Fire devastates Pottsville business district in largest blaze
A major fire in Pottsville Pennsylvania on December 17 destroyed nearly two million dollars of holiday stock across about twenty stores plus the Pennsylvania National Bank and a theater. Water supply failed and electric power was shut off to prevent hazards, leaving extensive uninsured losses.
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National Bank
Pottsville
Mahantongo
Pennsylvania National Bank
The
Academy of Srusid
Wentworth
Col Goethals Sails For Home From Washington
Col George Goethals, governor of the Panamanian zones, sailed for New York to await further word. The move follows prior announcements and may lead to debate on canal neutrality while he remains in Washington.
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Washington
George Goethals
New York
Gay
Cruiser Tacoma Off For Panama
Washington, Dec. 17 The cruiser Macoma ordered to the Panama Neutrality Zone left Guantanamo Cuba today for Christobal to enforce neutrality. Secretary Daniels had no further advice from the canal zone but said another vessel would likely be a destroyer now at San Diego.
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Washington
Macoma
Panama
Guantanamo
Cuba
Christobal
Daniels
Canal Zone
San Diego
Youth Charged With Burglary After Cold Night Hunger
Poorly clothed 21 year old William Medhahon admitted burglary of a Wat er Street lunch wagon late last night. He said hunger drove him to seek shelter first and food next, taking frankfurters beans and coffee. Judge Thomas C. Coughlin set trial in superior court. He had stayed at George Junior Republic in Litchfield before wandering to the water front where a policeman found him seeking shelter from the cold.
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William Medhahon
Water Street
Thomas C. Coughlin
George Junior Republic
Litchfield
McMahon
Judge Webb to hold court here for first time
Judge James H Webb of New Haven will preside at the January term opening in this city. He will conduct a short calendar session on Saturday January 2, an unusual Saturday session due to New Year’s Day the preceding Friday.
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James H Webb
New Haven
Elect Holcomb
Webb
City's Christmas Tree Is Cut Down
The city’s Christmas tree for the holidays was cut this morning and removed from its Broad street location. It stood as a monarch among the trees, noted as one of the city’s finest specimens, with parts traced to Beardsley park.
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Broad Street
Tts
Beardsley Park
Taft amused by Gardner jingo in New Jersey speech
Former President William Howard Taft told East Orange women that calls for a coast defenses investigation are unnecessary since reports to Congress already contain needed information. He urged maintaining a strong navy and increasing army strength by about 25 percent, plus a stronger militia.
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N. J
William H. Taft
Woman's Club
Congress
Taft
Europe
Celebration Plans for White Way Parade in Bridgeport
Plans outline a city parade along State to Main to Fair Avenue and Broad Street with three bands two drum corps and a mystery float from the Barnum Bailey circus. Veterans from Elias Howe post G A R and the Coast Artillery Corps join in formation with various divisions marching by 7 45 pm.
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Wilson
White Way
Elias Howe
Alderly
Bank Street
Business Men’s Association
Bridgeport Council
United Commercial Travelers of America
Bernum & Bailey Circus
Broad Street
State
State Street
John Street
Coast Artillery Corps
Eugene Birmingham
Vincent
Whitney
Clifford B. Wilson
William Lounsbury
Frank Braithwaite
Clarence E. Winton
Bernard Keating Jr
Richard Sheridan
John M. Dowling
Joseph H. Stags
Percy P. Anderson
Charles D. Davis
Malcolm MacFaydern
Robert N. Blakeslee
Elias Ss
Builders in Conference Over Bankrupt Banking House Notes
Attorneys for Burr & Knapp Bertha Hurlock and First Bridgeport National Bank met under referee John W Banks to alter note risk. The deal would deduct commissions insurance and title search charges from notes used as security for loans on building projects. Trustees and lawyers argued the proposed reductions unjust to note holders and a civil suit seeks about 100000 to resolve mortgage preferences.
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Burr ’& Knapp
Bertha M. Hurfock
First Bridgeport National Bank
John
W. Banks
Arthur M. Marsh
John W. Chamberlain
Carl Foster
Samuel ¢. Shaw
Bertha M. Marnock
Marsh
Israel H.cohn
Hani Cohn
Edward D. Hayes
Vinesnto
Hani ‘Cohn
Ties Cintel
Charles Chiacco
Peter Mangoe
Chamberlain
Civil Superior Court
Burr & Knapp
First Bridge- Perth National Bank
Judge Hallen Near Death in Bridgeport Probate Court
Special to The Farmer from Nashua Ded. dated 17 reports Judge Edward F. Hallen of Bridgeport probate court as momentarily expected to die. Over the past day he has had brief lucid moments and increasing unconscious spells as his brother Thomas Hallen and Dr. Augustus Shea remain at his bedside.
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Nashua
Edward F. Hallen
Bridgeport
Thomas Hallen
Augustus Shea
Greek Officer Shot as Spy in Constantinople Court Martial
A Greek naval officer attached to the Greek legation at Constantinople has been court martialed and condemned to death on spying charges connected to ship departures. The Greek minister to Turkey protests and demands transfer of the condemned man.
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London
Constantinople
Athens
Reuter Telgram Company
Turkey
Nat uralized Germans Arrested in Sunderland England
London dispatch reports that all naturalized Germans in the Sunderland seaport area were arrested overnight following German bombardments of nearby towns yesterday. The despatch cites Exchange Telegraph.
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England
London
Sunderland
Exchange Telegraph Company
Germans Claim Greatest Victory in Poland and Russian Retreat
World War I dispatches claim a major German victory in Poland with Russian forces reported in retreat. British ports report mines and submarine raids off the east coast, with several ships sunk and many casualties, including heavy losses at Hartlepool and Scarborough.
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Germany
Berlin
Silesia
Posen
Galicia
Petrograd
Belgium
England
Hartlepool
British Information Bureau
Scarborough
Whitby
Carpathian Mountains
Vistula
Warsaw
Vienna
Entir
Hartlepool casualties from German raid total 55 killed and 415 wounded
London reports official bureau statement listing Hartlepool casualties as 55 killed and 415 wounded from the German naval raid. Despatches from Sebastopol note Turkish Breslau sailors found among bodies, likely mined. British squadron bombards Turkish troops near the Gulf of Saros as American cruiser Teanessee arrives at Alexandra. Nine German corps have joined Von Hindenburg in a month, enabling moves to Hungary while maintaining twenty on the Polish front.
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London
Hartlepool
Petrograd
Porkash
Breslau
Sebastopol
Times
von Hindenburg
Hungary
Official World War I War Reports From Paris and Berlin
Paris reports occupied German trenches and gains near Vermelles Tracy Le Vale and Verdun with strong French heavy artillery. Berlin wireless bulletin cites French attacks at Nieuport Zillebecke La Bassée repelled with heavy losses and claims Russian prisoners and a broken eastern front offensive.
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French War Office
Lombaertryde
St. Georges
Gheluvelt
Vermelles
Tracy-Le-Vail
Aisne
Champagne
Argonne
Verdun
Loraine
Alsace
Berlin
London
Nieuport
Zillebecke
la Bassee
Turkish War Updates Report Turkish Gains Near Van
Constantinople dispatch says several days of battles near Van ended in Turkish favor with troops entering Sarai. A British cruiser bombarded a Turkish watchtower between Jaffa and Gaza but failed to hit targets. The Russian cruiser Askold sank two small ships off Beirut. The Mesladieh battleship loss is blamed on a floating mine or torpedo.
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Van
London
Constantinople
Amsterdamm
Reuter
Sarai
Jappa
Gaza
Palestine
Mediterranean
Askold
Bierut
Syria
Messadieh
Turkes Reinforced In Euphrates Valley Attacks Caucasus
A Petrograd communique reports Turkish forces reinforced from Bagdad and a new formation have attacked along the Euphrates Valley and Van region. The engagements are described as of secondary importance with the Russians generally victorious and Turkish troops said to be demoralized and to have lost part of their effectiveness.
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Petrograd
Caucasus
Bagdad
Euphrates
Van
German raid on east coast spurs British recruiting surge
London reports a German naval raid on England’s east coast boosted British recruiting as civilians prepare coast defenses and a national guard. Berlin notes French attacks in Alsace and a possible Berlin reaction with renewed pressure south of St Die. The British squadron maintains offshore presence near Nieuwpoort with no clear advance by either side.
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England
English
Scarborough
Whitby
Hertlepool
Oppio
Kiel Canal
London
British Isles
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Neuport
Belgium
Warsaw
Alsace
Toul
Berlin
Vosges
St. Die
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