Col. House Returns From Paris Mission
Col. E M House arrived in New York reporting the Paris interallied conference achieved satisfactory work. He said nothing binding was agreed for the United States and the outcome rests with the president. House noted brief talks with Pershing and said American troops front actions unknown. Washington officials later returned with optimistic assessments from Admiral Benson and General Bliss.
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New York
Col. E. M Houpse
United States
Paris
America
House
Washington
Versailles
Supreme War Council
Britain
France
Italy
Bliss
General Bliss
Admiral Bennon
Sims
Pershing
Admiral Benson
Army General Staff
Benson
Daniels
Baker
British Gain in Palestine Front Advances and Air Bombing
General Allenby reports on December 15 a five mile left center advance northeast of Ladd to about one and a half miles depth with limited resistance. Towns and ridges including Kibbiah Khiban neh Khel Barnat and the ridge overlooking El Tireh were taken. Airplanes dropped 56 bombs on motor boats sheds and troops at the Jordan mouth with 24 hits.
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London
Palestine
Allenby
Ladd
Kibbiah
Khibanneh
Khel
Barnat
el Tireh
Jordan
Seventeen U S Men Missing Believed Held by Germans
General Pershing reported seventeen US Army engineer corps men missing in action since November 30 during the Cambrai engagement. The list includes Sergeants and Privates with emergency addresses in New York City, New Paltz, South Amboy, Newark, and other locations, noting their valiant service with the British during the defense.
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Washington
United States Army Engineer Corps
Pershing
War Department
Cambrai
Paul M. Swenson
J. EB. Swenson
New York City
Frank Upton
James Upton
Solomon Goldwetter
Rose Perlstein
George H. J. Seaman
Anna Seaman
Woodhaven
L. L
New York
Dalton Rawlet
Daniel M. Rawlet
Corona
N. Y
Charles A. Geoghehan
Michael Geoghehan
Harold T. Andrews
Frank Bradford
Portland
Alphonso J. McGrath
Timothy McGrath
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Myron van de Mark
A. R. van de Mark
New Paltz
Mae Frank Brooks
B. Warshopsky
Ulrich N. Maney
John M. Maney
John Lalty
Michael Lalty
Golden Bridge
Luke A. Lovely
Thomas Lovely
South Amboy
N. J
Harry J. Mason
Mason
Jersey City
Michael Dina
James Dina
Peter J. Tingo
Anthony Tingo
Herbert F. Weltz
A. Karl
Newark
Germans Make Commerce Raid Reported by London
Partial success was attained by Germans in a commerce raid reported today. One British neutral merchantman was sunk, also one British destroyer and four mine sweepers in attack on a convoy from Scotland to Norway.
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London
Scotland
Norway
Means Found Not Guilty in Widow Maude King Slaying Case
Gaston B. Means was acquitted in Concord, North Carolina, of slaying Mrs. Maude A. King, the millionaire widow. The trial spanned about fifteen hours of deliberation after prosecutors contended he looted her fortune and killed to avoid scrutiny.
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Means
Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
New York
Chicago
King
United States
Washington
Seven Thousand Men Drafted for California Training
Chicago reports that seven thousand selected men will depart starting next Wednesday for California cantonments to receive Army training. The group includes 25 to 30 percent of the top honor class yet to be called, matching the Camp Grant regimen. The move fuels chatter that Camp Grant may become an internment area for alien enemies, though Provost Marshal General Crowder had given no such indication.
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Chicago
California
Springfield
Camp Grant
Rockford
Crowder
National Army
Sugar shortage localized to eastern U S says Spreckels
Claus A. Spreckels testifying before the Senate manufactures subcommittee said there is no national sugar shortage, only local. He blamed the food administration for restricting raw sugar supplies and under a price agreement hindering purchases from Cuba and other markets.
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Washington
Claus A. Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Senate Manufactures
United States
Pneumonia Deaths Decline in National Guard Camps
A Surgeon General report for the week ending December 7 shows 190 Guard deaths, 171 from pneumonia, and 74 Army deaths, 47 from pneumonia. The pneumonia outbreak, after measles among the Thirty-Sixth, Thirty-Eighth, and Thirty-Ninth divisions, is reported as no longer a menace.
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Washington
National Guard
Gorgas
National Army
British Destroyer Sunk and Airship Forced Down
A British destroyer is believed destroyed by a hostile seaplane and a second British airship forced to descend in Holland, according to an official announcement. The report confirms the sinking of the destroyer as well.
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London
Holland
Fire damages shipyard in Baltimore Canton area
In Baltimore on December 17 a fire endangered Charles Rhoda and Sons yard at Canton. The drydock the Iron and a scow suffered heavy damage, threatening the shipyard and its operations.
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Baltimore, Md
Charles Rhoda & Sons Copany
Canton
Peace Armistice Reached With Germany On Front Transfers
Bolsh CV news service reports Trotzky announcing an armistice with Germany governing operations on the Russian front and immediate peace talks to begin after signing. The agreement bars troop transfers from the Baltic to the Black Sea until December 30 1917 with some pre signed transfers allowed. London coverage cites hopes the Bolshevik regime gains de facto recognition to avoid German influence, while Ismailovsky regiments move to confine the former Tsar and family.
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Petrograd
Bolsheviki
Russia
Germany
Leon Trotzky
Workingmen's
Hoffman
Trotzky
Brest- Litovsk
Smolny Institute
Baltic
Black Sea
London
Sodn
Viscount Northcliffe
Reuter
Nicholas
Ismailovsky
V Petrogradsky
Alice
Alix
Krondstadt
St. Peter and St. Paul
One Board to Lead U S Army War Effort
Secretary of War Baker announces a new war council within the War Department. The initial eight members include General Bliss, Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, Erasmus M. Weaver, William Crozier, Enoch H. Crowder, and Assistant Secretary Croweell. The council will coordinate supply and military relations between field armies and the department and may send members to battle fronts for direct observation.
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Washington
Baker
Wilson
War Department
Croweell
General Bliss
Henry G. Sharpe
Erasmus M. Weaver
William Crozier
Enoch H. Crowder
Europe
Council
War Council
General Staff
War College
Mississippi River Faces Frozen Over Threat
Memphis officials report the Mississippi River may freeze for the first time in 70 years. All river traffic is suspended as temperatures drop and official records indicate dangerous conditions on the waterway.
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Memphis, Tenn
Mississippi River
Armistice Talks Resume After Russian Arrival
Amsterdam reports that official German and Austrian statements confirm the Russian delegates arrived at Britovsk and armistice negotiations have resumed.
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Amsterdam
Britovsk
Italians Halt Foe in Bitter War Front near Piave
In a major engagement between the Brenta and Piave rivers Italian forces under General Diaz repelled repeated Austro German assaults after the Caprille hill loss. Rome lauds their bravery as crucial to turning a potential German victory into defeat. Venice defenses along the lower Piave show fortified lines with extensive artillery and entrenched positions.
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London
Brenta
Piave
Caprillo Hill
Diaz
Rome
Stalion
Caprille
Berlin
Plave
Italy
Venice
Queen of the Seas
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United States Shipping Board
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U. S
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Spreckels
Senate
Food Administration
David Worth Bagley
Jacob Jones
Bagley
Kaiser
U. S. Army
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