Seventeen U S Engineers Reported Missing in German Drive
Seventeen enlisted men of the U S Army Engineer Corps were reported missing in action by General Pershing. Missing on November 30 during the Cambrai fighting, they are believed captured after aiding the engineers who helped British forces check the German offensive. Names include Swensen Upton Goldwetter Seaman Ranlett Geohean Brooks Maney Dina Tingo Andres McGrath Vandemark Lalty Lovely Mason Ueltz.
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Washington
United States Army Engineer Corps
General Pershing
War Department
Cambrai
Engles
Paul M. Swensen
Frank Upton
Solomon Goldwetter
George H. J. Seaman
Dalton Ranlett
Charles A. Geohean
Frank Brooks
Ulrich N. Maney
Michael Dina
Peter J. Tingo
New York
Harold T. Andres
Portland
Alfonso J. McGrath
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Myron Vandemark
New Paltz
N. Y
John Lalty
Golden Bridge
N. Yoo
Luke A. Lovely
N. J
Harry J. Mason
Jersey City
Herbert F. Ueltz
Newark
New Mexico Gubernatorial and Senate Prospects in 1918
The piece surveys anticipated 1918 party nominations in New Mexico. Democrats favor Hall for governor and Walton for senate, with McDonald a likely nominee for either seat. Fall is the Republican front runner for the Senate, with Catron and Raynolds also mentioned. Tarrazolo as a potential supreme court candidate and Hanna as a possible senator prospect are noted.
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New Mexico
B. C. Hernendez
Govrnor
Congress
National Capitol
Hall
Hernandez
Rio Arriba
Woc McDonald
McDonald
Albert Bacon
Joan Walton
A. A. Jones
Walton
Senate
Fall
Thomas Benton Catron
Washington
Herbert Raynolds
Enany
San Miguel
Henry W. Kelly
Seccundino Romero
Bursum
Romero
Patton
Tarrazolo
Hanna
Justice Hanna
Wal
Political cost and war support shape state race talk
The piece notes young candidates and the cost of living pressuring state officials to seek draft relief. It argues many nominees will win on a platform backing the war and Wilson's conduct, with Republicans claiming closer loyalty to the president than Democrats in this election climate.
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Ion
Justice Hanna
Woodrow Wilson
French Forces in Italy Under Terrific Fire
French units in northern Italy endured heavy bombardment as Col Ferreol Francois Bel, former Joffre aide, was buried near Monte Tomba after being killed inspecting the lines. Crocetta and nearby areas faced shelling, with 400 heavy calibre shells reported.
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OY Morning Journal
Italy
Associated Press
Col
Ferreol Francois Bel
Joffre
Monte Tomba
Crocetta
Three Aero Squadron Members Die in Middletown Fire
Harrisburg Pa December 16. E F Gallagher Munhana Pa W J Kramer Detroit Mich and W L Wiley Rockford Ill all members of the 113th aero squadron were burned to death when the guard house at the government service warehouses in Middletown near here was destroyed by fire early today. The fire was caused it is believed by gas generating in tar paper. The men were confined for minor offenses.
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Wee —Drming Journal Gfecial
Harrisburg
E. F. Gallagher
Munhana
W. J
Roosevelt Opens Red Cross Drive in Nassau County
Theodore Roosevelt starts the Red Cross membership drive in Hempstead Nassau County with a public speech on December 16. He urges local support and outlines aims of the campaign for the relief organization.
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Roosevelt
Red Cross
Hempstead
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Nassau County
Means Acquitted in Slaying of Mrs. Maud A. King
Gaston B. Means is acquitted of murdering Mrs. Maude A. King the wealthy widow. Prosecution alleged Means looted her estate and killed her to hide crime after evidence of misappropriation surfaced in New York and Chicago. The case traced to an August 29 shooting near Concord North Carolina at Blackwelder Spring.
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Chicago
Y Morning Journal
Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
New York
Means
W. S. Bingham
Afton Means
Gaston Means
Bolsheviks Declare Constitutional Democrats Enemies of People
Trotsky warns opponents as Bolsheviks call the Constitutional Democrats enemies of the people. The vote stands 150 against 104 amid political tension and party rhetoric.
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Constitutional Democrats
Peasants Congress Denounces Radicals in Russia
Petrograd reports that the workers and soldiers delegates approve a decree branding the constitutional democrats enemies of the people by 150 to 104. The peasants congress denounces the arrest of constituent assembly members by 860 to 221 and calls on the country and the armed forces to defend the delegates. Trotsky warns that terror may intensify into a French revolutionary guillotine.
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Constituent Assembly
Russia
OY Monning Jolanal
Petrograd
Constitutional Democrats
Peasants’ Congress
Trotzky
Two German Explosions Reported in Zurich Dispatches
Zurich dispatches describe two German disasters. An explosion at the Zeppelin works in Friedrichshafen caused numerous deaths or injuries. A second blast near Kiel destroyed a munitions plant producing bombs for Zeppelins and airplanes, killing many workers.
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London
Germany
Zurich
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Kiel
Pershing Proclaims Christmas and New Year Holidays
General orders from Gen. John J. Pershing in France announce Christmas and New Year holidays for American forces. No nonessential work to be performed on either holiday.
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France
John J. Pershing
Red Cross aims for twenty million members in campaign
Chairman H P Davison calls for a nationwide Christmas drive to push Red Cross membership from five to twenty million. He praises the organization as a modern miracle mobilizing America for mutual service and declares the goal will unite social groups under a single national banner.
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Red Cross
H. P. Davison
Morning Journal
Washington
Bec
American Red Cross
Henry P. Davison
Society
War Council
America
Wilson
Belgium
France
Italy
Russia
Romania
Armenia
Serbia
Mountain Red Cross Readied for Drive in Mountain States
The mountain division of the Red Cross plans a week long membership drive starting tomorrow with committees in all cities and counties. W. P. McPhee chairs the general committee. In Denver, stores offices and hotels will be visited to exceed Omaha and Salt Lake City in per capita membership, with a 75000 goal.
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Denver
Colo
Mountain Division
The
Red Cross
Mountain States
W. P. McPhee
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Entente to Recognize Bolshevik Government
London reports that entente governments are moving toward a more tolerant policy toward the Bolshevik regime. American delegates at the Paris conference urged leniency and the view has gained broad support. The aim is to aid Russia in preventing economic collapse while Russia stays in power for the foreseeable future.
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London
Lord Northcliffe
Women's quarrel causes charges say Caillaux
Ex Premier Caillaux defends himself before a committee of eleven over suspensions of Deputies Caillaux and Joustalot. He alleges a plot led by Camille Carrere, the French ambassador to Italy, and says forged papers and forgery claims deteriorate.
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Morning Journal
LesceDn
Paris
Caillaux
Chamber of Deputies
Caillaus
Joustalot
Camille Carrere
Italy
M. Caillaux
General du Bail
Dreyfus
Figaro
Ambassador Parrere
Premier Caillaux
Madame Caillaux
Rome
Madame Parrere
Pairere
Federal birth and death registration proposal in census report
Washington December 16 The census director Sam L fegers recommends federal control and supervision of birth and death registration to supplant state and municipal systems in the annual census report.
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Washington
Sam L. Fegers
Germany Tried to Start War Between U S and Japan
State Department authorizes publication of startling facts from Honolulu harbor revealing Germany's efforts to provoke a war between the United States and Japan.
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Germany
U. S
Japan
State Department
Honolulu
Interned Geier's Wireless Used in War Plot Case
Honolulu reports a Star-Bulletin article claiming the German cruiser Geier while interned in harbor had its wireless seal broken to relay messages between German agents in the United States and Japan. The diary of Captain Grasshof details plots to embroil Japan, Canada, and China in war and revolts, involving von Bernstorff aides and spies like I-17.
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Y Morning Journal
Honolulu
T. H
Geier
United States
Japan
Star-Bulletin
United States Intelligence Bureau
Grasshof
Mexico
Canada
Geler
Count von Jernstorff
Koy-Ed
von Papen
George Roedik
H. A. Schroeder
China
Shanghai
Manila
Washington
von Bernstorff
Germany
Fort Douglas
Utah
Pacific Coast
Tribune To Telegraph Peace Movements From Petrograd
Amsterdam December 16 The Tribune organ of a Dutch socialist party has been invited by the Maximalists to provide telegraphic correspondence with Russian revolutionaries in Petrograd on peace movements within Europe and America. The editor said reports would cover entente nations and central powers.
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Morning Journal
Amsterdam
the Tribune
Petrograd
Europe
America
David Wynkoop
Natu Lally
British Front Report Captures Prisoners and Machine Gun
The British war office statement from the front in France reports capturing a few prisoners and a machine gun during patrol encounters south of Cambrai in the night. It notes nothing further of special interest.
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London
France
British War Office
Cambrai
Weather Forecast for New Mexico
Denver forecast notes for New Mexico shows Monday and Tuesday fair conditions with little temperature change. No significant storms, with mild to moderate temperatures expected across the region.
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Denver
Colo
New Mexico
Prominent War Worker Mrs Leeds Leads Relief Efforts in England
Mrs William B Leeds, a renowned war worker now based in Enghind, directs relief activities and hosts American army officers and soldiers at her country home near London.
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England
William B. Leeds
Enghind
London
Armistice Terms Agreed Between Russia and Germany
Petrograd officials announced that Russia and Germany have agreed upon the terms of an armistice. The Bolshevik news agency reported the agreement was reached as of today, signaling a pause in hostilities during the ongoing conflict.
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Petrograd
Bolsheviki
Russia
Germany
Ournal
Armistice Signed Between Bolsheviki and Teutonic Allies
An armistice between the Bolshevik government of Russia and the German forces at Brest-Litovsk was signed Saturday. The agreement becomes effective Monday at noon and lasts until January 14. It provides that peace negotiations begin immediately after signing.
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Berlin
London
Russia
Brest- Litovek
Bolsheviks Take Over Chinese Eastern Railway
Telegram from Harbin reports Bolshevik forces have seized the Chinese Eastern railway and the administrative area in northern Manchuria. General Horvath, the Russian commander at Harbin, says he cannot be responsible for future conduct of affairs. Foreign consuls at Harbin advise Chinese authorities with entente powers to assume control of the railway and its zone.
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Peking
Manchuria
Harbin
Cieneral Horvath
Imperial Russia turmoil as regiments demand Nicholas removal
Reports from Petrograd say Ismailovsky and Petrograd regiments push for the immediate confinement of former emperor Nicholas and his family at Kronstadt or fortress. Others align with soldiers delegates against the constituent assembly as Bolshevik red guards disperse meetings and arrests rise amid peasant congress clashes.
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London
Freuter’s, Limited
Constituent Assembly
Petrograd
Isviestia
Tatrida Palace
Molsheviki Red Guards
Peasants’ Congress
Allies Ready Against German Drive in West Says Baker
Secretary Baker reports no shift in western war balance with Allies holding ground. He notes German advertising of an offensive is not a guaranteed strategic gain while Berlin seeks peace through victory. Berlin pressures for fast peace amid Allied successes in Jerusalem and setbacks along the Russian front.
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Palestine
Mesopotamia
East
Africa
Riga
Italy
Palstine
Jerusalem
Holy City
Allenby
Germany
France
Grest Nhe
Rastea
Black Sea
Russia
Guardian Trust President Samuel L Wilner Dies
Samuel L Wilner, president of the Guardian Trust company and linked with the Wilner mercantile chain, died at a Denver hotel today from pneumonia.
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Denver
Samuel L. Wilner
The
Guardian Trust Company
Wilner
Mercantile Storea
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