Growing Bolshevik Threat and Clash at Tamanovka Front
Contending forces clash at several points with a severe all day battle at Tamanovka. Bolsheviki power in Petrograd faces threat as opposition solidifies and Cossacks move from the Don northward. London reports anti Bolshevik leaders plan to depose the Bolsheviks and form a new front to bar Germans from Russian resources.
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Taman
Petrograd
Moscow
Don
London
Russia
Vlan
Kaledines
Smolny Institute
Bolsheviki
Constituent Assembly
Tamanovka
Reuter
Red Guards
Kharkov
Russko Slova
Tauride
Mohilev
Times
Petro
People's Commissaries
Miss Chicago Prim as Old Maid sparks puritanry claim
Chicago social scene receives a bold claim from Ho par t C Chatfield Taylor author and clairman in a new book on the city’s growth. He says Chicago society is puritanical and as straight laced as Boston, challenging lurid depictions in magazines and hotels. Taylor, a Chicago native, makes the assertion despite local gossip.
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Chicago
New England
Boston
Mr. Chatfield- Taylor
Society of
Mr. Chatfield-Taylor
Armistice Talks and Russian Front Moves
Jassy reports an armistice signed with hostilities suspended at 10:30 p m yesterday. Russian demobilization begins per the German news agency and Brest Litovsk talks resume with 14 delegates led by Lieut Col Fokkeh. German concessions expected, but Russians vow to fight to a finish if peace terms are not honorable.
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Jassy
Copenhagen
Russia
Petrograd
Brest Litovsk
Fokkeh
Armistice Committee
Associated Press
Skalok
M. Altilater
Natal
Cel. Fokkeh
Maon Sound
Macedonia
France
Fire Wipes Out Business Block in State Center
State Center Ia Dec 12 A fire today destroyed almost an entire block of the business section with an estimated loss of 36000 Insurance on destroyed buildings totaled 24300 The blaze started from an overheated stovepipe in the State Center Enterprise office igniting the floor above the newspaper shop The paper was owned by F W Beckman head of the Iowa State college school of journalism and a prominent state newspaper man.
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State Center
State Center Enterprise
F. W. Beckman
School of Journalism
Iowa State College
Delivery reminder and phone numbers for missed papers
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock please call 3330 and a copy will be sent. After 6 30 please call telephone No 2.
Red Cross Christmas Drive Aims Ten Million New Members
Good Will Washington announces a one week drive to enroll ten million new Red Cross members, adding to five million existing. President Wilson urges joining to support overseas relief, army and navy, and nations at war, calling it the Christmas spirit in action.
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Red Cross
Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
American Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Christmas furloughs denied for national army
Washington announces no Christmas furloughs for national army unless within trolley distance of cantonments. War Department cites harm to camp discipline and railroads. Camp Dodge reports plans to release about half the men for holidays will be scrapped due to restriction.
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Washington, D. C
National Army
War Department
Baker
Camp Dodge
Women March on Capitol for Ballot Suffrage
Four hundred women delegates from the National Woman Suffrage Association marched in snow to Capitol Hill to press for the suffrage amendment. Delegations from New York Massachusetts Ohio Iowa Missouri and 19 other states were received by senators or attended hearings with state leaders including Harriet Taylor Upton Anna B Lawther and Mrs Andreas Ueland.
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Washington
D. C
National Woman Suffrage Association
Capitol
House Judiciary Committee
House
New York
Massachusetts
Ohio
Harriet Taylor Upton
Iowa
Anna B. Lawther
Senator Cummins
Andreas Ueland
Minneapolis
Lissouri
Missouri
Stone
Senate inquiry opens into war's conduct and weapons supply
Washington December 12 Senate military committee began examining how the War Department armed and equipped American forces. Gen. Crozier said the five year program was compressed into one year as participation grew. He cited labor shifts and delayed appropriations as major obstacles and noted some manufacturers rejected fixed price contracts. He predicted adequate artillery with Allied help and said a plan to address munition labor would be submitted to Congress.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Senate Military Committee
War Department
Crozier
Ordnance
Gen. Crozier
Wadsworth
England
Senator Reed
France
Mail Carrier Campaign Promotes Thrift and War Stamps
Postmaster M. H. Kelly said mail carriers will sell thrift stamps and war stamps during Christmas presents. Delivery vehicles will carry campaign signs to promote the stamp drive.
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M. H. Kelly
Good Fellows Bring Christmas Cheer to Waterloo Children
The Good Fellows announce a Christmas fund drive to aid Waterloo boys and girls. Donations from local named contributors are listed and plans aim to avoid duplication with other groups. The fund emphasizes Christmastime giving despite hard times and urges broad support for a lasting charitable effect.
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Waterloo
Steve
Good Fellows
Great Throng at Eleventh Hour Recruits Rush In
Recruitment rush across the city as enlistment blanks ran short. Sergr. O. Davis from Davenport assisted local officers, with about six dozen men applying by noon. Enlistees span aviation, coast artillery, quartermaster, medical, engineers, and field artillery, many ages 21 to 31, some younger or older.
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Sergr
O. Davis
Davenport
Jefferson Barracks
Waterloo
Hmit
Lang
Navy
Army
Franklin
I Inan
Parkersburg
Arthur M. Tinecoin
Dysart
James H. Stebbins
Kimball Street
Paulne
Jeffer- Alfred Maynard
Clarks
William Ifield
Roger T. Jeavitt
Lawler
Clarence Ernes
Piainr FE
Marshall
Yankee Officer of Medical Corps Wounded in Action
Washington D C December 12 Gen Pershing reported First Lieut E W Young medical officers reserve corps attached to British forces severely wounded in action His wife lives McKenney Va The following deaths from natural causes were also reported I M Shaw private signal corps Columbia Mo J C Morris private infantry Fond du Lac Wis R C Evans corporal infantry Palmyra Tenn
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Pershing
E. W. Young
Liv McKenney
I. M. Shaw
Signal Corps
Columbia
J. CA. Morris
Infantry
Fondida Lac
Wis
R.C. Evans
Palmyra
Tenn
Austrian Battleship Torpedoed and Sunk Report
Reports from Rome and Berlin detail Austro-German actions on December 11 and 12. The Austrian battleship Wien was torpedoed and sunk with most crew saved. snow aided Allied morale in Cambrai and Italian fronts. American Representative Tinkham fired the first shot against Austria at Piave positions.
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Associated Press
Ilinial
Italy
Austria
Tinkham
Boston
Makham
Gonfo
Tinkhom
Dona di Pinve
Piave
Mount Grappa
Brenta
Mullan Ines
Losal
Berlin
London
Brent
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Pirmasens
Bavarian Palatinate
Verdun
Camerat
la Vacquerie
Campral Front
Panturet
St. Quentin
Reims
Paris
War Office
Meuse
Ohio Governor Acts On Coal Shortage Crisis
Columbus, Der 12 Gov Jamies ordered solid trainloads of coal to move to the hardest hit regions, bypassing federal officials. The move directly contradicts instructions from Federal Fuel Administrator F Baird in Cleveland, who refused to sanction the action after a long-distance call.
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Columbus
Gav. Jamies
Federal Fuel Administration
Ohio
Rail strikes on railroads loom as Wilson weighs options
Washington reporters say the railroad war board pledged full cooperation with any presidential plan to solve congestion. They opposed a billion loan or antitrust suspensions, urging a federal traffic director to coordinate shipments and approve credit. If Wilson chooses government operation, they vow full cooperation despite opposition from four major railroad unions.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Railroad War Board
Traffloc
Great Railroad
Pigeon Captures Foe Message From German Carrier
Halifax reports the capture of a carrier pigeon bearing a German message. Wounded from an explosion, the bird entered a home near a burned area, number New York No. 2. Police in Dartmouth await delivery of the message to military authorities. The captor said the bird was freezing and seeking shelter.
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Halifax
N. S
New York No. 2
Dartmouth
Who Wrote Christine The War Era Book Stir Public Interest
Abelled literary experts debate authorship of Christine while Miss Cholmondeley is credited. Publishers admit uncertainty yet affirm the novel rings true in incidents and setting. The story’s liberty theme and wartime realism promise strong impact, with the first installment due next Saturday in the Evening Courier and Reporter.
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Miss Cholmondeley
Christine
Evening Courier
Shells Explode At Bethlehem Steel Plant Fire Kills Guard
A heavy bombardment near Newcastle near Wilmington Delaware sparked a massive fire at Bethlehem Steel’s Newcastle shell loading plant. Theodore Jacobson of Harrison New Jersey, chief of guard, was killed when a shell struck him. Loss estimated at 200 million dollars with 4,600 loaded shells and 39,000 empties in the storehouse. Fire spread explosively but officials later said damage contained to a small shop and no others injured. Incendiary origin suspected. machinery not operating at the time.
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Wilmington
Del
Newcastle
Bethlehem Steel Company
Theodore Jacobson
Harrison
N. J
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Big Dutch Liner With Relief Cargo Held at Halifax
The Dutch steamship Nieuw Amsterdam with 16 000 tons of corn and 300 passengers including 10 Americans, en route to Belgium with relief supplies, is detained at Halifax without safe conduct or distinguishing marks. The British legation relayed that Britain cannot allow continued voyage. The ship, Holtland American Line’s flagship, left New York after an embargo and had been feared during prior reports of the Haelen seizure.
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The
Hague
Netherlands Overseas Trust
Nieuw Amsterda
Halifax
Steaer Haelen
Nieuw Amsterdam
Holtland-American Line
New York
War Service Bodies in Session at the Capital
Washington officials and industry leaders met to organize wartime supply plans. War service committees representing all classes of American industry discussed readjustment to wartime conditions with leaders including R. G. Rhett Daniel Wizard G. F. Peek and Gifford and Garfield.
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Washington, DE. C
War Service Committees
Committees
Council of National Defense
R.G. Rhett
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Daniel Wizard
G. F. Peek
War Industries Board
Gifford
Council
Clarence Wooley
War Trade Board
Garfield
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