Standard Oil Steamer Communipaw Arrives Alexandria
A Cairo telegram reports the Standard Oil steamer Communipaw reached Alexandria on Sunday. Earlier Rome advices claimed the vessel had been sunk, but Cairo’s message suggests it carried only partial cargo to Alexandria and may have sailed before Tuesday. Possible link to Petrolite attack remains unconfirmed. Tobruk and Tobruk distance noted.
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Cairo
Standard Oil
Rome
Mediterranean
Standard Oil Company
London
Alexandria
Tobruk
Tripoli
Rumor of Sunk Oil Steamer Communipaw Debunked
London reports a Mediterranean sinking of the American oil steamer Communipaw were contradicted by 1:49 p.m. dispatches stating the vessel reached an Egyptian port. The Central News Agency announced the Communipaw arrived at Alexandria.
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London
Rome
President Orders Inquiry Into Alpine Vessel Attacks
The White House announced President Wilson ordered an immediate thorough inquiry into the Austrian flag submarine attack on the American steamer Petrolite. A note will demand Austria's disavowal of the attack, a pledge that no more American ships will be harmed, and full reparation for American lives lost.
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Washington, Dee
White House
Wilson
Austria
Fate of the Communipan Crew Raised by U S Envoy
Rome Dec 8 American ambassador Thomas Nelson Page urged Italy to determine the fate of the Communipan crew torpedoed off Tobruk Sunk moments after attack rescue ships included an Italian steamer and a Greek destroyer reported near the Tripolitan coast German and Austrian submarines operat ing in the area and the attacker possibly a large submarine
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Camillo Cianfarra
Rome
Thomas Nelson Page
Italy
Communipan
Tripolitan
Tripoli
Standard Oil Company
Germans Attack Hospitals Behind Front
Hospitals behind the Belgian front conducted by Queen Elizabeth reported five air raids by German aviators. Last week German bombs killed 103 soldiers as the queen refused to abandon her post.
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Havre
France
Elizabeth
Massachusetts Municipal Races See Hathaway Beat Ashley
Boston reports Edward R. Hathaway of New Bedford defeats Charles B. Ashley for the mayoralty by 581 votes in yesterday's Massachusetts elections. Fourteen cities vote on a liquor license yes mussing Northampton joins the wet side while several cities show no license gains. Mayors elected include Burbank Brockton Coolidge Fitchburg Barrett White Holyoke Farley Bates Flood Williams Hathaway Feiker Faulkner.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Charles
Ashley
Edward R. Hathaway
New Bedford
Hathaway
Northampton
John S. Burbank
Brockton
Marcus A. Coolidge
Fitchburg
Charles H. Barrett
Gloucester
John J. White
Holyoke
Louis Farley
Pittsfield
Gustav V. Bates
Quincey
J. William Flood
Taunton
Hhen J. Williams
Waltham
Barrett
Feiker
Faulkner
White House scans reports of Wilson's message
Washington dispatch says President Wilson floated tax ideas on gasoline and automobile horsepower as indicators rather than direct proposals. The White House will gauge public reaction before pressing Congress, with a planned meeting in ten days with the House finance committee to seek agreement.
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White House
Wilson
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Finance Committee
House
First Pictures Of Ancona Survivors In Italy
The large panel shows the crew of the Italian liner Ancona, torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian submarine in the Mediterranean, receiving their first food after landing at a small Italian port. Crew members toiled for hours rescuing people at sea, with Capt. Pietro Massardo and Chief Engineer Carlo Lomberti featured in insets.
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Ancona
Mediterranean
Pietro Massardo
Iinginecer
Carlo Luomberti
Cecile Grici
New York Press Comments on President Wilson Message
New York papers react to Wilsons message with mixed views. Evening World urges swift laws against foreign plotters while Times praises a shared cause with neutrals and South America. American criticizes neutrality as indignant yet complacent. Sun and Morning World note preparedness and partisanship could weaken national unity. Press calls the address notable though vague, Trib une sees little leadership in military prep.
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New York Press
New York
Wilson
Evening World
Congress
South America
Monroe
Mr. Wilson
Sun
Morning World
America
Europe
United States
Passive Killing Debate Rocks Chicago Baby Case
A Chicago baby, born November 30 at the German American hospital and died December 2, is linked to a controversial claim of eugenics mercy killing. Doctors Saltermayer Haiselden and Rutherford approved withholding treatment, arguing the child would be an imbecile. the Werder family, including Julius Werder, defends their decision as humane prenatal influence.
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Chicago
Svnce Werder
Bollinger
Jacob Saltermayer
Harry Haiselden
Clarence Rutherford
Faltermayer
Werder
Julius Werder
State Industrial School
Rochester
N. Y
Werders
Ted Lewis Plans Rest Between Fights in December
New York report lists Ted Lewis set to rest up until New Year after seven fights. The schedule opens Tuesday in Boston against Soldier Bartlett, then Memphis against Art McGirl, Buffalo against Jimmy Duffy, Milwaukee against Mike O'Dowd, Buffalo again versus Knockout Brennan, and potential bouts with Willie Ritchie in New York and Young Erne in Philadelphia before January 1.
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New Yor
Ted Lewis
Soldier Bartfield
Boston
Memphis
Art McGirl
Buffalo
Jimmy Duffy
Milwaukee
Mike O’dowd
Brennan
Lewis
Willie Ritchie
New York
Young Erne
Philadelphia
Future status of relations between Germany and the U S
Washington reports hinge on Berlin decisions today or tomorrow. Count von Bernstorff refuses to take responsibility for recalling Capts Boy Hd and von Papen, while officials expect no diplomatic break and a quick closure of the incident. Austrian submarine activity in the Mediterranean raises concern as shelling of ships is investigated and protests prepared.
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Germany
United States
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
Capts
Boy Hd
von Papen
Mediterranean
Rome
Communipan
Petrolus
Crete
Athens
Daniels
Des Moines
Vienna
Ancona
Austria
Sixteen Teams Remain In Six Day Bike Race In New York
Sixteen teams survive the Madison Square Garden six day bicycle grind with thirteen tied for first at the fifty-eighth hour. Kopsky-Wohlrab retired due to saddle soreness while Grenda suffers a wounded ankle and Mc Namara an acute indigestion. At 10 am leading teams show a strong lead over the Chicago mark, with 1200 miles plus covered and the race entering its later stages.
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New York
Dec
Madison Square Garden
Chicago
Kopsky-Wohlrab
Kopsky
Grenda
McNamara
Miles
Grenda and
Hill
McNamara and
Sears
Fogler and
Carman
Lawrence and
Magin
Egg and Dupuy
Drobach and Corry
Milton and Hansen
Ryan and
Thomas
Moran and Walthour
Piercey
Walker
H Eaton
Madden
Seres
Smnart
Hanley
Halstead
Sullivan
Anderson
Suter
Madonna
Ruddi-Rossi
Vander Stuyff
Judge Williams Improves After Apoplexy on Train
Derby Dec 8 Judge William H Williams of the superior court who was stricken with apoplexy on a Bridgeport to Derby train yesterday has shown improvement this morning. He has not lost consciousness and is reported in favorable condition by his physician Dr G A Shelton.
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W. Williams
Derby
William H. Williams
Superior Court
Bridgeport
G. A. Shelton
Hear Liquor Cases in Waterbury Court
Seven liquor law violation cases were heard in Waterbury city court yesterday based on evidence collected by State Policemen F Mitchell and H Brooks during August and September.
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Waterbury
F. Mitchell and
H. Brooks
Two Die in Fire at Seventh Avenue Hotel
Two men were burned to death and several others narrowly escaped when a fire destroyed the Seventh Avenue hotel in Louisville Kentucky early today.
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Louisville
Aberg defeats Roller for world wrestling title bid
In New York a international tournament last night saw Alex Aberg pin Dr Ben Roller after one hour four minutes eight seconds, dimming America's chances at the world wrestling title. Charley Cutter drew with Strangler Lewis of Germany in a four to twenty minute bout.
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New York
America
Alex Aberg
Ben Roller
Aberg
Roller
Charley Cutter
Red Cross Seals Having Big Sale Across State
Hartford reports strong response to tuberculosis Red Cross seal campaign as letters of appeal yield donations and seals sales surpass last year. The state tuberculosis commission, led by George S. Allen, notes good support from many communities and a film project titled The White Terror educates the public about TB. Sanatoriums remain crowded with patients as meetings assemble in Meriden.
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Hartford
State Tuberculosis Commission
Meriden
George S. Allen
New Britain
New Haven
Waterbury
Middletown
Willimantic
Tide Washes Body Ashore in Stamford Harbor
The morning tide brought ashore the body of Thomas Burns, a middle aged man last seen Sunday night visiting his brother in the south end of the city. Authorities described no immediate cause of death and are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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Stamford
Thomas Burns
Bulgarians Capture Dibra and Advance on Ochrida
Bulgarian troops have seized Dibra in southwestern Servia and push toward Ochrida Bosnia, ten miles from Ochrida, as French forces fall back on both sides of the Vardar. The Bulgarian report says they defeated Serbs in the Rigla mountains and occupied positions near Medovo and Miranmora while pursuing the retreating French toward Vruga.
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Sofia
Dibra
Servia
Bulgarian War Office
Ochrida
Bosnia
Vardar
Monastir
Smilievo
Rigla
Medovo
Miranmora
Krichevo
Jama Mountains
Vruga
Great battle underway in southern Servia
A fierce engagement unfolds in southern Servia as Bulgarians mount desperate attacks against Anglo French forces in the Tcherna Vardar triangle. Greek reaction uncertain as troops face possible move onto Greek soil amid Montenegro incursions and Austro German air activity.
Pope Benedicts clash with Italian state dominates Rome debate
In Rome on December 8, Pope Benedicts charge that Italy meddled with Vatican diplomacy fuels parliamentary clashes and a rumor of Cardinal Gasparris possible resignation. Deputies press minister Orlando, who defends 1870 guarantee laws while noting German and Austrian ambassadors left Rome by choice.
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Vatican
Lombardo
Justice Orlando
Pope Benedict
Staly
Signor Orlando
Rome
Italy
Heroe
Boyle Newport's Mayor Elected For Sixteenth Term
Newport December 8 Patrick J Boyle was re elected mayor defeating Robert S Burlingame by 227 in yesterday's election. Total votes 4481 with 244 abstentions. Blue laws enforcement cited as factor. Boyle had called for Sunday clean up.
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Newport
R. J
Dee
Patrick J. Boyle
Robert S. Burlingame
Bulgarians Repulsed After Heavy Front Bombardment
Bulgarian troops attacked the British front in the Strumnitza region after an eight hour bombardment. British trenches and air patrols repelled five assaults with heavy Bulgarian losses, the bombardment ending at 4 p.m. and the Bulgars retreating.
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Salonika
London
Strumnitza
Diamond scarf pin swallowed at poultry show judge
Lloyd Hallenbeck of Greendale, New York, wearing a $100 diamond scarf pin, had the stone plucked from its setting by a Rhode Island Red exhibition bird at Lawrence Opera House. The bird swallowed the pin, leaving the owner unsure which cockerel caused the loss, risking further action and complications with the poultry owner.
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New London
Lawrence Opera House
Lloyd Hallenbeck
Greendale
N. Y
Rhode Island
Spider bite threats life of Newburyport highway head
James H. Johnston once lieutenant in the regular army and veteran of the Philippines campaign, now superintendent of highways in Newburyport, is in critical condition at Anna Jacques Hospital after being bitten on the lip by a spider while opening a skylight in his home.
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Newburyport
Mass
Philippines
James HH. Johnston
Johnston
Anna Jacques Hospital
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