Gardner and Jordan Clash Over Militarism at Economic Club Dinner
At the Hotel Astor the Economic Club heard Representative Gardner of Massachusetts urge preparedness for emergencies and attack the Hague peace idea as ineffective. Dr. David Starr Jordan of Stanford argued that larger armies and navies invite more men to use wartime machinery and weaponry.
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David Starr Jordan
U. S
The
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Hotel Astor
Massachusetts
Leland Stanford University
United States
Peace Hall
the Hague
Gardner
Jordan
Russian Officers Killed Wounded or Captured Reported
A Russian Invalid wireless from Sayville reports that 33,000 Russian officers have been killed wounded or captured. The note claims German authorities fear famine in occupied Polish areas.
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Berlin
Sayville
Russian Invalid
Poland
Won Managership in Minneapolis Hotel Deal
Steven Remminnyk bought a downtown hotel managership for $9 after arriving from North Dakota. He agreed to pay $16 more, but two strangers failed to honor the deal. He reported the matter to the police.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Steven Remminnyk
North Dakota
Steve
Woman Suffrage Carried in Montana With 3145 Majority
Helena Dec 4 A statewide canvass shows women’s suffrage carried in Montana by a 3145 vote margin. Complete returns from 39 counties confirm the result with the official tally due next Monday in Helena.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Pervert-Slayer Offers Life to Aid Cancer Research
John Frank Hickey, convicted of murdering Joseph Josephs of Buffalo and Edward Morey and Michael Kruck, asks the New York Attorney General to allow self sacrifice by undergoing cancer inoculation experiments for science. A prior appeal failed. opinions split among physicians and officials.
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John F. Hickey
New York
Egbert E. Woodberry
John Frank Hickey
Little Joseph Josephs
Buffalo
Edward Morey
Lowell
Mass
Michael Kruck
Hickey
Carmody
Josephs
Whiting
N. J
War Oddities Paris Tod Sloan Drives Red Cross Cars
Paris reports Tod Sloan, famed former jockey, drives Red Cross automobiles to and from the front. London dispatches note German soldiers in Brussels told to date letters Paris via Brussels. A religious British soldier in the trenches reads his Bible aloud between shelling.
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Paris
Tod Sloan
Red Cross
London
Brussels
Westminster Gazette
Hundreds of women surgeons form field hospital staff
In Petrograd hundreds of women surgeons and physicians are serving as members of the field hospital staff, contributing to medical support amid wartime conditions.
Bombing Interruption as German Plane Attacks Football Game
In Bethune a German aeroplane over the field dropped bombs while a Lincolns selected team played a football game. The players continued the match as a squad opened fire on the aircraft, adding danger to the contest.
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Paris
Bethune
Lincolns
Inundate Desert to Protect Gan al Inundate Desert to Protect Ganal
Cairo reports a large desert area east of Port Said has been inundated after the November 20 Moslem victory near the Suez canal. British aerial reconnaissance found no enemy traces as forces retreated east from Gatia and Bir el Nun.
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Cairo
Port Said
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Gatia
Birelnuss
England Lands 34000 Canadian Volunteers in Egypt
Athens reports that England has landed thirty four thousand Canadian volunteers in Egypt in a statement issued today.
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Berlin
Sayville
Athens
England
Egypt
Fought bravely to save standard by William Philip Simms
Paris dispatch recalls the heroic Sixth Pomeranian regiment flag capture at Champigny 1871. Dragoons and infantry clash under shellfire as German officers fall, a lone sergeant dies guarding the banner, which is later returned to the French with the gold inscription Champigny 1871.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
New York
Champigny 1871
National Civic Federation Sessions Open With War Problem Talks
In New York on December 4 the National Civic Federation began sessions with prominent speakers to discuss war related problems arising from conditions in Europe. The event marks a focus on national issues linked to the ongoing war.
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New York
Europe
National Civic Federation
Crane denies purchase of Milwaukee Free Press
Chicago dispatch reports that associates of Charles R. Crane deny the claim that Crane bought the Milwaukee Free Press from Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. Walter S. Rodgers and H. P. Bishop express doubt and say they would have been told if true. Crane is currently in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Chicago
Charles R. Crane
Crane
Milwaukee Free Press
Stephenson
Wisconsin
Walter S. Rodgers
H. P. Bishop
Asheville
N. C
Man Seeks Drink in Dry Town Laments Useful Knowledge
A narrator notes that knowing where to obtain a drink in a dry town is hardly the most practical knowledge, yet the subject treats it as valuable. The line hints at irony in the pursuit of alcohol despite prohibition.
Florida Learns of La Crosse Honor System Transfer
Miss Rowena Long mire of Florida State College for Women sent a letter to Principal B E McCormick seeking details on local school control methods. She cites La Crosse high school's success with the Honor government system, noting similar inquiries from nearby schools and the distant Florida college in Tallahassee.
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Rowena Longmire
Florida State College For Women
B. E. McCormick
la Crosse
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin touted as home remedy
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative tonic for aging digestion. It cites cases from William Roeker of Rochester and Margaret Barringer of Newark and urges readers to buy the fifty cent to one dollar bottles with guaranteed results or a refund, offering free samples via mail.
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Wm. A. Roeker
Vienna St. Rochester
N. Y
Dr. Caldwell
America
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