Wilson Sets Out U S Peace Terms in Historic Speech
President Wilson presented to Congress and the world a fourteen-point program for peace with the German regime. The plan calls for open covenants, free seas, removal of barriers, armament reduction, colonial equity, and national self determination across Europe with explicit safeguards for Belgium Alsace Lorraine Poland and the Ottoman Empire.
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Washington
Lloyd George
Wilson
Congress
Germany
United States
U. S
Russia
Belgium
Alsace Lorraine
Italy
Austro-Hungary
Rumania
Serbia
Monte Negro
Balkan
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Dardanelles
Flashed World-Wide Wilson Address Sent by Cable
New York January 8 Distribution of President Wilsons congressional address to every region by cable and wireless was arranged by the committee on public information. The sending was to start from the press censor office as soon as Washington signaled the president had begun speaking.
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New York
Wilson
Congress
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Ship work still slow despite commandeering effort
Government commandeering of ship construction aimed to speed work but has not. Homer L. Ferguson, president of Newport News Ship Building Co., testified today at the Senate Commerce Committee investigation in Washington.
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Washington
Homer L. Ferguson
Newport News Ship Building Co
Senate Commerce Committee
Merchants Will Help Save Fuel in Lawrence
Prof Bailey, fuel administrator, urged Chamber of Commerce to conserve electricity as river flow limits water power. With coal fueling streetcars, street lighting, and industry, options debated included partial shutdowns. Executive committee voted to cooperate fully and form a regulating subcommittee led by Weaver, Kennedy, and Newlin with the president and secretary.
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Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
E. H. S. Bailey
A. D. Weaver
X. Kennedy
John M. Newlin
City to band elm trees and apply tanglefoot
City commissioners authorize the use of 1500 pounds of tanglefoot to band elm trees on streets and parks under the forester supervision. The work, paid for by the city, will be done by on payroll labor, with bands previously purchased for 435 dollars. An alley land offer and street light petitions are noted, and popcorn vendor Bassett must remove his stand per sidewalk rules.
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W. W.cleland
W. W. Cleland
W. W. Holyfield
S. J. Hunter
W. M. Parsons
New York
Elm Street
North
Lawrence
Ninth
Walnut Streets
Elm
Ninth Streets
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth and Locust
G. H. Bassett
Round Corner
Bassett
Cabinet resigns as new Australian ministry forms
London reports the Australian cabinet led by Prime Minister William Morris Hughes has resigned. Labor leader Frank G Tudor has been summoned to form a new ministry after the conscription bill faced defeat. The crisis follows repeated pushes on conscription and cabinet resignations surrounding election outcomes.
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London
William Morris Hughes
Reuters
Melbourne
Frank G. Tudor
Australia
Hughes
Eastern Railways Seek Fifteen Percent Commodities Increase
Eastern trunk line railroads allied with steamship companies filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a 15 percent rise in commodities rates. The proposed hike covers shipments from Boston New York Philadelphia and Baltimore to Washington Richmond Norfolk Newport News and other Virginia points including Pinners Point and other southern gateways.
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Eastern Railways
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eastern Trunk Line
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Richmond
Norfolk
Newport News
Virginia
Pinner's Point
Bank Held Election Citizens' State Bank Officers Elected
The annual stockholders meeting of the Citizen's State Bank elected officers and directors. President F. Q. Perkins. Vice Presidents J. M. Boyd and J. R. Holmes. Cashier C. W. Sparr. Attorney M. A. Gorrill. Directors S. H. Jackson, F. E. Burke, and F. M. Perkins. The usual semiannual dividend was declared.
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Citizens’ State
Citizen’s State Bank
F. QO. Perkins
J. M. Boyd
J. R. Holmes
C. W. Sparr
M. A. Gorrill
S. H. Jackson
F. E. Burke
F. M. Perkins
Henry J Allen to Speak to Kansas Students Tomorrow
Henry J. Allen editor of the Wichita Beacon and Red Cross worker will address University of Kansas students tomorrow afternoon at 4 in Robinson Gymnasium on At the Front. He just returned from France where he did Red Cross work with Allied soldiers and will discuss the war situation. He notes a remark about rest and digestion during vacations.
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Henry J. Allen
Wichita Beacon
Red Cross War Worker
University of Kansas
Robinson Gymnasium
Allen
France
Red Cross
Rassin
Winning elements for quick victory in war
Representative Medill McCormick of Illinois outlined three elements to win the war swiftly cannon coalition and speed during his speech to the house after touring battle fronts. He said the allies require at least 25,000 great guns and broad political unity in America to boost morale and speed victory.
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Washington
Medill McCormick
Illinois
House Today
America
Myrtle Shane To Speak At United Brethren Meeting
Miss Myrtle Shane will speak at 7:30 tomorrow night at the United Brethren prayer meeting. She is a former Lawrence girl and University graduate who recently returned from four years in Turkey where she witnessed Armenian deportation horrors.
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Myrtle Shane
Miss Lane
Lawrence
Turkey
Last Questionnaires Mailed Out By Local Draft Board
The Douglas County Draft Board will mail the final list of questionnaires tomorrow morning. All registrants should have received theirs by week’s end if their address on file is correct. Some may have moved and failed to update, which could place them in class one if friends have not mailed the questionnaires back within seven days, excluding Sundays and holidays.
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Reischstag
United States
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
France
Lorraine
Douglas County Draft Board
Th County
North College at KU to be torn down after unsafe status
The oldest University of Kansas building, North College, built in 1866 for $20,000, will be demolished. Chancellor Frank Strong approved the action following repeated safety findings by the state architect and the building’s use by the School of Fine Arts until last year. Demolition will reuse valuable material, with local contractors bidding for salvage. The School of Fine Arts will move to the Administration Building addition at 1406 Tennessee Street.
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Old North College
University of Kansas
Frank Strong
State Board of Administration
John Shea
K. U. Fund
North College
Lawrence
School of Fine Arts
K. U
Fraser Hall
School of Law
Tennessee Street
Frame House
Appeal Board Working Four Registrants in County
The Topeka appeal board began yesterday and took up four county registrants. Clarence Hodson moved from class four to class two. C E Deay and Clarence Smith remained in class one. Albert Lawson, claiming class three, stayed class three. Food Prices Tomorrow list delayed to publication tomorrow. Raymond A Kent, city schools superintendent, traveled to Topeka yesterday on business and returned for the Board of Education meeting.
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Topeka
Clarence Hodson
Appeal Board
C. E. Deay
Clarence Smith
Local Board
Appea Board
Albert Lawson
Raymond A. Kent
Board of Education
Great Year Ahead for the Fraternal Aid Union
The Fraternal Aid Union marches into 1918 with about 120000 members and 8000 lodges as $900000 in December new business signals strong growth. Missouri and Arkansas lead in recent volume while J. D. O Keefe expands to Atlantic coast to open new fields, aiming for record business growth across central and western states.
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Journal-World
Arkansas
A. W Logan
Missouri
J. D. O'Keefe
Union
Atlantic Coast
Order of
Heptasophs
O’keefe
Central
University of Kansas Opens Women’s Basketball Series
The series begins January 15 with sophomores facing freshmen and juniors against seniors at KU. Four class teams will be picked from practice games this week. Coach Hazel Pratt forecasts good teamwork and fast play. Schedule includes January 15 and February 6 and 9 matchups with times 7 PM except the final series at 10 30 AM.
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University of Kansas
Hazel Pratt
Bennett's Store Robbed at 806 Vermont Street
Frank Bennetts repair and second hand shop at 806 Vermont Street was entered by the back door last night. Two revolvers were stolen from the south front window, a forty five Colts and a thirty two with a blue steel barrel. The burglars cut the north door tin and slipped the iron bolt. No other items were taken.
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Frank Bennett
Vermont Street
Doraman O Leary Ordered to Report for France
Dorman O Leary son of Prof and Mrs Raphael D O Leary of the 110th Regiment of Engineers at Fort Sill Oklahoma has been ordered to France for detail service to General Pershing. He will likely depart tomorrow and cannot visit his parents beforehand. He was elected captain of the Kansas University track team but did not return to school.
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Pershing Dorman O'Leary
K. A
Raphael D. O’leary
110Th Regiment of Engineers
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
France
Pershing
K. U
Business Men to Kick Off Commercial Basketball League
A strong turnout at the Y M C A meeting led by secretary W H Boltz paves the way for a city league. Opening game set for tomorrow night with local business teams competing at the Y M C A facilities.
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W. H. Boltz
County Grange Meeting at Chamber of Commerce Rooms
Douglas County Grange Society to meet next Saturday afternoon at 1 o clock in Chamber of Commerce rooms. Delegates E C Bussing and W E Hoskinson will report from the state convention in Wichita. Also, Y M C A board to meet tomorrow at 12 30 with an election of three directors and one trustee. Horace E Miles added to Lawrenick High School honor roll.
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Chamber of Commerce
Douglas County Grange Society
Wichita
E. C. Bussing
W. E. Hoskinson
Y. M.C. A. Board of Directors
S. H
Draft Board Classifications List Thirty Registrants
A local Draft Board classified thirty registrants with over half in Class 1. Class 4 includes married men with families, while Class 5 notes one in service. The following names and hometowns are listed under each class, including Lawrence and nearby towns in Kansas.
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Ixteen
John H. Sullivan
Richland Kans
Emil Roser
Lone Star
Kans
William Alexander Ramsey
Topeka
Clyde Duncan Stevenson
Lawrence
Alfred L. Anderson, Jr
Trinidad
Colo
John W. Swisher
Bennie Z. Turner
John Snow
Carl Clifford Perkins
Warren Y. Shepard
Baldwin
Nathaniel P. Knight
Clyde Preston Lederer
E. W. Roper
Jesse Everett Strawn
Walter Rudolph Patty
Frederick Asa Richardson
James Walker
Helmar A. Klock
Gordon “Lawrence Rothrock Lawrence
Germany Answers Lloyd George War Aims Debate
German press rejects Lloyd George war aims insisting only defeat would justify negotiations. Essen based Rheinische Zeitung scoffs at France demands for Alsace Lorraine and colonies. Frankfurt Zeitung says only a defeated Germany could treat on these terms. Bavarian King Ludwig vows no inch of territory—frontiers to be safeguarded and victory over all enemies sought.
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Amsterdam
Lloyd George
Rheinische Westfalische Zeitung
Essen
Alsace
France
Arabia
Syria
Palestine
England
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Boersen Courier
Berlin
Mr. Lloyd George
Tages Zeitung
German Empire
Kreuz Zeitung
Fine Arts Program by Music Faculty Tomorrow Evening
The Music Faculty of the School of Fine Arts at Fraser Hall will present a program tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. Miss Harriet Greissinger performs piano with Prof Jos A Farrell on basso canta, assisted by Prof Carl A Preyer on piano. Selections include Handel arias, Haydn recitatives, Rubenstein etude, Massenet arias, Westerhout and Preyer pieces, and more with orchestral parts on second piano.
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School of Fine Arts
Fraser Hall
Harriet Greissinger
Jos. A. Farrell
Carl A. Preyer
Handel
Dewey Grass
Haydn
Mr. Farrell
Rubenstein
Miss Greissinger
Massenet
Westerhout
Preyer
Schumann
O’hara
Hilton-Turvey
Woodman
Dunn
Chimande
Prof. Preyer
Will Become a Member KU To Join American University Union
The University of Kansas will join the American University Union in Europe as announced by Chancellor Frank Strong. The union unites American universities to build clubhouses in Paris London and other European cities to serve college men and friends in military service or Allied work. Each university funds the project to provide a place for furloughs and social needs abroad. A marriage license was issued yesterday to Carl Bennett and Ruth Bunter, both of Topeka.
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K. U
American University Union
University of Kansas
Europe
Frank Strong
Paris
London
Carl Bennett
Ruth Bunter
Topeka
School Board debates teacher pay and new hires
The Board of Education debated raising teacher salaries amid cost of living pressures. They considered a bonus pool for those earning under $800 and discussed funding, hiring another teacher, new departments, and equipment upgrades at Woodlawn and local high schools. Committees were formed to oversee changes, including Smith-Hughes alignment for Lawrence High.
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Board of Education
Jte
Pade R. Holloway
Feagard
Schoel
Raymond
U. S. Bureau of Education
Woodlawn School
Woodlawn A
Crintendent Kent
Smith-Hughes Ae
Lawrence High School
Smith-Hughes
James’ Sellers
Ant Ae Je Éettis
Mons
Nesota
Normal School
Hevi
Chicago University
Reeorom
Mike
Tis
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Bailey
City Forester
Henry Allen
U. S. Church
Kansas Weather Report
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Edupaton
T. Kirkham
R. T. Kirkham
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