Surveyor 100 ton coast survey steamer contracted
The United States coast and geodetic survey awarded a contract for a 100 ton steamer named Surveyor to survey dangerous Alaska and Bering Sea waters. Built by Manitowoc Wisconsin firm at $220000, crew of 66, equipment included. vessel to operate in western waters.
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United States Coast and Geoieig Survey
Alaska
Bering Sea
Denfer
Manitowoc
Wis
Lake Michigan
Universal military service urged by War Department plan
Washington dispatch reports the War Department backs a continental army framework to pave the way for universal or voluntary service. It envisions a citizen army with volunteers first, then universal service, and outlines division quotas, mobilization steps, and potential compulsory drafts if needed. British conscription experiments are cited as a cautionary parallel.
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Washington
Continental Army
United States
War Department
Department
Congress
Garrison
Army
Breckenridge
Signa
Military Committee of Congress
General Staff
Arrison
War College Division
Britain
Great Britain
French deputy to seek convoy for Mediterranean liners
Paris reports deputy Ernest Outrey for Cochin China will ask the minister of marine in the chamber of deputies about convoying liners in the Mediterranean after the Ville De La Clotat sinking. Italian experiments suggest tomato vines kill insects affecting grapevines.
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Paris
K Ernest Outrey
Cochin
China
Chamber of Deputies
Mediterranean
Mystery in deaths of five children in Boston area
Five Brighton district and Cambridge children died under investigation by Medical Examiner MacCrath. Death certificates list acidonia as the cause, pending autopsy results to determine if Milan illness or other factors contributed. autopsy to clarify the death circumstances.
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Boston
Brighton
Cambridge
MacCrrath
Ford Plant in Three Days Can Pay for Peace Junket
The outline claims a peace voyage costs Ford's Henry Ford and associates, detailing sums for the Norway arrival, wireless bills, crew tips, student association contributions, Christiania expenses, and payments to Oswald Garrison Villard. It estimates factory output and days needed to fund the expedition, citing 1,800 cars per day and a two days three hours forty six minutes forty seconds work period.
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Ford
Henry Ford
Norway
Gaston Plantiff
Oscar IT
Enema Etter
Ford Motor Car Company
Detroit
Greek Ship With 300 In Distress
New York dispatch reports Greek steamer Thessaloniki carrying 300 passengers in distress 260 miles east of New York. Coast guard cutter Seneca heads to aid as Mongolia and Stampalia responded earlier. Vessel reports in peril while making two miles per hour toward Sandy Hook and New York.
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New York
Coast Guard
Seneca
Thessaloniki
Theniki
Piraeus
Greece
Stampalia
Sandy Hook
Mongolia
Enormous Increase in Rail Earnings
A Chicago report from December 29 notes that U S railway revenues rose by 101 5 million dollars while expenses fell by 60 3 million, yielding a net income gain after taxes of about 168 96 million for 1914. Figures derive from Interstate Commerce Commission data through October with December estimates.
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Chicago
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mutiny in Prison Wins Better Food at Leavenworth
Fifty ringleaders in a planned mutiny at the Kansas state penitentiary mine in Leavenworth were placed in solitary confinement. Warden J K Codding said about 800 convicts were aware of the plan. university observers and guards were freed after negotiations secured promises of better food and talks on working conditions.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
J. K. Codding
Prison Officinls
R. L. Grider
Mining and Engineering School
Universality of
Kanais
Professor Grider
Grider
Codding
Want to Send Milk to German Infants
Washington dispatch reports the United States will try to ship condensed milk to thousands of German and Austrian babies lacking supply. Secretary Lansing instructed ambassadors in London to ask Britain and France to permit the shipment for humanitarian aid.
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Washington, D.C
Germany
State Department
United States
Lanai
Pane Ane Sharp
London
Maris
Ted
British workmen hear plain talk from Lloyd George
London reports David Lloyd George appeals to 3,000 Glasgow unionists urging rule changes to allow munition production to meet army needs. He contrasts Allied workers with British unions, warns of risk if labor resists, cites Russian and French examples, and stresses urgency to prevent further British casualties in 1916.
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London
David Lloyd-George
Glasgow
Belgium
Great Britain
Lloyd-George
Mr. Lloyd-George
Munitions Ministry
Flanders
France
House of Commons
Uniown
Food inspector indicted for bribe in tomato disposal case
Chicago December 29 Joseph E B Prendergast state food inspector and a Democratic candidate for Congress was indicted on a charge of bribery for allegedly accepting a bribe to permit disposal of a shipment of tomatoes tainted by Seemann and associated parties.
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Chicago
Joseph EB. Prendergast
Congress
Iva
Seemann
Great Demonstration Given for Venizelos
Thousands of Greeks gathered in Athens on Saint's day despite the cold, in a grand demonstration for Venizelos. Workers, soldiers, statesmen, and citizens formed a dense procession before his home, while former ministers were cheered during their attempts to visit him.
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Athens
Paris
M. Venizelos
Entente
Germany to Publish Terms for Peace Conference at The Hague
Geneva dispatch reports Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg due in Vienna to discuss terms with Austrian Minister Baron von Burian. The message says Germany and Austria anticipate acceptance of peace by the two powers and that the terms will be officially communicated to the allies, with the first conference proposed at The Hague.
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Geneva
Paria
Vienna
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Baron von Burian
Germany
Hague
Senator Norris proposes rebates for weary straphangers
Washington December 29 A Nebraska senator plans a bill to be introduced after January 4 requiring streetcar conductors to issue a credit check to riders each time they stand on a car. Three checks would title a rider to one free ride, encouraging companies to improve service to avoid free fares.
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Washington
Norris
Nebraska
Congress
Old Men Are Silly Says Ex-Executive Amid Resignation
L M Bowers former head of Colorado Fuel and Iron resigns from a $30 600 a year Rockefeller interests post saying old men grow irritable and foolish. He plans to do future work for fun rather than for salary and burdens.
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Binghamton
L. M. Bowers
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Rockefeller
German powder makers halt cotton use for eight months
Bremen reports Germany has replaced cotton in gun powder for eight months, due to advances in substitutes derived from domestic forestry. The Bremen chamber of commerce says no cotton has been used officially in powder production, with German science producing cheaper, better material. They claim wartime and postwar ammunition will rely on German resources, including saltpetre produced from air, as factories advance to cover demand.
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Bremen
Germany
London
Bremen Chamber of Commerce
America
Ford party hosts 5 Things banquet for Swedish Americans
Stockholm reports a Ford party banquet in a city hotel with Swedish American guests. Gaston Plantiff thanked the mayor for the reception while Denver figures and Copenhagen editor Vigno Caining arranged a Copenhagen visit.
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Stockholm
London
Ford
Gaston Plantiff
Tus
Denver
Ae Lelen
Vigno Caining
Copenhagen Politken
Copenhagen
Gulf region battered by storm crippling Gulf coast lines
Extensive damage reported along the gulf coast and adjacent territory as a storm prostrates telegraph and telephone wires in all directions. Birmingham Montgomery and mobile areas cut off from communication with the rest of the world. Rainfall totals reach 3.6 inches with 2.62 inches at another station. Wind speeds near 80 mph unofficially at Birmingham and 48 mph along the coast before midnight. A coal barge with 30 to 40 laborers adrift near Point Clear. tugs rescue those aboard. no lives lost.
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Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Birmingham
Montgomery
Mallee
Mobile Bay
Eastern Storm Delays Wires and Rain Spreads North
A winter storm tracking northward from Louisiana produced sleet rain and snow across the eastern states. The system central over the Ohio Valley intensified overnight bringing continued precipitation tonight and Thursday over the Great Lakes northern New York and northern New England. Rain covered the gulf middle and southern Atlantic states with heavy rain in the east gulf and Carolinas. Weather bureau warnings extended along the Atlantic coast from Key West to Eastport. No shipping damage reported.
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Washington
Louisiana
Ohio
Great Lakes
New York
New England
Gulf
South Atlantic
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf States
Tennessee
Carolinas
Georgia
Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Key West
Fla
East Port
Rain and sleet storm cripples Mississippi Valley lines
Memphis dispatch reports general rains across the Mississippi valley turning to sleet in parts, crippling telephone and telegraph links. Trains run late on slow orders as temperatures fall to 24 degrees in Memphis, with a new storm expected from the southwest as warmer weather approaches.
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Mississipp
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Cleveland Blizzard Threatens City Isolation and Transit
Cleveland faces a severe blizzard described as the worst in two years. By noon, street cars stall everywhere and downed wires menace all traffic, risking complete isolation before night.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Probe Morality Of Movie Producers In L A
Los Angeles December 30 The district attorney announced an official inquiry into wide claims of immorality in many local film camps and studios. Clergyman Dr Charles Selecman said he had received letters from actresses and directors alleging demoralization and substantial monthly disbursements amid the industry in Southern California.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Woolwina
Grand Lga
Charles ©. Selecman
Trinity Methods
Episcopal Church South
Selecman
Eenthern Calidornia
Im So
Paris Council Moves to Break Up Butchers Trust
In Paria the city council votes to grant credit to form a cooperative meat store in Paris for exclusive sale of frozen meat, in response to the reevaluation of chilled stock and a push to favor home produce.
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Paris
Paria
Re Caualae
Cooperato A
Freight Agent Missing Text From Fragmented Notice
Fragmentary OCR shows a freight agent on Vandalle road with unclear name and date. The readable portion mentions January and a general freight age. No further concrete actions or entities are identifiable.
Russian offensives and spring campaigns loom in war report
London reports fierce fighting in Bessarabia and Vosges as Russia begins a substantial offensive. Allies pressure German Austro forces at isolated points to force troop shifts and deny a winter rest, with Italy advancing in Albania and preparations seen for Suez Canal theater actions by both sides. Russian progress in Persia narrows the distance to Mesopotamian forces as Kut el Kara and Hartmannsellaer Kopf battles continue with no decisive outcome.
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London
Bessarabia
Vosges
France
Berlin
Dvinak
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Asia Minor
Rumania
Greece
Galeniki
Salonii
Saloniki
Albania
Suez Canal
Constantinople
Suez
Persia
Mesopotamia
Teheran
Rueter
Kashan
Ispanhan
Kut-El-Kara
Vos
Hartmanna
Ellerkopf
Italian Troops Near Epirus Front Amid War Reports
Paris dispatches report Italian forces disembarked at Avalona Albania and have moved toward Epirus frontier with sightings near Tepelen. Athens via Havas notes corroborating voyagers place Italian units close to action in the northern front. Gen Maunoury hints Paris may return to near normal after potential air raid impacts.
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Paris
Avalona
Albania
Epirus
Santi Quaranta
Athens
Havas
Tepelen
Alvania
Michael Joseph Maunoury
Katia
Mutiny Report From Eleven Bul Infant Regiment
Athens correspondent reports a mutiny by the Eleven Bul infant regiment stationed at umuldsina. The incident is linked to New Year parcels and a sensational record, with authorities awaiting clarity as the situation unfolds. General Putnik of the Serbian forces reportedly relinquishes command temporarily, to be replaced during his absence by the commander of the First Be army. Berlin notes a French offensive failure in the Vreits area, with the German war office admitting breakdown of their offensive movement last night.
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Olaene
Mir
Umuldsina
Athens
Putnik
Paria
Len. Radomirnik
Kian
Berlin
London
Vreitsatein
Sa An
German War Office
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