Oscar G Wins Through Caribbean Gale to Mobile Harbor
The auxiliary schooner Oscar G. battled fourteen days of storms en route from Bluefields Nicaragua to Mobile. Captain Jack Hunter reported three hurricanes, engine failure, and near starvations before reaching Fort Morgan. Mexican Fruit Company owners praised the voyage as a near miracle with no loss of crew.
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Hieronymous
Bluefields
Nic
Jack Hunter
Mobile Harbor
Swan Island
Gulf of Mexico
Hunter
Caribbean
Hun
Mobile
Fort Morgan
Captain Hunter
Mexican Fruit Company
John F. Beninato
New Orleans
Mr. Beninato
Daily Mail Says Churchill Cannot Hold Office
The Daily Mail editorial in London declares Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill cannot hold office due to his Dardanelles gamble and other catastrophes. It suggests using him to unify and reform propaganda and proposes he lecture Americans to explain Britain’s position to the neutral republic, noting his American lineage.
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Associated Press
London
The
Daily Mail Today
Winston‘ Spencer Churchill
Dardanelles
Atlantic
Republic
Daily Mail
Negro Narrowly Escapes Death In Banana Car Fire
Frank Clark, an African American man, barely escaped being burned to death in a refrigerator car at the Mobile and Ohio fruit wharf Sunday afternoon. Officers McCarron and Jones found him nearly suffocated with most of his clothes burned. he was brought before the recorder on a long charge and given twenty days.
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Frank Clark
Mobile and Ohio Fruit Wharf
Alex McCarron
J. A. Jones
Clark
Cherniavsky Trio To Perform At Lyric Theatre
Three Russian artists Leo Jan and Mischel Cherniavsky will perform a piano violin and cello program at the Lyric Theatre on Wednesday December 13. They have toured worldwide and appear under the Music Lovers Association with tickets at Smith Piano Co and Lyric Theatre. The concert begins 8:30 PM with a mixed program including Arensky Cui Servais Chopin Dvorak and arrangements by the Cherniavsky brothers. The Cherniavskys are the sole attraction this week besides the Smart Set. Blanche Ring bookings are canceled.
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Jan
Mischel Cherniavsky
Lyric Theatre
Pfischel
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
America
Music Lovers’ Association
Smith Piano Company
Cherniavskys
Arensky
Servais
Alex, Czerny
Invasion Push Blocked on Macedonian Front
Serbian official statement reports invading forces driven back by Rumanians on one sector near Monastir. German press cites Entente attack on December 10 with heavy artillery and infantry, halted by tenacious German and Bulgarian resistance.
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Monastir
Entente
Macedonia
Associated Press
Berlin
Sayville
Artillery Activity Increases On Somme Front
German army headquarters reports a notable rise in artillery activity on both banks of the Somme. Blasting operations targeted French positions at Butte du Mesnil in Champagne and near Vauquois in the Argonne.
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Berlin
Cvin Sayville
Somme
Butte du Mesnil
Champagne
Vauquois
Argonne
British Advance To German East Africa Front Moves 60 Miles
London reports successful British operations in German East Africa where the line of investment extended sixty miles along a 200 mile front. The advance started from New Iringa and Kasgaki toward the coast, yielding the capture of a German corps of seven white officers, forty seven white soldiers and 240 native troops, plus a howitzer three Maxim guns and 400 cattle.
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London
German East Africa
Reuter
Nuggers
New Iringa
Kasgaki
Greece Vows Neutral Stand amid Entente Tensions
London December 11 dispatches quote the Frankfurter Zeitung Budapest correspondent reporting Greece will maintain strict neutrality. Athens will make no further concessions to the Entente and will treat any new Entente challenge as a casus belli.
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Associated Press
London
Rotterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Budapest
Greece
New Entente Note To Greece Expected To Be Ready Tuesday
Athens reports indicate the Entente note to Greece will be presented tomorrow as a preliminary to a second, more detailed demand. The terms may require full demobilization of the army, Entente control over posts telegraphs and railways, and release of imprisoned Venizelists. British dispatches say conditions are calmer as many allied nationals depart Athens.
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London
Athens
Entente
Greece
Entente Pact Cites Greek Regency Plan Amid Balkan Talks
Report from Constantinople notes Entente powers agreeing on a Greek regency arrangement if Constantine remains king and Pierre enthroned, with Venizelos as regent for eight year old Prince George’s son, in a fragile Balkan negotiation context.
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Frankfurter. Zeitung
Constantine
Pierre
George
Greece
M. Venizelos
Austro-Hungarian Air Squadron Bombards Bergena and Soobbo
An Austro-Hungarian naval air squadron bombarded the aviation station at Bergena and the batteries at Soobbo on December 6. The Austrian admiralty says direct hits struck three hangars and all machines returned undamaged despite bad weather.
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Berlin
Sayville
Bergena
Soobbo
Pursuit of Romanians Continues Says Berlin
Berlin reports strong Russian attacks north of Tartar pass and along the Gyergyo mountains as German forces under von Mackensen press the retreating Romanian armies. The pursuit continues despite rain and bridge destruction, with several thousand Romanians captured.
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Tartar Pass
Carpathians
Bystritza
Gyergyo Mountains
Trotus
Rumania
von Mackensen
U S Leaders Discuss Europe Rebuild Amid War End Plans
Norfolk Mayor Mayo and congress figures led talks on Europe reconstruction and U S policy. Speakers included Barrett Williams and Harding as parade of sailors cadets and students followed sessions. Williams warned neutrality defense and barter trade could shape postwar recovery and American economic leverage.
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Norfolk
Clarence J. Owens
Congress
John Barrett
Pan-American Union
John Skelton Williams
O'Neil
Alabama
Ransdell
Louisiana
Overman
North Carolina
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Congressman Small
United States
Virginia Military Institute Cadet Corps
House
Manning
South Carolina
Williams
Wiliams
Fighting in the Guerrero District Near Week
Reports reach American Army field headquarters of five days of fighting between Mexican Guerrero district forces and Villistas. Workers at the Barbicora ranch under foreman Maximo Marquez have repelled bands, suggesting Guerrero residents may strike against bandits and Villistas.
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Guerrero District
Villistas
Babricora Ranch
Maximo Marquez
Guerrero
Marquez
German Ships Interned at Port Watched
Paris dispatch reports German steamers interned at Las Palmas forced to move to the inner harbor. A Spanish cruiser is anchored at the port entrance to prevent submarines from signaling with the interned vessels.
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Paris
Las Palmas
Madrid
Washington Banker Named Inaugural Committee Chairman
Robert N. Harper, a local bank president, was appointed chairman of the inaugural committee responsible for the March 4 ceremonies in connection with the reinstallation of Wilson.
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Washington Banker
Washington
Robert N. Harper
Wilson
Federal inquiry into coal prices tightens high cost issue
New York will host a grand jury probe into coal pricing as part of a federal inquiry into the high cost of living. Chicago Detroit Toledo and Cincinnati will follow with interlocking investigations and shared information. Special prosecutor Frank M Swacker notes no real anthracite shortage at port and no warrant for price hikes. George W Perkins chairs joint food price remedy committees meeting today.
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New York
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Cincinnati
Frank M. Swacker
Department of Justice
Swacker
Whitman
Mitchell
George W. Perkins
Mr. Perkins
Three Investigations Under Way In Chicago
Three separate investigations into food prices are in progress in Chicago. The National Retail Grocers Association seeks ways to discipline speculators. A federal grand jury resumes its inquiry into high food costs, and the state public utilities commission opens hearings on cold storage warehouses with a plan to set time limits on storing each food type.
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Chicago
National Retail Grocers’ Association
Federal Grand Jury
State Public Utilities Commission
Federal inquiry into high cost of living sent to grand juries
Washington reports that preparations were made to transfer the federal inquiry into high living costs to grand juries in Chicago New York Detroit and other cities. United States Attorney Anderson of Boston leads the probe and will bring extensive data on alleged food and coal speculators to the grand juries. President Wilson is reviewing related reports and may meet Anderson before departure.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Detroit
Department of Justice
United States
Anderson
Boston
Mass
White House
Wilson
Orange Banquet Given to Big Chicago Firm
Three hundred employees of Rueckheim Bros. and Eckstein of Chicago sat to a Satsuma orange banquet in Chicago. Morris Gardner Mobile representative sent a crate of Mobile grown fruit, prompting orders for Mobile boxes for Christmas presents. John M. Rau delivered praise for the orange as a food and noted many growers were former Illinois residents.
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Rueckheim Bros. and
Eckstein
Chicago
Ill
Morris Gardner
Mobile
John M. Rau
Illinois
Dietz Denied Pardon in Cameron Dam Murder Case
Madison Wis December 11 Governor Phillipp announced John F E Dietz convicted in 1910 of the murder of Oscar Harp in the Cameron dam case has been denied a pardon Dietz is serving a 20 year term
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Madison
Wis
John FE
Oscar Harp
Cameron Dam
Phillipp
Lingering Coughs Require Prompt Treatment
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