Asquith Resigns as British Premier in War Crisis
London reports Premier Asquith has resigned amid a wartime crisis. Lloyd George and Bonar Law swirl in the coalition’s future. king invites Law, decision pending, else Lloyd George leads with a reshaped cabinet and intensified war effort.
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Bonar Law
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Borar Law
David Lloyd-George
Cat
Teutons
Petrograd
Roumanians
Teutonic
Ploedhti
Bucharest
War Office
Germany
Roumania
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Vossische Zeitung
France
Elmendorf Reported Safe After Chihuahua City Killing
El Paso reports Charles Elmendorf, reportedly killed at Chihuahua City, is safe. His daughter, said captured by Villa, is in Clifton Arizona and was not seized. A mistaken report named Jose Bovio's daughter as the captive. Chihuahua City dispatches also note the killing of Emeliano Enriquez, uncle of ex Governor Ignacio Enriquez.
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el Paso
Tex
Charles Elmendorf
Chihuahua City
Villa
Clifton
Ariz
Jose Bovio
Emeliano Enriquez
Ignacio Enriquez
Liberty Bathes in Nighttime Glow as Statue Shines On
The statue now gleams under improved lighting, illuminating Liberty Island at night and highlighting its silhouette against the dark sky. City officials say the enhanced illumination boosts visibility and civic pride for residents and visitors.
Villa to Proclaim New Mexican Regime
Francisco Villa plans to announce a new civil government for Chihuahua within days. Villista forces are near the border and leaders say the Juarez garrison may join Villa. Dispatches report 2000 Carranza troops joined Villa at Chihuahua City and the Torreon to Paredon railroad was cut, signaling a possible advance on Torreon.
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Chihuahua
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Villista
Legalista Party
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Chihuahua City
Torreon
Paredon
Villistas
Explosion Kills Two at Egyptian Powder Press Plant
In Murphysboro Illinois two men Oscar Kelly and Harry Wallard were killed when an explosion wrecked the Egyptian Powder company press building six miles from Marion. The blast was felt for twenty miles with shattered windows in Marion Johnson City. Cause undeclared. Kelly was blown 700 feet Wallard 300 feet.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Egyptian Powder Company
Marion
Johnson City
Oscar Kelly
Harry Wallard
Two Die by Electric Chair in Pennsylvania Prison
Two killers faced the electric chair at Rockview Penitentiary in Bellefonte Pennsylvania on December 5. Dominick Digisco executed for fatally stabbing an ice cream vendor and Stanislaus Wocekoske executed for murdering a fellow countryman.
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Bellefonte
Rockview
Dominick Digisco
Stanislaus Wocekoske
Mrs Margaret Franck Dead in New Albany
Mrs Margaret Franck sixty seven widow of Henry Franck dies in New Albany Ind with obituary noting her age and status as widow in the local report dated December 5.
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Margaret Franck
New Albany
Ind
Henry Franck
German Consul Kidnapped in Mexico for Ransom
The U S state department reports Honorary German Consul Arnold Vogel was kidnapped by bandits at Colima near Manzanillo and held for ten thousand dollars. Berlin may face U S responsibility for safety of German subjects. In Chihuahua Villa bandits are hunted after terror reign and executions of officials and Chinese.
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State Department
Pacific
Mexico
Arnold Vogel
Colima
Manzenillo
Eckardt
Mexico City
Carranza
Germany
United States
Perlin
Lansing
Villa
Villista
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Arnulfo Gonzales
Holguin
Hailstorm Hits Troy Indiana Causing Severe Damage
In Cannelton Indiana on December 6 a fierce hail bombardment struck Troy, tearing tin and shingle roofs, shattering windows and electric lights, and killing poultry. The storm packed three inches of hail on the ground and raged for half an hour, scattering stock and forcing owners to shelter horses under roofs and in yards.
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Cannelton
Ind
Troy
Carpentier Willard Bout Backed by War Relief Funds
Georges Carpentier, French heavyweight champion, and Jess Willard, world champion, near a ten round no decision bout in New York within two months. Verbal consent obtained, articles to come. Forty thousand dollars from profits to a French war relief fund, enabling Carpentier’s release from the French army.
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New York
Georges Carpentier
France
Jess Willard
Carpentier
City to sell 40000 bushels to curb fuel price
Evansville Central Labor Union protests Mayor Bosse decision to buy non union coal for city sale. The purchase of 40 000 bushels aims to drive down local fuel costs by flooding the market.
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Evansville
Ind
Dee
Central Labor Union
Bosse
Guardsman Bogart Found Dead in Rio Grande
Branley D. Bogart a private in the Thirty second Michigan national guard was missing since October 18 and his body was recovered from the Rio Grande river in El Paso Texas on December 5.
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el Paso
Tex
Branley D. Bogart
Thirty-second
Michigan National Guard
Rio Grande River
Herbert Asquith Resigns as British Prime Minister
Premier Herbert Asquith resigns his office in Britain ending a long tenure marked by wartime leadership and political shifts. The move prompts a transition as the nation faces new governance amid ongoing global tensions.
Our Little Bandit Hunt Is Expensive
Secretary McAdoo warns that unless troops withdraw from the Mexican border and the expedition into Mexico ends, the United States may need extraordinary financing such as Panama canal bonds or a new war tax. For fiscal year 1918 appropriations are set at 1 654 819 654 dollars aided by the Federal Reserve system described as vital to prosperity.
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Washington
Mexico
United States
McAdoo
Federal Reserve System
McDaniel Found Not Guilty In Missouri Murder Trial
Oscar McDaniel, St Joseph prosecuting attorney, was acquitted on the fourth ballot after a three week murder trial over his wife’s death. Burns Detective agency aided the arrest, with defense by C Strop, Gabbert, and Porter. The state’s case was led by Bart Lockwood. The victim, Mrs. McDaniel, was beaten to death July 14 and McDaniel was arrested Sept 24.
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St. Joseph
Oscar Mc Daniel
St Joseph
United States
Burns Detective Agency
McDaniel
C. Strop
Lewis C. Gabbert
Kay C. Porter
Missouri
John M. Barker
Bart M. Lockwood
County council funds aide in graft prosecutions
Marion Indiana December 6 after adjourning without an appropriation for special assistance in graft prosecutions the county council reconvened at the request of Judge Frank Cherles and Prosecutor Wilber Williams and voted 500 to hire an assistant to the prosecutor former deputy Marshall Williams will be employed
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Marion
Ind
Frank Cherles
Wilber Williams
Marshall Williams
Teachers Responsible for War Says Rabbi Wise at Evansville
Rabbi Steven Wise of New York told the Southwestern Teachers association in Evansville that teachers bear responsibility for war by failing to teach peace ethics in the schoolroom.
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Evansville
Ind
Steven Wise
New York
Southwestern Teachers’ Association
Secret Nuptials Reported in Rochester
Announcement from Rochester Indiana states that Ly man Weber a prominent local hardware man married Miss Mae Greer in a secret ceremony on November 12 at St. Joe.
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Rochester
Ind
St. Joe
Lyman Weber
Mae Greer
State Deficit May Pinch Illinois Lawmakers
Springfield Illinois December 6 The capital faces a treasury shortfall with Treasurer Russell and retiring Auditor Brady noting a likely deficit by July 1 nearly 3 000 000. They cite high prices and administration excess as contributing factors.
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Springfield
Russel
Treasury
Ducks Stir Authority Shot in Rockford Incident
In Rockford Illinois Patrolman Oscar Sandberg and Erick Hammer were suspended pending an investigation after an allegation they stole a duck from a decoy barrel. They argued whether the bird was a duck or goose and planned to seek a dispatcher decision at a nearby railroad office.
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Rockford
Ill
Oscar Sandberg
Erick Hammer
Increases Coal Demurrage By Public Utilities Commission
Springfield Illinois December 6 the public utilities commission orders higher coal car demurrage after one day notice cars in railroad yards awaiting reconsignment have free first day then 1 2 3 and 5 dollars per car for subsequent days the schedule begins after the initial day.
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Springfield
Ill
The
Public Utilities Commission
Purdue Club to be organized in Wayne County
G. J. Chris head of Purdue extension department will organize a Purdue club for alumni in Wayne County. Sixty seven Purdue graduates live in the county.
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Purdue Club
Richmond
Ind
G. J. Christie
Purdue University
Purdue
Wayne County
Bethlehem Steel raises wages for 40000 workers nationwide
Br. G. Grace, president of Bethlehem Steel, announced a wage increase of about ten percent for nearly 40,000 employees at the company's plants in South Bethlehem Pennsylvania Steelton Pennsylvania and Sparrows Point Maryland. The raise takes effect December 16 and applies to hour day and turn rates with adjustments in certain tonnage and piece work jobs.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Steelton
Sparrows Point
Br. G. Grace
Wabash College Director Quits
Crawfordsville Ind Dec 5 Will H Diddel graduate manager of Wabash college athletics has offered his resignation to Dr George L McIntosh president to take effect before Dec 25 He plans to enter business in Indianapolis.
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Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Will H. Diddel
George Ll. McIntosh
Mwe
Indianapolis
Acquittal in Easton Case Of Locked Daughter Abuse
Easton Maryland December six Mrs Rose Virginia Marshall was acquitted by a jury in the case accusing her of confining her stepdaughter to a cellar for eleven years. The court dismissed the last two counts of the indictment against Marshall. The remaining counts charged assault.
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Easton
Rose Virginia Marshall
Marshall Brown
Third Baron Hardinge Dead In Gloucestershire
London reports the death of Charles Paget Fitzhardinge the third Baron Hardinge born in 1830 and inheriting the title in 1896 on his brother’s death. He resided in Gloucestershire.
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London
Charles Paget Fitzhardinge
Ito
Gloucestershire
Arrest Police for Raiding Tiger in Indiana
Bicknell officials Chief C. A. Sims and Patrolman Curtis Rogers were arrested for taking liquor without a warrant in a blind tiger fire.
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Bicknell
Ind
C. A. Sims
Curtis Rogers
John D. Archbold Death Recalls Standard Oil Leader
John D. Archbold head of the Standard Oil Company has died, ending a career that shaped the oil industry. Archbold led operations and policy at one of America's leading corporations, influencing markets and corporate practice.
John D Archbold Dies Oil Magnate at 68 in New Jersey
John D Archbold president of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey died at his Tarrytown home after an illness of less than two weeks. He underwent an appendectomy on November 23 and later relapsed. doctors then advised a blood transfusion. Archbold, who met John D Rockefeller in about 1872, rose to lead the major oil firm and was noted for his early slogan
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Tarrytown
N. J
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
Death recalls Ray tragedy in Tippecanoe County
Elmira Hart, found dead in Lafayette, Ind, echoes a long-ago case. In May 1909 Ellis Ray, a wealthy landowner, allegedly killed farm hand Conrad Ortman with a club. his trial was halted when a phone call reported Ray had shot himself. Mrs Hart, Ray’s housekeeper, was said to witness the assault.
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Lafayette
Ind
Elmira Hart
Tippecanoe
Ellis Ray
Conrad Ortman
Ray
Hart
Harlem-Cronx Poultry Indictments Highlight Price Fixing
Six members of the Harlem Cronx Live Poultry Association were indicted by a New York grand jury. The district attorney charges the men fixed poultry prices in collusion with slaughterhouses.
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New York
Harlem-Cronx Live Poultry Association
Chicago Markets Live Stock Hogs Cattle and Grains Report
Market summary shows hog receipts 412000 with quotes from 9.19 to 9.70 per cwt and 9.65 to 9.95 for shipping. heavy and light grades listed. Cattle receipts 8000 with prices 10.50 to 11.50 for steers and 6.75 to 27.40 for cows, up to 13.00 13.25 for primes. Wheat No 2 red at 1.71 446 1.73 denominator. corn No 3 white 90 percent. oats No 3 white 52 52. Eggs firsts 38 39 cents. extras 38 40 cents. Butter extras 39 cents. firsts 38 38.5 cents.
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