Treasury report credits MeAdoo with averting panic
Secretary McAdoo’s annual Congress report details Treasury actions to restore confidence after war shocks. It cites gold and currency measures, currency deposits, and a countering of bank and credit tightening that helped avert a catastrophic panic and sustain federal specie payments.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury Department
Benet
Einai
Set- Fitary
McAdoo
Treasuer
Dairyman Fined for Watering Milk in Court
Willem F Randall Jr a milk dealer of 60 Jewett Avenue faced arraignment before Judge Frank I Wilder on adulteration charges after admitting to diluting milk with water to stretch supplies. The court imposed a $75 fine and allowed work-out in lieu of further penalties, with Dr A C Knapp of the Health Department warning of stricter action on future adulteration. Randall admitted guilt, saying he did as others do to cope with shortages.
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Willem F. Randall, Jr
Jewett Avenue
Frank I. Wilder
Wilder
Andail
A. C. Knapp
Health Department
Bae
Wfeapp
Randall
Judge Wilder
Weather update forecasts snow or rain tonight
Northeastern region expected mixed precipitation tonight with snow or rain. Cold air follows, bringing scattered showers and potential slippery travel conditions. No major storms projected, but coats and caution advised.
U M C Dum Dum Patent Sparks War Probe
German ambassador alleges an American firm, U M C of New Haven, makes dum dum bullets for sporting use now claimed to be used by British forces. Hoagland denies knowledge of war use. patent details describe telescoping core and rupturing tip. Winchester rejects any orders for riot guns or buckshot cartridges linked to wartime needs.
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Count von Bernstorff
Washington
M.C. Co
New York City
Frank GO. Hoagland
Hoagland
England
Winchester Repeating Arms ‘Company
Eee
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Bridgeport
New Haven
Winchester’ Arms Company
Winchester Company
Mnefish
Greenwich Slayer Sentenced to Ten to Sixteen Years
Valentino of Greenwich pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced by Judge Curtis in the criminal superior court to a state prison term of not less than ten and not more than sixteen years for the stabbing death of Joseph Pastore of Greenwich. The plea change followed evidence concerns.
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Valentino
Greenwich
Curtis
Criminal Superior Court
Joseph Pastore
Judge-Elect Miller Confined by Severe Cold at Home
Judge-elect Paul L. Miller, probate judge grett and secretary to the Business Men's Association, is laid up at his residence 308 Beechwood Avenue with a severe cold and is threatened with the illness.
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Miller
Paul L. Miller
Grett
Buemness Men's Association
Beechwood Avenue
Lieut Merritt Marries Grace Andrews in New York City
Lieut Albert J. Merritt, a Yale graduate and naval reserve officer, wed Miss Grace B Andrews at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church a hotel St Regis ceremony heard by Rev Marion V Palmer. After a wedding breakfast the pair left for Washington and Old Point Comfort then plan to reside on Warren Street Arden.
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Albert J. Merritt
Grace B Andrews
Price & Lea
Marion V. Palmer
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
St. Regis
Washington
Old Point Comfort
Arden
Warren Street
K. G Merritt
Beech- Wood Avenue
Leutenant
Connecticut Naval Reserve
Yale University
United States
Franklin Bennett Camp
Song of Veterans
Republican Party
Mary
Teaac Andrews
Washington Court
Dead in dynamite explosion at Scranton mine
Thirteen miners died at the Diamond mine of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western in Scranton Pennsylvania when a box of dynamite being towed into the mine exploded. A driver boss Martin Belinski escaped. The cage was shattered and bodies lay at the shaft bottom as crowds gathered nearby for news.
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Scranton
Delaware Lackawanna & Western Company
Martin Belinski
Mini
Busines Center
Garland Embezzlement Case Delayed This Term
The criminal Superior Court jury has been excused for the term so Frank M. Garland cannot be tried this term on the embezzlement charge. Assistant State’s Attorney Carter in charge says no action has been decided. Garland is alleged to have embezzled funds from Mrs. Mary uuxer linked to Hannah Cross will litigation. Court adjourned until December 22.
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Criminal Superior Court
Frank M. Garland
Attorey Carter
Haseen
Garland
Mary Uuquer
Hannah Cross
Brangdee 15s badly bruised after custody release
After being released from custody Brangdee 15s is confined to his Black Rock apartment on Seescae avenue with a brace and head injuries and a fractured right hand. The fragmentary report notes bruises and contusions on the face and head.
Kaiser III of Pneumonia Halt Front Invasion Report
Berlin reports Emperor William is sick with pneumonia and nervous depression from overwork. Doctors advise he not return to the front as German forces in the East and West may soon win. The Emperor, recently returning to Berlin, still receives daily briefings and remains temporarily at home.
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Kaiser III
Berlin
France
William
Amsterdam
Exchange Telégraph-Company
Germans Press Russians. Lodz Gate on Eastern Front
Amid heavy losses on the Lodz axis in Polish territory, Berlin reports renewed German push eastward while Russians claim their Lodz retirement was strategic. Western front sees a German assault south of Ypres as Fevers mystery lingers. De Wet surrender widens rebel fates.
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London
Poland
Lodz
Berlin
Warsaw
Russian Poland
Kalise
Germany
Ypres
French
South Africa
de Wet
Col
Maritz
Legion of Honor Cross to Herrick in New York
The Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor is en route from the President of France to Myron T. Herrick in New York. It honors his services to the French people during his tenure as American ambassador to France.
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Legion OF Honor
Herrick
New York
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
France
Myron T. Herrick
Last Minute War News From London and Europe
Nicholas Ablers, ex German consul in Sunderland, was convicted of high treason in Durham and sentenced to death. Paris reports Poincare and Viviani arrived from Bordeaux with Delcasse to follow. The King of Saxony reportedly reached Brussels to support German forces. Berlin quotes Emperor William asserting a long peace as nerves are stronger than the enemy.
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London
Nicholas Ablers
Sunderland
Durham
Paris
Poincare
Vivian
Bordeaux
Delcasse
Central’ News
Amsterdam
Saxony
Brussels
King of Saxony
Belgium
William
Berlin
Official War Reports From Paris December 8 Front Moves
Paris reports indicate fighting from the sea to the Lys with French gains strengthened over two days. Artillery exchanges favored France in Arras Aisne and Argonne sectors, several German trenches taken, one French trench blown by a mine. Russian front repulsed attacks. Jodz evacuated. Servian forces advance in Morava valleys and Kosmaj region, taking prisoners and artillery.
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Paris
Lys
Arras
Aisne
Argonne
Russia
Low
Lowicz
Strykow
Ledz
Piotrkow
Jodz
Hel
Galicia
Neu Sandec
Cracow
Servia
Morava
Sjid
Meljan
Kosmaj
German Army Statement Reports Bombardment Near Rheims
Berlin reports that west of Rheims a fishery flying the Red Cross flag was bombarded and set ablaze after photos showed a hidden French heavy battery beneath it. The eastern Argonne forest battles around Soutain and the villages of Varrenes and Vouquers were repulsed with heavy enemy losses.
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Berlin
London
Rheims
Red Cross
Soutain
Varrenes
Vouquers
Forest of
Argonne
Paris Reports Successful Attempts to Repel German Attacks
Allied forces claim success in stalling new German assaults during France's latest invasion phase. Russian fronts report strong progress as Bastion defenses hold and counterattacks gain momentum, signaling a turning point in the regional theatre.
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Paris
France
Bast
Allied Advances Reported In France As War Office Optimistic
London reports the French war office announcing important Allied advances across northern and eastern fronts in France and Galicia. German entrenchments blown up and positions captured signal fierce contest as they push from Arras to Alsace while Russian forces claim defeats for Germany in Galicia and Cracow region.
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France
Galicia
Arras
Aisne
Meuse
Argonne
Vosges
Alsace
Planters
Berlin
William
Germany
Russian War Office
Sérioug
Cracow
Poland
Eduth
Russia
Loois
Piotrkow
Lodz
Rome
Austria
Italy
Trent
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William F. Randall
Lieut. Merritt
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