Harvard Banquet Praises Coach Haughton and Starters
Harvard graduates honor coach Percy D. Haughton at a banquet amid praise for the 1914 team. Captain Charles Brickley presents a silver punch bowl inscribed to Haughton, while cheers highlight players like Jeff Coolidge and Wally Trumbull. Dean Briggs recalls the Yale game and underscores Harvard’s 99.5 percent pure Harvard spirit.
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Charles Brickley
Mr. Haughton
Michigan
Princeton
Yale
Percy PD. Haughton
Harvard
Bob’’ Storer
Malcolm Lang
Tipperary
Jeff Coolidge
New Haven
Cambridge
Dean Briggs
Tit
Hardwick
Teuton
Elis
Hugo Francke
Hinkey
Eli
New York
Colgate
Harvard Honors Yale Game Heroes at Banquet
Harvard celebrates the Yale game with Coach Brickley praising the Haughton system and Edldie Mahan as a top player. Dean Briggs and Trumbull laud leadership while Professor Chang Loy Soong shares humorous impressions of China’s view. Harvard Club awards include medals and gold footballs to players and staff.
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Harvard
New York
New Haven
Dean Briggs
Storer
Brickley
Dean
Briggs
Haughton
Yale
Princeton
Edldie Mahan
Trumbull
Chang Loy Soong
Imperial University of China
China
R. B. Benchley
Frank Hinkey
Mahan
Harvard Club
Boston
R. W P. Brown
T. J. Campbell
J. Lt. Knox
R. T. Fisher
Leo Leary
Herbert H. White
Jed W. Moore
Dr. Nichols
Lothrop Withington
Richard Wigglesworth
J. W. Varney
W. Blanchard
H. M. Atkinson
W. J. Underwood
I. G. Swigert
F. B. Withington
C. A. Coollidge
R. S. C. King
M. Weston
Hugo Francke
S. B. Pennock
F. J. Bradlee
W. H. Trumbuill
C. EF. Brickley
BE. W. Mahan
H. R. Hardwick
M. J. Logan
T. J. Coolidge
K. B. G. Parson
D. J. Wallace
H. St. J. Smith
D. C. Watson
J. J. Bigelow
R. C. Curtis
G. A. McKinlock
A. J. Weatherhead
J. W. Soucy
T. KK. Richards
Austrian War Office Updates From Vienna and Amsterdam
The Austrian army headquarters reports no new material events in the southern war theatre Servia as regrouping proceeds without heavy battles. In the Carpathians operations unfold as planned with rear guard actions repelled. Galicia shows no decision as Przemysl remains surrounded but not attacked and sorties keep the front peaceful. Quiet conditions persist along the Polish front.
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Vienna
Jeandon
Servia
Amsterdam
London
Carpathians
Galicia
Przemysl
Poland
Richard V. Canfield Dead Pioneer of Gambling and Art
Richard V. Canfield longtime gambler and art connoisseur died at his home 506 Madison Avenue from a skull fracture after a fall on stairs at the Fourteenth Street subway station. He built wealth running gambling houses at Saratoga and in New York and was known for friendships among collectors and artists.
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New York
Richard V. Canfield
Saratoga
Madison Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Canfield
Prince of Gamblers Richard Canfield Dies at 56
Richard Canfield once famed as the Prince of Gamblers and owner of premier New York gambling resorts died at 56. Born in New England of Scottish Presbyterian stock he rose from clerk to millionaire through gambling ventures and the Canfield solitaire game. He built the Forty-fourth Street and Saratoga Springs houses and competed with Monaco in Europe, amassing heavy winnings on Wall Street and at Monte Carlo.
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Richard Canfield
America
New England
Harvard
Cambridge
Canfield
Forty-fourth Street
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
New York
Wall Street
Monte Caro
Europe
Prince of
Tri. BRIDE By Katharine Tynan in the Windsor
A poem where a bride vows devotion and courage as she wears a red rose and awaits her lover going to war. The speaker declares unending fidelity and happiness in love despite leave taking and danger. Her mother and father grieve, yet she claims to remain steadfast and joyful.
Russia Rejects Christmas Truce in World War I News
Berlin reports Russia refused Pope Benedict's Christmas truce proposal. Germany had earlier said it would accept if all belligerents agreed, while Russia stood firm against a holiday pause in fighting.
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Berlin
Sayville
S. I
Pope Benedict
Russia
Germany
Carnegie opposes Christmas truce in European war
Andrew Carnegie, a White House caller, voiced strong opposition to a Christmas holiday truce in the European war. He said it would be unchristianlike and immoral to stop fighting and then resume it, and doubted any nation would act sincerely if it did.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
White House
British squadron reports Valkland battle losses
Vice-Admiral Sturdee reports seven British sailors killed and four wounded in the battle off the Valkland Islands where Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig were sunk. No officers were killed or wounded.
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London
Secretary of the Admiralty
Sturdee
Valkland Islands
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Autos Smash in Newton Crash Heavily Damages Limousine
In a dramatic collision at a known danger point on Commonwealth Avenue and Grant Street Newton Centre Alden Speare and Fuller driver collided as the Fuller limousine descended Grant Avenue. The crash left both cars wrecked yet all occupants survived with serious injuries to Mrs Alice Locket and Miss Betty Locket while Miss Ellen Anderson and the chauffeur escaped with minor hurts. Fire brigades and neighbors aided the injured and transported them to Newton Hospital where Miss Locket sustained a head wound. The lights of both cars remained burning despite the destruction.
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Alice Locket
Commonwealth Avenue
Allston
Fuller
Betty Locket
Ellen S. Anderson
Richards Avenue
Roslindale
Fullers
Newton Hospital
Alden Speare
Crystal Street
Newton Centre
Daniel H. Carr
Brookline
Furlier
Miss Anderson
Grant Avenue
Commonwealth
Speare
E. E. Blodgett
Temple Street
Newton
Miss Locket
Iuller
France enrolls 400000 youths in 1915 army camps
Four hundred thousand youths aged 19 and 20, forming the class of 1915, began training in military camps across France as Cardinal Annette led mass at Notre Dame des Victories. He urged them to go with courage and confidence as daily prayers for soldiers continue in churches nationwide.
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Paris
France
Annette
Poland War Relief Fund Receives Wider Donations
The Poland War Relief Fund reports further contributions totaling 4952 after an initial 3751.76. Donors include Georgiana Cary, Marta Codman, Leverett Bradley, Samuel Appleton, and Mrs. Charles H. Cutler, among others. Funds may be sent to W. P. Blake, treasurer, 27 Kilby Street, Boston, or to committee members.
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Fund For the Relief
Poland
Idiey Js
Pickman
Georgiana & Cary
Charles H. Cutler
Frances W. Cutler
W. K. Richardson
Robert Treat Paine
Mayle FE. T Greland
Frances G. Curtis
BF. Cunningham
Emily Hayward
B. T. Robinson
Huidelkkoper
Rity Bun d Ossas
Soens
H. M. Willard
Carl R. Linstrem
Sasaki Ees
Joseph Minot
Larry Anderson
Paxton
Charles
Strong
Helenka Adamowska
W. P. Blake
Kilby St
Boston
Trainload of Flour Starts for Belgium
A million pounds of flour milled from Colorado wheat and donated by the people of Colorado to Belgian war sufferers was shipped east from Denver today. A special train of 20 cars was provided. Another million pounds will be shipped in a few days.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Belgium
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Dean Brige
Henry Lee Higginson
Tuarz Anderson
Frederick W. Moor
Colonel Hallowell
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Vale
Talbott
Wally’ Trumbull
N.y.subway
Prince of Gamblers
Tri. Bride
Katharine Tynan
Windsor
Earth
Heaven
Pope
Carnegie Objects
Falklands
Adamson
So. Station
Cobb, Hersey Co
Oma Henavee
Icobb,hersey Co
Rye
Havas
T"e
Moreile
Autry
Department of
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Swickau
Saxony
Swickat
U. S
Amerika
Cincinnati
Snider
Parsons
Waltham
Axminster
Nemo
Boatleene Mervics
Llegal
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