President Wilson to marry Mrs Galt on December 18
Officially announced at the White House that President Wilson will wed Mrs Norman Galt at her Washington home on December 18. The ceremony will be private with limited attendants. The Mayflower yacht refurnished for a possible wedding trip along the coast is ready. no gifts are desired.
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Mrs. Galt
Twentieth Street
N. W
William H. Bolling
Margaret Wilson
C. Ernest Smith
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church
State Department
Ele
Talks on suffrage at Hartford Equal Franchise meeting
Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard of New Haven spoke on training women for politics at the Hartford Equal Franchise league. She cited recent campaigns in New Jersey New York and Massachusetts noting gains in voter access despite defeats and praised western states for their record with suffrage. The event drew over 60 attendees with tea served after. Rev. Dr. Charles F. Taylor of Greenwich is slated to speak next Friday.
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Hartford
Dac
Carlos F. Stoddard
New Traven
New Haven
HM Equal Franchise League
Stoddard
Gideon E. Bradbury
George Graves
L. C. Dustin
Charles F. Taylor
Greenwich
Theeting
16 Year Old Girls Take French Leave
Two Hartford girls about 16 left the House of the Good Shepherd without permission on Friday afternoon and wandered toward New Britain planning to reach Bridgeport. They met Policeman Meehan in New Britain who sent them to the Y M C A. After officials learned they were inmates, New Britain police were called and the girls were returned to their home. They reportedly walked part of the way and rode the rest, accepting money from a passerby.
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Hartford
House of the Good Shepherd
New Britain
Bridgeport
Michael Meehan
Young Women’s Christian Association
Hartford Institution
Spring beds for death row inmates at Sing Sing
New York, Dec. 4. Spring beds for murderers form the latest in imprisonment deluxe at Sing Sing. Previously condemned to the electric chair, slayers faced hard mattresses with wooden slats. now inmates such as Hans Schmidt and fellow murderers Marquards, Flack, Pelley, and Fenton have received spring beds.
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New York
Sing Sing
Hans Schmidt
Marquards
Flack
Pelley Fenton
Mohammedans Aid Germans In Battle Against Montenegro
Mohammedan Albanians, called Arnauts, join Teutons in warfare against Montenegro and Serbia in the mountains. Reports say Field Marshal von Mackensen was wounded but recovering. Danube frontier tensions rise as Bulgars mass along the river. Troops suffer extreme cold. ten feet of snow, zero temperatures. Romania maintains friendly relations with both sides. coal shipments flood into Romania from Germany and Russia.
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Servia
trans-Danubian
von Mackensen
Berlin
Succes
Montenegro
Cettinje
Tara River
Greece
Roumania
Bucharest
Teutons
Germany
Russia
Concessions Sought in Silver Strike Standstill
Meriden December 4 The Internation al Silver Co President George H Wilcox refused a citizens committee request to draft a concession plan to end the eight week strike. He said existing terms are the best offered. Terms include a 55 hour week a 10 percent wage increase and a minimum 12 1 2 cents per hour for women effective January 1. About 3 000 workers in Meriden 1 000 in Wallingford and others in Waterbury are involved.
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Meriden
George H. Wilcox
International Silver Company
Wilcox
Wallingford
Waterbury
Ocean Steamers Sail Today From New York
Ocean steamers sail today from New York including Oscar II bound for Copenhagen New York and Liverpool and Rochambeau for Bordeaux. Due to arrive today are Frederik VIII Christianiafjord Bergen Verona and Gibraltar.
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New York
Oscar II
Copenhagen
Liverpool
Rochambeau
Bordeaux
Frederik VIII
Capitol Guard Increases Ahead of Senate Session
Washington December 4 Charles P Higgins sergeant at arms will patrol for crank callers during the Senate session He has enlarged the capitol police force and issued special rules for entry to the capitol building and public galleries
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Capitol Guard
Washington
Charles P. Higgins
Senate
Capitol
Three Women Passengers on Ford Peace Ship
Left to right Miss Jeanette Kelling of Washington Miss Inez Mulholland Boissevain of New York and Miss Lillian Brown of Ann Arbor Mich. Mrs Boissevain's passport was held up as the state department refused to grant it on the grounds that her marriage to a Dutch citizen transferred her citizenship to Holland. She is using a Dutch passport with which she traveled in Europe this summer.
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Jeanette Kelling
Washington, D. C
Inez. Mulholland Boissevain
New York
Lillian Brown
Ann Arbor
Mich
Boissevain
State Department
Holland
Mwurops
Finicky Prisoners Kick On Rations Across Camps
Amsterdam reports German military authorities list frequent complaints from English prisoners in camps at Wittenberg Warzburg Nuremberg Halle and others. They cite crowded rooms with Russians and French, tight canteens, high prices, and limited bread. Guards and dogs misuse clothing. bathing praised for others but Russians reluctant to wash. Three daily meals and soup each morning. coffee only three times weekly. bread varies with post parcels. Servians arriving sick and poorly clothed add strain. British protest mixing with Serbs.
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Wittenberg
Warzburg
Bavaria
Nuremberg
Halle
Prussian War Office
England
France
Russia
Camn
Safe to Cellar: Brooklyn Robbers Steal From Family Home
In Brooklyn at 542 Seventy-seventh street thieves entered quietly before dawn and wheeled a 9 inch safe to the cellar. They removed about $100 and jewelry valued around $50 from the dining room. The safe opened with a can opener. On the second floor they took $5 from Schoefer’s trousers and jewelry belonging to his wife while a three year old slept nearby.
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New York
Louis Schaefer
Seventy-seventh Street
Brooklyn
Schoefer
Winter storms hamper long artillery duel in France
Paris reports severe winter storms disrupting ongoing artillery duels that have dragged on for months. The war office said the night was relatively calm but heavy rain and shells near Grenay and Sapigneul limited operations and a mine near Vaugois exploded successfully despite weather.
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Paris
War Office
Grenay
Sapigneul
Vaugois
Fair at Frisco to Close Tonight in Blaze of Fire
San Francisco reports the Pan-American exposition ends tonight after a day of large crowds. President Moore resisted demands to extend the fair as lights go out at midnight from the Tower of Jewels. Fireworks and a chorus mark the closing as Warewell, Panama-Pacific Exposition is lit in the night.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Cal
Wilson
Charles C. Moore
Opponents Claim Victory on Senate Debates Reform
Washington December 4 Opponents of curtailing senate debate say they have won as democratic senators resume conference discussions. They expect more than half the senate to oppose any radical cloture rule when organized Monday. Conference plans a 5 pm vote and may abandon the rule. A two thirds vote rule to declare a filibuster and set voting times is planned for introduction after opening Monday.
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Washington
Senate
Best Reports
Bulgar Divisions Cross Hungary Headed for West Front
Bucharest dispatch reports three Bulgarian divisions totaling about 60,000 troops have crossed Hungary en route to the Italian or Franco-British front in the west. Geneva telegraph indicates large Austro German forces are moving to the Tsonzo front to attempt to save Gorizia from Italian advances.
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London
Hungary
Bucharest
Exchange Telegraph Company
Geneva
Gorizia
Secret Socialist Peace Manifesto Circulated in Austria
Geneva reports a secretly circulated manifesto by Austro-Hungarian socialists denouncing war as enslaving their people. It attacks the Hapsburg government, calls for foreign aid, and demands a democratic republic after war, opposing annexations and urging revolution. The text cites executions of socialists and persecutions in Bohemia and Poland under wartime rule.
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Loltbrecht
Austria
Lopger
Bohemia
Poland
House of Hapsburg
Servia
Hapsburgs
Switzerland
American Mail Passing Through Hands of Censor
London reports general censorship of all mails to America by the British postal censor. He says the move aims to prevent Germany from obtaining information via the mails, asserting prior restrictions were insignificant. Innocent messages may be stopped, and a claim of a thousand women censors is dismissed as picturesque.
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London
America
Germany
Hamburg American Officials Sentenced in Conspiracy Case
Dr Karl Buenz Adolph Hachmeister George Koetter received one year and a half in Atlanta prison. Joseph Peeppinghaus got one year and one day. Hamburg American Line fined 1. Judge Howe urged least odor about money. Convicted officials released on $10000 bail pending appeal.
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Judge Howe
Karl
New York
Karl Buenz
Atlanta
Adolph Hachmeister
George Koetter
Joseph Peeppinghaus
Reverend Streeter’s 2400 marriages celebration planned
Kansas City preacher Reverend F. L Streeter recalls marrying 2400 couples since 1880 and will host a December 12 service at Armordale Baptist church in Kansas City Kansas. He plans to preach Courtship and Marriage and notes most unions ended happily with reconciliations where needed.
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Kansas City
IF. L-Streeter
Armordale Baptist Church
Kan
Walldorf-Astoria Mystery A Marble Maid With Missing Toes
New York reports a baffling Walldorf-Astoria case where the marble figure Miss Spring, a $10,000 statue doll bought by a wealthy patron and later owned by Mr. Boldt, is found with five toes chipped off. The maid statue remains in place in the grill room as detectives seek clues.
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New York
Miss Spring
W. C. Cooper
Boldt
Von Mackensen Wounded in Servian Campaign
Copenhagen December 1944 field marshal von Mackensen was wounded twice during the Servian campaign. Dispatches from Berlin report a Serbian sharpshooter bullet pierced his arm at Belgrade, and two days later a second bullet struck his shoulder.
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Copenhagen
von Mackensen
Jetters
Berlin
Belgrade
German General Staff Silent on Von Mackensen for Weeks
For nearly two weeks the German general staff offered no mention of von Mackensen in official reports. The absence was attributed to belief he had been sent to Constantinople.
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von Mackensen
Constantinople
American Brass buys land on Housatonic river
Stratford December 4 The American Brass company has bought from the David P Read estate a twelve acre tract on the west bank of the Housatonic river between the Washington and railroad bridges. This purchase brings the company's holdings to 26 acres and a coal terminal is expected to be located here.
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Stratford
American Brass Company
David P. Read
Housatonic River
Washington and Railroad
Naugatuck Valley
Dismissal of German envoys marks first step in purge
Washington reports the removal of Capt. Boylid and Capt. von Papen from the German embassy as the administration’s opening move to expel foreign agents who hinder American laws. They are to be stripped of official status and may seek safe conduct to return home, possibly via Mexico City, amid broader investigations of consular officials and further expulsions.
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Boyld
von Papen
United States
State Department
Department of Justice
Boy- Ed
Mexico City
von Bernstorff
Jate
Mexico
Lansing
Gregory
Wilson
von Nuber
Goriear
Germany
Japanese Steamer Kitano Maru Ashore Near Margate
The Japanese steamer Kitano Maru bound from Yokohama to London went ashore off Margate last night. No further details on damage or salvage were provided.
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London
Yokohama
Margate
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