Baroness Zollner Held as Espionage Suspect in Tennessee
Baroness Juna Zollner of New York, wife of a German army officer, is held with bail denied for federal grand jury on espionage act charges in Chattanooga. Lieut. John W. Spaulding, arrested with her, is sent to Fort Oglethorpe after testimony about letters to his boy and a coded message facilitating movements. Baroness denies charges, says status as alien enemy allowed mobility. habeas corpus writ advised.
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Chatsanooga
Tenn
Juna Zollner
New York
Flanders Front
Bedford -Shope
Spaulding
France
Fort Oglethorpe
Naval Academy
Zollner
Washington
Annapolis
McAlester
Five Million Tons of Shipping in 1918
Washington reports the Shipping Board estimates five million deadweight tons for 1918 output based on builder reports. The program aims at 3 26308 tons with shifts likely in yards nationwide. Labor and material shortages now key obstacles cited by officials.
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Washington
Shipping Board
America
Senate Commerce Committee
Country's skippers using river barges
Thousands of tons of freight are moved by river barges to ease rail congestion. New terminals rise at Memphis Nashville St Louis Peoria St Paul Minneapolis with improvements at New Orleans Montgomery Mobile. Government barges operate on the Mississippi. U S Steel builds seventy barges for the upper Ohio and Monongahela rivers. 24 barges of 2000 tons and four towboats planned for St Louis to St Paul. New York seeks a barge fleet for its canal.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Memphis
Nashville
St. Louis
Peoria
St. Paul
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Montgomery
Mobile
Mississippi
United States Steel Corporation
Ohio
Monongahela
New York
Redfield
New York State Canal
Senator Newlands Dies in Capital at 60
Senator F G Newlands of Nevada died in Washington DC late Monday night from heart failure after a few hours illness. He was stricken at his senate office, returned home, and died at 10:15 PM with Mrs Newlands and her brother at his bedside. A long proponent of railroad and river projects, he helped develop arid western lands and waterways as author of the Newlands act.
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Washington
F. G. Newlands
Nevada
Senator Newlands
Senate
Yale
Columbian College Law School
District of Columbia
San Francisco
House
John P. Jones
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joint Congressional Committee On Transportation Problems
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
America
Christmas Message From Pope Benedict To America
Rome dispatch reports Pope Benedict’s Christmas greeting to the American people. He urges hearts to grasp Christmastide lessons of divine love and self sacrifice, calls for courage, and prays for peace and protection for children and their loved ones amid present strife.
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Associated Press
Holy Father
America
Bethlehem
Rome
Pope Benedict
Cardinal Gibbons Urges Obedience In Christmas Message
Baltimore on December 25 Cardinal Gibbons released a Christmas message to all soldiers and sailors urging obedience as the lesson of the divine infant. He emphasized following the will of superiors and extending his wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
United States
Decrease in British Casualties For Week
London reports British casualties for December 1924 totaling 13,919 killed or died of wounds including 208 officers and 2,714 men and 837 officers and 10,180 men wounded or missing A notable drop from earlier weeks ending December 18 with 17,976 and December 11 with 23,356 and December 4 with 28,822.
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London
Slight Breach In Italian Line
Rome reports Italian defense in Asiago plateau where enemy attacks at Baso Monte Valdella were repelled by counterattacks. Bersaglieri detachments on Piave Vecchia crossed to the left bank and forced enemy units to retreat after a surprise assault.
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Rome
Asiago
Baso Monte Valdella
Piave Vecchia
Gradenigo
Bersaglieri
Armour replies on Stock Yards ownership records
Armour & Co. defended its disclosure to FTC examiners stating it reported in October that it owned one fifth of the Chicago Stock Yards Company. Armour denied claims of a vast stock increase from 20 million to 100 million due to the Yard investment, noting 1910 capital and surplus at 93.98 million and earnings retained to fund growth.
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Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Hravits
Chicago Stock Yards Company
Stock Yards Company
Stock Yards
Armour & Co
Fourteen Killed in Pittsburgh Street Car Wreck
A Knoxville line street car ran away in a tunnel late Monday, threw passengers into a mass, and overturned near Carson Street. Fourteen people were killed and many others injured, eight of them women. The accident occurred as shoppers filled the car leaving the south end tunnel, prompting an investigation by Pittsburgh Railways into the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Lif
Kaoxville
South Side
South Hills
Carson Street
Smithfield Street
Pittsburgh Railways Company
Knoxville
Municipal Tree Lights Denver Christmas Cheer
Denver's municipal Christmas tree set up in the civic center topped by an American flag as thousands gather. Army recruits Red Cross workers Boy Scouts in uniform join church choirs and a municipal band. Multiple charities plan baskets dinners and public entertainments across downtown for the holiday season.
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Denver
Red Cross
Webster's Cartoons Highlight Human Touch and Humor
Webster's Cartoons showcase the artist's ability to reveal the human side of life with deft pen strokes. His pieces Boyhood Ambitions and Life's Darkest Moment stand as classics of human caricature, while his political drawings convey clear, big ideas.
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Webster
the Whig
Red Cross Christmas Cheer Aimed at Soldiers and Children
The cablegram from Paris details American Red Cross plans to entertain American base hospital patients and wounded in trenches, supply Christmas bags with tobacco soap and candy, and deliver 100000 sacks of gifts to French troops. It also mentions Christmas trees in training camps and efforts to help French refugee children and war cripples with books toys and clothing.
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Washington
American Red Cross
France
Paris
Red Cross
Ham
Nesle
Nevon
Verdun
Society of Friends
Christmas 1917 War Summary Feels Inactive Fronts
War summary notes overall lull in fighting on major fronts Christmastide 1917 with inactivity except Teutonic aliies pressing Italy and gains in Mesopotamia and Palestine. Allenby advances reach Jerusalem Bethlehem and Holy Sepulchre while Russians and Belgian Verdun sectors show shifting lines. German Emperor touts Central Powers victories and threatens forceful peace by iron fist if Allies refuse.
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Italy
Venita
Baltic
Black Sea
Isonzo
Belgium
Verdun
Asiatic
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Palestine
Allenby
Bethlehem
Christ
Jerusalem
Holy Sepulchre
Russia
Stremacds
United States
Great Britain
Arrest of dangerous German spy on West Coast
Federal officials announce the arrest on a presidential warrant of Franz Schulenberg, described as a top German spy on the Pacific coast. He allegedly planned to destroy government documents in major ports and, under orders from Lt Wilhelm Von Brincken, bought ton of dynamite in Seattle near a Puget Sound munition barge blast. Evidence ties him to Franz Von Papen and Ramchandra, then on trial in federal court for neutrality violations.
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San Francisco
Franz Schulenberg
Pacific Coast
Aay
Schulenberg
Wilhelm von Brincken
Seattle
Puget Sound
Franz von Papen
Secret Service
United States
Ramchandra
Meade Murder Shocks Peoria Bank as Strause Arrested
Peoria, Dec. 25. Bank president E A Strause shot cashier Berne M Meade in the bank quarters Sunday noon after a struggle. Strause owned the revolver used. bank revolver found in place. Fingerprints on Strause collar to aid inquiry. Inquest delayed to Wednesday to allow police time to test theories the shots could all be Strause. Edward C Leisy elected bank president. Meade family says Meade was murdered.
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Peoria
Vines
Berne M. Meade
State Trust and Savings Bank
E. A. Strause
W. W. Rhoades
Strause
Meade
Tigerly
Leisy
Edward C. Leisy
Brew
Christmas Mail Rush in New York Breaks Record
New York December 2 the Christmas mail rush at the city post office shattered records with nearly 42 percent more mail than previous years. Postmaster T G Patten cites soldier mail as a major factor and notes a thousand extra clerks aiding regular staff.
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New York
T. G. Patten
Mr. Batten
Red Cross Membership Drive Surpasses 3 Million Goal
Dec 25 reports from Chicago to St. Louis show the Red Cross campaign exceeding its 3 million division quota with preliminary tallies across states. Iowa nears 1,000,000, Wisconsin over 600,000, Colorado 155,000, Utah about 60,000, and Kansas City adding roughly 115,000 to 120,000 members amid statewide totals.
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Wasittington
Red Cross
Chicago
Central Division
The
Lewis N. Wiewins
Washington
John P. Wallace
Iowa
Frank W. Judson
Nebraska
Fred Vogel, Jr
Wisconsin
Denver
Mountain States
the Red Cross
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Wyoming
Kansas City
ST. Louis
American Red Cross
Southwest
John J. Johnston
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Johnston
New War Council Formed to Guide War Decisions
Washington reports a new War Council formed under Secretary Baker to coordinate supply, equipment, and policy among five officers and bureau chiefs. The body will decide on measures for welfare and wartime prosecution, with more appointments expected in coming days.
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Washington
War Department
Thaseos
Baker
Council
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Vente Ford
Capital
Francis
G. Newlands
Pope
Armour
U.S
Webster’s
West
NEW War Council
Bair
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