German Super Zeppelin Destroyed And Forty Killed
Paris dispatches report the German airship L-22 destroyed near Tondern after an explosion in the shed amid ongoing war activity. Nearly forty crew members were killed or wounded, with the incident linked to a bomb detonation during deployment. The same period notes Allied and German naval actions in the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara, plus Greek and Bulgarian troop movements near Salonika.
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Black Sea
Varna
Goeben
Egypt
Copenhagen
London
Schleswig
Tondern
Bulgarians halt pursuit at Greek boundary lines
Reports from Havag and Paris describe Bulgarians stopping the pursuit of Anglo French forces along the Greek boundary near Salonika, with fronts extending toward Kuhus Greece about 25 miles north of Salonika. Turkish reports claim gains in Mesopotamia while French air actions target German depots and enemy aircraft in Alsace and Artois.
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Ita
Baloniki
Kuhus
Greece
Salonik
Gol
Turkiah War Office
Mediation Effort Aims to End Chicago Belt Strike
Chicago December article reports federal mediator GW W Hanger opening talks to settle the Chicago Belt railway strike that threatens freight movement into Chicago. A F Whitney, local Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen head, says four thousand workers could be affected and threatens a wider walkout of crews from seventeen railroads if demands aren’t met. The strike began after the company allegedly failed to staff yard switching duties and workers endured long walks to their shifts.
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Chicago
GW. W. Hanger
Chicago Belt Railway
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Helt
Franco British Army in Greece reported delayed
Paris reports from The Temps a Salisbury dispatch stating all Druwh and Prench have quit Serbian territory and retreated into France. It notes the British forces burned ammunition and supplies, suffered fewer casualties than the enemy, and questions a Tulgarian claim that the front line had been cut.
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Paris
Druwh
Prench
Nulxartang
Willard Fulton Title Bout Set For March in New Orleans
Chicago report confirms a March 4 championship bout between Jess Willard and Fred Fulton of Rochester. Willard to earn 22500 with Fulton taking 7590 plus profits and film-right shares if receipts exceed 50000. First twenty rounds to be held at the New West Side Athletic Club in New Orleans with a referee to be chosen later.
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Chicago
Dec
Ariteten
Jess Willant
Pugilie
New Orleans
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Arlelen
Willard
Fulton
New West Side Athletic Club
Tom Jones
Jens Willard
Mike Collins
Thomas
Andrewa
Milwaukee
New Orleans Ath Ietty Club
Van Koolbergen on Forgery Charge in San Francisco Case
In a San Francisco case, Van Koolbergen, alleged with the first Canadian contingent, was arrested and returned to Celpary Altie where he enlisted. He was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to twelve months in the western jail.
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Ottawa
Gntasios
Jeeti
Va Koolbergen
Doga
San Francisco
Celpary Altie
Ile
Eully
Michael Crowe of Omaha Arrested In Liquor Store Fire Plot
In Los Angeles a liquor store fire trap with gasoline and inflammables beneath a lodging house where sixty slept led to arrests. Michael Crowe a former Omaha policeman, Joseph Landers a wanderer, and F D Hartman the store proprietor are jailed. Crowe allegedly confessed detailing a scheme to obtain 10000 dollars in insurance money from four accomplices.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Aix Barre
Michael Crowe
Omaha
Joseph Landers
Wrener
Crowe
Two Hundred Tons of Gold Stored in New York
Two hundred tons of gold valued at 105 million dollars are stored in the United States assay office in New York. The bars, melted to 9166 fine, were accumulated from British sovereigns and other foreign coins brought to the United States within about six weeks to balance European and American finances. Employees began melting the bars for refinement.
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New York
United States
Tennessee runoff primary to choose U.S. senator
Nashville December 15. Tennessee Democrats hold a runoff to select a candidate to succeed Takao Lea, whose term ends March 2, 1917. The nominees are Representative SM Keller and former Governor M A Patterson.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Safe Conduct 8 Granted Attaches
The Hen embassy reports authorization from London granting Safe Conduct to leave London for Captains Doyed and von Papyn, the German naval and military attaches. They will not require assurances of reentry after reaching Germany.
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Washington
Wee
London
Doyed
von Papyn
Germany
Eye Witness Graphic Story From Saloniki War Front
An eye witness report describes French retirement near the Serbian border with wounded moved by train car, towns abandoned, German and Bulgarian actions, British withdrawals, and preparations for upcoming operations around Saloniki. The piece notes freezing conditions, damaged infrastructure, and troop movements including hospital ship support and Greek troop transference.
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Saloniki
da Varia
Reece
Rumat
Glergel
Delran
Strumitsa
Salnnikt
Tropa
Glergerl
Tron
Rolling stock poorly managed and idle nationwide
Discussion notes a scarcity of freight cars and misallocated rolling stock with cars lying idle in one region while urgent needs exist elsewhere. An example cites a train idle for a year at Cognac Ag an, and 7000 tons of hay shipped from Galveston to La Pallce aboard the Crown of Toledo with six thousand f o n es stranded on wharves, illustrating administration failures to move traffic efficiently.
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de Tempa
Ways
Cognac- Ag
Calveston
la Pallce
Crown of
Toledo
High official faces charges in global labor strike plot
New York authorities disclose that a high official from a major international union is under U S investigation led by U S Attorney Marshall into a strike conspiracy. The suspect, of German descent, allegedly sought to prolong a Bridgeport factory strike and incite 12 000 workers at General Electric in Schenectady. A grand jury subpoena for labor agent Samuels Gamper has been pursued as investigators wait for Gamper’s appearance.
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New York
America
United States
Marshall
Hridgeport
Conn
General Electric
Bebenectady
Samuel Gotpers
Gampers
Washington
Fortified Testa and fleet move around Cape route
In eastern fortifications at Testa preparations surge to flood adjacent areas. An officer estimates 240,000 troops massed in Keypt as ships land daily at Mezandta. Dutch East India and mail vessel companies announce a shift from Suez to sailing routes around the Cape of Good Hope amid coal supply concerns and rising strategic tensions.
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Testa
Keypt
Mezandta
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Navy League Bitterly Scored in War Materials Debate
Representative Tavenner of Illinois opened the preparedness section in the House, attacking the Navy League for alleged connections with munition sales. He asserted four U.S. firms had monopolized orders, claiming government production could cut costs by twenty to fifty percent if orders went to government arsenals or navy yards.
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Washington
Taverner
Iilinoig
Navy League
Rinro
Tavenner
United States
British Blamed for War Misery by Helfferich
Hierlin Dec 15 by wireless to Sur Willon the couret of his address before the retchator yesterday Il Kari Melfferth treasury secretary says Responsibility for the blood shed lies with those who talk anti Germany and partition of Germany The cost of the war in Britain has been underestimated Helfferich says British loans and taxation debated He notes Britain’s debt rising and bond prices falling as Franco British tensions and American influence shape the loan market
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Hierlin
Sur
Willon
Kari Melfferth
The
Treasury
Tals
Germany
Thuyn
Belshazzar
Helfferich
Britain
Edward Grer
Dridale
Alate For Foreign al
Alea
David Lloydeorge
England
America
Demoralized Train Service Amid Storm Travel Woes
Dec 15 reports show transportation facilities around New York still strained by the weekend storm. Conditions slowly improve with rapid progress noted in Hoverdam as West German train service disruption continues to ease. Telegrams from foreign correspondents describe trench digging and security concerns along the Suez canal context.
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Thes Bt
New York
Hoverdam
Volks Zet
Wubg
Cologne
Ing
al Vatro
Suez Canal
Ebich
McChord Reappointed to Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington report states C C McChord, former chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, will be reappointed by President Wilson. His term, set to expire this week, ends the present term and signals continuity in regulatory leadership as McChord returns to service.
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M'Chord
Washington
C. C. Mc Chord
Interstafe Commerce Commission
Treattent Witeon
McChord
Cum ‘Antag
Nine day fight with Bulgarians reported from arches
Paris dispatch recounts a nine day engagement in Albania where Bulgarian forces were pressed by French troops. The battle began November 6 with a battalion occupying Najec hill and Archangel heights. Bulgarian losses neared four thousand as they retreated behind the hills on November 16.
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Paris
the Denna
Thena
Alacedonia
Atelement
Archangel
Lang
Enormous War Cost Reported by Chamber of Deputies
The appropriations committee reports government expenses from August 1, 1914, to December 31, 1915 totaling 21,024,000,000 francs with purely military expenditures at 24,567,000,000 francs. It notes average monthly war costs of 259,000,000 francs for the quarter and says income tax in 1914 should be applied from January 1, 1947.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
Woman Slain in Bed in Oakland Household Tragedy
In Oakland California Mrs OrphIe Lawrence was chopped to death in a bed near her daughter after a domestic dispute with husband Charlea Clarke Lawrence a mill hand. The daughter Adr es testified she hid outside the door and saw her father with a knife over the body. Police arrested Lawrence as the investigation began.
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Oakland
Cal
Orphie Lawrence Wea
Lawrence
Chartea Clarke Lawrence
Adres
Pox
Rapid Advance in British Ranks Tandon
The fastest rising officer in the British army is Lieutenant Colonel W. Aurion of the seventeenth reserve battalion Cheashira regiment. He began as a private in August and within eleven months advanced to command a battalion, holding posts from quartermaster to battalion adjutant, illustrating extraordinary rapid promotion despite a modest prior militia background.
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Struma
Athens
Temps
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Milan Secolo
Marmara
Sultan Selim
Faris
Greek Social Party
Saya
Barla Tercipa
Sf Hob
Havas
Shovloudis
Earl of Derby
Daily Sketch
Berlin
Baye
War Office
Tapacme
Peropne
Multhelreen
Attayk
Mevi
Montenegro
Tara Rer
Hetlin
Saymy Ot
Aa Hirtlan Fe
Serbia
Eaid
Mancla
Curia Aaroptens Company
Ornish Rovern
Hrittah
Greek Macedonia
Hans Luupatet
Athena
Ilw
Kukasu
Salanik
Glevlegi
Macedonia
Bylpare
Catente
Maddoniz
Tandon
Raga
Dalayed
Jit
Laval
Havag
Parla
Dey Sayed
Havaa
Kaloniks
French War Office
Artata
Olsa
Alsne
Tracyte-Val
Vosges
Bande-Sapt
Schiettstadt
Alsace
Artois
Hervilly
Somme
Jess Willard
Minnesota
Guna
Raze
Gievgeli
U.S
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Daughter
Mother
Ito
Soca
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