World Happenings and Government Briefs
Secretary of the Navy Daniels answers charges in Washington denying Gardner and Lodge statements on long-range torpedo tubes and other accusations. Maj. Gen. Wotherspoon informs President Wilson that Panama Canal defenses are inadequate. Philippines Alaska and Hawaii are defenseless. Foot and mouth quarantine eased at Chicago Union stockyards to allow broader cattle shipments. Wilson, Van Dyke, and Henry White indicate no peace prospects or renewed offers. Agriculture Secretary Houston urges Ohio corn growers to stay on the farm as population rises while corn production lags.
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Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Washington
Senator Lodge
Representative Gardner
New York
Gardner
W. W. Wotherspoon
United States Army
Wilson
Panama Canal
Philippines
Alaska
Hawaii
Houston
Chicago Union
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
Henry White
France
Europe
United States
Ohio
Notable 1900s Figures Far and Wide in Ill and Europe
Mrs Susan H Stetson Fletcher wife of Rear Admiral Frank Fletcher medical patient in Chicago Presbyterian hospital. Edwin C Brown longtime Michigan Central railroad official dies in Detroit aged 83. Congressman A J Sabath ill at home in Chicago with family alarm. Rube Marquard signs with Brooklyn Federals. William Graves Sharp presents credentials as American ambassador to Paris before President Poincare. William W Rockhill removed from voyage en route to be adviser to Yuan Shi Kai of China. Brig Gen Frank P Wells retired from command of Second brigade I N G and Lieut Col Henry R Hill of Quincy to succeed.
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Susan H. Stetson Fletcher
Frank F. Fletcher
United States Navy
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
William W. Rockhill
United States
Turkey
Honolulu
San Francisco
Peking
Yuan Shi Kai
China
Frank P. Wells
Henry R. Hill
Quincy
European War News From Fronts and Allied Entry
A Bucharest dispatch says Roumania will join the war with the Allies. Kaiser's orders urge second-line landstorm readiness by December 20. British gunners destroy a German field fort near Dixmude and Ypres. French guns overwhelm Kaiser's batteries in Champagne and near Verdun, French guns disabling German guns 16 miles from Verdun. Turkish cruiser Hamidieh damaged after striking a mine and returning to Constantinople. A foreign airman reportedly dropped bombs on Krupp factories with unclear damage. Serbia’s losses projected near 100000, about one third of its empire strength. Rioting at Zeist concentration camp in Holland. Belgian detainees shot by Dutch troops. Berlin says French attacks in Flanders were repulsed with losses. Russky Invalid cites 33000 Russian officers killed or captured. Berlin announces German occupation of Lodz amid days of desperate fighting.
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Flanders
Dixmude
Ypres
Champagne
Varennes
Verdun
London
Berlin
Lodz
Poland
Warsaw
Piotrkow
Glowno
Vistula
Russian Empire
Petrograd
Brzeziny
Przemysl
Hungary
Budapest
Frons
Aisne
Argonne
Copenhagen
Germany
Mexican Revolt Fire Wounds Soldier In Arizona
Across the line from Naco, Mexican combatants fired into U S soil killing a Mexican civilian and wounding Private John Miller of the Tenth Cavalry. Arizona Governor Hunt asked Washington for protection of noncombatants on the American side.
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Naco
Ariz
John Miller
Tenth U.S. Cavalry
Hunt
Arizona
H. A. Folsom
State Department
Washington
Germans Occupy Lodz in Poland as War Roadmap Opens
Berlin announces Lodz has fallen after days of heavy fighting around the Polish city. Russian and Austrian reports claim prisoner captures and bombardments, while German headquarters deny Russian claims and report limited progress on other fronts.
Destroy German Field Fort in Flanders Fighting
Paris official report states that on December 5 near the Haszar house in Belgium heavy artillery destroyed a German field fort. The enemy unsuccessfully tried to recapture Weidendreft after the fort’s destruction.
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Brench
Flanders
Paris
Belgium
Haszar
Gixmude
Ypres
Weidendreft
Lines of Allies Hold Amid German Yser Crossing Attempt
Fierce fighting rages along the frontline as German forces attempt a daring raft crossing of the Yser. French guns disrupt the operation and many Germans are lost. Meanwhile Roumania reportedly decides to enter the war on the side of the Allies, with debate over timing and concerns about a winter campaign.
Princes of India Aid War
London reports that ruling Indian princes have contributed about 4 million dollars to wartime expenses. The Nizam of Hyderabad pledges 2 million and the Maharaja of Mysore 1.65 million, with 950 thousand for the Prince of Wales and Indian relief funds. Chiefs also donated horses mules camels and private motor cars along with a well equipped hospital ship.
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Princes of India
London
Delhi
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Mysore
Prince of Wales Relief Fund
Indian Relief Fund
Two efficiency experts clash in a lighted conference
Representative William Gordon mocks the contending armies for worshiping drill. A friend recalls Black and White sprinting in an office, as Black jokes about backlighting to shield thoughts while White pursues efficiency, ending with both men seated on a window sill during the conference.
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William Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Black
White
How Luxury Kills in New York West Side
A historic analysis shows West Side Manhattan districts between Highly Sixth and One Hundred Twenty Fifth Streets with a death rate of 18.70 per thousand, higher than the national average and the East Side South of Grand Street. Statisticians link late hours heavy eating and drinking and sedentary habits to the elevated mortality among the well to do.
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New York City
West Side
New York
East Side
Grand Street
Silent TV and Hs Shape Odd Golf Exchange
Quip contrasts a silent TV with a vocally harsh English critic using his Hs, highlighting a playful golf moment. The exchange twists commentary on technique and language in a lighthearted tone.
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Edwin C. Brown
The
Michigan Central Railroad
Detroit
A. J. Sabath
Democratic County Central Committee
Rube Marquard
New York Giants
Brooklyn Federals
William Graves Sharp
Poincare
Bucharest
Roumania
Grand Order of the Kaiser
Hamidieh
Constantinople
Krupp
Servia
Zeist
Holland
German War Office
Russky Invalid
Yoshihito
Tokyo
America
Adam and
Dane Brown
Thebes, S
Los Angeles Stock Exchange
David Fountain
Sacramento
Cal
Margaret Milling
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Fountain
Ralph Lovelle
First National Bank of
Edgewater
N. J
Liverpool
Wisconsin Legislative Antivice Committee
Secretary of State
Madison
25Llinois
Union
Harley Board
Wesley Jenkins
Columbus
Beard
Massie
Ronton
Kaiser
Vienna
Galicia
Carpathians
Beskit Stelburg
Czenstochowa
Tymbark
Yser
Hach
Geneva
To Geneve
Ferdinand
M. Marghiloman
Roumanria
Bulgaria
Greece
Sofia
Warner
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co
Rochester, N.Y
Chisage
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