Czar Deploys Army to Bucharest Front
Reports from Petrograd and London describe Russian troops in Bucharest and a broad Russian drive along the Romanian frontier. Berlin notes German and Austro Hungarian gains in Wallachia while Bucharest reports violent attacks along the front. Battles along the Carpathians and on other fronts show renewed artillery activity and troop movements.
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London
Cologne Gazette
Bucharest
Petrograd
Kirlibaba
Carpathians
von Falkenhayn
Rumania
Transylvania
Korisno
Dovtian
Wallachia
Berlin
Argeshu
von Mackensen
Nias
Argesha
Jablonitza
Kedzi Vasarhely
Vakarka
Kilibaba
Dobrudja
Galicia
Tarnopl-Zloczow
Macedonia
France
Somme
Trentino
Curo
Food Boycotts In Three Large Cities
St Joseph Missouri housewives declared a boycott on eggs butter and potatoes to lower prices. Cleveland housewives voted to boycott butter and eggs with a civic group petitioning the mayor for citywide action. Toledo Housewives League appeals to Governor Willis for help and urges mayors to cooperate in a butter and eggs boycott.
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ST. Joseph
Willis
Ohio
Train Strikes Auto Kills Teacher in Milford
In Milford on December 2 Miss Wilma Rosenberger a Woodlands school teacher was killed when a passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line struck the automobile she was riding in. Her sister Olga aged 18 sustained serious injuries.
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Milford
Wilma Rosenberger
Woodlands School
Olga
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Villa Looting Action Report From Chihuahua City
Reported Villa bandits looted Chihuahua City and prepared two loot trains westward as crews tracked survivors. Officials note ammunition shortages in Carranza forces, while Villa’s advance risks drawing U.S. punitive forces into a border clash.
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Carranza
Chihuahua City
United States
Obregon
Gen. Trevino
Villa
Mexico Northwestern
Ozuna
Sauz
Cuilly
Parral
Santa Rosalia
Jimines
Hidalgo Plaza
Hiss
Nombre de Dios
Sanz
Washington
Six Hunters Killed in Washington Hunting Season
Seattle dispatch reports six men died in Washington hunting accidents since September 15, five from gunshot wounds and one lost in the wild and frozen as the hunting season opened.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington
Land Forces At Piraeus Amid Rising Tension
Paris ally dispatches report French British and Italian contingents landing at Piraeus without incident as fighting erupts on the slopes of the Acropolis. A Thesee station sighting confirms clashes between French sailors and Greek troops amid panic in Athens with two French cruisers entering Phaleron harbor.
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London
Piraeus
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens Gorreenena
Friay
Daily Mail
Athens
Acropolis
Thesee
Phaleron Harbor
Lord Cecil Foresees Prolonged War for Military Victory
Lord Robert Cecil states the war must be decided on the main fronts with a secondary role for the block as peace talks continue. He cautions climate in Romania worsens but does not end the conflict, and denies Morning Post claims that Germany offered the Entente favorable peace terms in exchange for Latin American influence.
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London
Lord Robert Cecil
Associated Press
Romania
Robert
Morning Post
Germany
Central
South America
Lord Robert
Egg Shortage Hits New York State Markets
New York state faces a cold storage egg shortage with Sept 1 supplies 24 percent lower than a year earlier. All cold storage eggs must be labeled and dealers receive a 72 hour notice. prices may drop to 34 cents per dozen within ten days. The report notes causes of rising food costs and pricing schemes, including a Pennsylvania potato sale that doubled in price en route to a Philadelphia buyer.
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New York
New York State
State Board of Health
John J. Dillon
Speaker Clark backs reforms to cut galleries and record
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Clark proposes shrinking gallery space and abolishing the congressional record while introducing voting machines to finish two sessions in 63 days. He notes galleries fill with oratory and time wasting, yet doubts support for starting the fight.
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Washington
Clark
Congress
Standard Oil Chief as Appendicitis
Tarrytown New York December report says John D Archbold president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was much improved Friday night but still very ill at his home awaiting further word from physicians.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Name Head For HGH Cost Probe
Boston dispatch reportsGeorge W. Anderson United States attorney will lead federal inquiries into the high cost of living. Attorney General Gregory asked Anderson to coordinate investigations nationwide with broad reach beyond interstate commerce to include data from agriculture commerce and other agencies. He will oversee efforts to curb illegal restraints of trade and aid movement of interstate commerce. PMID
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Boston
George W. Anderson
United States
Gregory
United States Attorney's Office
Anderson
Department of Justice
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Federal Trade Commission
Interstate Commierce Commission
Missouri court in insurance ruling sustains verdict
Jefferson City December 2 The Missouri supreme court upheld a jury verdict in the long running George A Kimmel insurance case finding the man in trial was not Kimmel who disappeared in 1898 The court reduced the judgment against New York Life Insurance from 10000 to 6985 67 since the policy paid 300 yearly until full repayment It held Edna K Bonnett formerly Edna Kimmel entitled to sue for further due payments as they accrued.
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Jefferson City
Men
Supreme Court
George A. Kimmel
Kimmel
New York Life Insurance Company
Edna K. Bonnett
Edna Kimmel
Buyoffs Trim Egg and Turkey Prices in Norfolk Market
Norfolk merchants report a stronger boycott by housewives with eggs and turkeys priced lower than Tuesday. Retail turkey prices dropped from 40 to 45 cents to a general range of 32 to 35 cents as observers noted broader compliance.
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Norfolk
Housewives’ League
Revised Illinois property valuation report lowers total value
Springfield Ill Dec 2 revised figures from the state board of equalization show a $311,097 drop in assessed property value from 1915. The total valuation stands at $2,502,445,459 and the board, with Gov Dunne Auditor Brady and Treasurer Russel, will set a tax rate to raise about $18,000,000 to $20,600,000, needing over 70 cents per $100.
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Springfield
Iil
State Board of Equalization
State Tax Board
Dunne
Brady
Russel
Treasury
London Will Hled For Probate In California
The will of Jack London, died Nov. 22 at Glen Ellen, leaves most of his estate to widow Charmion K. London and asks that letters testamentary go to sister Eliza Shepherd and Willard L. Growall. Divorced wife receives 5 and her Oakland house until she remarries. Daughters Joan and Bess London get 25 a month each and the life insurance policy. The will, dated May 24, 1911, also directs housing for Joan and Bess by Charmion and makes small bequests to mother and sister.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Jack London
California
Glen Ellen
Here
Charmion K. London
London
Eliza Shepherd
Willard L. Growall
Bessie M. London
Oakland
Joan
Bess London
Bess
Charmion
High Demurrage Rate Proposed by Railroads and Dealers
Chicago December 2 An agreement between railroads and coal dealers and distributors to curb coal shortages sets a higher demurrage rate. The plan mirrors an Interstate Commerce Commission move and runs from December 6 to May 1917, with free initial hours and escalating daily charges for cars in yards or on tracks, rail cars reconsigned.
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Chicago
Ilinois Public Utilities Commission
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
Movement to relocate Jewish immigrants from cities
A committee was appointed by the Federation of Jewish Farmers of America to plan distributing Jewish immigrants after the war to avoid dense city settlement. A second committee was named to help place orphaned children on farms.
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New York
United States
Federation of Jewish Farmers of America
Awaiting Reports From Great Britain Over Tarnowski Mission
Washington reports the state department expects entente powers to respond to its safe conduct proposal for Count Tarnowski the new Austrian ambassador and his party. Britain may ease its stance at neutrality without tying to academic rights or free movement on the high seas amid wartime diplomacy.
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Washington
State Department
Count Tarnowski
United States
Great Britain
High Sea
Gen Calles to Establish Military HQ Near Agua Prieta
A Nogales dispatch reports General Elias Calles will move 1500 to 2000 troops to Agua Prieta across the international boundary from Douglas to set up Sonora headquarters. The shift is expected to lead to the abandonment of the Yaqui Indian reservation.
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Agua Prieta
Douglas
Ariz
Elias Calles
Sonora
Nogales
Yaqui
Hello Girls Testify In McDaniel Murder Trial
In St Joseph Missouri the McDaniel murder trial nears end as 21 witnesses testify in rebuttal. The state seeks to prove no telephone call reached Prosecutor Oscar D McDaniel during the night of Mrs Harriet McDaniels murder while defense questions call records and witnesses.
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ST. Joseph
Oscar D. McDaniel
Harriet Moss McDaniel
McDaniel
B. L. Brown
Grace Boyer
Emm Mayer
Grace Miller
Miss Boyer
Attornes
Della Leslie
Leslie
U S Protests Deportation of Belgians by Germany
The United States, citing humane grounds, informs Germany of deep concern over Belgian deportations. Reported by Belgian minister Havenith, over 100,000 Belgians have been deported with 3,000 more moved weekly, prompting US action after meetings with Col. E M Bouse and ambassador James W. Gerard at the White House and State Department.
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Washington
Germany
Berlin
United States
E. Havenith
Lansing
Col. E.M. Bouse
James W. Gerard
White House
State Departments
Dr Dyson lifts Illinois cattle shipment restrictions
Illinois state veterinarian Dr. O E Dyson announced Friday night that shipment restrictions on cattle from public stock yards would be lifted after findings that cattle at Kansas City do not have hoof and mouth disease. Dr Adolph Eichorn of the U S Bureau of Animal Industry said the Kansas City infection is stomatitis, not hoof and mouth, and Washington will issue the official word. Dr Dyson forecast lifting the quarantine and advised Union Stock Yards President Arthur G Leonard that it would be safe to bring prize cattle from Kansas Nebraska and Missouri to the International Livestock Exposition opening December 4.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
O. E. Dyson
Kansas City
Chicago
Dyson
Kansas CLIX
Adolph Eichorn
Arthur G. Leonard
Union Stock Yards
Eichorn
U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Leonard
Diet Squad Loses Weight After Thanksgiving Meals
Chicago reports three members of a diet squad weighed in lighter on Friday after a Thanksgiving test day. The readable text lists meals and a recipe for Philadelphia relish with cabbage, green peppers, celery seed, mustard, salt, brown sugar, and vinegar.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Woman faintens as Reeves testifies in Chicago trial
Mrs Elvina Stiles head of a car theft syndicate fainted Friday when John C Reeves contradicted her in his sickbed testimony. Reeves, manager of a cafe, testified that Stiles patronized the cafe with Walter Linihan Louis Erb and others and that checks were cashed there for her. Reeves was ferried to the stand by his physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dee
Elvina Stiles
John C. Reeves
Stiles
Reeves
Walter Linihan
Louis M. Erb
Federal mediator goes to Nashville to settle railroad dispute
Washington December 2 G W W Hanger a federal mediator left for Nashville Tennessee to mediate ending differences between the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad and its employees The railroad asked for mediation and the four brotherhoods have telegraphed acceptance to suspend action while talks proceed with the board of mediation and conciliation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. W. W. Hanger
Federal Board of Meiation and Conciliation
Nashville
Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and
Decatur Beats University High In Season Opener
Decatur defeated University High of Normal 36 to 16 in the opening basketball game. Decatur's center GHB scored 19 points to lead the Bruins in the Decatur game.
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Decatur Beata Normal
Decatur
University High of Normal
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Gleason
Peaker Clark
Standard Oil
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