First American Shot Fires on Austria at Piave Front
George H Tinkham congressman from Boston fired the first American shot against Austria after the war declaration. He pulled the 159 millimeter gun string, the shell crossed the Piave to Austrian positions at Gobno, eliciting cheers from Italian and Allied troops as a smoke cloud marked the impact.
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Associated Press
George Holden Tinkham
Congress
Boston
Mass
Austria
United States
Teutons
Piave
Gobno
Snowfall Halts Teuton Drive in Italian Front
Heavy snow begins in the mountain districts, aiding Italian defense as Teuton forces press to break through lines. The wintry conditions boost optimism among those who believed the drive would be halted within the current limits.
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Associated Press
Teuton
Arctic Mountie Expedition Heads to Fort McPherson
Four Royal Northwest Mounted Police officers and several Indian guides set out from Dawson, Yukon Territory, around January 1 for a 600 mile dog team journey through Seely Pass to Fort McPherson on the Arctic Ocean. They will carry mail for Arctic patrols and return in March possibly with news of Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
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Dawson
Y. T
Canadian Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Seely Pass
Rock Mountains
Fort McPherson
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
British Commander Takes Charge of Jerusalem City
London December 12 The premier told the House of Commons that Gen Appleby the British commander entered Jerusalem on foot last Tuesday and is now in full charge of the city confirming British control amid ongoing events in the region.
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City OF Jerusalem
London
House of Commons
Appleby
Jerusalem
Mail information aboard steamers update
North Bound Jefferson arrived this afternoon with mail. Prince John is northbound and due Thursday night or Friday morning. City of Seattle to sail Friday from Seattle. Admiral Evans also on Friday from Seattle. Princess Sophia to sail from Vancouver Saturday. Alameda to sail south tonight or tomorrow morning. Jefferson expected southbound tomorrow night weather permitting. Prince John scheduled southbound Saturday night.
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Jefferson
Prince John
City OF Seattle
Seattle
Admiral Evans
Princess Sophia
Vancouver
Alameda
Phone it to The Empire No 374
The fragment notes a directive to send something by telephone to The Empire with the designation No 374. No other readable context or dates are available.
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the Empire
Senate probes war departments as defense act aims for 1 million
Senate military committee begins investigation into the war departments and their equipment of the U S army. Maj Gen Crozier says the 1916 defense act planned a million man force in five years, but the five year pace was condensed into one year. He notes labor shifts to munition work and cites England's law on munition workers. He adds the U S will be able to supply artillery with help from France and England.
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Washington
Pec
Senate Military Committee
War Departments
United States Army
Crozier
England
United States
France
Alaska Cold Claims Victims on the Trail
Skagway Alaska December 13 Herbert Brethour a mining engineer for H Maulin on Otter creek near Atlin was frozen to death while walking alone to Carcross He was well known in the North The son of Telegraph Jack and a baby of Dietz Johnson died last week on the Taku river trail to Atlin The Johnson party started from Juneau for Atlin with Jack and his family Bodies were left on the Taku river Temperature 5 degrees below zero with a strong north wind.
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Skagway
Alaska
Herbert Brethour
H. Maulin
Otter Creek
Atlin
Carcross
Jack
Dietz Johnson
Taku River
Johnson
Juneau
Strike Situation Unchanged In Middle West States
Fort Smith Arkansas December 12 The strike situation remains unchanged with all industries paralyzed due to power shortages caused by the strike and allied sympathy among telephone employees and electricians. The Bell Company has telegraphed appeals to business interests and Washington for relief but has received no response.
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Fort Smith
Arkansas
Bell Company
Washington
Bagley Rescued After Submarine Attack At Sea
Lieut. Commander Worth Bagley of the destroyer Jacob Jones survived a German submarine attack in British waters but a seaman who rescued him died of injuries and exposure. The rescuer, swimming toward a raft, found Bagley and pulled him aboard where he revived before the seaman died and was buried at sea with naval honors.
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Worth Bagley
Jacob Jones
Bagley
Noted tenor to tour country for Red Cross fund drive
Washington, Dec 12 John McCormack the noted tenor said he would pay his own expenses and tour the nation until he raised 100000 dollars to present to the American Red Cross for its use.
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Washington
John McCormack
American Red Cross
Steamship Lines Plan Rate Hikes From Seattle to Alaska
Seattle steamship operators say passenger and freight rates will rise after the new year with further increases to Nome. They cite higher operating costs due to the war as the reason for the planned adjustments across 10 Alaska ports.
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Seattle
Alaska
Nome
Air losses shown for November in WWI totals
Allied air forces lost 2095 aeroplanes and the German air force 60 during the month of November, according to Allied and German sources via the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Seattle Embargo On Fir Lumber For Airplane Manufacturing
The government has imposed an embargo on all fir lumber suitable for aircraft manufacturing, halting related supply chains and affecting defense and aviation industries in Seattle.
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Seattle
Alaska Gold Mining Outlook and Labor Shortage Report
Secretary Lane reports Alaska had a fairly prosperous year with 1916 marking the greatest trade in the territory. Copper mining benefited from the war while gold lode mining lagged due to higher supply costs and a labor shortage as high wages pull workers away. He urges population growth tied to the soil to stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Lane
Alaska
Baseball 10 Continue In Big Leagues
In Chicago the American League club owners met in a pivotal session to discuss war time conditions. They expect to proceed with the season as usual next year though salaries may be cut and teams are likely to keep 158 game schedules, with the session concluding tonight or tomorrow as Ban Johnson notes.
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Chicago
Ier
Ban Johnson
Government to Aid Bethlehem Steel with 2 Million Advance
Washington dispatch reports the government is ready to advance 2 million dollars to Bethlehem Steel on munitions contracts due to the company's difficulty securing funds from private sources. The program seeks rapid delivery of contracts and production.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Company
Destructive Fire at Bethlehem Steel Plant Kills Guard
In Wilmington Delaware on December 12 a fierce bombardment destroyed a loading plant at Bethlehem Steel Company Coats near New Castle. The blaze began in a building with 4,600 shells of deadly explosive, igniting contents that flew everywhere. A guard was killed.
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Wilmington
Del
Bethlehem Steel Company
Coats
New Castle
Winter Trail to Dawson Opens Full Length
Dawson Yukon December news notes the winter outlet to the outside, the Dawson Trail, now open its entire 400 mile length as the Yukon river froze at Yukon Crossing, allowing sleds and wagons to cross though no bridges exist yet. Horses and automobiles are used on the Daw son Whitehorse road. dogs have not pulled stages for two decades.
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Dawson
Y. T
Dawson-Whitehorse
Another Big Sum for War From British
London December 12 Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar Law introduced a vote credit for five hundred fifty million pounds in the House of Commons. He said the sum would carry war expenditure to the end of next March and noted a daily average outlay of six million six hundred eighty thousand pounds since the last financial year.
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London
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Eight suffragists jailed sue for 50000 dollars
Washington reports eight women suffragists jailed and on hunger strike have filed a lawsuit seeking 50,000 dollars for detention.
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Washington
Coal Tract in Matanuska Opened for Development
Secretary Lane announced the opening of a new coal tract in the Matanuska fields and said the government is ready to receive applications. The move aims to show possible naval and Pacific coast fuel supply from Matanuska, while a separate license was issued to Chickaloon Company to mine Alaska coal for California and the coast, with capital of 1.125 million dollars, maintaining offices in Seattle and here.
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Washington
Lane
Matanuska Fields
Navy
Matanuska
San Francisco
Alaska
Chickaloon Company
California
Seattle
Chamber urged bid on Alaska coal lands and oil rights
Seattle trustees urged Congress to modify Senate Bill 2812 to permit competitive bidding for Alaska coal lands and to issue prospecting permits. The move also supports oil land development in Alaska. John W. Troy, editor of The Alaska Daily Empire, left for Washington with statements opposing private ownership and leasing Alaska coal. He stressed yearly resource exploitation wastes wealth for Alaska and the nation.
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Seattle
The
Seattle Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Senate
Alaska
John W. Troy
Alaska Daily Empire
Juneau
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Troy
Air raid activity on Western Front as British bomb targets
Reports from London note heightened air activity Monday in the Cambrai sector with British aircraft bombing enemy villages while German planes bombed British lines. Five German planes were downed and three British airmen are missing. The British also struck the railway junction northeast of Parismens a hundred miles east of Verleun.
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London
Cambrai
Ish
Pirmasens
Verlun
Sail Date of Admiral Evans Postponed
The sailing of the steamer Admiral Evans from Seattle to Alaska has been postponed from December 12 to December 14. In New York, the Philadelphia Nationals sold Grover Alexander to the Chicago Cubs for Pitcher Pendergast and Catcher Dilhöfer, with cash over $50,000 involved.
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Admiral Evans
Seattle
Alaska
New York
Philadelphia Nationals
Grover Alexander
Chicago Cubs
Pendergast
Dilhoefer
All Russian Courts Dismissed by Trotzky Move
Petrograd December 12 The Bolshevik government led by Leon Trotzky with Premier Lenin's consent dissolves all Russian courts and dismisses Russian and American officials from the old regime. A decree also disperses the former sea and imperial courts and sets up revolutionary tribunals to take over government functions. The action threatens a new Russian army alignment against Germany if the plan succeeds.
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Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
Nicholia Lenine
Trotzky
Peoples’ Commissioners
Bolsheviki Power Threatened as Opposition Unites in Russia
The article reports that Lenin and Trotzky face a solidifying opposition as unrest grows in Petrograd and Moscow. Cossacks move north from Don province to fight Bolshevik forces, with Russian officials in London claiming anti-Bolshevik leaders hail from other parties. About 400,000 Cossacks are expected to return to counterrevolution.
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Associated Press
Nickola Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Petrograd
Moscow
Don
London
Russians Demobilize As Peace Talks Begin German Newsagency
A semi official German news agency reports the Russian army is demobilizing as peace negotiations have been authorized. The dispatch notes the move follows announced talks and implies a shift in wartime posture.
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Copenhagen
Sheakley Moved West in Quest of Gold
Greenville Pa December 12 Jas Sheakley former governor of Alaska who died here first went west in search of gold in California where he accrued a sizable fortune He later served a single term in Congress from Alaska and held posts including United States Commissioner at Wrangell and Alaska superintendent of education before becoming governor in 1893 succeeding Lyman Knapp
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Greenville
Jas. Sheakley
Alaska
California
Congress
Cleveland
United States
Wrangell
Lyman Knapp
Stock Quotations From New York December 12
Alaska Gold at 2. American Zinc at 12. Butte and Superior at 15 34. China at 39 34. Nevada at 17 18. Ray at 21 38. Utah at 76.
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Alaska
American Zinc
Butte & Superior
China
Nevada
Ray
Utah
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