Railroads Junction Moms Sought In War Reports
Berlin war office reports strong Russian attacks on the Transylvanian front failed to halt Teutonic advances in Wallachia. Serbian and French assaults in Cerna bend Macedonia were repulsed, while Romanian forces crossed the Jaromitza near Receanu en route to Buzeu. Continuous fighting with heavy losses reported on Cerna river and near Suhodol and Vlaklar fronts.
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Berlin
Sayville
Wallachia
War Office
Cerna
Rumania
Jaromitza
Receanu
Bucharest
Buzeu
Teutonic
Ploedti
Eastern
Carpathians
Serbia
Suhodol
Monastir
Vlaklar
President Wilson Approves plan to ease cost of living
President Wilson endorses the Justice Department investigation into rising living costs after a Boston conference with District Attorney Anderson. Officials say the program aims to simplify food transportation, boost production, and curb price rises rather than pursue broad prosecutions of lawbreakers. Anderson to depart for Chicago as secrecy tightens. Public urged to buy less and seek substitutes to help lower prices.
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Washington
Wee
Department of Justice
Wilson Manday
Anderson
Boston
Air. Anderson
Chicago
Socialists Push for City Food Lockup and Markets
A New York delegation of socialists urged Mayor Mitchel to seize all foodstuffs and coal held by speculators, set up municipal markets, provide free lunches for school children, prosecute food pirates, cut out middlemen, and sell commodities at cost, proclaiming "feed America first." John D. Cannon of the Western Federation of Miners led the group, stressing the slogan and broader national action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mitchel
John D. Cannon
Western Federation of Miners
America
No Shake-Up In Cabinet
Washington December reports say most of President Wilson’s cabinet will stay past March 4 with possible reshuffles. Attorney General Gregory’s departure rumors persist while Baker may remain or move to justice. Houston’s leave as St Louis University chancellor trails cabinet service. McAdoo denies resigning plans. McCormick may take War Department if Gregory resigns.
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Washington
Wilson
Gregory
McAdoo
Houston
Washington University
St. Louis
Baker
Department of Justice
Grégory
Vance ©. McCormick
Democratic National Committee
War Department
Healey Resigns as Chicago Chief of Police
Charles C Healey chief of police resigns effective Jan 1 1917 amid a feud with Mayor Thompson and State's Attorney Hoyne. He says resignation follows pressure and cites intent to return to traffic squad while denying voluntary exit. Indictments and officers suspended over vice suppression fueled the dispute.
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Chicago
Charles C. Tealey
Healey
Thompson
Maclay Hoyne
O'Brien
Hoyne
O’brien
Grand
White Rats May Strike Across Nation in Vaudeville
Telegraph orders for a nationwide walkout of vaudeville actors are awaited by White Rats Actors' Union of America members as national executives tour the West to solidify plans. A Chicago strike call is anticipated once leaders finalize details. Booking agencies report preparations with over 200 emergency acts to cover Western time gaps.
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New York
White Rats Actors’ Union of America
West
Chicago
Allied shipping warned of raider in Atlantic patrols
British cruisers and shore stations in the British West Indies issue round the clock warnings to allied shipping across the south Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico. Wireless intel describes the suspected German raider as a two funnel steamer with a straight stern.
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Miami
Fla
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
British West Indies
Wilson to resume weekly press conferences
President Wilson will resume next Monday his weekly conferences with Washington newspaper correspondents. The practice began soon after he entered the White House and was abandoned to avoid discussing delicate international questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
White House
National Guard under fire prompts defense funding debate
Washington reports Congress debatted army and navy reform as Secretary Daniels urged compulsory preference for government orders on military supplies. Baker noted 71,534 of 163,500 National Guardsmen in federal service lacked prior training, with enrollments rising to about 60 percent. Experts warned universal training costs and a projected 50 million deficiency to equip state troops, while ships design delays and calls to expand naval facilities and barracks dominated hearings.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Baker
Clark
House
Congressional Military Committee
Ensig
England
Great Britain
United States
Hugh L. Scott
National Guard
Sharpe
War Department
Naval Committee
Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Acadey
Boston
New York Navy Yards
New Post
Southern
Naval Academy
Deutschland reaches home port in safety
Berlin via Sayville wireless reports the submarine merchantman Deutschland arriving at noon Sunday off the Weser mouth signaling the successful completion of its second trans Atlantic round trip under Captain Paul Koenig. The ship left New London on November 21 at 2:30 p m and made the return voyage in 19 days, two days longer than Bremen to New London.
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Berlin
Sayville Wireless
Pec 12
Trerchantman Deutschland
Weser
Deutschland
Paul Koenig
New London
Bremen
America
Baltimore
Explosion Destroys Plant in Petersborough Ont
An explosion and fire leveled the Quaker Oats building in Petersborough Ontario on Monday. Eight workers were killed and ten injured. all victims were employees. Property damage estimated at one million dollars.
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Petersborough
Ont
Quaker Oats
To Be Re-appointed by President Wilson
Washington Dec 12 Winthrop M Daniels of New Jersey whose term on the interstate commerce commission expires Dec 3 will be reappointed by President Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Winthrop M. Daniels
New Tsey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wlson
Deportation of Belgians Deepens Tragedy in German Occupation
New York reports a Belgian minister of justice says deportations and speculations grow daily harsher as men are seized at work sites in Lessines Willebroich Boel and Merbe. A martyr teacher's wife and children are cited after a note found on a railway collar. Germans drive men into trains amid despairing crowds singing Floria Victoria. A Carnegie Hall protest is planned to condemn the oppression.
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New York
America
Wilson
Pierre Mali
Carton de Wiart
Belgium
Carnegie Hall
de Wiart
Lessines
Willebroch
Boel
Merbe
Chenee
Mons
Mivilles
Third note sent to allied powers on Count Tarnowski aid
The U S state department sent a third communication to Great Britain and France asserting the unhindered passage of Count Tarnowski the Austrian ambassador as part of diplomatic rights. No reply was received as he is due to sail from Rotterdam December 16 and officials expect informal acceptance despite formal positions.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
France
Count Tarnowski
United States
Austria
England
Rotterdam
Day in Congress Brings Immigration Bill to Executive Session
Senate met at noon and took up the immigration bill in executive session then adjourned at 4 20 p m to noon Tuesday House. Secretary Daniels testified before the naval committee on the naval appropriation bill. Hearings on the postal and Indian appropriation bills were held with adjournment at 5 10 p m to noon Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Daniels
Naval Committee
Vinita Bank Robbery Claimed $15,000 From Four Masked Men
Four masked men robbed the Fathers' State Bank of Vinita Oklahoma on Monday afternoon while the cashier was alone. They forced him into the vault and retrieved all the money in sight before fleeing to a waiting car with two accomplices. The loot was estimated at $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Fathers’ State Bank
Vinita
Print Paper Hearing Today in Washington
Facts uncovered by the federal trade commission in its inquiry into news print paper prices will be laid before paper makers, dealers and users at a hearing here today. Representatives of the paper interests will be questioned along lines traced by the commission's agents from forest to print shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Appoints Woman to Board of Assessors
CHICAGO on December 2 Charles Ringer elected to the board of assessors with aid of women voters appointed Mrs Mabel Gilmore Reinecke as secretary.
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Chicago
Charles Ringer
Mabel Gilmore Reinecke
French Chamber Turmoil Over Brizon Exclusion Vote
In Paris the chamber of deputies clashed during the military appropriations debate as Socialist MP Pierre Brizon denounced fighting for Constantinople tied to Russia. He was accused of treason, a water glass was hurled, and the chamber voted to exclude him after he defended himself and accused Bouge of insult. The session was suspended, Brizon left as the chamber resumed.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Pierre Brizon
M. Brizon
Constantinople
Russia
M. Renoult
M. Renout
Chamber
Germany
M. Bonge
Brizon
M. Brzon
Price Probe Extends to Retailers in Chicago
A federal grand jury probing rising food prices ordered retail grocers and market men to testify about how they fix prices. Wholesalers’ claimed price discrepancies prompted the panel to seek retailer explanations. An anonymous letter alleges most local eggs are owned by warehouse owners, with 80 percent stored in two warehouses. investigators seek owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Benjamin P. Epstein
Hoyne questions Sunday arrest order in Chicago
Chicago December 12. State's Attorney Hoyne suspects Mayor Thompson orchestrated the Sunday liquor law arrests to shift responsibility to the state. He notes delays for 27 saloonkeepers arrested under the order and asks for a special prosecutor or license revocation as enforcement options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hoyne
Thompson
Open Two Cent Rate Hearing
Chicago December 12 Hearing on a suit by twenty eight railroads to stop the Illinois Public Utilities Commission from enforcing the 2 cent passenger fare law. The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled the 2 cent fare discriminatory and 24 cents would be reasonable. The railroads seek to enjoin the state agency from acting on the federal ruling.
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Chicago
Ilinois Public Utilities Commission
Landis
United States District Court
Interstate Commerce Commissin
Commission
Federal Commission
Berlin Reichstag to Open Amid High Demand for Hollweg Speech
Berlin reports say interest in Chancellor Hollweg’s address in the reichstag today is intense with tickets for admission in high demand. The speech, expected to last about thirty minutes, will be followed by immediate adjournment without debate as parliament convenes from war front lines to Berlin.
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Berlin
London
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Vienna
Sofia
Constantinople
German pledge violations tied to sinking of Marina
Information gathered at the state department and sent to Berlin alleges a clear breach of German pledges in the sinking of the British steamer Marina with six American deaths. Officials say Germany admitted torpedoing without warning and argues the case mirrors prior Sussex warnings, with the United States demanding vessel verification before any further action.
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Washington
State Department
Berlin
Foreign Office
United States
Germany
Marina
Arabia
Great Britain
Mediterranean
Wilson
Lansing
Sussex
Standard Oil Announces Employee Bonuses Across US
Standard Oil of New Jersey authorizes bonuses for staff earning under $3,000 annually who were not part of a recent wage advance. Recipients under $1,000 receive 20 percent, those $1,000 to $2,000 get 15 percent, and those $2,000 to $3,000 receive 10 percent.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
United States
French Steamer Saint Philippe Sunk in Shelling
A Havre dispatch to Havas reports the French steamer Saint Philippe was sunk with two crew killed during shelling. The captain and five crew members arrived at Havre.
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Paris
Saint Philippe
Havas
Havre
Tlavre
Senate veto urged on Wilson immigration bill with race debates
Washington dec 12 President Wilson is expected to veto the immigration bill as it passes the house amid opposition in the senate The debate includes provisions to exclude Hindus and other Asiatics and even Africa by race led by Senator Works and Senator Reed The discussion touches on the Root Takahira pact and potential constitutional questions raised by Senator Vardaman efforts on the 14th and 15th amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Wilson
Cleveland
Taft
Congress
Works
California
State Department
United States
Reed
Africa
Gallinger
Smith
South Carolina
Vardaman
Supreme Court
Jitney Hearing In Rock Island Today
Springfield asks Rock Island for venue change in a first injunction case by the Illinois commerce commission seeking to curb jitney bus operators until they obtain a public necessity certificate. Operators contend they are not subject to the commission and refuse to apply, with today's arguments focusing on venue changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Utile Ih
Ihs
Rock Toland
Friend of Lincoln Dies in Springfield Evening Death
George Pasfield, a Springfield financier and rare surviving acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln, died Monday from peritonitis at age unknown. The obituary notes his wealth and mentions estate transactions as context.
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Lincoln
Springfield
George Pasfield
Abraham Lincoln
Pasfield
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Vinita Bank
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Standard Oil
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