Lewis Gun Invention Boycotted By War Dept Says Inventor
Col Isaac Lewis, inventor of the Lewis machine gun, told the Senate committee he attempted to offer his weapon to the government without cost and that the War Department rejected it flatly. He argued the army lacks adequate machine guns and criticized Gen Crozier and Secretary Hitchcock while claiming the Browning gun is favored by manufacturers.
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Washinton
Isaac, Lewis
Senate
War Department
Lewis
Leonard Wood
Point Secretary of War
Springfield Arsenal
Hitchcock
Col. Lewis
Automatic Arms Co
Baker
Croziex
Chamberlain
Arsenal
May Run for Senator In Topeka Says Stubbs
In Topeka on December 22 Walter Roscoe Stubbs former governor said he is considering a run for the Republican senatorial seat. He noted strong encouragement from former supporters and even some foes as he weighs entering or staying out in light of recent political turmoil.
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Topeka
Walter Roscoe Stubbs
Stubbs
Fox
ARE NEAR THE FRONT Rainbow Division May See Service Soon
Soldiers with the Rainbow Division in France expect to see service soon. A letter from F. D. Prentice of Co. C, 117th Field Battalion, notes near-front conditions and the value of letters from home. Prof. J N Van der Vries will spend vacation in the east attending mathematical meetings in Chicago and Pittsburgh.
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Rainbow Division
Rainbow
France
Irom F. D. Prentice
Co. C
Gee Gear
States Seek Road Money From Federal Aid Act
Washington reports all states embraced the Federal Aid Road Act providing seventy five million dollars for post roads and ten million for forest roads. Road building surged with 1916 state highway spending around forty one million and 1917 projected at least sixty million with several states pledging dollar for dollar matches. {entities: United States Department of Agriculture, New York, Illinois, Michigan, Rhode Island, Nevada, Iowa, Florida, Vermont}
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Washington
Union
Office of
Public Roads and Rural Engineering
United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Illinois
Michigan
Rhode Island
Nevada
Iowa
Florida
Vermont
Ink Industry Threatened by Carbon Black Embargo
New York December 22 printing ink makers warn the embargo on carbon black, a key ingredient, will demoralize US printing industry. Phillip Ruxton, president of the National Association of Printing Ink Manufacturers, said the order by the federal priority board will soon impact publishers, newspapers, magazines, and all ink users.
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New York
United States
Federal Priority ‘Board
Phillip Ruxton
National Association of Printing Link Manufacturers
Social revolutionists vow to convene assembly vs Lenine
Petrograd dispatch reports M. Tchernoff former agriculture minister and Mme Catherine Breshovskays along with other social revolutionists in the constituent assembly declare they will not submit to Premier Lenine and Foreign Minister Trotzky and aim to convene the assembly to pursue a program of peace and land freedom.
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Petrograd
M. Tchernoff
Agriculture
Mme
Catherine Breshkovskays
Constituent Assembly
Lenine
Trotzky
Prevent Coal Confiscation Labels for Shipments
Kansas City December 22 officials of the fuel administrators railroad representatives and Southwestern Coal Operators Association reached an agreement to label coal shipments destined to Missouri and neighboring points as for emergency use to prevent confiscation.
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Kansas City
Missouri
aKass
Southwestern Coal Opteralors Association
Traffic In Notes To HMS Disclosed
Government officials disclosed extensive traffic in written communications to Germany and neutrals using invisible ink and codes. Swedish and Norwegian nationals reportedly ran a money making scheme transmitting letters at high prices, evading British censorship. Scores of people are under surveillance with possible arrests.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Treasury
U.S
America
United
Europe
United States
Box for Soldiers Christmas Box Proposal from Gen Metcalf
Brig Gen Wilder S Metcalf suggests Geneva New York soldiers receive a pasteboard Christmas box as issued locally. It would include cigarettes candy shaving cream toothpaste soap cards gum khaki handkerchiefs a puzzle and a new two dollar bill, estimated cost five dollars. Masons lodge at Linwood donated fifty dollars to the Red Cross for supplies.
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Wilder S. Metcalf
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria
Lawrence
Metcalf
Geneva
N. Y
Bull, Durham
Drunk Arrested After Being Ordered From Town
A man was found drunk and removed from town last night after being told to leave within two minutes. Authorities reported the incident occurred on the first of the month and he complied with the order.
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Tice
Bolsheviki Refuse German Offensive Peace Terms
Petrograd December 22 Leon Trotzky Bolshevik Foreign Minister told the council that if Germany offers offensive peace terms Russia will fight against it. He declared they did not overthrow czarist rule to bow to the Kaiser and urged continued resistance.
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Petrograd
Leon Trotzky
Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Enero
Czarisa
German paper claims Germans starving under food controller
Vorwaerts of Berlin accuses Herr Van Waldew and the German food system of creating mass hunger. Agriculture producers and rich urban residents hoard while the middle class struggles to buy food. The paper forecasts an absolute catastrophe within a month, possibly leading to German defeat and collapse of the war.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Herr van Waldew
Germany
Russia
Barteldes Seed Company Displays Red Cross Service Flags
The Barteldes Seed Company shows a Red Cross service flag with forty three crosses for memberships among the firm and its employees and a second flag with twelve stars indicating young men in the army from the workforce.
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Red Cross
Barteldes Seed Company
Teddy Stimpson Returns Home After Wandering Absence
Teddy Stimpson returns to his father Prof. Edwin F. Stimpson after an absence of about three months. He left Lawrence, worked at Cape Girardeau Missouri, drifted to Pennsylvania and along the Ohio Valley, then back to Huntington West Virginia where he was employed when writing home.
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Teddy Stimpson
Edwin F. Stimpson
Lawrence
Cape Girardeau
Pennsylvania
Ohio Valley
Huntington
W. Va
Hess Brothers Join Army Draft Calls Near Lawrence
Hess brothers sons of Chas Hess a longtime Lawrence butcher have enlisted in the army two already serve and the third faces the draft. One brother went to California for health but passed the examination and may enlist soon.
Willow Springs Red Cross Campaign Grows
Willow Springs township reports Red Cross fundraising interest rising with 150 volunteers or donors noted by Saturday morning and expected to increase before campaign closure.
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Willow Springs
Red Cross
Bonds as Christmas Gifts Take Douglas County by Storm
More than $22,000 in government securities have been sold through the Post Office and mail carriers since December 3. Local firms and banks report strong sales of Baby bonds and thrift stamps as Christmas gifts, with a goal to enroll 5,000,000 schoolchildren as war savers in a planned drive after the holidays.
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Douglas County
C. C. Seewir
Red Cross
Douglas County War Committee
Orgard
Stolen Santa Fe Depot Mail Box Recovered In River
A missing mailbox from the west end of the Santa Fe depot was recovered yesterday after boys found it in the river northeast of the station. The box yielded 43 letters and two postal cards which will be processed and sent to their destinations.
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Santa Fe
Taxes Collected Totaling 16000 by County Treasurer
I C Stevenson, the county treasurer, reported yesterday that $16,000 in taxes was received. He urged prompt payment as a five percent penalty will be added after January 1 for those who are late.
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I. C. Stevenson
Marriage Licenses Issued for Weels and Pence Pair
A marriage license was issued this morning to Claude L. Weels of Pleasant Grove and Pearl M. Pence of Willow Springs by Judge E. Lindley.
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Claude L. Weels
Pleasant Grove
Pearl M. Pence
Willow Springs
E. Lindley
Enforce Drill Order for Students One Cut Limit
Plans drawn this weekend may require students with multiple drill cuts to meet with the dean of their school. The drill and exercise committee proposes reporting repeat offenders to the dean and authorizing steps to enforce regular attendance. The aim is to curb excessive cuts amid concerns over monotony and attire requirements.
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University
Kansas
University Senate
Peace delegation recalled from Brest-Litovsk talks
London dispatches report the Russian delegation to the Brest-Litovsk peace conference has been recalled as Germans rejected Russian terms. Petrograd sources say the Ukrainian revolutionary staff in Petrograd was raided by the Red Guard at the Smolny Institute with four arrests, and the Ukranian Rada representatives were targeted to protect Ukrainian lives and property in Petrograd.
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London
Brest-Kitovsk
Daily Mail
Petrograd
Reuter
Red Guard
Smolny Institute
Bolsheviki
Ukranian Rada
Hunt Wins Arizona Governorship Contest
The Arizona Supreme Court seated G P Hunt as governor, voiding Governor Campbell’s election. Hunt, a Democrat, was declared winner after contesting the results. The court’s decision was filed in Phoenix on December 22, with Campbell’s attorney granted fifteen days to appeal.
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Zona Supreme Court
G P. Hunt
Arizona
Hunt
Goveror Campbell
Phoenix
Ariz
Samous
Campbell
Krupp Munitions Plant Reported On Fire
Workmen from Essen say the Krupp munitions establishment has burned for twenty four hours. The Essen plant, the main Krupp facility and leading German arms maker, employed about 30,000 before the war and has since expanded. exact size and headcount are kept secret by the German government.
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Maastricht
Holland
Essen
Germany
Krupp
Krupps
Water rationing looms as mains connect tomorrow
Lawrence residents face a water cut tomorrow as a six inch main will supply the city after noon to allow two fourteen inch mains at Eighth and Tennessee streets to be connected. City engineer E H Dunmire warns heavy use could leave some without water and urges careful fire protection as the fire department will have limited capacity to respond.
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Lawrence
E. H. Dunmire
Eighth
Tennessee
Panmire
Marion Township Red Cross drives toward the top
The first district report from Marion Township shows three slacker families in School District No 4 with 29 memberships secured. Arthur Kalb predicts Marion will go over the top in the Red Cross Christmas drive as more reports come in. Italian forces gain territory near Monte Azolone after fresh combat reports from Rome. Lance Hill joins Medical Reserve Corps as pharmacist sergeant awaiting assignment. Funeral for Mrs Salome Metsker set for Colyer funeral home on Rhode Island street at 9.30 tonight. burial follows.
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Marion
Marion Township
Red Cross
Arthur Kalb
Metsker
Salome Metsker
Rhode Island Street
Colyer Faith
Lawrence Kansans rally for Red Cross drive
Douglas County residents rallied in a Red Cross drive with goals and reports rolling in from Lawrence and surrounding townships. Volunteers, including Boy Scouts James Ackright and others, mobilized to reach a 100 percent membership, with activites planned from 8:30 to 16:30 and Christmas carol circuits through Lawrence and North Lawrence to boost support and blood donation.
Convict Conspirators Shine in Federal Case
Detroit report notes Albert Waltech midt and four or five accomplices convicted in federal court. Waltech faced three counts and faced four years in federal prison at Leavenworth. Franz Resta stood alone on all three counts as outcomes were delivered.
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Detroit
Dee
Albert Waltechmidt
Py Leavenworth
Franz Resta
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R. C. Manley
Ana Eenan
The
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Camp Funston
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John N. van der Vries
Douglas County Red Cross Committee
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Monte Azolone
Lance Hill
Medical Reserve Corps
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J. N. van der Vries
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L. Johnson
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Oersign
Reece
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James Ackright
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Haskell
Ars
Albert Kaltschmidt
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