Allied Lines Stand Firm Against Teutons Delays in Guns
Senate military committee grills Major General Crozier chief of ordnance for three hours about delays in arming the army abroad. Crozier says there was no delay and promises future readiness while noting gun shortages and continued supply issues. The session shifts to executive tomorrow to pursue tighter questions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Crozier
France
Wilson
Baker
War Department
Crosier
Pershing
Hitchcock
Weeks
Chamberlain
Russian Sea Forces Join Bolshevik Front in Tiaseia Conflicts
Reports on Bolshevik and Kal edin forces in Tiaseia vary with each dispatch. Some say Kal edines besieged Rostov on Don while others claim Korniloff defeated Bolsheviki near Bielgorod or was wounded. Rumors of food-bombarding by Kal edines’ followers surface as clashes continue.
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Tiaseia
Rostov-on-Don
Black Sea
Korniloff
Bielgorod
Moscow
Petrograd
Siberia
Lincoln Statue Chosen Over Barnard’s as Gift to England
Chicago’s St. Gaudens Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park has been selected by U S newspaper readers as the proper Lincoln figure to gift to England for Westminster Abbey. The Harvard statue, dubbed the stomachache statue, was voted against in a national poll conducted by leading newspapers.
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St. Gaudens
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Park
Chicago
United States
England
Westminster Abbey
London
Harvard
Bolsheviks Proclaim Before Civil War Proclamation
The Bolsheviks issue a long proclamation denouncing the constitutional democratic party as rebellious counter revolutionaries and enemies of the people. They claim the civil war began by the initiative of the constitutional democrats under the constituent assembly which will not convene until 400 members gather.
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Bolsheviki
Constitutional Democratic Party
Constitutional Democrats
Constituent Assembly
November best month in war on U boats
London reports that November was a red letter month in the anti submarine war with the highest monthly sinkings and a near match between ships sunk and tonnage launched. British officials cite fewer ships loaned, more submarines active, and optimism despite continued losses.
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Lloyd George
Spy Suspected in Halifax Horror Shammed Illness
John Johansen helmsman on the Imo, the relief ship in the Mont Blanc disaster, was detained as a German spy suspect in Halifax. A New York nurse at the relief hospital noticed his unusual behavior and suspected he faked illness. He offered money to fetch a newspaper, leading to a guard being placed at his bed and his confinement by the provost guard. Belated credit was given to two nurses for keeping patients safe after the blast.
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Halifax
Fy Associated Press
John Johansen
Imo
Mont Blanc
Massachuts
New York
Johansen
Naval Hospital
Alice Boutin
Strike called off in Twin Cities as probe begins
Union workers in St Paul and Minneapolis, who joined a sympathy strike with street car employees, returned to work by mid afternoon after leaders instructed it. President Wilsons labor commission will investigate the Twin City situation, with no violence reported during the walkout.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
All Union
Minneapolis
Wilsons
Special Labor Commission
Twin City
State Safety Commission
Torpedo attack sinks Austrian battleships at Trieste
New York telegram reports Italian torpedo boats entered Trieste harbor and fired four torpedoes at two Monarch type Austrian battleships. All Italian units returned safely after repelling artillery fire.
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Associated Press
New York
Trieste
Pfister
L. Vannutelli
Washington
New Kitchen Card Proposed For Households In Washington
In Washington DC a new kitchen card plan by the food administration would grant three pounds per person monthly and include a porkless day a wheatless day and a meatless meal daily. Observance of wheatless and meatless meals will be requested alongside existing guidelines. The article notes sugar consumption averaging over seven pounds per person monthly in the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington
New
United States
Draft Evader Shot by Officer in Ranch Battle
Frank Lehman twenty eight a draft evader was shot through both legs after a clash with local home guard members who had gone to his ranch to arrest him for alleged seditious utterances His brothers Pred twenty and Martin eighteen were held in custody following the incident in Abla dees County.
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Frank Lehman
A. Mirkin
Home Guard
Pred
Martin
Four Women Mail Carriers Quit in Chicago Trial
Original eight women postal workers who began a trial as belt carriers submitted resignations by night and requested positions in the mailing department rather than on the streets, ending their attempt to switch roles.
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Chicago
British Tank Hold At Cambrai In Heavy Exploits
British French and Italian lines resist renewed German assaults in the Cambrai region. Berlin admits limited gains with many German casualties and prisoners. Allied forces report heavy attacks south of Villers Guislain and along the Scarpe fronts, with additional prisoners taken.
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Bullevoort
Queant
Berlin
von Buelow
Brenta
Piave
London
Holie
France
Villers- Guislain
Bullecourt
Nes
Scarpe
Ypres
Denver recruitment drive yields accepted volunteers
In Denver on December 12 a reward was announced for enlisting volunteers for a program. The list passed today showing Li accepted for the former and sixty for the latter, highlighting ongoing recruitment efforts in the city.
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Denver
Snowstorm Threatens Coal Shortage in New York
New York officials warn a heavy snowstorm worsens coal shortages delaying imports from New Jersey. Health and market agencies urge fuel delivery to aid the sick and poor as shortages deepen. In Columbus Ohio the coal situation is being led by Cornell Cox under federal orders from Garfield.
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New York
New York City
Uansport
New Jersey
el A. Garfield
Haven Breersop
Department of Health
Columbus
Old
Garfield
Courney Cox
Chorce
Ohio
Senator Attacks U S Admin Over Michigan Coal Deaths
Senator Will Allen Smith charged the administration with neglect after children perished from freezing in Michigan due to coal shortages. He voiced fury on the Senate floor accusing federal officials of mismanagement and inaction.
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Ttacks
Washington
Dee
Michigan
Willa Allen Smith
United States Administration
Senate
Hun Bomb Kills American Rail Engineers in France
An Associated Press report from the American army front in France states several American railway engineers were killed by a German bomb behind the lines. The blast shattered windows and wounded troops in a tent fastened to a casualty route. Two American soldiers died in hospitals from gunshot injuries. Canadian lines report intensified enemy raids and patrols along the front with successful trench penetrations by Canadian troops. A separate item notes a Seattle-born American sailor returning from Petrograd with a shipment related to political changes.
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Associated Press
France
Errest
Auike
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Cal
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