Kaiseris Out of Cordons in Russ Poland
War dispatches describe Emperor William at the front amid shifting fronts in Russian Poland. German forces narrowly escaped annihilation near Lodz, with reinforcements arriving as the battle outcome remained uncertain. News from Berlin and Paris notes limited Western front changes and continued German activity near Arras and Dixmude with dynamic movements along the Yser.
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London
Russian
Poland
Lodz
William
Belgium
Berlin
East Prussia
Vistula
Paris
Journal de Paris
Russian Seid
Arras
Lamar the Wolf of Wall Street Placed on Trial
New York December 1 David Lamas accused of impersonating officers and planning fraud on Wall Street faces federal trial in one indictment. Prosecution says he impersonated a representative to defraud J P Morgan Co and a steel corporation. Private advices report the death in Washington of naval expert A T Mahan.
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Lamar
Wolf OF
Wall Street
New York
David Lamas
United States
Federal District Court
Palith
J. P. Mor- MB £ Co
The
Steel Corporation
Captain Mahan
Washington
In A. T. Mahan
Moosers Lose in Ballot Recount
Chicago Illinois December 1 official returns show the Seventh senatorial district in the lower house of the legislature with one Democrat one Republican and one Progressive. Frederick R DeYoung, Republican, elected over W A A B Progressive in the district.
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Moosers
Cook
Chicago
Pere Marquette Records Missing in ICC Hearing
Detroit January records show missing Pere Marquette operations files as auditors testify. Clarence Sykes, auditor for the road's receivers, indicates a $60,000,000 bond issue from 1905 and $14,000,000 raised, much spent on notes and current expenses.
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Detroit
Mich
Pere Marquette Road
Interstate Commerce
Hall
Clarence Sykes
Sykes
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cudahy Sued in $20,000 Damage Claim
Dr B O Coates and his wife Elicia sue Jack Cudahy for assaulting Mrs Coates at the Pasadena Athletic Club, alleging she received a broken rib and a seriously wrenched spine on August 21. The bill states the Cudahy limousine conveyed the party to the club and back to the bungalow where the alleged incident occurred.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jack Cudahy
B. O. Coates
Pasadena
Elicia
Cudahy
Pasadena Athletic Club
Dr. Coates
Coates
Bird Dies in Pasadena Former VP of St Paul Railroad
Abraham Calvin Bird former vice president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad died Saturday in Pasadena California at 71 He began as a truckman in Illinois and rose to third vice president in charge of traffic for the Gould lines A Civil War veteran and longtime Union League Club officer he lived in Evanston and is survived by his widow and five children Funeral services will be held in Pasadena. Church Consolidation Upheld Missouri Supreme Court dec ision affirms the consolidation of the Presbyterian Church North and the Cumberland Presbyterians.
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St. Paul
Bottom
Chicago
Abraham Calvin Bird
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Pasadena
Cal
Mr. Bird
Pittsfield
St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute
Pana
Hinsdale
Charles H. Olmsted
Gaa
Philip W. Huston
Evanston
Catherine Bird
William H. Bird
City
Court Keeps New Haven Case Alive In Sherman Act Probe
New York December 1 Judge Clarence W Sessions of the US district court dismissed pleas in abatement by William Rockefeller and eight other defendants challenging the indictment accusing them of conspiring to violate the Sherman law by building a railroad monopoly. He warned against technicalities and set 10 am Thursday for demurrers while restoring not guilty pleas.
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New York
Clarence W. Sessions
United States District Court
William Rockefeller
New Haven
Sessions
George F. Baker
Charlies F. Booker
Williea Skinner
D. Newton Barney
Robert W. Taft
James 3. Elton
Frederick F.brewster
Henry K. McHare
Baker
Brewster
Barney
McHare
War Stamp Rush Crowds Flood Chicago Federal Office
Chicago crowds jammed the federal building as 20 police were needed to maintain order during a rush for war revenue stamps. Two women fainted and the collector’s office door was damaged as 3,000 people swarmed outside. A 30 day grace period delayed enforcement and cooled the scene. New York also reported 10,000 stamp seekers with police keeping peace but no major clashes.
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Chicago
Federal
New York
Federal Revenue Offices
Rotary meeting reviews soap making paper by Ralston
Today’s Rotary session at Hotel Harris featured Robert Ralston of Warnock & Ralston discussing soap manufacture and giving a firm history. About 65 members attended with luncheon as J T Marron E B Kreis and E H Guyer named to the cane patent union committee. Louis Birdsall, former city chemist now in Minneapolis, attended as a guest.
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Rotary Club
Robert Ralston
Warnock & Ralston
Rock Island
Moline
East Moline
Louis Birdsall
Minneapolis
Death of Clinton Youth Drives Girl to Despair
Despondent over the death of Frank Summers who died when his automobile overturned Sunday night Miss Ara Scott a prominent Clinton woman committed death by own action by taking poison yesterday Summers was hurrying to keep a theatre engagement with Miss Scott when he met the accident.
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Canton
Frank Summers
Ara Scott
Clinton
Summers
Scott
Germany pays damages to Luxembourg for war actions
Luxemburg December 1 Wort newspaper states Germany has paid Luxembourg 1,280,000 francs for damage to fields and crops from German troop movements and 211,000 francs for road use and damage to streets and buildings, totaling 1,491,000 francs.
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Luxemburg
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Wort
Germany
10000 Tailors in Gotham Idle as Christmas Trade War
New York December 1 The Children's Contractors association ordered a shutdown that idled 10000 tailors and closed 250 shops to pressure manufacturers to withdraw a price reduction enacted days earlier. The contractors supply garments for children and workers aim to restore pricing for Christmas season goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Children’s Contractors’ Association
My Judges Were Just Letter From Carl Hans Lody
The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter from Carl Hans Lody, recently executed as a spy in the Tower of London. He writes to relatives in Stuttgart the day before his death, praising service to the fatherland and noting he will be shot in the tower as an officer, not a spy. He swears on God that his hour has come and bids farewell.
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Amsterdam
London
Cologne Gazette
Carl Hans Lody
Tower of London
Stuttgart
Women urged to join peace drive at Chicago meeting
Mrs Pethnick-Lawrence of London told the Chicago Equal Suffrage association that women should reinforce the peace movement. She argued war eliminates protection for women at home and urged ratification of treaties by those affected, women's participation at The Hague talks, and peace agreements to shield small nations.
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Chicago
Ill
England
Old resident William A F Ruge dies at Milan home
William A F Ruge a Civil War veteran and longtime Milan saloon keeper died yesterday at 3 30 pm after a two year illness. Born in Germany Aug 1 1840 he came to America in 1857 worked in Davenport St Louis and as a grocer. He served in Company 3 Fourth Missouri Infantry and fought with Sherman in the march to the sea. He leaves his widow Julia and daughter Clara Cropper with two grandchildren Myrtle Cropper and Ruth Ruge. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at the home. burial at Chippiannock cemetery.
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William A. F. Ruge
Milan
Germany
America
Davenport
Julia Ranzow
St. Louis
Fourth
Missouri Infantry
Sherman
Battle of Egypt
Clara Cropper
Myrtle Cropper
Ruth Ruge
Chip— Piannock Cemetery
Weather report and December astronomical notes
Fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures near freezing. 7 am reading 47, high 56, low 46, wind two mph, precipitation .01 inch, humidity 95 percent at 7 am. Forecaster J M Sherier notes evening stars Jupiter and Mars and morning stars Mercury Venus Saturn with constellations Cassiopeia Andromeda Perseus Cepheus Ursa Minor Draco Lyra Hercules Aquila Cygnus Pegasus Aquarius Aries Cetus Taurus Orion Auriga Gemini Canis Major Leo Ursa Major. Evening stars Jupiter Mars Saturn from 21st to list, morning stars Mercury Venus Saturn from 1st to 2st.
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J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Cassiopeia
Andromeda
Perseus
Cepheus
Ursa Minor
Draco
Lyra
Hercules
Aquila
Cygnus
Pegasus
Aquarius
Aries
Cetas
Taurus
Orion
Auriga
Gemini
Leo
Where Big Armies Are in Deadlock in England Map
A map shows the 300 mile front from Switzerland to the sea where German and Allied armies face each other. A heavy black line marks the battle line across the contested front.
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Krupp
Essen
Germany
Allies
Switzerland
German withdrawal reported near Dixmude amid battles
The War Today reports unofficial German retirement before Dixmude after recently losing the town to the Allies. It notes 125 000 Germans massed before Ypres for a final attempt to take the town and cites ongoing Russian Polish and eastern front offensives with Russians pushing 30 miles into East Prussia and Austrians driven back toward Krakow.
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Associated Press
Dixmude
Belgium
English
Ypres
Russian Poland
East Prussia
Galicia
Cracow
Wage Expert William Moore Testifies at Arbitration Hearing
Chicago wage expert William Moore of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen testified as the railroad arbitration hearing resumed. M. W. Cadle, who spoke yesterday, was too ill to attend today.
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William Moore
Chicago
Ill
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
M. W. Cadle
Police Save New Yorker Banker From Angry Mob
New York December 1 Abraham Kass a private banker with assets of 750000 and liabilities of 1000000 who filed a bankruptcy petition was saved by the police from a mob that stormed his bank today.
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New York
Abraham Kass
Baby Held for Rent Sparks Aurora Rescue Incident
In Aurora, Mr and Mrs Harry Collins moved from 95 Galena boulevard after rent troubles. The infant was reportedly held by the landlady as rent hostage until Police Officer James Ashford intervened and returned the child to his parents.
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Aurora
Ill
Harry Collins
Quincy
Fred Stadel
Galena Boulevard
Collins
James Ashford
Villa Train Wreck Kills Thirty Two In Mexico Dispatch
A train carrying Villa to Mexico City collided with a train bearing General Chao near Tula. Thirty two dead and forty wounded as mines rigged in a ravine exploded under Villa’s approach. Villa enters the capital with 25,000 troops and vows to restore order under President Gutierrez with full protection for foreigners.
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Mexico City
Villa
Chao
Tula
Gutierrez
Associated Press
Mexico
National Convention
Washington
Wilson
United States
Silliman
Zapata
Hill
Girl Sues Peoria Man for $50000 Heart Balm
Dorothy Stuart files a $50000 suit in Peoria against Amos Evans son of a wealthy farmer near here. A love affair is believed to prompt the action. Stuart, once a deputy in the recorder's office, was seen with Evans but the attentions ended when he became involved with another woman. Only the suit's practice has been filed. the declaration is not yet drawn.
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Peoria
Dorothy Stuart
Amos Evans
Here
Federal inquiry into Curtis loss near Grand Marais
United States Inspectors York and Gooding launched a full inquiry into the sinking of the steamer Curtis and two barges off Grand Marais Marquette Mich December 1 York will trace the voyage start from Baraga and Gooding operates at Grand Marais to gather all details of the fatal trip
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Marquette, Mich
Curtis
Grand Marais
United States
York
Gooding
Baraga
Grand Marala
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Aorth
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Verdun
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