Germans Strike on English Coast in Daring Raid
The raid hit Hartlepool Scarborough and Whitby with heavy shelling lasting about 40 minutes. Casualties included at least 7 soldiers 22 civilians killed and dozens wounded. German ships escaped in mist after costly bombardment.
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London
Germany
England
North Sea
Hartlepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Ufe
Admiralty
Yorkshire Evening News
Kiel Canal
Belgium
France
Helgoland
Elbe
Atlantic
Stockholm-on- Tees
Exchange Telegraph Company
West Hartlepool
Newcastle Chronicle
Tynemouth
Northumberland
Tyne
Newcastle
Hartlepool Shelling Sparks National Alarm and Mobilization
German cruiser squadron shelled Hartlepool and Scarborough harming coastlines. The attack triggered widespread alarms across England with National Reserves called to duty and troops stationed to deter further assaults. Authorities estimated three to six ships possibly with a submarine involved. Scarborough, a northern Yorkshire resort, described as a fashionably seaport near York and London distances noted.
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Helgoland
England
Scarborough
Hartlepool
Kingdom
Nottingham
Fartlepool
Yorkshire
North Sea
York
London
Two Victoria Crosses Awarded for Valor in Battle
London reports two more Victoria crosses awarded to British soldiers. Drummer John Bent Ask of the Lancashire Regiment earned the honor after taking command near Legheer and holding the position despite losses. Lance Corporal Dobson of the Coldstream Guards received the cross for twice bringing wounded men to cover under heavy fire at Chavannes.
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London
Bpence John Bent Ask
Lancashire Regiment
Legheer
Dobson
Coldstream Guards
Chavannes
Canada Forces Guard Niagara Frontier Against Possible Raid
Buffalo reports elaborate precautions along the Niagara border with 30 militiamen at Fort Erie and 500 to 600 home guard volunteers patrolling the riverfront day and night. Patrols use autos and motorcycles amid fears of a German raid similar to the Fenian threat.
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Canada
Buffalo
Niagara River
Fort Erie
Niagara Falls
Home Guard
Niagara
Department of Militia
War influence shifts Vienna fashion toward military styles
Vienna tailors and milliners push wartime aesthetics as “arbiters of elegance” declare red color dominates and clothing mimics military cuts for both sexes. The era introduces the Kriegabluse two colored garments and restrained hats of black velvet with minimal ornament. Hairdressers craft models for blonde and brown beauty.
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Vienna
Hair styles debated and adopted in unusual session
The article notes a heated debate on whether clean shaven or bearded and mustached faces should dominate. A prominent woman argued beards resemble monkeys. Hairdressers held an extraordinary session and ruled beards to be worn a la Francia Joseph and mustaches a la William, now adopted.
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William
German Wedge Reaches Sochaczew Near Warsaw
Berlin reports Austro German victory over Russians in Poland and a major battle centered at Sochaczew 30 miles west of Warsaw. Re-enforcements pour in on both sides as the Polish campaign concentrates there and Russians retreat along the front from Lodz toward Galicia.
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Berlin
London
Poland
Vienna
Galicia
Limanovo
Lodz
Bzura
Carpathians
Grodno-Zakaczyn
Warsaw
Sochaczew
Trow
Sochaczen
Wilsons Christmas Shopping Trip In Washington
President Wilson spent a shopping afternoon in downtown Washington visiting a department store two bookstores and a jewelry shop. He was recognized by many clerks as he pushed through crowds. Mrs Francis B Sayre the president's daughter will arrive early next week to spend Christmas at the White House and stay for more than a month.
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Washington
Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
White House
U S to Guard Canal Zone with Warships
President Wilson and his cabinet decided to send American warships to the Canal Zone to guard neutrality. The exact ships will be chosen after a full report from Col Goethals, military governor, and Capt Rodman, naval officer of the canal.
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Washington
Wilson
Canal Zone
Goethals
Rodman
Canal
First Eugenic Baby in Wisconsin Born in Bayfield County
Washburn Wis Dec 18 Mr and Mrs Edward McDonall the first couple married in Bayfield county after the eugenic law went into effect are the parents of a baby boy the first eugenic babe in Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin
Washburn
Wis
Edward McDonall
Bayfield County
Storms Hurt Coast as Winds Rainban Coastal Damage
Storms and winds shell Long Beach with heavy damage totaling 50000 dollars from high tides over the last day. Los Angeles reports widespread wreckage along the coast with 24 hours of storms causing significant destruction.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Long Beach
Four Firemen Injured in Sandusky Blaze
Four firemen were injured when timbers fell during a $100,000 fire in Sandusky Ohio’s business district. The injured were Captain McLaughlin Captain Curtis Fireman Charles Georgen and Enginemen Diskam.
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Sandusky
McLaughlin
Curtis
Charles Georgen
Diskam
Red Cross Sends $10,000 to Aid Turkish Hospitals
The American Red Cross wired the state department to Ambassador Morgenthau in Constantinople pledging $10,000 to support military hospital maintenance in Turkey.
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Red Cross
Turkey
New York
American Red Cross
State Department
United States
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Motive Power Expert Bernard Fitzpatrick Dies
Bernard Fitzpatrick sixty four, master mechanic on Pennsylvania lines west of Pittsburgh, died in St Wayne Indiana December 19. He was among the nation's leading motive power authorities.
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St. Wayne
Ind
Bernard Fitzpatrick
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburgh
Charities Face Quiz on Foundations in New York Start
Industrial Relations Board planned hearings begin January 11 in New York to probe major foundations. Chairman Frank P. Walsh said inquiry will examine how charities like Russell Sage, Baron de Hirsch, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and others influence public information, finance, and policy. Prominent witnesses listed include Hadley Yale, Eliot, Morgan, Carnegie, and Rockefeller family members.
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Denver
Colo
New York City
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Colorado
Russell Sage Foundation
Baron de Hirsch Fund
Carnegie Benevolence
Cleveland Foundation
Walsh
United States
Mr. Walsh
Hadley
Yale University
Charles W. Eliot
T. M. Vail
Norman D. Ream
Francis Ll. Hine
Charles P. Neill
John M. Glenn
Ralph M. Easley
Allen T. Burns
Robert Bruere
Dean George W. Kirchway
Senator Kenyon
Senator Owen
Andrew Carnegie
J. Rockefeller, Sr
J. Rockefeller, Jr
J. P. Morgan
Daniel Guggenheim
BE. H. Gary
G. W. Perkins
F. A. Vanderlip
T. P. Shonts
B. T. Stotesbury
Jacob H. Schiff
J. Hays Hammond
R. W. DeForest
C. H. Dodge
H. C. Frick
Adolph Lewisohn
T. W. Lamont
Seth Low
Jerome D. Greene
Samuel Untermyer
Denver pioneer William Barth dies at 85 in pneumonia
Sparks from the Wire reports William Barth, an eighty five year old Denver multimillionaire and pioneer, dies of pneumonia. His fortune is estimated at six million dollars. Also noted are the Tennessee cruiser Tennessee arriving in Alexandria Egypt from Chios and the Southern Pacific restoring 1600 shop jobs on the coast, plus a Morton Mississippi bank safe robbery with nitroglycerine and a $3000 escape on a handcar.
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Denver
Colo
William Barth
Alexandria
Egypt
Tennessee
Chios
San Francisco
Cal
Morton
Miss
Purdue University hazing suit details Mabel Rogers case
Miss Mabel Rogers of Shoals Indiana testifies in a Purdue University hazing suit. She recounts being pricked with pins her face painted with red ink partly disrobed and thrown into a tub of cold water claiming health impairment from the incident.
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Lafayette
Ind
Mabel Rogers
Shoals
Purdue University
British Warships Bombard German Positions on Belgian Coast
Dover reports British warships continued shelling the Belgian coast and disabled several German batteries. In contrast Captain Franz von Papen defends the German shelling of Hartlepool Scarborough and Whitby as justified in a German embassy statement.
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Dover
England
Britain
New York
Hartlepool
Scarborough
Whitby
Franz von Papen
King Peter Returns to Nish in Warm Reception
King Peter arrived in Nish from Belgrade and was greeted with enthusiasm. He will stay for an extended period, drawing crowds and attention from residents.
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Peter
Nish
Belgrade
Roosevelt declines appearance before naval committee
Former president Theodore Roosevelt telegraphed Representative Hobson that he did not believe it would do any good for him to appear before the naval affairs committee.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Hobson
Naval Affairs Committee
Father of Thirteen Drowned at Sand Lake
Nick Abell aged 52 drowned while attempting to cross Sand lake in darkness near Bowstring Minnesota. His wife and 13 children were left behind as rescue efforts failed and the family searched the lake.
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Bowstring
Minn
Nick Abell
Sand Lake
Congress Seeks Holiday Recess December 23 to 29
Washington lawmakers proposed a concurrent resolution for a holiday recess from December 23 through December 29. The measure passed the house and was sent to the senate for action.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
Paupers In Cook County Reach One in Ten
Chicago December 17 One cent person in every ten in Cook county is a pauper according to the annual report of the board of county commissioners Just issued Out of a total population of 2500000 aid was given 250000
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Chicago
Cook County
Board of County Commissioners
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