Gale wrecks six masted schooner and ships in Boston harbor
A six masted schooner Alice M. Lawrence lies ashore on Tuckernuck Shoal and Lightship No. 85 drifts after breaking anchor chains. Boston port traffic nearly halts as 50 to 60 mph winds lash the coast. An unidentified warship runs aground off Ocean City as crews seek aid amid heavy seas.
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Alice M. Lawrence
Tuckernuck Shoal
Nantucket Shoal
Boston
Boston Light
Chatham
Life saving observers monitor wrecked warship in gale
Observers at the life saving station report no message has been sent from the warship though seas are high and its position is dangerous. Glasses will stay trained on the vessel all night and lifeboat attempts will follow if its condition worsens. Naval officials in Washington fear the craft may be the destroyers Terry or Perkins existing amid wreck reports.
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Ocean City
North Beach
Navy Yard
Norfolk
Tiasca
Hampton Roads
Washington
Terry
Perkins
Moon Phases and celestial notes with historic anniversaries
Moon's phases Dec 10 last quarter Dec 16 new moon Dec 16 first quarter Dec 24. 41st day of year, 14 days before winter, 17 days before Christmas. Evening star Jupiter in southwest. Morning stars Venus and Saturn. Auto lamps at 4 42 and other vehicles at 5 12. Washingtons last address to Congress 1796. Prairie Grove Battle 1862. Marshal Ney shot 1815.
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Jupiter
Venus
Saturn
Washington
Congress
Battle of
Prairie Grove
Ark
Marshal Ney
Napoleon
Taris
Boston Weather Outlook
Rain or snow expected in Boston and surrounding area Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures indicate little change with strong northeast winds likely.
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Boston
Washington
New England
New York
Ensign Convicted of Thefts in Naval Court Martial
Earl W. Robinson an ensign on the battleship New Jersey now at Charlestown navy yard was found guilty by a naval court martial of larceny and must serve five years in Concord New Hampshire State prison. He is the first officer convicted of theft in U S navy history. The finding came from the trial board with Captain R E Coontz presiding and Lieutenant Walter E Woolson as judge advocate.
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Earl W. Robinson
New Jersey
Charlestown Navy Yard
Concord
N. H. Robinson
Robinson
Charlestown Yard
R. E. Coontz
U. S. S. Georgia
Walter E. Woolson
Officer's Theft Conviction Shocks Naval Circles
North Dakota born officer Robinson faced charges after a 1913 New Jersey ship theft. Exonerated in 1914, later accused in Mexican waters, he resigned, was arrested aboard the Tacoma, later tried aboard the New Jersey, pleaded guilty to all but one theft, with loot traced to gifts and funds found in a banker’s account in his home state.
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North Dakota
Annapolis
Macomber
Robinson
Miss Loeffler
Washington
New Jersey
Department
Robert Burns
Burns Detective Bureau
U.S. S. Tacoma
Tacoma
Burns
Tampico
Mexico
Charlestown Naval Prison
Dr. George D. Bullock Dies in Weymouth on Birthday
Dr. George D. Bullock physician prominent in the region died at his Weymouth home on his 55th birthday. A Jefferson Medical College graduate, he belonged to several medical societies and is survived by his widow and one daughter.
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East Weymouth
George D. Bullock
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Mayor Curley Explains Nine Months of City Finances
After dinner a detailed demonstration on municipal finances unfolds with Mayor Curley showing a nine month history at the table. Attendees include Bill Kearns Johnnie Beck and Con Reardon while Norman questions the Mayor to expose past schemes.
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Mike
Jim” Curley
Bill” Kearns
Schoolhouse Commission
Johnnie” Beck
Con” Reardon
Norman
City interview with mayor in room 11 discussed by contractors
An interview with the city mayor occurred in room 11 one floor above the main boom room where contractors and politicians waited for the chief executive. The report continues on Page 12-Fourth Col.
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George
Sergeant Robertson Buried in Cambridge
Members of both white and colored races joined yesterday afternoon in paying tribute to the memory of Sergeant T Arthur Robertson retired of the Cambridge police. His funeral services were held in St Bartholomew's Church Cambridge. Robertson retired a month ago after 20 years of service and was the only colored member of the Cambridge police force.
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T. Arthur Robertson
Cambridge Police Department
St. Bartholomew's Church
Cambridge
Robertson
Governor's Council to Decide on Cooper Death Sentence
An on site investigation by Lieutenant-Governor Barry at the State prison into the case of Daniel J. Cooper, slated for execution tomorrow for the murder of Albert Braddish, is believed to presage a commutation by the Governor's Council today.
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Barry
Daniel J. Cooper
Albert Braddish
140 000 Irishmen in Army
At Tuam John E. Redmond, Irish Nationalist leader, cites official data showing 89 000 Irishmen served with the crown forces by November 30, including those already in the army or who joined as reservists or recruits, despite emigration thinning the population.
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London
Tuam
Ireland
John E. Redmond
Irish Nationalist Party
Crown
Lieutenant Governor questions Cooper case at prison
The lieutenant governor arrived at 5 and spent an hour and a half questioning Warden Allen Reverend Whitney Cooper’s adviser and other staff who handled Cooper in the death cell. He ordered a report to the State House and likely to Governor Walsh, with prison officials’ testimony backing the effort to save Cooper. Officials declined to comment, but move seen as favorable to Cooper.
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Allen
Whitney
Cooper
State House
Walsh
Irish recruitment counts and positions on home rule
Mr Redmond cited figures of Irish troops in British forces and empire contingents totaling around 130 000 to 140 000. He said Catholics made up 52 000 of 89 000 in the home army and noted Ulster and Nationalist volunteers from Belfast. He argued separatists and radicals would fade after Home Rule is achieved.
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Great Britain
New Zealand
Redmond
Home Army
Ulster Volunteers
Belfast
England
Ireland
Father John’s Medicine Advertisement Endorsed
Mrs. Theo Dupie of 7 Mill Street Troy New York reports her children were cured of bronchitis by Father John’s Medicine in this advertisement.
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John
Theo. Dupie
Mill St
Troy, N. Y
Evidence in Dr Dudley Trial Today
A defendant in the murder trial of Mildred Sullivan faces evidence presented today. The trial centers on the alleged involvement of one or more medical professionals in the death and the case continues with courtroom testimony and exhibits.
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Mildred Sullivan
Maine’s sensational murder trial opens in Houlton
Maine’s most shocking case unfolds as Dr. Lionel E. Dudley faces a Supreme Judicial Court trial over the slaying of 17 year old Mildred Sullivan of Houlton. The jury is picked and ready for the presentation of evidence tomorrow.
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Houlton
Maine
Supreme Judicial Court
Lionel E. Dudley
Presque Isle
Mildred Sullivan
County Attorney to recount girl's life and murder tale
The county attorney plans a detailed life history of the murdered girl from birth to Sept 3 or 4, then narrate thePresque Isle case for an illegal operation. He will describe the fright, the drugs used, the burial, the alarm, discovery, and arrests. Witnesses include Burleigh, Tompkins, and medical examiners Whittier Jackson Boone.
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Pelletier House
Presque Isle
Scott Wilson
Peter M. Burleigh
Perley Tompkins
S. W. Boone
Frank M. Whittier
Continued on Page 2 Sixth Column Smoke Imported Bock Paneteras
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Ostend in Flames Reported After Front Bombardment
A Dunkirk despatch to the Daily Chronicle says Ostend is on fire. It is believed the blaze was started by either a British bombardment or German incendiaries. British and French artillery on the Western Front silenced German guns in coordinated action. The report notes Ostend burning amid the ongoing siege and turmoil.
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Maryland
Western Front
London
Daily Chronicle
Dunkirk
Ostend
Germans Take Lodz in Major Polish War Move Toward Warsaw
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s army seized Lodz about 50 miles from Warsaw signaling a shift in the third great battle in Russian Poland. Other fronts show Austrians repulsing Russians in Beskia Stelberg and Servians netting officers and men, with allied artillery targeting a German field fort near Dixmude to Ypres.
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Lodz
Warsaw
Berlin
Carpathians
Beskia Stelberg
Vienna
Nish
Belgium
Dixmude
Ypres
Paris
Varennes
Vernelles
Bethune
Caucasus
Sarai-Koi
Bashkal
Turkey
Asia
Dilman
Khoi
Petrograd
Firth of Forth
Scotland
London
von Hindenberg
Lowicz
Kalisz
Pilica
Rabbits and Bear Rampage Stuns City Crowd
A wild circus bear named Pop escaped his cage in the Park and Pollard Company animal store at Canal and Merrimac streets. For two hours the big black bear rampaged through the shop, upsetting cages and drawing crowds that watched with a mix of fear and fascination as dogs and poultry joined the chaos.
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Park & Pollard Company
Canal and
Merrimac
Bear Captured After Nighttime Break-In at Local Store
The store, closed Sunday, faced a fearsome intruder as Edward O. Braxton, manager from Medford, was finally summoned. Braxton tackled the bear, used a whip to herd it back into its window cage, after the creature charged a Post photographer.
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Edward O. Braxton
Medford
Pop
Braxton
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