Spreckels Attacks Food Admin Over Sugar Shortage
Claus Spreckels, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, charges the Food Administration with causing the sugar shortage during a Senate investigation. Hoover counters that Spreckels seeks to undermine the administration for profit reasons, noting supply limits and car shortages. He explains contracts with France and Canada while stressing the public’s sacrifice for national needs.
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TOY Morning Journal Efecial
Washington
Claus Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Food Administration
Hoover
Spreckels
France
Canada
Mr. Spreckels
Java
Red Cross Christmas Drive Planned Across Western States
Far western states prepare for the Red Cross Christmas drive starting Monday. California Nevada and Arizona report more than 300000 volunteers organized with a goal of 467000 new members across the three states.
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Wiesel
San Francisco
Calif
The
Red Cross
California
Nevada
Arizona
Death of Richard Raymond Devine After Chicago Operation
The four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Devine died in Chicago after an operation. The body was brought home and arrived here on Saturday in Las Vegas New Mexico.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Richard Devine
Richard Raymond Devine
Chicago
Peage Proposals Between Russia and Germany to Be Argued
Slav delegates demand delays on peage proposals with instruction to consult Petrograd before discussions resume.
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Russia
Germany
Petrograd
Italian Lines Hold Against Assaults In World War I Fronts
The Russo German peace talks progress as German officials discuss a treaty or armistice. Italian fronts see heavy casualties as Austro German forces press, while Franco Belgian front shows limited activity. British gains north east of Jerusalem and Norway reports another submarine sinking with 5 000 sailors lost.
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Morning Journal
Italy
Berlin
Palestine
Jerusalem
Austria Opposes Balkan Annexation Yet Seeks Grain Security
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse reports Austria does not seek Balkan territory or influence in Romanian and Serbian governments but wants security to obtain grain and cattle from the region. It says Austria will not permit extension of Romania or Serbia’s borders and expects an agreement with Bolshevik leader Lenin in Petrograd.
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Amsterdam
Austria
Balkan
Vienna Neue Freie Presse
Vienna
Romania
Serbia
Nikolai Lenine Bolsheviki
Petrograd
Jiminez Captured by Villa Forces
El Paso Texas reports partial confirmation of Jiminez being captured about 130 miles south of Chihuahua City. The two hour fight left heavy losses on both sides as Villa forces reportedly occupied Parral with many federals joining them.
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Morning Journal
el Paso
Tex
Jimenez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Parral
Former Czar of Russia Escapes Detention Rumors Spread
Reports say Nicholas Romanoff, former czar of Russia, has escaped detention amid widespread rumors about his whereabouts. The press notes scrutiny from Bolshevik authorities and global speculation continues as authorities search for him.
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Russia
Nicholas Romanoff
Refuge in Japan Seems Improbable
Lenine authorities dispatch a train load of sailors to hunt and recapture the dethroned monarch. The report suggests asylum in Japan is unlikely.
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Japan
Nicholas Romanoff Denied Escape Report at Tobolsk
Smolny headquarters officials in Petrograd deny claims that former emperor Nicholas Romanov II has escaped from Tobolsk. The denial comes in the early hours of December 15 with no evidence of an escape.
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Petrograd
Smolny
Nicholas Romanoff
Tobolsk
Former Russian emperor Nicholas escapes confinement at Tobolsk
Reports from Smolny Bolshevik headquarters claim former emperor Nicholas II escaped Tobolsk with a Bolshevik pursuit train dispatched from Petrograd. Rumors circulated via Tiflis and London about routes through Harbin to Japan, but no confirmation limited to Petrograd dispatches.
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Morning Journal
Spec AL Leasen
Petrograd
Nicholas
Russia
Tobolsk
Smolny Institute
Tiflis
Russian Caucasus
Washington
Siberia
Moscow
Tsarskoe-Selo
Tolsk
Korniloff
Tifhsa
Nicholas Romanoff
Red Guard
London
Zurich
Harbin
Japan
Tobolska
Pacific
Finland
Nicholas ‘Ts
Norwegian Relief Ship Rammed Mont Blanc in Signal Dispute
Mont Blanc pilot Francis McKay testified that signals from the Belgium relief ship Imo were not given by Pilot Hayes who was killed. He described two blasts and a starboard swing forcing Mont Blanc to reverse, and said no call was made to warn Halifax before the explosion.
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Mont Blanc
Hayes
Morning Journal
Halifax
Imo
Belgium
Francis McKay
McKay
Dartmouth
Pitlot McKay
Escape prisoner turns vote and defeats executioner
An extraordinary Priasovsky Kral report from Petrograd describes a Russian prisoner's bid to avoid execution for selling military secrets. The condemned man leads a meeting vote, is elected secretary, and spares himself while the executioner is sentenced for dereliction of duty.
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Liberal
Petrograd
Priasovsky Kral
Germany
Pree Speeceh
Hangman
Exploder
Roosevelt Urges Universal Service for Voter Eligibility
Theodore Roosevelt addressed officers of the 83rd division at Camp Sherman urging universal service as a condition for suffrage with a threefold plan: Americanization, victory, and permanent preparedness. He attacked pacifists and objectors and warned against a fifty fifty loyalty, insisting no such split loyalty exists. He called for compulsory preparation to prevent renewed unpreparedness after the war.
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OY Morning Journal
Sherman
Chillicothe
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Bke
la Follette
Reichstag
AD Roosevelt
England
France
Germany
Roosevelt Calls for Execution of Anarchists and Pacifists
Former President declares América must push war through to victory, arguing the conflict will be overwhelming. He states anarchists and pacifists deserve execution as part of the national mobilization.
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Roosevelt Oayo
América
Weather Forecast for Denver and New Mexico
Denver weather forecast for Sunday and Monday calls for fair skies with little temperature change. Gentle winds and dry conditions expected across the region.
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Denver
Colo
Local Weather Summary for 24 Hours to 6 PM
Local report records the 24 hour weather ending 6 PM with maximum 60 degrees minimum 15 degrees range 45 degrees. Temperature at 1 PM was 40 degrees with an east wind and clear skies.
Austria-Hungary Maintains Vast Army in Field
The report cites Austria-Hungary’s force strength including 1170 infantry battalions 240 cavalry squadrons 2950 field guns 1500 light howitzers and 22 heavy guns with ongoing policy on universal military training and voting eligibility. Roosevelt calls for excluding pacifists conscientious objectors and anarchists from the country.
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Austria-Hungary
Morning Journal
France
Associated Press
America
Curry County Praised for Low Draft Cost Record
Special correspondence from Clovis New Mexico notes Curry county reports the lowest cost per man for registration and draft in the state at 41 cents, totaling 10 dollars per county, compared with 28.17 in Chaves and 14.63 in Bernalillo. Grant county follows with 88 cents per man.
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Morning Journal
Clovis
N. M
Curry County
New Mexico
Chaves
Bernalillo
Santa Fe
Curry
Grant County
Eleven Miners Dead in Susanna Mine Blast
Eleven miners are known to have died in a Yukon Pocahontas Coal Co mine explosion at Susanna in McDowell County West Virginia. Six others are reported killed and rescuers search for additional victims as bodies are recovered.
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Wihs
Bluefields
W. Va
Yukon-Pocahontas Coal Company
Susanna
Here
McDowell County
Caillaux Questioned Again By French Deputies
Paris December 15 The committee of eleven appointed to report on suspensions of Deputies Caillaux and Loustalot questioned Caillaux this morning and afternoon. After he explained his Rome visit they asked him to return tomorrow afternoon and he agreed.
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Paris
Journal Tobacco Fund For Boys In France Grows Nicely
The Morning Journal reports further contributions to the Our Boys in France Tobacco Funds. Donations from numerous individuals across New Mexico and Arizona will be sent to Ralph J. Mulligan in New York for proper distribution. The list includes residents of Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Santa Rita, Ganado, Williams, and other towns with totals expanding the grand sum.
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The
Morning Journal
France
New York
Ralph J. Mulligan
V. Krollie
Sandoval
N. M
Cuerasebeane
Evelyn FP. Spicer
P. O. Box
Socorro
Martin Lacy
Santa Rita
Ceewse
Pearl Gibbons
Bocerro
Ray Larson
Williama
Ariz
Baeveee
Gust N. Larson
Williams
Gerald Walker
Cerro
Howard Walker
Charles Ross
Jennie Klock
John Klock
Willams
Aplé
Charlies
H. Haus
Hazel Riddle
Santa Fe
F. W. Canfield
Casa Bianca
B. E. Prosser
P. O
Lovington
D. W. Duncan
Carlsbad
Arn
V. Hackney
M. D
Magdalena
A. Horabin
Perea
Dorotha Griffin
Johnson Street
Santa Oere
Beaulah Riddle
Banta We
Scca
A. F. Morrisette
North Ninth
Albuquerque
Leo KB. Murphy
West Gold
Mrs. B. M. Williams
South Edith
L. V. Beebe
South High
A. Nohl
North Walter
Marcella
Risdon
West Roma
Mivetar
A. L. Kendall
West Atlantic
Colonel Hovot Praises War Council Work
Head of American Mission says cutting out speeches saved valuable time at conference and praised the council's efficient handling of proceedings. Colonel Hovot returns pleased with the outcome of the War Council's efforts.
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Hovot
WAR Council
Unification Plan In Operation Amid Allied Morale Boost
Col. E. M. House returns with four colleagues reporting successful completion of the inter allied war conference in Paris. He says morale in England and France is splendid and the supreme war council has coordinated food, embargo and finance work. Deliberations focus on economic matters with no radical changes expected in U S measures.
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OY Morning Journal
New York
Paris
E. M. House
United States
House
State Department of Washington
Wilson
Washington
England
France
Colonel House
Supreme War Council
London
Great Britain
Italy
Hlouse
Lloyd George Hails House Mission Return To Europe
London reports Premier Lloyd George welcomed the return of the first American mission to Europe. He called it a business affair whose fruits will manifest later, praising closer US and British commonwealth cooperation for wartime and postwar affairs. The mission helped coordinate Allied preparations and contributed fresh perspectives to the supreme war council at Versailles.
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London
Associated Press
Lloyd George
America
Europe
United States
British Commonwealth
House
Supreme War Council
Versailles
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