German Rail Lines Cause Russ Defeat Across Front
London observers note German rail efficiency aids troop movements and suggest Russia must build temporary lines in Poland to offset German logistics. military reports say German advances are restrained along the Belgian coast and French lines hold territory near Ypres and the Argonne.
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Ypres
Hollebeke
Argonne
Somme
Alsace
Bantry
Reinbach
Congress recess set from December 23 to 29
Washington lawmakers vote to recess from December 23 through 29. The plan was approved by the House in a conference and sent to the Senate for action.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Farm crops of year fall below 1913 values
Washington December 15 The department of agriculture reports principal farm crops are worth 20 less than last year with corn leading at 1 700 590 000. The year’s principal crops total 20 as value.
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Department of Agri
Sultan Says He Was Forced Into War Declares Holy War
Constantinople dispatch reports the sultan announcing he was compelled to declare war after Turkey and Britain and France opened hostilities. He cites Muslim law and says he called a holy war against the powers and their supporters.
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Eaneterdam
Constantineh
Bes
England
France
The Empty Stocking Christmas Tragedy
A call to action from The Argus Good Fellow’s club urges readers to donate to children’s happiness. The piece uses the story of a girl waking to an empty stocking to argue against selfishness and encourage charitable gifts, promising deep personal satisfaction for contributors.
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Rock Island
Argus Good Fellow's Club
Angeles Made Mexican Ruler Rumor Stirs San Antonio
Rumors spread in Mexican circles in San Antonio that General Felipe Angeles a former minister of war in Carranza’s provisional cabinet and Villa ally has been made provisional president and will seize power Sunday. No official confirmation exists and letters received by ex-officials and Villa agents remain unofficial.
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Texas
Felipe Angeles
Carranza
General Villa
Mexico
Caravjal
Fannie Ward Sued For 100000 In Home Case
New York December 15 Actress Fannie Ward faces a Supreme Court suit for 100000 damages claiming she alienated the affections of her leading man Jack Dean who has starred in her company for a decade. Plaintiff is former actress Ruth Langdon now Mrs Sarah Jennie Dean.
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Fannie Ward
Supreme Court Today
John Worcester Dean
Miss Ward
Jack Dean
Joseph Lewis
England
Sarah Jennie Gertrude N. Dean
Ruth Langdon
Weigle Flirt Case Dropped After Third Court Appearance
Chicago broker Louis J Weigle freed of a flirting charge after Miss Mary McKinney refused to prosecute on mental strain grounds. Attorney Harry Kahn said she suffered nervous strain and could not appear in court. The case, begun under alias John Jones, was previously nonsuited and later reopened before a jur y which disagreed.
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Chicago
Louis J. Weigle
Mary McKinney
Harry Kahn
Gemmill
Weigle
John Jones
Prohibition Vote Split in New Zealand Regions
Preliminary count shows 56 license districts with 199800 for national prohibition and 290697 for national continuance. In 12 no license districts the tally is 40689 for prohibition and 30771 for continuance.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Eight Years for Mellott Slayer
Clarence McCormick and Mrs. Ruth McCullough were tied to the Mellott murder near Hedrick. McCormick, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a weeklong trial, received eight years at hard labor in Ottumwa Iowa. Mrs McCullough faces trial in January.
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Ottumwa
Ruth McCullough
Chicago
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Suspension of livestock rate hikes for investigation
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed rate increases on livestock fresh meats and packing house products from Chicago St Louis and western centers to eastern cities until April 15 for investigation. The move would have added about 10 million dollars in annual income to railroads and spanned cattle fresh meat and packing products with varied per hundred pound increases. Protests from meat packers producers and the public accompanied the order. Major James A Connolly former Illinois G A R commander congressman and state legislator is dead in Springfield Alabama.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
General Packing House
Eight Hundred Trapped In Japanese Coal Mine
Tokio reports eight hundred miners are imprisoned in a coal mine at Fukuoka on Japan’s western coast after an explosion. The site lies 65 miles north of Nagasaki near the sea.
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Tokio
Fukuoka
Nagasaki
Explosion Fatal to Seven and Injures Eight in Cleveland
In Cleveland a natural gas explosion at a two story apartment building on Madison Avenue killed seven people and injured eight. The blast wrecked the structure and shattered windows for a block, with glass injuring a nearby drug store patron. Firemen recovered victims as a fire started by ignited gas raged through the first floor studio and adjoining rooms.
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Madison Avenue
Husting Declared Elected U S Senator in Wisconsin
Madison Wis Dec 15 With the certifying of election by the state canvassing board Paul O Husting democrat is declared the United States senator elect Governor McGovern republican concedes Hustings election according to McGovern attorneys.
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Madison, Wis
Paul O. Husting
United States
McGovern
Husting
Weather Summary and Astronomical Notes
Fair and cold tonight with a low near 5 degrees. Wednesday stays fair and milder. Temperature at 7 am 3 above zero. Winds light. Precipitation none. Humidity high. Stage of water 1.8 with a 6 inch fall in 24 hours. Evening stars Jupiter Mars. Morning stars Mercury Venus Saturn. Planet Venus in conjunction with the moon at 0.00 a.m.
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J. M. Sherier
Jupiter
Mars
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Parole Granted to Michigan Ham Theft Lifelong Offender
Governor Ferris ordered the parole of Lewis Oliver, a noted Michigan lifer in Marquette, who received a life sentence under the habitual criminal act after multiple burglaries including a 1904 meat store ham theft. Judge Howard Wiest defended the sentence and clarified it followed the habitual criminal statute.
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Mich
Ferris
Michigan
Lewis Oliver
Marquette
Oliver
Howard Wiest
Ingham County
Wiest
United States Leads Latin American Trade in 1913
John Barrett director general of the Pan American union tells a Latin American commercial conference in Boston that U S trade with 20 Latin American republics in 1913 surpassed all other nations in both exports and imports. It was the first year the United States shipped more value of goods to Latin American countries than the United Kingdom.
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Boston
Mass
United States
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
United Kingdom
Lawyer slain in burglar duel in Atlanta home
Charles B Reynolds, a local lawyer, was shot and killed early today during a revolver duel with a burglar in his Atlanta residence. The intruder escaped, leaving police pursuing leads.
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Atlanta
Charles B Reynolds
President Wilson Seeks Negro Help For Good of All
President Wilson told a university commission on the southern race question that the goal is to know the needs of the negro and sympathetically aid him for his good and for the good of the nation. The commission included representatives from 11 southern colleges.
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Self
Washington, D. C
Wilson
University Commission On the
Southern Colleges
President urges conserving treaties on immigration
Washington, D. C. December 15 report: the president says a general plan to coordinate state and federal powers on alien legislation is not feasible. He emphasizes each alleged discrimination should be handled on its merits and every effort should conserve treaty obligations.
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Washington, D. C
Gatekeeper Henry Meyer Reaches Ten Million Then Dies
Henry Meyer, a longtime gatekeeper for Illinois Steel, tallied 10 million employee entrances over twenty years. As a worker passed the gate today marking the milestone Meyer exclaimed Ten million then collapsed and died at his post in Chicago.
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Chicago
Henry Meyer
Free Offerings Hit Stock Prices
The New York stock market opened renewal trading with a further rise as the first open session began. In the first fifteen minutes offerings appeared greater than demand and several substantial recessions occurred.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Democrats Gain Senate Control In Illinois Board Ruling
The Illinois canvassing board seats two Democrat senators and one Democrat representative, shifting the Senate to 27 Democrats, 23 Republicans, and a progressive, with legal challenges pending and the governor set to issue election certificates.
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Lucey
Deneen Board
Republican Board
State Board
Senate
House
Green
Two More Cold Days Predicted For East
Washington December 15. Two more days of cold weather are forecast for the eastern section. The coldest spell of the season so far gripped the region today, chiefly east of the Mississippi and in the northwest.
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Washington, D. CC
Mississippi River
German cruiser Cormorant reaches Guam harbor
The German converted cruiser Cormorant arrives at Guam, an American possession, seeking to inter(ne) during the war. It needs 1500 tons of coal to reach a German port. Captain Maxwell at Guam offers 100 tons and 24 hours from 10 a.m. yesterday to decide its course, amid shortages of coal provisions and water.
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Washington, D. C
Guam
Maxwell
Daniely
Belgrade Evacuated by Austrians Without Fighting
Vienna reports Belgrade abandoned by Austrian forces after a withdrawal from the city following a change in the military situation. Belgrade had been besieged since July with bombardment from Semlin and Danube monitors. A large portion of the city was reportedly destroyed by fire. The Servian government moved to Kragujevac and then Nish.
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Belgrade
Semlin
Danube
Kragujevats
Nish
Galicia
Przemysl
Washington
D. C
Roosevelt Invited to Testify By Naval Committee
In Washington the house naval committee debated inviting Theodore Roosevelt to testify on national defense. Hobson pressed for Roosevelt while Butler questioned the move. The session also heard Commander Sterling report 18 submarines in the Atlantic fleet. In New York Simpson urged immediate army foundation increases and rifle training, noting Switzerland’s 300,000 trained with far less spend than the U S.
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Washington, D. C
House
Naval Committee
Hobson
Padgett
Theodore Roosevelt
Butler
Navy
Buchanan
Roosevelt
Sterling
New York
War Simpson
Merchants’ Association of New York
United States
Switzerland
President weighs Panama Canal neutrality protection request
President Wilson and his cabinet continue to seek more information on Governor Goethals request for destroyers to enforce neutrality of the Panama Canal. Officials deem reports of denial as absurd while considering protective measures.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Goethals
Panama Canal
Lisbon Chamber Backs New Ministry in Vote Split
Lisbon reports the chamber of deputies passed a confidence resolution for the new ministry by 63 to 30 as the senate rejected a similar measure 27 to 26. The cabinet led by Victor Coutinho serves only a few days.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Victor Coutinho
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