Greece in War Predicted as Crisis Peaks
Petrograd reports invaders driven back on a line with Falkenhayn and Russians gaining new positions. Bulgars cross the Danube at a new point as King Constantine seeks U S mediation, with an ultimatum reported as Athens nears a decisive turn in the great crisis.
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Petrograd
Danube
New Point
Amsterdam
Greece
Constantine
United States
Athens
Mr. Droppers
Roumanian Front Holds Against Austro German Advance
War office reports Roumanian forces retreating in eastern Wallachia have halted the Teutonic push east of Ploieşti and counterattacked toward Buzeu. In Moldavia the Russian advance presses along the Trotus and Cheboniaha valleys despite heavy resistance. A new Danube crossing is announced as Bulgarians push near Silistria and Kirlibaba clashes continue. Emperor William awards Field Marshal von Hindenburg the grand cross of the Iron Cross.
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Petrograd
Wallachia
Teutonic
Ploechti
War Office
Buzeu
Putna
Dorna Vatra
Trotus
Salty
Cheboniaha
Csobainjoc
Buzeu-Ploechti
Grikova River
Danube
Berlin
Tchernavoda
Silistria
Roumania
Kirlibaba
von Hindenburg
William
William Has Conferred Upon Field Marshal
the Iron Cross
British to Make Their Own Shells
Washington reports the British will manufacture all its own shells when American contracts end, cutting U.S. export trades. Officials say munitions exports to Britain total about a quarter of U.S. exports at roughly 1.0080.06 a year. The decline will be gradual rather than sudden.
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Washington
America
United States
Department of Commerce
Edward B. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bosse's Home Market Booms in Evansville
Evansville municipal market opened by Mayor Benjamin Bosse to curb food costs is thriving. Prices run from 25 percent to one third lower than retailers, drawing strong local demand since December 11.
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Bosse
Evansville
Ind
Benjamin Bosse
State Board Rules for Tax Amendment in Illinois
The Illinois state canvassing board ruled the tax amendment to the state constitution was adopted at the recent election. The tax rate for the coming year was set by the state tax commission at 80 cents per $100 valuation to cover a projected $3 million deficit. The issue centered on whether a majority of all votes cast was required. the amendment failed to win that majority but had a majority of votes for general assembly members.
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Chicago
Illinois
Springfield
Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Death of Marshal Oyama Ends Great Japanese Military Career
Tokyo reports Marshal Marquis Iwao Oyama is dead. He led Japan’s land campaigns in the Russo Japanese War with notable victories at Liao Yang and Port Arthur. His wife, educated in America, once studied at Vassar after living in New Haven.
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Tokyo
Iwao Oyama
Japan
Moltke
Napoleon
Kitchener
Manchuria
Liao Yang
China
Port Arthur
Wei- Hai-Wei
Oyama Long
America
United States
New Haven
Conn
Vassar
Deutschland completes second transatlantic voyage with cargo bound for Bremen
The submarine freighter Deutschland arrived off the Weser after nineteen days from New London, two days longer than its prior run. Captained by Paul Koenig, the ship began November 21 and faced a prior collision with escort tug T A Scott, costing five lives. Repairs at Bramerhaven loom before future westward trips. Cargo valued at about 2.09 million dollars includes crude rubber tin and copper. German submarines in the Arctic reportedly sank sixteen ammunition steamers bound for Russia last week.
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Benin
Sayville
Paul Koenig
New London
Bremen
Atlantic
Baltimore
T. A. Scott
Berlin
Arctic
Russia
Stockholm
Ford suits extended by three judges in Dodge case
Detroit December 11 three circuit judges who heard the Dodge brothers case extended for sixty days the temporary injunction preventing Henry Ford from using the Ford Motor company profits to develop its business. They will hear further arguments and then decide on a permanent injunction.
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Detroit
Dodge Bros
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Company
Policemen Widows Appeal Over Compensation Decision
Attorneys for the widows of Elmer Stephenson and George Little Richmond patrol men shot to death last spring announced an appeal to the Wayne circuit court from the Indiana workmen's compensation board ruling that police officers do not come under the act.
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Richmond
Ind
Elmer Stephenson
George Little
Wayne Circuit Court
State Industrial Board
Villa Propaganda Sparks War Fear on Mexican Border
El Paso and border posts report Pancho Villa's manifesto declaring war on the United States. Pershing’s expedition troops rush to rejoin units and bridge guards double as tensions rise. Officials suspect the message may be a Carranza ploy to blame Villa and rally bandit support.
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el Paso
Tex
Pancho” Villa
Chihuahua City
United States
Pershing
International Bridge
Juarez
Rio Grande
Villa
Lord Curzon to wed widow Grace Duggan in London
Earl Curzon of Kedleston named to a new British war council announced his engagement to Mrs Grace Elvina Duggan widow of Alfred Duggan of Buenos Aires. Mrs Duggan daughter of the late J Munroe Hinds once American minister to Brazil resides in London.
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London
Earl Curzon
Kedleston
India
British War Council
Grace Elvina Duggan
Alfred Duggan
Buenos Aires
Lord Curzon
George Nathaniel Curzon
Miss Leiter
Levi 2. Leiter
Goodyear Coal Aid At Indianapolis For Workers
due to a coal shortage Goodyear Tire and Rubber company of Akron Ohio is supplying coal to its Indianapolis employees at cost to help meet their immediate needs.
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Indianapolis
Goodyear
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Jane Addams Re-elected Chairman of Peace Party
Miss Jane Addams of Chicago was re-elected chairman of the Woman's Peace Party at its Washington session on December 11. The group affirmed leadership as it continued its pacifist advocacy and organized plans for future conferences.
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Jane Addams
Washington
Chicago
Woman’s Peace Party
Frank Cummings Sentenced to 25 Years for Murder
In Savanna Illinois on December 11 Frank Cummings was found guilty of murdering an unidentified man last August and received a twenty five year term in the penitentiary.
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Savanna
Ill
Frank Cummings
Fire destroys five houses in Sawyerville blaze
Fire of unknown origin ripped through the Grabhook and Pryor row in Sawyerville, destroying five houses as flames swept north from the second home. No injuries are reported in this early dispatch from Sawyerville, Illinois on December 11.
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Sawyerville
III
Carson proposes home rule with proportional Protestant representation
The London Daily Chronicle reports Sir Edward Carson backing a unified Irish parliament with Protestant representation by proportional basis. Ulster would join for three years then a revision opportunity would follow to review the arrangement.
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London Daily Chronicle
Edward Carson
Ireland
Ulster
Oliver Osborne and Charles Wax Accuse Love Pursuit
Oliver Osborne and Charles Wax are entwined in a sensational social note as Wax admits he wooed scores of women while Osborne details publicized romantic exploits. The report centers on alleged courtship and social circles surrounding the pair.
Dietz pardon denied by Wisconsin governor Philipp
John F. Dietz known as the hero of Cameron Dam had his pardon request rejected by Governor EK L Philipp. Dietz, convicted of killing Deputy Oscar Harp during a 1910 siege, had a long legal saga with multiple sentence changes and a prior parole push for treatment due to heart failure and drops.
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Madison
Wis
John F. Dietz
Cameron Dam
Oscar Harp
Wisconsin
EK. L. Philipp
Dietz
Waupun
Francis B. McGovern
Board of Control
British Cabinet Public as War Council Formed
London reports the cabinet formed with a war cabinet led by Premier David Lloyd George and including Arthur Henderson Lord Milner and Andrew Bonar Law. Key posts fill foreign affairs colonies war India and Ireland with Cairns and Churchill era figures named across the ministry.
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London
David Lloyd-George
Earl Curzon
House of Lords
Arthur Henderson
Lord Milner
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Robert Bannatyne Finlay
Home Department
George Cave
Arthur J. Balfour
Walter Hume
Rowland E. Prothero
Board of Education
Herbert A. L. Fisher
Alfred M. Mond
Duchy of Lancaster
Sir Frederick Cawley
Albert Hllingworth
George N. Barnes
Frederick E. Smith
Gordon Hewart
K. C
Scotland
Mr. Munro
James A. Clyde
Thomas TB. Morison
Leutenant
Ireland
Baron Winborne
Ignatius J. O’brien
Er. C
Meeting School Problems in Indiana Rural Education
Five rural education issues are being debated in Indiana with aims to improve social conditions, funding, organization, administration, and teacher qualifications. W W Black of Indiana University is drafting a bill as educators plan legislature action following input from the State County Superintendents association.
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Indianapolis
W. W. Black
School of Education
Indiana University
State County Superintendents’ Association
Delay in Eastland claims in Springfield Illinois
The state court of claims will not hear the Eastland case for $3,500,000 at this session since it was filed on December 8. It is unlikely the case will be decided before the next general assembly.
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Springfield
Ill
State Court of Claims
Eastland
General Assembly
Rush Order for 800 Horses and Mules For France
EAST ST. LOUIS ILL Dec 11 A commission company received a rush order for 800 horses and 800 mules for the French government.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Poultry Show Planned in San Jose This December
San Jose announces another poultry show to be held in December with the exact date to be decided in the final week of the month. The event aims to attract local exhibitors and poultry enthusiasts.
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San Jose
City Opens Municipal Coal Yard at Cost in Columbia City
Columbia City authorities established a municipal coal yard selling soft coal at cost price of 3.20 dollars per ton with a small handling charge added to cover services. The move comes as coal prices remain high.
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Columbia City
Ind
Fletcher Catron BenedicK Wedding Secrecy Sparks New Year Union
Fletcher Catron son of Senator Catron of New Mexico and Carolyn Updike of Chicago wed suddenly last Saturday night. Catron a University of Chicago Law School graduate and baseball star sailed to Japan with the university team last year and wired his brother to ensure Miss Updike received the engagement ring. They plan a honeymoon at Senator Catron's ranch near Santa Fe New Mexico.
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Chicago
Fletcher Catron
Senator Catron
New Mexico
Carolyn Updike
Catron
University of Chicago Law School
Japan
Orient
See Illinois in the Movies Plans Unveiled
The Illinois centennial commission, meeting at the state historical library in Springfield, announces converting over 1,000 Illinois historical views into slides for cinemas. Movie houses statewide approve the plan to use scenes as fillers between films, with captions reading 1818 1918 Illinois Centennial Celebration.
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Springfield
Ila
Illinois
Ate: Centennial Commission
State Historical Library
Spritefield
Ilinois
Explosion kills three in Allentown area factory blast
A blast at the Fenn Trejen Vow company plant near Iron Bridge Allentown area killed three workers and injured others. Fire officials investigated cause as a powder center accident with significant structural damage reported.
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Allentown
Fenn-Trejen Vow Company
Iron Bride
Aryer
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