Battle of Lodz Still Raging Amid Eastern Front Clash
Dispatches from Moscow claim the Lodz battle ends in Russian success while Berlin holds the German offensive on track. News notes heavy fighting near the Carpathians and Vistula, with Austrian forces besieged around Cracow and Silesia a possible southern avenue of approach. Allied and German offensives yield few gains as Australian and New Zealand forces arrive and naval engagements modify the Baltic. The scene shifts to the western front where standstills persist and heavy losses reported on both sides.
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New Zealand
Meypton
Einden
Tranaporte
Sydney
French Youths Called to Present Themselves for Examination
Bordeaux dispatch says France will mobilize 800000 youths aged eighteen who would start in October. Decree orders them to report for examination beginning the 20th of this month. If necessary, training may start next month with possible dispatch to the Nehring line in July. Hoover laments a population ringed by steel and unable to aid itself as he claims authorities hinder relief efforts.
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Ana Deon Taten
Hoover reports Belgian relief effort under way
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium, returned to London after a week in Belgium. He said food distribution under the commission is progressing but the famine threat remains severe. He cautioned that Belgian appeal to the United States persists due to belligerent attitudes. Time cited difficulty in estimating the civilian population size without panic.
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London
Dee
Herbert Clark Hoover
United States
Suspect Confession Ties Man to Hallerton Officer Murder
Columbus dispatch reports a confession to Police Chief Carter by Max Goheff alias Sam Solum implicating 28 men in the November 6 saloon killing of Officer James Ballard on Maree Avenue Halelon. Selot claims ability to endure electrocution. Lane identified as Renard Delaney, jailed, with Sobel and Lane present at the saloon.
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Max Goheff
Sam Solum
Jim Lane
James Ballard
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Selot Sald
Werr
Schon
St Nicholas Feast in Holland Brings Joy and Hope
In Amsterdam the Feast of St Nicholas blends holiday cheer with concerns for peace as Queen Wilhelmina's push for European truce inspires prayers for happiness. Children await Santa as elders share gifts, sing, and recall Dutch customs of shoes, songs, and a solemn visit from Father Nicholas with a black servant and a birch rod for the naughty.
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Nicholas Soame
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Lorillard Hunter Wedding in Newport Society Circle
A society wedding was held at the Hunter home in Newport today as Miss Mildred Norman Hunter, daughter of William R. Hunter, married Louis Lorillard of New York. Rev Dr Stanley Hughes of Trinity Church officiated, drawing guests from New York Philadelphia and Dow ten.
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R. 1
Miia Rdich Norman Hunter
William R. Mint
Louis R. Lorilard
New York
Stanley Hughes
Trinity Church
Hunter
Pilladelphia
Dow Ten
Rockefeller Telegrams Stir Colorado Inquiry
A Rockefeller telegram to Colorado Fuel and Iron leaders surfaced at a hearing, claimed by Welborn as authentic, and cited plans to entrench mine operators amid a strike. The message urged urging Dr Foster’s attention to accept a governor backed settlement while Sen Pat McKee pressed for compulsory arbitration to curb operator resistance.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Congressional Committee
Ammons
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Sayin
Dr. Foster
Foster
Poster
Mormer United Tates
Patmaki
Gardner Proposal Likely to Be Killed in Congress
Washington reports indicate President Wilson will push to kill the Gardner resolution by coordinating with Rep Shirley and Pa Gerald to restrict the inquiry. Wilson plans a broader probe into army and navy conditions, surpassing routine hearings, while Gardner prepares charges and awaits a Monday conference. In New York, three N Haven defendants signal reliance on the extradition defense, with Skinner Elton and Maker to argue anew Monday in federal court.
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Shirley
House
Appropriations
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Committee On Appropriations
Gardner Messare
Stadved
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Inter
Army
Navy
Paagerald
New York
New Haven
United
California Girl The Complainant Charged In Mann Act
Chicago reports Colonel Charles Alexander of Providence sixty two a millionaire is arrested on Mann Act charges for transporting Jeanie Cope from Los Angeles to Chicago. Federal observers note possible extortion charges against Miss Cope. Alexander is a director and firm member who allegedly pursued divorce and marriage after meeting Cope.
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Providence
Charles F. Clyne
Jeanie Cope
Los Angeles
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Alexander Brothers
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Jessie
E. Cope
Jim
New Orleans
California
Gunmen Turn From Pickpockets Amid War Hardship
New York December 6 Deputy Corrector Commissioner Burdette G. Lewis said gunmen outrages rise from the European war. He claimed many gunmen previously practiced as pickpockets, now driven out of business as wallets hold little change. He cited information from former pickpockets encountered in prison.
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Mitchel
Europe
Plekpocketa
Wilkins Death Shocks Supreme Court Community
Chief Justice Nichols and surviving judges plan a body attendance at the funeral of Judge J Porter Wilkin of the supreme court who died suddenly at his New Philadelphia home from heart disease after a seizure. He had recently faced defeat for re election and was 63. He leaves a widow and several children in Ohio and Washington.
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University of Virginia
Tuscarawan County
Carranza Seizes Customs Dues Across Mexico
Carranzistas claim full control of both east and west coasts and all border ports except Juarez and Nogales. Customs dues into the Carranza treasury, railway lines from La Tedo to Monterey and to Tampico under Carranza, Villa holding the Mexican Central. First clash reported between Vera Cruz and Mexico City area, with Zapatistas defeated near Vera Cruz.
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Mexican bullets kill, wound soldiers and civilian at border
Reports from Sonora describe Mexican combatants crossing into U S territory wounding a soldier and killing Antonio Brave mento a teamster. Across the line eighteen Americans and twenty three Mexicans die or are wounded as fighting erupts near Naco between Maytorena forces. A separate Cincinnati case notes Samuel Hicks a 31 year old carpenter arrested after confessing to fifteen bank and safe robberies in six weeks. Paris dispatches say no major changes in fighting with slight shifts near Altkeireh.
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Naco
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Tolle Cincinnati
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United Staten Electrical Tool Company
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Reform Era Allegation of Forced Wet Voting in Cincinnati
Rev Jacob J Hawk secretary of the Western Tract society states he witnessed a colored man swear to an affidavit with nine others that a prominent Cincinnati politician intimidated them with a revolver on election day and compelled them to vote wet.
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Cintinnati
State Officials Indicted in Indiana Pay Overages
Indianapolis December 5 Lieutenant Governor William % ONeill Homer L Cook speaker of the house of the 1918 legislature and other officers and patrons of the 1013 legislature were indicted by the Marion county grand jury. The indictments charge officials signed warrants paying employees above legal limits and for more employees than statutes allow.
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William %. O'Neill
Homer L. Cook
Marion County Grand Jury
Corn Boys Return to Ohio After Visit to East
The Ohio corn party completed its trip with stops in Washington Philadelphia and New York and began homeward after being addressed by Mayor Mitchel in front of City Hall. A sickness case appeared among the visitors and Miss Ells Breyenson of St Paul won a prize for her wine tread but fell ill with appendicitis and was taken to the Methodist Protestant hospital.
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New York
Ohio Corn Party
Washington
Philadelphia
Mitchel
Misa Ells Breyenson
St. Parle
Methodieg Protestant Hospital
Open shop option debated after Ohio coal strike
Cleveland dispatch notes miners and operators failing to agree at a joint conference, with operators considering running mines under open shop. Meeting slated for Monday to decide. In Eston Andrew L Har rl u, former Ohio governor, dies of pneumonia at 76.
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