Bolshevik advances and German front reports in Russia
The Kremlin allies claim Korniloff defeated by Red Guards and flee. Kerensky becomes justice minister in Siberian cabinet as Petrograd announces Bolshevik empowered to begin peace talks at Brest-Litovsk. Rostov and Kaluga battles intensify with heavy losses on both sides amid Civil War turmoil.
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Red Guards
Kerensky
Siberian
Associated Press
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Brest-Litovak
Rusela
Meres
Walt
Rostov
Brycedine
Tamanovka
Kaluga
Rostov-in-The-Don
Don
Bielgorod
Moscow
Counter Revolutionista
Novo Tcherkask
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Krylenko
Kolch
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Bullecourt
Berlin
H'S Point
Arras
Ypres
Flanders
Juvincourt
Reims
Hretnu
Katlan
Valleva
Col Della Herett
Sugar Woes Blamed on Hoover at Hearing
Washington December 12. President Spreckels of the Sugar Refining Co testified that there is no sugar shortage in the United States and blamed the food administration for distribution delays. He said excess Cuban and imported sugar went abroad for higher prices and that refineries were closed for lack of supplies. Hoover agreed to cooperate and allow cross examination by Judge Lindley.
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Senate
U. S
Wochington
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Benne Committee
Food Administration
New York
Canada
Borecken
Cuba
Hoover
Mpreckels
Germany
Russia
Java
Bpreckella
Benator
Reed
Lindley
France
Anyl
Congress
Europe
America
Sugar Ration and Meatless Plan to Curb Consumption
The food administration will issue a kitchen card proposing a three pound monthly sugar allowance per person a porkless day and one wheatless and meatless meal daily. It urges wheatless and meatless days beyond the current four days and warns against hoarding foodstuffs at home.
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Washington, D
Food Administration
United States
Attorney for Slacker Rebuked by Justice
Washington DC December 16 A Supreme Court session features Chief Justice White rebuking attorney L Gordon Jones for Albert Jones by describing his remarks as unpatriotic. The exchange highlights debates over the constitutionality of the army draft act amid tense arguments.
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Washington, D.C
Postal appropriation bill passes the House
Washington Dec. 15. The office appropriation bills totaling 338 million dollars, including 1.2 million for censorship of foreign malls, were passed by the House today without any funding for pneumatic tube service in New York, Boston or elsewhere. It now goes to the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Boston
Win
House
Gden
Benute
Austrians Take More Supplies After Front Prisoners Report
Austrian statement on the Melotta front says in four days of fighting 39 Italian officers and more than 16,000 men were taken prisoner. They report the capture of 293 guns, 239 machine guns, four quick firers, 81 mine throwers, and additional materials.
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London
Mallin Front
Melotta
Alt. McKinley Peak Tops U S Alaska Heights
Alt. McKinley in Alaska rises 20 500 feet to become the highest peak in United States territory while California's valley mining area dips to 270 feet below sea level in the lower mile.
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Alt. McKinley
Alaska
United States Territory
Ry Land
Imth Valley
California
House Probe Naval Warfare and War Expenditures
A House committee is formed to probe naval wartime conduct and spending. Hearings will follow, with navy officials and administrators expected to testify. President Wilson welcomes the probe as debates over red tape and preparedness intensify in Washington.
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Washington
House
Mub
Navy
Naval Committee
Deanfele
Wilson
White House
Senate
Early Suffrage Vote Blocked by Congress
In Washington D C Representative Walden objected to a procedural move by Majority Leader Kitchin to begin debate on constitutional suffrage, ending the effort for the moment as the session adjourned without advancing the measure.
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Washinton
Dee
Kitchin
Dunvary
American Casualties Reported by Pershing in December
General Pershing announced deaths from natural causes and injuries among U S forces in December. Names include First Lieut George M Anderton Alexandria Virginia. Sgt Millard Smith Ranger West Virginia. Pfc Ralph M Miller Orient Indiana. Pfc Richard B Hughes Bowling Green Kentucky. Pvt Wiley Cheeks Girard Alabama. and others in Virginia Georgia Minnesota Massachusetts Massachusetts and more with pneumonia tuberculosis and gunshot or train-related fatalities.
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Washington
Dee
Pershing
War Department
George M Anderton
Engineers
United States Transport
Alexandria
Val
Paul Jordan
Quartermaster's Corps
Lavonia
Harold Warner
Marines
Able Beaman
Jan Hendrix Bradhart
Berwind
Maurice I. Capron
Cvistar Oe
Natural Causshwauk
Minn
Corpora
Bowling Green
Ralph M Miller
Orient
Wiley Cheeks
Girard
Ala
Millard Smith
Ranger
W. Va
Germanic press foresees westward offensive amid war weariness
Extracts telegraphed from Holland quote German readers' rising confidence in a forthcoming Western offensive. Major Morath predicts swift blows will again drive Rus sian forces back as Germany and Austria-Hungary aid each other. Volks Zeitung and Weser Zeitung urge urgency and insist the war will end soon with German dominance.
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London
Germany
Holland
Major Moraht
Crite
Tageblatt
von Hiedenburg
Weser Zeitung
Evgents
Agin
German Bomb Kills American Engineers Behind Front Lines
A German aerial bomb fell in a French town behind the Hrithle front as American rail way engineers moved through. Windows shattered by bomb fragments wounded officers in a house. several American soldiers died from gunshot wounds in hospitals.
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France
Hritheh Front
Cox charges Baird represents coal men in Ohio dispute
Governor Cox plans to forward charges to President Wilson against F C Baird of Cleveland head of lake coal shipping in a bid to challenge his role as representing coal operators rather than consumers. Dr E A Garfield will be asked for an explanation of the appointment. Elementary schools in the state will close at least one month from December 21 due to coal restrictions.
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Columbus
Ohio
James M. Cox
Wilson
F.C. Baird
Cleveland
Cox
Haird
E. A. Garfield
Ghia
Special dividend declared by railroad coalition
Delaware Lackawanna and Western controlled group announces a special dividend of 200 dollars per share. Proceeds aim to fund burn incentives in Great Britain and related ventures.
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New York
Delaware, Lackawanna & Weather Coal
Delaware
Lackhawing
N1 & Western Railroad
Great Britain
British Reply to German Peace Inquiry Revealed
An official German announcement in London reports that Germany received a peace inquiry through a neutral government last September with British knowledge and sanction. Germany preferred a direct verbal reply via a neutral intermediary but found no progress toward such a direct response, according to Foreign Secretary A J Balfour's statement.
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Hetlin
London
Coward
A. J. Balfour
Gder
Harkinh
Britain
Balfour
House of Commons
Seven J. W. W. Leaders Interned for the War
Federal agents in Cleveland seize and inter directly seven men who lead J. T. W. and related socialist groups. War era crackdown targets two large anti war publishers halting distribution of anarchistic material nationwide.
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Federal Agente
Nieraiture
Due Ring
1 W. W
United States
Training camp sites not yet chosen for officers
Washington reports training camps for the third series to open January 3. locations remain unsettled as camps may move with army divisions. Officials say, where possible, facilities at sites from the first two camps will be used, but no definite decision exists.
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War Department
Factory Erection Aims to Boost Tabacco Mes Industry
The report notes a Hanway our factory planned at Tabacco Mes to support local industry. Despite delays, the project seeks to establish a facility with equipment and staff to advance production and create employment.
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Tabacco
Mes
Buna
Foto’ Equipman
Epidemic of Measles Still Grips U S Camps
A weekly report by Surgeon General Corgas shows measles cases persist in U S Army and National Guard camps as of December 7. Several divisions report declines while a few still see cases and pneumonia deaths rise.
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U. S
Washington
National Guard
Cleneral Corgas
Storms Move Southeast From British Columbia
A second storm progresses southeast from British Columbia bringing rain to Washington and northern Rockies. Heavy snow blankets interior New York with a foot or more expected, while gales lash the New England coast and rail and wire traffic suffer delays across the region. Temperatures remain very low for the area.
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Washington II
Ungensentilie Cid
Great Lakes
New York
New England
Pulaware
Kastoe
Secon Provoues d Etorm
Pritiat Ilumbia
Washington
Hocky Mountain
Austro Hungarian War Minister Sees Disarmament Possible
Amsterdam December 14 The Austrian Hungarian war minister General Broeger Steiner tells the Freie Presse that relief from an armistice with Husela depends on the agreement details but would ease transport strain. He agrees with Count Wirrenin that military expenditures are unsustainable and that Austria and allies will not accept dictation while the great powers grow arms race.
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Ameaterdam
Broeger-Steiner
Helle Freie Presse
Vienna
Husela
Count Irernin
Austro German Troops Assigned to Barracks Duty in U S
Washington reports army orders show nearly 1 million enlisted men from regular and national forces reassigned to barracks guard duty at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The list includes noncombatants and several officers. some troops come from Expeditionary Forces in France and others are withdrawn recruits bound for General Pershing.
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Washington, D. C
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Martin A. Stoln
Quartermasters Corps
Fort Nebraska
France
General Pershing
Portuguese Revolters Encourage Soldiers In France and Africa
Livben December 13 The revolutionary government sent greetings to Portuguese troops fighting the Germans in France and in Africa. Hernardino Machiadi the deposed president is asked whether to exit by land or sea as he may stay abroad until his term ends. The cabinet has not decided how to deal with former Premier Coste and ex Foreign Minister Soares who remain aboard a warship.
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Coste
Soares
Hei
Blaze at Digpent Powder plant in Wilmington injures workers
Firemen were called to a Digpent Powder plant near Wilmington Delaware after an explosion sparked a blaze. The initial fire was followed by a new outbreak at the power base cutting light and electricity as responders battled the flames.
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Wilmington
Del
Digpent Powder Company
Germans Rush Supplies for Vast Offensive
Geneva reports German forces concentrate ammunition and matériel in upper Rhine towns for a western front offensive. Swiss border traffic halted and trains bound west run less at night for ten days.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Germany
Upper Rhine
German industry leaders summoned to wartime conference
The president of the war board of German industry the Central Union of Manufacturers and the League of Manufacturers were summoned to a conference at the Ceratin Headquarter headquarters in an international effort to coordinate wartime production and policy.
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Amsterdam
Wee
Rhelinische Wentfallache Zeitung
Hessen
Germany
War Board of German Industry
Ceviwral Union of Manufacturer
The
League of Manufacturers
Coertnian Breat
Prairie Oil Dividend Declared in Independence Kansas
Prairie Oil and Gas company of Independence Kansas declares a quarterly dividend of 9 dollars and an extra dividend of 2 dollars payable January 8 to record holders of December 1.
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Independence, Kan
Bee l
Prairie OF & Gasp
Russians Free Civilian German Prisoners Ordered Released
A dispatch reported by a Morning Small dispatch indicates the Russians freed civilian German prisoners in exchange for 4000 Russian officers held in German camps. The report claims Russian troops began evacuating Mialend and Ryeborg fortifications acknowledged the independence of Shih.
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Fondon Bac
Ryeborg
Sih
British Expert Warns 500000 Fresh Men in West Drive
A United Press report cites Colonel Resington predicting Germany will unleash 500000 fresh soldiers along with heavy guns and aircraft in the west. The piece notes German leaders aim a new peace drive before Allied counter moves, with attention to Russia and Italy events shaping the plan.
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Entente
United Press
New York
Corficans
West Front
Hindenburg
London
Germany
Amnerion
Italy
Beet
Met Peres
Russian General Skalon Dies by Suicide at German HQ
Petrograd dispatch says General Skalon of the Russian staff killed himself at German army headquarters under tense wartime conditions before the expected conferences. Full details were not released.
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Petrograd
Ceneral Skalon
War emergency employment service to organize labor exchanges
Washington report states the War emergency employment service will be formed by the international service section of the council of national defense. Marshall announced that state councils of defense should create labor exchanges with the federal department of labor to meet rising war demand for shipyards and other essential industries including munition, steel, lumber, mining, and transportation.
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Washington
War Emergency Employment Service
International Service Section
Council of National Defense Ll
Marshall
Christmas Holiday Leave Granted at Cheat Lake Station
Commandant Captain William V. Meffert announces 20 000 sailors at Cheat Lake naval training station will receive five days holiday at home over Christmas or New Year. Half the men will be granted leave this Christmas, the rest after return. Each man will depart with a well filled purse amid unexpected absences and travel time allowances.
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Chicago
Bec
Cheat Lakes
William V. Meffert
Moffatt
Armed Burglar Captured After Intrusion
Police cornered a suspect described as an armored burglar after a break in at a residence. Detectives followed a trail to a neighborhood and detained the man, ending the break in without further incident.
Detroit Figure Seeks State Authority in Court Battle
Hiehoy Henderon of Detroit Micheb, joined by Joe Noe, petitions the state for authority amid ongoing legal action. The case concerns a dispute over power and jurisdiction in a broader municipal framework. Details remain unclear in this fragmented notice.
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Hiehoy Henderon
Detroit
Micheb
Joe Noe
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