Turkish Battleship Torpedoed by British Sub in Dardanelles
The Turkish battleship Medusieh was torpedoed by a British submarine in the Dardanelles, described as one of the war's boldest feats. The crew endured nine hours underwater and the sub escaped gunfire. no casualty figures were released. Western fronts show little change as Allies prepare possible advances in France Belgium.
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London
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Dardanelles
Russia
Germany
Poland
France
Belgium
Holbrook
Dardanellea
Admiralty
Russians Repulse and Pursue Enemy Front in Caucasus
An official Russian army communique from Petrograd reports Friday’s fighting across Pyrusk Asmer and Tutek southeast of Erzurum. The enemy was repulsed and pursued beyond the Euphrates with severe losses.
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Asmer
Tutek
Erazerum
Huphrates
French Artillery Does Good Work
Paris dispatch reports daily military communique noting no ground assaults but success for French artillery. It states in Aisne region northwest of Bouppier enemy bombardments were repelled and field works demolished. Progress in Argonne near la Grurle achieved with mines while no enemy attacks occurred.
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Oise
Aisne
Boupir
Aillea
Argonne
la Grurle
Meuse
British Submarine Sinks Turkish Battleship in Dardanelles
London reports official bureau statement that submarine B 11 commanded by Lieut. Commander Norman B. Holbrook torpedoed the Turkish battleship Messadieh guarding the mine fields. The old vessel built in 1874 and reconstructed in 1902, 10,000 tons, crew of 600, sunk after nine hours submerged and pursued by gunboats.
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Bureau Today
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Norman B. Holbrook
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Dardanelles
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Blackwell
England
Genoa
Greece
Son of German Chancellor Hart Taken Prisoner
Paris reports that a son of German chancellor Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg was seriously injured at Piotrkow in Russian Poland and reportedly captured by Russian forces.
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Poland
World War Front Lines Advance in Europe and Serbia
Reported moves show French and Allied troops advancing in the Woevre district and Alsace with lines shifted north of Steinbach Pont D Aspach and Pont de Brinighofen. Servians push along the front retreating Austrians and capturing 28 000 prisoners 74 cannons and 44 machine guns Vishnegrad falls as Montenegrins push Austrians across the Drina.
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Drina
German Cruiser Dresden Reaches Port Uninjured
Valparaiso Chile December 14 reports from Punta Arenas say the German cruiser Dresden arrived at the port uninjured. The ship was last seen after the British squadron sank the Gneisenau Scharnhorst Leipzig and Nurnberg on December 8 off the Falkland Islands. Dresden may head for the Pacific or seek internment for the war’s duration.
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Goethals urges fast destroyers to canal defense
Col Goethals requests two torpedo boat destroyers for the Panama Canal Zone to prevent neutrality violations via wireless misuse and supplies. Secretary Garrison says action awaits full interdepartmental concurrence. British role hinted as Malvina suspected. several vessels listed as ready for dispatch to canal waters.
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Col. Goethals
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Canal Zone
Garrison
United States
Malvina
Balboa
Panama Canal
Pacific
Panama
Lamson
Carranza warns US hostilities risk distant from border
Washington reports Carranza via Vera Cruz says any use of force by American troops at Naco Arizona to stop Mexican bullets will be deemed an act of hostility. He says Hill has fired carefully and urges Sonora commanders not to endanger across the border. He notes Americans killed and wounded, blaming occasional provocation and urging restraint.
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Coneul Canada
Vera Cruz
State Department
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Ariz
Hill
Sonora
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Juarez
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Francia
Ameri Can
Mex
Cananer
Bryan
Agua Prieta
Nacozart
Douglas, Ariz
Thos. Francis
Cananea
R. B. Dunn
Pittsburgh
Nacozari
Francis
Douglas
Germans Float Big Loan in America
German banks plan large loans in New York and other U S centers to support heavy Reichsmark sales. The government, blocked from a public loan, uses Berlin banks to secure credits for purchases of supplies and munitions. Loans run six months at about 6 to 6 1 2 percent, backed by collateral in the Reichsbank or neutral banks. Import demand for German dyestuffs boosts Reichsmark strength amid rising exchange needs.
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Reichsmarks
State Department
Berlin
Reichsbank
Acme
Germany
Reichsmarke
Prohibition Action Sought by Des Moines Mass Meeting
Des Moines Dec 14 Wm A Sunday baseball evangelist sent telegrams urging Iowa Senators Cummins and Kenyon and the Iowa delegation to back the prohibition amendment submission. The nearly 10000 strong Sun day tabernacle meeting adopted resolutions, with a vote anticipated in the House on Dec 22. Arizona anti employment law copies reached the state department for treaty rights review amid protests by Britain and Italy.
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Kenyon
Iowa
Congress
Washington
Wm. A
Washington, D. C
Arizona
State Department
Great Britain
Italy
Hunt
Department
Wife sentenced to life in prison for husband’s murder
Minneapolis: Mrs Charlotte Sharpless convicted Saturday of killing her husband with a jeweled lodge sword. She heard the verdict in her room with the same seemingly unconscious demeanor that marked her throughout the trial.
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Minn
Charlotte Sharpless
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Good Fellows Benefit At Majestic Theatre Plans
Butterfield Helman and Fenberg headline a strong Majestic bill for a Good Fellows benefit in Waterloo. Acts include acrobats Cunningham Marion, minstrel Lew Hawkins, Miss Thanksgiving by Mullahy Pingree Co, Jolly and Wild comedy, Italian Banda Roma Martner, plus ticket sellers and girl corps. Tickets 20 or 30 cents for Friday night performance with proceeds partly for Good Fellows and box-office share. Contributors include Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart and others. doll donations from Christ Episcopal Sunday school and D.A.E.. total funds to benefit the homeless Belgians and Edmund de Wagenaere.
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Lessoes
Majestic Theatre
Georges M. Fenberg
Cunningham
Marion
Lew Hawkins
Mullahy, Pingree & Co
Ktalian Banda
Roma Martner
P. S
Waterloo
Wang & Miller Shoe Company
Honest Fund
Majestic
Good Fellows
One Dead Thirty Injured In Rock Island Wreck
Northfield Minn Dec 14 Miss Edith Wheeler of Waseca Minn was killed and 30 passengers injured when Rock Island train No 69 wrecked yesterday. Trainmen blamed a broken rail. Sister Esther of St Clara college Sinsinawa Wis was listed in serious condition. Other injured were out of danger as surgeons assessed the scene.
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Rock Island
Edith Wheeler
Waseca
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St. Clara College
Sinsinawa
Wis
Joliet Prison Inmates Organize Support Plan
Convicts at Joliet penitentiary form the Joliet Fanneghary Mutual Benefit association to raise funds for families. One thousand three hundred thirty six inmates will work in shops, with profits funneled to a general fund supporting wives and children. The plan was advanced by English Foldy, a noted safe blower.
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Chicago
Jollet
Joliet
More Girls Needed for Ticket Selling Jobs
Twelve more young girls are needed for ticket selling. Applicants should call at the Courier office within the next day or two to start work early. Each girl may earn a liberal prize, and those seeking extra for Christmas can aid the Good Fellows fund helping needy children.
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Courier and Reporter Good Fellows’ Fund
Stocks Trade Freely On New York Exchange Open Market Planned
Trading in New York stocks resumed after four months of idleness and continued normally with strong broker and public interest. Metal and coal shares led gains while Pennsylvania and Atchison fell. an open market for all stocks on the floor is set to begin tomorrow with a unified trading base and a price floor. Nearby, at Greene fair in Missouri, eight year old William Haley showed two young steers he raised.
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Amalgamated ‘Copper
Tennessee Copper
Utah
Nevada
Reading
Lehigh Valley
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Atchison
New York Stock Exchange
East States Under Blanket of Snow and Cold
Cold across the east forecast for tonight and Tuesday with freezing temperatures in the south and heavy snow in New England New York Pennsylvania Ohio and the mid Atlantic mountains. Charitable organizations swamped in Chicago by cold wave calls as homeless seek lodging. Rochester sees over a foot of snow and Nebraska records 21 below zero. Duluth reports 17 below with racing on ice and a frozen St Louis Bay.
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Below Zero Grips Iowa as Temps Dip Across State
Des Moines reports 7 below zero with Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown at 10 below. Fort Dodge records 15 below as the first sustained freeze of the season hits central Iowa. Subzero skies and frigid winds spread through the region with temperatures from 6 to 14 degrees below zero statewide.
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Cedar Rapids
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Cotton consumption falls off amazingly in four months
Washington news reports census bureau data showing American cotton sales totaling 1,052 000 bales in four months with 1,000 bales sent last month. November exports were about half of the prior year and domestic usage declined versus November last year. Independent houses carried 1,747,000 more bales than the prior year. Tovar cigar now 5 combs.
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Sensus Bureau
United States
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