Peace Offer In Allied Capitals
Germany’s proposal to discuss peace terms has been sent to the entente allies. No U S attitude is conveyed in transit and President Wilson may urge a prompt, careful response. Watch Lloyd George speech as neutrals seek backing for U S support. Swiss and Spanish envoys plan follow up talks at the state department.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Wilson
White House
U. S
U.S
Lloyd George
State Department
Lloyd‘George
England
the Treasury
Great Britain
Liloyd Georg
Ohio Governor Elect SAMES M. COX Recovers from Illness
Governor elect Sames M. Cox, who announced illness last week, has recovered enough to resume public duties in Columbus. Cox, a prominent Republican figure, had been hospitalized briefly but is now cleared to participate in upcoming ceremonies and policy briefings.
Delay Day Measure Vote in Senate Calendar
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas did not object to placing the dry capital bill on the Senate calendar rather than scheduling a Monday vote. Opponents fell silent as the motion to vote was proposed, signaling readiness for a test of strength. Senator Jones of Washington raised an objection, leaving the bill on the calendar.
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Washington
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Senate
Jones
Villa Offers Peace Overture To United States
Francisco Villa, via representatives in El Paso, promises to end depredations on American property and stop killings of Americans in Mexico. A government agent calls the move Villa holding out the olive branch.
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el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
United States
Mexico
Villa
House votes to end pneumatic mail tubes in major cities
Washington December 16 The house postal committee approved a plan by a 9 to 5 vote to discontinue the pneumatic mail service in St Louis Chicago Philadelphia and Boston and authorize closing the New York tubes within six months.
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Washington
House Postal Committee
St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Post
Department
New York
Township High School Law Heads To Fiftieth General Assembly
May Pass High School notes that Illinois supreme court denied a rehearing in Kane v Weis case from Livingston county. It held township high schools already organized and operating as de facto corporations would not be affected by the decision while the 1911 act was ruled unconstitutional.
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Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Supreme Court
John M. Kane
O. L. Weis
Circuit Court of
Livingston County
Yardstick criticism of UI professors by student paper
The Daily Illini editorial in Champaign Illinois charges that some professors favor frenzied research over teaching. It claims University of Illinois faculty chase publication records to boost their status while neglecting instruction of about 6,000 undergraduates.
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Champaign
Ill
Daily
Illini
University of Illinois
The
Married elopement sparks separate maintenance bid
Mary Post Bobsby of Herschel files a separate maintenance bill against her husband Dr. James Bowlby. The couple eloped and wed in Urbana last March. Her income is $1,200 a year and she objects to a daily menu of wheat mush and rye coffee.
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Kankakee
Ill
Mary Post Bobsby
James
Bowlby
Herschel
Urbana
G. A. R. to Play Santa for 600 Orphans in Bloomington
A G A R committee led by Commander W F Calhoun of Decatur visited the Bloomington Orphans home and arranged a Christmas tree and presents distribution for 600 orphans.
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Bloomington
Ill
W. F. Calhoun
Decatur
East St Louis Starts New Manual Training School
East St Louis Illinois December 16 officials report work on the new two story brick manual training school has begun the project cost about 22000 dollars exclusive of equipment contracts call for bids on the project by February 28 and the work will proceed under municipal education program
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Ite Ccis
Wage Booms Across U S Firms Amid High Living Costs
The article reports a sweeping set of wage hikes and bonuses as U S Steel raises pay 10 percent for 225,000 workers and Bell System distributes 6 million in bonuses. Passaic mills, banks, and other firms follow with 5 to 40 percent increases to tens of thousands of employees to offset rising living costs.
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New York
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Telephone Company
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone System
Industrial Council of
Passaic
David Porter, Inc
Brooklyn
Citizens Central National Bank
American Woolen Company
Boston
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association of
New Bedford
American Clothing Manufactures’ Association
National India Rubber Company
Bristol
R. I
Sharon
Elizabeth
Claremont
Standard Oil Company
John W. O’leary
Chicago Association of Commerce
Hoosier Describes Sea Chase Across Atlantic
Mrs. John Linkenhaker of Sullivan receives a letter from son Robert in London describing a voyage to join the British ambulance corps aboard the Milwaukee. The ship was chased by submarines off the English coast during the Atlantic crossing.
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Hoosier
Sullivan
Ind
John Linkenhaker
Robert
London
England
Atlantic
British Ambulance Corps
Milwaukee
Death of Mrs Hannah Bridge Mourned in Galesburg
Mrs Hannah Bridge aged eighty seven dies in Galesburg Illinois as hundreds of descendants including fifty two in total mourn her passing. Five children twenty one grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren are listed among the mourners in the obituary from Galesburg Illinois dated December sixteenth.
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Galesburg
Ill
Hannah Bridge
Ear of Corn Sells for $25 in Springfield
J W Workman seller refused $25 for a single ear of corn at a corn set in Springfield Illinois. The ear reportedly won forty two prizes and drew attention at the event.
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J. W. Workman
Scermer
Wheat drops sharply at Chicago ahead of government crop estimates
Wheat on the Chicago board of trade plunged as much as 13 1 4 cents in early trade, then rebounded on government crop estimates before slipping again. May wheat opened around 1 58 to 1 60 and closed near 1 55 1 54 as corn and oats fell and flour prices followed the market. Allied governments grant him safe conduct to United States.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Indiana weights short report on rural measures
A report of the recent inspection of weights and measures in smaller towns and rural areas under Dr. H. E. Barnard shows about 80 percent of measures were incorrect. Losses typically fell on customers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
H. E. Barnard
State Food and Drug Commissioner
Safe Conduct Granted for Austrian Envoy Tarnowski von Tarnow
London and Washington announce Entente decision to grant safe conduct to Count Tarnowski von Tarnow the recently named Austrian ambassador to the United States. American government representations influenced the grant while Paris and London had not replied to three notes seeking safe passage.
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London
Count Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Foreign Office
Entente
Walter H. Page
Washington
State Department
England
France
Count von Tarnow
U S Wheat Output and Corn Decline in 1911 Estimates
Final government estimates show 1911 corn at 2,588,241,000 bushels and wheat at 639,886,000 bushels. Corn falls from the November estimate. wheat rises by about 2,000,000 bushels. Values exceed last year across crops, with substantial increases in corn, wheat, oats, potatoes, hay, tobacco, and cotton.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Roumanian Premier Bratiano Resigns Reported
London reports that Roumanian Premier Bratiano has resigned. A Budapest Avillig dispatch cited by Exchange Telegraph from Copenhagen notes a cabinet nearly resigned, with only the premier remaining in office in Jassy, Roumania's provisional capital.
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London
Bratiano
Roumania
Budapest
Avillig
Copenhagen
Jassy
Author of "Hot Time" Dead
Santa Rosa California December 16 Joseph T Miles author of the song famous as a Spanish war chant Therell Be a Hot Time in the Old Time Tonight is dead here Miles a veteran actor was known nationwide as Joe Hayden He was nearly seventy years old.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Joseph T. Miles
Miles
Joe Hayden
Iowa Private Killed by Bridge Girder Decapitation
Des Moines dispatch reports Private William Brady of Battery C Iowa First artillery was killed near Brownsville Texas while returning from the border. Brady had his head out of the coach window when a bridge girder decapitated him.
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Des Moines
William Brady
Iowa First Artillery
Brownsville
Tex
Brady
Interstate suspension of butter and poultry rate hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission again suspended until June 18, 1917, the new higher rates on butter eggs and dressed poultry from Oklahoma and Texas to their destinations.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Texas
Confirms Villa Murders in Mexican towns
An American arriving in El Paso from Santa Rosalia confirms the killings of Dr. C. H. Fisher at Santa Rosalia and two others, an unknown foreigner at Jimines, and Howard Gray at Parral, outlining violent incidents across the region.
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Villa
el Paso
Tex
Santa Rosalia
Mexico
C. H. Fisher
Jimines
Howard Gray
Parral
Greece Accepts Entente Ultimatum Demands Troop Withdrawal
Athens reports Greece has accepted the Entente ultimatum stipulating withdrawal of all Greek troops from Thessaly with limited forces in Peloponnesus. A later clause will address reparations for Dec. 1–2 clashes. Buzen captured by Teutons amid Romanian retreat. 4,000 prisoners taken in two days. French gains at Verdun toward Louvemont and Hardaumont.
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London
Gree
Entente
Sara
Athens
Greece
Thessaly
Peloponnesus
Buzen
Berlin
Roumania
Danube
Futesti
Tehernavoda
Verdun
Meuse
Louvemont
Hardaumont
War Office
British Press Responds Calmly to German Peace Proposals
London reports show a subdued press reaction to Germany's peace offer with widespread expectancy yet caution. French opinion grows hostile to any agreement that delays lasting peace, while public figures warn against acceptingVon Bethmann Hollweg’s terms as the war nears decisive ends.
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London
Germany
Entente
France
von Rethmann
Hollwes
Italy Receives Central Powers Peace Proposal
Paris reports that the peace proposal from the central powers has been delivered to the Italian government. Indications suggest the document outlines conditions under which peace negotiations might begin.
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Italy
Paris
Beakes Loses Bid for Certification in Michigan Race
Representative Samuel Beakes, a Democrat, lost his fight to obtain a certificate of election over Republican opponent Mark R. Bacon. The dispute centers on alleged errors in the process, with Lansing officials weighing the outcome in December.
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Beakes
Lansing
Mich
Samuel Beakes
Mark R. Bacon
Imprisoned Auditor Seeks Writ in Huntington Circuit Court
Dec 16 action filed for writ of habeas corpus by attorney Ovid Evision. County inmates held on order of Judge Charles A Cole for contempt of court after refusing to sign a warrant for 12000 dollars to Henry Beaver under court order.
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Hunegtington
Ind
Habeas Corpes Wit
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