Britain and Italy Hold as German Assault Fails Near Cambrai
The German attack west of Cambrai fails to break British lines despite heavy bombardment and larger forces. British and French troops brace for continued western front fighting as Alpine fronts see snow alight. Jerusalem falls to Allied forces under General Allenby, with new British control reported in the Holy City. Jacob Jones, American destroyer, torpedoed by a German submarine, sinks with heavy loss of life. lists of survivors released by Admiral Sims.
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Cambrai
Bullecourt
Queant
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Byng
Germany
Huseia
Russia
Russian Empire
Austria
Serbia
Kaledines
Mohiley
Tanmanovka
Allenby
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy
Andrew Honor Law
House of Commons
London
Suez Canal
Hegypt
Jaffa
Mediterranean Sea
Admiral Sims
Howard A. Chase
Charles Worth
Harry Louis Gibson
Charles Chilton
Conrad Streb
Joseph Arthur Cossairt
Clifford Vernon de Forest
Cltton Crandford
Boyd
Martell Hamp
Terrell Read Wood
Harold William Aagaard
Philip Jacob
Burger
Gustave Eulitz, Jr
Albert Lewis Everroad
Edward Wallace Fenton
Henry Joseph Maletz
Donat Marcand
David Roy Carter
Patrick Henry Judge
Restitute Echon
William Penn Hughes
Ernest H. Pennington
Edward Meir
Lawrence Hansen
Chester B. Lanen
Howard A. Moyer
Rebecca Moyer
Whitehaven
New Kitchen Card May Propose Tighter Food Rations
Washington A sugar ration of three pounds per person monthly and added meatless and wheatless meals are to be recommended on a forthcoming kitchen card from the food administration. Observance of wheatless and meatless meals will be asked in addition to existing wheatless and meatless days.
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Washington
Food Administration
United States Holds One Third of Global Wealth
A concise claim states that one third of the world s wealth sits in the United States, underscoring its economic dominance relative to other nations.
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United States
The
Crozier Defends Ordnance Delays Before Senate Panel
Major General William Crozier, chief of ordnance, testifies about weapon supply delays to U S troops. He admits French guns in France due to shortages and training cantonments lacking guns but says troop training will not be seriously delayed. He blames Secretary Baker for the gun shortage and cites the June adoption of the Browning type.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
William Crozier
Crozier
France
Baker
Holding Spy Suspect Detained in Halifax Case
John Johansen helmsman on the Imo, the Belgian relief ship tied to the Mont Blanc disaster, was held as a German spy suspect and turned over to military authorities by Massachusetts Relief Hospital staff. A nurse noted his strange behavior and possible sham illness, and he allegedly offered her $50 to buy a newspaper for an escape plan.
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Halifax
John Johansen
Imo
Mont Blanc
Massachusetts Relief Hospital
New York
Johansen
Austrian Battleships Sunk in Trieste Harbor Action
A wartime message reports Italian torpedo craft sank two Austrian battleships in Trieste harbor on the night of December 9. Commander C Pfister confirms the incident. details await official confirmation.
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New York
Trieste
Comander C. Pfister
Death Toll at Halifax Declared At 1266
The death toll from the explosion of the munitions ship M Blanc in Halifax harbor is officially fixed at 1266 including the missing.
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Halifax
Gulf Pduction Co Completes No Wright-A Well
Goose Creek Texas an unit production of 4500 barrels was reported after Gulf Pduction Company finished its No Wright-A at Goose Creek Tuesday at a depth of 2900 feet. A second well at Goose Creek was mentioned but details were incomplete.
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Goose Creek
Tex
Gulf Pduction Company
Food Administration Districts Increased in Texas
Houston news reports the expansion of Texas federal food administration districts from eight to fifteen. New district capitals include Dallas Lufkin Beaumont Houston San Antonio Brownwood El Paso Paris Fort Worth Wichita Falls Navasota Waco Austin San Angelo with named district administrators and enlarged powers to advise county officials and coordinate local food measures.
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Houston
Tex
Federal Food Administration of Texas
Federal Food Administration
Paris
Waco
Fort Worth
Austin
San Angelo
Navasota
Wichita Falls
Dallas
J. R. Babcock
Lufkin
C. B. Collins
Peaumont
C. R. Bone
J. Z. George
San Antonio
J. B. Carrington
Brownwood
B. E. Kirkpatrick
el Paso
George H. Clements
Amarillo
Porter B. Whaley
E. C. Bracken
C. W. Connery
B. F. Johnson
L. M. Hewitt
J. W. Bass
W. E. Long
Thos. F. Owens
Washington
Export Bill Passed by Senate in Washington
The Webb export bill to legalize combinations of American exporters in promoting foreign commerce was approved by the Senate on Wednesday by 51 to 11. President Wilson urged enactment in his address to Congress as the measure, passed by the House last June, moves to conference.
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Washington
Webb
Senate
Wilson
Congress
House
Prison Farm Inspected by Committee in DeKalb Texas
A state prison Shaw farm near DeKalb was inspected by Senator J C McNealus and Representative F O Fuller of the penitentiary investigating committee. The property cost 125000 and spans 4690 acres in the Red River Valley.
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DeKalb
Tex
Shaw State Farm
J. C. McNealus
F. O. Fuller
Penitentiary Investigating Committee
Shaw Farm
M. A. Shaw
Texarkana
Red River Valley
Five Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Nine Accidents Reported
Texas industrial accident board reports 5199 accidents in November and 14613 for the current fiscal year begun September 1. Twenty three fatal accidents occurred in November, bringing the fiscal year total to 49.
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Austin
Tex
State Industrial Accident Board
Survivor tells of destroyer loss Jacob Jones
Washington reports the first survivor account of the destroyer Jacob Jones sinking by a torpedo. Only two small boats and three life rafts survived the wreck, with seventeen hours exposure before rescue by a British ship. A submarine was observed after the loss.
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Washington
Jacob Jones
J. K. Richards
Navy Department
Richards
Oil Well Completes On Hog Island Open Bay Territory
The Hog Island well Allison et al No 1 Hog Island finished at 3300 feet and produced about 1500 barrels of fluid with 20 percent water. The project aims to drill oil in the bay south of the proven field but has faced screen-setting troubles for over two months. Water reportedly enters the well from outside the oil sand.
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Houston
Tex
Hog Island
Goose Creek
Bay Territory
Allison Et al
No Agreement Reached in Gulf Coast Oil Strike
Operators in Texas and Louisiana gulf coast oil fields failed to accept a $4 daily raise for the lowest paid workers after a conference with oil field workers adjourned Friday without a deal. The strike remains in effect.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Cases Against Officials Dismissed in Austin
All cases against former Governor James E. Ferguson and other state officials indicted last July by the Travis County criminal district court grand jury have been dismissed except the perjury charge against former Commissioner of Labor C. W. Woodman.
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Austin
Tex
James E. Ferguson
Criminal District Court of
Travis County
Labor
C. W. Woodman
Troops Move Against Diaz Faction Reported
An American returning from Monterey says the Mexican government has dispatched over 3000 troops into Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas to battle the Felix Diaz faction, a report reaching Brownsville, Texas on Tuesday.
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Diaz
Brownsville
Tex
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulipas
Felix Diaz
Monterey
Spinach Crop in Central Texas Hit by Freeze
Sixty percent of the spinach crop in Central Texas has been killed by freezing weather. Estimates by growers indicate about 12,000 acres were planted to spinach in Travis and neighboring counties.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Travis
Panama Declares War on Austria in World War I Move
Panama announced war on Austria with the government and canal zone authorities interning Austrians. The action follows wartime alliances and reflects regional alignment during the global conflict.
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Panama
Austria
Canal Zone
Thirteen Negro Soldiers Hanged At Fort Sam Houston
The thirteen members of the Twenty fourth Infantry convicted over Houston riots August 22 1917 were executed at Fort Sam Houston early Tuesday. They faced a publicized court martial findings and sentences with Major Buckman announcing the terms and the guards under Colonel Waltz overseeing the two traps without delay.
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San Antonio
Tex
Twentyfourth Infantry
Houston
Texas
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Southern Department
William C. Nesbitt
Larnon J. Brown
James Wheatley
Jesse Moore
Chas. W. Baltimore
Ira B. Davis
James Divins
Frank Johnson
Risley W. Young
Company I
Pat MacWhorter
Cook William Frazier
Cook Nathan Humphries, Jr
John M. Hudson, Jr
James ‘H. Yohnson
Ben’ McDaniels
Stewart W. Phillips
Allie C. Butler
Abner Davis
George H. Parham
Ruben W. Baxter
Walter Burkett
James Coker
Callie Glenn
William J. Hough
Thomas Jackson
Walter T. Johnson
Dean New
Jesse Sullivan
United States Infantry
Oliver Fletcher
Company M
Twenty-fourth
Henry T. Wallis
Alvin Pugh
Walter B. Tucker
William B. Beacoat
Grover Burns
Grant H. Mems
Brush L. Smith
Terry Smith
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Millard F. Waltz
Donce Nito
John V. Tobin
Bexar County
Company C
Nineteenth Infantry
J. W. Buckman
Vida Henry
Horace Clifton Moody
Rufe
H. Daniels
Ira D. Raney
EB. J. Meineke
D. R. Patton
M. D. Everton
Fifth Texas Infantry
J. W. Mattes
Second Illinois Field Artillery
C. W. Wright
Pierce- Fordyce Oil Company
BE. A. Thompson
Hempstead
A. R. Carsten
Earl Finley
Fred E. Winkler
E. M. Jones
S. Sutton
Eli Smith
Shooting Gallery
Manuel Garredo
Camp Logan
Wylie Strong
Zimmie Foreman
Livingston
James Ee
President Wilson weighs railroad question in first public utterance
Washington reporters quoted President Wilson saying he could not decide now whether to address Congress on railroads but he has studied the issue and if a change in transportation policy is needed he will begin by addressing Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Consrasa
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Sims Monday
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U.S. A
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24Th U. S. Infantry
Major Buckman
William S. Nesbitt
Charles W. Baltimore
William Brackenridge
Thomas C. Hawkins
Carlos Snodgrass
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