President Wilson asks belligerents to hold peace talks
President Wilson urgently appeals to all warring nations to discuss terms of peace by sending formal notes. He clarifies he is not proposing peace or mediation but seeks an early occasion to gauge views, hoping for a response that could guide future peace efforts. The move surprises Washington and pacifies neutrals with a possible path toward dialogue.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Lloyd George
Russia
France
Italy
Two Children Die From Burns In Sleigh Fire Accident
In Emerson Man it is reported two children burned to death and three others seriously injured after a sleigh with Russell Mathews and Mrs G Gates family overturned an oil lamp. The 15 person party faced 40 degrees below zero as they traveled to Humboldt Minnesota for the holidays.
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Associated Press
Emerson, Man
Russell Mathews
G. Gates
Humboldt
Minn
Prohibition bill ride over after Senate clash over land bill
Senate delay scuttles immediate vote on Senator Sheppard's District of Columbia prohibition measure as Senator Ashurst wins unanimous consent for a land bill. Opponents fear postponement harms passage while Reed attacks parliamentary tactics and Ashurst defends actions amid heated exchanges.
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Associated Press
Sheppard
District of Columbia
Senate
Ashurst
Reed
Missouri
Marquis of Queensberry
Arizona
National
Gas fears shut down 900 miners at Indian Creek mine
Five hundred miners at the Indian Creek mine near Bicknell Indiana refused to work due to gas in the shaft. The alarm follows a deadly gas explosion at the Brunswickville mine nine miles away the previous day that killed two and injured sixteen. Bureau of Mines officials will inspect the Bicknell mine tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Bicknell
Ind
Indian Creek
Bruceville
Here
Bureau of Mines
Interurban collision injures none as glass showers cars
A special interurban car in charge of a Ft. Wayne crew crashed into the rear of a regular car near Delphi. The regular, with a Lafayette crew, had its vestibule demolished and many window lights broken while passengers in the regular car were showered with flying glass. No injuries were reported. The motorman blamed brake failure and slippery rails for the collision.
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Ft. Wayne
Delphi
Lafayette
Quiet Reigns on the Battle Fronts Bulletin
The sinking of the steamer Taki Maru is reported by Lloyds Shipping. Front activity is limited, with Russian Romanian forces resisting German and Austro Hungarian advances in Dobruja and along the Danube while British raids hit German trenches near Gommecourt Arras and other Somme sectors. Austrians bombard Italian positions on the Corso front as battles continue in various theaters.
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London
Lloyds Shipping Agency
Dobrudja
St. Petersburg
Parlata
Danube
Rimnika-Buzda
France
Gommecourt
Arras
Festubert
Ypres
Somme
Berlin
Cerna
Macedonia
Galicia
Brody
Tse River
Corso
Four Franklin School rooms closed to curb scarlet fever
Health board closes four rooms at Franklin School on the Westside to stamp out scarlet fever. No new cases since last Thursday. quarantine isolates remaining cases to limit spread.
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Health Board
Republicans Organize Committee in Logansport Jan 2
State chairman Hays directs the Logansport Republican city committee to meet January 2 1917 to elect officers and form the committee for the March primaries. The call applies to city county and district chairmen across Indiana with publicity urged.
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Republican City Committee
Logansport
Hays
Indiana
Indiana Republican State Central Committee
Republican County Committee
H. Hays
Purdue Students Bound for Home
Large exodus of Purdue students from Lafayette for Christmas holidays. Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co ran three specials to handle overflow. Extra cars added to regular trains as traffic remains heavy through the week.
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Purdue
Lafayette
Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction
Labadie Charged With Burglarizing Drug Store
Labadie, reported by Police Superintendent Morris, is accused of breaking into a Sharpsville drug store and stealing morphine jewelry and silverware. Identified by the proprietor, Labadie previously served time for a 1911 Clymers robbery.
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Morris
Leo Labadie
South Bend
Sharpsville
Labadie
Clymers
Train Delayed by Wreck Near Anderson
Pennsylvania train No. 35 from the south was delayed three hours and 15 minutes by a wreck near Anderson. The train was due at 8 35 p m but arrived at 11 50 p m. Details of the wreck could not be learned.
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Pennsylvania
South End
Anderson
Debated Future of National Guard in Federal System
Congress probes the National Guard as Major General Hugh L. Scott faces sharp questioning over mobilization results and guard efficiency. Senate and House committees summon Scott and Major General Leonard Wood for cross examination amid arguments on the 1916 defense act and border duty readiness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
National Guard
House
Senate
Hugh L. Scott
Army
House Military Committee
General Staff
Scott
Leonard Wood
Eastern Department
Blair Lee
Maryland
Col
W. C. Brown
Chamberlain
Lee
Guard
Federal Service
Anthony
Kansas
Hull
Greene
Rep. Greene
Regular Army
Secretary of
United States
General Scott
Rep. Hull
National de
Prominent farmer dies after stomach cancer
D M Guy aged 67 a respected township farmer and lifelong Democrat died at his home from stomach cancer after a brief illness. Survived by widow and four children Raleigh Burdell Quincy and Grace a schoolteacher. Funeral Friday at 11 from Pisgah Presbyterian Church with Rev G B Heeter officiating. Interment Pisgah cemetery. Cortège leaves at 10.
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D. M. Guy
Guy
Raleigh
Burdell
Quincy
Grace
Pisgah Presbyterian Church
G B. Heeter
Brethren Church of
Burnettsville
Pisgah
Arrest of Harry Lewis After Disorderly Conduct
Harry Lewis was arrested last night on two charges profanity and intoxication. He was lodged in jail. He stood on Market street threatening to whip any and all comers, his coat doffed and the crowd watching as he uttered his threats.
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Harry Lewis
Market Street
Stolen Mayhew Auto Recovered With Bent Axle
The Charles A. Mayhew automobile was stolen from in front of the I O O F building last night. An hour later police located the car at Anthony and Howard streets with a bent axle. The same vehicle had been stolen from the same place several weeks earlier.
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Charles A. Mayhew
Anthony and
Howard Streets
Eight year old Henry Price killed by freight cars
Indianapolis December 20 Henry Price age eight died after being struck by moving railroad cars while working as a freight house watchman for the Big Four. His body was cut in two.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Henry Price
Big Four Railroad
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