Entente rejects Germany peace proposal as insincere
Paris reports the Entente powers united in a note calling Germany’s peace bid empty and insincere. Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Montenegro, Portugal, Russia, Romania, Serbia are named in a joint rebuke saying no peace while rights and independence are violated. The note alleges the overtures aim to influence the war’s outcome and intimidate neutrals, citing violations and possible coercion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Montenegro
Portugal
Rumant
Rusia
Serbia
Germ
Austria-Hungary
Gemany
Austria
Russia
Paris
Telium
Rumania
United States
Spain
Holland
Speakership to the Front in Montana House Fight
Helena dispatch reports a speaker contest in the Montana house with 49 Democrats and 46 Republicans, no clear party winner, and a pivotal bloc of Society of Equity members. Democrats Kehoe and O Connor lead, equity farmers hold balance, pledging to oppose a candidate who neglects farmer interests. The council may shape both houses.
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Helena
Kehoe
O'Connor
Society of Bounty
Society of Equity
Herbert MM. Peet
The
Ety
Equity Farmers
House of Representattives
Mr. Peet
Anaconda News and Other Transcriptions Highlighted
Fragmented OCR item covers diverse short notes from Anaconda and surrounding topics. Mentions peace proposal rejection by Teintente autes, speakership contest, prosecutor charges, a French cruiser sinking, president’s road legislation, inquest and court clerk honors, rising potato prices, a 16 Elks watch party, a wife fine, and various classifieds.
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Tetintente Autes
Alroad Legisaation
Anaconda News
Buckley
Foley
Itzsimmons
Butte
Elks Anerry
Automobil
Cinesitied
Bege
Swann Charged With Fraud By New York Judge
Judge James A. Delhanty charged District Attorney Edward Swann with fraud on the court amid labor dispute indictments. The judge sent the accusation to Governor Whitman by registered mail, urging inquiry into Swann's conduct. Swann rebutted, calling it a political move as his office faces next year's Republican bid.
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New York
Edward Swann
New York County
Court of General Sessions
James A. Delhanty
Court of General ‘Sessions
Whitman
Swann
Delhanty
Court of General
Garranza's Government Menaced On All Sides
A December dispatch reports Mexican political tension as factions pressure Carranza's government. Intermittent violence and vendetta fears mount over juntas and the U S stance, while officials contend with uncertain alliances amid calls for decisive action.
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Garranza
Copper Queen output estimates for 1916
Douglas Aviz Dec 30 approximate estimates from the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining and the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company place total upper output at about 271,009,000 pounds for 1916. The Copper Queen alone produced 176,000,000 pounds, matching last year’s combined production by both smelters.
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Douglas
Aviz
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
Calumet & Arizona Mining Company
Copper Queen
Calumet & Arizona
Bonus Pact Boosts Copper Range Workers Arises in 1900s Note
Copper Range company announces a wage upraise effective January 1. Underground workers receive a ten percent increase. About four thousand employees are affected.
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Houghton, Mich
Tffective
Campaign cites women smoking as civic threat
New York December 30 William H Allen director of the bureau of man i research and later head of the institute for public service warns that cigarette smoking by women and children imperils civic improvement efforts He calls for an open fight on cigarette use among students women and social settlements and even suggests directing charitable funds to promote women's right to smoke in the city which already spends millions on charitable work and whose reformers are largely smokers
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York
New York
William H. Allen
Bureau of Mani Research
Institute For Public Service
Allen
French Cruiser Gaulois Torpedoed Four Crewmembers Lost
Paris reports the French cruiser Gaulois was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. Only four crew members died, two were torpedoed and the vessel sank in about half an hour. Patrol boats arrived as the Front lines held the area. Official sources gave the casualty count.
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Paris
Thement
Gaulois
Sion
Allies Reject German Peace Offer In Inflexible Note
Paris reports the entente powers refuse to treat Germanys conference proposal as a peace offer. They condemn the note as a war maneuver and insist the war was provoked by Germany and Austria Hungary. They demand penalties, reparations, and guarantees, vowing unity against perceived German aggression.
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Paris
Germany
Entente
Wiliam Graves
Sharp
Briand
London
Central Powers
Belalum
Ranatiod
Belgium
Tora
Herrmy
Austria-Huna
Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Great Britain
France
Huissia
Ger
Hungary
Dormos
Emre
Europe
Churchmen oppose premature peace in pacifist clash
Philadelphia leaders report a new objection to a rapid peace deal by wartime powers. George W Pepper says a statement will be released in Washington, signed by bishops and clergy from multiple faiths. The drive counters the Church Peace Union led by Andrew Carnegie, arguing peace must be just and durable rather than expedient.
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Philadelphia
United States
George Wharton Pepper
Washington
Church Peace Union
Andrew Carnegie
Peper
Joseph F. Berry
Methodist Episcopal Church
William T. Ellis
Eight Hour Day for Working Women Endorsed
Chicago report shows the Illinois Woman's Legislative congress endorsing an eight hour day and six day week for all working women including household servants. Other resolutions call for no ex parte injunctions in industrial disputes, jury trials in contempt cases, direct election of school boards, stricter election-law liability for vote buyers, anti militaristic physical training, expanded civil service, vocational education, compulsory blind education, road funds, and control of obscenity at places of public amusement.
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Chicago
Illinois Woman's Legislative Congress
Wilson urges railroad legislation beyond Adamson act
President Wilson traveled to the Capitol to confer with Senator Newlands on supplementary railroad measures. He supports legislation to prevent strikes during disputes and to empower the president to take over railroads, telegraph, and telephone lines in wartime. The talks followed questions about Adamson act legality and pending hearings set to begin next Tuesday.
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Washington
Wilson
Capitol
Newlands
Commerce Committee
Congress
News Lands
Senate
Senator Newlands
Brotherhood Railroad
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Eort
Underwood & Underwood
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Schoenbrun
Tongu Derer
Kehoe and O'Connor
Dec. C
Sraral Cf
MCA
Dean
Endlan
Heronger
Alllog
Tuye
Illinois
Woman's Legislative Congress
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