Ford Tells Plan Teppe Benedict Ford Tells Plan Teppe Benedict
Henry Ford sent a cable to Pope Benedict outlining his idea to end the war and bring soldiers home this Christmas. His peace headquarters released the cable and suggested delegates would form an international peace congress at a neutral capital to present proposals. The Vatican telegraphed the pope seeking his cooperation.
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New York
Pope Benedict
Henry Ford
Ford
Pblic
Hague
Holy Father
Rome
Cardinal Hartmann
Cologne
Cardinal Mercier
Brussels
Vatican
Hartmann
Berlin
Attempt on Woodrow Wilson and Jarrison life reported
In Cleveland December 1 an alleged plan to use liquid fuel to end President Wilson and Secretary Jarrison was revealed by County Prosecutor Cyrus Locher, based on statements from E. W. Ritter a chemist arrested. Charles De Woody a Justice Department special agent obtained the warrant and served it on Ritter as plans were described, signaling sensational developments.
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Cleveland
Wilson
Jarrison
Cyrus Locher
E. W. Ritter
Charles de Woody
Department of Justice
Ritter
Double guard placed around Dupont mills after fatal blast
Wilmington Delaware December 1 a double guard was placed about the Dupont Powder company mills as state and federal officials joined the investigation into the Upper Hagley yard explosion that killed thirty one men and injured many. The blast worst in a quarter century left most victims aged 16 to 21 and scattered debris along the Brandywine valley.
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Wilmington
Del
Dupont Powder Company
Hagley Yard
Dupont
Washington
Henry Clay
Brandywine Creek
Sodt
Upner Jagley Flont
Dupont Company
Mace
Hanrahan
Pleasanton
Oliver
Delaware
Homeopathic
Davis
Walker
Thaxter
Upner
Russian troop concentrations threaten Bulgaria invasion
A map shows Russia massing troops at Danube points Kent and Ismail and at Essa in the Black Sea region. The plan targets Bulgaria's Danube port Hiustchuk and Black Sea ports Varna Burgas with potential bombardment already reported at Varna.
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Black Sea
Kent
Ismail
Danube
Bessarabia
Essa
Russia
Lower Danube
Hiustchuk
Bulgaria
Varna
Burgas
Theatre Listings for Maryland to Belvedere Screens
Local program notes list Maryland Theatre showing The Garden of Allah. Grande Theatres presents Emmet Corrigan in Greater Love Hath No Man. Liberty Theatre features Mary Pickford in A Girl of Yesterday. Victoria Theatre screens The Diamond From the Sky and Belvedere Theatre presents Pictures.
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Maryland
Where to Find the News Ten a.m. Ci
A brief notice indicating the News at 10 a.m. on City Channel 10. It promotes the daily broadcast slot and reminds viewers to tune in for local updates and weather. The item uses concise language typical of a local TV listings brief.
Wreck injures five passengers and six dining staff
Two derailed freight cars struck Baltimore and Ohio passenger train No 12 in Clarksburg West Virginia at six last night injuring five passengers and six dining car employees who remained aboard after a brief delay. Names include Mrs A B Willets wife of Admiral Willets Washington and W T Smithy Texarkana surgeon among others with varied injuries.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Baltimore and Ohio
A. B Willets
Washington
Admiral Willets
W. T. Smiley
Texarkana
Tex
Cotton Belt Railroad
W. T. George
Phillips
W. C. Drake
Cameron
Alfred Phillips
Athens
Joe Russell
Cook
A. O. Point
J. H. Potello
W. A. Oakes
Rioting Kills Six Negroes at Berkeley Island Ark
Six Black residents are dead in three days of rioting, pillaging, and arson against Black homes, churches, and schools in Berkeley Island, Arkansas. White deputies are under arrest and state intervention may come if the sheriff cannot quell the unrest after the shooting of John Lee, a white deputy sheriff.
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Little Rock
Ark
Berkley Island
John Lee
Wilson and Lansing Break From London Note Plans
President Wilson and Secretary Lansing held a long conference in Washington on December 1 regarding the forthcoming contraband note to Great Britain. Lansing said the note is being carefully drafted, outlining basic principles and citing precedents on several unsettled state department matters.
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Washington
Presiden Wilson
Lansing
United States
Great Britain
State Department
Five borough population revised in New York City census
New York City police census shows the five boroughs contain 5,258,888 residents. The state census from last July counted 5,009,112, sparking dissatisfaction and prompting the health department to commission the new tally.
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New York
Kaisers visit not for peace traffic zone established
Vienna reports Emperor William’s Vienna visit has no defined political aim while London papers speculate on a bid for a separate peace between Austria and Italy. Baltimore introduces traffic zones with white lines eight inches wide to curb jaywalking and regulate pedestrian crossings at intersections.
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London
Austria
Italy
Balto and
Centre Sts
Pall Mall Gazette
William
Vienna
Germany
Oscar A. Eyerman
J. Thomas Eisenhauer
Baltimore
Centre Streets
Collision in Snowstorm Kills Father And Son On Kendal Rail Line
In a blinding snowstorm a handcar and a locomotive on Kendal Lumber Co rails near Crellin Maryland collided, killing Michael Shaffer 67 and his son James Shaffer 36. Injured were Richard Nicholson 55 and Frank Strawser. The elder Shaffer’s wife and a large family survive. the son leaves a widow and four children.
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Michael Shaffer
James Shaffer
Kendal Lumber Company of
Pittsburgh
Crellin
Oakland
Richard Nicholson
Frank Strawser
Handecar
British Steamer Sunk by Submarine. Five Dead
The British steamer King's Way was sunk by a submarine with suspected loss of five lives. The captain and twenty one crew members were landed today. five others remain unaccounted for and are believed dead.
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London
King's Way
Archbishop Mundelein Named Archbishop of Chicago
Rome December 1 Pope Benedict appointed American bishops with Mon signor Mundelein Archbishop of Chicago Brossardt Bishop of Covington Ky and Dougherty Bishop of Buffalo The new Chicago archbishop is among the youngest in the American hierarchy and a Manhattan College graduate.
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Rome
Benedict
Monsignor
Mundelein
Chicago
Brossardt
Covington
Dougherty
Buffalo
Manhattan College
New York
Three Austrian ministers resign over peace talks
Amsterdam dispatch says the emperor of Austria accepted the resignations of the finance interior and commerce ministers. The move follows reports that Austrian leaders are considering arranging a separate peace, with the three ministers believed to favor such a step and to have been overruled.
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Amsterdam
Austria
Finance
Interior
Commerce
Vienna
Harrington Plans Two Week Holiday After Court Appearance
Governor-elect Emerson C. Harrington spent most of yesterday before the court of appeals in Annapolis and announced a two week vacation starting December 6. He will hunt in the backfields and woods of Dorchester county, then returned to Cambridge today.
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Baltimore
Emerson CC. Harrington
Court of Appeals
Annapolis
Dorehser County
Harrington
Cambridge
Socialist Split Threa ten Reichstag In December
Berlin dispatch reports a growing split within the Socialists of the Reichstag with caucuses urging factions to settle on Germanys peace terms while another group sees such terms as weakness Food regulation debates also surface as a recess is likely Greece's stance toward the Allies and Romania's position amid surrounding powers draw attention London notes a broader Austro Italian front offensive as Prisrend falls to Bulgaria and Monastir faces evacuation more Serbian troops and cannons captured in Prisrend with more expected near Monastir
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Berlin
Germany
Greece
Rumania
Serbia
London
Montenegro
Victor Emmanuel
Double Funeral for Auto Victims Held at Centre Street
The double funeral for Milton Dicken and Mrs. Alice Kifer took place at 2:30 PM at Centre Street Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Joseph Dawson and Rev. David G. Pile officiated. Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery. Attendees included out-of-town relatives from Durbin, Hagers Town, Thomas, Flintstone, Davis, and Indian Spring.
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Milton Dicken
Columbia Street
Alice Kifer
Frank R. Kifer
LaVale
National Pike
Red Clay Hill
Centre Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Joseph Dawson
Centre Street
Dicken
David G. Pile
Kingsley Methodist Episcopal Church
Kifer
Mr. Dicken
John E. McBeth
Charles W. Bramble
F. W. Burroughs
George Bowman
William Miller
George J. Schramm
John N. Frantz
Filmore Rice
Thomas
W. Va
Harry Dicken
Flintstone
Kelly Dicken
Davis
Clay Felters
Adolphus Dicken
Indian Spring
Concrete Tank Supplied Water Farm Near Cumberland
State Agent McGill finished supervising a 550 barrel capacity concrete tank on W. H. Smouse’s Cumberland area farm four miles from the town on the Baltimore Pike. The 14 by 8 foot tank, with six inch thick walls, will supply water to Smouse and H. H. Carleton families, drawing from the Smouse barn roof and a windmill-pumped well. The tank followed a silo project on Daniel Annan’s farm.
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McGill
W. H. Smouse
Cumberland
Baltimore Pike
Daniel Annan
Mr. Smouse
H. H. Carleton
Smouse
Pittsburgh Moves to Ban Public Solicitation for Marriage
An ordinance proposed in Pittsburgh aims to end public solicitation for marriage ceremonies. It forbids anyone from approaching individuals on city streets to secure business for ministers or justices of the peace, with fines of 10 to 50 dollars or up to 20 days in the workhouse for violators. The measure targets activity near the license office where solicitors and ordained ministers operate.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Garsland
Justice of the Peace
Court House
Save the Boston Common Protest Draws Thousands
Boston residents packed city hall on December 1 to oppose a plan by street commissioners to trim the Boston Common by 15 feet on two sides to widen streets and ease traffic. A petition with thousands of signatures, filed as property owners of the Common, argued the park is sacred ground and should not be diminished for commerce or traffic relief.
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Boston
Mass
City Hell Today
Boston Common
America
United States
President Wilson Hosts Princeton Students at White House Banquet
Washington December event featured eight Princeton guests with the marine band performing Old Nassau songs. The informal dinner was served at a horseshoe table. Judge Robert R. Henderson of Cumberland, class of 1879, attended and the motto Loyalty guided the gathering.
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Washington
Ieee Princeton University
Wilson
White House
Nassau
Marine Band
Sale of Heirs of John Haines Includes Family Clock
In Green Spring valley last Friday a sale of the heirs effects included an old grandfather clock that had been in the family for three or four generations. The clock bears a repaired inscription noting work in 1817 and has run with only oiling since. The clock was not sold and was kept by the heirs.
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John Haines
Green Spring Valley
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