Days Have Their Day in Congress
The House Judiciary Committee voted to adopt a resolution to submit a constitutional amendment banning liquor manufacture and sales for beverage use. Prohibition supporters hail the move while administration leaders doubt Senate action this session. The vote follows prior postponement and ties to the District of Columbia referendum proposals.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
United States
Senate
District of Columbia
Underwood
Kern
Indiana
Women suffrage ad advocates win partial victory in Congress
The House Judiciary Committee reported the Susan B Anthony federal amendment for consideration without recommendation. A campaign will push for a special rule to bring the measure before the House for action, likely in January.
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Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
House
Gardner Resolution Denounces Peace Move In Europe War
Representative A P Gardner of Massachusetts asks the House to adopt a resolution claiming the central powers seek peace to halt a just outcome. He argues a premature settlement would fail to punish the aggressors and would keep the United States from aiding a fair peace. The measure was sent to the foreign affairs committee.
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Washington
United States
House
A. P. Gardner
Massachusetts
Stone Claims Right to Speak at Peace League Meeting
Senator Stone, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, asserted the neutral right of the United States to initiate a movement for peace before the League to Enforce Peace in St Louis. He spoke Thursday night outlining the U.S. position in light of the European war and neutrality concerns.
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St. Louis
United States
League
Senator Stone
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Four Crew Rescued After Barque Wreck Off Port Isabel
In Brownsville Texas four crew members of the Gulfport Towing barge Bob were believed drowned fifty miles off Port Isabel a week ago. The wrecked barge reached Matamoras Mexico on Thursday after the incident.
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Brownville
Texas
Bob
Gulfport Towing Company
Port Isabel
Matamoras
Mexico
France imposes total ban on whiskey and grain liquors
The government declares a total prohibition on consuming whiskies bran dies and liquors nationwide. Premier Lriand presented the measure in the Journal Officiel before the chamber of deputies.
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Paris
France
Journal
Officiel
Premier Lriand
Chamber of Deputies
England May Arm Merchant Ships
In the house of commons Thames MacNamara announced the Admiralty is giving earnest consideration to arming merchant ships. He stated the issue is under study and will be decided in due course.
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England
London
House of Commons
Thames MacNamara
Admiralty
Price of Horse Meat Advances in Berlin
Authorities fix a maximum price of 3 cents per pound for top cuts including liver and sausage amid a steady rise in horse meat prices in Berlin.
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Berlin
Avalanche destroys Waldheim children’s sundarium in Pontresina
Two people died and several were badly hurt when an avalanche buried the Waldheim children's sunitarium at Pontresina in the upper Engadine region of Switzerland.
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Paris
Waldheim
Pontresna
Upper
Engadine
Switzerland
Train Buried by Avalanche Near Bernina Pass
An electric train crossing the Bernina pass was buried by an avalanche. Rescuers dug out the passengers. two died. Another train is said to be a new bound near Bevers in the Bogadine.
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Berne
Switeerlana
Bernina Pass
Bevers
Bogadine
Peace Notes Pressed as Central Powers Propose Talks
Washington reports arrival of Germany and Austria peace notes and early signals that Entente powers would study proposals. Secretary Lansing says notes identical to semi official versions. President Wilson may offer a mediation gesture to seek discussion, with neutral states showing interest. Spanish ambassador and Swiss minister conferred with Lansing as intermediaries.
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Washington
Germany
State Department
Austria
Lansing
Wilson
United States
Riana
Ritter
France to stand with Allies after German peace bid
Premier Briand told the chamber of deputies on Wednesday that France will align with allied powers and caution against German proposals. He warned France must not fall behind other members of the conference in the premises of any peace effort.
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France
Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Wilson Wins Nevada With 5 649 Plurality At Reno
Official canvass shows President Wilson ahead in Nevada with 17 776 votes to Hughes 12 127 Benson 3 065 and Hanly 840. The secretary of state completed the state totals.
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Reno
Nev
Wilson
Nevada
Hughes
Benson
Hanly
Invasion News From European Fronts
Allied and central powers report heavy artillery duels across France Belgium and the Balkans with limited movement. Romanian resistance wanes as German forces near Buzeu while Albanians claim victory over Italians near Pasadena Epirus. Berlin confirms the Algerie sinking with one officer and six crew captured.
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London
Roumania
Buzeu
Carpathians
Me ii
Serbia
Balkan
Sofia
Pasadena
Epirus
France
Belgium
Volks Zeitung
Cologne
Bucharest
Radoslavoff
Sarrail
Macedonia
Berlin
Malta
Algerie
Saloniki
Germany’s Peace Offer Against Allied Resistance
Berlin editors view Germany’s peace overture as timely but doubtful to prompt treatment. Papers note heightened entente skepticism and fear of another year of fighting, while acknowledging the move may sway neutral states and bolster peace factions.
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Berlin
Germany
Imany
Roumania
France
Russia
Mayor Mitchel Backs City Salary Increases
Mayor Mitchel rebuked the board of aldermen to approve salary raises for city employees totaling 120620 as part of the 1917 budget, which overall amounts to 211116016.
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New York
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
Tts
French capture Bulgarian post on Macedonian front
French forces seized a Bulgarian post on the right bank of the Vardar river on the Macedonian front. Snow has impeded the advance of the enemy north of Monastir, with opera tensions noted nearby.
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Purin
Vardar
Monastir
Private Appointed to West Point from Wisconsin Private
Charles R. Wing of Kewanee Wisconsin, a private in the Second Wisconsin infantry now serving on the Mexican border, received Tuesday an appointment to the United States military academy. He is said to be the first private in the U S army to win a West Point appointment.
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West Point
San Antonio
Texas
Charles R. Wing
Kewanee
Wis
Second
Wisconsin Infantry
United States Military Academy
United States Army
Charles " Wing
Contracts for Hydroaeroplanes Placed by War Department
The War Department let contracts Saturday for ninety six high power hydroaeroplanes for coast artillery stations in the United States Hawaii the Philippines and the Panama Canal Zone.
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Washington
Coast Artillery
United States
Hawaii
Philippines
Panama Canal
War Department
Tonopah Miners Reject 50 Cent Flat Wage Proposal
In Tonopah Nevada a heavy majority of approximately 1 000 mine workers voted to reject a wage proposal offering a flat 50 cent daily advance regardless of silver prices.
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Tonopah
Neve
Government Orders Preference Urged for Military Supply
Secretary Daniels urged Congress to require steel companies and private firms to prioritize government orders for military needs. He planned to add a new provision to the naval appropriation bill to speed battleship construction amid delays from private yards and steel plants. Secretary Baker reported to Speaker Clark on the National Guard, noting about 60 percent of those drafted lacked prior military training after later rejections.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Baker
Speaker Clark
House
Fire Sweeps Chugwater Destroys Town in Wyoming
Cheyenne reports Chugwater a town of about 400 residents fifty miles north of here was virtually destroyed by a fire early Wednesday. No casualties are reported.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Chugwater
Here
Archduke Stephen to Rule Poland Regent Pick
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria has been chosen as regent of Poland with a possible future election to king. The appointment signals a path toward stabilizing Polish governance under Habsburg leadership.
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Archduke Stephen
Warsaw
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria
Poland
Saulsbury Brothers Named Democratic Pro Tempore Choice
Senator Willard Saulsbury of Delaware was unanimously chosen by the Democratic senate caucus Wednesday night to serve as president pro tempore after the death of Senator Clarke of Arkansas.
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Washington
Willard Saulsbury
Delaware
Senate
Senator Clarke
Arkansas
German Paper Attacks Wilson Over Belgium Deportations
The Koennische Volks Zeitung attacks President Wilson for his representations to Germany about Belgian deportations, deeming the action incorrect and critical of U S policy.
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Amsterdam
Koennische Volks Zetung
Wilson
Germany
Teutonic Allies Offer Peace Talks in Reichstag
Germany and its allies propose entering immediate peace negotiations with the Entente, asserting a basis for lasting peace while reserving the right to continue the war if talks fail. The note, transmitted to the United States Spain and Switzerland, insists on protecting national honor and evolution.
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Berlin
Germany
von Bethmann Hollweg
Vatican
United States
Spain
Switzerland
Nnions
Teutonic
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Europe
Balkans
Hereia
Secretary Daniels Floyds Navy Pay Hike Proposal
Secretary Daniels urged the house naval committee to raise naval pay by five dollars per month for every enlisted man. The plan would add about three million dollars annually to the payroll nationwide.
Government Ownership Proposed for Capital Telephone System
Representative Lewis of Maryland who authored the parcel post law introduced a bill on December 12 proposing government ownership of the public telephone system in the nation’s capital. The move follows debates on public utilities and federal control of communications.
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Washington
Lewis
Maryland
Parcel Post
Navas
German war aims outline proposed peace terms
The speaker details postwar aims for a restored Belgium and French territories, future Belgian neutrality, return of colonies, and shifts in Turkey and Balkans. Germany seeks to secure its borders, settle new spheres of influence, and uses a hard line stance while signaling openness to peace talks.
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Belgium
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Antwerp
Germany
Pacific
Berlin
Kiauehay
Turkey
Constantinople
Albania
Lithuania
Poland
Mesopotamia
Austria
Persian Gulf
Ingeland
India
Egypt
Bulgaria
Serbia
Nish
Macedonia
Dobrudja
Danube
Romania
Black Sea
Reichstag
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Public opposition to German peace in London
London reports show a strong public current against any German peace proposal. Public officials and papers avoided firm statements without terms, signaling no consensus amid Allied deliberations and reliance on prior declarations by Grey.
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London
Foreign Office
Viscount Grey
Interest Shown at Capital on German Peace Talks
Washington reports indicate Germany’s renewed peace overture may spur the United States to mediate. Some officials foresee U S mediation leading to a league of nations with American participation, shaping the terms for a lasting world peace.
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Depare
Washington
Germany
United States
Wilson
Unanon
Private Appointed to West Point in Texas
A Wisconsin private in the second infantry earned a United States military academy appointment. He is noted as possibly the first man ever appointed to West Point while serving as a private. The announcement places him in San Antonio, Texas, in relation to the academy appointment.
Mayor Favore Salary Increase Sparks Budget Debate
The board of aldermen in Rebick rejects salary hikes for city employees, proposed in the 1017 budget totaling 21,116,016 dollars with a line item of 20,630. The dispute centers on raises and the impact on the city’s finances.
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New York
Mitchel
Board of Aldermen
Rebick
French Capture Bulgarian Post
Five Bulgarian posts fall to French forces in a north Monastir operation. French forces report successful capture of positions held by Bulgarian troops in the limited engagement.
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