Belgrade Falls to Austrian Troops Amid Balkan War News
Vienna reports occupation of Belgrade by Austrian troops as Servian defenses collapse. Dispatches from Sofia and Paris note critical Servian situation, withdrawals from Belgrade and Nish telegraph link cut, with Austrians claiming victories and Servian rear guard actions. Reports mention losses, retreat to Oudjitze and Koeleritch, Soviet? no. clashes near Souvabor and Kolubara river, and a November 28 engagement near Lazarevatz with 27 officers and 2,000 men captured.
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Associated Press
London
Sofia
Bulgaria
Reuter
Klavas
Nish
Servia
Oudjitze
Koeleritch
Souvabor
Kolubara
Lazarevatz
Schwab Asked to Discuss U S Neutrality Policy
Secretary Bryan invites Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel to the State Department to outline U S views on building submarines for Europe and talks with British envoy about exporters protests. Schwab declines to discuss official position while secrecy over neutrality contracts remains under debate.
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Washington, D. C
Bryan Today
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
State Department
Ryan
Schwab
Bryan
Steel’ Company
Europe
Cecil Spring-Rice
Lansing
Germany
War News Epitomized Reports Fierce Argonne Fighting
The report summarizes renewed heavy fighting in the Argonne forest with conflicting French and German accounts. It notes German assaults on French positions, allied advances in some sectors, and heavy Russian captures in the Poland theatre. It adds Bulgarian anxiety over Serbia, Kitchener's claim of a German disaster, and ongoing actions along the Western Front and Galicia with cautious notes on overall battle conditions.
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Belgium
French War Office
Germans Capture Fort in Argonne
Berlin reports a strong French position in the Argonne forest taken by Württemberg infantry regiment 120, Kaiser's own unit. About 300 French and two officers captured. overall western fighting continued with no decisive breakthroughs. French claim minor gains near Ypres, Vermelles, and in the Argonne.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Argonne Forest
William
Argonne
Cuts Down Expense to Aid War Victims
Oscar S. Straus, The Hague tribunal member and Roosevelt secretary of commerce and labor, denied resigning from the Japan Society to favor Germany. He said he left the society and other groups to cut unnecessary expenses and devote the savings to relief of war sufferers, citing interviews to debunk pro-German claims.
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New York
N. Y
Oscar S. Straus
Hague
Tribunal
Roosevelt
Not the Time for Peage Proposals
AP dispatch from Washington reports Dr. Henry Van Dyke, American minister to the Netherlands, telling Secretary Bryan that Queen Wilhelmina and the Dutch people desire peace, but now is not a propitious moment for definite peace terms. Henry White, former ambassador to France, says Europe is not ready for peace and no hearing on peace proposals will occur now. when the time comes, the United States should act nobly.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Europe
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
White Hotel
Wilson
Wilhelmina
van Dyke
Bryan
Welland
U.S
Henry White
France
White
Fresh Air Clean Thought and Plenty OL Water Old Age
A clipped, partial AP wire item notes Kansas and December references with terms like hunter and tapner. The readable fragments suggest a discussion of air and water quality, aged interests, and value estimates around $123. The text remains fragmentary with unclear context or outcome.
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Cassociated Press
Kansas
Convicted Warden Seeks Cancer Vaccine Trial
Thomas Mott Osborne, Sing Sing warden and Auburn inmate, offers himself as a sacrifice to inoculate cancer germs to test contagiousness. Osborne reveres the inmate's education and character, noting his medical reading and keen cancer research interest. He plans to discuss the proposal with the attorney general.
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Associated Press
Wire
New York
N.Y
Thomas
Mott
Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Auburn
N. C
Progressives Defend Party Unity at National Conference
Chicago December 2 reports from 32 state leaders and the Progressive executive committee show no disbanding. They expect to continue the party, with talks on future program and possible headquarters move, while John F. Johns on for 1916 drew some California delegates’ interest.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Progressive Party
Republican
Democratic’ Party
George W. Perkins
New York
tSohairman
Dee
Roosevelt
K. Davis
Executive Committee
Davis
California
Johnsson
Perkins
New England
Middle Atlantic
South
Atlantic
Western
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
New York City
Washington,d,c
Progressive ‘National Committee
New’ York
Childs
Powers
Unclear fragmentary note on water and winter petitioning
Fragmentary text references fresh sir clean thought water and winter themes with an uncertain speaker. No clear event date or identifiable names emerge.
Result in Poland hangs in balance
London dispatch reports a volatile war scene as Russian Poland remains pivotal. German and Russian forces clash with heavy losses, while sieges and retreats unfold around Lodz and Warsaw. Austrian and Belgian fronts see limited action amid a looming war loan in Berlin. One Belgian premier’s son is reported killed in action.
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Associated Press
London
Poland
Macklengen
Lodz
Russia
Cracow
Vienna
Enim
Carpathians
Budapest
Servia
Berlin
Petrograd
Lowicz
Odystitl
Vistula
Plock
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Reuter
Case Against Lamar 18 Given to Jurors
The government rested its case against David Lamar charged with representing himself as Representative A Mitchell Palmer to defraud J P Morgan and U S Steel. The trial ended with witness Bewis Cass Ledyard testifying. Lamar offered no defense and left the case to the jury.
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Lamar
Associated Press
Yuice
New York
N. Y
David Lamar
A. Mitchel Palmer
J.P. Morgan and Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
T He
Bewis Cass Ledyard
J. P.morgan
Edward Lauter‘bach
Temple Bowdoin of Morgan and Co Dies
Temple Bowdoin, partner in Morgan and Company and a board member, died after an intestinal disorder following surgery. He was years old, succeeding his father as partner after his father's death about a year ago.
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Caasodated
Prensa
New York
N.Y
Templa Bowdoin
TPL ‘Morgan. and Company
Bowdoin
Morgan
Firor-Upon
Wfather
How They Live on 6 a Week Tells Their Struggles
New York December 2 The state factory investigating commission heard firsthand details from stores factories and shops about the wage tug creating daily hardship for tens of thousands of underpaid women. Esther Packard of the Consumers League cited cases including Miss C W who buys shoes and meat rarely and Miss T who sustains meals on beans and bread. Many women rely on male companions for Sunday dinners and a forty year old woman cannot take a month off work for rest she needs.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
Esther Packard
Consumers’ League
Greater Iowa Convention Debates Belgian Colonization Plan
Ames delegates gather in Ames Iowa for the first annual Greater Iowa Association convention. Governors and judges attend as business leaders discuss immigration and the proposed Belgian colonization of 100000 Belgians to Iowa after the war, with opposition voiced by Des Moines labor groups and city officials.
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Ames
Greater Iowa Association
Iowa Industries
George W. Clarke
Supreme Court
Horace Deemer
Sherman de Wolf
Reinbeck
Woodworth Clum
Clinton
Emmet
Tinley
Council Bluffs
John H. Morrell
E G. McNeal
Hanna
Des Moines
W. W. Marsh
Waterloo
Slingsby Case Opens in London Probate Court
The Slingsby legitimacy suit opened in London probate court over whether an infant born in San Francisco is the rightful heir to the Slingsby English estates. Testimony suggests a substitution of a California child for the heir and a California health board finding the infant is the child of Mrs. Anderson and adopted by Mrs. Slingsby.
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Associated Prassz
London
Slingsby
Charles R. Slingsby
San Francisco
Charles Slingsby
Yorkshire
Charles R
Dorothy
Lillian ‘Anderson
California
A. Tal
State. Board of Health’ of
Anderson
Case Continued for F L Jackson in Check Passing Case
The hearing of Frank L Jackson on charges of passing a check at the Buchele store in Fairport was continued by consent of both sides until Saturday afternoon at 2 o clock. The case remains pending as two funds were in the bank.
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Frank
F.L. Jackson
Colorado Strike Inquiry Begins As Coal Talks Proceed
Governor Ammons and Governor-elect Carlson outlined executive stance on the Colorado coal miners strike during the eleven day hearing of the federal industrial relations commission. Witnesses included John G. Osgood and James H. Flood, with public and labor representatives named. The commission will soon investigate the Rockefeller Foundation in Washington and New York. Ohio miners near settlement with talks to set run-of-mine payments. Christmas donations sought for striking miners' children.
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Associated Press
Denver
Cons
Ammons
Carlson
Colorado
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
John G. Osgood
American, Fask Company
James H. Flood
John McLennan
State Federation of
Jaber
United Mine Workers of America
J. Borden Harriman
James O'Connell
Frederick Delano
Frank. P. ‘Walsh
Walsh
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
Industrial Commission of Wisconsin
Harris Weinstock
S. Thruston Ballard
John BR. Lennon
B. Garretson
Proto Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
Teifre
New York
John D. Rockefeller
H. Gary
J P. Morgan
Rockefeller
Kingdon Gould
Congress
Bridgeport
United Mine Workers’ of America
United States
Canada
East Ohio
Appeal to Cardinal for Aid of Belgium
Sir Gilbert Parker appeals to Cardinal Gibbons from Maastricht to aid the Belgian relief effort. He notes Belgians flee destruction with homes gone and hunger widespread, urging the church to mobilize donations of bread and salt and to spread the plea in the name of Christian compassion.
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Belgium
Associated Press
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Gilbert Parker
Maastricht
Holland
Re‘lel
Weather forecast fragment shows rain tonight and Thursday
The fragment indicates likely rain tonight and Thursday with possible snow flurries in the north portion. It notes little temperature change, partly cloudy tonight and Thursday, and a warmer trend to the east with river stage around two feet eight inches at 8 a.m.
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Juiiola
Willon
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Tarax
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Prussia
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Wroclaw
Lawicz
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