President Wilson calls for world peace by appealing to belligerents
President Wilson issues a personal note urging belligerents and neutrals to consider peace terms independently of German proposals. The message, prepared with his cabinet, seeks mutual view sharing and possible conference toward a durable settlement, stressing no offer of mediation.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
Lansing
United States
Germany
Erci Gide
America
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Conference of Governors
SEEKS WORLD PEACE President Urges Warring Nations to Talk It Over
A world leader calls for immediate diplomacy urging rival nations to enter talks and seek peace. The appeal emphasizes dialogue, restraint, and a joint effort to prevent further casualties amid ongoing conflicts.
War brides drop as Wilson note spooks Wall Street
A Wall Street rumor that President Wilson planned a peace proclamation sparked a market slide. United States Steel fell to 197.87, Bethlehem Steel to 500, Atlantic Gulf and West Indies to 108, Mercantile Marine to 89.75, Crucible to 60.75, Industrial Alcohol to 108.75, and American Beet Sugar to 92, marking sizable daily losses across major stocks.
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New York
Wall Street
Wilson
United States
Bethlehem Steel
Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
Mercantile Marine
Crucible
Roumanians Across Sereth as Russian Help Holds Line
Across the Sereth the Wallachian remnants retreat, aided by Russian Cossacks, while Mackensen stalls near Braile and Dobrudja. In Galicia and Moldavia, Russian resistance and Allied planning aim to curb Teuton advances, with French Berthelot recalled and Entente staffs returning home.
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Amsterdam
Sereth
Mackensen
Braile
Danube
Cernavoda
Roumania
Sakharoff
Dobrudja
Cerna
Umachea
Petrograd
Kokomo Ministers Urge Mayor to Enforce Law
The Kokomo Ministerial association writes to Mayor George W. Stidger asking for strict enforcement of laws this season. They condemn punchboards and dice shaking and allege lax action against bootleggers and blind tigers, urging justice over personal matters.
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Kokomo
Ind
Kokomo Ministerial Association
George W. Stidger
Stidger
Psychic medium Anne Brockway seeks release with U S aid
London dispatch reported by the New York World says Mme Anne Brockway of Shullsburg Wisconsin, renowned in the field, has enlisted Consul General Skinner to secure her release from prison.
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New York
London
Mme
Anne Brockway
Ec Shullsburg
Wis
United States
Skinner
Sailor Captain Carlos Callins of Olympia Dies at Home
Captain Carlos Gilman Callins retired navigating officer of Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia, famed for the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, has died at his Berkeley home.
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Dewey
Berkeley
Cal
Carlos Gilman Callins
Olympia
Macrila Bay
Plenty of Probers but No Coal Comes
Twenty federal investigators arrive in Chicago to probe a coal shortage seen as a potential famine. Ten from the Department of Justice and ten from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Railroads rush coal, hindering general freight as hotels claim short supply and La Salle Hotel notes only a few hours of coal left.
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Chicago
Chicag
Department of Justice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Mayor Seeks $1500 Saloon License Fee
Mayor Thompson urged the Chicago city council to set a saloon license fee at 1500 dollars instead of the current 1000. He sent the message after a Chicago liquor study commission report urged drastic changes in saloon operations amid financial stringency.
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Chicago
Thompson
Chicago Commission For
Wisconsin levies record inheritance tax on Moore estate
Madison Wis Dec 21 The tax commission announced the largest inheritance tax in Wisconsin history is assessed against the estate of James Robert Moore Chief cashier. The estate is valued at 3160800 with a tax assessed of 364250 by the commission.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Tax Commission
James Robert Moore
Chiease
Moore
Americans Lost in War Overseas Casualty List
Ottawa Ontario reports Dee so H Hamp stead of Tacoma Washington is dead in the overseas casualty list. M H Brown of Harrisburg Pennsylvania is missing.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dee So
H. T. Hampstead
Tacoma
Wash
M. H. Brown
Harrisburg
Prosecutor Files Affidavits Against Henderson Lambert Corwin and Others
Bedford Indiana reports Prosecutor Woolery filed affidavits with the state board of pharmacy charging Earl M. Henderson Carl A. Lambert George Corwin Henry Campbell Charlies Ho banks and James V. Douthutl with violating state liquor laws.
Civil War Boy Soldier Dies In Kendallville
Kendallville Indiana December 21 Samuel Eddy seventy one years on is dead here His father opposed his enlistment in the Civil War Eddy then a youth of sixteen and small in stature ran away and became a member of McAllester Battery of Chicago
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Kendallville
Ind
Samuel Eddy
Eddy
McAllester Battery
Chicago
Ben Bosse Evansville Mayor Opens City Markets
Evansville Indiana mayor Benjamin F Bosse announces the opening of city markets to boost local trade. He plans new stalls, reduced rates, and extended hours to encourage vendors and shoppers.
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Evansville
Ind
Bosse
Mayvers
Indiana
German Peace Move Questioned as Insincere
Reports from Berlin and Washington on December 21 discuss doubt over German sincerity in peace proposals. Viscount Motono says Japan will answer after ally consultation. Neutral nations consider peace mediation and Holland urged to join. German ambassador Bernstorff stresses readiness for a fair settlement once allied replies are received.
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Tokio
Viscount Motone
Germany
Japan
Amsterdam
Neu Wiener Journal
Vienna
Bays
Lloyd George
Briand
Baron Sonnino
Washington
Dec
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Owa Mayor Seizes Coal In Zero Wave
Des Moines police seized a carload of coal in the Chicago and North Western railyards by order of Mayor MacVicar. The coal was to be delivered to the poor and guards were posted. The mayor cited dire necessity and law as the basis for seizure amid extreme cold forecast by the weather bureau.
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Des Moines
Skinner
MacVicar
Bcal
Chicago & North Western Railroad
Bloomfield Coal Company
Luther Burbank Remarries Fifty Years After First Marriage
Luther Burbank, famed plant wizard, has wed Miss Elizabeth Waters in San Francisco. Waters, a former private secretary from Hastings Michigan, becomes Burbank's second wife. He is sixty five and had a previous marriage.
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Michigan
Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
San Francisco
Elizabeth Waters
Illinois Troops Not Returning Early to Illinois
Rockford Dec 1 There is no prospect of additional Illinois national guard regiments returning until the border force is mustered out Major W W Bennett reports a telegram from Major General Frederick Funston replying to his request for the early return of the Third Illinois regiment indicating delays in redeployment.
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Rockford, Ll
Illinois National Guard
Border Force
W. W. Bennett
Frederick K Funston
Canadian gold shipment to Morgan firm lands in New York
Gold totaling 8 200 000 imported from Canada was deposited in the assay office in New York to the account of J P Morgan and Co. The entry notes the date as December 21 in New York and December 22 in Canada. The note presents a single large international metal transfer associated with the Morgan firm.
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Morgan
New York
Canada
J. P. Morgan & Co
Chicago Markets Report Confusing Hogs and Cattle Quotes
Chicago live stock receipts show hogs at 60,000 with bids from 9.85 to 10.10 and heavy pigs from 8.61 to 9.25. cattle receipts 11,000 with steers priced 9.50 to 19.50 and butcher cows 6.85 to 12.50. Grain bids list No 4 red wheat at 1.61 and corn No 3 white around 9.44 to 9.50, with oats and other miscellany noted.
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Chicago
Priced Fined in Indiana Child Abuse Case
Princeton Indiana December 21 John W Gudgle and his wife, noted local farmer and spouse, were fined 110 dollars each in Gibson County circuit court for mistreating an adopted six year old child taken from the county orphanage. The child was reportedly beaten at times and improperly clothed in cold weather. The court ordered the child returned to the orphanage.
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Princeton
Ind
John W. Gudgle
Gibson County
Orphanace
Record Cold Landmark in Bismarck December Low
The Bismarck climate record fell as the December thermometer plunged to forty two degrees below zero marking the lowest reading in the local weather bureau’s history. The extreme cold impacted daily life as residents faced stiff winds and closed buildings. Authorities urged precautions against frostbite and advised limiting exposure outdoors.
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Bismarck
N. D
Would Make East St. Louis Dry
East St Louis petitions for a focal option election in April will be circulated next month announced by Rev George W Allison pastor of the First Baptist Church in East St Louis Illinois
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East St. Louis
George W. Allison
First Deptist Church
Story Reinstated by Illinois Supreme Court
Frederick W. Story, a Chicago lawyer previously disbarred, was reinstated by the Illinois Supreme Court on the petition of several Chicago bar members. The action restores Story to the practice of law in Illinois.
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F. W. Story
Springfield
Ill
Frederick W. Story
Chicago
Supreme Court
Agricultural Meeting Postponed in Illinois
In Springield Illinois the plans of agricultural groups to form a legislative committee are postponed to January fifteenth. The postponement announcement came from Illinois farming organizations on December twenty first.
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Springhrield
Lll
Agricultural Organizations of
Illinois
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