Mining Experts Warships Fire On Hartlepool Coast Forts
In Kantishna Alaska US Smelting & Refining men Weeks and Anderson map mineral prospects and collect ore samples before sailing to Juneau and Los Angeles. They predict railway arrival will boost interior mining though current transport limits keep costs high. In England German ships bombard Withersea Scarborough Hartlepool, causing damage but few reported casualties as censorship rises.
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Hartlepool
Cordova
Messrs
F. B. Weeks
G. B. Anderson
United States Smelting & Refining Company
Tanana Valley
Chitina
Kantishna
Mariposa
Juneau
Los Angeles
Weeks
Anderson
Tom Lloyd
Taylor
Alaska
Interior
Moore Dock at Skagway Burned in Major Fire
The large Moore wharf at Skagway was destroyed by fire Monday night. The loss is estimated at $200,000 and involved lines from several steamship firms and the White Pass & Yukon railroad. Repair work will begin immediately. Lost items include a leather watch fob with gold monogram I. R. and a Native Son pin, with a reward offered at Windsor Hotel office. Select Christmas cards now at E. A. Hegg's.
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Skagway
White Pass
I. R
Windsor Hotel
Rioting Follows Servian Victory Across Austrian Empire
Reports from Rome dated December 16 describe crisis across Austria and Hungary after Servian victory. Rioters in Vienna Budapest and Prague demand withdrawal from the war as authorities struggle to subdue unrest amid widespread antiwar sentiment and falsified bulletins. Civil war fears grow if peace is not sought.
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Rome
Hungary
Hopean WI
Servia
Vienna
Budapest
Prague
War Office
Belgrade
Austria
Servians say Austrian forces driven from Servia with heavy losses
An official bulletin from Servia claims no Austrian soldiers remain within Servian borders except 60 000 POWs. Austrians retreat across the Arina into their country amid heavy losses. London reports Belgian battles with Allied gains as Westend is bombarded by the British fleet and Belgian forces repel a German counterattack near St Georges on the Yser.
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Nish
Servia
Arina
Interruption Hits Cordova Valdez Cable Line
A cable break between Cordova and Valdez disrupts traffic since 9:80 this morning. Valdez reports tests underway with completion expected about 3:30. Wireless from Sitka to Cordova remains the only message channel as officials arrange rerouting and wait for full service restoration.
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Cordova
Valdez
Sitka
Allies say greater gains ahead of official reports
London dispatch reports war office statement that British forces advanced eastward while observers believe fighting in France and Belgium has been stronger than announced. German troops are thought weakened by redeployment to the east, enabling broader Allied gains.
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London
War Office
France
Belgium
German Cruiser Cormorant Held at Guam
The German converted cruiser Cormorant arrived at Guam without coal water or provisions and could not leave the port. The vessel was turned over to U S authorities and will be stripped of guns and interned until the war’s end. The crew included 22 officers and 355 men.
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Washington
Cormorant
Guam
Philippine Islands
United States
Paris Glazing Gains Along Battle Line In France
An official bulletin reports Allied troops gaining ground near Klein Zeillebeke and in the St Eloi region. Heavily armed engagements in Aisne and Champagne areas yield a distinct advantage for our forces.
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Paris
France
Ythe
Klein Zeillebeke
St. Eloi
Aisne
Champagne
Special Program At Cordova Schools Friday
Exercises mark the term close as Cordova school hosts a Friday afternoon program on December 18 at 2 o clock. The event features a broad lineup of songs recitations dialogues and solos performed by Primary Grades Higher Grades and The Suffragette Census Taker among others. The steamer Mariposa leaves Valdez at 1 pm and arrives here by 7 pm taking ore cars from the Kennecott mine and set to depart south around 9 pm. Passengers booked in Cordova include a long list of names led by Dr W W Council and Capt S Pederson. All the news all the time in the Times office Phone 4.
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Cordova
Lottie Shepard
Santa
Raymond Stedfield
Valdez
Kennecott
South
W. W. Council
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Og Shools
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Ethel Lois Price
Jes
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Elaine Bollinger
Celeste Barrus
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Ne Bollinger
WH Clayson
Donald Bollinger
Dorothy Dooley
Hominger
Ophel Howard
Harry O'Neill
Grouch
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