Italians Resist Attacks Along Brenta and Piave Front
The article reports continued heavy fighting between Italian forces and Austro German troops between the Brenta and Piave rivers in northern Italy. Italians hold positions around Monte Asolone after an enemy thrust. Bassano and Bassano’s approaches are described, with shells reaching outskirts of Bassano. The enemy is said to deploy 17 divisions, six possibly German, as deserters say the assault aims to reach the plain by holidays and force a bend in the line by attacking both extremes of the front.
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Brenta
Piave
Italy
Monte Asolone
Bassano
Venetian
Italian Counterattacks Repulsed On Northern Italian Front
Berlin reports fierce Italian counterattacks in the Teuton held sectors but they were repulsed. Rome says Austro German efforts to advance on Tasson Col del Orso and to cross the Piave northeast of Venice were frustrated. Associated Press notes Monte Asolone occupation signaling a serious northern front turn with high snowless hills.
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Berlin
Rome
Brenta
Piave
War Office
Piave Vecchia
Associated Press
Monte Asolone
Boston lights defy fuel order. firms to face report
In a Lightless Night, Boston’s business districts remained largely lit despite a fuel administrator decree to darken advertising signs and displays on Thursday and Sunday nights. Edison Electric limitedly noted violators, with names to be reported to Fuel Commissioner Storrow. the company bears responsibility for customers.
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Boston
Rialto
Gay Bright Way
Edison Electric Light Company
Storrow
Edison Company
Mothers' Club Christmas Song Fest at Dorchester High
The Mothers' Club of Dorchester School Centre hosts its annual Christmas song fest this evening in Dorchester High School Assembly Hall. Mrs Helena De Yorme directs chorus and performs two selections. St Mark's Church boys choir, led by Leonard A Whalen, joins for a musical treat.
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Mothers’ Club
Dorchester School
Dorchester High School
Helena de Yorme
St. Mark’s Church
Leonard A. Whalen
Boston Men Testify on Stockyard Deals and Control
Witnesses described the formation of the Chicago Stockyards Company to absorb Junction Railways and keep packers in control. F R Pegram, once treasurer, described stock transfers and a $8 million in stock and $1 million in cash as part of the plan. Evidence linked Armour Morris and other packers to continuities of 9 percent dividends and possible relocations from Chicago. The hearings probe ownership, dividends, and the legality of rebates in the stockyards network.
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Boston
Junction Railways Company
Prince
The
Stock Yards Company
F. W. Croll
Armour
Richard Olney
Newngland
New Corporation
F. R. Hart
Old Colony Trust Company of
E. V. R. Thayer
Chase National Bank of New York
Mr. Olney
Frank R. Pegram
I. H. Prince & Co
Chicago Stock Yards Company
Pegram
Junction Railways
Chicago Stock Yards
New England
Chicago Junction Railways
Union Stockyards Company
New Stockyards Company
Maine
Hart
Packer
Chicago
F. S. Moseley & Co
Heney
Thayer
Gary
Ind
Morris, Swift and Armour
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Court
New Stock Yards Company
Armour, Swift and Morris
West
Henry
Ola
Junction
New Jersey Company
Chicago Stockyards Company
Kansas City
Want Woolen Socks for Soldiers at Ayer
Letter to the Post from Daniel T. O Connell of Ward 18 Dorchester relief society appeals for woolen socks for soldiers at Camp Devens. It notes a shortage, asks local knitters to donate large size socks, and invites contributions to fund purchases, aiming to help about 350 men and distribute excess to others.
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Soldiers and Sailors’ Relief Society
Ward 18
Dorchester
Camp Devens
3011St
Red Cross
William Kelly
Dorchester Courthouse
Daniel T. O'Connell
Soldiers and Sailors’ Relief Society of
Headquarters Courthouse
New England Control Reply On Chicago Stockyards Claim
Frederick H. Prince and Company provided key information to federal investigators who spent over a month in Boston probing whether the Chicago Stockyards are owned by the Beef or Packing Trust. Martin A. Taylor indicated in Boston that the Packers do not control the stockyards and that New England interests hold control.
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Boston
Chicago
Beef Trust
Packing Trust
Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Bostor
Frederick H. Prince
F. H. Prince and Company
Martin A. Taylor
New England
Stock ownership facts in Chicago Stockyards case
The preferred stock is widely scattered while a large block of the common stock is held by the Chicago Stockyards Company, a Maine corporation of which Mr. Prince serves as president since 1910.
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Chicago Stockyards Company
Maine
Prince
French Children Benefit Screenings Raise Large Sum
A charity screening at Symphony Hall drew generous public support for orphans in France. Officials reported substantial donations in cash and coins at the ticket window after viewing government army activity reels.
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France
Symphony Hall
United States
Army
Navy training centres audience cheers as funds sent to Joffre
A large hall crowd applauded soldiers and sailors pictured in action. The money raised by the organizing committee will be sent to Marshal Joffre to aid the fatherless youngsters of his country.
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Navy
Marshal Joffre
Robbery at Lynn Shoe Repair Store Holds Proprietor
Andrew Hanson proprietor of a shoe repair shop at 6 Market Square Lynn was robbed by two young men last evening. They forced him into a closet barred the door and took 16 dollars from the open safe.
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Andrew Hanson
Market Square
Lynn
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New York
the Best
L. E. Waterman Company
School St
George F. Doherty
Bradley Palmer
Packers Control
Ayer
F. H. Prince & Co
Victrolas
ROVER
Victor Factory Representatives
Kingston Street
Cor
Summer Street
Phone
Choi
Sestson
Alfred Peats CO
Vorenberg
Vorenberg’s
Misses’ Coats
Andkerch
XMAS
Sale Ladies Fine
Mackinaws
Havelock
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