10000 Romanian Prisoners Taken In War Report
Berlin reports from the war officer that Russian attacks in the Ludova region and Carpathians were repulsed but heavy losses occurred. Romanian troops retreating from Predeal and Alischansz passes were cut off and most captured. Austro German forces pursued in Western Romania, claiming over 10000 prisoners. Lloyds notes two ships sunk, Kelzer and Meteor, with crews landed.
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Ludova
Carpathian
Trotus
Predeal
Alischansz
Romania
Liberal chiefs shift seen as Balfour foreign secretary
Liberal meeting reports A J Balfour as foreign secretary in a new cabinet with Lord Robert Cecil as parliamentary under secretary for foreign affairs. The Evening News counters this, opposing Balfour in the post, arguing his foreign policy record would weaken the blockade and aid Germany. Suffragettes jeer Liberal leaders as they arrive at the Reform Club.
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LONDON
A. J. Balfour
Robert Cecil
Evening News
Lloyd George
Balfour
foreign office
Robert
reform club
VISCOUNT GREY
Lord Grey
Siret ward
forsi
Vote of Confidence Riles Paris Press
Press of France reports the chamber of deputies passed a vote of confidence in Premier Briand with broad support for government measures. The Figaro notes temperate sentiment while acknowledging heightened excitement and rising opposition, from 87 to 160 votes since last June, as the minority swells.
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PARIS
chamber of deputies
Figaro
Briand
Cay
Caledonia Sunk Believed After Lloyds Announcement
Dec 8 The Anchor line steamship Caledonia of 928% tons gross is believed sunk, announced today at Lloyds shipping agency. The vessel, 500 feet long and 32 feet deep, has served the British government and was built at Glasgow in 1900.
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Caledonia
Lloyd’s shipping agency
Glesgow
Great Britain Asked Status of Arabia Sinking
Washington reports Britain was asked by the state department for information on the Arabia sinking by a German submarine. Germany described in a note yesterday why the submarine commander acted, claiming the Arabia was armed and the action justified.
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WASHINGTON
Dec
Great Britain
state department
Arabia
Germany
French Battlefleet Suffren Reported Sunk Near Dardanelles
Paris dispatch says the battleship Suffren, last heard from November 24 on a voyage to Lorient, is presumed lost with all hands. Built 1899, it carried four 12-inch guns and eight 6|inch guns, 70 men normal complement, 410 feet long, 70 feet beam, and served at the Dardanelles last year before being refitted in Toulon.
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PARIS
Suffren
minister of marine
Lorient
Brittany
Dardanelles
Toulon
WASHINGTON
Deco
Japan
Badger
general board of the navy today
house naval peorle
general board
Admiral Badger
Fletcher
Harkness Estate Leaves Widow Rich After Appraisal
New York December reports Mrs Mary Warden Harkness widow of Charles W Harkness of Standard Oil died after surgery in a New York hospital. Mr Harkness estate was appraised at about 49.6 million dollars with more than 12.8 million left to the widow. The couple resided in Madison New Jersey.
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NEW YORK
Mary Warden Harkness
Charles W. Harkness
Standard Oil Company
Norwegian ships hit by mines lose tonnage in November
A December report from Christiania says the Norwegian ministry of commerce announced November losses of Norwegian vessels totaling 32,990 tons. A Reuters dispatch from Las Palmas reports the Greek steamship Spiros, 1086 tons gross, sunk by a German submarine. A Stavanger Reuters correspondent notes Norwegian steamship Istettin, 412 tons gross, also sunk by a German submarine.
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LONDON
Fteuters
Christiania
ministry of commerce
Spiros
Reuters
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Stavanger
Norway
saya
Istettin
German explains Belgian deportations as social necessity
Berlin says transfer of Belgian laborers to Germany relieves idle workers caused by British embargo. It argues moves are not German requisitions of raw material but a measure to avert hardship. Officials report 1.58 million Belgians need aid, with 300 million francs spent to support dependents. figures cover 2.2 million prewar workers, with 655,600 fully or partly unemployed.
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BERLIN
Germany
Belgium
Trusted Policeman Confesses to Robbery
Albert J. Griffith, a four year veteran of the Los Angeles police, confessed to police that he robbed a mobile express wagon on a busy street yesterday stealing about 5000 dollars in cash and 34000 dollars in checks drafts and other banking papers most of the money was recovered and he implicated himself in the crime
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LOS ANGELES
Albert J. Griffith
German consuls case teeters on witness felony claim
In San Francisco on December 3 193? an assertion by defense counsel that Louis Smith the government's star witness is a felon threatens the case against Franz Bopp and other German consular officials. Smith alleged bomber may testify under promised immunity as prosecutors aim to link Congo General Trans Bopp with six owners and personnel of a German car late tied to neutrality violations and explosions in Washington state Canada and entente ships. The session continued with expected testimony and immunity talks.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Franz Bopp
Louis 4d. Smith
Louis Smith
Trans. Bopp
Washington
Canada
Smith
Test on middle aged workers begins in Chicago
A Chicago committee of 15 large employers led by Benjamin J Rosenthal began an efficiency test of men aged 45 to 65 alongside an equal number of younger workers. Twenty middle aged men will work in a large firm's correspondence department next week, paired with 26 youths, performing identical tasks to compare output and pay.
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CHICAGO
Benjarin J. iRosenthal
Rosenthal
Chisago
Prosecution Plans in Food Probe Face Cabinet Review
Federal officials weigh how to prosecute alleged food price speculators as part of a broader probe. President and cabinet study preliminary reports while Anderson and Pagan coordinate indictments and procedures. In Chicago, a butter boycott and federal price scrutiny push prices down as demand falls.
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WASHINGTON, Bee
United States
Anderson
White House
congress
Oliver E. Pagan
department of justice
house commerce committee
Chicago butter and egg board
Hawaii Japanese population drives major 1919–20 rise
Hawaii’s population estimates for 1920 show 237,623 residents, a jump of 45,714 from 1919. Gov. Pinkham’s annual report notes the largest rise occurred among Japanese residents, who number 17,126 more than last year, marking the key demographic shift.
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Hawaii
Pinkham
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