Salvation Army Campaign Receives Presidential Backing
The Salvation Army's drive to fund war work across the United States wins high-level support. President Woodrow Wilson endorses the campaign and praises the army's aid to those made dependent by the conflict in a letter to Miss Evangeline Booth dated November 30.
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Wilson
Salvation Army
United States
Evargeline CG. Booth
White House
Washington
Miss Booth
Woodrow Wilson
Baseball Magnates Study Problems Caused by War
In New York on December 11 the National League holds its annual meeting to address war related issues. Topics include higher player drafts raising costs, increased travel expenses, legal actions tied to the former Baltimore Federal League club, and possible waning public interest due to the war.
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New York
Baltimore Federal League
Regular Cavalry Division Formed at El Paso
Washington reports a regular cavalry division being formed at El Paso Texas the first since Civil War days. Officials say the move prepares for possible overseas contingencies and has no immediate significance for the Mexican border.
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EL Paso
Washington
Yex
War Lectures At State University We'll Hear About
University faculty members outline wartime lectures for outlying areas including topics on front conditions, trench fighting, economic effects, democracy, and the place of science and literature in total war. Professors Branson, Daggett, Foerster, Patterson, and others will discuss nationalism, psychology, education, and war munitions.
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Russia
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Fromt
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H.W. Chase
Hollier Cobb
England
France
Italy
Norman Foerster
Graham
Tas
Strugele
Dy G. de. Hamilton
United States
G L. Raper
Edwin Greenlaw
J. MH. Hanford
Archibald Hetderson
G. M. McKie
A. H. Patterson
America and War Organisation
W. W. Pierson
Austrians Resent President Words in War Declaration Debate
Budapest paper Pester Lloyd rebutts U.S. war declaration against Austria-Hungary. It accuses President Wilson of arrogance, cites Count Andrassy and Count Tisza stressing equals among free nations, and asserts Hungarians stand united with Germany in a shared destiny.
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Budapest
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Count Tisza
Count Cyernin
Ax Ajsac
Budapst
Wilson
Germany
Nothem
German U-Boat Bombards Spanish Ship
Madrid reports Premier Allacema announced the Spanish steamship Claudio was bombarded by a German submarine. Eight sailors were killed and others wounded. Claudio was en route from an American port to Spain carrying a cargo of sulphates for Spanish use.
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Clamlio
Claudio
Spain
War Time Road Plan Urges Selective Highway Projects
Washington dispatch reports Director Logan W Page of the Office of Public Roads and Engineering urged state highway chiefs to adopt a selective next year program. He calls for ordering road work by economic importance and coordinating with rail and water transport and material industries to ensure adequate supplies and avoid nonessential projects.
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Washington
United States
Logan Waller Page
Office of
Public Roads and Engineering
Page
Paze
Ample steel supply assured for war needs
Washington December 11 representatives of the nation’s largest steel mills assured the war industries board that ample supplies of steel will meet all government war needs. They propose a different system of allocating orders to consider idle capacity and fuel and transportation conditions.
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Washington
War &Dustries Board
Hoosier Council of Kitchen Scientists Leaders Named
The Hoosier Council of Kitchen Scientists lists notable members including Mrs. Christine Frederick head of Applecroft Experiment Station New York Miss Alice Bradley principal of Miss Farmer's School of Cookery Massachusetts Mrs. Alice R Dresser consultant of Household Administration Massachusetts and others from New Hampshire New Jersey Wisconsin and New York. The roster highlights domestic efficiency experts educators and architects advancing culinary science and household management.
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Christine Frederick
Applecroft
New York
Alice Bradley
Miss Farmer's School of Cookery
Massachusetts
Alice R. Dresser
Janet M. Hill
Summer School of Cookery
New Hampshire
Vay Kellogg
Frank Ambler Pattison
New Jersey
Nellie Kedzie
Wis
Baltimore Tragedy After Frozen Pipe Fire Claims Three Children
In Baltimore on December 11, George Lindsay’s wife, who had lit an oil stove, left her three baby boys alone while seeking a plumber. Half an hour later two infants were found dead under bedding on the second floor and the youngest, seven months old, was found lifeless in his high chair with charred clothing. The parents returned to discover the fatalities.
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Baltimore
George Lindsay
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