United States Navy Seizes Control in San Domingo
The U S navy proclaims military government in San Domingo to end political chaos and establish a protectorate. Eighteen hundred American marines will oversee native officials and collect customs revenues until at least January elections. Captain Knapp reports orderly acceptance and plans to resume salaries with $600,000 in export duties to be disbursed beginning Dec 2.
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Washington
San Domingo
United States Navy
Little Republic
Initi
Navy
Daniels
H. S. Knapp
United States
Knapp
State
Navy Department
Russell
Jiminez
Capt. Knapp
Neutrality Board
Tatty
German banks in Paris scheme tied to Rabbat case
Commissioner Varahey reports a broad network of German banks marketing foreign securities and coupons stolen from northern France and Belgium. Syrian banker Gesbran Rabbat, arrested in Geneva, was found with Russian, Serbian and French stocks seized by Germans. Rabbat once worked at Rue Lafitte in Paris. Farnley says the inquiry ties the operation to German banks and about 20 million francs in coupons have been cashed by unsuspecting buyers.
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Paris
Varahey
French Secret Service
France
Belgium
Gesbran Rabbat
Geneva
Rabbat
Germanea
Rue Lafitte
Farnley
Steamer's stokers riot on Honolulu dock
Twenty five stokers from the liner Makura rioted on the Honolulu dock on Thursday before the ship's departure for Sydney. Several of the Makura's sailors and Honolulu shoremen were injured while efforts were made to herd the rioters aboard. As the Makura left the wharf the rioters threw bottles at people on the dock, and a soldier acting as an immigration guard fired several shots toward the departing steamer.
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Honolulu
Sydney
Woarf
Forces Near Bucharest Press Forward In War Summary
Field Marshal Von Mackensen closes on Bucharest with Tromana captured 18 miles south as German troops push along the Giurgiu rail line. Von Falkenhayn drives Rumanians from Glavazziotzu and Camplung, while Russian advances in Kiribaba region gain but at high casualties. Rumanian forces resist on northern and northwestern fronts.
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Bucharest
Giurgiu
Tromana
von Falkenhayn Ie
Glavazziotzu
Campulung
Torzburg
Wallachia
Kiribaba
Rumania
Bucharest Becomes War Camp As Front Draws Closer
Berlin reports Romanian defenses east of the Alt river under pressure from General von Falkenhayn as Von Mackensen’s forces advance in southern Wallachia. In Dobrudja Bulgarian Turkish artillery repels Russian assaults. Bucharest authorities order non combatants out within five days, with most leaving the capital and food under military control. Access to army and sanitary duties increases for those remaining.
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Berlin
Sayville
Alt River
von Falkenhayn
Wallachia
von Mackensen
Dobrudja
Bucharest
Berne Bundy
Berthelot
Lokal Anzeiger
Dutch Packet Steamer Koningin Regentes to be Released
A semi official notice in Dutch says the Koningin Regentes, recently taken by a German submarine at Zee Brugge, will be released. Mail on board will be detained for contraband checks while three crew members may face a court martial for aiding a British courier. The German claim cites contraband risk and wireless use. release is granted as a favor amid possible diplomatic protests.
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Berglin
London
Zeebrugge
President Wilson attends Navy Relief ball and church
President Wilson marked Thanksgiving with a Navy Relief society ball at the Washington navy yard where he and Mrs. Wilson sat in a box. He also attended his regular Presbyterian church with Mrs. Wilson. The White House turkey for Thanksgiving was selected from gifts sent by various parts of the country.
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Washington
Wilson
Navy Relief Society
Washington Navy Yard
Boycott Lowers Retail Prices for Turkeys and Eggs
Norfolk dispatch reports a widespread housewives league boycott on eggs and turkeys, causing dressed turkeys to sell retail at 32 to 38 cents, down from Tuesday's 40 to 44 cents. Market men note the broader observance than anticipated.
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Norfolk
Housewives’ League
Health Commissioner Robertson Organizes Diet Squad
Health Commissioner Robertson of Chicago forms a diet squad among his employees to promote healthier eating within the department and encourage staff weight management and wellness initiatives.
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Health Commssioner
Robertson
Chicago
End of high turkey costs seen in Thanksgiving dining
New York observers report substitutions for the turkey meal amid high prices. Salvation Army fed 600 men with turkeyless menus while many institutions provided turkey to inmates. charitable groups funded Red Cross relief. In Chicago the Diet Squad limited meals to 40 cents daily and ate roast chicken.
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New York
Salvation Army
Wilson
Red Cross
Diet Squad
Chicago
Boston
Washington
Mass for Dead Austrian King Attended at St Patrick's
Representatives of the Austro Hungarian embassy in Washington and consuls from Austria Hungary Germany Spain the Netherlands and South America joined a solemn requiem Mass for Emperor Francis Joseph at St Patrick's Cathedral Cardinal Parley presided and offered final absolution at the end.
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New York
Washington
Francis Joseph
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cardinal Parley
Amass
Exchange Rate Falls As German Gold Sent to Geneva
German official aid arrives after Paris Berlin decision to send 10 million marks in gold to Switzerland. Bullion reached Berne Thursday morning and moved to the Swiss National Bank. The mark price remains weak at about 4.60 dollars, crown near 2.00, with exchange rates fluctuating below par against entente nations.
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Geneva
Dee 1
Paris
Germany
Switzerland
Berne
Serious floods devastate eastern Spain towns and dikes
Reports from Madrid via London describe severe floods sweeping eastern Spain, notably Valencia province. Meira station and houses collapsed forcing residents to take refuge on roofs and church steeples. Dikes were destroyed and Murcia sees rising waters as thousands face ruin.
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Madrid
London
Spain
Valencia
Meira
Murcia
Wilson figures in Utah final canvassing board
Salt Lake December 1 final election returns show President Wilson carried every Utah county. Final figures list Wilson 84 025 Herhes 54 133 giving Wilson a statewide plurality of 29 892.
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Wilson
Utah
Salt Lake
Herhes
John Hays Hammond Ill in Baltimore
John Hays Hammond mining engineer of New York is reported seriously ill in Baltimore after a few days of illness.
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John Hays Hammond
Baltimore
John Haysammond
New York
Order Returns of Cars From East Washington
A nationwide order, agreed by the railroad conference committee on car efficiency, directs lines with excess box cars to return them to junction points immediately. The measure, backed by the Interstate Commerce Commission and shipper representatives, aims to ease freight delays tied to heavy eastbound export traffic to Europe.
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Washington
Railroad Conference Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Europe
Archbold in New Jersey Hospital After Surgery
John D. Archbold president of Standard Oil of New Jersey remains in serious condition at his home in Tarrytown after an appendectomy and relapse. Doctors consider blood transfusion if needed. chauffeur’s blood tested suitable. Mrs Archbold collapsed. John D Rockefeller postponed Lakewood trip amid updates on Archbold’s status.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil
Mr. Archbold
Archbold
Admit Danger to Capital Imminent in Romania Crisis
London reports a Romanian communication mentions violent fighting on the Glavatzotzu river and indicates a Romanian retreat has halted with a stand on that stream. It remains unclear if this is a final effort to save Bucharest or a cover for Romanian main forces on the Arges river to the east. Bucharest is in imminent danger and the situation in Romania is very serious.
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London
Glavatzotzu
Bucharest
Argesche
Rumania
Allies 10 Land Army Debarks at Piraeus
Athens reports entente allies ready to begin troop debarkation at Piraeus while Greek authorities regain post office control and expel French officers. DuFournet vows coercive steps if arms not surrendered. Athens denies forcible seizure. Consuls deported from Syria to Malta.
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London
Piraeus
DuFournet
Cewter
Constantine
Syria
Malta
G. Dalleggio
Suleyman Bey
Syna
Daily Chronicle
DuFeournet
Ont ‘Boiss
The
Daily Mail
Chronicle
Serb Army Leaders Die in Action at Grunishte
Saloniki, via London, Dec. 1. Serbian headquarters report violent local fighting in Grunishte. Colonel Vovin Popovitch, leading volunteers, died at the head of his troops. Cavalry Captain Nikola Antula, noted critic and historian, also fell gloriously.
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Saloniki
London
Grunishte
Liew
Vovin Popovitch
Nikola Antula
Actor Wille Richmond Dies After Lake Michigan Dare Dive
Chicago December 11 William Tib balls known in vaudeville as Wille Richmond died Thursday from a spine injury after diving into shallow Lake Michigan water on a dare last Sunday. His home was listed as Moline, Illinois.
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Chicago
William Tibballs
Wille Richmond
Lake Michigan
Tibballs
Moline
Exposes Storage Trust Tied to Food Prices
New York December 1 Joseph Hartigan commissioner of weights and measures and secretary of Mayor Mitchel's food supply committee cites a 75-warehouse interstate "storage trust" in New York New Jersey and Connecticut. He says owners move goods between states to dodge storage limits and urges federal control to curb the practice.
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New York
Joseph Harman
Weights and Measures
Mitchel
Hartigan
New Jersey
Connecticut
Five Border Camps Celebrate Thanksgiving With Turkey
Amid the American punitive expedition, five camps in Mexico marked Thanksgiving. Twelve truckloads of turkey and game supplied the celebration, with a Columbus New Mexico turkey special delivering enough to grant each man three quarters of a pound of dressed turkey. At field headquarters twenty deer and eighty wild turkeys were distributed by Mormon hunters to various organizations.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Chicago Foregoes Turkey For Thanksgiving Feasts
In Chicago on December 1 substitutes filled holiday tables as cost of living pressures push residents to roast beef pork chicken and ducks while commission merchants offer discounted turkeys. The aged poor sick insane and criminals inside city institutions still received turkey as usual.
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Chicago
Mediation Board Sought to Resolve Nashville Strike
Nashville Tennessee December 1 President Piiton of the Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis railway asked the federal mediation and conciliation board to intervene Thursday night to settle a dispute with the road's shop workers. Brotherhood officials did not join the request but indicated they would not oppose mediation.
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Nashville, Tenn
Federal Board of Mediation and
Piiton
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Wisconsin and Michigan hunting toll reaches twenty seven deaths
The hunting season closed Thursday night with twenty seven deaths reported in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, per figures from the Milwaukee Sentinel. Wisconsin saw five more fatalities than last year.
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Milwaukee
Vis
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Milwaukee Sentin
Army dinner for 16000 at Camp Wilson
Fourteen Army trucks with locally built shelves carried the Thanksgiving meal for 16,000 national guardsmen and regular soldiers at Camp Wilson San Antonio. The load included 4,000 pies and 24 homemade cakes to supplement the government turkey dinner.
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San Antonio
Texas
National Guardsmen
Camp Wilson
Down Town
Train Wreck Killa 190. TOKIO, Dec. 1
One hundred thirty young soldiers were killed when a freight train collided with the train transporting them to Aomori, a northern seaport in Japan. The incident occurred today, raising questions about railway safety and military transport procedures.
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Tokio
Aomori
Four Days of Battle Surrounds Juarez City
Carrancista remnants flee Chihuahua City after four days of fighting with Villa troops. Wounded and hospitals fill the border train carries over 100 wounded to Juarez. Refugees recount looting, shelling, and fierce street fighting as Villa supporters celebrate advances near Santa Rosa Hill.
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Mex
Carranvista
Chihuahua
Villa
Carranza Command
Chihuahua City
Terraza
Customs House
Santa Rosa Hill
Zarco Avenue
Carranza
Batue
Etta
Trevine
Taviosapa
Aldama
Sy Teeta
Sayres
Hacc 2
Ayres
Wat
Francisco Villa
Flo
Joseph Inez Salazar
Maycotte
Saus
Sokieras
Safita Roshi
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