Nationwide Prosperity Seen In Unusual Value Of Farm Crops This Year
Washington reports the year's principal crops were worth 5.569 billion dollars at December 1 farm prices. Wheat surpasses one billion bushels, corn reaches three billion, with record oats barley rye rice hay and potatoes. The grain and produce values reflect European war demand and set historic highs. Other farm products will bring the total near 310 million more.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Peace Ship Oscar II Arrives at Kirkwall Detained
The steamship Oscar II carrying the Ford peace party arrived at Kirkwall Orkney Islands, likely being detained by British authorities. The vessel had been bound for Christiania and is the primary port used for ships held up for search.
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Associated Press
Kirkwall
Orkney Islands
Oscar Ir
Christiania
Sinking of German Sea Diver Report
Associated Press report from Paris notes a German submarine sunk in the Black Sea near Varna and a Turkish torpedo boat sunk in the Sea of Marmora by the British. the Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim, once German warship Goeben, torpedoed but not seriously damaged in the Black Sea. In Washington, seven Argentina delegates to the Pan American scientific congress arriving December 27 are greeted at Union Station by Secretary of State officials.
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Associated Press
Paris
Athens
Milan
Washington, D. C
Argentina
Pan- American ‘Scientific Congress
Union Station
Wm. Phillips
Lane
Gotham Recovers From Blizzard Rages Across Region
Three deaths are linked to the severe storm that crippled New York area transport. Rail service slowly returns as New York Central reports progress on passenger schedules while Albany and nearby lines work to restore freight and telegraphic ties. Nellie Teahan, matron at Albany county penitentiary, is listed among the dead. her body found in a snowdrift after exhaustion.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
New York Central
Twentieth’ Century Limited
Albany
Nellie Teahan
Albany County
German Munition Depot Exploded In France
Paris reports the French war office states heavy French shells hit German munitions depots north of Puisaleine near Tracy Le Val after quiet night fighting in Artois and surrounding sectors. French and British air units conducted multiple aerial operations over Alsace Artois and Somme, including aerial bombardment of German aviation fields at Hervilly.
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Paris
French War Office
Artois
Hoclincourt
Chantecleer
Oise
Aisne
Puisaleine
Tracy-Le-Val
Vosges
Ban-De-Sapt
Schlettstadt
Alsace
Hervilly
Somme
Germany Refuses Blame in Chicago Hurl Charges
Berlin reports denial from German officials to newspapers abroad claiming Germany bears responsibility for war loans and bloodshed. Dr. Helfferich defends supplementary war credit and cites 1.6 billion marks lent by institutions versus over 6.25 billion in subscriptions, affirming Germany’s financial capacity amid war costs.
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Germany
Chicago
Belshazzar’s
Helfferich
Germany plot charges deepen in Canada dynamite case
Federal case ties Baron Von Brincken Crowley and Mrs. Cornell to German consulate plots. An affidavit by Johannes Von Koolbergen alleges he helped with a plan to dynamite a tunnel or bridge in Canada with German officials knowledge. All three suspects remain free on $10 000 bonds.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Calif
United States
George Wilhelm von Brincken
C. G Crowley
Franz Boyp
Margaret Cornell
Crowley
Johannes Henrikus von Koolbergen
Mill Valley
von Koolbbergen
Bopp
von Brincken
Eckhard von Schach
Canada
von Koolbergen
Providence
R. 1
Cornell
Hinted Threats in Protest to Austria
Berlin report summarizes a Tages Zeitung article by Count Ernst Von Reventlow. He critiques the U S note to Austria on the Ancona case as curt and threatening, noting contradictions between claims of attempted escape and nonresistance, while ignoring Austrian accounts and presenting firm judgments as facts.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Count Ernst
von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
United States
Austria
Ancona
Count von Reventlow
Murder Comes to Light in River Harbor Cabin
Davenport Iowa December 15 June Sales 50 who cared for boats in the winter harbor below Davenport was found murdered in his cabin. His body showed signs of a brutal struggle and freezing. Tongs with blood lay beside him. Two men seen with Sales days before are being sought by the sheriff.
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Davenport
Sales
Dallas
RE. J. Stiles
Des Atoines
Cummins Strong Candidate in Republican Primary
John Adams, Iowa's Republican national committee man, said Senator Cummins is as strong as any GOP nominee and could win broad support across the party. Adams, appointed to the arrangements committee for the national convention, will depart tomorrow as primary results loom and western candidates gain respect.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Chicago
San Francisco
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New York
Burton
Ohio
Smith
Michigan
Wicks
Massachusetts
Charles W. Fairbanks
Indianapolis
Henry D. Estbrook
Illinois
Indiana
Rhode Island
Iowa
Journal’s Special Service
Washington
DD. C
Cummins
John Adams
Adams
American note to be delivered today
Washington DC December 15 ambassador Sharp in Paris was to deliver the American note to the French foreign office. It demands the immediate release of six Germans and Austrians removed by the French cruiser Descarter from the steamships Carolina Coamo and San Juan.
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Washington, D. C
Sharp
Paris
Descarter
Carolina
Coamo
San Juan
European Gold Piled as Cord Wood in US Assay Office
New York readers note two hundred tons of gold worth 102 million dollars stored in the United States assay office. The gold, melted to 916.8 fine, fills three cords of wood and comes from British sovereigns and other foreign coins seized to balance European and American finances. Six weeks of importation, overtime melting completed. John Hoskins convicted of manslaughter in Danville for shooting John Dillmen last June.
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New York
United States
High Labor Official Suspected in Von Rintelen Inquiry
An authoritatively learned report names a top international union official of German descent as seriously involved in the U S Attorney Marshall investigation of the Von Rintelen conspiracy to foment strikes. He had a leading role in Bridgeport strikes last spring and in the 12,000 worker General Electric plant walkout at Schenectady last summer.
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New York
N. Y
America
United States
Marshall
Franz von Rintelen
Bridgeport
Conn
General Electric Company
Schenectady
N.Y
Prominent Davenport Merchant Dies
Davenport, Dec. 16 Henry F. Petersen aged 65 a prominent Davenport merchant and member of Petersen's Sons died at his home last night He was in Germany when the war broke out and after a return voyage in a storm he was severely injured by a fall from his berth He had been in ill health since.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Henry F. Petersen
J. Hy. C. Petersen
Petersen
Germany
Hig
Peace Committee Held Up by War
Berne Switzerland December article reports the executive committees of the international peace congress delaying their arrival near the German Swiss frontier. Only one member, Don Vehils of Madrid, has arrived from another country. Delegates from The Hague have not been heard from after departing for Berne several days ago.
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Berne
Switzerland
Paris
International Congress
Don Vehils
Madrid
Anglo French Retreat Reported With Small Losses
Washington December 15. Declaring that Gen. Carranza head of the Mexican de facto government has violated every pledge on religious liberty, Mgr. Francis C. Kelley and Rev. Thomas V. Shannon urged Secretary Lansing with details of priestly hardships. They cited exiles, garb bans, forced peon dress, a Guadalajara Catholic university closure, a partially destroyed chapel, and a Morelia cathedral used by Obrero Mundial. They warned Carranza’s governors issued arbitrary decrees against Catholics despite pledges to the United States and Latin-American powers.
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Washington,d. C
Carranza
Mexico
Francis C. Kelley
Chicago
Catholic Church Extension Society
Thomas V. Shannon
The
New World
Lansing
Guadalajara
Catholic University
Morelia
Obrero Mundial
Industrial
Workers of the World
United States
Mgr. Kelley
Detained Winneconne Sails From New York
New York City December 14 steamship Winneconne once tied to the American trans Atlantic company and listed as under suspicion of German ownership sails today for Danish ports. It has waited in New York since October pending the British seizures of Hocking and Genesee. The British may seize remaining ships only if contraband found until prize court rules on Hocking and Genesee cases.
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New York City
N. Y
Winneconne
Trans- Atlantic Company
New York
Hocking
Genesee
American trans-Atlantic Company
Atlantic
United States
Lansing
Hocking and Genesee
Tavenner Leads in Preparedness Fight in House
Representative Tavenner of Illinois opened the session with a speech urging government manufacture of all war materials. He attacked the Navy League for including profiteers in munitions and cited a monopoly since 1887 by four firms, earning millions while cheaper munitions could be produced in arsenals or navy yards.
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Associated Fress
Washington, D. C
Tavenner
Illinois
Navy League
United States
Anglo-French bond sale shows 60 percent taken by investors
New York December 13 sixty percent or 360000090 of the Anglo French bonds handled by the American syndicate have been taken for investment an announcement by J P Morgan and company this afternoon leaving 20000000 in the hands of the underwriters
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Associated Dress
New York
J. P. Morgan and Company
Front lines shift as Balkan moves pull Turkey into action
Reports from Paris and Berlin detail Balkan theater activity as Bulgarian and German forces deploy on the border with Greece. Bulgarian troops enter Greek territory near the Struma, with Allied positions extending toward Kukus. French and British troops withdraw from Serbia into Greece, preserving ammunition and supplies amid engagements. Turkish and German statements describe artillery progress and air battles in Mesopotamia and the Balkans, including attacks near Kut and Amara and enemy withdrawals across river lines.
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Havas
Athens
Kukus
Greece
Saloniki
Gievgeli
Macedonia
Serbia
Temps
The
Constantinople
London
Turkish War Office
Mesopotamia
Kut l;Amara
Caucasian
Dardanelles
Analarta
Kemikle Liman
Ari Burnn
Seddul Bahr
Kerevise Dere
Berlin
Dee
Londen
la Canne
Bagoine
Perronne
Jorraine
Mulheim
Baden
Balkans
Plevije
Tara River
Grab-Brodarevo
Weather Outlook Iowa and Illinois Snow Tonight Into Thursday
In Iowa snow or rain develops tonight and again Thursday with warmer readings in the east and central areas tonight and colder air in the far west by Thursday. In Illinois snow or rain is expected tonight and Thursday with a warmer trend tonight.
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