German War Progress and Falkland Islands Naval Victory
Reported German advances near Warsaw and in the west contrast with a British victory off the Falkland Islands. A British squadron under Vice Admiral Sturdee sank the German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig with two colliers captured. Survivors were reported from some ships, while the Scharnhorst crew were presumed lost.
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London
Warsaw
War Office
Petrograd
Falkland Islands
Athlantic
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Liepzig
Frederick Sturdee
Count von Spee
South Atlantic
Leipzig
Good Hope
Monimouth
Pacific
Dresden
Nurnberg
Helgoland
Admiralty
Nurnburg
Parkland Islands
Frederick
von Spee
Sturdee
Trade Boomers Bring Shoppers To Cumberland
Nearly two hundred Cumberland residents rode from Petersburg Virginia on a Chamber of Commerce special train to shop in Cumberland. The crowds filled the Queen City station area and many visited Maryland Theatre and shows. A banquet in Petersburg highlighted the trip and the visiting businessmen praised Cumberland’s merchants and orderly conduct.
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Cumberland
Queen City
Baltimore Street
Maryland Theatre
Hermitage Hf
Petersburg
Schaeffer
Philip W. Blake
Cumberland Business
Baker
Johnson
Grant County
Blake
Cumnberland
Ridgeley names ticket for mayor in first corporation election
At a Ridgeley West Virginia meeting at the school house a citizen ticket was named for the January mayoral race. Nominees include J. T. Vandegrift for mayor George F. Harrison recorder and councilmen J H Miller J E Rice Willard Everstine J A Albright and Howard R Kight ward representatives. Ward 1 will elect two councilmen. Socialists expected to nominate a ticket and another may enter. The incorporation vote passed by one, but Judge Reynolds upheld the election as valid.
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Ridgeley
W. Va
J. T. Vandegrift
George F. Harrison
J. H. Miller
J. E. Rice
Willard Everstine
J. A. Albright
Howard R. Kight
Western Maryland Railway
R. A. Radcliffe
Oppon
Lane Outlines Constructive Indian Policy in Interior Report
Secretary Franklin K. Lane summarizes a constructive Indian policy intended to move Native peoples from government wards toward full citizenship. The annual interior department report highlights three major themes: the Cherokee nation’s dissolution, Alaska’s opening, and western development measures. Lane questions the continued benefit of the almshouse policy for Indians.
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Washington
Franklin K. Lane
Interior Department
Wilson
Lane
Alaska
West
Almshouse
Taft Urges Congress to Curb States to Prevent War
In Somerville Massachusetts on December 10 former President William Howard Taft told the Heptorean Club that Congress should assume authority to stop states from violating treaties through laws or violence. He argued this would curb war risks more than bigger armed forces and urged delegation to the national government for peaceful residence and business rights. He did not name any state in the remarks.
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Somerville
Mass
Congress
United States
William Howard Taft
Heptorean Club
Mr. Taft
Taft
War Secretary Urges U S to Strengthen Army
Secretary of war Lindley M. Garrison urges expanding the regular army to full strength with a 25,000 man immediate increase. He calls for a reserve force recalled in need, a National Guard reserve, and civilian officer training to meet European war lessons. He stresses immediate action and careful study of future developments.
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Washington
Lindley M. Barrison
United States Regular Army
National Guard
United States Readies Fire On Mexican Attack At Naco
Washington reports three batteries of field artillery may return fire if Mexican forces opposite Naco Arizona continue firing into American territory. President Wilson and Secretary Garrison discussed the warning with the cabinet and await orders to Brig. Gen. Bliss as he moves toward Naco.
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Washington
Naco
Ariz
International Line
Wilson
Garrison
United States
Tasker H. Bliss
British Colliers Ordered Out of Panama Canal Zone
Panama City Dec 10 Colonel Goethals ordered the immediate departure of the British colliers Kirnwood and Roddam from the canal zone to avoid questioning U S neutrality. Both vessels sailed at once. A third collier Mallina facees action over a missing health certificate and may be held. Kirnwood and Roddam were fined 25 dollars each.
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Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Kirnwood
United States
Canal Zone
Balboa
Pacific
Canal
Goethals
Mallina
Roddam
Wullty
Five Trainmen Severely Hurt In Collision
Five trainmen were seriously injured in a collision between an eastbound passenger train and a freight on the Lake Shore line near Bayview New York this morning. Injured include C Cummings of Buffalo fireman and Harold Tucker of Derby brake man. At least two of the injured are expected to die. Many passengers were slightly hurt but continued their trips. The crash was blamed on a signal misunderstanding.
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Buffalo
Lake Shore
Bayview
N. Y
Cc. Cummings
Harold Tucker
Derby
Two Die in L Train Collision on Upper Eighth Avenue
In New York two people died and more than twenty were injured when crowded elevated trains collided on upper Eighth Avenue last night. Fire followed and four cars burned as passengers fled the ties about 100 feet above the street on the elevated line.
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New York
Upper Eighth Avenue
Jews Driven From Homes in Russian Poland War Time
A Petrogad cablegram via the Jewish Colonization Association, released by the American Jewish relief committee, reports about 2,000,000 Jews displaced from their homes across Russian Poland and surrounding provinces including Kovyno Vilno Grodno VolyniaPodolia and Kessaraba with many refugees in distress.
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New York
Russian
Poland
Petrograd
Jewish Colonization Association
American Jewish Relief Committee
Russian Poland
Kovyno
Vilno
Grodno
Volynia
Podolia
Kessaraba
Gungiar
Von Moltke Out As Chief Of Staff In Berlin Change
Telegram from Amsterdam reports Count von Moltke arrived in Berlin from Hombourne in improved health but not fit to return to front. His successor as chief of the general staff will be Lieutenant General von Falkenhayn, the minister of war, who has filled the post since Moltke’s illness.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Berlin
Count von Moltke
Homboure
von Flekenhayn
Cumberland Press Subscriber Notice
A brief notice directs readers who miss an issue to notify the Press office by phone. It asks patrons on carrier routes to report missing daily deliveries so service can be corrected promptly. The policy aims to ensure uninterrupted newspaper delivery and identify carrier failures.
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Cumberland Press
Navy chief says US second only to England in strength
Rear Admiral Pletcher told the House naval committee that the United States navy is unprepared to face the world's strongest fleet. He warned the US would need a much larger fleet to defend American interests and to counter any coordinated action at sea. He noted the US is officially second to England and could be ready for war within one week.
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Europe
England
Fletcher
Washington
Pletcher
House Naval Committee
United States Navy
United States
Britain
Evacuation of Lodz Denied Losses By Petrograd
A Petrograd communication claims the Russian evacuation of Lodz, Poland showed heavy German losses and asserts Russians withdrew by night of December 6 after German forces failed to advance. The report notes German troops remained in place for hours before entering the town and offers cautious language on casualty figures.
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Petrograd
Paris
Kow
Glayno
Mlawa
Lowicz
South Cracow
Petrozradl
Lodz
Russant Poland
Manight
Mrs Sayre to Go to White House at Christmas
Washington December 10 Mrs Francis hb Sayre daughter of President Wilson is expected at the White House for Christmas and to remain there for some time afterward She is to become a mother The President will stay at home with his family in Washington for the holidays Gerkin's Studio advertises cabinet photos and evening sessions at 66 N Centre street with electric lighting Ads also note general heating services by M M Smith.
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Washington
Francis Hb. Sayre
Fresident Wilson
White House
Ele
Gerkin
Centre Street
Record Run Made on B and O Sunday
A record train run occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio line Sunday. A nine steel train of the Whirl of the World electrical company completed the Baltimore to Cumberland trip in nine hours and nineteen minutes. The section ran from Connellsville to Cumberland in two hours and forty minutes. The locomotive used was No. 202 operating in the Connellsville division westbound.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Trical Company
Baltimore
Cumberland
Quansbenellsville
Connellsville
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Alsace
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Southern Branch
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Chamber of Commerce
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Vandegrift
Reynolds
Keyser
Tion
U.S
Mr. Garrison
Tsingtau
The
Japanea
Sir C. Mallet
L” Smashup
von Moltre
Mifad
Petrosrad
Torlours
Ms. Sayre
M M Smith
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