Bucharest Falls to Teutonic Forces in December Advance
German forces capt ured Bucharest, the Romanian capital, and the railway hub of Ploiești cutting the main line of retreat. The advance, achieving a culmination of the southern Romanian campaign, follows crossing the Danube and linking with broader Austro German efforts in Dobrudja and Wallachia.
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Bucharest
Berlin
Sayville
Rumania
Ploechti
von Mackensen
Danube
von Falkenhayn
Wallachia
Ferdinand
Mackensen Crosses Danube To Join Falkenhayn Forces
German and Austro Hungarian forces under Mackensen cross the Danube at several points including Zimnitza, severing Romanian holds along the Alt River and pushing toward Bucharest. Romanian defense collapses as the central powers drive from the west and north, nearing the capital. Bucharest is entered as the fourth Entente capital captured, with the city once known as the Paris of the East described in strong terms.
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Rumania
Transylvania
Hungary
Kronstadt
Hermannastadt
Dobrudja
Rumanian
Danube
Turtukai
Silistria
Ith
Ruuning
Black Sea
Constanta
Tehernavoda
von Mackensen
Bucharest
von Falkenhayn
Transylvanian Alps
Jinl
Tirgi-Jut
Wallachia
von Failkenhayn
Craiova
Orsova
von Mackenser
Zimnitza
Alt River
Jiu
Gaugin
Hne
Argechu
Burcharest
Albert
Brussels
Peter
Serbia
Nicholas
Montenegro
Ferdinand
Rumilania
Murder charge filed as Allen at large in Seattle
Percival V. Allen, who escaped from county jail after a year sentence for unlawful living with Anna Danielson, is charged with murder in the first degree. Poisoning evidence linked by Danielson’s relatives in Iowa and Minnesota prompted the filing. authorities say he may be hiding in Seattle. The Danielson case involved her death in Allen’s apartment last July. An analysis of her stomach was conducted by University of Minnesota authorities and reported to Seattle police.
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Percival V. Allen
Anna Danielson
Allen
Miss Danielson
Iowa
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Anielson
Department of Justice
Department
Federal Trade Commission
Overa
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Butter and Eggs Exchange
Elgin Board of Trade
New York
Colt
Henry
Miles Committee
Congress
Hving
Borland
Carpenel
Kansas
Sabath
Stage Held Up. Driver Killed Near Idaho Nevada Route
A stage traveling between Rogerson Idaho and Jarbidge Nevada was held up. The driver was killed and passengers and the mail pouch robbed. The stage was driven into Jarbidge by a passenger, who brought the driver’s body.
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Spokane
Washa
Rogerson
Idaho
Jarbidge
Nev
Post Office
Green City Boy Shot at Dance Dies Tuesday
Andrew Page died Tuesday afternoon after a dance six miles south of Green City. Reports say both Page and Coffman were intoxicated. Page allegedly fired first, Coffman returned fire missing Page. County officers plan warrants for those implicated.
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Green City
Andrew Page
Here
Page
Coffman
Conference on Belgian labor question held in Berlin
Joseph C. Grow, secretary of the American embassy, met again with German chancellor Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg in Berlin on Tuesday. It is presumed the talks concerned the Belgian labor question and related issues.
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Berlin
London
Joseph C. Grow
von Bethmann-Holllweg
Lloyd George Forms Coalition with Bonar Law
British politics move as David Lloyd George consents to form a coalition ministry with Andrew Bonar Law. The king hosts party leaders. Bonar Law declines. Lloyd George accepts the task and signals a war council amid factional tensions and potential inclusion of Northcliffe.
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Ondon
David Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Lloyd George
London
Asquith
Buckingham Palace
Nberals
Bonar Law
Balfour
Unionists
Tenderson
Labor Party
Unitists
House of Commons
Laborites
Lloyd-George
Mr. Balfour
Viscount Grey
Lord Lansdowne
Imust
Earl of Derby
Sir Edward Carson
Lord Derby
Bucharest Falls to Central Powers After 100 Days War
War dispatches state Bucharest is in central powers control as of 100 days since Romania's entry. Teutons seize about 60,000 square miles and Pleodhti rail hub, isolating Jassy. Russian diversion efforts falter. Serbs take northeast Carpathian forts. Verdun attack on Hill 304 near Avecourt yields partial success for Germans, Paris reports.
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Rumania
Teutonic
Verdun
Avecourt
Paris
Day in Congress Senate Adopts Railroad Hearing and Hatcheries Bill
Senate sessions resumed at noon with a joint committee hearing on railroad problems and continued work on the Owen corrupt practices bill. Adjourned at 10:32 p.m. until noon Thursday, then reassembled at noon to discuss the omnibus fish hatcheries bill, adjourning again at 4:57 p.m. until noon.
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Owen
Sherman Opens Senate Debate on Campaign Expenditures
Washington December 7 Senator Owen outlined Republican support for the corrupt practices bill to curb spending in congressional and presidential races. The measure, in amended form, is expected to pass before March adjournment. Sherman warned against broad limits and favored transparency, noting disparities between large and small states in campaign finance.
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Washington
Owen
Senate
Kenyon
Works
Twenty six women killed by blast in factory
London report states twenty six women died and about thirty were injured in a munitions factory explosion Tuesday night. Officials say the accident will have negligible effect on munitions output.
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London
Bull wins ribbon at international livestock show in Missouri
The grand champion short horn trophy went to Village Supreme, a Missouri bull under two years old from Bellos Brothers of Marysville, Mo. Max Walton, from Mansfield, Ohio, won in the bulls two years old and under three class. Baron Ascot, owned by F L Bo Wilson of Waukegan, took the double Clyde stallion prize for animals over five years.
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Chicago
Village Supreme
Missouri
Bellos Brothers
Marysville
Max Walton
Pride
Mansfield
Ohio
Surprise sinks off Funchal in German submarine attack
London reports the French gunboat Surprise, 636 tons, with 100 crew, was sunk near Funchal Madeira by German submarines. Thirty four crew members perished. The steamers Kangaroo and Dacia were torpedoed. two hours of shelling targeted the shore including the English cable station.
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London
Funchal
Madeira
Lisbon
Davia
Kangaroo
Dacia
Surprise
Maine
Lloyds
Mavre
Royalist violence reported in Athens turmoil
London reports Greek royalists regain control of cable and press censorship while Venizelist supporters face brutal attacks. Dispatches claim looting of Venizelos home by regular troops, with casualties and imprisonments. British diplomats describe men battered and jailed, including Gen Corakas and Mr Rendel, amid siege and forced invasions of residences.
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London
Foreign Office
Athens
Associated Press
Venizelos
M. Kalopthakis
Legation
Carakas
Maroudas
Parliament House
Corakas
Rendel
Descati
Mr. Rendel
Drowned Crew of Spanish Steamer Pioix in Atlantic Storm
One hundred crew members aboard the Spanish steamship Pioix from New Orleans to Barcelona were drowned when the vessel sank in a storm about 200 miles off the Canary Islands. The ship was en route from New Orleans to Barcelona.
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Madrid
Paris
Pioix
New Orleans
Barcelona
Canary Islands
Food Inquiry Grows Into National Investigation
The federal probe into the high cost of living expands nationwide, with plans for a sweeping inquiry into food prices and coal supply. Justice officials meet with the federal trade commission as Congress weighs bills and potential enforcement actions.
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Washington
United States
Prom
Wilson
Congress
House
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Anderson
Boston
Land to be seized for food supplies by king's order
London reports King George signs an order in council authorizing the board of agriculture to seize unoccupied or occupied land for cultivation to secure better food supplies.
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London
King George
Board of Agriculture
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