Peace terms debated as Britain demands reparations
Lloyd George told the House that Germany must accept reparation as the only path to lasting peace, warning against entering negotiations without clear terms. Allies schedule industry labor, while German prisoners reflect uncertainties about peace overtures amid roving fronts in France and eastern Europe.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
Europe
France
Russia
Arthur Chamberlain
National Service
Chamberlain
Army
Two Men Struck by Local Engine Near Hyak
Two men Gus Johnson and Gus Axaner were struck on the Copper River and Northwestern railroad track by a backing engine near a slough bridge while transporting a sled with blankets and provisions. Axaner sustained no injuries and was discharged. Johnson had a crushed rib and a head wound but recoverable. Both men reportedly had been drinking and did not hear the approaching train.
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Copper River & Northwestern Railroad
Gus Johnson
Gus Axaner
Hyak
Johnson
Axaner
Luther Burbank to wed secretary Elizabeth Waters
Santa Rosa California December 20 Luther Burbank famed plant breeder will marry his secretary Elizabeth Waters tomorrow. The 67 year old scientist will lead his bride to the altar in a private ceremony in the California town.
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Luther Burbank
Santa Rosa
Cal
Tuther Burbank
Cupid
Elizabeth Waters
Navigating Officer of Olympia Dies in Berkeley
Captain Carlos G. Calkins, navigating officer of the Dewey flagship Olympia, died in Berkeley today at age 66. The news notes his service on the flagship during the Manila Bay period.
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Berkeley
Cal
Carlos G. Calkins
Dewey
Olympia
Manila Bay
Stock market suffers broad decline with big steel drop
In New York trading, stocks finished sharply lower after a volatile day. The declines spanned five to fifteen points across most sectors, with Bethlehem Steel plunging seventy two points on one sale. Shipping, immunity and equipment shares also suffered heavy losses.
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York
Bethlehem Steel
Villistas executed after battle southwest of Chihuahua City
A home guards member reports Ban deiro Uribe a Villa follower who originated the ear-cutting custom was captured and executed with seventeen followers after a battle southwest of Chihuahua City. Many Villistas were killed in the engagement.
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Juarez
Home Guards
Bandeiro Uribe
Villa
Carranza
Chihuahua City
National Guard Lacked Training for Mexican Border Duty
Major General Scott told the senate military committee that the National Guard mobilized on the Mexican border would have needed about a year of intensive training to match trained troops. He added that the Mexicans are untrained soldiers.
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Washington
Scott
General Staff
Army
Senate Military Committee
Hawaii Seeks Voter Choice for Governor
Honolulu Dec 19 A bill to grant Hawaii’s voters the right to elect the territorial governor will be introduced in the upcoming short session by Delegate Kalanianaole. Currently the governor is appointed by the president with no local say in selection.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Congress
Kalanianaole
Mariposa Arrives From Seattle With Cordova Passengers
The steamer Mariposa is due from Seattle tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock carrying a number of passengers bound for Cordova.
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Seattle
Cordova
Death of Albert F Sullivan Confirmed in Seattle
Albert F Sullivan deputy U S marshal at Valdez died in Seattle hospital after appendectomy on December 11 at age 36. An Alaska resident for years, his death was confirmed amid New England and national news items in the late December issue.
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Seattle
Albert F. Sullivan
United States
Valdez
Whiting
Alaska
Move to expand veto power on pork barrel items
Washington hosts a referendum by about 800 local and national chambers of commerce on amending the U S constitution to let the president approve or disapprove individual items in appropriation bills. Backers argue the president should wield independent judgment rather than accept or reject entire measures.
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Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
National Chamber
Merchants’ Association of New York
House of Congress
Woman mine operator on way to the states
Mrs. Jennie Cleveland of Hot Springs arrived in Cordova by train, heading to the United States for the first time in fifteen years. She is recognized as the Norths most successful and persistent mining woman, sharing a life of toil and devotion to developing the region alongside partner Sylvester Howell.
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Cordova
Jennie Cleveland
Hot Springs
Woman Known as Georgia Phillips Dies By Own Hand
A Cordova woman, Georgia Phillips, found dead in Fairbanks on December 11 from likely asphyxiation using chloroform or similar anesthetic. Police note include a suicide note saying she had “run a long, hard race, and have lost,” and ask that her son Clanton Phillips be notified and that she be buried in Fairbanks.
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Cordova
Fairbanks
News-Miner
Georgia Phillips
R. Weiss
Clanton Phillips
Ennis
Montana
Alaska road project to hire 2000 workers in Fairbanks
Thomas Riggs Jr of the Alaska engineering commission says 2000 men will be employed on the Fairbanks end of the government road next season and that work will start early in April.
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Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alaska Engineering Commission
Fairbanks
Commission
Government Road
Aokans in the limelight and other Alaska notes
Captain Gilbert T. Rude gains an unlimited tonnage master license for oceans on the Isis after commanding the Taku in Cordova. B W Griffin, a Chena Democrat, writes of a White House connection as he seeks Governor Strong’s successor. Fr Kleinschmidt, war filmmaker and Arctic explorer, produced 10 000 feet of combat footage from Europe amid fronts in Poland Russia the Balkans and Italy. Editor Thompson of the Fairbanks News Miner shifts from drys to supporting the Wickersham bid for delegate as Alaska’s chaotic vote recount nears a possible canvass by the territorial board.
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Gilbert T. Rude
Geodetic Survey
Taku
Cordova
Isis
Virginia
United States
Norfolk
B. W. Griffin
Chena
Governor Strong
White House
Wilson
Kleinschmidt
Hall Young
Cordova Presbyterian Church
Carnegie Museum
Alaska
Siberia
Russia
Carpathian
Poland
Tarnow
Przemsyl
Lemberg
Warsaw
Brest Litovsk
Balkans
Serbia
Mediterranean
Thompson
Fairbanks News-Miner
Congress
Sulzer
Wickersham
Charles A. Sulzer
Snow
J. F. A. Strong
Customs Pugh
Charles E. Davidson
House of Representatives of
National Congress
Ny State
Union
Oil men to push standardization of tested and crude oils
Denver expects a convention of oil men next summer to discuss standardizing tested and crude oils including gasoline and benzine. James Duce, Colorado state oil inspector, says uniform methods are needed amid great variation across states and plans are being made for about 100 oil men to attend from all parts of the country.
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Denver
Convention of Oil Men
United States
James Duce
Colorado
Duce
Former Alaskan Pioneer Captain Hans Pande Dies in Salt Lake City
Captain Hans Christian Pande of Tacoma, born in Norway, died in Salt Lake City during a visit to his son after contracting pneumonia. A shipping and real estate executive, he helped found Pande, Nelson & Co in Tacoma in 1898 and, as US inspector at Sitka Alaska, discovered the Pande Basin gold deposit later capitalized for wealth.
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Hans Christian Pande
Tacoma
Alaska
Salt Lake City
Pande
Norway
Pande, Nelson & Co
United States
Sitkalaska
Sitka
Two Nome Cadets Die Not Yet From Appendix Operation
In Nome a curious family note shows two cadets from the Naval Academy named Eugene Kell and Irwin Kell both operated on for appendicitis eight years apart. Both telegrams came from Annapolis and the deaths followed Irwin’s, while Eugene is reported out of danger.
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Nome
Kell
Annapolis
Eugene
Kells
Naval Academy
Irwin
Gene
Order of Eastern Star Elects New Officers
At a meeting the Order of the Eastern Star elected officers for the term. Officers include Worthy Matron Mrs. R. L. Patton, Worthy Patton Ed Currier, Associate Matron Mrs. Glasbrenner, secretary R. L. Patton, Treasurer Peter Shearman, Conductress Mrs. Day, Associate Conductress Mrs. Grant Reed, Chaplain S. P. Jack, Marshal Mrs. Lillian Fillinger, Organist Mrs. M. S. Wilson, Adair Mrs. Ellinor Adams, Ruth Mrs. Anna Currier, Esther Mrs. Zella Slater, Martha Mrs. Emma Howard, Electa Mrs. Mary C. Eames, Warder Mrs. Anna Elliott, Sentinel Iver Suphellen.
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Order of the Eastern Star
R. L. Patton
Worthy Patton
Ed Currier
Glasbrenner
Peter Shearman
Day
Grant Reed
S. P
Jack Marshal
Lillian Fillinger
M. S. Wilson Adair
Ellinor Adams
Ruth
Anna Currier
Esther
Zella Slater
Martha
Emma Howard
Electa
Mary C. Eames Warder
Anna Elliott Sentinel
Iver Suphellen
Cordova Pupils Plan Christmas Parties and Charitable Drive
Cordova school children plan festive last day activities with room parties, trees, and gifts. Seventh to ninth graders study civics and current events and organize a fundraising drive earning one dollar each to aid destitute children in Europe, hoping to reach twelve weeks of support.
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Cordova
Ipper
Santa Claus
Europe
Hk Io
Buffalo Hero in Wyoming grows as herd expands
Cheyenne December 19 Buffair the distinctive plains beast long thought near extinction is increasing rapidly in Wyoming says State Game Warden Wilson. Animals scatter across the northwest. A herd at Whelmapolis in excellent condition. Seven calves born this year. Two bulls from Yellowstone Park reserve will be added this winter.
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Cheyenne
Buffair
American Plains
Wyoming
Wilson
Whelmapolis
Yellowstone Park Reserve
Icicles Stop Seward Train In Tunnel Delay
Train on government railroad at Mile 52 Seward district halted while crew chopped massive icicles from a tunnel. Locomotive froze to the tracks. after hours of work, engine freed and service resumed with section crew reinforcement.
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Government
Seward
Man Falls in Treadwell Shaft Recovers $20 Gold Piece
Frite Landreth, shift boss at the combination shaft, dropped five feet to rock and dirt in the Treadwell mine. While rising he spotted a glittering object that proved to be a $20 gold piece. The spot recalls a fatal site from 1910 and has yielded other souvenirs since.
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Frite Landreth
Treadwell
Proncer Hotel Sold to Mrs McMayhill in Knik
Mrs McMayhill purchases the Proncer hotel at Knik from Fraser and Davis. The property had been owned by Frank Cannon who was recently elected to the Alaska legislature. Cordova Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles holds its annual officer election tonight.
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Knik
McMayhill
Fraser & Davis
Frank Cannon
Alaska
Cordova Aerie
Order of Eagles
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