Italian Front Braces as Central Powers Press Assault
Rome dispatches report Austro German forces sustained heavy losses in a two day Italian drive and were even decimated by their own artillery. Field Marshal Conrad von Hoetzendorf's troops push toward passes on the Asiago plateau while Italian defenders, led by genitals, hold the line with fierce resistance. Cambrai sees intensified activity as both sides prepare for new engagements.
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Washington, D. C
Italy
Rome
George
Gabrielle D'Annunsio
Montenegro
Asiage
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Cambrai
Ex Czar Fled Rumor Reported From Tiflis
The American consul at Tiflis reported a rumor that the former czar of Russia had escaped. The message gave no details and offered no confirmation of the rumor.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Tiflis
Russia
Four Thousand Dead in Halifax Disaster
The official estimate places deaths at 4000 after an explosion and blaze at a mortion shipyard area in Richmond harbor. About 200 bodies have been recovered, with 20000 people left destitute and many injured. Relief efforts include Red Cross aid, Federal and provincial support, and Massachusetts relief trains arriving with doctors and supplies.
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Associated Press
Halifax
N. S
Richmond
Red Cross
United States
Massachusetts
Mother Slain by Girl Movie Play Ends in Tragedy
In Denver Mrs. Jo seph Friedenreich aged 45 was shot and killed at home by her daughter Miss Rosie Friedenreich aged 20. The daughter said the shooting was an accident during playing movies and poding with a loaded small caliber revolver, which killed Mrs. Friedenreich through the heart. The victim was married to A. H. Friedenreich a tailor.
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Denver
Joseph Friedenreich
Grove Street
Rosie Friedenreich
Friedenreich
A. H. Friedenreich
Officer and Man Slain in Holdup
Joplin Missouri December 8 an unidentified highwayman and city detective William Woosley exchanged shots during a holdup attempt. Woosley drew his revolver after being ordered to surrender and was fatally shot in the breast. He fired twice as he fell, killing his attacker.
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Associated Press
Joplin
William Woosley
Woosley
Revolution Breaks Out in Lisbon Capital of Portugal
Madrid dispatch reports a revolution breaking out in Lisbon with outbreaks in Oporto. The dispatch, received via Oporto and Tuy, notes unrest and a disorderly situation in Portugal's capital and port city areas.
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Portugal
Madrid
Lisbon
Oporto
Tuy
Round Up of Austrians Over U S II Begun Suspected Plotters and Arson
Washington and Chicago dispatches report the start of mass actions against Austro-Hungarian residents in the United States after the war declaration. Government agents, with local aid, will intern suspects who fail to prove peaceful aims while orders bar Austro-Hungarians from 10 yard zones around port facilities and require registration. In Chicago four Austrians were arrested in connection with a warehouse fire destroying a government building and threatening ammunition and explosives. guards helped move the explosives as fire crews fought the blaze.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Justice
Austria- Hungary
Plottern
Chicago
South Side
Yaquis Torture and Murder Report From Nogales
Five Americans one German and three Chinese were tortured and murdered by Yaqui Indians who raided Esperanza thirty miles south of Guaymas Sonora on Thursday according to a report reaching Nogales. Forty Germans working on the Patown south of Reperanse were unaccounted for.
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Associated
Two Injured When Auto Hits Switch Engine Near Y Crest
A car carrying three men on the Hereford ranch route east of Cheyenne was struck by a switch engine at the Y crest on the southeast Lake Minnehaha area last night. Joe Plouth suffered a dislocated shoulder, Alec McGinnis had facial cuts, York Jones escaped uninjured. The injured were taken to St. John's hospital. all were resting easily. The engine had returned light after taking the train over the Y. heavy snowfall obscured the car from view.
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Lake
Minnehaha
Joe Plouth
Alec McGinnis
York Jones
Hereford Ranch
Cheyenne
St. John's Hospital
Ti Fa
Farmers' Bulletins Ready for Distribution
Recent farmers bulletins of interest to Wyoming residents may be secured by sending a request to Senator Kendrick. The bulletins include No. 856 Home-made Silos No. 611 Laws Relating to Fur-Hearing Animals and No 000 Home-made Fruit Butters.
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Washington
Bb. C
Wyoming
Kendriek
Mercury Still Heading South Weather Forecast Warns of Snow
Continuation of a bitter cold wave drops temperatures below zero with heavy snowfall. The local weather bureau forecast last night a worsening chill, with two inches of snow already fallen by midnight and stockmen warned of the approaching severe weather.
Tug Eugene F Moran sinks off coast in deadly gale
In a violent northeast gale the tug Eugene F Moran and its flotilla were swamped three miles off the upper beach. The captain and ten crewmen are missing after the vessel sank with all hands. Coast guard rescues recovered none of the victims or tow crew.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Dee
Eugene F. Moran
Coast Guard
Severe Winter Prevails Across Midwest and Great Lakes
A broad cold front grips the middle west with temperatures dropping from Wisconsin to Texas. Chicago records six above as northern points hit twenty below. A heavy wind and snowstorm disrupts Indianapolis traffic and Indiana rail service while a steamer Dex mond capsizes off South Chicago with fourteen crew. coast guard crews are unconscious and feared dead.
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Chicago, Lee
Middle Western
Central Plain States
Alleghenies
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Chicago
Dexmond
South Chicago
Coast Guard
Denver Man Lost on U S Destroyer Jacob Jones
Wallace Simpson a crew member from Denver is believed lost when the U S destroyer Jacob Jones was torpedoed by a German submarine. His father Thomas Simpson, a Denver and Rio Grande porter, confirms the son enlisted around 1906 and served on the Congora before transfer to the Jacob Jones. Charles E Pearce is listed among the saved.
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Denver
Wallace Simpson
United States
Thomas Simpson
Denver & Rio Grande
Welton Street
Simpson
Jacob Jones
Norfolk
Congora
Jacob Jone
Charles E. Pearce
Los Animas
Cole
Los Plumas
Calif
Teuton Submarine Sinks Destroyer 43 Saved
German submarine sinks the American destroyer Jacob Jones in the war zone. Fifty or more crew members are reported saved including Lieutenant Norman Scott and David W. Bagley, brother-in-law of Secretary Daniels, as survivors are rescued from rafts and a motor boat. The loss marks another destroyer fallen in foreign waters with the Chauncey having been sunk earlier.
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Teuton
Bec
Hleat
David W. Bagley
Lieu
Norman Scott
Jacob Jones
Vicw
Sims
Harry
Sime
Bagley
Selly Islands
Secretary Daniels
Worth Hagley
Atlantic
Chauncey
Rose
Ecuador Breaks Ties With Berlin Government
Guayaquil Ecuador official statement reports that Ecuador has severed diplomatic relations with Germany effective immediately. Government spokesman cited unspecified policy differences and urged citizens to avoid travel to Germany. No further details were provided.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Dee
Leonador
Germany
Mysterious U-Boat Near Halifax Explosion Rocks Ship at Sea
Reports describe two unidentified craft sighted near Halifax harbor on the night before the explosion. A steamship captain said one vessel appeared to be a large submarine in tow with no lights. The blast caused widespread damage and shattered windows many miles away.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
St. Lawrence
Todas
Swiss Air Battle Over Basel Violates Neutrality
In Basel area Swiss territory an aerial clash occurred between allied and German airmen. German planes crossed into Switzerland, engaging for about twenty minutes with seven bombs dropped but causing only material damage. Both sides fled toward Alsace as Swiss anti aircraft shells fired. Locals condemn the neutrality violation.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Basel
Alsace
British Forces Celebrate Bourlon Wood Defense Heroics
British troops in the Cambr(ai) sector express distinct satisfaction at the successful retirement. General Hynog's men held Bourlon wood under gas attack, fighting and working around the clock in gas helmets while issuing signals and observing through eyepieces.
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Burg
Heroire
France
Cambrai
Hynog
Bourlon Wood
Nlert
Indians Attack Mexican Outpost Near Nogales
A Voual Indians force attacked Masper ana seventy miles south of Cuay mas Sonora and burned the Richardson instruction company office and storehouse. Thirty Americans reportedly missing after the assault.
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Nogales, Ariz
Masperana
Cuaymas
Sonora
Richardson Instruction Company
Gridiron Dinner War Skits Highlight Wilson Era Gala
Washington hosts the Gridiron Club annual dinner with President Wilson and Vice President Marshall among distinguished guests. Speeches stress patriotism and democracy as two new departments spin humor about the war and the expeditionary forces.
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Associated Iris
Washington
Wilson
Marshall
Gridiron Club
France
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Teutons
U. S. II
Teir
America
Emperor Karl of Austria
Mercury
U.S
Indiana
Indianapolis
Daniels
Admiral Sims
Jones
Berlin
Fie
Corree Pondett
Montreal
Montreal Star
Lelie Crom
Sydney
Lednmair
Allied
Neutrals
Vaqul Inthans
Bern
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