Congress Declares War on Austria-Hungary
Congress approves a war declaration against Austria-Hungary after a brief debate. President Wilson signs it, and the measure authorizes use of armed forces and resources to victory. Senate vote 74 to 0 with one abstention in the House. London dissented.
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Teuton Airman Bombs Yankees in Night Flight
A German aviator dropped a bomb that hit a street of a town as two American aviation mechanics, one from Detroit and the other from Buffalo, Mo., passed by. The Detroit man was wounded in the shoulder and the Missourian suffered a broken nose and facial injuries. An ambulance driver from Hannibal, Mo., was struck by a flying brick. All three are in a base hospital and reported not serious.
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Stimulation of Crops Needed to Win War
Washington reports Secretary Houston urges higher farm output to meet domestic and ally needs as war enters a new phase. He credits farmers’ wartime cooperation and stresses no letdown in production or agricultural services. Estimates suggest meat dairy and vegetable oils output exceeds 1915 16 levels with a large crop surplus over prewar averages.
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War News From Italy and Romanian Fronts
The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary and pledges aid to Italy as Austro-German forces push on the Asiago plateau. Italian defenses hold while 4000 more prisoners are reported, totaling 15,000 since the offensive began. On the eastern front, Russians seek armistice and Romania declines fraternization, with fighting ceasing on Romanian lines. In northern Italy, Italian headquarters report a new turning movement by the enemy resembling the six week old offensive near Gorizia.
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Battle in Santa Lara Canon Kills and Wounds 400
Federal cavalry under Generals Murgula and Favela ambushed Villa followers in the Santa Lara canon seventy five miles northwest of Chihuahua City. The official count reports 400 killed or wounded on both sides. An unconfirmed report says Hipolito Villa, Francisco Villa's brother and a colonel, may have died.
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Keyes Admits He Lived with Alleged Slayer
George M. H. Keyes testified as a prosecution witness in the Harriet Varney murder case. He described intimate companionship with Miss Varney, saying they lived together as nun and wife in New York Providence and Boston for over a year before his 1916 marriage to his stenographer. He then sent a postal card from Chicago to Miss Varney in Providence hoping to end their relation.
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Santa Fe Man Likely Named Traffic Director
Government weighs appointing a traffic manager to direct movement of war supplies. Edwards Fy Chambers of Chicago, vice president of Santa Fe, is the probable appointee.
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Government studies rail transport amid wartime priorities
Washington December reports three priorities in rail traffic. Robert Lovett orders fuel food and government supplies to outrank general freight. Fairfax Harrison says railways are ready to cooperate under any management while a future traffic manager may take charge of government movement of material. The December 12 order sets a broad shipment priority not altering prior open car or Utah Wyoming coal orders.
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Yankee Airman Defeats Teuton in Paris Duel
Major William Thaw of the Lafayette Escadrille shot down a German airplane in a duel over the enemy line. The victory was reported via a telephone message received in Paris late on Wednesday.
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Halifax Storm Devastates City with High Casualty Toll
Rescue work halted by a blizzard as Halifax endures a massive storm. Officials report about 2,000 dead and 200 injured with hundreds trapped or missing. Surviving residents face cold, hunger, and scarce blankets as hospitals strain under demand.
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Armistice-Era Fire and Destruction Described by Lt Col Good
Lieutenant Colonel Good of Fredericton described a blaze of unprecedented scale in Hairfax, with burning buildings, iron and brick rubble, and civilians trapped on the streets. He recounted finding a half burned body after entering a flaming frame house to rescue an elderly man’s wife, who was later identified as missing.
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U S Bushes Relief Trains to Halifax
Two Red Cross trains rush through New Moglind toward Halifax carrying a base hospital unit with medical staff, supplies, clothing, and food. President Wilson offers heartfelt sympathy to Canada as relief efforts are organized by railroads and officials.
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Hans Threaten to Fight Slavs Truce Pleaders
Reuters dispatches from Petrograd report General Hoffmann angrily rejects Russian terms for armies and warns if repeated they will fight. Pravda notes detachments of sailors and red guard dispatched to Tobolsk to guard Nicholas Romianoff, former Russian emperor, 1,500 miles east of Moscow.
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Korniloff May Join Kale Serge Armed Cossacks
Reports say General Korniloff, escaped from Buikoff and imprisoned by Bolsheviks, has joined General Kale sines of the Don Cossacks. He once led the Asian armies. The Bolsheviki reportedly control the Trans-Siberian railway from Petrograd to Vladivostok, a 6 521 mile stretch.
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Trainmen killed in Rays Crossing wreck near Danville
Two railway workers, conductor and motorman, died when a runaway coal car derailed at Rays Crossing west of Danville. The coal cars broke loose from a tipple and crashed into a streetcar during the incident.
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Canadian Ship Calls for Help
A wireless distress message from the government ship Simcoe reports a vessel near Vane Point and off the Maxgdlales coast in trouble. Captain Dalien commands a forty three man crew aboard the Siimcoe which reported the emergency and location.
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