German Nation Rejoices Over Russian Defeat
Berlin reports mass enthusiasm across Germany after victory over Russia in Poland and success against Britain’s coast. Crowds parade under flags as Von Hindenburg gains iconic status, praised by newspapers and Reichstag for his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hussars
Unter den Linden
Poland
Lodz
Napoleon
von Hindenburg
English
Russia
Galicia
Reichstag
Daring Raid by French Aviators Bombards Metz And Strasbourg
Paris reports a bold French air raid into German territory from Toul. Eight aviators dropped fifteen bombs on Metz fortifications, causing damage to two forts. Five aircraft reached Strasbourg but were repelled by German anti aircraft fire. one plane wrecked and one aviator killed, others escaped back to Toul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. Merrick
Paris
Metz
Strassburg
Toul
Strasstarg
Mexican soldiers not impressive says Maj Gen Funston
Major General Funston in San Francisco describes Mexican officers as well trained but ranks as hurried recruits prone to desertion. He notes Villa’s soldiers appear capable fighters. Funston says a strong iron handed ruler is needed in Mexico and praises Bajal as brilliant but overly kind hearted for the crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Funston
Villa
Mexico
Carbajal
Supreme Court
Casualties in Poland reported by Breslau dispatch
A semi official Breslau dispatch cites total German Austrian and Russian casualties in Poland surpassing 40 000. It notes Russians lost 125 000 in killed and wounded in the Poland battles with many prisoners. The document says further heavy losses are inflicted on retreating Russians as German and Austrian forces pursue, routing the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Werner
Berlin
Poland
Breslau
Appeals from Treason Charge In London
Nicholas Ahl ers, a British former German consul at Sunderland, appealed today from a death sentence for high treason for sending German residents home to fight Britain. The appeal was heard by the lord chief justice and four judges as the realm's highest criminal tribunal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nicholas Ahlers
Germany
Sunderland
England
The Battle of Falkland Islands engagement recount
Captain Koehler of the German cruiser Dresden tells the German consul in Punta Arenas of the Falklands battle. He describes the German Pacific Division meeting six English cruisers and two dreadnoughts, the decision to fight, and the disparity in armament as the German ships attempted to maneuver against superior forces.
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Dresden
Koehler
Falklands
Pacific
Falkland Islands
Cape Horn
von Spee
New Haven Road Plans Tower Closures and Job Cuts
New Haven, Dec 18. The road will shut four towers on the block system between New Haven and New London by December 22, eliminating twelve telegraph operators. Estimated annual savings reach 10 000 to 15 000 dollars. Other divisions may follow with more automatic signaling and hand-operated switches by trainmen as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Lette's Island
Madison
Westbrook
Lyme
West Haven
Branford
Guilford
Fast River
Clinton
Saybrook
South Lyme
Wast Lyme
Waterford
New York
German Success in Poland Reported by Hindenburg
Berlin dispatch says Field Marshal von Hindenburg informed Emperor William that German advances in Poland are complete and that he delivered the initial news of a Russian defeat to the emperor yesterday, with further details today, sent via Amsterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Amsterdam
Poland
Frederick Werner
BerHn
Emperor William
von Hindenburg
Typhoid Carrier Found at Chicago Pump Station
Chicago officials end weeks of testing by finding a city worker at the Chicago avenue pumping station who carried typhoid germs. Investigations into milk supplies sewage and water followed the persistent north side outbreak. Blood tests showed one leak repair employee as a carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Health
Chicago Avenue
Emperor William Fully Recovers To Return Front
Berlin via Amsterdam December 18. Emperor William has completely recovered from illness and will return to the front this week, an official announcement says. He held a long conference with Imperial Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg on Wednesday and conferred the Iron Cross of the First Class on the chancellor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Werner
Berlin
Amsterdam
William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Five Die in Fire at Terre Haute Rooming House
Five people died in an early morning blaze at a Terre Haute rooming house. Two victims were found dead, three died within an hour from extensive burns. The deceased include L. V. Alexander 45 Jess Rolley 24 Mrs. Rolley landlady William Gentry 47 Clifford Rolley 10 son of Mrs. Rolley.
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Terre Haute
Ind
L. V. Alexander
Jess Rolley
Dresden Sunk by British Cruiser Off Cambridge Island
Wireless report from Valparaiso Chile states German cruiser Dresden was sunk off Cambridge Island in the Pacific after a 40 minute engagement with British cruiser Bristol. Bristol was badly damaged but sent Dresden to the bottom in the clash.
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Valaparaiso
Chile
Dresden
Cambridge Island
Pacific
Bristol
Czar Returns to Petrograd After Transcaucasia Tour
Dec 18 reports Emperor Nicholas returned from Trans-Caucasia and convened an imperial council at Tsarskoe palace. The session lasted two hours and was attended by War Minister Soukhomlinoff who remained with the emperor afterward.
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Czar
Petrograd
Francis Lavelle Murray
Nicholas
Trans-Caucasia
Imperial Council
Tsarselo Palace
Soukhomlinoff
Kid McCoy Fights a Draw in Reno Bout
Kid McCoy fought Anton LaGrave of San Francisco to a four round draw in Reno last night. The bout was slow and uneventful with little action highlighted by standoffs and touches to the body.
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Kid McCoy
Reno
Anton LaGrave
San Francisco
Funeral phonograph records honor Long Spencer’s will
New York records of the dead man’s voice singing the Lord’s prayer and the twenty third psalm were played at the funeral of Long Spencer, an old time actor and singer, as he had decreed in his will. In Yonkers a boy traded 500 watches and rings for 1.25 dollars to buy candy, after his mother saw him hand a stranger a watch for five cents. Pietro DiSalvo in Yonkers was sentenced to 96 days in the workhouse for beating his mother four times. G C Edelman of Weatherford Texas wrote to Mayor Mitchell seeking to stop the avalanche of responses from women who learned he was seeking a mate.
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New York
Long Spencer
Spencer
Lewis Dolberg
Yonkers
Pietro DiSalvo
G. C. Edelman
Weatherford
Texas
Mitchell
Sidelights of the War From London December
British officers on leave share war sidelights including Private H Barter of the Grenadier Guards the army’s tallest man at 6 feet 10 inches He was wounded in West Flanders and Boulogne base hospital could not fit him so a bed foot was removed to make space for him.
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London
H. Barter
Grenadier Guards
West Flanders
Boulogne
Barter
Offensive Operations Grow More Violent in Northern France
Paris reports intensified Allied attacks from Warneton to the Oise with French British and Indian troops pressing along the Yser canal and the Arras region. German counterattacks along Ypres and near Wytschaete yield heavy casualties as artillery and hand to hand fighting continue, including Indian troops seizing sentries and British cavalry charges.
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Warneton
Oise
Yser Canal
Dixmude
Nieuport
D’houthlest
Ypres-Menin
Zillibeke
Klein and van Voorden
Ypres
Menin
Bixschoote
Langemarkck
Zonnebeke
Arras
St. Laurent
Scarpe
Arras-Douai
Arras-Lens
Another Steamer Sunk Off Scarborough Coast
Scarborough. A steamer was blown up and sunk by a mine off the coast early today, believed dropped by German warships in the raid on Wednesday. It is the fifth steamer sunk by these mines in 24 hours. Only three identities are known and twenty men died on three of the vessels.
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Scarborough
England Fears Another German Naval Raid
London reports renewed fear along the North Sea coast as a possible second German raiding squadron is sighted heading for Great Britain to bombard coast towns. Scarcely confirmed signals and anxious crowds surround bulletin boards while the admiralty denies sinking British warships and says only minor damage to Patrol and Doon with 20 crew casualties.
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London
North Sea
England
Great Britain
Scarborough
Here
Admiralty
Doon
Mother Appeals for Compensation in Father’s Death Case
A Hartford hearing before Compensation Commissioner George B. Chandler examined a Windsor family dispute over benefitting from the death of Addison Lanphear. His widow sought compensation after his death from injuries from a tobacco wagon incident while employed by his son Frederick M. Lanphear. The case highlighted legal peculiarities as mother and son faced off in the compensation matter.
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Hartford
George B. Chandler
Addison Lanphear
Windsor
Frederick M. Lanphear
Travelers Insurance Company
Animal Trainers In Court In New York Scuffle
Anne Marie Andre an animal trainer her assistant Carl Turnsuist and George H Hamilton were arraigned in Wartemcourt after a dramatic lion hunt in New York streets. Initially charged with allowing wild animals to escape their cages the charges were later changed to felonious assault. Judge Barlow discharged them saying civil action possible but not criminal.
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New York
Anne
Marie Andre
Carl Turnsuist
George H.hamilton
Wartemcourt
Barlow
Public Health Hospitals proposed to fight trachoma
Washington December 18 The Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the public health service outlines recommendations to establish small public health hospitals to eradicate and prevent trachoma and to push for uniform sanitary laws for state and municipal bodies. He notes the need for more officers and quarters and seeks 150000 for an additional hygienic laboratory building. The lab serves as both research center and teaching site for student officers.
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Washington
Rupert Blue
Public Health Service
Bridge Contract Awarded on Clayton Road
Hartford December 18 The state highway commission awards a $1,775 contract to Berlin Construction company for a low riveted truss bridge on the Clayton road in North Ganaga town.
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State Highway Commission
Hartford
Clayton Road
North Ganaga
Berlin Construction Company
Jockey Rigby Dead in St Louis Incident
Jockey Ben Rigby is reported dead in St Louis Missouri after an incident dated December 18. Local authorities and racing officials are investigating the death as a sporting fatality linked to an event in St Louis.
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Jockey Rigby
St. Louis
Ben Rigby
Cold Storage Battleships Highlight Navy Readiness
Washington reports a naval hearing where Representative Augustus Gardner condemns the policy of building battleships for cold storage. He notes 30 finished ships with nine lacking crews, three in reserve, six ordinary, three out of commission, plus cruisers and destroyers kept idle.
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Augustus P. Gardiner
Massachusetts
Navy
House
Naval Affairs Committee
House Rules Committee
Gardner
Army
Assisant
Roosevelt
Navy Enlistment Shortfall Cited by Official Figures
A speaker warns the navy faces a shortfall of 18 000 enlisted men with potentially 40 000 more needed. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Charles J. Padger corroborate the evidence while the general board estimates a gap of 30 000 to 50 000. The speaker questions efforts to cut the enlisted force and suggests relying on naval militia as wartime substitutes.
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Roosevelt
Charles J. Padger
General Board
Chicago to Launch First Municipal Art Collection
Chicago officials announce the mayors committee of art has purchased twelve paintings and one sculpture as the nucleus for America’s first municipal art collection. The 13 works, selected from hundreds at the Art Institute, cost more than $5,000 but artists agreed to reduce their prices to fit the city’s $2,600 appropriation.
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Chicago
Mayors Committee of Art
America
Art Institute
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Leipzig
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Leipsig
Canal Zone
U. S
Tacoma
Tre the
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Colon
Col. Goethals
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London Line
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Ing
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Son
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Lea
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