Kerensky Joins Field in Bolshevik Battle Reports
Reports from Copenhagen and Petrograd indicate former premier Alexander Kerensky leads several thousand armed men toward Petrograd to oppose Bolshevik forces. Dispatches note uncertain cooperation with Cossacks and unclear overall leadership amid Don region fighting and Rostov reoccupation by Cossacks.
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Copenhagen
Kerensky
Russia
Petrograd
Berlingske Tidente
Capital
Don
London
Kiev
Cosacks
Rostoff
Rostoff-on-the-Don
Guns Needed To Beat Foe In Europe Urges Rep McCormick
Representative Moe Jermick of Illinois told the senate war committee that guns and ammunition are required in Europe to defeat Germany. He contradicted General Crozier who said the U S army in France was supplied and would not run short. McCormick, just back from Europe, said General Petain urged urging U S production.
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Washington
Europe
Moe Jermick
Illinois
Senate Affairs Committee
War Department
General Crozier
France
Frelinghuysen
Representative McCormick
General Petain
United States
Mr. McCormick
Wilson delays rail action until Congress reconvenes
President Wilson will not take further steps on the railroad issue until Congress meets again after the Christmas holidays. Officials say he plans to present his proposed solution to Congress promptly once it reconvenes following the holidays.
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Congress
Washington
Wilson
Constitutional Amendment For National Prohibition Sent To States
Washington December 19 the constitutional amendment for national prohibition was submitted to the states for ratification or rejection within seven years. The senate approved the resolution 47 to 8 without a roll call. Senator Borah objected to time limits and authority. Senator Sheppard moved concurrence in house amendments. Vice President Marshall noted two thirds needed.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Borah
Sheppard
Texas
Marshall
Governor Stephens Home Bombed In Sacramento
Police and state officials opened an investigation into a bomb blast that partially wrecked the executive mansion in Sacramento. Governor Stephens and his family were asleep but unharmed as the explosion shattered windows for miles and damaged the back porch and a corner of the building.
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Sacramento
Cal
Stephens
Executive Mansion
Pro-War Party Is Victor in Canada Election
Returns from across Canada indicate Sir Robert Borden's unionist government is elected for five years with conscription confirmed. Sir Wilfrid Laurier defeated, French Canada backing Laurier, English constituencies supporting the union government.
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Ottawa
Canada
Sir Robert Borden
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Borden
Air Raid on England and Argonne Actions Reported
Paris reports two German attempts near Four de Paris in the Argonne were repelled with losses. Lorraine patrols captured a prisoner, an officer, while Dunkirk region saw fifty bombs dropped with no reported victims. London says German raiders struck the Essex Kent coast, reached London, and bombs fell with no casualty reports yet.
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Paris
Argonne
Four de Paris
War Office
Lorraine
Furey
Nauroy
Dunkirk
London
Essex
Kent
American Front is Shelled in Heavy Eastern Clash
Heavy artillery warfare continues on the eastern front near the Rhine-Rhone canal with French patrols taking prisoners around Meurthe region. German pressure near Juvincourt and near Courieres wood and Bezonvaux is repulsed as fighting persists with American soldiers reported near the Rhine-Rhone canal.
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Paris
Rhine-Rhone Canal
War Office
Lg Quentin
Juvincourt
Meuse
Courieres Wood
Bezonvaux
London
Attorney General War Activities Led by J L OBrien
J L OBrian, famed as a top lawyer, heads the department of justice war activities. He served as district attorney of New York in the Taft era and later joined a Buffalo law firm. Since the war began all partners devote their time to war work.
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J. L. O'Brian
Department of Justice
State of New York
Taft
Buffalo
Pneumonia Kills Many Soldiers in Wartime Camps
Surgeon General Gorgas reports overcrowding and poor sanitation at Camp Bowie Tex Camp Funston Kansas Camp Doniphan Oklahoma and Camp Sevier South Carolina fueled disease outbreaks. He urges rapid hospital completion more plumbing observation camps for newcomers and 50 square feet of floor space per man to improve conditions. Warm clothing shortages in late fall are blamed for spread of pneumonia.
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Washington
Camp Bowie
Tex
Camp Funston
Kansas
Camp Doniphan
Oklahoma
Camp Sevier
South Carolina
Gorgas
Baker
Funston
Pneumona
U S DIVERS CLASH TWENTY SANK WITH NINETEEN KILLED
Secretary Daniels disclosed an underwater disaster near home waters as the submarine F-1 rammed and sank by the F-8 in fog. Nineteen sailors died, five survivors rescued from F-3, including Lieut. A. E. Montgomery. The navy listed the dead and recalled a 1912 F-1 depth record in San Francisco bay.
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Washington
Daniels
A. E. Montgomery
Julia Montgomery Wratt
Fort H. Wright
New York
Navy Department
Johney
Belt
Seaman
J. K. Belt
Silsbee
Tex
Frank MM
Bernard
Amelia Quintal
Oakland
Cal
William ET
Cartwright
Amanda Cartwright
Fresno
Harry
Ty Corson
Hazel M. Corson
Long Beach
Minnie McClain
Lima
Simon Greenberg
Sophia Greenberg
Philadelphian
Curley Stough
Marie Stough
Vallejo
Caly Charlesi
Vincent
Philip 8. Vincent
Exeter
Thomas A. Walsh
Anna A. O’brien
Hillyard
Wash
Clyde W. Wyatt
Nellie Martin
Venice
Edward KE. Hall
West Seattle
Ray KE. Scott
Cals
Albert P. Smith
Florence S. Stebbens
Sterced
Guy Hi. Stewart
Grant Stewart
Los Angeles
Lyman FF. Lovely
Lyman Lovely
Denver
Ralph EF. McCluer
Josephine McCluer
Detroit
Duncan A. McRae
Florence M. McRae
Blain
John Pdp. Messange
Philadelphia
Grover E. Metz
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Point Diablo
James B. Howell
Union Iron Works
U S Flyer in Foe Prison Reports Rear-area Escape
Lieutenant Harold B Willis of Lafayette Escadrille writes from a German prison camp near the front. He describes a midair engagement after a forward flight, gunfire damage, and a landing 20 kilometers behind enemy lines. He says he is with French officers, learning German, and doing sketching and woodcarving as he awaits release. The letter arrived after three and a half months.
Louisville Lieutenant Weds in Toledo to Playwright Bride
Cleves Kinkead first lieutenant infantry at Camp Grant married Kathleen Patch of Shelburn, Mississippi in Toledo and took his bride to Rockford Illinois. Kinkead is a playwright author of Common Clay.
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Louisville
Cleves Kinkead
Camp Grant
Toledo
Kathleen Patch
Shelburn
Miss
Rockford, Ill
Kinkead
Shipping Board Leaders Red Tape Rift Stimulates Senate Probe
The senate ordered an inquiry into delays in building American merchant ships by the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. Senator Harding urged fast action amid criticism of ship production. Charles Piez was named general manager succeeding Admiral Harris, who resigned over office relocation to Philadelphia. New leadership aims to reorganize and accelerate shipbuilding.
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Washington
Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate
Harding
Ohio
Senate Commerce Committee
Shipping Board and Fleet Corporation
Congress
Shipping Board
Charles Pier
Chicago
The
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Admiral Harris
Piez
Fleet Corporation
Bowles
James Heyworth
Charles Day
Harris
Philadelphia
Hurley
Pacific Coast
Coal for Householders Granted Authority in Midwest
Washington December 18 The state fuel administrators of Illinois and Kansas were authorized by Fuel Administrator Garfield to commandeer coal consigned to nonessential industries and turn it over to households suffering from fuel shortages. Similar authority is expected to be extended to New York’s administrator.
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Garfield
Illinois
Kansas
Washington
Illnois
New York
Turks Take Lanka and Messonissa Islands in Asia Minor
Constantinople dispatch reports Turkish war office says Lanka and Messonissa off Asia Minor have been occupied by Turkish forces. The claim comes from the Turkish front in the ongoing Aegean theater as of December 18.
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Amsterdam
Constantinople
Kish
Lanka
Messonissa
Asia Minor
War tax bill not to be fully reconsidered this session
Washington reports no general revision of the war tax measure this session. Finance Committee Chairman Simmons said the bill is not perfect and will need further legislation to fix inconsistencies. The Ways and Means Committee approved extending the excess profits tax to all federal officials except the president and Supreme Court members. Public criticism centers on the occupational tax hitting professionals and salaried workers earning over six thousand dollars a year.
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Washington
Congress
Simmons
Finance Committee
Tie
Supreme Court
House
Ways and Means Committee
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Charles C. Schmissauter
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H. P. Brown
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Ruth Burns
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Celia B. Campbell
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