Allies Praise Wilson Speech as Magna Charta of Peace
London and Paris papers hail President Wilson's address on war aims. Temps and La Liberte call it pivotal for Alsace Lorraine and a just peace. British Labour outlines strong support, Open diplomacy praised, with Allied unity on terms against Germany.
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Evening News
Germans Level 130 Villages Behind Western Front
Paris reports via Matin Rome that Field Marshal von Hindenburg ordered 130 villages near St Quentin leveled to aid German defense. The correspondent notes denials yet adds that only about a third of 300000 Belgians deported to Germany have been allowed to return home.
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Canadians Raid South of Lens Seizes Two Machine Guns
London reports say Canadian troops carried out a night raid south of Lens capturing two machine guns. French forces announced 178 prisoners taken in a raid north of Leichepray east of St Mihiel as fighting continues around Verdun and in Alsace.
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Crime Reigns in Petrograd Amid Hard Times
London reports from a Times correspondent that Petrograd endures unprecedented hardships on Russian Christmas. The city suffers from lawlessness, food shortages, and dire weather with plummeting temperatures, extreme snow, and scarce bread.
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Petrograd
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Mutineers Bombard Lisbon
Reports from Madrid say Portuguese warship crews mutinied and bombarded Lisbon forts. The army remained loyal to Dr. Sidonia Paez government and order was restored.
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Madrid
Portugal
Sidonia Paez
Separate peace pacts signed say Russians with Bulgaria
Brest-Litovsk dispatch reports Russia and Bulgaria have signed separate peace agreements. Soldiers fear a vain battle if Germany wins. News notes German and Bulgarian trenches echo similar tactics and mentions American position risks. Aimed at warning against a German peace.
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Bulgaria
Brest-Litovsk
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Wilsons Open Air Diplomacy Targets Russian Lib erals
President Wilson conducts a man-to-man appeal to Russians and enemy liberals via billboard posters in Russian, open-air talks, and theater films. The Creel committee spreads American war aims and peace ideals through Russia, Austria-Hungary, and other fronts as part of a broad world propaganda effort.
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Russia
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U S Ship Saved Envoy Battle Cruiser Sinks Sub
An American war vessel destroyed a German submarine that attempted to sink the steamship Battle carrying Arthur J. Balfour, British foreign secretary, during his return voyage. The Battle took a zigzag course from New York to Halifax with convoys and destroyers, aided by a British trawler warning, before the submarine was blown up and the ship continued.
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Arthur J. Balfour
England
United States
H. P. Wright
Wright
Canada
English Channel
Government to Take Control of Oil Supply
The United States government under the fuel administration plans to control all oil supply. An appointee to run the program will be named publicly with the formal decision announcement.
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Fuel Administration
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The
Rear Admiral Badger Recalled to Service
Among 500 retired naval officers recalled for the war is Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger who retired August 28, 1915, at sixty two. A Maryland native and 1873 Naval Academy graduate, he directed the Greely relief expedition in 1884 and once led the Annapolis academy earning the nickname Square Deal Badger.
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Peace Conference Moves Forward as Delegates Named
BrestLitovsk talks reopen with the Russian peace delegation led by Leon Trotsky arriving for new negotiations. Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow is appointed Austrian delegate to the BrestLitovsk conference. Russian troops withdraw from a sector of the Macedonian front is reported.
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Macedonian Front
London
Leon Trotzky
Brest-Litovsk
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Copenhagen
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Amsterdam
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Hospital ship Rewa sunk in Bristol Channel by torpedo
The hospital ship Rewa was torpedoed and sunk in the Bristol Channel on January 4 while returning from Gibraltar. All wounded were saved with three crew casualties. The ship displayed Hague markings and was not in the barred zone. Survivors landed at Swansea, many without clothes.
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Glasgow
Cardiff
Wales
Swansea
President backs federal woman suffrage in war time vote
President Wilson announced support for the federal woman suffrage amendment and urged Representatives to vote it into law as an act of right and justice. A committee reported strong House support, with a pre-vote poll showing 278 for and 120 against, and a Senate fate seen as favorable. The vote was slated for five to six o'clock.
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California
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Marvin Jones
Texas
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Marysland
Thaddeus P. Caraway
Arkansas
James PF. Mayes
Utah
William A. Ayres
Kansas
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Clement Brumbaugh
Ohio
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House
Weep
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Great Britain
Revision of Income Tax Inventory Rule Under Review
Treasury plans to let dealers use either cost or market value for inventories in excess profits and income tax returns. Justice Department is reviewing the rule and it may be revised. The decision could affect millions of dollars in taxes.
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Treasury
Department of Justice
Nineteen Allied Vessels Sunk in Week by Mine or Submarine
London reports the sinking in the week of 18 British merchant ships of 1,660 tons or more by mine or submarine, with three more over that tonnage lost. Four fishing vessels were also sunk.
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