Tragic Kentucky Train Crash Kills 39, 37 Injured
A Louisville & Nashville passenger train rear ended a Bardstown line accommodation near Shepherdsville Kentucky. Thirty nine dead and thirty seven injured as two wooden coaches and a baggage car were wrecked. Relief trains with physicians and nurses rushed to the scene and took survivors to Louisville hospitals.
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Sheperdsville, Kyo
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Bardstown
Louisville & Springfield
Louisville
Germans Plot Anti U S Alliance in South America
Washington reports reveal German plots to alienate South American nations from the United States. Dispatches from Count von Luxburg claim he pressed Argentina’s President to join a secret pact with Chile and Bolivia to oppose North America, a claim disputed by Argentina. The letters discuss a receiving plant and a secret wire, with notes on evading detection.
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Washington
South America
United States
Berlin
Count von Lunburg
Argentina
State Department
Germany
von Luxburg
Brigoyen
Chile
Molivia
North America
Chili
Fiermany
von Luxbure
Luis Cabrera
Carranza
Mexico
Count von Lunxburg
Russian Officers Volunteer to Aid United States
The officers of the Russian army in France have volunteered as a body to give their services to the United States, according to reports from the American army in France dated December 20.
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Associated Press
France
United States
Kerensky marches on Moscow and civil war swells
A dispatch from Haparanda reports Kerensky advancing with an army toward Moscow while Grand Duke Nicholas masss troops in the Caucasus. Petrograd dispatches note intensifying Cossack versus Maximalist clashes along the Volga from Asprekhan to Samara and fighting likely began at Asprekhan. Odessa remains tense as Ukrainian forces guard the arsenal and telegraph station. In Italy the northern front sees Monte Falsalone occupied and hills stretching to Bassano, with heavy guns reaching beyond Bassano toward the Brenta valley.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Haparanda
Kerensky
Moscow
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Caucasus
Petrograd
Russia
Reuters
Volga River
Asprekhan
Samara
Asprakhan
Odessa
Italy
Monte Falsalone
Bassano
Venetian
Brenta
Cheyenne Merchants Alarmed by Tribune Advertisement Tactics
A reader condemns the Wyoming Tribune for soliciting Sunday ads with a baited distribution plan. The note accuses the paper of lowering standards, promising a nonstandard Sunday edition and free circulation to lure merchants, likening the tactic to sensational London journalism.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Tribune
Tribune
London Chronicle
the Tribune
The
Airmen From Anzac Claim Eleven Enemy Planes Down
British army air service reports a fierce Monday fight with Australian pilots. Seven enemy aircraft were shot down by our planes, one fell to our anti aircraft fire, another by infantry fire, three more were driven down out of control, and three of our machines are missing.
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London
British Army Air Service
High Finance Revealed in Meat Packers Probe
Washington reports reveal FTC hearings on ownership of Chicago stockyards and the terminal railroad amid allegations of high finance dummy officers and sham trustees. Investigators target five major packers and rebates schemes tied to the Chicago Junction and Union Stockyards outfits. witnesses include Francis J. Heney and others connected to Armour and Prince, with Armours aide Crowl anticipated.
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Hy Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trades Commission
Chicago
Chicago Stockyards Company
Maine
Chicago Junction Railroad
Union Stockyards Company
New Jersey
Francis J. Heney
J. Ogden Armour
F. H. Prince
Boston
Junction Railway Company
Prince
F. W. Crowl
Armour
Cheyenne Officers Reclaim Four Prisoners in El Paso
In El Paso Texas on December 20, Thomas Be Holland of the Department of Justice and Edward Schoel chief deputy sheriff arrived from Cheyenne Wyoming to take back four men Joe Hamilton William L Brown W J Freistie and Walter Headlee arrested here in connection with the murder of a gewek auto driver near Cheyenne They will be returned by air to Cheyenne for trial
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Associated Press
Paso
Tex
Thomas BE. Holland
Department of Justice
Edward Schoel
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joe Hamilton
William L. Brown
W. Jd. Freistie
Walter Headlee
Tier
Peace Terms From Germany Reported In State Department Outlines
An outline of purported German peace terms circulated via neutral channels proposes plebiscites for Alsace Lorraine, German compensation to England for lost colonies, and rehabilitation funds for Belgium Serbia Romania and northern France. It envisions Baltic and Black Sea provinces becoming independent under German plans and Poland as an independent state under Austrian suzerainty with Serbia given access to the sea. Turkey to remain intact.
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Washington
PD. C
Alsace- Lorraine
England
Germany
Belgium
Serbia
Rumania
France
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Prussia
Poland
Montenesto
Aivers
Turkey
French destroyers Sink Two U Boats in Taranto Gulf
Athens dispatch reports French destroyers sunk two enemy submarines in the Gulf of Taranto. No further details on ships or circumstances were provided. The action underscores ongoing naval countermeasures in the Mediterranean theater.
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Associated Press
Athens
Gulf of Taranto
Red Cross fund drive boosts Cheyenne participation
Returns from the Red Cross drive show strong support as 28 new members join, led by J. W. Highterman with 135 subscriptions. Cheyenne totals reach 277.30 with booths at tubier's store post office and O Connell's, aided by Misses Riner Ninmo Sterling Dagler Guy and others supervised by Mrs Wolcott Daingerfield Blatelache Dagler.
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Red Cross
J. W. Highterman
Histor
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Henty Riner
Mary Ninmo
Tuiber’s
Harold Wolcott
Mildred Sterling
H. Dagler
Aileen Guy
el. Daingerfield
PL &.Elatche
Cheyenne Observes 11S First Lightless Night
Cheyenne endures a citywide lightless night as storefronts darken and signboards go out. Businesses report dim windows, closed aisles, and empty foyers as electricity failures leave theaters and venues in near darkness.
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Cheyenne
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