Sinking of the destroyer Jacob Jones shocks U S Navy
The American destroyer Jacob Jones, a leading submarine hunter, was torpedoed and sunk in the north Atlantic. Of 105 aboard, two thirds lost, with ten survivors named by Vice Admiral Sims. The vessel, completed in 1916, was part of a convoy escort and its loss marks the first major naval tragedy since entering the war.
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Washington, D
Jacob Jones
Sims
Ktar Bageey
LOS Vortentel Gummiander
David’ Werth Bagtey
Joseph Tunlels
The
Novy
Smong Tha Sum
Bagley
Fife
Torpado
North Atlantic
Wiese
Lolow
John K Richards
Line
Diadceb Jones
Orama
Orame
Setie Ib
Jacob Honeg
Jacob Janes
Ste
New York
Sip Puilding Company
Camden
N. J
Fire destroys government medical depot in Chicago blaze
A five story government leased medical division building at South Dearborn and West Fortieth streets burned today. Explosions from chemicals inside sparked fears of arson as the structure collapsed to its walls. Major W. S. Shields reported no comment on suspicions of incendiaries, while two men near the ruins were arrested by federal agents amid a reported loss of 2 000 000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sourth Dearborn Street
West Fortieth Street
W. S. Shields
Shields
Wielita Rose
Des Moines Iowa Cold Wave Sets Record Low Ties
Snow blankets the northeast while a west to south cold wave grips the nation. Des Moines records fourteen degrees below zero with Charles City at eighteen below, the coldest December in years as forecasts predict more snow tonight and tomorrow. Weather warnings extend from the lake region to the gulf states as officials note the storm center moving from western Kentucky.
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Washington, D. C
Doe
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Lake
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Gulf and
South Atlantic States
Kentucky
Gulf
Des Moines
Towa
Dec
Love
Euds
WSEG
Iowa
Davenport
Keokuk
Charles City
May Repudiate Russian Loans and Armistice Terms
Reuters dispatch from Petrograd reports plans to repudiate all Russian foreign loans and loans backed by railways and land banks. Bolshevik authorities arrest members of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. Lenine Trotzky and others appoint Moshe Ir Otzky to oversee elections to the constitutional authority. Reports also note a rumor of the former Czar’s escape, disarming guards at Tobolsk, and German-Russian armistice terms.
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London
Dae
Reuter
Petrograd
Allussion Commission
Lodie
Constituent Assembly
Bolsheyikd
Petrograd Mys
Len
Russia
Disarm
Nicholas
Pfoff
Tonden
Eon Trotsky
Liberty Campaign Club Organized in Muscatine County
The county forms the Liberty Campaign Club to coordinate war fund drives and patriotism efforts. A board of directors from townships will oversee campaigns with bankers and prominent citizens guiding future drives, including a Liberty loan drive run by a banker committee and a special button design.
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Campugh
Muscatine
Ts ‘Arty
Chub
Greater Muscatine
Yeaterday
D. RB
Musser
T. Nichols
West Liberty
G. T. Nicola
Nichols
W.R. Jayne
E. S. Browning
Greater Muscatine Committee
W. D. Harris
Wilton
Sarve
Cam
Palens
Speciil Cammit
Hhe
van Camp
Sweetland
Peel
Milton
D. Buser
Orono
Chet Bertet
Cedar
Pred Kaufman
Moscow
Wreyermuth
Bloomington
John Bhuart
Lake
Gea
Black
Goshen
Joe Will
Fruitland
Otto Mitchner
Montpelier
Plan Round-up at Rock Island
United States Marshal and deputy arrive at Rock Island to enforce permits for alien residents. The operation will extend to Moline and Bil gig to safeguard the arsenal and government facilities. More than a thousand permits have been issued to naturalized Germans, with 2,500 more anticipated due to the declaration of war against Austria.
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Shrinefeld
Vic
United States
Dallman
Walter Williams
Peorix
Rock Island
Invest
Moline
Bilgig
United States Arsenal
Citiny
Austria
Finnish Land Tag Proposal Sets Up Republic Plan
Dec 7 report from Helsingfors states a Finnish landtag proposal would establish a republic with a two party or two provinces system for six years. The first election would occur January 15 and the president would take office April 16 with a premier serving as head of the republic until then. Separately, severe cold caused frostbite injuries among national army servicemen at Camp Dodge.
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Tvensed
Stockholm
Landtag
Republic
Helsingtfors
Ia Loart Aa
Scouts Work For Big Sale
Twenty five Boy Scouts embarked on a campaign to sell Red Cross seals in Argentina amid cold weather. They aim to move twelve thousand seals, with a goal to match past Red Cross and Liberty Bond campaigns. A meeting will review sales totals Monday at 7:40 pm. Street sales begin Saturday December 15 with improvised counters in downtown shops and main street corners if weather allows.
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Masestine
Red Cross
Imagentine
Publied Health Bureau
Liberty Bonds
Second
Airmen clash over Swiss land in high altitude battle
Swiss territory near Basle reports a high altitude clash between Allied and German airmen. The engagement lasted about 60 minutes with seven bombs dropped. only material damage occurred. Germans pressed by opponents reportedly entered Swiss airspace as Swiss troops shelled both sides with anti aircraft fire.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Basle
Alsace
Halifax Disaster Shelters Openness Amid Snowbound Crisis
Boston plans Halifax relief with Navy and Red Cross aid. Secretary Danials offers 25,000 blankets and six hundred medical kits to Halifax. A Boston mass meeting at Faneuil Hall, led by Governor Gall, considers expanded shipments of bedding clothing and medical supplies as relief trains stall and confusion grows.
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Boston
Dev
Mass
Halifax
Mr Gall
Ifaneuil Hall
Inox
Governor McCall
Miellreith
Alto
Mnaire
Plan to Intern Austrians in War Time
Officials in New York announce steps to intern many Austrians and Hungarians during the war. They deny a general roundup but say hostile individuals will be interned for the duration. Prominent financiers and numerous clerks in the financial district and thousands of Ansinians along the water will be dismissed or barred from their districts.
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New York
Thomas D. McCarthy
New Yor
Ans
Austran Ingary
Liere
Huntreda
Water Mont
Delriels
Lisbon Scene of Outbreak Reported in Despatches
A Lisbon uprising is reported with demonstrations hostile to the government. At Oporto, riots over rising prices and marauding shops led to 78 arrests and 60 hospital treatments. One woman and one man were killed as authorities closed public places.
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Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
Oporto
Halifax Disaster Leaves City in Snowbound Desolation
Devastation follows a massive explosion and fire in Halifax and Dartmouth. Snowstorms halt relief trains while 20,000 destitute are reported in the ruined area. Thousands homeless, 4,000 dwellings destroyed, food and milk shortages loom as efforts mount to aid injured and displaced.
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Halifax
N.S. Dee
North Country
United States
Dominion
Amherst
Crain
Dartmouth
Pires
Justiva Murelis
Clisses
Weather forecast for Iowa with clouds and possible snow
The forecast notes increasing cloud cover across Iowa with probability of snow overnight. Coastal and western regions may see light accumulation while eastern areas stay unsettled. Warmer weekend conditions are unlikely with continued cool temperatures and light winds.
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