Divers Rescue Of Submarine Crew At Sea Disaster
Five crewmen from the United States submarine BY were brought ashore in a breeches buoy after the H-8 strike a sand pit near Humboldt Bay in dense fog. Engines failed, and crew members endured suffocation risk as they were held in a damaged vessel. A line and diver’s air supply aided a later rescue, with two officers among those saved and hidden injuries reported from chlorine exposure.
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Cal
Here
Jumboldt Bay
Puget Sound
Bie
Walibers Estore
Ile
Russian Front Breaks Through on Moldavian Front
An official Petrograd report says Russia smashed Falkenhayn’s left on the Moldavian front and seized two heights in Belbor while aiming to turn the German Transylvanian line before German forces shift from Romania. A captured Austro German post lies about forty five miles from Ploesti toward Buzen. Russian losses in the Carpathians are estimated at 80 000 by Vienna.
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Trussia
Falkenhayn
Belbor
Petrograd
Roumania
Buzen
Misi
Hlovdit-Buzen
Ploeditl
Buzeu
Carpathians
Vienna
Teutons
Ferdinand
Senate honors Saulsbury with pro tempore vote
Washington December 16 Senator Willard Saulsbury Democrat Delaware was elected president pro tempore of the senate on Thursday receiving 41 votes to 22 for Senator Gallinger Republican and 35 for Senator Clapp of Minnesota the Progressive Republican candidate.
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Washington
Willard Saulabury
Delaware
Senate
Gallinger
Clapp
Minnesota
Three Die in Michigan Mine Tragedy in Ishpeming
An elevator bucket fell seventy feet in the Holmes mine at Ishpeming on Thursday, killing three occupants and fatally injuring six others. A frozen cross-head caused the accident in Marquette area reporting.
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Marquette
Mich
Holmes
Ishpeming
Nivelle Opens Verdun Front Offensive With Early Gains
London dispatch reports General Nivelle launching France’s first major action since taking supreme command. French forces push along the Meuse front gaining advantage north of Douaumont and across the river Meuse and Woëvre. German and French statements note heavy fighting with limited territorial gains and ongoing artillery exchanges near Fort Vauquois and Hardaumont as Allied and German forces exchange attacks along the Verdun front.
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London
General Nivelle
France
J Preme Comand
Tre Parla War Office
Riday
Verdun
Iver Meuse
Paris
Douadmigat
Meuse
le Prenciy Ollieniteur
Peutis
Berlin
Hentry
Gil Sor Soulle
Malnacourt
Fort Hardaumant
Greece Grants All Demands From Entente
London reports the Greek government has accepted the entente ultimatum. Greek troops will withdraw from Thessaly and concentrate in the Peloponnesus. Reparations for December events are to be formulated later.
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London
Entente Alles
Athens
Sin
Entente Uries
Thessaly
Due Dennis
Peloponnesus
Entente
Buzau Captured by Teutons at Buckled Rail Center
Berlin reports field marshal von Mackensen's forces seized the key railway hub Buzen in northeast Romania. The town, about sixty miles north of Bucharest, serves as a gateway to Moldavia with three rail lines converging there. The German war office also notes 4,000 additional Russo-Romanian prisoners taken by the Ninth Army.
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von Mackensen
Buzen
Roumania
German War Office
Bucharest
Moldavia
Ninth Army
Torpedo Boat Grilse Safe Entered Shelburne Harbor
The Canadian torpedo boat Grilse, formerly the American, believed lost with all hands off the coast in Tuesday night's storm, arrived under its own power at Shelburne Nova Scotia. Six crew members perished, several injured. the remainder including all officers were reported safe.
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N.S
Grilse
Winchester
Shelburne
Here
White Claims Re Election and Other Briefs
President John B. P. White of the United Mine Workers reported unofficial December 12 returns indicating his reelection over Tokn UH Walker of Thnsis. Mischa Elman the violinist was injured in a taxi car collision in New York. Waco women begin boycott actions while allied fleets suffer losses as Berlin seeks price controls. Mapimi, a key mining town in Burango, falls to Villistas. Spain proposes a bill barring provisioning of German submarines. Arnold Vogel, German consul at Colima, returns after ransom fears. Prince Henri of Reuss reported killed on the Russian front. U S wheat production totals 639,886,000 bushels, with corn and oats also listed. Burley, rye figures given.
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Indianapolis
Bec
John BP. White
The
United Mine Workers
Tokn Uh, Walcker
Thnsis
Wilson approves sentence for New Mexico militiaman
President Wilson endorsed an army court martial ruling sentencing Lewis O Gardner of New Mexico militia to a dishonorable discharge and a year’s hard labor for failing to report for border duty but remitted the prison term as the case served as a test Pershing promotion announced and other items noted in this Washington chronicle including tax cuts on oleomargarine and a Christmas shopping outing by the president and Mrs Wilson plus a royal marriage in Washington and other scattered World War I era updates
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Wilson
Lewis O. Gardner
New Mexico
Pershing
Mexico
John J. Pershing
Immigration bill bars Hindus in new Senate amend
Washington December 14 the senate adopted a committee amendment to the immigration bill barring Hindus and certain other Asiats without naming them explicitly. The amendment replaces direct reference to the so called gentlemen's agreement with Japan and defines geographical areas from which immigrants shall not be admitted. Debate featured Lodge and Phelan with Heed's race exclusion defeated 22 to 8. A temporary workers exclusion was still under discussion when adjournment occurred. Briand warns France’s enemies after night session in chamber of deputies.
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Phelan
California
Japan
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State Department
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United States
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Feed
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Chamber of Deputies
France
Coulesvoce
Possibe Paisoning
M. Braindaumid Apphense
le Tech
French Republic
M. Briand
Vamorous Noumania
Russia
46 Hurt in Boat Crash off Thimble Shoals
Norfolk dispatch reports the Merchant and Miners steamship Powhatan bound from Norfolk to Providence collided with an unidentified vessel off Thimble Shoals Chesapeake Bay. Forty eight passengers and crew were injured. The Powhatan was beached to prevent sinking and later Old Dominion Inc. Jamestown arrived to take on the injured and remaining passengers aboard.
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Powhatan
Providence
R. 1
Thimble Shoals
Chesapeake Bay
Old Dominion Incz
Jamestown
Twenty Miners Die in Mine Blast at Stone City
Pittsburg Kan December 15 Twenty men were killed when an explosion wrecked the Reedy and Ryan coal mine at Stone City. Officials said 39 workers were trapped in the drift as rescue efforts began amid the disaster. In Toledo Ohio December 15 rioters cut 4000 telephone wires during a three week strike, rendering that many telephones useless.
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Stone City
Kan
Pittsburg
Reedy & Ryan
Toledo
Ohio State Telephone Company
Packers Drop Their Fight in Missouri Decrees
Proceedings closed as Armour and others request dismissal of the packers appeals from Missouri decrees. In Berlin Kaiser Wins Iron Cross an official report says Marshal von Hindenburg asked the emperor for the Iron Cross decoration for the army.
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Washington
Missouri Beef Trust
Armour & Co.i
Missouri
Kaiser
Berlin
Marshal von Eindenbmrg
Equity Society Debates Headquarters Move and Reorganization
In Wausau the American Society of Equity proposed the Equity Co operative Association to supersede the American Co-operative Association. A move to move headquarters from Wausau to St Paul failed by a large vote. A bill reorganizing the Jay Chamberlain army faced protests with plans to lobby Washington. A resolution was adopted to coordinate township and country high schools and a congressional liaison committee was to stay in Washington during sessions.
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American Society of Equity
Equity Cooperative Association of the
United States
American Co-operative Association
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Washington
Congress
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St. Paul
Burke Pushes State Control of Cold Storage and Injury Bill
Madison Senator Timothy Burke of Green Bay proposes a legislature bill to regulate cold storage plants and grant the attorney general power to prosecute food price manipulation. He argues large quantities of produce are stored to raise prices and notes plans to raise injury compensation for workers and address cumulative damage in a separate provision.
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Green Bay
Madison
Timothy Burke
Mae
Iman
Prohibition Effort Gathers Steam in Wisconsin
State temperance groups discuss a statewide referendum on prohibition at a Madison mass meeting planned for the week of Jan 24. Elkhorn native Louis Smith of Delevan and other prominent speakers are named as committee members to organize the event and press the campaign frontier.
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J. Melean
AntiSaloon League
Willam ‘T. Jamp
Fivine
Madison
Henry Stauf- Smith
Appleton
W. A. Lawson
Pa- Milwaukee
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Delavan
Smith
Forgery charges in Green Bay and Wisconsin blue sky dispute
Green Bay sheriff holds William Meede and George Hoffman of Luxemburg on forgery charges after alleged passes of checks at local businesses totaling about 150 dollars. In Madison, Hope Thompson of Chicago for Polish National Fire Insurance argues against Wisconsin blue sky law. Insurance Commissioner Cleary warns arrests for violations. Thompson asserts unconstitutionality.
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William Meede
George Hoffman
Luxemburg
Madison
Hope Thompson
Chicago
Naional Fire Insurance
M. J. Cleary
Badger Blue Sky
Cleary
Thompson
Wisconsin
Beanery for Lawmakers at Capitol Target of Cheap Eats
Madison plans a Capitol restaurant in the basement with gov Philipp promising a first class but cheap dining spot for lawmakers. The Capitol commission funded the setup with stoves and dishwashers, aiming to provide a practical eating place for officials during sessions.
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Philipp
Fred Kresse
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Univer
West Plainfield
Wisconsin
Marrice Winer
Boston
Capitol Con
Kenosha Plans New School Board Approves Immediate Construction
Kenosha board of education votes to start a $75,000 school building on Kenosha's north side. The Gillatt school will become a trade school. Site chosen is Hareball Park. Early Settler Dead. Michael Keating, pioneer resident of Askeaton for over six decades, dies at 90.
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Board of Education
City of
Eau Claire
Second Ward
Kenosha
Kenosha Board of Education
Gillatt
Hareball Park
Askeaton
Michael Keating
Will Reorganize Wisconsin Guard On National Plan
Madison Adjutant General Orlinda Irway said Wisconsin guardsmen will be reorganized under a new national army law. Units required include infantry brigades cavalry and six batteries of artillery plus engineers ambulances and field hospitals. Reorganization will double cavalry and increase infantry. no definite border lease details.
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Adjt
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Wisconsin
Christainshme
Ashland Free of Contagious Diphtheria Reported
Ashland reports two diphtheria cases treated at the Isolation hospital have been discharged, leaving the town practically free from contagious diseases.
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Bear Attack Near Williamsport Ends in Fatality
In Liberty on the Harer farm an armed confrontation with a black bear left Ellery Hare wounded and Ammen Hare killed the animal with an ax after both men struggled to defend themselves. The bear fatally mauled Ellery before Ammen delivered the final blow.
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Aimmen Harer
Liberty
Eltery
Harer
Ellery Hare
Sully
Hater
Uaver
Auinndl
Maver
Wiler
Rescuer Is Her Brother Trelondy Beath Cal
Miss Louie Goodrich visiting at the beach was accosted by a beggar while defending her purse containing seven hundred dollars. A ragged man rushed to assist, helped her home, and was revealed to be her brother Trelondy Beath from Waterloo Ta. He had walked from Montreal seeking work and health, told by sisters he was joint heir to a $35 000 legacy left by their father five years ago.
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Cal
Louie Goodrich
Lost Legs in Coal Yard Accident and Other Short Items
A Sioux City family faces cold weather after a coal shortage. A child collecting coal was struck by a switch engine, losing both legs above the knees. Other notes recount a wandering cat caught in a flywheel after 26 minutes, a long-separated brothers reunion after 57 years, a man choosing death over a bath, and a satirical view on depreciation of plays.
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Sai-Con
Ifwlenberg
Anna
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