Victory in South Atlantic and Allied War News
News from Montevideo and London reports the German Dresden and Nurnberg fleeing toward Fort Santa Cruz on the Argentina coast after the December 8 engagement that sunk Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig. British victory in the South Atlantic dominates coverage while France Belgium fronts show slow Allied gains. General Beyers dead in South Africa. Ludwigs and Warsaw operations noted.
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London
France
Belgium
Beyers
South Africa
Montevideo
Uruguay
Dresden
Nurdberg
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Leipzig
Fort Santa Cruz
Argentina
Atlantic
Straits of Magellan
Falkland Islands
Prince Bitel
South Atlantic
Lodz
Vistula
East Prussia
Warsaw
Cracow
Beverg
Tigris
Bagdad
England
German Statement Contradicts Allies
Berlin reports that the German army headquarters says a French attack in the Argonne forest was repulsed with heavy Allied losses, noting French artillery activity around Louvain and Rocroi while claiming no progress and limited bombing at Freiburg.
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Berlin
London
the Argonne
Louvain
Rocros
Courcullies
Freiburg
Baden
Russians Losing Ground in Western Galicia Claims
Vienna reports renewed Austrian and German progress in western Galicia with Russian forces repulsed near Piotrkow. Allied troops reportedly captured 1,500 Russians and Russian forces retreated behind Carpathian ridges, while an earlier embassy dispatch miscounted 23,000 prisoners as 2,300.
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Washington, D. C
Galicia
Piotrkow
Vienna
Piotrkov
Yeaterday
Carpathians
Relief plan for Palestine by Hebrew societies
Washington December 10. The Turkish government through Ambassador Morgenthau signified to the state department its willingness for an expedition to relieve Jerusalem. Hebrew philanthropic groups in New York organize and plan to send a ship through the Mediterranean to Palestine.
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Washington, D. C
Morgenthau
State Department
Jerusalem
New York
Mediterranean
Palestine
Passenger Steamer Centralia Reported Safe Off California Coast
San Louis Obispo Calif December 10 After a night of anxiety the passenger steamer Centralia rode at anchor five miles off the California coast near Point Arguello with anchors dragging and a southerly gale. The liner Harvard is standing by. The Centralia, though disabled by a bursting boiler tube, is not in danger.
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San Louis Obispo
Cal
Point Arguello
Centralia
California
Santa Barbara Channel
Harvard
Herrick Arrives Home After Paris Mission
Myron T. Herrick former ambassador to France returns to Cleveland with Mrs Herrick and will rest before a public reception this afternoon. He declines to discuss a 1916 presidential boom and explains Paris duties cost him about 400000. Mayor Baker will welcome him and Herrick will respond to the address. A hundred or more automobiles are planned to escort him to the reception hall.
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Cleveland, D
Myron T. Herrick
France
Mra. Herrick
Paris
Baker
Herrick
Mr. Herrick
German Ruler Kaiser Wilhelm Ills Illness Deepens
London dispatch reports Kaiser Wilhelm III in Germany facing a more serious illness described as pneumonia with nervous depression from overexertion. Doctors tell him not to return to the front as fever persists and he remains bedbound amid winter exposure and heavy travel by auto with his staff physician.
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London
Kaiser- Wilhelm III
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Berlin
William
US to Return Fire If Mexican Forces Fire Into US
Washington reports that if Mexican forces near Naco Arizona do not cease firing into American territory the three batteries of field artillery sent by President Wilson and Secretary Lansing will return fire. Officials stress defense, not invasion, and say cross-border firing would be aggression.
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Washington, D. C
Naco
Ariz
Wilson
Farrison
United States
Tasker H. Bliss
Conte
Maytorena
Villa
Carranza
Gen. Villa
White House
War Department
French Capture New Trenches and Other Successes
Paris reports quiet December 9 in Belgium and Arras sectors with French gains of 200 to 600 yards near Lequesnoy and Andechy. Aisne and Meuse artillery favored the French as Reims trenches were evacuated under fire. Argonne saw new trenches, repulsed counter attacks, and consolidated gains.
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Paris
Belgium
Arras
War Office
Nnstance
Lequesnoy
Aisne
Meuse
Reims
Perthes Ald
Argonneé
Andechy
Champagne
Perthes
Argonne
la Pretre
Federal Troops to Leave Colorado In View of Withdrawal
Federal troops in the Colorado strike region likely will be ordered withdrawn late today or tomorrow after Governor Ammons asks the federal government to state its plans. Senator Thomas delivered Ammons’s telegram to President Wilson and Colorado expects to resume local control once the message is received. A second item notes United States Steel’s unfilled tonnage on November 30 stood at 3,324,592 tons, down 136,505 tons.
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Wreshington
D. C
Colorado
Thomas
Wilson
Ammons
New York
United States Steel Corporation
England
Belgium
Altho
Switzerland
Bolland
America
Three Kaiser Grussers sunk in Atlantic
British forces report sinking of the German cruisers Scharnhorst Gneisenau and Leipzig off the Falkland Islands during December 10 actions. Dresden and Nurnberg escaped, two colliers captured, survivors rescued, with minor British losses.
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Scharnhorst
Count von Spee
Gneisenau
Leipziz
Dresden
Nurnberg
Leipzig
Chile
Sir Christopher Cradock
Monmouth
Good Hope
Httte
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cape
South Atlantic
Personal G F Workers Should Declare at Once
Local charity urges volunteers to join Christmas distribution effort through Good Fellows Club. Names of those funding Chr istmas for families are listed, with totals and donors from Waterloo stage employes and Arts Dept several groups. Recipients designated for targeted aid to the homeless and Belgian relief, with funds directed to Edmund de Wagenaere.
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Courier Aid Reporter
Good Fellows
Good Fellows Club
Navy growth urged as steady, orderly expansion
Secretary Daniels testified before the House Naval Committee advocating continued regular construction and steady enlargement of the fleet. He supported a balanced mix of ships including two dreadnoughts, six destroyers, eight submarines, and several others, while warning against excessive submarine and battleship totals. He noted current crew levels and the need to add men gradually at the next Congress session.
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Washington, D. C
Daniely
House
Mansels
Congress
German fleet sighted near Falland islands off South America
The British official statement confirms the German squadron sailed from the Pacific to the Atlantic aboard the Scharnhorst flagship. The Falland islands, sighted nearby, lie off the tip of South America east of the Straits of Magellan.
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Scharnhorst
Pacific
Atlantic
Falland Islands
South America
Straits of Magellan
Fire devastates Edison plant in Weehawken disaster
A massive blaze at the Thomas A. Edison Co factory in Weehawken, New Jersey, destroys 11 of 18 buildings, with estimated losses near 7.9 million dollars. About 3,500 workers could lose income temporarily. one man is confirmed dead and two missing as debris is cleared and plans to rebuild begin.
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Orange
N. J
Thos. A. Edison Co
Thos. A. Adison
Mr. Edison
Lieweslyn Park
Johnny Evers Seriously Sick In Hospital
The illness of Johnny Evers captain and second baseman of the world champion Heston Braves grew serious with pneumonia in one lung. Doctors Gafinsy and Nickerson supply the best care as the National League meeting sparks the spread of concern. The item notes a Waterloo page feature in Farm Implement News with eight building illustrations.`
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New York
Der
Johnny Evers
Heston Braves
Evers
National League
Gafinsy
Boston Club
Nickerson
Farm Implement News
Chicago
Waterloo
Sycamore Street
Hawkeye Oil Company
Chamberlain Matching Works
Chas. van Vieck
Gardner Seeks Probe of National War Readiness
Rep Gardner in Washington urges an investigation into U S military preparedness and backs a bill to enact Secretary Garrison's recommendations to expand the army. He derides President Wilson's defense references and warns coast defenses lack ammunition and guns, urging decisive policy.
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Washington, D. C
Gardner
House
Garrison
United States Army
Wilson
Congress
Wood
United States
Bulgaria
Army
Carnegie
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