Germans Abandon Offensive Northwest of Lowicz
Russian pressure forces German withdrawal from the Lowicz sector as they retreat toward the frontier north of Lodz. German columns lunge at Russian positions along the Vistula with few gains while Rostov and Czars troops maneuver near Cracow and Koenigsberg refugees prepare to move cattle and horses to military authorities.
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Petrograd
Lowicz
Lodz
Messnger
Rennenkampf
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Czar Nicholas
Przemysl
Cracow
von Hindenburg
Poland
Koenigsberg
Pomerania
Amazing Robberies Tie Up $150000 at Collateral Loan
Boston officials reveal thefts from the Collateral Loan Company over several years totaling at least $150,000. Joseph P. Kennedy, city director, reports investigations show pledges and repledges of stolen articles. Several suspects, including former president William Cobb who resigned, are under scrutiny as directors assure depositors no loss will occur beyond the company surplus of over $160,000.
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Boston
Joseph P. Kennedy
City of
Kennedy
William Cobb
Fitzgerald
Columbia Trust Company
Nine Men Injured as Rail Work Causes Brooklyn Tie Up
Nine men were injured, three seriously, when a steel girder touched a trolley wire at Fulton Street and Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn. Traffic on the Fulton surface and elevated lines halted about half an hour during the morning rush.
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New York
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Rochester Avenue
Chicago Grain Market Moves in Opening Trades
Chicago December 5 grain brief shows Wheat May 121 1-2 December 114 7-8. Corn May 69 1-2 December 64 1-2. Oats May 552 3-8 December 47 5-8. Park May 1835 January 1802. Lard May 990 January 962. Ribs May 997.
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Chicago
Park
Austrians Rejoicing Over Belgrade Capture
Vienna reports joyous reaction in the capital as news arrives that Austrian forces have captured Belgrade, sparking patriotic demonstrations and celebrations.
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Vienna
Belgrade
War to the finish with Russia declares Austria crushed
Petrograd December 8. The war will be fought to a finish and Austria cannot hope for a separate peace with Russia. Russia aims to liberate Slavs and will not agree to any peace with Austria Hungary alone. The war must go on until Austrian resources are exhausted.
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Austria
Russia
Bourse Gazette
Galicia
Adriatic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austro- Hungary
Hungary
Germans and Russians in continual death struggle in Poland
Reports from the front describe ongoing combat across A Kracow B Lodz C Warsaw D Lowicz and E Glovno Sinykow with Russia claiming large prisoner captures and German claims of prisoner losses and strategic gains in the region amid fears of a decisive breakthrough toward peace.
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Cracow
Lodz
Warsaw
Lowicz
Glovno
Sinykow
Russia
Woman declared dead ten minutes then revived after operation
Mrs. Walter W. Akers wife of the California manager for the International Fruit Products company was pronounced dead for about ten minutes. Doctors say she was actually dead with no pulse until a treatment restored arterial activity and faint respiration. She rallied and required another anesthetic to maintain breathing. A full report will be made to authorities.
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Ing
Walter W. Akers
California
International Fruit Products
Pany
Boston
P. M. Williams
Hutchison
Amoskeag Mills to Run Full Time Nationwide
Manchester N H Dec 3 The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company with about 16 000 workers says it will begin immediately to run on full time After months of four and a half day weeks and partial department closures the move marks a return toward full production across the mills.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Scudder murder trial defense argues self defense
In Taunton, Harold F. Hathaway for Mrs. Mabel A. Scudder, charged with second degree murder for shooting her brother-in-law Edgar C. Scudder, argues that Mrs. Scudder was the victim and had a right to kill if she believed harm or a felonious act was imminent. He notes Scudder's bad reputation and praises Mrs. Scudder as a good woman. Verdict expected tonight.
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Tall River
Mass
Harold IF. Hathaway
Taunton
Mabel A. Scudder
Edgar C. Scudder
Scudder
Ladgar Scudder
David Lamar Guilty of Impersonation in Fraud Case
In New York on December 3 David Lamar was found guilty of impersonating Congressman A Mitchell Palmer of Seattle with intent to defraud J P Morgan and Co and the United States Street corporation. He received a two year sentence but was released on $10,000 bail pending appeal.
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New York
David Lamar
A. Mitchell Palmer
Seattle
J. P. Morgan & Co
United States Street Corporation
Lamar
Second Outbreak in a Concentration Camp
London reports a second outbreak at Lancaster camp for hostile aliens where about 2,000 Germans are interned. On Wednesday about 1,000 prisoners armed with iron and sticks charged guards. rioters were driven back and bayonets used. Ring leaders arrested.
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London
Lancaster
Bombing Feared at Krupp Works in Essen
An Evening Telegraph dispatch from London reports a foreign aerial force dropping bombs on the Krupp gunworks at Essen. The extent of damage is not yet known.
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Krupp
Berlin War Office Silent on War Operations
Berlin reports that the War Office is silent on operations in both theaters and says nothing of importance has occurred today.
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Berlin
War Office
Last Hanging in Pennsylvania Ends Era of Gallows
Philadelphia reports the state’s last hangings as William Abel, 39, dies at Moyamensing prison after killing 12 year old Thomas Kane in 1918. John Chemielewski is executed in Scranton for fatally shooting Carbondale police Lt William McAndrew in 1913. Moving forward, murderers in Pennsylvania will be electrocuted.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
William Abel
Moramensing
John Chemielewski
Lackawanna County
Scranton
Abel
Thomas Kane
Chemielewski
William McAndrew
Carbondale
Woman Fatally Burned In Washington Street Fire
Victoria Jerczyk, 52, poured kerosene on a fire to hasten it at 156 Washington Street, setting the house afire in New Britain. Fire department extinguished the blaze. she probably died from burns.
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New Britain
Victoria Jerczyk
Washington Street
Plea by Author to Cardinal Gibbons for Belgian Relief
Cardinal Gibbons receives a cablegram from Sir Gilbert Parker asking aid for the American commission for Belgian relief. Parker describes Belgians homeless and starving after devastation, urging the cardinal to help mobilize support and donations from the United States.
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Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Gilbert Parker
Maastricht
Holland
American Commission For Belgian Relief
Straus denies quitting Japan Society over war stance
Oscar S Straus former Hague Tribunal and cabinet official said he resigned from the Japan Society a month ago to cut expenses and aid war relief. He rejected reports he quit over sympathy with Germany and noted interviews in London last August to counter pro German claims.
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New York
Oscar 5
Straus
Hague Tribunal
Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
The
Japan Society
Germany
Japan
Mr. Straus
London
Decline In Cotton Today in New York Market
New York December 3 weakness in cotton opened with declines of one to three points as selling was muted by southern houses while locals and some spot houses traded. Liverpool cotton stayed steady as the market opened with a quiet tone.
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New York
Liverpool
Severe Sterm Raging Off Scotlands West Coast
A severe storm off the west coast of Scotland rages as many British dreadnoughts are stationed nearby. A merchant ship was driven ashore at Stonehaven and broken up with the loss of all aboard.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Stonehaven
Oml
Horses for Italian Army Purchase in New York
Three Italian cavalry officers arrived in New York to buy 12,000 horses for the Italian army. The meeting marks a significant military procurement for Italy.
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New York
Woods Declares No Drive to Clear New York of Gunmen
New York December 3 Commissioner of Police Arthur Woods denies a citywide campaign to purge gangsters. He says his focus is on solving the Barnet Baff murder, the poultry dealer believed killed by gunmen hired by Baff’s business enemies.
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New York
Arthur Woods
United States Ponders War Readiness In Senate Inquiry
Washington reports a renewed push for war preparedness as Senator Lodge plans to introduce a senate inquiry next week. The move aligns with Rep Gardner of Massachusetts and faces senate rules that will shape debate time and potential pigeonholing, prompting administration leaders to justify national defenses.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Tor Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Senator Lodge
Rep. Gardner
Heavy artillery fire from Ypres to Zeebrugge inland siege
Bernard Betancourt reports heavy artillery and machine gun fire along the Belgian Dutch front from Sluis toward Ypres and Dixmude. German wounded flood Bruges and Ghent as German trenches along the coast are backed by sea guns. Zeebrugge siege casualties reach ten killed and twenty two wounded.
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Bernard Betancourt
Rotterdam
Sluis
Belgian- Holland
Ypres
Dixmude
Bruges
Ghent
Belgian
Mariakerke
Mknecke
Zeebrugge
Railroad Revenue Decrease In August 1914
Principal steam railroads of the United States earned net operating revenue of 49,934,760 in August 1914, as reported by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Operating revenues reached 159,429,929 with expenses 109,495,169, giving net revenue per mile of 390 versus 446 in October 1913.
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Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Montenegrins Say Austrian Push Fails to Cut Off Army
The Montenegrin government reports Austrian forces concentrated from Vishegrad to Pribejol over five days in an attempt to sever Montenegrin connections with the Servians, but the effort failed.
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Cettinje
Rome
Vishegrad
Pribejoj
Troops for Egypt in British Empire defense plan
London dispatch reports Australian and New Zealand troops have disembarked in Egypt to defend their country. They will stay in Egypt until training is complete, then be transported to France for further deployment.
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Egypt
London
New Zealand
France
Germans Progress at Dixmude Reported by War Office
Paris reports heavy bombardment with new German guns along the West Flanders front. Germans gain ground on the western bank of the Yser at Dixmude while British reinforcements rush to Lampernisse under fierce artillery fire. Field Marshal French is reportedly dispatched to the front as fighting stiffens from Arras to Armentieres and in the Woëvre. A notable exchange with a wounded German soldier yields a paradoxical remark from the king of England.
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Paris
West Flanders
Dixmude
Yser
Lampernisse
War Office
Belsinum
Sir John French
Woevre
Aisne
Arras
Armentierres
George
Jenglish
New York Banks Buy Swedish Treasury Notes
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and National City Bank announce the purchase of 5 million dollars of two year 3 percent Swedish treasury notes at par and accrued interest. Proceeds will buy various commodities in the United States. The loan marks the first neutral European nation to negotiate in the U.S. since the war began and may lead to similar loans from other non belligerent nations.
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New York
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
National City Bank
United States
Niagara Falls Will Be Dry In A Thousand Years Says Scientist
Pittsburg December 3 A pebble found in Beaver county led Dr A J Ortmann of the Carnegie Museum to predict that within a thousand years Niagara Falls will be dry The stone resembles a small beetle and prompted him to discuss earth surface oscillations causing Lake Erie to tilt northeast toward the Miami River rather than toward Niagara Falls The drying of the falls would occur as a consequence of these geological shifts and the lake’s water rerouting away from the falls.
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Pittsburg
Beaver County
A. J. Ortmann
Carnegie Museum
Niagara Falls
Lake Erie
Miami River
Niagara
Government Manufacture Urged for Wireless Gear
The annual report of the bureau of steam engineering to Secretary Daniels urges government manufacture of all wireless apparatus to standardize and cut costs. It states radio sets from private makers cost at least 40 percent more in manufacturing and materials than those bought under old specifications abandoned last year to modernize radio installations.
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Washington
Dec
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Interlocking Bank Directors in Clayton Act Question
Washington report explains that interlocking directors may finish their terms in national banks despite the Clayton anti trust law. A Reeves ruling says Minneapolis Trust director R W Webb remains eligible until two years after act approval and then for the unexpired part of one year. Reeve notes congress intended gradual changes and applies provisions to large banks and cities over 200,000 population.
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Reeve
The
Treasury
R. W. Webb
Minneapolis Trust Company
Minneapolis
Congress
Federal Reserve
Dead dog laid to rest with prize ribbons in St Louis
Wee Ebony Prince a prize winning Pomeranian beloved by Mr and Mrs Samuel Thompson received a $500 funeral. The dog lay in a white brocaded casket head on roses and narcissus covered tiny form. An automobile procession followed from the Planters hotel to the Thompson summer home in St Louis county where he was buried. He jumped from his mistress arms Monday before a moving car and had won two blue ribbons and a special prize at a dog show last spring. Mrs Thompson called him the darlingest dog in all the world.
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St. Louis
Weebony Prince
Samuel Thompson
Wee Ebony Prince
Planters
Worst Foghalts Philadelphia Shipping Ties Up Delaware Bay
The city faced its worst fog in years as ships remained tied up in the Delaware breakwater. The Weather Bureau forecast clearing by noon. Over 40 vessels, including transports with about 1,400 Marines from Vera Cruz, were stalled offshore awaiting the fog to lift.
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Philadelphia
Weather Bureau
Delaware
Vera4 Cruz
Finnegan to Lead Notre Dame Football Squad
Charlies T. Finnegan of Boise Idaho has been elected captain of the 1915 Notre Dame football team at Notre Dame Indiana. The selection places Finnegan as leader for the upcoming season, reflecting a trusted role within the squad and university athletics.
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Finnegan
Notre Dame
Ind
Charlies T. Finnegan
Boise
Idaho
Welsh and Sheridan Match Set for December 3 in Grand Rapids
Freddie Welsh lightweight champion will meet Mickey Sheridan in a six round bout scheduled for December 3 in Grand Rapids Michigan. The match brings two veteran fighters to the ring with Welsh seeking to extend his title prospects and Sheridan aiming for an upset in front of local boxing fans.
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Welsh
Sheridan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Freddie Welsh
Mickey Sheridan
Mobilization Begins as Portugal Prepares Africa Expeditions
Lisbon December 3 official announcement to the Portuguese chamber of deputies by Premier Machado declares mobilization of the army has begun. Four expeditions are prepared for service in Africa and one division is mobilized for service wherever needed.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Chamber of Deputies
Machado
Africa
Turks Occupy Ardemitisch in Russian town
Constantinople December 3. Official word reports Turkish troops have occupied Ardemitisch, a Russian town about 80 miles south by southwest of Batum. The government says operations are advancing through the Tsehor okh valley.
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Ardemitisch
Constantinople
Batum
Tsehorokh
Sir Henry Crichton Dies in Dublin at 76
Sir Henry Crichton fourth Earl of Serne and a leading Protestant Tory figure in Ireland died in Dublin aged 76. He was grand master of the Orangemen of the world and a prominent Ulster unionist leader.
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Henry Crichton
Dublin
Early
Serne
Ireland
Orangemen
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