Survivors Report After Sinking of Destroyer Jacob Jones
Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley and Lieutenant Norman Scott were saved after the German submarine torpedoed the American destroyer Jacob Jones in the war zone. Admiral Sims listed four other survivors and reported two known dead Ensign S E Kalk and Gunner Warry Hood.
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Jacob Jones
Sims
Navy Department
Jones
Admiral Sims
Posure
S. BE. Kalk
Flora S
Bet
Omaha
Neb
Warry Hood
Belle Flood
Atlanta
Clifford Vernon de Forest
Euelah de Forest
Chicago
Lawrence Hansen
Chester B. Lanen
Edward Meijer
John F. Meier
Monroe Street
Bay City
Mich
David Worth Bagley
Norman Scott
Harry R. Hood
Bagley
Seilly Islands
U-boat Rescues American Sailor After Cambrai Scene
A World War I submarine surfaced among wreckage at Cambrai aftermath and plucked a wounded American sailor from the water. The U-boat then submerged and departed, leaving lifeboats and sailors in turmoil as survivors clung to debris.
Halifax Arrests After Mont Blanc Collision
Survivors of the Noten ein stecrme collision with the French ship Mont Blanc were taken into custody by British authorities for an admiralty inquiry beginning tomorrow. Captain Lamedee and Pilot Mackay face arrest on the authorities words as Halifax orders nonessential residents to depart amid relief and food shortages. Premier Borden approves a 1 million dollar relief fund, while weather hampers search efforts. about 4,000 people are reported dead.
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Halifax
N. S
Imo
Lamedee
Mont Blane
Mackay
Hanrahan
Martin
Robert L. Borden
Citizens’ Finance Committee
Ottawa
Governor General
Wilson
United States
British Forces Capture Jerusalem in Mailed Peace Drive
London reports Andrew Bonar Law announced in Parliament that British troops have taken Jerusalem after linking southward advance with western forces near the ancient capital. Turkish surrender followed after being surrounded on all sides. Jerusalem had been in Turkish hands since 1187.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Jerusalem
Hebron
Japanese Troops Landed at Vladivostok, Official Report
Tokyo reports that Japanese troops have landed at Vladivostok in the Siberia Pacific port. The official announcement confirms military activity in the region amid ongoing tensions and movements in the Pacific theater.
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Vladivostok
Tokio
Siberia Pacific
Fire at U S Army depot causes large loss in Chicago
Daniel Heasley Jr a 17 year old apprentice electrician from 4143 North Whipple confessed to setting fire to the United States Army medical supply depot at Fortieth and Dearborn streets the blaze totaling an estimated 200000 Heasley claimed accidental use of a gasoline torch on the third floor The incident involved his father Daniel Heasley Sr and foreman Hugh Edgar Kavanaugh with police and state attorneys present during questioning They and two others were detained in connection with the fire
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Chicago
Daniel Heasley, Jr
North Whipple Street
United States Army Medical Supply
Fortieth
Dearborn
Heasley
Daniel Heasley
Hugh Edgar Kavanaugh
Liberty loan conference to plan national campaigns
Washington December 10 Liberty loan organizations from across the country will hold a conference of over 100 representatives with Secretary McAdoo. They will map campaigns for the war period and set the next loan date, though not fixed yet, with plans placing it sometime after February 1.
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Washington
McAdoo
Fortune of Oscar Lewinsohn Left to Edna May
Report says the late Oscar Lewinsohn leaves his entire estimated $6,000,000 fortune to his widow Edna May the star of The Belle of New York. The claim comes from New York sources citing the will.
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New York
Oscar Lewinsohn
Edna May
Navy faces up to wartime duties in Daniels report
Secretary Daniels presents a cautious and proud annual Navy report detailing preparation for war, submarine challenges, and expansion plans. He highlights 745 vessels commissioned, recruitment limits to select sailors, and proposals to raise enlisted strength and promote officers, with total next-year spending around 1.09 billion dollars.
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Washington
United States
Daniels
Indiana Food Administration Seeks Household Food Cards
In Indianapolis on December 10 the state food administration faces the household consumer problem as grocery limits curb sugar sales. Housewives send small boys to multiple stores to stock up, prompting consideration of a plan to issue food cards to each family.
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Indianapolis
State Food Administration
Boston Sends Relief Train For Halifax
A special Boston relief train carrying 40 physicians and nurses left for Halifax with medical supplies. Organized by the Massachusetts public safety committee and state guard, A C Ratshesky leads the party and Lt Col Brooks acts as chief surgeon. The war department was asked to alert Halifax by wireless.
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Boston
Dec. T
Halifax
State Committee On Public Service
State Guard
A. C. Rateshesky
State Committee On Public Safety
McCail
Ratshesky
Massachusetts Public Safety Commission
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
William A. Brooks
War Department
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Piave Line
Nord-Deutscher Zeitung
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