Germans Fall Back at Verdun and Verdun Fort Vaux Evacuated
Berlin reports Fort Vaux on the Meuse was evacuated by German forces after a night withdrawal following bombardment. In the Verdun drive, Germans lose most eastern Meuse ground as Crown Prince's army withdraws. Concurrently Italian forces under Gen. Cadorna resume advances on Trieste with significant gains and prisoners.
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London
Fort Vaux
Verdun
Berlin
Meuse
Gorizia
Corso
Count Cadorna
Trieste
Vallone
Carso
Segii
Tivoli
San Matco
Sober
Somme
Paris
Les Boeufs
Sailly-Salisel
Bounty on Wheat in France Aims to Spur Planting
Paris reports the Chamber of Deputies adopted a government bill authorizing a bounty on next year’s French wheat harvest. The payment equals 16 cents per bushel with 20 francs extra per hectare for expanded wheat cultivation. The cabinet expects the policy to prevent bread price increases.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
France
Fire at Standard Steel Car CompanyPARAIZED 3000 Idle Workers
Butler Pa The power and electric departments of the Standard Steel Car Company plant were destroyed by fire crippling the works and leaving 3000 workers unemployed. The blaze likely started from crossed electric wires. Loss estimated at 550000 with repairs to take time.
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Standard Steel Car Company
Butler
Poland Declared Independent by Austro Hungarian German Powers
Vienna reports that the Austro Hungarian and German emperors proclaim independence for Poland. A military backed new state is formed with a Polish elected body to draft a future constitution. French forces report gains on the Somme and Verdun fronts with attacks on St Pierre Vaast wood.
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Vienna
London
Poland
Associated Press
Europe
Somme
Verdun
Les Boeufs
Sailly-Sachsel
Letter Place
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Deutschland Lands Cargo at New London Harbor
The Deutschland arrives in New London with ten million dollars of cargo including chemicals dye stuffs drugs jewelry and stocks and bonds. Captain Koenig notes surface speed of fourteen knots and submerged speeds of two to one knot. James L. McGovern travels to Hartford to resolve a duty question tied to stocks and bonds and is told Secretary McAdoo solved the issue.
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New London
Conn
James L. McGovern
Connecticut
Paul Koenig
PITH OF THE WAR NEW PITH OF THE WAR NEW
Italian forces under Gen Count Cadorna press south of Gorizia and trap over 9000 Austro Hungarian troops in four days including 270 officers. Paris says Fort Vaux secured by French forces. Rome notes 18498 Austrian losses Day 1 of new Italian offensive. Local reports of Russian and Galician activity and an American aviator Antony Jannus killed.
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Trieste
Count Cadorna
Aosta
Gorizia
Vienna
Tulghes
Paris
Fort Vaux
Rome
Petrograd
Galicia
Vollugnit
Berlin
Antony Jannus
Baltimore
Confessed plot to dynamite subway ends in arrests
Six men confess to plans to blow subway stations in New York and loot funds from Local No. 731. The scheme sought to detonate Times Square and other stations, with $190 diverted from union treasury. All six jailed on $20,000 bail each for further hearing.
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Olice
New York
Central Park
Times Square
Lenox Avenue
One Hundred and Tenth Street
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
Woods
Fiftyninth Street
Columbus Circle
Interborough
New York City
Thomas J. McGuire
Cadwell
Lawrence Kulle
James J Merna
George Pallack
Benjamin S. Hamilton
Michael J. Herlehy
Financial Mn
Six Americans Lost on Marina Incident Reported
Secretary of State Lansing said he asked the American envoy in Berlin to inquire into the sinking of the Marina off the Irish coast. The German envoy stated no change in submarine policy and pledged to investigate the attack. The Marina went down after a submarine attack, six Americans lost and 51 saved. Names Miller and Davis appeared among the rescued.
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Lansing
Berlin
Washington
Marina
State Department
Count von Bernstein
Germany
United States
London
Miller
Davis
Reichstag OKs 12 Billion Mark War Credit
The Reichstag passed a 12,000,000,000 mark war credit after a brief debate. Imperial Treasurer Count von Roedern had requested the bill on Sunday. Only the radical socialist wing opposed, while other members cheered the result.
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Reichstag
Berlin
Count von Roedern
Socialist Party
France to Fix Butter and Cheese Prices Senate Measure
France's Senate approved a measure empowering the Interior Minister to set retail price limits on butter and cheese. The move follows steep postwar price increases with wholesale cheese surges reported for Gruyere at 400 percent and Roquefort near 1000 percent.
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France
Senate
Reta
Paris
Minister of the Interior
Gruyere
Roquefort
W W I W Invaders Fire on Everett Wharf Clash
At Everett Washington the Verona carrying 250 Industrial Workers of the World members from Seattle faced a 150 member citizen posse led by Sheriff Don McRae. A volley killed six and wounded forty. the sheriff and several others were hurt as the Verona fled toward Seattle after fierce exchanges.
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Everett
Wash
Everett City
Industrial Workers of the World
Seattle
Don McRae
Sheriff McRae
Co. O. Curtis
Washington National Guard
Verona
Everet
Sherif McRae
Seaitte
Five Die as Verona Returns to Seattle
The Verona steamship bringing IWW expedition members to Everett returned to Seattle with five dead and twenty injured. The deceased include Hugo Gerlot of Milwaukee and Harry Pierce of Seattle. other names listed. Governor Ernst Lister ordered Adjutant General Maurice Thompson of the Washington National Guard to Everett to report on conditions there.
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Seattle
Wash
Verona
Industrial Workers of the World
Everett
Gerlot
Hugo
Milwaukee
Wis
Seaman
Looney
John
Aver Junction
Mass
Pierce
Harry
Johnson
Gus
Baron
Felix
Ernst Lister
Adjt
Maurice Thompsoen
Washington National Guard
Iverett
Civil War in Greece Breaks Out at Saloniki
Reports from London state Greece has entered civil war as factions led by Veni zelous supporters clash with King Constantine. The conflict follows Greece joining Teutonic Allies and intensifies nationwide power struggles.
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Saloniki
London
Greece
Venizelos
Constantine
Bulearia
Teutonic
Lloyds records show 308 neutral ships sunk since war start
The report notes 308 neutral ships totaling 421333 gross tons sunk by Germans since war began. In Ireland Sir Brian Mahon to command British forces replacing Sir John Maxwell. An ICC probe into car shortages begins in Louisville. Mexican authorities plan new campaign against Francisco Villa. Fire in Upper Sandusky attributed to a meteor. family escaped. British officers in Osnabruck honor Capt Boelke with a wreath.
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London
Lloyd’s
Brian Mahon
Egypt
John Maxwell
Ireland
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Louisville
Francisco Villa
Parral
Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
W. S. Shuman
Boelke
Osnabruck
Hughes Wins New Jersey A pivotal party shift in 1916 results
New Jersey pledged to Hughes with fourteen electoral votes and strong GOP gains across counties. Hudson County showed a sharp Democratic hit as German voters favored Hughes, while Essex Mercer Atlantic and other counties boosted Republican margins. The article notes Progressive ties to the GOP and outlines expected Assembly and Senate seats.
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Trenton
New Jersey
Hughes
Walter R. Edge
Joseph E. Frelinghuysen
United States
Hudson County
Hoboken
North Hudson
Wilson
M. Otto Wittpenn
Jersey City
Newark
Atlantic County
Hugries
Edge
Mercer County
Hudson
Roosevelt
Taft
James F. Martine
William Huhes
Paterson
Edward (. Stokes
Colby
Congress
A. ©. Hart
House of Assembly
Senate
Everett Colby
Republican National Campaign Committee
Edmund B. Osborne
Potatoes Enrich Jersey Farmers Provoke NYC Middlemen Debate
Farmers in Middlesex Mercer and Monmouth counties say middlemen are to blame for high city prices. They report strong profits this year, with New Jersey potatoes largely sold locally or to the South and West, and NYC buyers offering lower prices. The piece notes taxes, seed costs doubling, and Merritt Lane appointed as Jersey City Vice Chancellor to fill a Newark death vacancy.
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Metropolis
Trenton
New Jersey
New York
South
Middlesex
Mercer
Monmouth
Commission
Weste
Merritt Lane
Jersey City
Edwin Robert Walker
James E. Howell
Newark
Iuane
Hudson County
John W. Griggs
Prudential Insurance Company
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R. Morris County
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R. Ocean County
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Whitman
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Roy M. Robinson
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Burlington County
Emmer Roberts
Garfield Pancoast
C. A. Wolverton
Ralph N. Kellum
Ray Sheppard
Theo. J. Badgeley
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H. J. Buehler
S. P. Gilbert
Harry D. Johnson
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