Teutons Threaten Break Important Defensive Line
Berlin reports Teutons aim to seize Buzen threatening to rupture a key Russo Romanian defensive line along the western Moldavian mountains. Russian retreat continues as Roumanians burn villages ahead of enemy advance. Four thousand prisoners taken in recent days.
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Teutons
London
Berlin
Buzen
Moldavian
Carpathians
Galicia
Danube
Putesti
Wheat Prices Fall on Peace Reports Across Markets
Wheat declined in Chicago and New York trading as peace proposals spurred selling. In Chicago December delivery contracts closed around 1.54 dollars after a drop of about forty five cents from the previous session, with initial sales down five eighths cent. Munition stocks also continued their downward trend in New York.
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Chicago
Secretary Daniels urges building 42 more ships to expand navy
Secretary Daniels in his annual report calls for immediate funding to add 42 ships as part of a planned naval expansion. He warns against complacency and urges continued increases in naval strength until global arms accords emerge, detailing 1921 fleet projections including 27 dreadnoughts and 108 destroyers.
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Washington
United States
Daniels
Former Cordovan Fined for Assault in Fairbanks
Iditarod marshal reports Miss Diva Dale alias The White Rat faced assault and battery charges in Fairbanks. She was fined 200 dollars plus costs and paid.
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Iditarod
Fairbanks
Diva Dale
the White Rat
Costa
Kuskulana Copper Claims Bonded to Outside Capital
The Bodle copper claims near the Westover group on the Kuskulana river have been bonded to outside capitalists with part cash paid. An expert is expected on an upcoming boat and if the property proves as represented, it will be worked extensively.
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Bodle
Westover Group
Kuskulana
Panama Assembly Passes Law Limiting Commissary Privileges
Panama officials report a new law abolishing privileges of purchasing at the canal commissaries by non US government employees. It awaits official Gazette publication and will take effect three days after. The reform, supported by Colon and Panama chambers of commerce, ends favors long resented by Isthmian merchants.
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Panama
Panama Canal
United States
Assembly of Panama
Canal
Colon
Horrors of War film shown at Empress Theatre
The Empress Theatre audience witnessed three reels depicting battlefield devastation and wartime suffering, titled The Horrors of War. The film will be repeated tonight, offering viewers a stark view of conditions in belligerent nations.
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Empress Theatre
Alaska fish license bill dies in current Congress
Washington specials report that strong opposition has left the Alaska fish license bill dead for the present session of Congress. The move ends efforts to tax Alaska fisheries this term.
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Seattle
Washington
United
Alaska
Congress
Prohibition Moves to Bar Liquor Ads in Dry Towns
Washington Dec 16 A bill was introduced in the house to stop mail transmission of liquor advertisements to unlicensed towns or agents. The post office committee reported favorably on the measure aimed at mail order liquor business in dry territory.
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Washington
Post Office Committee
Submarine H-2 Crews Rescued After Grounding at Humboldt Bay
The crew of the submarine H-2, en route from Mare Island to Bremerton, went aground near Humboldt Bay. A breeches buoy saved the sailors as a storm subsided and the submarine rested on the beach at Eureka California.
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Eureka
Cal
Humboldt Bay
Mare Island
Bremerton Navy Yard
Villa Decides Not Molest Americans
Villa, via his representatives, reportedly offers to halt depredations on American property and to stop killing Americans in Mexico. A separate notice invites the public to the Eagle dance tonight with special music as part of holiday cheer. The Ju neau city ordinance banning toxicants to houses of ill fame faces a district court test with Charles Freegrove appealing his fine.
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EL Paso
Villa
United States
Mexico
Juneau
Charles Freegrove
Unprecedented growth in U S foreign trade reports
Secretary Redfield outlines a rapid expansion of the nations foreign trade and investments abroad as the United States emerges peaceful and prosperous after World War I. The report credits reduced foreign indebtedness, a loaned total of about 1.5 billion since 1914, and a dominant export position with emphasis on maintaining gold reserves and boosting shipments.
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Washington
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Fisher
Monument in memory of Vanderbilt proposed on Holmwood Common
London. December 15. Members of the Coaching Club plan a granite column on Holmwood Common near Dorking to memorialize A. G. Vanderbilt drowned in the Lusitania disaster and his ties to English coaching. The proposal, submitted to the Dorking rural district council, may lead to similar memorials along the London to Gright route.
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London
A. G. Vanderbilt
Holmwood Common
Dorking
Grighton
London Suffer Scarcity Forces Jury Trial Delays
Depleted staffs in London businesses hinder jury pools across courts prompting the lord chief justice to urge bar and solicitors to try cases without juries when feasible. Also notes a bet dispute over a $500 Hughes election wager with stakeholding handled privately. A separate inquiry follows about a missing brother in Alaska.
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London
Bar
Greece to Withdraw Troops From Thessaly
Athens reports the Greek government accepted allies demands including withdrawal of Greek troops from Thessaly. Other items note reparation talks for December events and new allied military assurances.
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Athens
Thessaly
Fur market strains as workers join military forces in Britain
London reports a surge in expensive fur wear in industrial centers due to high wages. Prices for Musquash American gray fox and skunk furs have risen, with furriers overwhelmed by bulk orders for coats muffs and stoles. Shortages arise from workers drafted for military duties.
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London
Great Britain
Retiring Prussian Headsman Ends 16 Year Service
Lorenz Schwietz, Prussia's official headsman, retires at 67 after sixteen years in office with a record of 120 beheadings. The report notes his long career and the heavy burden of executions he carried out.
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Lreslau
Germany
Prussia
Lorenz Schwietz
Mother Lode Mines Sledding Ore to Railroad at McCarthy
The Mother Lode Mines Company sleds ore to the railroad at McCarthy at about eleven tons per day. Two four horse teams and one two horse team run regular trips with five cars loaded and ready for transport to Cordova.
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Mother Lode Mines Company
Mc ‘Arthy
Cor ‘Dova
Local Jottings About People And Doings
A summary of community notes includes a Young Peoples Club meeting at Hegg's Bungalow on Monday evening, a social session after business, and updates on local residents. Territorial Mine Inspector William Maloney returns from Copper River valley mines and will leave on the next boat. Henry Suedman of Bonanza mine Kennecott is mildly injured by a falling boulder and expects recovery in days. Jack Way, formerly of the town, is now a father. mother and child healthy. Victor Shott has recovered enough from surgery at Cordova General Hospital to be mobile. Attorney R. E. Capers and FM Ford plan Alameda holiday travel. Mrs. E. L. Harwood departs for the states on the Alameda for holidays. Steed and wife move back to town from Chitina. A dance at Eagle Hall tonight promises a good time.
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Young Peoples’ Club
Hegg’s Bungalow
Henry Suedman
Bonanza
Kennecott
Dawson Man Pleads Guilty to Pig Killing Snapped Jail Sentence
Joseph Andrews, an aged Dawson resident, pleaded guilty to maliciously killing pigs belonging to a neighbor. He was sentenced to three years in the Dawson penitentiary claiming he was without money or work and sought confinement for adequate bed and meals.
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Joseph Andrews
Dawson
AIGCO Discusses Rail Line Progress for 1917
Alaska railroad official Thomas Riges Jr outlines funds needed for 1917 including Nenana coal field to Fairbanks track, rolling stock, docks and terminal at Fairbanks, and Nenana bridge approaches. He hopes Congress acts before July fiscal year to avoid delays.
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Thos. Riges, Jr
Alaska Railroad Commission
Interior
Nevina
Nenana
Berlin police methods impress Turkey and reform plans
Turkey has adopted Berlin police efficiency with Hehseddin Bey sent to study the force. Behaeddin Bey plans to introduce German detective methods and Bertillon system equivalents in Turkey. A biweekly police newspaper will aid Turkish force officials. Don Davis fell while working on a Webster piledriver at Juneau, breaking his left wrist. Eureka creek operators in the Hot Springs district performed well last season.
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Berlin
Turkey
Constantinople
Hehseddin Bey
Behaeddin
America
Don
Davis
Juneau
Eureka Creek
Hot Springs
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Douglas Man
Eric Barquist
Douglas
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Inot
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Greece
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Constantine
the Hague
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Holland
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Banduet
Count Tarnouski
Clyde Kenyon
Inmachuck
Nome
Candle
Mother Lode
Territorial
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Copper River Valley
Jack Way
Victor Shott
Cordova General Hospital
R. E. Capers
FM Ford
Alameda
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Chitina
Eagle Hall
AIGCO
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