Remarkable Wilson Message Urges United National Defense
President Woodrow Wilson addressed a joint session calling for national preparedness. He urged uniting all resources into a single defense instrument, expanding army and navy, mobilizing industries, and enforcing neutrality laws against plotters. He proposed revenue ideas but warned they were contingent on public approval. A railway regulation review was also sought. Edith Bolling Galt attended.
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United States
Congress
Capitol
Wilson
Edith Bolling Galt
Democratic National Committee
Founder of Boy Scouts quits organization
New York on December 7 with a campaign for 200000 dollars to fund the New York branch of the Boy Scouts of America, Ernest Thompson Seton, founder and chief scout, announced his resignation saying the scouts were too organized and jingoistic. He will devote his time to the Woodcraft league he founded in 1902.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Ernest Thompson Seton
Seton
Woodcraft League
Note The President’s Message On Page Four
A brief notice indicates the president’s message appears on page four of the issue. The line directs readers to the specific page for the full statement.
Cartridge Strike Off In New Haven Ends Abruptly
The New Haven cartridge workers strike was unexpectedly called off today by labor leaders. More than 200 workers at the cartridge plant will apply for reinstatement with no reason given for the sudden ending of the strike.
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New Haven
No Hope for Admiral Ludlow Recovery
New York on December 7 reports little hope for the recovery of Admiral Nicoll Ludlow U S N retired aged 73. He remained unconscious after a stroke of apoplexy suffered yesterday with hospital officials at the Gotham stating his condition is grave.
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Admiral Ludlow
New York
Nicoll Ludlow
Hotel Gotham
Germany Accepts Recall Of Papen And Boy-Ed
Amsterdam reports Germany granted the United States request to recall Captain von Papen and Captain Boy-Ed after Foreign Office review. Count von Bernstorff advised the move and German attaches at Washington are to stay vacant for the rest of the war.
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Amsterdam
Germany
United States
von Papen
Boy-Ed
Berlin
Foreign Office
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Labor men denounce Labor's National Peace Council
William J. Kramer, second vice president, testified before a federal jury in New York. He said Frank Buchanan and Robert Fowler organized the Labor's National Peace Council in Chicago and funded it. The group campaigned against munitions and patent rights handover to the government. He claimed organizers spread claims the council caused strikes to gain credit, prompting a halt of expenditures and closure of Chicago offices.
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Chicago
Frank Buchanan
Robert Fowler
Harrisburg
National Peace Council
Wiliam J. Kramer
New York
Buchanan
Fowler
Kramer
Council
Mayo sued for 10000 by lender in New Haven
F B Sperry of Larchmont New York has filed a superior court suit in New Haven for $10000 against Virginius J Mayo radiator maker. The action seeks repayment of three notes each for $2000 issued July 15 1915 at the Bristol Trust Company Bristol Connecticut.
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Virginius J. Mayo
New Haven
F. B. Sperry
Larchmont
N. Y
Bristol Trust Company
Bristol
Greek Steamer Spetzai Intercepted Near Cape Spartivento
The Greek mail steamer Spetzai, arriving from Piraeus to Messina, was intercepted by a large Austrian submarine and searched off Cape Spartivento. Some Servian officers aboard were allowed to continue their voyage.
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Messina
Italy
Paris
Piraeus
Spetzai
Cape Spartivento
Burgomaster Arrests Reported by Telegraaf
Amsterdam dispatch notes several Belgian burgomasters and clergy detained by German forces on suspicion of aiding Belgians of military age to join their army per the Telegraaf.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
Telegraaf
Fire guts Alhambra theater in Chicago
Fire gutted the interior of the Alhambra theater one of Chicago’s oldest playhouses. The blaze started in the moving picture operators’ booth and caused losses estimated at 25000 dollars. Around a hundred Carleton hotel guests fled their rooms in night attire fearing the flames would reach the hotel.
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Chicago
Alhambra Theater
Booth
Carleton Hotel
Thompson Chemical Laboratory Fire at Williams College
Thompson chemical laboratory at Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts was destroyed by fire early today. Estimated damage exceeds $90 000 with three adjacent Thompson group laboratories also at risk before flames were contained by local and North Adams fire brigades. Assistant Professor Brainerd Mears Jr and Assistant Professor W M Brown alerted authorities after an explosion and narrowly escaped via a roof escape.
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Thompson Group
North Adams
Brainerd Mears, Jr
Brainerd Mears
W. M. Brown
Chemical Laboratory
Mr. Mears
Mr. Brown
Williamstown
Williams College Fire Brigade
F. F. Thompson
New York
Greeks to Discuss Balkan Situation With Allies
A Greek military commission has left Athens to meet Allies in Salonika to relay Greece’s stance on demobilization. Romania plans to stop Danube navigation as self protection while Montenegro moves its treasure to Italy fearing subjection. The Greek press is split with pro German and pro neutrality factions and five Greek general staff members have accepted Austro German honors.
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Percy Thomas
London
Athens
Salinoka
Balkan
Greece
Greek Macedonia
Paris
Roumania
Danube
Italy
Servia
Montenegro
Constantine
Germany
Belgium
William
Milan
Baseball and Golf Named Real Sports by Captain
Fong Wreva, captain of the former world champion Boston Braves, states there are only two real sports in the world baseball and golf. He notes that about 25 percent of major league players devour golf for recreation. Baseball is for fans and work for players, while golf is the true sport for players.
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Fong Wreva
Wwo
Pears Uttle
Boston Braves
Johnny
Whitman Removes Chairman M'Call in Albany Case
Governor Whitman removes Edward B. McCall as chairman of the Downstate Public Service Commission after finding he owned 387 shares of stock in a company under the commission’s supervision. He plans to appoint William Hayward as temporary chairman and fill the vacancy.
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Albany
N. Y
Edward BE. McCall
New York
State Supreme Court
Public Service Commission
Whitman
Thompson
McCall
William Hayward
Gov. Whitman
Kings County Electric Light and Power Company
Supreme Court
Italian Government Denies Papal Accusations on Diplomacy
Rome reports the Italian government issued a formal denial of Pope Benedict XV’s charges that Vatican diplomacy was hampered. The statement contends ambassadors to the Holy See faced no restricted action and that guarantees protected diplomatic activity for central empires. Rome press backs the government, calling the papal critique inopportune and defending the guarantee law.
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Benedict XV
Sacred College of Cardinals
Holy See
Italy
Vatican
Rome
Sinking of the Umeta Distracts Mediterranean Sea
Five British officers and 47 Lascars are believed dead after the British steamship Umeta of 5312 tons built in Glasgow was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean. Forty nine survivors arrived at Malta. The disaster location was not disclosed earlier.
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London
Malta
Mediterranean
Glasgow
Monarch Yacht Burned Near Pimlico Sound
The tug Galatea arrived with news of the yacht Monarch burning in Pimlico Sound on Sunday. Captain John L. West and the crew were rescued by the tug. A party of friends from Elizabeth City planned a hunting trip aboard the vessel bound for Bellhaven to meet Charles BE Richards and Howard Wardney.
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Monarch
Bellhaven
N. C
Pimlico Sound
John L. West
Bellhave
Charles BE. Richards
Howard Wardney
Elizabeth
N. d
Central Powers Losses Reported in Servian Campaign
Bucharest via Amsterdam reports German estimates indicate Central Powers suffered about 7,000 casualties in the Servian campaign, reflecting the war's attritional costs and published figures from German sources.
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Central Powers
Bucharest
Amsterdam
Former detective arrested in munition plot
This photo shows Charles G. Crowley, the former San Francisco private detective, alleged head of a band of bomb plotters said to wage a campaign against allied munition ships leaving Pacific coast ports, taken after his arrest in San Francisco.
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Charles G. Crowley
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Sprints Fail to Set New Marks in Six Day Race
New York December 7 Frequent sprints by six day bicycle riders failed to set new records. By 8 a m leading teams were one mile and one lap behind the record. At that hour 42 teams were tied, one team was a lap behind and two others two and four laps behind. A series of sprints by Egg produced the only notable advances amid several spills. The 8 a m score for the thirty second hour is listed.
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New York
Egg
Theo
Turks Follow Up Victory In Tigris Valley
Constantinople reports Turkish forces that defeated the British in the Tigris valley are pursuing the retreating enemy. Fighting continues at Kut al Amara with Turkish attacks on the positions English bolstered by heavy losses east of El Gussa. A vessel laden with ammunition was captured between Kut al Amara and Baghela.
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Constantinople
Tigris
Ctesiphon
Kut al Amara
el Gussa
Baghela
Hitchcock reshapes US war munitions trade and production
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska proposes bills to abolish the United States trade in war orders and private munitions concessions. The plan includes an embargo on exports to belligerents, gradual federal nationalization of munitions manufacture, and a tax on war profits to address treasury deficits.
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Senate
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Hitchcock
United States
Treasury
Middle West
West
Senate Finance Committee
Welsh rarebit kills a New Haven society woman
Mrs. EB Reed Whittemore, a prominent New Haven society figure and Yale man’s wife, died after eating Welsh rarebit at the Trowbridge home. Several guests fell ill but recovered. doctor links illness to infected cheese and stomach pain triggering heart trouble. Whittemore leaves twin sons aged four and a half.
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New Haven
EB. Reed Whittemore
Hayes Q. Trowhbridge
Scarborough
Election In Massachusetts Cities May See Heavy Vote
Boston Det 7 reports fourteen Massachusetts cities hold elections today with vigorous contests for mayors and school and city council seats. voters will also decide license questions in Brockton Fall River Fitchburg Gloucester Haverhill Holyoke Marlboro New Bedford Northampton Pittsfield Quincy Springfield Taunton and Waltham.
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Boston
Brockton
Fall River
Fitchbne
Gloucester
Haverhill
Holyoke
Marlboro
New Bedford
Northampton
Pittsfield
Quincy
Springfield
Taunton
Waltham
Tension Mounts Between United States and Germany
The United States and Germany face a grave diplomatic crisis over the demand to withdraw Captains Boy Ed and von Papen. Berlin signals possible refusal, while Washington contemplates passports and safe conduct. Ambassador von Bernstorff remains in Washington amid high tension and cabinet deliberations.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Strike conference fails to materialize in Bridgeport
Bridgeport scene reports a scheduled meeting between Union Metallic Cartridge company officials and a 1,000 machinists committee did not take place yesterday. Union leaders say a new talk will occur Wednesday or Thursday, else a general strike could involve about 2,000 workers amid alleged unjust discharges and discrimination against union members.
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Bridgeport
Union Metallic Cartridge Company
Abo
German and Bulgarian Forces Enter Monastir
Germans and Bulgarians reportedly entered Monastir Monday evening as Allied forces retreat toward the coast. Reports from Athens dated December 7 noted German and Bulgarian troops advancing into the city amid shifting fronts in the region.
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Monastir
Athens
Maf
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