10 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
Naugatuck Daily News
Location
Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
1
New Haven December 10. Yale Dramatic club members are barred by a new faculty rule from impersonating female characters for more than one season. Dean Jones denies a physician’s claim that longer exposure harms masculinity. Two members will switch to minor male roles in the Christmas play.
Hopewell Va burned to a quarantine of embers as ten thousand residents fled, looting clashes with militia, and a powder plant safeguarded. Rescue crews searched for bodies while relief networks mobilized from Richmond to Newport News amid widespread displacement and fear.
A sweeping disaster results in a $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 loss with 300 to 500 buildings destroyed and 10,000 people homeless. Banks hotels and businesses vanish as fire rages under militia control. One looter lynched. Firemen injured by a collapsed wall. No loss to the powder company.
London Dec 10 A Geneva dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph quotes Hungary saying it will seek peace without Germany or Austria's consent. The message notes a decisive shift in Vienna and Budapest diplomacy as the war moves toward settlement.
President Wilson landed in Columbus on schedule via the Pennsylvania line. the trip passed without incident. Local officials reported a smooth arrival and brief formalities as the president continued his travel itinerary.
London dispatch reports furious fighting on the Greece frontier as Bulgars with German guns repel Anglo French forces. Boumd by snow bound mountains, Bulgarian units reinforce to halt the Strumnitza drive. Bulgarian officials claim heavy losses for the Allies and Greek signs warn of broader Germanic success in the Balkans.
Dispatches from Berlin say peace riots erupt around the palace as crowds chant for an end to the war. The disturbances are attributed to socialist elements.
London dec 10 in all capitals of the entente powers the peace talk of Dr Von Bethmann Hollweg met stern rebuffs today the allied governments are determined to fight it out for ten years messages from Petrograd Rome and Paris echo confidence in allied victory despite German success discussions at the Paris high council touched on how to force the German high seas fleet from Kiel while leaders plan fresh campaigns in land and sea British French Russian Italian premiers united on not yielding terms Germany has peaked militarily and seeks terms while at the zenith of conquest
New Haven December 10 The British government stands ready to sign a contract totaling 25 million dollars with the Marlin Arms company of New Haven for Model 1914 machine guns. Colt Firearms of Hartford will license production, as soon as arrangements are completed, with Marlin enlarging its plant to meet demand. The move signals extended wartime armament needs likely for European conflict, possibly to equip Russian forces. A. F. Rockwell will head the new munitions firm, with J. M. Browning advising on Colt gun production, capitalizing at 38.5 million dollars, plus 60 000 common shares. The incorporators include R. L. Bacon, Edward Park, and Louis E. Stoddard, the latter a noted polo player who has aided English-bound trips for war work.
Berlin via Amsterdam Dec 10 Social Democrats at a packed meeting adopted resolutions backing Chancellor von Bethmann Hollwegs interpellation reply as showing Germany has no desire to annex territory They praised his willingness to discuss terms allies might offer compatible with German dignity and safety The party blamed the Allies for the war and urged unity to defend the Fatherland while forecasting no peace terms from the Entente until they seek peace.
What Dame Rumor says Baker will skip the Yankees and sign with the White Sox next season. Comiskey says he’d like Baker but would need persuasion to secure his release from Connie Mack. He adds no talks with Mack since season’s end.
New Britain December 10 Harry Thureson aged 12 notified the city he would demand compensation for injuries received November 5 while a pupil at the grammar school. He was operating a printing press when his right hand was crushed and it may require amputation of a finger.
Athens reports heavy shelling along the Greek Serb frontier near Lake Doiran southeast of Valandovo. Bulgarian forces fought against Anglo French troops in a severe artillery duel and reportedly withdrew from their positions.
The Danish steamer Minsk of 1,229 tons was sunk by a submarine near London. The crew was rescued.
The Entente held another war council in Paris with Lord Kitchener and Sir Edward Grey. A high authority said a complete agreement exists on Balkan measures. The official law includes retirement of allied troops from Salonika, while English forces continue to enter the Greek port.
Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia opens a push for a Senate investigation into Britain’s naval blockade of Allied trade. He urges an embargo on food exports if needed and insists the action violates neutral rights under international law, calling for a firm Congressional response to protect American ships and cargoes.
New York December 10 fans anxious as masked grappler Berner of Germany is knocked unconscious after a 12 minute bout at the international meet last night. Major Charley Cutler and Wilhelm Ernst of Germany, among others, are named in the rough action.
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