Navy asks for 4600 more sailors and 240 officers
Washington reports the naval appropriation bill to Congress next week requests 4,600 additional sailors and 240 officers to fully equip ships, with navy totals up about a million dollars from last year. The army seeks 3.1 million more, to reach 604,124,512. Gardner presses for armament inquiry. the president opposes, citing peace prospects in Europe.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
War Department
Gardner
Massachusetts
White House
Europe
House Naval Affairs Committee
Blue
Navigation Bureau
Stanford
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Army
Army Aviation Service
Rockefeller loses bid to abate huge county tax
John D Rockefeller must pay a Cuyahoga county tax assessment of 1 200 000 on an involuntary personal return of 311 053 337 and faces federal court action. His complaint seeking 31 000 000 in stocks and bonds abatement was dismissed while the county tax commissioners Fackler and Abney were upheld in placing them on the duplicate tax.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Cuyahoga County
Rockefel
Fackler and
Abney
Eight to Die in Arkansas Electric Chair Series
Eight men six white and two negroes will die in the electric chair within sixteen days starting Wednesday. Neal McLaughlin is to be executed December 2 as the first white man sent to Arkansas’ electric chair. He was convicted of attacking a white woman near Ocark.
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Little Rock
Ark
Neal McLaughlin
Arkansas
McLaughlin
Ocark
Falls to Death for Dog at Embankment Edge
Mrs F F Price wife of a Minneapolis businessman died after slipping at the edge of a 100 foot embankment near the Town and Country club while trying to save her French poodle which stood on the brink the dog fell uninjured. Frank E Thoman Chicago labor leader and Building Trades council advisory board member died at his home after a brief illness.
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St. Paul, Minn
F. F. Price
Minneapolis
Town and Country Club
Chicago
Frank E. Thowan
The
Building Trades Council
Winthrop Avenue
Thoman
Ironworkers’ District Council
Architectural Ironworkers’ Union
Lewiston Man Shot Ends Feud Over Estate
In Lewiston on November 30 Charles Rose was killed and his father Joseph Rose aged fifty five is under arrest for the shooting. Authorities say the incident crowns a feud tied to a disputed estate settlement and the elder Rose faces murder charges.
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Lewiston
Charles Rose
Joseph Rose
Fire destroys two blocks in Bloomington business area
A large blaze in Bloomington on November 30 damaged two blocks at the northern edge of the business section. No loss figures are available. The fire response details and exact locations within the district are not specified in the readable text.
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Bloomington
Jacksonville
Fie
Mexican General Declares Provisional President
Gen Pablo Gonzales as provisional president of Mexico declares a cabinet and platform The Constitution and Reform He bases power at Pachuca with 10 000 men northeast of Mexico City creating a new faction alongside Carranza and Gutierrez Villa holds Tula as base and Gutierrez ally while Vera Cruz remains Carranza HQ An anticipated assault on Vera Cruz by Villa’s forces is forecast from Washington sources.
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Washington
Pablo Gonzales
Constitutionalist Army of
Mexico
Queretaro
Diaz
Gonzales
Carranza
Gutierrez
Pachuca
Tula
Mexico City
Villa
Vera Cruz
Aguascalientes
North
George C. Carothers
Murder Mourns Union Organizer Leo Oddo in Cleveland
Police search for the killer of Leo Oddo, 29, organizer for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, following his shooting by unknown gunmen in Cleveland. Separate notices report Gen Adna R Chaffee’s probate filing in Los Angeles with an estate of 1250, and Penn’s 24 12 upset of Cornell amid football drama in Philadelphia. In New York Agnes Catherine Clark, 14, committed suicide after lying, leaving a note: I am sorry I told a lie.
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Cleveland
Leo Oddo
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Los Angeles
Cal
Adna R. Chaffee
United States Army
Kansas
Philadelphia
Penn
Cornell
New York
Agnes Catherine Clark
Agnes
One Dead Three Dying In Osceola Shooting
In Osceola Arkansas on December 1 Deputy Sheriff Robert Dean shot and killed Arthur Burke of Paducah Kentucky and was wounded while attempting to arrest Burk Lucas of St. Louis and Frank Hamlett on charges of operating a blind tiger. Lucas and Hamlett were also shot leaving three men dying and one dead.
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Osceola
Ark
Robert Dean
Arthur Burke
Paducah
Burk Lucas
St. Louis
Frank Hamlett
Lucas
Hamlett
Man Marries Sister After Courtship Record
Indianapolis December 1 George Link set a record by courting a young woman and then marrying her sister. He quarreled with his bride on the wedding night and the couple separated the next day. Judge Ewbank granted Mrs Link a divorce after hearing the story. Mrs Link works as a telephone operator.
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Indianapolis
George Link
Ewbank
Nervy Burglar Nabbed In Barber Shop
Zion City Illinois December first police arrest a nervous burglar posing as James Bailey after being caught shaving in J L Vinnette s barber shop. He had razors in his pockets and is believed to be one of the world s wariest robbers.
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Zion City
Ill
J. L. Vinnettte
James Bailey
Submarine Fleet Expansion Plans Unveiled in San Francisco
Dec 1 report says eight submarines will be built in San Francisco within a year and the navy will have twenty on duty plus twenty more under construction within twelve months, signaling a notable buildup of undersea warfare capability.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States Navy
Navy
Mystery surrounds death of Mrs Tetrault in Valparaiso coal bin
Valparaiso Indiana December 1 Mrs Margaret Tetrault aged fifty was found dead in the coal bin at her home prompting an investigation. Authorities pursue the circumstances of the death as a mystery in this local case.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Margaret Tetrault
Russians Claim Many Prisoners In Eastern Front Battles
Petrograd reports stubborn engagements around Lowicz and Lodz as Germans push near Cracow, while Russians capture 60,000 Austro-Hungarians in the Carpathians and take barges near Plotsk. German and Austrian forces endure heavy losses. Berlin notes no invasion danger yet and Servian campaign advances.
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Petrograd
Lowicz
Rzeszow
Lodz
Schertsowo
Vistula
Russian Poland
von Hindenburg
Cracow
Gombin
War Office says nothing decisive reported from Arras front
Paris reports from Bordeaux state there is nothing to report except some enemy attacks north of Arras which yielded no result. Berlin and London dispatches affirm continued German assaults near Arras repulsed while Allied forces strong at Ypres. Corroborating Ghent telegraphs indicate German troops moving to Ypres and fresh naval troops via Bruges with imminent battles expected at Ypres as Germany seeks to break Allied lines.
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Paris
War Office
Bordeaux
Arras
London
Ypres
Ghent
Germany
Yser
Thielt
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Poland
Lodz
Petrograd
William
Flanders
Berlin
Vistula
Vienna
Homonna
Hungary
Unghvar
Throngs Pack Paris Churches Amid War Devotion
Parisians attend Sunday services in cathedrals crowded by war awakened faithful. Women predominance, many wounded men using crutches join the devotions. An improvised chapel at the Pastor Lyceum housing the American Military hospital serves Catholics Protestants and Nonconformists with separate altars.
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Paris
Pasteur Lyceum
German Advances and Polish Battles Reported
Wilhelm news reports German forces breaking Russian lines near Lodz after a three day siege, taking 12,000 prisoners and 25 guns while suffering heavy losses. Other items note Turkish troops near Batum, Zekki Pasha joining Kaiser staff, and Austrian reports of Polish successes with 35,000 prisoners.
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London
Lodz
Gumbinnen
Darkeheen
East Prussia
German Fleet Moves From Kiel As Warships Depart
A Copenhagen dispatch reports most German warships have left Kiel and sailed into the North Sea. Concurrently, several thousand mechanics have been withdrawn from the army, signaling a shift in naval readiness and manpower allocation.
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London
Copenhagen
Kiel
North Sea
English warships shell German batteries on Yser
A Tyd dispatch reports on the heavy artillery duel along the Yser river with English warships firing shells into German batteries amid the ongoing siege and bombardment.
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Rotterdam
Tyd
Yser
Deep breathing quells fear asserts medical journal
From the New York Medical Journal by Ma loney and Sorapure of Edinburgh the theory is that fear arises from visceral changes in heart rate and breathing. Slow deep breathing lowers heart rate and quiets fear enabling calm in danger or distressing situations. Critics still resist the idea that fear primarily affects the body.
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New York
W. J. M. A. Maloney
Victor E. Sorapure
Edinburgh
Did Not Discharge Him Over Clearing Bank Risk
A Pittsburgh Dispatch report tells of a big bank clearing for another in trouble. Daily, the clearing-house president certified millions in checks until a wary teller warned him. The teller’s warning led to a tense exchange, but the teller was not discharged and the bank remained open.
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Clearing House
Clearing-House
Clearing-House Committee
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Old Egypt Rag Dolls Reveal Ancient Footwear Styles
Prof T A Whittemore of Tufts excavating in Antinoe Egypt reports finds from the Boston Globe that include a scrubbing brush a rag doll a baby sock and over a hundred footwear items showing remarkable echoes of modern styles The earliest boot with eyelets the party slipper carved leather instep and other toys like a wooden horse and spade with bone ornament are described along with movable rag doll limbs and a wooden head
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Egypt
T. A. Whittemore
Tufts College
Ancient
Antinoe
Boston
Famous Mathematical Coach Dies in Aberdeen
The Aberdeen death of David Bennet, renowned mathematics coach, is reported by the Glasgow Herald. Known for his sharp teaching style and colorful phrases, he encouraged students with witty lines about lines, points, and proofs, leaving a memorable impression on Scottish mathematics education.
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Aberdeen
David Bennet
Scotland
Glasgow Herald
Westminster Gazette
Finicky Amazons Regiment Plans Collapse
A proposed regiment of 900 women, intended for frontlines, dissolved after the group demanded 6 brands of face powder and 1800 bottles of toilet water before marching. The exchange shows wartime morale and logistical quirks amid recruitment.
Buffalo population rising to about three thousand
Report notes the buffalo herds in the United States and Canada have reached roughly 3,000 animals. The figure appears in a historical record summarizing wildlife counts and regional conservation status.
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Buffalo
United States
Canada
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