Trotzky 10 Make Appeal to Extente
Allied nations are deaf to overtures. Lloyd George questions peace terms. Central powers pause for ten days at Brest-Litovsk. Bolshevik minister Trotzky drafts new note to entente. Russian delegates return to Petrograd shortly. Washington uninformed on terms. British reply to German offer emphasized war aims and alliance coordination.
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Associated Press
Tatrostad
Brest-Litovsk
Leon Trotzky
Entente
Trotzky
Britain
Wis
Slav Troops Surrender to Chinese
Atlantic AP report from Peking dated December 28 states Chinese forces at Harbin, Manchuria, compelled two reserve Russian battalions to leave and engaged USth and 49th regiments, leading to surrender after exchanges. Bolshevik leadership accused of misdeeds as Chinese authorities assume control and safeguard foreign lives.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Iarbin
Manchuria
Golsheviki
Harbin
Usth
Butin
Slavin
Luiski
Railway Shares Continue Rise in U S Markets
New York Dec 28 railroad shares kept rising after the government decision to take over railroad properties. Gains in active issues ranged from 1 to 2 points with several lesser names advancing more. Chicago and Alton jumped 5 44 points to 12 on light sales. Rock Island grew on expected forthcoming dividend action.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Chicago and Alton
Rock Island
Real Bid for Peace Seen in Latest Terms
London reports two main lines in editorials on the central powers Bolshevik peace terms. Some papers see a sincere offer to end the war, others view a trap to trap the allies. The Daily Express deems it Germany’s first bid while insisting reparations are unnecessary.
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London
Daily
Express
Russia
Count Cvernin
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Czernin
Libby
von Tirpite
Count Czernin
Daily Chronicle
Liberty Bond Gratter Gets 3 Years Term
Liberty Bond Gratter pleaded guilty to using the mails to defraud Liberty loan bond investors. He was sentenced by Judge Hand to three years in Atlanta penitentiary. Assistant District Attorney Matthews urged severe punishment, noting nearly 7000 victims. The defendant, a New York agent for Bankers Life Insurance Co, fled but was located with his wife’s help.
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Associated Press
Wire
New York
Raimer Dwig- Sins
Liberty Loan
Atlanta
Dwiggins
Bankers Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Matthews
Hand
France Rejects Peace Based On Status Quo In War Talks
Foreign Minister Pichon told the chamber that Germany seeks separate peace with Russia and Bolsheviks, but France will continue the war regardless. He urged allied unity from Paris talks, warned Alsace Lorraine is a world moral issue, and hailed Jerusalem’s occupation as a civilized victory with international status.
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Associated Press
Lrance L
Pichon
Chamber of Deputies
Russia
Germany
France
Cher Many
Tus
Paris
Macedonia
Roosevelt
M. Pichon
Irance
Mexico
United Stat
Argentina
Alsace
Lorraine
Alsace Lorraine
Jerusalem
M. Picton
Ithe
Mystery surrounds Rockford explosion in vacant Ogden home
Rockford Illinois December 2 city and federal investigators made little progress in the explosion that wrecked the new residence of William Ogden yesterday afternoon. Fire department theories point to a powerful explosive in the coal. The blast happened 30 minutes after a neighbor built a fire in the furnace. no one was in the house. Mr and Mrs Ogden are away. friends say they have no enemies.
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Rockford
William Ogden
Ogden
Ogdens
Glass in Rice at Camp Dodge
Particles of glass were found in large quantities of rice stored in a food depot at Camp Dodge Ta today. The glass was colored to blend with the rice to hinder detection. The rice matched the brand of tomatoes in which ground glass was found yesterday.
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Associated Press
Camp Dodge
Bank Seizure Hits Petrograd Private Banks
Soldiers under Finance Commissioner Menshinsky seized private banks in Petrograd including the National City Bank of New York branch. Manager B R Stevens arrested briefly. many directors detained. Red Guards blocked bank entrances as vaults and papers were seized, with Stevens claiming no vaults present. The move followed reports of falsified weekly state bank reports. Currency shortages and halted services followed. NCB of New York had been licensed in January to finance railroad work in Russia.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Menshinsky
National City Bank of New York
B. R. Stevens
Stevens
J. B. Wright
Red Guard
M. Menshinsky
State Bank
Oholonsky
Guatemala Earthquake Slams City and Nation
An AP dispatched report from Guatemala City describes a powerful earthquake that destroyed portions of the capital, damaged the American legation and consulate, broke water mains, and worsened sanitation. The tremor, felt across Guatemala, is blamed for 10 to 40 deaths with thousands left homeless and a Red Cross relief drive underway. Americans and other foreigners are reported safe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Guatemala City
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Cabrera
Guatemala
State Department
Aable
Arrest Leaders 4000 on Strike in Hamilton Ontario
Hamilton Ont December 25. Four thousand union workmen refused to work after 80 union leaders were imprisoned for riot in recent disorders. The strike, begun as a protest, aims to last until the jailed leaders are released. Nearly all factories are closed or halted. Thirty union men charged with rioting pled not guilty and refused bonds. No disorders yet, but business is at a standstill. Six Senator Dies in Alexandria Georgia
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Hamilton
Ont
Des
U S Troopers Slay Bandits After Mexican Border Raid
American forces pushed bandits to the mountains around Marfa Texas after a raid on the Brite ranch store and post office. Troopers killed 18 bandits and wounded others while pursuing remnants into the Mexia mountains. Col Gee and T Langhorne led cavalry units on constant duty for 96 hours. In Piedras Negras area, Mexican troops reportedly shot one of the attackers of Lea Sharp and Clarence Sellers, with three others arrested. one prisoner was being sent to Piedras Negras.
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Marfa
Texas
Wea
Brite Ranch
Washington
Lea Sharp
Clarence Sellers
Piedras Negras
State Department
Piedras Newris
Sharp
Deaths Decrease in Army Ranks
The War Department reports a weekly health summary showing declines in deaths from disease across the national army and national guard. National army deaths totaled 118 with 77 due to pneumonia. national guard deaths 749 with 87 due to pneumonia. Non effective and disease admission rates are given for both forces, with the national army at 48 per thousand non-effective and 84.5 per thousand disease admissions, and the national guard at 47.8 and 81.1 respectively.
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Associated Press
Wasington
National Army
National Guard
War Department
Railroads Placed Under Government Control at Noon
Washington news reports that at noon today the railroads came under government operation. Director General McAdoo formed a war board including five major executives to plan unifying 50 000 miles of lines into a continental system. The move aims to end congestion, improve speed, and reroute traffic through common terminals, with pooling to relieve eastern lines.
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Washington
McAdoo
Railroads War Board
Falmtax Warrison
The
Southern Railway
Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Hale Walden
Burlington
Loward Elliott
New Mhaven
Mr. McAdoo
Railroad War Board
War Board
Eastern Roads
A. W. Thompson
Baltimore and Ohio Tireater
John Barton Payne
Chicago
Shipping Boards
Payne
Jiale Holden
Genera
Weather outlook shows fair tonight then Saturday
Generally fair conditions with light snow possible in the west portion. Continued cold temperatures expected tonight and Saturday.
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John R. Thornton
United States
Louisiana
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