Warship Stranded on Maryland Coast Likely Belligerent
A four funnel warship driven ashore six miles south of Ocean City Maryland amid a north east gale and fog remains unidentified. Lifesavers cannot reach the vessel while searches by navy ships and searchlights reveal armored sides and fighting tops, with officials leaning that the ship is British though no clear signals reached Washington.
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Dee
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Ather
Flere
Lnto
Navy Yard
Wisground
Ocean City
United States Navy
Itasca
Roonevelt
Navy
Perkins
Newport
Charles
Mice
Andes
Ocean
Body Put on Tracks in Erie Murder Mystery
Deputy sheriff Wilmott, 52, foreman at Du Pont Powder Works, found murdered on Erie tracks. Victim’s body battered, legs severed near the knees to fake a train collision. robbers stole a large wallet, with a 10-cent piece left nearby. Detectives suspect strike-era enemies planned the crime.
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Vec. Vom
Wilmott
Erie
du Pont Powder Works
Shane
Whitman List Today Governer Whitman at Home
Governor elect Whitman spent yesterday at his apartment working on the message for the Legislature. He left only to dine with Mrs. Whitman. no callers. He will announce his private secretary and likely successor as District Attorney, with M Linn Bruce seen as the strongest guess.
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Governorewes Or Nitman
M. Linn Bruce
Goletheist Doctor Arrested After Theft Trap at Goelet Home
Dr. Robert E. Moore an osteopath with Fifth Avenue patrons was arrested on a barge for stealing ninety dollars from Robert W. Goelet at 591 Fifth Avenue. Detectives traced a decoy package of bills and Moore allegedly confessed to taking several thousand dollars from the Goelet home.
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Moore
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Dietsch
Goele
Fifthay
Lions in Peril as Fire Rips Central Park Menagerie
Thirty lions and two hippos including the famed Caliph IT barely escaped death last night when flames broke out in the Central Park lion house. Night watchman Louis Siebold spotted the blaze as lions roared, firemen arrived and fought the wooden enclosure blaze, believed started by a worker’s lit pipe.
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Lion Home
Central Park
Louis Siebold
Lion House
Ahone
Aso
Osborne Puts Off Double Execution
The state postponed two executions as Warden Thomas Mott granted Lee Dock and Eng Hing four extra days. Osborne spoke to convicts in the prison chapel about clemency and reforms. Sullivan left hospital to view tropical pictures before a habeas corpus hearing in Kings County Court.
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Thoman Mott
Sing Sine
Lee Dock
Eng Hing
Osborne
Rivileger
Mn Co
David A. Sullivan
T - Hospital
Sullivan
Warden Osborne
Kings County Court
Brooklyn
Auto Kills Woman Then Flees In New York Street
A speeding automobile killed Mrs Eliza Campbell Foote at 59th street and Seventh Avenue last night. Witness A B Carles pursued the fleeing car after alerting patrolman Downey. the driver was cleared. The victim, 55, owned a large dove shop in Lakewood New Jersey and was a guest at the Hotel Martha Washington. In Ellenburg, Arthur M Pettit and Edgar Byer were killed when a touring car veered off and threw Pettit from the running board. Mrs Helen Munder of Gloster wrecked in Viola near Suffern, suffering injuries. A Woodmere man and Annie Blum of Brooklyn were nearly crushed when Isaacs car crashed into a tree en route to Woodmere, trapping them for an hour before rescue.
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59Th St
Seventh Ay
A. B. Carles
East 80Th St
50Th St
Seventh Av
Durland
87Th St
Carles
Downey
West 47Th St
Carnegie Hall
Sixth Av
Arthur M. Pettit
Ludingtonville
Peekskill
Edgar Byer
Allenburg
Ellenburg
Ryer
Helen Munder
Gloster
Viola
Suffern
Munder
Hans
G. F. W. Sehenek
Par Keckaway
Daniels in Open Disfavor with Men Under Him
The Navy’s discipline is said to be shattered with officers and sailors bewildered by Secretary Daniels policies. Critics call for a more orderly maritime defense as “Shore Czar” jokes spread among personnel.
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United States Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
Mr. Daniels
Naval Service
George von L. Meyer
Meyer
Navy Department
Bureau
Aids
Washington
Necklace Lost During Mrs. Vanderbilt Visit
A double string of pearls with a locket is missing after Mrs. Vanderbilt visited John I. Gleason, a hairdresser at 20 East 46th Street. A $600 reward is offered with no questions asked for its return. Previous Florida loss of a $50,000 diamond necklace by Mrs. Vanderbilt was recovered.
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K. Vanderbilt
Film Man's Wife Shot at Riverside Drive Mystery Unfolds
Agnes Raver wife of motion picture booster Harry Raver was shot in her Riverside Drive apartment. She was moved to Washington Heights Hospital with a chest wound and held as a prisoner on an attempted suicide claim. The Japanese butler alerted Dr. Wallace Lee who summoned police. Julia the seven year old adopted daughter was present at the table when the shot rang out and jewels were later removed from Mrs. Raver. Authorities say the affair involves the Promoter couple and the Riverside Drive residence.
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161St
Bendt
Raver
Lee
Starr
Sveny
Condemns Coast and Naval Guns and U S Rifles Too Short
Washington December 6 1911 an inventor argues American naval defense is dangerously weak. He criticizes coastal guns for six mile range and argues for three new ship types aircraft submarines and armored dreadnought destroyers with powerful high explosive shells. He cites tests and calls for sweeping naval reforms under Secretary Daniels. He condemns the navy leadership and treatment of enlisted men and warns of national peril if changes are not made.
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Oule Gathman
Congress
Japan
Gathman
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Navy
Secretary of the Navy
New York
Lodz Occupied by German Troops in Polish Campaign
Berlin reports Lodz in Russian Poland fell Sunday as German forces push a wedge into Polish rail routes. Vienna fortifications grow as thousands reinforce the capital. Breslau raids by Russian aviators continue. Both sides claim gains in Flanders and Alsace amid heavy trench warfare expectations.
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Lodz Yesters
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Poland
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Alsace
London
Lodz
Amsterdam
Reuter
Lodt
Daily Telegraph
Lode
Russian Poland
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Kaline
Locher
Geremans
Dodx
Warsaw
Cracow
Ostend Reported to Be in Flames Dispatch
A Daily Chronicle dispatch from Dunkirk dated December 7 reports Ostend on fire. The blaze is attributed to either bombardment by our ships or German malice. The Rose Bureau received the message, but would not confirm its accuracy.
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Daily Chronicle
Dunkirk
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Ostend
Rose Bureau
de Beart
Allies' Warships Off Dardanelles Attempt Reported
Copenhagen dispatch via Berlin says forty British and French warships gathered outside the strait with aim to force passage. Fortifications are strong, mines dot the water, and allies may be trying to break the Dardanelles. French navy active in the Mediterranean. Another theory is a raid to destroy German fleet feet.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Ceftyor
Darjanelles
Mediterranean
German Seaman Eludes British To Reach Hamburg
A German merchant steamship believed to be from Hamburg American Line nears Hamburg after evading British warships. The ship left Para Brazil 118 days ago and passed Sessino Denmark yesterday after Danish authorities allowed passage. The vessel, with a red funnel and name hidden, followed a route via Iceland and the Norwegian coast to Kiel Canal, where a pilot joined for the final leg. The captain is expected to be warmly received in Hamburg.
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Hamburg
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North Sea
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Brazil
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Buil
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Helsiner
Kiel Canal
Russian Aviators Send Kaiser Home
Copenhagen December 7 Russian aviators shadowed the Kaiser on the eastern front and his unexpected return to Berlin disappointed many who hoped for a triumphant arrival. The Kaiser fears the Russian airmen and is disheartened by the East Prussian situation, relying more on Von Mindenburg's strategy than his own.
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Copenhagen
Kaiser
Berlin
Ma von Mindenburg
Destruction of Germans in Poland Russia's Whole Aim
Petrograd reports that Russian forces aim to drive Germans back to their homeland by pressing across the Vistula. The Poland invasion showed Warsaw’s political hold yielding to military need as Germans retreated behind the river.
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