German Peace Note Delivered to British Foreign Office
American Ambassador Page delivered the German peace note to the British foreign office and made no comment on it. London's mood awaited Premier Lloyd George as he prepared to address parliament on policy, with the nation and war council expected in unison on the issue.
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Foreign Office
Britain
Lloyd George
London
War Council
British Foreign Office
Kethmann-Hollweg
Central powers urge pope and US to back peace offers
Rome report says the central powers pressed the pope and the United States to support their peace proposals, a claim circulating in the city Monday.
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Rome
Pope
United States of America
Pacifist protest disrupts East India docks gathering
Sylvia Pankhurst and sympathizers tried to hold a peace demonstration at the East India dock gates but faced a violent crowd that rushed them away. Lloyd George was expected to deliver a brief parliament review of the war and outline gains and plans after illness, with a return to duties anticipated after a week.
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Sylvia Pankhurst
Miss Pankhurst
East India Dock
Lloyd George
War Council Fovd
George
House of Commons
Death Comes to Lina Bosshard III for a Year
Lina Bosshard 52 sister of Otto Bosshard died at 325 South Fourteenth Street at 10 am after a year of illness. Born Ban sor June 12 1864 she was a kindergarten teacher and later a public library assistant. She leaves Adolph Bangor Otto La Crosse and Elizabeth plus many nephews and nieces. Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 pm from the family residence with Rev George Longbrake and interment at Oak Grove Cemetery. Tillmans will conduct.
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Lina Bosshard
Otto Bosshard
Famly
South Fourteenth Street
Miss Bosshard
Bansor
Adolph
Bangor
Otto
la Crosse
Elizabeth
George Longbrake
Oak Grove Cemetery
Tillmans
Hotel Fire Kills Family in Cheyenne Blaze
Roy A White of Delta California his wife and three sons died in a fire that destroyed the Interocean hotel in Cheyenne Wyo early Monday A fourth son remains missing with probable death in the ruins
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Cheyenne, Wryo
Roy A White
Delta
Cal
Interocean
White
High School Prepares Khaki Reception for Texas Militiamen
La Crosse readies a large crowd at the high school for a welcome reception honoring local militiamen who guarded the Texas border. Mayor Bentley gives the welcome. James Thompson speaks. The program starts at 8 with a reception in the halls followed by dancing.
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Hixon
Texas
la Crosse
Bentley
James Thompson
La Crosse Sees Second-Coldest Day As Ice Road Opens
La Crosse ranked as the second coldest city in the nation with 11 below as St Paul hit 14 below and Madison 6 below. A new ice road along the Mississippi from Gunds brewery to Brownsville opened, used by woodcutters and others, while trains were delayed up to four hours due to the cold.
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la Crosse
United States
Government Weather Bureau
St. Paul
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Madison
Medicine Hat
Montana
Quicksilver
Mississippi River
George Holzhammer
Gund
Brownsville
John Bergans
Charles Schorrel
William Luedke
Emil Engler
Peter Graver
Burlington
Chicago
Trappers Held for Fur Theft After Snow Clues
Roy Nemith and Peter Schleiter were arrested Sunday morning after tracks in the snow led police from the La Crosse Fur and Hide Co to a tent on Barron’s Island. Furs worth 175 dollars were found hidden in a tent and two visits to the warehouse were alleged. Schleiter confessed while Nemith, an experienced thief, remained silent.
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la Crosse
Hide Go
Roy Nemith
Peter Schleiter
Central Police Station
la Crosse Fur and Hide Company
South Front Street
Nemith
Schleiter
Barron's Island
M. Rosenstein
Fur Company
Rosenstein
Waupun
Iowa
Martin Haley
Mississippi Street
Roy Hawk
Wisconsin
Boost Valuations Raise Rail and Telegraph Assets
Madison dispatch reports state tax commission preliminary figures increasing valuations for freight line and equipment companies to 1.123 million, sleeping car firms to 2.5 million, express firms to 1.245 million, telegraph firms to 2.985 million, with Western Union alone rising to 2.6 million.
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Madison
Wis
State Tax Commission
Western Union Telegraph Company
French Victory at Verdun Advances Three Miles
United Press reports Friday’s Verdun breakthrough by French forces, wiping out about forty thousand Germans and pushing the line three miles from Souville. A day of intense artillery preparation preceded a coordinated attack along five miles, with a curtain of fire and precise progress. The advance began at dawn and continued under heavy bombardment, seizing ground long fortified by the German defense.
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United Press
Verdun
Souvelle
St. Mihiel
National probe of car and coal shortage to start in Chicago
Investigation of the coal and car shortage across the United States to begin in Chicago Monday. The interstate commerce commission United States District Attorney Charles Clyne and the state public utilities commission will cooperate in the inquiry.
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National
Chicago
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles Clyne
State Public Utilities Commission
Secret marriage ties Wisconsin vice investigator to Oshkosh teacher
Former Wisconsin state vice investigator Senator Howard Teasdale admitted he wed Flora Morrill on November 6 in a Caledonia Minnesota ceremony to avoid publicity. Morrill, an Oshkosh music teacher and singer from a West De Pere family, remains active in music. Teasdale now practices law in Sparta and runs a major local telephone company stake.
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Howard Teasdale
Wisconsin
Flora Merrill
Oshkosh
Teasdale
Caledonia
Minn
Sparta
Morrill
West de Pere
Green Bay
Oshkosh Normal and Crane Conservatory
Potsdam
N. Y
State Senate
United States calls for broad terms before peace talks
U.S. officials say no formal peace talks unless Germany and Austria show willingness to restore Belgium and Serbia and backing disarmament on a wide scale. They expect Lloyd George to present general terms in a speech to the Commons and to pass responsibility back to Germany.
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Lloyd George
Germany
Robert J. Bender
Washington
United States
Germans
Austria
Belgium
Serbia
England
United Press
America
Commons
Baron Oppenheim Held at Ellis Island in New York
Baron Robert E. Oppenheim of Paris has been detained since arriving aboard the Noordam and was moved to Ellis Island for examination.Authorities have not disclosed the reason for detention though he claims a two month tour of the United States related to banking business.
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Baron Oppenheim OF
Paris
Ellis Island
New York
Noordam
Robert E. Oppenheim
Baron Oppenheim
United States
America
Army chief says 1.5 million troops needed at start
Major General Hugh L. Scott told the Senate Military Committee that lessons from the European war require the United States to field about 1.5 million trained troops at the outset and 1.59 million more within ninety days. He warned that Canada England and Japan could launch large invading forces, criticizing militia mobilization along the border. General Leonard Wood echoed the criticism of border militia mobilization.
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Washington
Hugh L. Scott
United States Army
National Guard
Scott
Army
Army War College
Chamberlain Senate Military Committee
Canada
England
Japan
United States
Leonard Wood
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Mackenzie Leaves La Follette Magazine for NY Post
Madison Wis December 18 F W Mackenzie longtime managing editor of La Follette s Magazine has left for New York to become publicity agent for the American Association for Labor Legislation He will remain managing editor of the senator s magazine but will prepare copy from the east
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Madison
Wis
F. W. Mackenzie
la Follette
New York
American Association For Labor Legislation
Senator’s
Day Campaign in Boston Ends with a Sunday Meeting
Boston voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether liquor dealers will be licensed after a dramatic city battle. Billy Sunday, the dry forces’ field general, was to deliver the final wind-up sermon at the Tabernacle. Braving the clash were Harvard’s Eliot, Major Higginson, Guild, Frothingham, and ex-Gov Foss among prominent backers.
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Boston
Mass
Billy Sunday
Liquor Interests
The
Tabernacle
Eliot
Harvard University
Henry Lee Higginson
Courtney Guild
Paul Revere Frothingham
Eugene Foss
Carranza Decision Still Unknown in Atlantic City Protocol
Philadelphia dec 18 Carranza decision on the Atlantic City border protocol remained unrevealed as Alberto J Pani reported his interview with Carranza at Queretaro to the American and Mexican commissioners. No written document from Carranza was produced. The joint session adjourned at noon and resumes at 3 pm for further verbal updates.
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Philadelphia
Carranza
Atlantic City
Alberto J. Pani
Queretaro
Pani
District of Columbia Dry Bill Defeated in Senate Vote
Washington December 18 Senator Smoots absolute dry bill as substitute to Sheppards liberal dry DC bill was defeated Monday by a vote of 61 to 8 in the Senate.
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District OF Columbia
Washington
Smoot
Sheppard
Mayor and Mahoney clash over Public Works Board
Alderman Mahoney accuses the board of paying full retail prices for city supplies. Mayor Bentley orders a complete price list for the year and may seek a special investigative committee if warranted to probe purchases and improve city contracting practices.
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Paul W. Mahoney
Board of Public Works
A. A. Bentley
Fire drives Kempter family to subzero night
A basement fire at the Kempter home on South Fifth Street forced Mrs. R. R. Kempter and six others to flee in night attire as temperatures lingered below zero. Neighbors aided, valuables damaged, and firemen fought two hours to extinguish the blaze leaving ice on exteriors and interiors.
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R. R. Kempter
South Fifth Street
Dora Beast
Kempter
Lola
Rupert Schwake
Walter Ascham
Mahoney Plan of One Man Board Questioned as Illegal
Mayor Bentley cites opinion from the State's Attorney General that Mahoney's modified city manager plan for the board of public works is illegal. He says council authority cannot be delegated to a single man and affirms only two options: a general charter board or a council elected board. Mahoney counters, insisting his plan is feasible despite the AG opinion.
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Paul W. Mahoney
Board of Public Works
A. A. Bentley
Walter Owen
Madison
Mahoney
Council
Entente to Float Another Big Loan in United States
Washington reports the entente nations plan a new loan in the United States secured by American and other securities as collateral after the Fed block on unsecured British securities. The move aims to raise vast funds despite the previous decision.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Berlin Reports Steady Gains By Armies In East
Berlin reports varying success on Balkan and Rumanian fronts with Russo Rumanian retreat to Braila and German air attacks. Russian attacks near Luck Bolporsk and Augustovka failed. German forces regained positions, while artillery duels raged east of Dolden Bistritza and in the Uz valley. EU
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Berlin
War Office
Braila
Luck
Bolporsk
Augustovka
Zborov
Archduke Joseph
Mestecanesci
Dolden Bistritza
Rass
Petrograd
Carpathians
Porsk
Glashutte
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LA Crosse Tribune
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Attorney General’s Office
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