arrests for conspiracy to destroy ports.
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New York
Charles Ig
Richmo! Hill
Frans von Rintelen
Felina
Germany
Mexico
Schimmel
Paris Engineers Praise during World War I Chamber Address
A disrupted clipping recalls a letter from General Sey to American leaders praising Canadian railway engineers in Cambrai. It notes their dawn tunneling and frontline bravery as they faced capture risks, with remarks about courage and resolve in France.
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Joe
America
Cambell
Seory
To. Wiens
Chamber
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Yg “Tam
Sey
France
Galehi
Michigan Industry Asked to Suspend Operations
Washington reports fuel shortages in Michigan pushing Administrator W. K. to order a shutdown of nonessential industrial plants from midnight tonight until midnight December 29. War munitions factories may continue operating.
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