British and Allied War Fronts Report Trajectory Toward Victory
British forces push toward the Kut el Amara region and El Arish as winter conditions suspend major operations on the Tigris fronts. French troops operate in the area since Turkish raids began, with Britain eyeing progress toward Palestine. London papers criticize President Wilson's peace notes while Parliament stays prorogued. Bonar Law says no statement will be made until allies are consulted. Berlin and Petrograd relay cautious peace term signals as Washington debate continues.
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Tigris
Bri
Kutelamara
Bagdad
el Arish
Palestine
London
England
Wilson
Great Britain
Europe
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Willow Creek Mines Look Promising in Alaska Prospects
W. J. Cassidy, president of the Anchorage Willow Creek Mining and Milling Company, toured Cordova on business connected with the venture. The firm, with Captain A. E. Lathrop as treasurer, has 24 claims in Willow Creek and plans two tunnels to reach deep high grade ore. Incorporation is for 2 million dollars, shares at 1 dollar par, with stock offered at 25 cents a share and about 16000 dollars already subscribed locally. W L Mooney and J J Motyka, Signal Corps men, returned to Valdez after a Whitshed radio station break.
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W. J. Cassidy
Anchorage
Willow Creek
W. L. Mooney
J. J. Motyka
Signal Corps
Whitshed
Valdez
Five Burned. Ten Die at Wichita Masonic Home Fire
Fire destroyed the main building of the Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita during a raging blizzard. Five people are known to have died with four bodies recovered and one missing. Property loss is estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Wichita
Kansas Masonic Home
Battle report of clashes near Escalon north of Torreon
El Paso Dec 22 report says fighting began at Escalon on the Mexican Central railroad yesterday as Villa and Carranza forces clashed. Villa's vanguard moved south from Jimenez and apparently met Carranza troops from Torreon.
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EL Paso
Escalon
Torreon
Villa
Carranza
Jiminez
Carranz
Declining Stock Prices Highlight Big Sale in New York
New York reports total stock market sales of three million shares, all sacrificed at declining prices. A big assortment of ladies embroidered handkerchiefs arrived at Clayson's store, inviting customers to drop in and see them.
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New York
Clayson’s
Local firm takes over the Ross Building venture
Finkelstein and Sapiro have acquired the Ross building now housing the Ross Bakery J Rawson and the Mecca. They plan a modern store transformation with a new attractive front and other improvements slated for next month.
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Finkelstein & Sapiro
Ross
Ross Bakery
J’ Rawson
The
Mecca
Admits Murder at Nome Co
Tacoma dispatch reports James Foley aged about 56 surrendered at the Nome police station claiming he shot and killed Diamond Dutch on the Nome sandbar eighteen years ago. Authorities say they had no prior knowledge of the crime and will investigate sanity and the alleged early Nome incident.
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Tacoma
James Foley
Diamond Dutch
Nome
Colonel Buffalo Bill Cody Seriously Ill in Denver
Colonel William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill is critically ill at his daughter's home in Denver. Doctors fear his seventy years and a nervous breakdown worsened by a cold may prevent recovery.
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Denver
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Death claims infant daughter of Dc M Rosswog
The community extends sympathy to Mr and Mrs Charles M Rosswog in the loss of their infant daughter Elizabeth Rose who died yesterday afternoon after a three week illness. She was not quite a year old and was beloved by the family. The funeral will be Saturday at 2 o'clock from the residence with services at the Catholic church officiated by Father Crimont.
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Charles M. Rosswog
Elizabeth Rose
Father Crimont
Liquor stock ordered destroyed by court ruling
Judge Bunnell signed an order changing the decree in United States vs Fitzgerald Hennessy et al to destroy the seized liquor at Point Possession rather than sell it. The shipment, once 5000 bottles, was moved by barge to Seward facing a storm that damaged most bottles. Protests by women’s clubs and citizens led to destruction rather than auction, linked to a Cordova shipment and transfer to Anchorage aboard the steamer Northland with arrests tied to the case.
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Bunnell
United States
Fitzgerald, Hennessy Et Als
Seward
Womens Clubs
Cordova
Anchorage
Northland
Gold Shipment From Iditarod Heads For Seward
Wells Fargo agent Alex McDonald in Seward reports a gold dust shipment valued at 556000 dollars has begun the trek from Iditarod to Seward. Four sleds carry bars bolted into boxes with one box per sled. Bob Griffith and Captain Haley, veteran Wells Fargo men, supervise the transport. Washington notes the year’s foreign trade likely to hit about 7.8 billion dollars.
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Wells Fargo
Alex McDonald
Seward
Iditarod
Bob Griffith
Captain Haley
Aerial Attacks Feared In Rome Amid War Preparations
A Rome report notes fear of aerial raids despite papal presence. Italian authorities have prepared defenses and signal systems by Marconi to warn of approaching planes. Rome’s hills host searchlights and anti air guns, with the Vatican and Castel Sant Angelo fortified.
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Rome
William Marconis
Thed
London
Paris
Venice
Adriatic Sea
Ad Aeronauts
Capitoline
Forum
Janiculum
Vatican
Castel Sant Angelo
Peter's
Damage Suit Now On In District Court
Tony Passus sues Ella mar Mining Company for damages for personal injuries alleged to have occurred while employed there. The case was heard in district court before Judge Bun nell, one of several cases in which Judge Brown was disqualified from hearing.
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Habe” Brown
Upper Front Street
Juneau
Anchorage
Jennie
Tony Passus
Ellamar Mining Company
Bunnell
Brown
Wickersham Leads Sulzer By Plurality of Two Votes
Nome reports show Wickersham gaining a territory wide plurality of two over Sulzer for delegate to congress after final Second division totals give Wickersham 899 to Sulzer 677. Utica votes complicate legality disputes, while First and Fourth divisions favor Sulzer. overall race remains extremely close with looming canvass board decision.
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Wickersham
Sulzer
Congress
Bristol Bay
Reindeer
Bonanza
Shushanna
Utica
Nome
Juneau
Ouzinka
Candle
Auorneys
Philip Corrigan
T. M. Reed
Reed
Corrigan
Sunback
Allen and Coombs
Daly
Lewis
Sulteriege
Grigsby
Schofield
Rowan
Senator
Frame
Dooley
Cannon
Price
Day
Holland
Murray
Wilson
Wood
Fairbanks News-Miner
Thompson
Electon
Ossent
Douglas News
Sulzer Wick
Mt McKinley Lodge Elects Officers for Term
At a regular meeting of Mt. McKin ley Lodge No 183 F and A M last night the officers for the ensuing term were elected. Worshipful master A McN Field senior warden O C Meyer junior warden E F Medley treasurer R J Patton secretary AJ Adams. Appointive officers to be named later by the worshipful master.
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Mt. McKinley Lodge
A. McN. Field
O. C. Meyer
E. F. Medley
R. J. Patton
AJ Adams
Search for Nome Senator Freeding Body Proves Futile
A large search, involving more than twenty men, failed to locate Senator Conrad Freeding after he left Serpentine Springs for Taylor on Thanksgiving Day. Tracing his path to a hut at the mouth of Reindeer, searchers followed westward until tracks were lost in spring ice. The boatless, barren Serpentine River flats offer little chance of finding him alive, with five teams remaining at the site.
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Conrad Freeding
Nome
Freeding
Serpentine Springs
Taylor
Reindeer
Spring Creek
Serpentine River
Western states fighting for water right
Washington December 22 conflicting claims of many western states to waters from interstate rivers for irrigation are part of the dispute between Wyoming and Colorado over the Laramie river. The stream rises at the continental crest in Colorado and flows through southern Wyoming, affecting large irrigation projects rely on its waters.
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Washington
Wyoming
Colorado
Baggage From States Need Not Be Rechecked
Passengers traveling to Alaska from eastern points will no longer be required to recheck baggage at Seattle. The change follows a plan approved at a recent Tacoma meeting of officials from the steamship and railway lines. Job printing available at the Daily Times office.
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Alaska
Seattle
Tacoma
Daily Times
the Times
GE to divert dividend to charity after 1915 year
General Electric Berlin announces 1915 marks 7.55 million paid for support of employees drawn into the army. A stockholders meeting plans a 12 percent dividend on 155 million marks of old stock and 6 percent on 23 million marks of new stock. One and a half million marks will be donated to charitable purposes.
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Berlin
General Electric Company
General Stockholders
Poles Taught to Use the Plough in New Agricultural Schools
Warsaw reports plans to teach Poles, especially peasants, to farm along modern lines. Arrangements have been made to open five agricultural schools in various parts of the kingdom to promote agricultural advancement.
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Warsaw
Arlex Must Take Chances With Men
Berlin dispatch reports German railways plan to abolish women only compartments to save space on trains. The move aims to reduce train length and coat usage, and affects compartments designated for women and for passengers with logs.
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Arlex
Berlin
Portland firm chars Northwestern in Alaska trade shift
The Portland Steamship Company has chartered the steamship Northwestern from Alaska Steamship Company to operate between Portland and San Francisco and other California points. The move aims to exploit higher profits in the southern trade versus the Alaska run, signaling a strategic shift in wartime freight routes. Also noted are a local shoe shine service and an Alaskan Hotel barber shop offering prompt delivery.
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Portland Steamship Company
Steamship
Northwestern
Alaska Steamship Company
Portland
San Francisco
California
Alaska
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