Asquith Resigns as Premier of Great Britain
The resignation of Herbert Henry Asquith after eight years as prime minister was announced. King George offered the post to Andrew Bonar Law, who has not accepted. if he declines, David Lloyd George may receive the appointment. The change signals a restructured war cabinet and faster war management.
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London
Herbert Henry Asquith
Great Briin
Asquith
King George
Andrew Bonar Law
Law
David Lloyd George
Wilson Wins Wyoming By Wide Lead In 1912 Election
Wyoming results show Woodrow Wilson carried the state by 6618 over Hughes with Kendrick beating Clark for the U S Senate by 3066 votes. Mondell won by 537 over Clark in the House race. Voter totals and third party results are listed, with farm loan and good roads amendments passing by large margins.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wyoming
Charles B. Hughes
John B. Kendrick
Clarence D. Clark
United States Senate
John D. Clark
Frank W. Mondell
Frank L. Houx
Wilson
Hughes
Kendrick
Clark
Jack Clark
Mondell
Allan L. Benton
J. Frank Hanly
Cheyenne
Union Pacific
Paul L. Paulsen
Campbell
Prohibition
George C. Bateman
United States
Orman C. King
Sheridan County
Laramie County
Thanksgiving in Mexico border unit feeds spirits well
Wyoming Guardsmen at the Mexican border celebrated Thanksgiving with hearty turkey dinners and festive trimmings. Major R. Andersen reports the meals were ample and the cooks excelled as the new commander Colonel B. E. Smith arrives while Colonel Reichman departs for Ohio. Rumors of Villa activity keep orders pending in the region.
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Wyoming
New Mexico
R. Andersen
Leon
Earth
Wyoming Infantry
BE. ¥. Smith
Smith
Wyoming National Guard
Camp Perry
Ohio
Reichman
Ohio National Guards
Retchman
Mexico
Villa
Railway Mail Service to Be Reorganized
Reports say the entire railway mail service in Wyoming and the west will be reorganized at year start. The Cheyenne-Pocatello line to be eliminated, with Cheyenne to Portland split into divisions. Green River and Huntington will be division points, and Cheyenne runs will end at Green River. Clerks plan to protest to Washington as the shake-up increases work at big terminals.
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Wyoming
West
Cheyenne-Pocatero
Cheyenne
Portland
Green River
Huntington
Ore
Washington
Bill to Empower President to Use Rails for Military Needs
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee will take up Friday a bill proposed by President Wilson after the Adams Law. The measure would enlarge the Interstate Commerce Commission and empower the president to use railroads for military necessity.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Newland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Acquit McDaniel of Wife Murder in Missouri Trial
Oscar D. McDaniel prosecutor for Buchanan County was acquitted by a jury in the criminal court on the charge of murdering his wife Mrs Harriett Moas McDaniel. The jury deliberated two hours. Mrs McDaniel was found beaten and dying in her bedroom at midnight July 14 and died without regaining consciousness.
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Joseph, Mo
Oscar D. McDaniel
Buchanan County
Criminal Court
Harriett Moas McDaniel
Progressives Seek Voice in GOP Management
A Chicago statement after a conference cites C H Rowell Gifford Pinchot Raymond Robins James Garfield William White and H L Ickes as outlining overtures to the Republican Party for a role in its leadership. It says a permanent progressive advance through the Democratic Party is impossible and proposes a national conference of progressives and progressive Republicans to reorganize the GOP.
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Chicago
Republican Party
C. H. Rowell
California
Gifford Pinchot
Raymond Robins
James
Garfield
William A. White
H. L. Ickes
Russian Duma President Resigns Over Insults
Michael Rodsianko, president of the Russian Duma, resigns after being insulted by opposition leader Markoff who called him a babbling blackguard Reuters dispatch reports from London dated December 5.
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London
Michael Rodsianko
Duma
Markoff
Reuter
Rodsianko
Miner Donnell Miller Killed in Poposia Coal Mine Disaster
Donnell Miller formerly of Cheyenne and now of Lander died at the Poposia coal mine near Hudson when seven cars collapsed in the mine and ran over him. His son Don Jr who was working with him narrowly escaped.
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Donnell Miller
Cheyenne
Lander
Poposia
Hudson
Don, Jr
Russian and German advances near Bucharest pace war news
The central powers push toward Bucharest as Russian forces threaten from the west and northwest. Berlin reports German triumphs while Petrograd notes limited Carpathian gains and Romanian retreats around the capital. Serbia claims new positions in Macedonia. British meals policy signals wartime austerity.
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Carpathians
Petrograd
Moldavia
Carpathian
Berlin
Bulgaria
Macedonia
France
Belgium
British Board of Trade
British Isles
German War Office
von Mackensen
Targoviste
Petrostta
Argenul
Tarnopol
Krasne
Augustowoka
Russian War Office
Ploeshti
Germans Safe Says Trevino
In Paso, Texas, General Trevino stated in response to a state department inquiry that Carlos Ketelden German vice consul at Chihuahua City and other Germans were safe. He added that only a few Chinese were killed during Villa's occupation of the city.
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Paso
Tex
State Department
Carlos Ketelden
Chihuahua City
Trevino
Villa
John Archbold Dies at Tarrytown New Jersey Oil Leader
John Archbold president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey died at his Tarrytown home after a fortnight following an operation. Funeral arrangements were not fully announced in the report but were to be held on Thursday.
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Tarrytown
John ©, Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
N. J
Palermo torpedoed off Spanish coast with Americans aboard
The Italian steamship Palermo carrying 25 Americans aboard was torpedoed off the Spanish coast. One American died in a Palafrugell hospital. three more were wounded. The ship recently sailed from New York and carried 47 American horse tenders and general cargo including 1452 cases of trinitrotennel and thousands of horses and mules.
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Palermo
Madrid
Palafrugell
Spain
New York
General Boycott Could Drop Egg and Butter Prices
Chicago officials from five large storage warehouses told U S district attorney investigators that the recent unorganized boycott on eggs and butter lowered prices. They warned a general boycott would destroy the market and push prices down further.
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Chicago
United States District Attorney's Office
Colby Girl Faints During Trial Halt
In Thompson Falls Montana Miss Edith Colby a reporter facing murder charges fainted in court during the prosecutor Wheeler's argument. She was carried unconscious from the courtroom and soon revived as the trial resumed.
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Thompson Falls
Mont
Edith Colby
Atwood
Thomas
Wheeler
Carpentier to Box Here for War Relief Fund
New York December 5 tentative plans call for Georges Carpentier the French heavyweight idol to appear in the local boxing arena for the French war relief fund. Tex Rickard is attempting to arrange a ten round no decision bout with Jess Willard or Lew Darey as the opponent.
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New York
Georges Carpentier
Tex Rickard Ia
Carpentier
Jess Willard
Lew Darey
Wyoming Sugar Co Selects Lander Area for Beet Factory
The Wyoming Sugar Co signs with Lander Commercial club to build a beet sugar factory near Lander as the territory grows. Riverton reports rival interest from Kemis Western Sugar of Denver and Great Western Sugar conducts surveys. Worland plans a factory next year with stockholders from Amalgamated Sugar. farmers in Lander and Riverton to be paid the same as Worland growers.
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Lander
Wyoming Sugar Co
Lander Commercial Clu
Riverton
Kemis Western Sugar Company
Denver
Great Westerm
Wyoming Sugar Company
Amakkamated Sugar Company
Haye
Worland
Talander and
Hiverton
Suffrage Banner Unfurled as Wilson Addressed Congress
In Washington on December 5, during President Wilson's address to Congress, a first showing of organized militancy emerged in the galleries as women unfurled a suffrage banner. Miss Mabel Vernon led the action, snatching the banner under her coat, while Dr. Caroline Spenser and other suffragists watched. The event coincided with cheers for Wilson’s reelection, led by William Jennings Bryan, and Republican supporters joined the demonstration. The banner read a call for woman suffrage as the president continued his speech. The protest aimed at Porto Rican suffrage was noted as separate from the suffrage campaign.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Cortsin
Mabel Vernon
Nevada
Caroline Spenser
Colorado Springs
William Jennings Bryan
The
Union
Pope Urges U S Children to Aid Belgium Relief
A Vatican appeal relayed by Cardinal Gibbons urges American children to fund Belgian relief. Pope Benedict XIII describes two years of hunger among Belgian youngsters and calls for donations equating to about two thousand dollars in gifts to aid nourishment and prevent disease.
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Belgium
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Rome
America
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gibbons
Almerivat
Herbert Cutloover
Commission
Celles
Velaium
Commisson Fief
Turta
Elair Tan
Baw
Clee de Co
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