The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-30

Ahead on foreease Democratic plat
form
june 1o-Exclusiye story announc-
ing Roosevelt would endorse Hughes
following Progressive National Com
mittee meeting June 2eth.
June :3-Exclusive Smms inter-
view with Foreign Minister sazanoff
of Russia on peace.
July 10-Ahead throughout on Mon
days story arrival Deutschland on
hrst trip. Submarine arrived Sunday. |
A first time in history" story on
which we led all angles.
July 29-Excluslve cable from Card |
inal Gasparri containing Pope's plea
that prayers Of children might end
war.
August o-clean beat on capture of
Goritz by Italians.
August Incomplete scoop arrest of
Chsrlet Mott. Syracuse hospital sup
erintendent. in Buenos Ayres. Big
gest local story of year in Syracuse.
August big beat on announce
ment mediation board that mediation
failed in railway strike.
August 29-Ahead on President to
address Congress on railroad strike
and on actual speech. Ahead on de-
velopments In railroad crisis. includ-
forming President Adamson bill would
be passed by nightfal september y
averting strike.
September 4-(-abor Day.. Led
| throughout and scored beat on flashes
on WeIsh-White and Kilbane-chaney
fights in Denver and Ohio,
September 9-Exclusive Simms in
terview with General AIexiof at Rus
sian army Imperial Headquarters.
September 22-Scoop on the first re
port of Germany's peace plans which
eliminated in tho proposals in Decem-
Der. Exclusive Keen story told of re-
ports that Germany getting ready set
off a new peace kite and giving Brit
ish viewpoint
September 2s-Exclusive interview
with Lloyd George ia which the new
Premier said the war must go to
| knockout.
| October Beat on resignation Of
Okuma cabinet. Tokyo.
October 4--Ahead on announcement
Marshall Toraucht as Okumas success
sor.
October 4-Ahead throughout on
Worlds SERIES games.
October 9-Several hours beat on
the stories of passengers from the
steamer Stephano torpedoed off Nan
tueket-the first submarine raid off
American coast.
October 9-Exelusive Melbourne
story women to vote for first time on
conscription and on November 1st ex-
elusive story showing they favored
it as strongly as men. Farmer vote
defeated it.
November 2-Ahead throughout on
Victor Carlstrom's Chicago to New
York fight. Beat the paper conduct
ing the flight several minutes on fact
Carlstrom stopped at Erie.
November 7-Only news agency that
; did not announce Hughes elected.
: Ahead on all election reports.
: November I1--Exclusive Alderman
interview with General Won Buelow.
, commander-in -chief on Somme front
declaring Allies can never break
z through.
} November 2O-Clean-up on finish OF
: Ruth Laws Chicago to New York
flight. Another "first time" story on
which United Press far ahead with
: bulletin Of arrival, followed by excIu-
sive interview with daring woman
. hier
November 22-Clean beat on Cali
fornia Republican Committees figures
complete give state to Wilson by more
/ IMAM B,UUu ana secretary MEAIGe con
ceding state to Wilson. This was fol
= lowed a few hours later by Hughe:
conceding defeat.
) December 4-Ahead ON all feature.
OF re-opening Of Congress which wa.
marked by Introduction OF numerous
bills directed at the high cost of liv
ing.
December 4-ExcIusive statemen
: from Wu Ting Fang, new foreign
Z Minister OF China. outlining China
I foreign policy, especially regard
: America.
d December 5-Far ahead on first suf
frage demonstration in Congress, il
+ history.
(, December Clean beat of hours o.
Y efforts of Tex Richard TO match Jes
:, willard and Georges Carpenter.
n first page sport story
o December 6-Exclusise Acker1na
story. Rumanian front. that fall q
: Bucharest was but a matter of days.
d story filed December 3rd. Announce
y ment Of Bucharest's capture came /
d the afternoon of the day on whic
Alderman story had led editions c
n papers throughout the country
It December 1.-TWO hours ahead o
Is Bonar Laws refusal to form a nc7
lie British cabinet.
December e-Signed story by Lor
Al Northcliffe telling of reasons for cab
y net crisis. Ahead on all development
10 in crisis and on;
December 9-Exclusiye statemer
IF by Lord Northcliffe analyzing Lloy
10 Georges selection as Premier an
/ what his success in forming cabine
" really meant to England and the Uni
ed states.
m December r2=Exclusive Washing
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