President Wilson urges war against Austria Hungary in address
President Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Austria Hungary. He vows American entry for victory and fights to end Prussian domination. He includes Turkey and Bulgaria as potential targets and calls for strict measures against alien enemies.
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Washington
Senate
Austria
Martine
House Foreign Relations Committee
Wilson
Congress
Austria- Hungary
America
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Balkans
France
Belgium
Bulgaria
Germany
United States
Eight Joliet Convicts Captured Near Morris Illinois
A band of eighteen Joliet escapees split up after robbing an interurban car near Minooka. Eight were captured in Morris area with deputies and bloodhounds pursuing the remaining five heavily armed convicts. Residents evacuated indoors as armed guards patrol the streets.
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Morris, Ill
Joliet
Seneca
Frances
Morris
Chicago
Charles Werner
Joliet State Penitentiary
Charles Hendrickson
Grundy County
Werner
Washington Street
Ward
Thomas van Buren
Thomas Wardell
Louis Ekables
Thomas Simmons
John Coure
Melich Monie
Edward King
Ottawa
Peoria
Convicts Hijack Train In Joliet Area
Passengers resisted as convicts boarded a train toward Morris. Conductor Herman Kammerer and motorman Neil Richardson forced to ride with the criminals until a short distance from town, then the car was abandoned. Bruised passengers retorned to Joliet as posses formed by Grundy County Prosecuting Attorney Hayes converged.
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Morris
Herman Kammerer
Neil Richardson
Joliet
Hayes
Grundy County
Coin 77 500 000 Pennies in Month
In Washington on December 5 the mint reports that 77,500,000 one cent pieces were coined in the last month to ease the wartime tax impact and shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Russian Armistice and Kremlin Turmoil Reported
Dispatches from Petrograd London and Berlin describe General Dukhovnin killed after lynch law, Krylenko capturing Mogilev, Korniloff fleeing, and a 48 hour Russia Germany armistice. Reports also note Krylenko’s claim the staff surrendered and Crimea’s Tartars declaring independence.
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Dukhovnin
London
Russia
Germany
Prince Leopold of Bavaria
Amsterdam
Berlin
War Office
Petrograd
Ensign Krylenko
Crimea
The
Times
Caucasus
Siberia
Lull in Battle on Cambrai Front Reported in War Office
London reports a lull after days of heavy fighting on the Cambrai front. Haig held German efforts to break through, while La Vacquerie saw limited gains and fortifications were adjusted near Masnieres. Berlin claims 500 prisoners captured and stubborn trench fighting between Marcoing and the Peronne Cambrai road.
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London
Cambrai Front
War Office
France
Haig
Italy
la Vacquerie
la Vaecquerie
Masnieres
Marcoing Copse
Marcoing
Gonnelieu
Berlin
Dee
Baden
Cambrai
Peronne- Cambrai
Cheluvelt
Flanders
Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Champagne
Rome
Washington
Baker
Russia
Ypres
Passchendaele
Aisne
Argonne
Palestine
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Albania
Gillett Named Republican Floor Leader as Mann Steps Aside
Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts to become floor leader in the lower house succeeding James R. Mann who retires briefly for health reasons. Gillett a 22 year veteran and ranking minority on the appropriation committee. News notes ongoing Austro German troop movements and heavy artillery activity near the Italian front.
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Frederick H. Gillett
Massachusetts
Congress
James R. Mann
Mr. Gillett
Committee On Appropriations
Astago Plateau
Brenta
Piave
Roads Given Chance For Rail Execs To Solve Freight Demoralization
Judge Lovett told President Wilson railroads should first attempt to fix the demoralized freight situation without a general priority order. He said preference rules could hinder their effort to clear congestion under pooling. If congestion worsens, priority orders would be issued to move food and fuel.
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Washington
Judge Lovett
Wilson
P&m
Packers Protest Loss of 9 Percent Profit Rule
Chicago packers pressed Food Administrator Hoover against profit limits and argued that capping earnings at 9 percent of capital would hinder future plant expansion. Leaders from Armour Swift Cudahy and others attended in person and voiced objections.
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Washington
Chicago
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
J. Ogden Armour
Thomas H. Wilson
Louis F. Swift
Edward Morris, Jr
Cudahy
Food Administration
Pershing Message To U S From Europe Read In New York
Bishop Luther B. Wilson returning from a YMCA mission in Europe delivered General Pershing's message to Americans. The message declares there is no ground for the idea that Germany cannot be beaten and asserts that Germany will be beaten and must be beaten.
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New York
Luther B. Wilson
Europe
General Pershing
France
Germany
Hoover Praises Price Fixing to Curb War Profits
New York December 5 Herbert B Hoover federal food controller calls for price fixing along the line to prevent war profit taking and supports government action to stabilize markets amid wartime.
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Hoover
New York
Herbert
Federal
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Kaiser
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