05 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Lancaster Daily Eagle
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson outlines war objectives to Congress, denounces GermanWrong and calls for united American effort to win the war. He stresses peace through victory, crushing the monster of German aggression, and clarifies duties and immediate means to act.
President declares war aims against German autocracy, calls for Austria Hungary and Turkey to be treated as German tools, and urges concrete wartime measures including alien enemy laws, customs control, and broader war legislation to sustain the fight until victory and a just peace. The speech emphasizes no peace talks, universal justice, and the world’s accountability in shaping postwar settlement.
Fragmentary dispatch asserts Field Marshal Krobatin directs Austrian forces in Italy to push the war toward final victory. It proclaims national pride in America and invokes a divine hand guiding the nations, urging use of righteous means and just causes.
Interurban railways operating between Ohio Indiana Illinois and southern Wisconsin filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a general passenger fare increase up to 25 percent. They argue rising labor and material costs justify higher revenues, mirroring steam railway pleas.
Washington reports that 1919 engineer operations for the expeditionary force in France will cost about 1 billion dollars. Major General Winthrop Blackshaw’s annual report details equipment, rail and construction needs, with Congress funding for transport and bridge work and substantial items sent to France.
State stock association representatives met with meat administrator Joseph Po Calton and Armour & Company officials. They agreed abstaining from wheat and meat was unnecessary given pork supply concerns, citing shortage of pork as the real issue.
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