Principles of Final Settlement for Lasting Peace
President Wilson addresses Congress outlining four core principles for a just final settlement: no bartered sovereignty, rights of peoples respected, territorial adjustments for the population, and fullest satisfaction of national aspirations. He rejects German plans for an old balance of power and calls for a universal, enforceable peace based on justice, not force.
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Wisen
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Gohancellor
Germany
United States
Wilson
The
Great Britain
Count Czernin
Austria
Count von Hertling
Brest-Litovak
Mankind
Reichstag
Pew
Europe
Ways to Make Transports Unsinkable Claimed in NY Dinner Comment
William L. Saunders, vice chairman of the naval consulting board, said at a University of Pennsylvania alumni dinner in New York City that means have been found to render troop transports unsinkable by submarine.
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New York
William L. Saunders
Naval Consulting Board
University of Pennsylvania
New York City
Fire destroys Wengel school near Yoakum Texas
A fire Friday swept through the Wengel school about four miles south of Yoakum Texas destroying the building. No injuries are reported and fire officials examined the site for hotspots.
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Yoakum
Tex
Wengel
Carranza Soldiers Executed Near Yuma Border
Two Carranza soldiers Francisco Herrera and Antonio Luquen were executed Saturday at San Luis Sonora after arrest on theft charges. The executions were reported Monday, with authorities citing cross border actions near Yuma.
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Yuma
Ariz
Carranza
Francisco Herrera
Antonio Luquen
San Luis
Sonora
Colonel Roosevelt Ailing in New York After Operation
Colonel Theo Roosevelt underwent surgery Thursday for fistula and abscesses in both ears. Doctors report the condition is serious but progress is steady as his recovery begins in New York.
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Roosevelt
New York
Theo
Cadet Bronson Killed In 300-Foot Fall At Benbrook Field
Cadet Joseph Daniel Bronson aged 24 of the Royal Flying Corps dies when his plane crashes at Benbrook Field after falling 300 feet. The fatal incident occurred Saturday leaving the squadron in mourning.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Joseph Daniel Bronson
Royal Flying Corps
Benbrook Field
Jefferson Hotel at Port Arthur Burns in Texas
A hotel in Port Arthur suffered a Sunday fire destroying the Jefferson hotel. Losses were estimated under fifty thousand dollars with damage mainly from flames and smoke.
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Port Arthur Burns
Port Arthur
Tex
Jefferson Hotel
Texans listed as Tuscania survivors in war department release
The War Department released a list naming Texas survivors among the 2,397 Americans aboard the torpedoed liner Tuscania off the Irish coast. The report notes many names still come in slowly, with 345 soldiers unaccounted for and only 112 believed saved.
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Tuscania
War Department
Department
Texas
Irish
Ernest R. Bridges
Vancourt
Evans P. Peterman
Ysleta
Herbert F. Nelson
Mission
Robert L. Holley
Yemple
Julian Jolliffe
Houston
Leon S. Martin
Palacios
A. N. Striegler
Fredericksburg
Thomas L. Bell
Cleburne
Anson L. Bales
Sour Lake
Millard
Kerens
Frank C. McCarthy
Librado Navarro
Laredo
Marcuse Pena
San Antonio
Alvey Parnell
Matador
Hubert L. Qualla
Jonesboro
Mateo Rodrigues
San Marcos
Christino Rodriguez
Brownsville
Victor W. Roberts
Brownwood
Roy ¥. Rhoads
Dalhart
John M. Rainer
Cone
William R. Shaw
Mercy
Troy W. Stone
Nocona
Albert Skolant
Route 4
Walter H. Shelton
West Station
Jose Sanchez
Encinal
Samuel J. Tullos
Goldwaerthe
Edward Terrazos
Wiliam A. Worthen
Sunset
Newton W. Wiggington
Marshall
Roy M. White
Sherman
George E. Whiteacre
Denison
Lloyd Webb
Arlington
Joseph D. Walker
Goldthwaite
Albert F. Yarbrough
Beyers
Robert L. Eustis
Grover C. Edwards
Jesse L. Keisher
Shire
Sidney F. Landrum
Fort Worth
Carl A. Moler
Arnett
Charles R. Polley
Farrisville
Austin J. Shawyer
Evans
William H. Venable
Walter Willines
Stephenville
Rosebud
Clarence C. Reynolds
Elmina
Joseph B. Bennight
Steep Creek
Daniel Cohen
el Paso
Warren Delbridge
Bangs
Ed Ellis
Elmira
Walter A. Homerly
New Willard
Roscoe Houston
Neches
Pope Kearby
Mineral Wells
John G. MacGregor
Charles C. Morton
Texarkana
Robert E. L. Finley
Pollock
Henry J. Askew
Zephyr
Harris A. Curry
Lorena
Henry F. Dean
Alto
William Terry
Gorman
Earnest K. Price
Kyle
Morris West
Crockett
Arthur R. Seybach
Seybach Station
Jake Anthony
Eustage
Fred Arcenega
Pedro Belton
Grant Bodwell
Bogota
Benny F. Boyd Brownwood
Rollin F. Dayton
Donie
Freestone County
Mark T. Gibson
Batson
James T. Gore
Fred
Earl J Graham
Elk City
Thomas W. Grahm
Lloyd H. Kolb
San Saba
Emil McWaters
Otto Ray
Coleman
Looney Terry
Recover Forty Four Bodies in Irish Port
Forty four of the 101 Tuscania disaster victims washed ashore on rocks fifteen miles from the torpedoing scene. All were American and their bodies were mutilated beyond recognition. The corpses bore tags but lacked identification numbers as they had not yet been assigned to army units.
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Germany
Count von Hertling
National Guard
Michigan
Wisconsin
Camp MacArthur
Waco
Texas
107Th Engineers
Michigan Engineers
107Th
Wisconsin Infantry
Wisconsin and
Aero Squadron
Russia
Amsterdam
Anend
Brest-Litovsk
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Austria
Ukraine
Tuscania
Washing the Kidneys and Urine Clarity Advice
An 19th century style health notice from Buffalo doctor Dr. Pierce promotes kidney cleansing by drinking six to eight glasses of water daily and using Anurte double strength for 60c to flush uric acid poisons. Readers are invited to request free medical advice and sample water.
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Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N.Y
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