Halifax near record quake death toll from Mont Blanc blast
Associated Press reports wholesale arrests of German residents under military orders as Halifax copes with earthquake caused by the Mont Blanc explosion. The city logs heavy casualties with about 1,200 known dead and thousands unaccounted for amid a blizzard and rain. Police detain Mont Blanc crew and Tine survivors for admiralty court inquiry. Weather forecast notes cold air moving in for Washington region.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Polie
Hanrahan
Lamedoc
Mackay
Mont Blanc
Admiralty Court
Mont Blaze
TNT
Gio
Imo
Biting Cold Follows Snow Storm Saturday
The storm swept over Orange County Saturday bringing four inches of snow to Middletown with winds at sixty to seventy miles per hour. Temperatures plunged overnight as sleet-laden winds piled drifts in rural areas. The Northeastern region saw rail traffic disrupted and residents stayed indoors. Wairkill Transit reduced service while a large rotary sweeper cleared tracks before winds caused delays again.
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Middletown
Wailkill Transit Co
Mechanicstown
Verin
Goshen Fine Y
Walter J. Breakell Jr Enlists in Navy After War Declared
Walter J. Breakell Jr son of Mr and Mrs W J Breakell of Otisville enlisted in the Navy on April 8 just after war was declared on Germany. He has served on the USS Nebraska and recently returned from an eight day furlough.
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Water J. Breakell, Jr
W. J. Breakell
Otisville
Navy
Germany
S. S. Nebraska
Local draft recruits listed with exemptions and arrivals
Recruiting Sergeant Arthur M. Bunde secures men preferring enlistment before December 15. Norman Harris of Goshen shipped to Poughkeepsie then Fore Slocum. several others named expect to depart. Some registrants rejected for physical defects not previously examined. Fred S. Rogers returns home from Polyclinic Hospital with improving health and plans to resume duties soon.
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Arthur M. Bunde
Norman Harris
Goshen
Poughkeepsie
Fore Slocum
Albert W. Armstrong
Prince Street
James D. Cox
Union Street
Lewis B. Larder
Commonwealth Avenue
Alfred M. Cortrighy
Myrtle Avenue
Floyd H. Johnsson
East Main Street
James Levins, Jr
Vrawarande Avenuemuia
Gumner Benedict
Mulberry Street
Bert B. Werwihliger
Smith Street
Albin W. German
Hanford Street
Edward Hallock
Wickham Avenue
Death of Infant in Goshen
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Barber Burnett Jr dies at 42 Wickham Avenue Goshen after a short illness Funeral services set for Wednesday at 1 39 PM led by Rev F S Haines Interment in Slate Hill Cemetery family plot Goshen.
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Goshen
Joseph Barber, Burnett, Jr
Joseph Barber
Wickham Avenue
F. S. Haines
Slate Hill Cemetery
Common Council Tonight Sets 8 O'clock Start
A regular Common Council meeting is scheduled for this evening with the session slated to begin at 8 o'clock sharp. The agenda lists standard municipal business and public matters awaiting council action.
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Common Council
Warm Praise for Teachers and War Time Addresses
The Sunday services at First Presbyterian and St Pauls Church featured tributes to teachers and a wartime sermon on faith and duty. Rev Dr Kirkwood praised public school teachers as essential to the nation while Rev Dr Grinton urged young men to serve with discipline and integrity. Webb Horton Memorial church heard E Van Dyke Wight on democracy and America’s fight for it. Also a public notice urged blanketting horses kept on streets during cold weather.
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First Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood
United States
St Paul's Church
Grinton
Israel
Gideon
Webb Horton Memorial
E. van Dyke Wight
Webb Horen Memorial Presbyterian Church
America
Soldiers Home For Holidays At Christmas And New Year
Five percent of Middle town’s soldiers at Camp Wadsworth will be allowed to come home for Christmas and an equal number will receive furloughs to visit relatives over New Year. Lieut. Russell Vernon of the 105th SG Infantry, stationed at Camp Wadsworth, announced the plan after arriving from the camp. Selection of men will be by officers and not all applications can be granted. Thanksgiving was observed at the camp with a good menu and men in good spirits. Further details follow on page eight.
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Middletown
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg
D. C
Russell Vernon
SG. S. Infantry
Vernon
Lieut
France
Joan F. O'Ryan
Germany massing greatest army on western front, Baker says
Washington reports secretary Baker in the Weekly War Review warns the United States must speed up military preparations as Germany mobilizes men for a western front counter offensive. The piece notes German gains on the Cambrai front and references peace talks with Russia enabling manpower buildup since the Tannenberg defeat.
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Washington
Germany
Baker
United States
France
Tanneburg
Russia
Cambrai Front
Byng
Back From Austria Hungary People Crave Freedom
Ira J. Ryerson and Mrs. Ryerson arrived in Gordon after visiting Austria-Hungary where he spoke of a desire for democracy. He cited war weariness, German influence, and Austro-Hungarian unrest as reasons for the call for reform. The remarks, made amid wartime hardship, reflect public sentiment as the war drags on. Continued on page five.
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Hungary
Anstrigs-Hunsary
Early close of the river boat season announced
Officials at the Albany office of the Badservation Company warned that cold weather could end river traffic for several years. Last year’s boats made their final trip to New York on December 18. A New York Herald dispatch from Gardiner claims Company I of the Provisional Regiment received sweaters for every man after detention of supplies, while women in Middletown South Carolina sent knitted helmets for half the company and pledged the rest would not be forgotten. Chicago moves to bar dancing as cabaret licenses seek to curb public dancing.
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Badservation Company
Trafic
Hudson
New York
New York Herald of Sundar
Gardiner
Co. I
Middletown
S. C
Port Jervis Woman Admits Fire Arson and Theft
Mrs. Fannie Olden, 46, was arrested in Port Jervis on a warrant for petty larceny of shirts. She pleaded guilty in police court and confessed at City Hall to setting fire to the Dedley house in Matamoras on December 1, with motive tied to her abandoned by her common law husband. Authorities in Pike County Pa seek arson in the second degree. she faces further proceedings and possible commitment after waiving exam.
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Fannie Olden
Campbell
J. R. Duty
Jersey Avenue
W. S. Bevana
Port Jervin
Olden
Dedley
Matamoros
Satay
Deckles
Matamoras
Goshen
Older
TriStates
Deckley
Fort Jervis
W. S. Bevans
Constanie
James Briscoll Fractures Ankle At Roundhouse Fall
James Briscoll of 1107 Cottage street sustained a fracture of the right ankle at 11 this morning after slipping from a locomotive in the O W roundhouse while shoving coal into an engine. Dr J B Hulett summoned. he was moved to Thrall Hospital where the fracture was reduced. Linden Avenue also. The Parent Teacher Association of Linden Avenue School will meet Tuesday at 4 p m at the school.
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James Briscoll
Cottage Street
O. W. Roundhouse
Briscoll
J. B. Hulett
Thrall Hospital
Linden Avenue
Holy City Wrested From Turk in Jerusalem Surrender
London Dec 10 Andrew Bonar Law announced in the House of Commons that Jerusalem, surrounded on all sides, had surrendered to the British ending twelve hundred years of Christian occupation by Moslems. The fall marks the collapse of Turkish efforts to seize the Suez Canal and invade Egypt. Bolsheviks Menaced. London Dec 10 the southeastern Russian counterrevolt aims to seize authority and cut Siberian food supplies, with Kaledines. Dnutoff and Korniloff threatening Katerinoslav Kharkov Moscow. In Orenburg Bolsheviks overthrown by General Dutov. New cabinet in Portugal. Lisbon uprising leads to a new government amid heavy fighting and near-total Lisbon garrison involvement. Her First Communion. Helena McParlan received her first holy communion at her priest father’s private chapel on Jackson Avenue.
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Moscow
Orenbure
Dutoif
Portugal
New York
The
New York Herald
Helena McParlan
M Thomas S. MecParlan
5 Key
No. Jacison Avenue
Dr. McParran
St. Gregory
Little Misa McPrran
James Cummings
Washington Arenas
Kingston
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Polyclinic Hospital
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Mr. Rogers
Highland Avenue
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St. Paul’s
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Preburg
Austria-Hungary
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Goshen Reinsman
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