IMO Pilot Norseman in Custody
John Johansen helmsman of the Norwegian steamer Imo detained as a German spy suspect in Halifax after the Mont Blanc disaster. Louis Vosburg, deemed not a spy, is said to be temporarily unbalanced. he will be held until secret service clarity and likely deportation.
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Halifax
John Johansen
Imo
Mont Blanc
Massachusetts Relief Hospital
Louis Vosburg
Vosburg
Boston
Secret Service
Minor Attacks on West Front Reported by Haig
London says Haig's headquarters report a successful attack on a hostile post south of Villers-Guislain with garrison killed or captured. East of Bullecourt bomb fighting occurred in a French line segment where the enemy penetrated, yielding a few more prisoners. Enemy artillery activity noted south of the Scarpe and northeast of Ypres.
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London
Haig
France
Villers-Guis-lain
Bullecourt
Scarpe
Ypres
Berlin
Leopold
Army Headquarters
Guard to Grant at Vicksburg dies at 79
William C. Pool, 79, a lieutenant in the Union army who served as a guard for General Grant during the siege of Vicksburg, died at his Rockford home on Thursday. He enlisted early in the Civil War in Company K of the 130th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
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Rockford
William C. Pool
Vicksburg
Grant
One Hundred and
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Stray Zeppelin Reported Over Dutch Village
An airship believed to be a Zeppelin descended on rooftops in Bernies village near Amsterdam after flying the French flag. The crew had previously left the airship, according to Telegraaf dispatches filed December 14.
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Amsterdam
Bernies
Telegraaf
Power House Burns in Valleyfield Fire
A massive fire destroyed the power house of the Montreal Cottons Limited plant in Valleyfield Que on December 14 leaving about three thousand workers unemployed. Electrical energy arrangements are being made to replace the lost plant output and no casualties are reported. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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Valleyfield
Que
Montreal Cottons, Limited
Justice White Rebukes Draft Case Attorney
Washington December 14 Chief Justice White publicly rebuked J Jordan Jones who argued for Albert Jones convicted in Georgia for failing to register against a war law. The court interrupted as Jones claimed the law un constitutional. White called it un patriotic. The hearing moved on to nine pending suits challenging drafts and exemptions.
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Washington
White
Supreme Court
J. Jordon Jones
Albert Jones
Georgia
Harry Wienberger
New York
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Davis
Five Day Furlough for 20 000 Jackies at Great Lakes
Captain William P. Moffett announces five days of home leave for all 20 000 Jackies at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Half the men will take Christmas leave, the other 10 000 will depart after, ensuring both holiday periods. Pay arrangements provide each man with funds for the furlough.
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Chicago
Dec
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William P. Moffett
Moffett
Identity Woman by Picture of Ring
New York detectives in the Bronx identified a murdered young woman found April 10 1915 by a distinctive Finland made ring on her finger. Her mother in Finland recalled the ring and confirmed the victim as Hilda Sophia Isojansa. Police pursue the killer.
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New York
Bronx
Finland
North Bergen
N. J
Hilda Sophia Isojansa
Pennsylvania Leads in Army Recruiting
Washington December 14 Nearly eleven thousand men were listed as accepted for the regular army with another 27,600 reported too late for tabulation. Pennsylvania contributed 1441 enlistments, New York 836, Illinois 803, and California 495 as the total war volunteers reached 313,852. Officials expect a stronger showing today and Saturday the final draft age intake at the recruiting station.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
New York
Minois
California
War Department
Women Postmen Resign in Chicago Mail Experiment
Four of the original eight women who began Tuesday an experiment as letter carriers have resigned. They have asked for jobs in the mailing department, as announced.
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Chicago
Coal Shortage Triggers City Appeals For Aid To Sick
New York City health and market officials appealed to federal fuel administrator Dr. H A Garfield for coal to heat homes of the sick, warning heat shortages cause preventable disease as pneumonia season hits. Dr Henry Moskowitz urged standard sale by weight to curb price abuse, while a Long Island City coal yard sold 150 tons in 100 pound lots amid chaotic crowds. A Lehigh Valley plan to ship solid trainloads of domestic coal aims to move fuel from mines to ports for delivery to New York and New England.
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New York
New York City
H. A. Garfield
Haven Emerson
Department of Health
Henry Moskowitz
Public Markets
Bowling
Moskowitz
Emerson
Long Island City
Baby Heath
Porthambay
New England
Shelters Captured on Western Front and Armistice Talks
Berlin reports from December 14 say on the western front the Crown Prince Rupprecht’s front saw increased artillery action from Dixmude to the Lys and south of the Scarpe with German forces seizing several shelters and taking six officers and 54 men prisoner east of Bullecourt.
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Berlin
London
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Dixmude
Lys
Bullecourt
Mouevres
Vendhuile
St. Quentine
Treasury to buy farm loan bonds for two years
Washington officials testified before the house banking committee seeking consent for the secretary of the treasury to purchase one hundred million dollars of federal farm loan bonds annually for two years to support farm credit.
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Washington
Federal Farm Loan Board
House Banking Committee
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Snowfall at Camp Grant Halts Traffic Briefly
A five inch snowfall at Camp Grant and nearby areas overnight impeded traffic but did not fully block it. The report comes from Rockford on December 14. The wintry conditions affected travel in the region with continued precipitation likely.
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Camp Grant
Rockford, Til
Bombs Wound American Engineers In France Front
A German aerial bomb wounded several American railway engineers behind the British front in France. A bomb fell in a street as American troops passed, blowing out windows of a house where officers stood. Two American soldiers died later in hospital from gunshot wounds.
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Associated Press
France
Three Hour Strike In Twin Cities Ends Quietly
In St Paul and Minneapolis union men who walked out in sympathy with street car workers returned to work by mid afternoon on leaders orders. No violence occurred and relief deliveries risked disruption as bread and milk supply faced strain while sub zero temperatures caused frozen pipes and plumbing shortages. President Wilson’s labor commission to investigate the Twin City situation was announced.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
Wilson
Special Labor Commission
Twin City
State Safety Commission
Deries Murder of Broker's Young Wife
In Dedham Massachusetts Harriet Varney a nurse denied killing Pauline Keyes the wife of Boston real estate broker George H. Keyes. She testified she was drugged during a dinner after being introduced by her fiancé actor Whitney and described Keyes giving a wedding ring while they lived as man and wife.
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Dedham
Mass
George H. Keyes
Boston
Harriet A. Varney
Pauline Keyes
Keyes
Whitney
New Kitchen Card Out for Sugar and Wheat Rationing
Washington reports a new kitchen card will advocate three pounds of sugar per person monthly, a porkless day, and one wheat less and meatless meal daily. It urges adherence to additional wheatless and meatless days and warns against hoarding to help equalize food distribution and curb prices. The card’s reverse explains the world food situation and America’s duty to aid the Allies.
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Washington
Food Administration
United States
America
Crozier Blames Baker For Machine Gun Shortage
Senate military committee hearings on the war weapon supply probe Major General Crozier chief ordnance assigns responsibility for machine gun delays to Secretary Baker while defending the army’s weapons readiness. He notes French guns supplied due to shortages and cites factory changes for rifle delays, with broader production ramping up as Krag and other types are sent to cantonments. President Wilson forwarded Crozier’s renomination to ordnance chief as Baker declines comment.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Crozier
Baker
Chamberlain
Congress
Ile
Krag
National Army
Wilson
Senate
Crowder
Senate Committee
War Department
Special Board
FUEL DICTATOR MANES REPLY TO OHIO GOVERNOR
Russell, Kentucky, December statement by F C Baird representing the United States fuel administrator Garfield replying to Governor Cox on coal management. Baird outlines iron ore movement, coal transport needs, and rail limitations. He explains coal pooling at Lake Erie ports to speed delivery, notes 1917 production up 15 percent from 1915, and credits miners and managers for unselfish service. He emphasizes collaboration with Ohio Fuel Administrator H H Johnson to relieve coal destitution.
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Ironton
Russell
F. C. Baird
Nel
Garfield
Cox
Baird
Ohio
Lake Superior
Lake Erie
United States
Northwest
Mimself
H. H. Johnson
Seaman Gilson Found Among Jacob Jones Survivors
Vice Admiral Sims reported to the Navy Department that Lester Joseph Gilson, seaman, listed as missing from the destroyer Jacob Jones, has been found alive among survivors. Gilson's mother, Mrs. Alvins Gilson, resides in Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Washington
Sims
Navy Department
Lester Joseph Gilson
Jacob Jones
Gilson
Alvins Gilson
Green Bay
Wis
Six names renewals and new subscribers for The Whig
A reader writes from Quincy praising The Daily Whig after two years of readership, sending six names two renewals and four new subscribers for the coming year, noting St Louis Globe Daily as a longtime paper while The Whig remains a welcome visitor.
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Quincy Whig
Daily Whig
Whig
St. Louis Globe Daily
Night raid on harbor of Triest details emerge
Night raid on Trieste harbor reported by Italian navy cites torpedo attack on two Austrian Monarch class battleships, Wien and others. Dispatch says four torpedoes hit targets after crossing mine fields and obstructions, with torpedo boats taking heavy fire. Wien reportedly sunk with most crew saved. Monarch and Budapest ships built in 1895 1896, 5600 tons, 441 crew.
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New York
Triest
C. Pfiester
Priester
L. Vannutelli
Washington
London
Vienna
Wien
Monarch
Budapest
Belgium to take draft men's clothes for Belgians
A cable from the relief commission to Belgium says Germans’ occupied areas will welcome American soldiers’ warm clothing this winter. About 8,000 suits are boxed for shipment, with many shoes hats caps and undergarments gathered at army camps. The Brussels clothing committee is funded by contributions to aid various relief groups and refugee services.
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Washington
Commission For Relief
Belgium
America
National Army
Brussels
League Against Tuberculosis
United States
Commission
Pay Interest on Bonds Saturday
Washington Dec 14 Thousands of subscribers to the second Liberty loan will make 40 percent payments at banks today though not due at Federal Reserve banks until Saturday More than half of the remaining 1012000000 will be paid On Saturday the treasury will make the first semi annual interest payment on liberty bonds of the first issue Subscribers will clip the interest coupon from their bonds and deposit these at banks The aggregate payments amount to 34 percent on the 200000000 total of the first loan or about 35000000
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Washington
Federal Reserve
Treasury
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J.C Burchall
Imp
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Burchall
Norway
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West Front
Holland
Justice White
Chides
Great Lakes
U. S
Twin-cities
Carmen
Gen. Crozier
Asserts Secretary of War
Manes
Mr. Bolton Ewing
I. W. Bohon
Bohan
Cable Dispatch
U. S. Treasury
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