Allies Tell President Their Aims In The War
Washington reports the translation of the Entente note of December 19 1916 as received by Allied governments. They praise US aims for a league of nations and demand a just postwar settlement including Belgium Serbia Montenegro and other territories while rejecting any peace compromising Allied security.
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Sharp
Paris
United States
League of Nations
Europe
Wilson
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Luxemburg
Serbia
Syria
Mias Cavell
Fryatt
Alles
Montenegro
France
Russia
Romania
Poland
Vienna Bars Loan Quotations After War Ruling
The Vienna Stock Exchange has prohibited quotations on Austrian and Hungarian loans following a postwar ruling. Berlin reports several large financial events in the last day or two. Delegates at the German Wholesale Trade Association conventions discussed trade issues to face after the war.
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Berlin
Vienna Stock Exchange
Wholesale ‘Trade Association
Entente Note Called One of War's Most Delicate Documents
Washington officials deem the Entente note among the war's most carefully crafted diplomatic papers. Its compact wording and subtle phrasing require extended study before public discussion or broader interpretation.
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Washington
Allied patrols renew sea raider warnings to ships
Allied patrol cruisers issue renewed radio warnings in French and English that a German raider may be encountered anywhere in the Atlantic. Reports that the raider was sunk by a British cruiser are not confirmed by official sources.
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Boston
Atlantic
Teutons Close In On Galatz as Vadeni Falls
London dispatch says Mackensen’s outposts reach six miles from Galatz with Vadeni captured. Russian rearguard faces two retreat routes past Bratesul lake and the Pruth marshes while Bulgarian artillery targets Galatz and the Danube bridge. Petrogard reports Romanians strike back near Monaster-Kachmul and Kasino River defenses, with Teutons pushed back after fierce fighting.
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Pruth
Great Rive
Bratesul
Danube
Russia
Sofia
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Petrograd
Monestar-Kachmul
Kasino
Teutons
Teuton
Admiral George Dewey Dead at Eightieth
Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila Bay, died after a six day illness. He passed peacefully beside Mrs. Dewey and his son George G. Dewey. President Wilson mourned the loss and a naval guard honored him as ships at sea flashed the news.
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Manila Bay
Dewey
George G. Dewey
Chicago
Dolphin
Arlington
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Wilson
Thaw Immobilized in Philadelphia Hospital After Suicide Attempt
Philadelphia police guard Thaw at St Marys Hospital Kensington after his suicide attempt amid four criminal charges kidnapping second degree assault conspiracy to flee justice and attempting death by own action. He survived with neck and wrist wounds and may be moved to New York after recovery.
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Harry Kendall Thaw
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kensington
Stanford White
St. Mary's
New York
Thaw
Frederick Gump, Jr
Kansas City
Dewey A Fighter Manila His Test
George Dewey the hero of Manila Bay and third Admiral in the American Navy was born in Montpelier Vermont on December 26 1857. He attended Major Pangborn’s school and Northfield Military Academy before Annapolis entry. He saw Civil War action and later commanded the Asiatic Squadron with the Maine explosion in Havana as context. General Dimitrieff lauds Russian ardor on the Riga front in a note on recent attacks.
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Manila Bay
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David Dixon Porter
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Mary Perrin Dewey
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Mississippi
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Fort Fisher
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Maine
Havana Harbor
el Fraile
London
Dimitrieff
Riga
London Eggs Drop to Zero Cents in Market Shake
London imports of 15 million eggs from America and Egypt last week caused a sharp price drop after six months of rise. Fresh eggs fell to 1.08 dollars per dozen, with lower prices at 60 cents per dozen for other varieties.
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America
Egypt
London
Absinthe Sold, Paris Cafe Mollard Fined for War Law Violation
Paris reports Cafe Mollard opposite St Lazare terminus ordered closed and proprietor Louis Mollard fined over 40 000 dollars for selling almost 1000 bottles of absinthe as elixir in violation of the 1915 war liquor ban.
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Cafe Mollard
Paris
St. Lazareck
Louis Mollard
M. Mollard
Allied Reinforcement to Strike Berlin–Constantinople Line
On Saloniki front the Allied army will be reinforced as a prelude to attacking the Berlin Constantinople railroad. Berlin reports Allied warships have been destroyed since the war began. In Rumani a series of heavy counter strikes presses the Sereth line and Moldavian frontier. Russian advances in Riga appear sustained against German counter assaults. Petrograd reports repeated repulses. Berlin says Prince Friedrich Sigismund and Prince Friedrich Karl joined the German flying corps, aged 26 and 23.
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Berlin-Constantinople
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Sereth Line
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Fokshani
Danube
Riga
Petrograd
Lokal Anzeiger
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Friedrich Karl
Friedrich Leopold
Prussia
German Flying Corps
Milwaukee Loss Ends Salvage Effort After Wreck Near Eureka
The cruiser Milwaukee beached near Eureka California and wreckage salvage halted as hulls flooded. Paymaster Savea retrieved $75 000 from the ship while officers personal effects were removed. Frazer and Porter concluded refloating was impossible as the hull gave way. A temporary pier will strip movable gear, while submarine H-3 salvage moved to private contract at $18 000.
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Cal
Milwaukee
Navy
J. M. Frazer
R. J. Porter
Newton
Japanese Cruiser Tsukuba Destroyed by Harbor Explosion
The Japanese battle cruiser Tsukuba was blown up in Yokosuka harbor. A magazine exploded after a fire, killing 153 crew members and wounding 157. Rescue crews saved many sailors from the water as investigators seek the explosion’s cause.
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Tokio
Tsukuba
Yokosuka
Supreme Court Validates Webb Kenyon Dry Law
The Supreme Court upheld the Webb Kenyon law barring shipments of liquor from wet to dry states and sustained West Virginia's interstate liquor import ban for personal use. The decision, 7 to 2, affirmed broad federal reach over liquor while rejecting individual-use prohibition claims. Chief Justice White led the majority. Justices Holmes and Van Devanter dissented.
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van Devanter
McReynolds
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Maury Diggs
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Kansas
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Hayes
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Reno
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Kan
Justice Day
Justice Day, and Concurred In By Justice Brandeis,Pitney, Holmes and Vandevanter
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Clarke
Diggs- Caminett
Lake steamer Indiana wrecked near Chicago harbor
The Indiana with 75 crew aboard ran onto rocks at the mouth of Chicago Harbor. One seam opened as she struck and the vessel teeters toward breakup or sinking. Ice floes surround the steamer complicating efforts by three tugs to pull her free. Owned by the Goodrich Steamship Co.
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Chicago Harbor
Chicago
The
Goodrich Steamship Co
Snowstorm Clamps Dallas With Seven Inch Total
North and central Texas face a major storm with blizzard like conditions. Dallas reports seven inches of snow marking an unusual winter event as children improvise sleds from old rocking chairs to ride through the streets.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
Powder Plant Blows Up In New Jersey Blast
A Du Pont powder plant at Haskell New Jersey suffered three violent explosions destroying mixing plants and magazines. Four hundred thousand pounds of powder burned. the blasts were felt in Manhattan Westchester Long Island Troy and New London.
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New Jersey
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Company
Haskell
N. J
Kingsland
Manhattan
Westchester
Long Island
Troy
N. Y
New London
Conn
Peace notes and bank thefts across the states
Former Secretary of State Bryan met the President after a cabinet session to commend peaceful efforts. In Missouri thieves stole 5000 dollars from First National Bank in Fairview. New Jersey Speaker Schoen formed a committee to probe explosions at munition plants. German Foreign Minister Zimmermann said Entente reply blocks further peace moves. In El Paso bank checks show 12 161 144 dollars spent on guardsmen and punitive operations last year. U S navy losses in peacetime totaled 11 million dollars in value.
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Schoen
Assembly
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Canadian Car & Foundry Co
Berlin
Alfred Zimmermann
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Tex
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