1 900 000 MEN IN THE FIELD DECLARES AMERICA HAS MOVED FAST
Secretary Baker told the senate war investigating committee that America has organized its full power for 1918. An army of about 1,500,000 men is ready in France and training at home and abroad. The report lists rapid training, modern arms, and expanded logistics as key achievements. The army’s size in France is asserted to be unmatched in U S history.
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Teutonics Seek Separate Pact With Russia
Amsterdam reports that the central powers withdrew their December 25 Brest Litovsk peace terms after enemy rejection. Dr von Kuehlmann said the document is null and void while Count Czermin outlined terms for general peace without forcible annexations. The talks on self determination and regional governance stalled as negotiations move to Stockholm.
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Giant Blizzard Paralyzes Nation From Canada to Gulf
Late telegraphic reports describe a countrywide blizzard with extreme cold from Nebraska to Texas. Traffic and rail service halt nationwide as storms from Friday trigger massive snow drifts across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and neighboring states. Deaths and injuries from eastern storms add to the disruption.
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Senator from Iowa Calls for Immediate Peace Effort
The Iowa senator says a permanent peace is needed and urges sitting down with a so called mad dog to resolve the peace problem. He notes recent wartime bloodshed, estimates ten million killed in three and a half years and forty million under arms. He cites world costs at seventy five million dollars daily and looming tril lion war debts.
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France appoints envoy to Ukraine seen as recognition
Delayed dispatch from Petrograd reports France has named General Tabouile as its representative to the Ukrainian republic. The move is viewed in Petrograd as France recognizing Ukraine's independence.
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Seek a union of all Russ republics convention planned
Perograd January 9 delayed reports social revolutionists plan a convention of peasants' deputies and their organization in connection with the all Russian workers, men’s and soldiers’ congress on January 21. They aim to form a federation of Russian republics including the Ukraine, the Don territory and the Caucasus.
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Oil Administrator Is Named
Mark Requa of San Francisco was appointed oil administrator by Fuel Administrator Garfield. The new Oil division will investigate the petroleum situation and recommend actions to handle petroleum matters with the cooperation of the Federal Trade Commission.
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Spade Work Needed In France’s Unexploded Mines
A Paris correspondent notes that months after the war, northern France still harbors unexploded mines and shells in battlefield fields. Farmers face danger plowing and naval mines keep perilous seas, with signals of undetonated devices seen in wildflower covered ruins. An officer recalls a jam pot mine that survived shots and remained a silent threat in mud.
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Not Time for Peace Talks Warns Senator Kenyon
Washington January 11. Senator Kenyon of Iowa says the present is not the time for peace talks. He returns from the European battlefields and warns that efforts to push a patched-up peace undermine American forces and war aims.
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Former Czar's Abode Debates Tobolsk Residence
An exchange notes disagreements on where the former czar will live. Tobolsk is described as the Boston of Russia with arts culture and winter resort allure in western Siberia. Swedish officers interned after Poltava allegedly shaped its refined civilization.
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Car shortage blamed for idle miners and lost coal
Washington reports A T Smith says weather will decide easing of car shortages. John L Lewis, UMWA vice president, estimates 50 million more tons of coal could have been produced in 1917 if not for transport delays, citing local reports across Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania Indiana and other fields.
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Russia May Yet Come Back From War Mood
London dispatch notes Bolshevik Premier Lenine may holiday in Finland or Stockholm to confer with German and Austrian socialists. He warns demobilization could end if peace terms are rejected, promising a revolutionary war. Don region troops rally around democratic governor Kal edines to stabilize the Don. General Alexieff massing to fight Bolsheviks with liberal regime aims. Monarchist leanings reported in his circle.
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German Plot Foiled in U S Sabotage and Propaganda
Intercepted communications and evidence on about score arrested aliens reveal a coordinated German sabotage and antiwar propaganda movement in the United States. Authorities say the network was broken up and remaining activities are sporadic, largely by pro German sympathizers, without a central headquarters.
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Big Italian Steamer Is Sunk
The Italian steamship Hilazzo, 11 477 tons gross register, was sunk early in December by a German submarine in Mediterranean waters. It is believed no lives were lost. The vessel, launched in 1916, was used entirely for freight traffic and measured 492 feet in length with a 65 foot beam.
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Khartoum City Emerges From War Spared Groves and Trade
A correspondent recalls Khartoum rebuilt from Kitchener’s sand plan after the 1884 siege. The Blue and White Niles funnel commerce as diverse peoples gather, including Egyptians, English, Sudanese villagers, and traders from Africa, Europe, and Asia. The city now features groves, rose ordens planted by Gordon, and modern streets laid out in a grand design.
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