Turc fortifications at the Dardanelles could be overwhelmed with more ships
A Vienna correspondent reports Turkish defense works near Ischinek Kale would have fallen if the British and French had renewed bombardment at the Dardanelles. He notes a Turkish battery endured heavy shells and lacked ammunition, suggesting Allied forces would need more ships to force the strait. Preparations and evacuations were under way among German and Austro-Hungarian officials as a broader crisis loomed.
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Dardanelles
Constantinople
Ischinek Kale
Vienna
Vonish Hillope
Parisish
Pskishebir
Amitelia
Forse
Shipping destroyed totals rise in war report
Berlin News agency cites German authority counting through November last. Enem y ships totaled 734 vessels amounting to 1 447 928 tons destroyed by submarines and mines. Drilled ships stand at 624 with 1 201 tons, a 5.9 percent British loss. Separately the Texas Division Dawghters of the Confederacy votes to preserve the rebel yell on phonograph records with veterans to record the yell.
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Berlin
Texas
Dawghters of the
Confederacy
Commission form governs many cities with wide reach
A forthcoming General Statistics of Cities 1015 report notes the commission form governs 51 of 204 large cities, spanning 2 nearly all regions. It details police staffing, salaries, and vehicle types, plus widespread liquor prohibitions under state, municipal, county, and parish rules, and notes 24 large cities own water systems valued at over 1.07 billion.
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Samuel L. Rogers
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
Starke M. Grogan
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Washington
South Carolina
California
New England
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Commission
New Grieves
Buffalo
Portland
Ore
Denver
New York City
Georgia
Tennessee
Kansas
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Maine
North Carolina
Illcois
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Wasington
Michigan
Lewisiana
Ohio
Colorado
Ilinois
Philadelphia
Germany Cuts Death Rate of Wounded Soldiers
German war figures released in Berlin show a falling death rate among wounded soldiers from the early war period. By mid year 1915 the death toll declined while the rate of wounded returning to duty rose, with many shipped home as permanently disabled. The data underline improved survivability through medical care and evacuation, as other armies lag behind in keeping wounded soldiers fit for service.
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Berlin
Bein
Orp
Hall
Dary
Noventer
Marcel
Trent
Sso
Wood Violets in Winter Meadow Poem
Augusta Wall in the Atlanta Constitution presents a poetic reflection where violets speak to the speaker about blooming in a bleak season. Nature is personified, with violets revealed as planted by God to bloom when daisies fade and earth grows dark, urging beauty in barren meadows.
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Augusta
Atlanta Constitution
Armistice Hope Grows At Vatican For Christmas Truce
Papal secretary of state reports steady contact with leaders in France Spain Austria and Hungary as Pope Benedict XV pursues a Christmas armistice. Vatican efforts focus on removing obstacles that blocked peace talks in 1914 and advancing warring powers toward a halt in fighting.
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Benedict XV
Vatican
France
Spain
Austria
Favaria
Pope Ie
Control of growth baring future human size
Dr M W Jacobs of Philadelphia spoke on growth control basing claims on rat experiments. He said protein alone can maintain constant weight but adding other constituents resumes growth. He cited a rat kept stunted for 532 days, suggesting diet could shift youth growth and even potentially regulate growth phases in humans.
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M. W. Jacobs
Philadelphia
Jvoots
Did You Get Any of 'Em United States Printed 108 254 718 Sheets Notes Bonds 1915
United States printed 108 254 718 sheets of notes and bonds in 1915 per the Director Ralph annual report. The bureau delivered 71 112 000 sheets of United States notes and certificates, 18400 of its bonds, 14418 sheets of national bank notes, and 16890 000 federal reserve notes. Compared with the fiscal year deliveries, national banks and federal reserve notes rose 187 percent while United States notes, certificates and bonds fell 256 percent. The report notes dye shortages from the European war have forced substitutes in greenbacks and yellow backs.
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United States
Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Department
National Bank
Federal Reserve
White buttons to replace ivory in men’s wear warns press
An ivory button maker predicts white buttons will appear on overcoats and suits as a solution to the logwood dye shortage. He notes the lozwood embargo worsens the vegetable ivory button industry, leaving manufacturers with limited dye options.
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Weller
Bale Sultanie
Ib Afipeur
HVC
Ocean
Murel
Heck
Bank of Prescott
Prescott
Arkansas
Germany
Pope
Ozan Mercantile Co
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