British fear food blockade calls for stronger naval policy
London reports a December meeting where Admiral Baron Von Beresford urged new blockade tactics and continued aerial strikes on Zeebrugge. He warned German submarines targeting British trade could starve the country, while Thomas Bowles attacked the government and urged dissolution of the coalition.
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Associated Press
London
Baron von Beresford
Blue Sea
Pacific
Baron Beresford
Zeebrugge
England
Germany
Thomas G. Bowles
Admiralty
Indian battle ends in 12 year old boy death
Indianapolis, Dec 1 Harry Mills paugh aged 12 died soon after an Indian battle with neighbors in a vacant lot. Frank Bennett 13 wielded a .22 rifle and ordered others away behind a shed. Mills paugh refused to obey and Bennett fired. The cartridge misfired twice before a third trigger spray ended Mills paugh with a chest wound.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Harry Millspaugh
Frank Bennett
Bennett Lad
Bennett
Millspaugh
Krupp Gun Company Declares Dividend for 12 Percent
The Krupp Gun Company declares a dividend of 12 percent, unchanged from last year. It will withhold six percent as a ten year loan to cover war tax and additions to its plant for pursuing war orders.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Krupp
Forger Targets Logansport Merchants in Weekend Checks
A man described as Will Johnson entered W B Schwalm hardware and two shoe stores, using checks drawn on Palmer Asphalt for small purchases. Banks refused payment Monday, police notified, and investigators locate no Palmer Asphalt company.
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Logansport
Will Johnson
W. B. Schwalm Hardware
Palmer Asphalt Company
W. M. Palmer
F. H. Klinsick
Elias Winter
Ben
Palmer Asphalt People
Making Our Worlds by Julia Fried Walker at Cass County teachers meeting
Julia Fried Walker of Indianapolis spoke on Making our Worlds during the Cass county teachers annual gathering. She urged teachers to be true to themselves and shed jealousy and pride while noting teachers as a heady class. President M D Kelly defended teacher pay and warned against a purely dollar driven profession. The group backed reorganization plans for Cass county schools and elected Virgil Berry president Edgar Snyder vice president Alma Shideler secretary. The fourth joint institute was planned for Central school with Mrs Walker staying for two talks.
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Cass County
Julia Fried Walker
Indianapolis
M. D. Kelly
Muncie Normal Institute
Association
W. W. Black
Indiana University
Tyler
Calvary Presbyterian Church
A. E. Benge
Young America
J. A. Little
Virgil Berry
Edgar Snyder
Alma Shideler
Central School
Walker
Judge Lairy Hears Evidence in Hart Divorce Suit
Judge Lairy of the circuit court heard the evidence in the divorce action between Charles Hart and Lulu Hart yesterday.
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Judge Lairy
Lairy
Circuit Court
Charles Hart
Lulu Hart
Morgan Calls Off 50 Million Loan to Allies
Morgan refuses a 50 million dollar loan to England and France. The Allies accept the Federal Reserve Board guidance and withdraw from further funding efforts.
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Morgan
Morgan Drops Plan to Sell British French Treasury Bills
Dec 1 report says J P Morgan & Co abandoned its proposed sale of 50 million dollars in short term British and French treasury bills at entente requests. Bank cited Federal Reserve Board opposition and said no other definite plans exist, though talks of large dollar credits for Britain or France continue.
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J. P. Morgan & Co
Morgan
Federal Reserve Board
Great Britain
France
Health Board Releases Logansport Monthly Report
The November health board report shows 25 deaths in Logansport with ages from under one to over 70. Births totaled 41 with 23 white male and 18 white female infants. Contagious diseases included diphtheria, chickenpox, whooping cough, typhoid, and tuberculosis. several houses were placarded or fumigated. numerous sanitation orders and inspections were logged. two pairs of twins were born.
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Logansport
Board of Health
Department of Inspection
Six Saloons Close in Greenfield Follow Remonstrance
Six Greenfield saloons shut at 11 PM after a remonstrance forced their closure. An appeal remains in Shelby court over a recount denial. One saloonkeeper plans to reopen tomorrow and seek arrest to test the case.
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Associated Press
Greenfield
Ind
Shelby
Two Die in Dynamite Explosion at Loomis Colliery
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania two men were killed and another fatally injured when dynamite exploded at the Loomis colliery of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Coal company near Nanticoke. The cause remains undetermined as workers sunk a shaft.
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Wilkesbarre
Loomis
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Coal Company
Nanticoke
Farmer Injured as Chain Breaks on Ditching Plow
Park Hoover, a Tipton farmer, was seriously injured when a chain on a ditching plow broke causing internal injuries and fractures to both legs.
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Tipton
Ind
Park Hoover
Postal Savings Deposits Reach Record High in Local Office
Local post office reports $29,225 in postal savings deposits, the highest on record. November receipts totaled $2,524, with $3,369 in new deposits and withdrawals of $845, per W. H. Jones.
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Loca St Offiice
W. H. Jones
Local witnesses testify in Ellis Wood murder trial
Sheriff J. B. Stanley of Cass county and Undertaker Charles Chase testified in the Ellis Wood murder trial at Peru. Chase described obtaining the body and delivering it for burial, while Mrs. C. C. Boone testified Wood threatened, “Damn him, I’ll get him,” at the church door. Trial adjourned to Monday morning.
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J. B. Stanley
Cass County
Charles Chase
Ellis Wood
Peru
Stanley
Walter Collins
Chase
C. C. Boone
Young America
Wood
Diet Squad Loses Weight After Forty Cent Diet
Chicago report notes ten of twelve dieters shed pounds after Thanksgiving on a strict forty cent daily plan. They faced tastier meals than before yet overall weight decreased despite temptations.
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Chicago
Ralston Names Republican State Tax Commissioner
Strange N Cragun a Republican and former Lebanon school board member was appointed to the state board of tax commissioners by Governor Ralston. Cragun fills the seat left by Captain Wm Hart whose term expired. Hart did not seek re appointment.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Strange N. Cragun
Ralston
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Cragun
Wm. H. Hart
Cragan
Lebanon
Hart
Quake Jolts Santo Domingo No Damage Reported
Two strong earthquake shocks rattled Santo Domingo Dominican Republic on Wednesday night but caused no damage or injuries. The tremors were felt across the capital with no immediate aftereffects reported by authorities.
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Associated Press
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Trainmen killed as trains collide near Beacon Falls
Two train engineers died and a fireman was killed when the north bound Winsted express from New York collided with a freight train at an open switch near Beacon Falls Connecticut. Several passengers were seriously injured and others lightly hurt.
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Associated Press
Beacon Falls
Conn
Winsted
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Britain to reconsider Tarnowski safe conduct request
London reports strong suspicion that Great Britain will grant Washington’s request to reconsider the refusal of a safe conduct for Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, recently named Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States.
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Associated Press
London
Great Britain
Washington
Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Russian Troops Arrive to Defend Bucharest
Russian forces move to bolster Bucharest as civilians flee the capital of Romania. Defenders brace for a possible final stand amid mounting military pressure.
German Russian Carpathian Battle Widens Front 400 Kilometres
Berlin reports a stubborn battle with Russians across 400 kilometres in the Carpathians and eastern Transylvania. Russian forces are said to be renewed continually as the fight persists. Later, Allied forces disembarked at Piraeus without incident after a sea voyage.
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London
Berlin
Carpathians
Transylvania
Russians report Caucasus actions near Sul tanabad
Moscow dispatch via Reuter's Telegram notes Russian forces near Sul tanabad Persia between November 25 and 27 conducted several attacks against the enemy mostly at night on the right bank of the Karasu.
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London
Caucasus
Reuter
Sultanabad
Persia
Karasu
Roumanian defenses and Axis advance near Bucharest amid shifting fronts
Berlin reports German Austro-Hungarian forces pressing toward Bucharest from the northwest while Roumanians defend southern and western approaches. Russian troops reportedly arrive in Bucharest to aid the Roumanians as fighting extends from the Argeshu to the Dobruja front with significant prisoner and equipment losses on both sides.
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Trops
Bucharest
London
Wallachia
Berlin
Argeshu
St. Petersburg
von Mackensen
Niaslov
Campulung-Piteshti
Carpathians
Transylvania
Jablonitza
Kedzi Vasarhely
Vakarka
Karlibaba
Dobrudja
Villa bandits loot Chihuahua City and threaten foreigners
Juarez reports Villa bandits loading two trains with looted goods from Chihuahua City and planning to follow west on the Mexico Northwestern railroad. General Ozuna's scouts at Sauz place troops near Cuilty, indicating potential evacuation after looting. Carranza authorities move supplies to the U.S. side as Chihuahua braces for further attacks.
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Associated Press
Juarez
Villa
Chihuahua City
Mexico Northwestern
General Ozuna
Sauz
Ozuna
Cuilty
Parral
Santa Rosalia
Jiminez
Trevino
Gonzales
Horcasit
Francisco Murguia
Camargo
Hidalgo Plaza
U. S
Carranza
United States
Tanza
Ville
Aged Woman Takes First Train Ride on Thanksgiving Day
Mrs. William A East a 72 year old grandmother from Cass county Michigan traveled to South Bend to visit her son Morton East for Thanksgiving marking her first experience aboard a passenger coach. She has lived on the same farm for 54 years and has moved only once within her lifetime.
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Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
William A. East
Morton East
Rail strike talks move as mediator heads to Nashville
G W W Hanger of the federal board of mediation travels to Nashville to settle differences between the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railroad and its employees. Four brotherhoods threatening to strike suspend action while mediation proceeds after the railroad accepts the board's good offices.
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Associated Press
Washington
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railroad
Four Brotherhoods
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