Allies Reject Peace Report From Berlin as War to the Knife Looms
Berlin observers report that entente powers have rejected the German peace proposal with a firm refusal to talk. Analysts note some conservative papers doubt the text, while radicals warn of war to the knife and demand for forceful peace terms. Overall hopes for quick peace fade as reactions vary.
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Constantinople
Russia
Berlin
Havas
Entente
Ernst Zu Reventlow
Alles
Diop Mene
Greece
Dardamelles
Frankfurter Zeitung
Wilson
Dry issue looms as California legislature opens
Sacramento Cal Jan 2 1917 the new California legislature faces a clash between wet and dry interests with Prohibitionists and partial prohibition factions seeking a powerful commission. They aim to grant the commission authority to revoke licenses and tighten liquor control across the state.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Envoy to Venizelos Recognized by British Firm Step
London dispatch reports Earl Granville head of the British embassy at Paris named representative of the Greek provisional government under Venizelos at Saloniki with the title of diplomatic agent. Greece accepts the Entente note in principle according to Rome wireless dispatch.
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London
Earl Granville
Paris
Fish
Eliptherios Venizetos
Saloniki
Greece
Rome
8-Hour Author Is Married
Representative W. C. Adamson of Georgia and Mrs Ellen Z Camp of Newnan were married in Newnan Georgia on January 2. Adamson is chairman of the house committee on interstate commerce. Adamson was widowed prior to the marriage.
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W. C. Adamson
Ellen Z. Camp
Newnan
W. C.adamson
Georgia
Adamson
Australian Fighter Les Darcy Arrives Ahead of Bout
Les Darcy lands in the city ahead of the scheduled match with the opponent still to be announced. The Australian fighter is greeted by fans and promoter officials as preparations continue at the arena.
Lawson Would Aid U. S. Probe Involving Leaks
Boston financier Thomas W. Lawson told reporters he will cooperate with a House Rules Committee inquiry into confidential information leaks that unsettled the stock and cotton markets. He warned the next leak could ruin thousands and said publicity should expose speculative methods behind the European war.
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Washington
Wilson
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
New York Stock Exchange and Cotton Exchange
Henry
House Committee On Rules
Congress
Arizona's new cowboy governor forces Capitol entry
In Phoenix on New Year's Day Tom Campbell, sworn in as Arizona's governor, forced entry with armed guards and press presence after the capitol doors were locked. He delivered an inaugural speech and urged authorities to handle the ballot dispute, while deputies kept executive chambers closed on the holiday.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Tom Campbell
Arizona
Capitol
Campbell
Hunt
Think 1917 Will See End
In London on January 2 1917 the arrival of the new year is welcomed by British and French soldiers as a beginning of the end of World War I. Fighters split into two views on how peace will come, either via political concessions or sustained military pressure, but all agree 1917 is decisive.
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London
Germany
Tham Langford Wins Narrow Decision in Atchinson Bout
Kansas City January 2 Sam Lamgtore won a twelve round decision over Datllist Jim Johnson at the Academy A. C. in a slow fight marked by rough handling from Johnson.
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Tham” Langford
Kansas City
Jan
Sam Lamgtore
Jim Johnson
Academy A. C
Sisters Without Aid In Great Holocust Fire Tragedy
Fire at St. Ferdinand de Halifax insane asylum in Megantic county destroyed the building Saturday night. Forty five inmates died and one sister perished while rescuing residents. Sisters of Charity lacked outside aid as high winds fueled the blaze. Remaining 135 inmates and thirty schoolgirls were saved. losses exceed $100000, cause unknown. Night was intensely cold and remote location hindered rescue.
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Quebec
Sisters of Charity
St. Ferdinand de Halifax
Megantic County
King Street Barns Destroyed in Mega Toronto Fire
The King street barns of the Toronto street railway were destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at nearly 1,000,000 dollars. Three hundred cars were destroyed.
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Toronto
Ont
King Street
Toronto Street Railway
Rich Chicagoan Sought in Slaying of Philadelphia Model
Detectives pursue a wealthy Chicagoan linked to the slaying of Grace Roberts, a 22 year old artists’ model found beaten to death in her Philadelphia apartment. A Chicago timetable and fear of a visiting Chicago man spurred the investigation. A friend known as Mazie Colbert described the victim’s terror. Police found twelve photos of prominent men in her rooms.
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Philadelphia
Grace Roberts
Chicago
Mazie Colbert
Lane
New York
Famine Strikes Central Alabama Amid Crop Failures
In Montgomery on January 2 famine stalks central Alabama as floods and boll weevils ruined cotton and corn. Both white landlords and black tenants face hardship mortgage stress, while both races scour for food, with whites mortgaging plantations and blacks eking out sustenance by rabbits and wild nuts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Forty Passengers Periled On Halsted Bridge Ride
A street car carrying forty women and children on New Year s day party service leaped as the Halsted street bridge rose near Chicago. One man suffered a head cut from broken glass and several passengers were shaken up. Wrecking crews labored three hours to fix the bridge.
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Chicago
Halsted Street
Interborough carries over five billion passengers in ten years
New York reports Interborough lines transported 5,397,993,628 passengers in the last decade, a total that exceeds three times the world population and highlights vast urban rail usage with only five deaths in train accidents.
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New York
Jan
Interborough Company
Dr Geo F Kunz Outlines Preparedness Plan for Scientists
Dr Geo F Kunz presented a detailed preparedness plan to a group of scientists outlining steps for disaster readiness and research coordination. He emphasized institutional cooperation, rapid-response protocols, and funding channels to bolster national resilience.
Readiness noted for nationwide pre vital services proposal
The article discusses a proposed nationwide plan to prepare the population for pre vital services, aiming to catalog and identify all citizens in the United States. It emphasizes evaluation and adaptation of terms for frontline implementation.
Illinois to Consider a New Constitution
Springfield Ill Jan 2 The Illinois general assembly opens Jan 3 with Governor elect Lowden aiming to push a constitutional convention to revise the 1870 constitution. He seeks state government reforms, tax modernization, banking control, civil service expansion, and abolition of many boards. The Anti Saloon League plans to push statewide prohibition to a vote as the Senate is dry and the House wet.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois General Assembly
Frank C. Lowden
Illinois Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Dry forces push for state wide prohibition in Indiana
Indiana dry groups led by the Dry Federation and the Indiana Anti-Saloon League demand a statutory prohibition law. BE. S. Shumaker, superintendent, says no constitutional amendment will suffice and the league will push for a statewide act to make Indiana dry early in 1918.
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Indianapolis
Dry Federation
Indiana
Anti-Saloon League
Shumaker
League
Democrats to hear Bryan in two Indy meetings
James H. McGill of Valparaiso Indiana executive chairman of Indiana city Democrats met Clarence E Weir Marion county chairman about two Indianapolis meetings January 19. McGill said both gatherings will be addressed by William Jennings Bryan.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James H. McGill
Valparaiso
Dty Democrats
Indiana
Clarence E Weir
Marion County
McGill
William Jennings Bryen
Coast Workers Win Eight-Hour Day Pact
In Los Angeles on January 2, employers agreed unanimously to a eight-hour workday for trades employees starting January 1, with no wage reductions.
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Coast
Los Angeles
Vow Angeles
Teutons Again Capture Towns In Romania Front
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Mackensen’s forces seize Herestrau and Ungureni in the Tabala valley with 1,000 prisoners, four cannon and eight machine guns taken. Danube and Dobrudja actions push enemy back toward Braila. Russian report notes mixed offensives with some repulses near Focsami and Braila.
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Berlin
von Mackensen
Herestrau
Ungureni
Tabala
War Office
Macin
Carpathian
Putna
Ungurein
Simnik-Sarat
Focsant
Braila
Dobrudja
Danube
St. George’s
Oregon Wins 14-0 Over Penn In West Football Classic
Pasadena witnesses the greatest amateur western game as Oregon defeats the University of Pennsylvania 14 to 0 at Tournament Park with 26,068 spectators. Shy Hnotinian kicked both goals and contributed a touchdown late in the contest.
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Pasadena
Cal
Oregon University
University of Pennsylvania
Tournament Park
Oreren
Shy” Hnotinian
Carranza forces defeat Villers command near Chihuahua City
Carranza troops met and defeated a Villers faction at Rustila, fifty miles west of Chihuahua City, on December 24, with a Carranza force from Chihuahua City arriving soon after. A separate report from Queenstown notes the Italian steamship Tecino was badly damaged in a collision at Cork harbor. crew and passengers were saved.
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Juarez
Mex
Carranziata
Rustila
Chihuahua City
Queenstown
Jan
Tecino
Cork Harbor
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Les Darcy
U. S. Probe
American Press Association
Darcy
Canada
Mob
Quebec Asylum
Rich Chicagoan
Model
Chicago Bridge
DR. Geo. F. Kunz
Kung Boloven
America Vrene Ag
Ielitinn
Bernhard Dernburg
Dr. Dernburg
Berlin Tageblatt
Illinois
Elect Lowden
Bryan
Bath
Teutons
Hresterau
Ungureni Fall
Tabala Valley
Petrograd
Sereth
Russ
Russian War Office
Kasino
Casin
Rimnicu-Sarat
Patroanu
Focsami
Buzeu
Comanula
Oregon
Quaker
Victor
Villa
Rustilla
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