Tillman Attacks Bryan and Roosevelt in Naval Debate
Senator Tillman denounces William J. Bryan as obsessed and Theodore Roosevelt as the giant in Mother Goose in a wide ranging attack on national defense policy. He urges navy first, critiques private arms makers, and backs a strong army and Monroe Doctrine. Additional measures propose banning war munitions transport on passenger ships and taxing munition makers. A compulsory military training bill for ages twelve to twenty three is offered as a Swiss style reform.
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Great Britain
America
Kenyon
Chamberlain
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War Church Envoys Move to Bar Foreign Clergy
Washington reports a proposed resolution by Representative Vinson of Georgia to prevent reception of ambassadors or representatives of any church by the United States. At present only the papal nuncio to the Vatican is accredited here, though his status is unofficial and purely religious.
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Papal De‘ezate
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New York Exports Leap in First Week of Month
New York reports exports totaling 62 713 174 dollars for the first week of the month, up from 20 071 744 a year earlier. Motor boats valued at 48 000 destined for the British navy are among the large shipments, with manufactured products about half the total and explosives shells and cartridges the leading single class. Great Britain leads buyer nations, followed by France and others.
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National City Bank
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Italy
Norway
Petrograd the City Built Against Nature and Trade
Argonaut describes Petrograd as a city built by Russia in defiance of natural laws and trade, noting icebound winters, repeated rebuilding by czars, sinking streets, and fragile foundations. It urges view of the city as a monument to despotism with high death rates and costly architecture, contrasting it with Riga’s open season.
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Petrograd
Riga
Peter
St. Isaac
Alexander I
Europe
Argonaut
Robbery in Daylight Ends with Capture at Steel Mill
In East Pittsburgh two masked men robbed the Steen grocery, forcing clerk William Steen to surrender $15. A pursuing crowd, joined by residents, halted one robber in front of Carnegie Steel's Bessemer mill after a shot wounded guard Max Magsey. A second assailant escaped through the mill yard.
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Pittsburgh
Soul Steen
William Steen
Steen
Max Magsey
Carnegie
Bessemer
Man Shot Five Times In Washington Split Alley Shootout
Washington Pa December 14 Joseph Dameano former fruit store owner was shot five times as he crossed the street by a shooter who emerged from an alley. the assailant was later captured. Four shootings in 48 hours and eight murders since the November term of court. Also US airmen in Paris aviation service number seventeen with pilots or trainees. five more volunteers expected.
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Washington
U. S
Paris
Held as German Spy Lehigh County Man Detained in England
Lehigh County youth Georg Phaon Heiberger, eighteen, has been detained in England on suspicion of being a German spy. The Benner family native, he disappeared from contact after enlisting in the navy two years ago. A cablegram from Liverpool confirms the detainment amid wartime paranoia and family estrangement.
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England
Allentown
Ameconaul
Liverpool
Georg Phaon Heiberger
Herberger
Navy
Weather Update Forecast Partly Cloudy and Cold
Partly cloudy today with fair to tomorrow and continued cold conditions. North to east winds persist as the region remains chilly with limited precipitation.
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Oast
Christmas Spugs New York Wise gift sharing for the season
The Society for Prevention of Useless Giving expands enrollment as people embrace simple sincere Christmas gifting. Suggestions include cards and letters, practical handmade items, office conveniences, and subscriptions. Emphasizes gifts that require no obligation, personal notes, and shared family decisions to avoid hurt or excess.
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Spug
Society For Prevention of
Ita
Mars
T He Frien
Turkish transport Rechid Pasha sunk near Silvira
Athens dispatch from Constantinople cites a Greek report that the Turkish transport Rechid Pasha of 8000 tons was sunk near Silvira in the Marmora Sea by a French submarine. More than 400 soldiers perished, and the Turkish fleet is said to have only seven transports remaining as others were sunk by allied submarines.
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Rechid Pasha
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Sea of Marmora
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Safe conduct for Boy-Ed and von Japen to sail home
Washington reports Captain Karl Boy-Ed and Captain Franz von Japen, German naval and military attaches, recalled by Berlin, will depart New York on December 28. Safe conduct granted by English and French governments allows them to return home without fear of capture at sea. Other notes cover four individuals aided by U S safe conduct for travel to and from the United States in allied or criminal case contexts.
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Robert Cecil
House of Commons
Bernard Dernburg
Dumbas
Great Britain
Lord Robert
Germany
Rich Iron Ore Vein Found Near Gleghaltzville Farm
Sieshattzville Pennsylvania December 14 a rich iron ore vein struck on William Bertsch farm is reported as one of the most valuable finds in years. It is twenty feet wide at the top and the depth is unknown. The vein lies near the Bittenbender and Gehman beds suggesting a continuation of the Slesholtzville vein. The discovery promises reopening Bittenbender and Gehman mines after years idle, with employment for hundreds.
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Sieshattzville
William Bertsch
Bittenbender and
Gehman
Slesholtzville
Oew
Bittenbender
Two Supreme Court Justices Absent From Duties
In Washington on December 14 two members of the supreme court bench were reported absent. Associate Justice Lamar has not fully recovered from a serious illness and Justice Day was said to be suffering from a cold.
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Fire at Roebling plant checked. minor damage
A fire broke out at the John A Roebling company plant on Canal Street Trenton New Jersey but was quickly controlled by the fire department resulting in only slight damage.
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Blame Spy for Fires Ties Urgent Bethlehem Loot
A German officer believed linked to fires at munitions plants and the Bethlehem Steel conspiracy has been captured off Brag by a British cruiser. He was moved to South America as a British prisoner, with authorities withholding his name. He allegedly left the U S on a regular Lamport & Holt passage on the Vauban after the Bethlehem blaze. Stockholders vote to boost Driggs Seabury capital to 16 910 000 to fund Savage Arms acquisition and plant improvements.
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Aight
South Amerika
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Vauban
Thomas Cook & Son
Guy Arms
Sharon
Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company
Savage Arms Company
Utica
N. Y
Focal
Bethlehem machinist shoots mother in law at home
Denter Crout, a Bethlehem Foundry machinist, killed his seventy five year old mother in law Mrs Reuben Jacoby at his North Bethlehem home. He claimed she interfered with his business and was arrested after the incident. Crout had been drinking and had a recent history of mental strain.
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Bethlehem Foundry & Line Company
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