Baker Defends Army Efficiency and Speed in 1918 Build
Secretary Baker testifies before the senate war committee that about 1.5 million men are in training or in the field in France. He outlines rapid mobilization achievements from large manpower to equipment, indicating American democracy organized and ready for active service in 1918.
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Separate Pact With Russia Is Teutonic Aim
Amsterdam reports the Brest Litovsk talks detail the central powers withdrawing their December 25 peace terms as void. Dr. von Kuehlmann says the document failed due to enemy rejection. Terms promised general peace without forcible annexations while preserving independence, with self determination cited for nations later. The dispute over Poland Courland and Lithuania halted talks and Russian counterproposal moved discussions to Stockholm.
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Blizzard paralyzes nation with massive storm sweep
Telegraphic dispatch reports an all country blizzard from Canada to the Gulf with record cold in Nebraska and near 12 above in Texas. Tornadoes in Alabama and Georgia killed 16 and injured 100. East and Midwest states face high winds and snow with 13 Chicago routes and major lines halted.
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Iowa Senator Advocates Permanent Peace Amid World War Strife
The Iowa senator argues for a lasting peace while condemning the Kaiser’s actions in Belgium and France. He notes ten million killed in three and a half years, forty million under arms, and global war costs at seventy five million dollars daily, with debt projections into the trillions.
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France Recognizes Ukraine via envoy Appointment
Petrograd reports France named General Tabouile as its representative to the Ukrainian republic. The move is seen as France recognizing Ukraine's independence.
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Union of All Russian Republics Sought by Social Revolutionists
The January 21 convention of peasants deputies and the all Russian workers, men, and soldiers congress is planned in Perograd with aims to form a federation of Russian republics including 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 division will investigate the petroleum situation and advise on necessary action. The appointment includes active cooperation with the Federal Trade Commission.
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Spade Work and Hidden Mines Mar Northern France Fields
A Paris correspondent warns that postwar France still harbors unexploded mines and shells in vast battlefields. Farmers risk peril when plowing fields as naval mines and jam pots remain dangerous. eyewitness accounts recount near misses and improvised explosions.
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Not Time for Peace Talks Warns Senator Kenyon
In Washington on January 11 Senator Kenyon of Iowa says the present moment is not right for peace talks. He just returned from European battlefields and warns that efforts to push a patched-up peace would weaken American forces.
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Former Czar's Abode City Disputes Stir Exchange
An exchange reports disagreement over the former czar's new home. Tobolsk is hailed as the Boston of Russia and a winter resort with arts and culture credited to Swedish officers interned after Poltava. The town's refined influence endures.
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90 000 000 TONS StiY Declares Idle Workers From Transport Shortage
Washington reports car shortage will idle millions of tons of coal. A I Smith says weather favors clearing up the shortage in a few days. John L Lewis estimates at least 40 million more tons could have been mined in 1917 if transport were sufficient, with state by state figures for Ohio Illinois Pennsylvania and Indiana. The total 50 million tons is an estimate based on average idle time.
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Lenine Ponders War Demobilization and Peace Terms
Petrograd reports Lenine may holiday in Finland or go to Stockholm to meet German and Austrian socialists. He warns demobilization may stop and a revolutionary war may be declared if peace terms are not accepted. Don district shows support for democratic Don government under General Kal edines while Alexieff seeks an all Russian struggle with monarchist leanings.
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New German Plot Foiled in Intercepted Communications
Government agents say intercepted messages and evidence from about a score of arrested aliens reveal a coordinated effort to reestablish German sabotage and antiwar propaganda in the United States. The movement is believed to be largely unsupervised now, driven by pro German sympathizers rather than a central headquarters.
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Big Italian Steamer Is Sunk
The Italian steamship Hilazzo of 11,477 tons gross was sunk in the Mediterranean by a German submarine in December. No lives were believed lost. Launched in 1916, the Milazzo served entirely in freight traffic and measured 492 feet in length with a 65 foot beam.
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Khartoum's Lens Through Kitchener's Sand Sketch
A correspondent recalls Khartoum seen through Kitchener's plan drawn in sand, noting the rebuilt city with groves and rose gardens planted by Gordon, the Blue and White Niles nearby, river gunboats, diverse residents from Africa to Europe, and the enduring cosmopolitan character born from the 19th century reclamation.
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