Baker Report Outlines War Department Policy And Rainbow Division
Secretary Baker releases annual War Department review detailing reasons for withholding expeditionary specifics and praising the Rainbow Division plan to share honors across states. He emphasizes a future disarmament hope, cautioning against universal military training and noting naval cooperation and supply challenges in mobilizing to France.
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Morning Journal
Washington
S Baker
War Department
France
Baker
Pershing
Rainbow’ National Guard
Europe
Mexico
General Pershing
Germany
New Mexico Weather Forecast From Denver
Denver reports for New Mexico expect fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with warmer temperatures in the northeast portion on Saturday.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Baker outlines Army expansion and civil support in war effort
Secretary Baker details the United States moving the army to war footing under the National Defense Act. He cites full regular strength of 18,000 officers and 470,000 men and 13,000 officers and 456,000 guards, plus 2,000,000 when the selective draft is added. He covers guard mobilization, training camps, cantonments, civil agency cooperation, and the quartermaster supply challenges.
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Regular Army
National Defense Act
National Guard
Council of National Defense
Baker
Activities Commission
Engineer Department
Congress
West Point
Secsion Cewe Ane
Enlistment Rush Nears Draft Deadline in Denver
Denver and Fort Logan saw a massive rush of draft age men seeking enlistment before the deadline. Recruits poured in from Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, and Oklahoma, with trains and buses transporting hundreds to Fort Logan and Englewood. Shelters, union stations, and public buildings housed men overnight as recruiters worked long hours to process applicants.
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Morning Journal
Denver
Colo
Yort Logan
Wyoming
Colorado
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
Union Station
Fort Losan
Fort
Englewood
Aem
Fort Logan
Omaha
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Lloyd George predicts steady Allied progress toward victory
London dispatch quotes Premier Lloyd George asserting steady Allied progress despite untoward events. He warns peace overtures to Prussia amid boastful German spirit would betray the allied trust and cites Russia's stance, British naval strength, and American involvement as pivotal to ending the war. He warns against a half way peace and emphasizes tonnage and home production for next year.
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Lloyd George
Prussia
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
Germany
Lord Lansdowne
Wilson
League of Nations
America
Europe
Britain
Wanted to See America Before Going to War
Frederick William Deuschic of Oakland California proclaimed a wish to travel across the United States before entering military service. He appeared at the El Paso county courthouse and was sent to Fort Bliss for investigation after failing to report for local draft examinations.
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MOR
NING
el Paso
Tex
Frederick William Deusehie
Oakland
Calif
America
Court House
Draft Board
Deuschic
Germany
Fort Bliss
Germans Make Slight Gain In Ypres Sector
Tonight's official statement says German infantry briefly entered a British trench on a 300 yard front in the Ypres sector at Planders. Allied counterattacks repulsed the enemy elsewhere. In Cambrai the German artillery showed great activity east of Bullecourt.
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London
Ypres
Planders
Cambrai
Bullecourt
Terrific artillery fighting continues on multiple fronts
The report notes German advances east of Ypres capturing 200 yards of British front line trenches and heavy bombardments in the Cambrai region. Italian fronts see continued Teutonic pressure between Brenta and Piave with costly assaults. Russia remains unsettled as Bolsheviks and counter-revolutionaries clash amid armistice talks.
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Morning Journal
Germany
David Lord George
America
Russia
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Europe
Ypres
Berlin
Cambrai
Hullecourt
Brenta
Piave
Lonely to Land Munitions Cache in Hindu Plot
Testimony in a San Francisco trial describes the steamer Maverick carrying Hindus to So corro off the California coast to cache munitions for a mission tied to India. Witness Har Charan Das says the crew awaited a schooner with millions of rounds and rifles while British and American ships patrolled the area.
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Mosning
San Francisco
Calif
Socorro
Lower
Calfornia
United States
India
Har Charan Das
Maverick
San Diego
Das
John B. Starr-Hunt
Joseph Bley
Starr-Hunt
San Pedro
Bley
Crozier Questioned on Delays in War Weapon Supply
Washington December 14 Congress expands its war preparation inquiry to naval affairs. General Crozier faces four hours of questioning on rifle machine gun and artillery shortages while denying flagship delays will hinder overseas American forces. The inquiry aims to coordinate Congress and the executive on current and future war expenditures and policies.
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Morning Journal Special
Washington
Congress
Navy
Senate Military Committee
House Naval Committee
Oliver
Alabama
Executive Departments
Daniels
Crozier
Baker
National Army
Croaner
Women Motor Corps Prove They Keep Secrets for U S
Lieutenant Adelaide E B Baylis heads an all female New York unit that handles secrecy driven tasks for ambassadors and secret service men. The corps counts thirty active members with others loaning cars. Red Cross designates it as its official New York motor service. Three members are in France driving ambulances.
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Adelaide EB. Baylis
New York
Uncle Sam
Woman's Motor Corps
Secret Service
Baylis
The
Red Cross
Copper Production Up To War Demand
Copper producers told the War Industries Board they can meet government needs. Current output is largely allocated to non government work, with 65 to 64 percent reserved for contracts. Labor conditions improve and distribution is satisfactory, though rising costs noted without discussing price increases. Participants included Clendenning, Kelley, Agassiz, McNaughton, Todd, Nelson, Wolfson, Rosenstamm, Amater.
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Ey Morning Journal
Washington
War Industries Board
Joseph Clendenning
American Smelting and Refining
F. Kelley
Anaconda
R. L. Agassiz
James McNaughton
Calumet
Heela
P. Todd
Quincy
James A Nelson
Ohio
T. Wolfson
United Metals
Rosenstamm
Miami
N. J
Wong Kee Chong Laid To Rest In Military Funeral
Wong Kee Chong, first of 575 Chinese refugees who left Mexico last February, received a Christian burial at a San Antonio national cemetery. The service was read by Chaplain Stanford of the Baath ar tillery and the Ninth Infantry Band played Taps and the funeral march. The body is to be sent to the Orient.
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Wong Kee Chong
Mexico
Wong
Mason
Stanford
Baath Artillery
Ninth Infantry
Wongs
National Cemetery
Orient
San Miguel Jury Acquits Two Cattle Thieves
In East Las Vegas New Mexico on December 14 Jose Martinez and Tranquilline Baca were acquitted by a district court jury of cattle stealing charges.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Jose Martinez
Tranquilline Baca
Federal board studies reeducation of wounded soldiers
A federal board for vocational education launches a nationwide study on re educating disabled soldiers and sailors, drawing on European experiences. The effort plans conferences with cooperating groups, assesses numbers and financing, and studies workshop needs to place war crippled veterans in suitable work. Canadian officials Kidner and Robertson assist in consultations.
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Morning Journal
Washington
Federal Board For Vocational Education Today
Presse
Canada
Military Hospitals Commission Command
T. B. Kidner
Canadian Conmission
W. Robertson
Ottawa
Federal Board
New Mexico Senator Quizzes Witness on Sugar Shortage
Claus Spreckels, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Co, testifies before the Senate investigation committee that fixed import prices by the food administration caused the eastern sugar shortage. He accuses Earl Babst and George Rolph of favorable actions toward the American Sugar Refining Co and notes large stocks in the west, including 40,000 tons held by the California Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co.
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Morning Journal
Washington
East
Food Administration
Claus A. Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Cuba
York
Canada
Spreckels
Earl A. Babst
American Sugar Refining Company
George M. Rolph
California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company
Mr. Babst
International Sugar Committee
United States
Rolph
The
International Committee
Hoover
Senator Jones
New Mexico
Unite States
Jones
Ihs
Mr. Spreckels
Mr. Hoover
Pertine
Louisiana
Babst
Tie
Messrs. Rolph
A. H. Lamborn & Co
New York
Lamborn
Tores
Federal
Warner Refining Company
A. Lamborn
Cuban Senate declares war on Austria Hungary
The Cuban Senate unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that a state of war exists between Cuba and Austria Hungary. The action followed a House passage approved on Wednesday, and was announced in Havana on December 14.
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Cuba
Austria-Hungary
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