Lloyd George Says German U Boats Have Failed
Premier Lloyd George, speaking in the house, says Germany’s intensified U boat campaign has not stopped Britain from receiving supplies. He notes imports fell six percent from last year while tonnage to Britain fell twenty percent as ships are destroyed and shipbuilding rises. He cites Russian collapse and demands restoration of territory and compensation as war aims.
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House of Commons
David Lloyd-George
Germany
Great Britain
Lloyd-George
Pease Chosen to Lead Emergency Militia Company
Henry W. Pease, born in Goshen in 1867, has been chosen to command the emergency militia company mustered into Indiana state service tomorrow night. He resides at 107 West Plymouth Avenue with his wife and four children. Pease, a veteran machinist and businessman, previously led Goshen’s Co C and later helped found the Goshen Rubber Mfg. Co. His military career includes service with the Elk Hart cadets and the First Illinois regiment.
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Indiana
Goshen
West
Plymouth Avenue
Gordon Pease
United States Navy
Pease
Warren Pease
Elkhacce County
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Charles Noel
Goshen Rubber Mfg. Co
Nith ‘Street
Ma Lowa Avenue
Fieet Industrial
Air
Old
Elkhart
Chicago
Co. C
N. G
157Th
Ind. Ree
Co. G
Emergency Militia Company
Central powers approach peace talks with Allies
Russian reports say the central powers informed Bolshevik headquarters they would propose peace with the Allies on terms of no annexations or indemnities. They urged Russia to first secure Allies’ participation, though they might discuss a separate peace with Russia if needed. The first conference covered who would take part in negotiations.
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Petrograd
Russia
Evening Post
Bolsheviki
Armour Nears Chicago Stockyards Move
At a federal trade commission hearing in Washington the Hart testimony alleged that earnings above nine percent were to be paid to J Ogden Armour to deter moving the stockyards westward. A Boston letter linked the group to legalizing rebates as a share of plunder.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Chicago
F. K R. Hart
J. Ogden Armour
Mr. Armour
Boston
Berlin says 9000 Italians taken in recent fighting
The German general staff reports repeated Italian counterattacks near positions held by Austro-German forces at Monte Pertica were repulsed. Berlin advices say since December the Teutons have taken nearly 9000 Italians as prisoners between the Brenta and Piave rivers.
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Monte Pertica
Teutons
Brenta
Piave
Berlin
Struggle Between Cossacks and Maximalists G rows in South Russia
Dispatches from Petrograd indicate the conflict between Cossack units and Maximalist factions in southern Russia is growing more severe amid ongoing unrest and political upheaval.
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Petrograd
Russia
Albion Man Arrested for Desertion in Miss
Albert Fulton of Albion deserted Battery A 137th Regiment at Camp Shelby Hattiesburg Mississippi was arrested at Seymour Indiana and will be sent to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to pay the penalty.
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Albion
Albert Fulton
Battery A
137Th Reg
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg
Miss
Seymour, Ind
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Indiana County Auditors Elect Officers at Meeting
Forty members of the Indiana County Auditors Association gathered in Indianapolis and elected officers.
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Indiana
General Leman Expected in Switzerland for Internment
Geneva dispatch reports General Leman, famed as Liege’s defender, was to arrive in Switzerland after Germany agreed to intern him. He was stopped at the frontier at Constanse while ill and resisting permission to travel last year due to age and health.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Leman
Liege
Belgium
Constance
American Santa Claus Crying Need At Halifax
Halifax N S December 20 An American Santa Claus must provide toys for hundreds of blind and crippled children in hospitals here. Local dealers have exhausted their limited stock and a women’s committee seeking Christmas cheer for explosion and fire victims warns shipments from the United States are needed within days to fill stockings.
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Halifax
N. S
United States
Count von Luxburgs Telegrams to Be Published
The State Department will release at least forty telegrams exchanged between Count von Luxburg, German minister to Argentina, and the German foreign office. Argentina will publish the messages in Buenos Aires. The disclosure followed the sink without trace telegrams that precipitated the Argentina Germany diplomatic rupture.
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Washington
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
State Department
Buenos Aires
Lansing
Germany
Pro-German Agitators Rounded Up in Laporte County
In Wanatah Laporte county Indiana a number of agitators expressing pro German sentiment have been rounded up and placed under bond to insure good behaviour. Further disloyal acts could lead to internment for the war duration.
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South Bend
Wanatah
Laporte
Three Italian ships lost in week’s sinkings
Rome reports three Italian ships sunk last week two sailing vessels over 100 tons and one under that size were sunk. One steamship was damaged by a mine but reached port.
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Rome
Ice Blockades Prevail on Great Lakes Voyage
Navigation on the Great Lakes ended after a hard struggle with ice blockades. Vessels became imprisoned in Lake Superior far from shore and were supplied by daring men who faced terrible odds in icebound crossings.
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Detroit
Mich
Great Lakes
Superior
Red Cross Drive Set To Boost Goshen Membership
Goshen prepares for a big Red Cross member drive starting at 9 am with aims to raise from 2,800 to 4,000. Booths at interurban station and Hawks drug store, Tri Kappa supervises, solicitors listed from seven churches, meeting for coordinators at the public library.
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Red Cross
Goshen
Drake
Hawks Drug Store
Tri Kappa
Goshen Church
Big Drive
Receiver Named For Bucklen Valley Line Traction
In Elkhart Superior Court Judge Harman named Herbert E Bucklen of Elkhart as receiver for the St Joseph Valley Traction Co and the St Joseph Valley Railway Co Both lines run from Elkhart to Lagrange and Lagrange to the Ohio Indiana line The petition filed by Harley R Bucklen Edward A Warfield and John W Fieldhouse seeks to settle title and other details Creditors are to be paid in full Chicago capitalists are bidding for the properties and NY Penn and Chicago interests are involved The Chicago South Bend Northern Indiana now operates the Elkhart Bristol division
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Elkhart
Harman
Herbert £. Bucklen
St. Joseph
Herbert E. Bucklen
Fisher, Boyden, Kales,& Bell
Chicago
John W. Hanan
Lagrange
Backlen
N. Y
Pennsylvania
Chicago, South Bend
Estate of Anderson banker Myron Reynolds left to wife and son
Myron G Reynolds, banker, died suddenly from heart failure in his bank vault. He wills most of a $500000 estate to his wife Carrie Reynolds and his son Myron Reynolds. A daughter Mrs Noblett of Grand Rapids Michigan is to receive income from $30000 and later $10000 in cash. Reynolds owned a cottage near the Vawter Park hotel on Lake Wawasee.
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Myron G. Reynolds
Anderson
Carrie Reynolds
Myron Reynolds
Noblett
Grand Rapids
Mich
gAg
Reynolds
Vawter Park Hotel
Lake Wavwasee
Births noted in Middlebury and Chicago families
A son was born last night to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lewis of Middlebury. Mr. and Mrs. Tl. G. McDonald of Middlebury welcome a son. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John M. Isbell of Chicago. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Milton Miller of near Nappanee.
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Wm. Lewis
Middlebury
Tl. G. McDonald
John M. Isbell
Chicago
Milton Miller
Nappanee
Funeral services for George H. Silsbee announced
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 20 at the First Presbyterian church with Rev. E A Vannuys officiating. The body may be viewed this evening from 7 to 8 at Culp undertaking parlors on West Washington street. Interment is in Oak Ridge cemetery.
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George H. Silsbee
First Presbyterian Church
E. A. Vannuys
Culp
West
Washington Street
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Chicago Couple Rekindle 25th Anniversary Marriage
William J. Oldaker of Chicago and Mrs Blanche Bishop Oldaker of Richmond Ind remarried in Richmond on the 25th anniversary of their first marriage. They had divorced after 15 years of separation. Their 23 year old army son helped bring about the reconciliation.
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William J. Oldaker
Chicago
Blanche Bishop Oldaker
Richmond
Ind
Woman Killed by Train While Fetching Coal at Fort Wayne
Mrs. Charles Fry, 36, died at Fort Wayne after being struck by a Nickel Plate train as she bent to lift coal along the tracks. Both legs were severed. Survived by husband and five children.
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Charles Fry
Fort Wayne
Secret Goshen Wedding Ties Afton Sowers to Cornelius Van der Rider
Goshen residents Miss Afton Sowers and Cornelius Van der Rider wed in a private ceremony Tuesday at St Joseph Michigan. They plan to reside in Goshen.
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Miss Afton Sowers
Cornelius van der Rider
Goshen
St. Joseph, Mich
Coppes Brothers & Zook Co Sales Convention in Nappanee
Salesmen from Coppes Brothers & Zook Co of Nappanee held a convention in Nappanee. Harold E. Zook serves as sales manager. A banquet followed at the Coppes hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coppes Brothers & Zook Co
Nappanee
Harold E. Zook
Coppes Hotel
Hawks May Enter Albion Field Amid Electric Co Plans
May enter Albion field. Hawks Electric Co may enter the Albion site, also listed in the program of Indiana & Michigan Electric Co which bought the Ligonier plant.
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Albion
Hawks Electric Co
Albion Field
Indiana & Michigan Electric Co
Ligonier
Town Clerk Appointed in Nappanee
Harold Weygand is named town clerk to succeed M. D. Kizer who resigns to enlist in the army. Gage hats make handsome Christmas presents. We have some new ones to show you. Mrs. J. B. Pearce.
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Harold Weygand
Nappanee
M. D. Kizer
Gage
J. B.pearce
Goshen Youth Sails to Copenhagen for American Legation Post
Milo March son of Aaron March of Chicago and Oklahoma City leaves Goshen for New York City then sails to Copenhagen to join the American legation. A Goshen High School graduate of 1911 he studied at Goshen College Princeton on a Cecil Rhodes scholarship and two years at Oxford before war. He will report to the American minister in Copenhagen and await assignment details. He has lived with his aunt Miss Helen March at 229 South Sixth Street.
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Milo March
Aaron March
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Okla
New York City
Copenhagen
Denmark
Goshen
Mr. March
Goshen High School
Goshen College
Princeton University
Oxford
Eng
March
Helen March
South Sixth Street
Niles Man Named Manager of Nappa Utilities Co
U. S. Share of Niles Michigan has been appointed manager of the Nappa nee Utilities Co the town owned electric light and water plant and will assume duties January 1.
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U. S
Niles, Mich
Nappanee
Income Tax Help Available in Goshen Office
Internal Revenue Collector Kruger will have an agent at the Goshen office from January 2 to January 19 to explain the income tax law and assist in filing reports. Single filers with income of $1000 and married filers with income over $2000 must file.
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Internal Revenue
Kruger
Beane
Goshen
Hunsberger John dies at 49 in Nappanee area
Mortuary notice states John Hunsberger died at home five miles northwest of Nappanee after a short illness. He worked with brother Isaac in the busi ness. Survived by wife, parents Mr and Mrs Michael Hunsberger, three brothers and six sisters. Funeral tomorrow morning at South Union Church with Revs E Mullett and Daniel Burkholder officiating.
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Hunsberger
John Hunsberger
Nappanee
Isaac Hunshberger
Michael Hunsberger
South Union Church
Press Feeders Strike Idle 100 At Hammond Plant
One hundred presses at the W. B. Conkey printing plant in Hammond are idle because press feeders walked out demanding a five dollar weekly rise for day work and seven fifty for night shifts.
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W. B. Conkey
Hammond
Grandchildren Celebrate 90th Birthday Near Nappanee
Benjamin Clouse of near Nappanee turned 90 as about thirty five of his grandchildren and great grandchildren gathered for the anniversary. A Christmas bazaar and cafeteria supper are set for Friday evening at the Baptist church.
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Benjamin Clouse
Nappanee
The
Baptist Church
Lightless Thursday and Sunday Nights Ordered Nationwide
Government order requires reduced lighting on Thursdays and Sundays to save coal and fuel. Public urged to minimize usage with exceptions for safety and essential services. State fuel administrators to enforce and report violations to the U S fuel administrator signed by H A Garfield.
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U. S
H. A. Garfield
Reporterturned revolutionary Leon Trotzky in New York lore
Stories say Leon Trotzky once worked as a reporter on a small East Side New York paper earning 82 dollars weekly. He is now reputedly worth over 500 thousand dollars and was in New York in 1914 amid his rise with the Bolsheviki and as foreign minister in the new Russian regime.
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Leon Trotzky
East Side
New York
Trotzky
War Department appoints clerks in Washington
Named as Clerk. Anna Hardendorf of Albion and C. A. Mer of Kendallville were appointed clerks in the war department at Washington.
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Anna Hardendorf
Albion
C. A. Mer
Kendallville
War Department
Washington
George Manning Elected President of Elkhart Real Estate Board
George Manning has been elected president of the Elkhart Real Estate Board, succeeding prior leadership as the organization continues its efforts to promote housing and property interests in the Elkhart area.
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Real Estate Board
George Manning
The
Elkhart
Real Estate
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Henry W. Pease
Chicago Stockyards CO
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Jes. M. Farrell
George Ridenour
Louise Kirkpatrick
Edward Prennett
John Overlease
Ralph Firestone
Lorenzo Helman
Charles Fribley
Warren Bloss
David Dembufsky
Sam Buirnstein
David Burton
Lawrence Blumberg
St. James Episcopal
Martin V. Starr
Louis Hawks
Charles E. Morrice
George Rowell
Wm. Fobes
Harry Latta
Louise Dugdale
Hattie Perkins
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Guy Dausman
Vene Lehman
Jack Throckmorton
Dana Cramer
George Herr
Fred Nymeyer
O. F. Williamson
Charles McDonaald
Nettie, Miller
Goldie Brakes
Marie Ackerman
Charles Crowell
George Hay
Mae Swart
Wm. Nymeyer
Lavon Stiver
Marguerite Cregier
Robert Hudson
Helent Miller
Haines Egbert
B. G. Schaefer
Roy Shoup
Harry Bickel
Harry Whitmer
Harry Vernon
First Brethren
Charles Gill
Joe Trimmer
J. A. MclInturff
H. E. Roscoe
A. S. Menaugh
Myron Miller
Chauncey Hepler
Gladys Berlin
Harvey Schrock
Thad Wilden
Warner
Chauncey’ Hepler
W. E. Berlin
M. EB. Horner
W. G. Hal
First Baptist
Hazel Schrock
Grace Lehman
Grace Ashley
Steve Carpenter
Mary Ellis
Emma Lehman
Frank Gouker
R. C. McKinley
Alma Kistler
Florence Scott
Frank Smiley
John Simon
Lydia Winebrenner
Philip. Beck
L. G. Grads
Pheebe Herrold
Beile Haley
Mary. Bartholomew
Anna Sewalt
Ellen Sewald
Bucklen ‘Valley ‘Line
G. H. Silsbee
St. Joe
Milo March of Goshen
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