Allies Pen Answer to Peace Note
Scandanavian governments join in a joint note to belligerents backing President Wilsons peace plan. Copenhagen dispatch says Denmark Sweden and Norway express sympathy and duty toward humanity and hope Wilsons initiative yields a durable peace amid the war.
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Wilson
London
Paris
Germany
Alexandra Ribot
Vo Ra Pres
Washington
Scandinavia
Balligerents
Copenhagen
Bond look 10 Meet Deficit
Washington December 29 President Wilson and administration leaders in Congress agree on a bond issue to meet part of the treasury deficit for the year ending June 30 1918 estimated at about 180 million dollars. Treasury plans include using Panama bonds and revenue measures such as income tax inheritance tax and tariffs.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson Han Tontatiyves
Congress
Treasury
McAdoo
Plana
Draft extends to all citizens ages fifteen to forty five
Washington reports that every able bodied male citizen aged 15 to 45 faces possible draft for National Guard service in wartime under war department regulations. If insufficient volunteers appear to fill reserve training battalions, the President may draft unorganized militia to meet strength requirements. Recruiters are told to avoid married men with dependents except for declared reasons.
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Washington
Dec
Levery
Wblu
United States
National Guard
Congress
War Department
Militia Bureau Directa
National Defense Net
Everal
Guard
Spain Seeks Observance of London Rules on Submarines
Madrid protests German torpedoing of Spanish ships and insists on adherence to the Declaration of London. It condemns submarine attacks that abandon crews and pushes Britain and Germany to recognize neutral shipping rights. The note signals Madrid’s demand for safeguards and possible restrictions to Spanish tonnage.
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Madrid
Paris
Germany
London
Berlin
Spain
United States of America
Corman
Span
Alexandre Lerroux
Laader
Spanish Radical Party
Chamber of Deputies
Republican Party
Pari
Tuardar
Lawmakers push reform as Lawson testimony spurs clash
Washington December 29. Chairman Henry of the house rules committee summoned Thomas W. Janwood of Boston to testify on claims of an inside leak about president Wilsons peace notes and alleged Wall Street crimes. Henry vows to re introduce a broad bill regulating the New York Stock Exchange, urging swift passage to shield the public from such alleged offenses.
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Washington, D. C
Congressman Wood
Wilson
Henry
House Rules Committee
Thomas W. Janwdon
Boston
Washington
Congress
New York Stock Exchange
Lawson
Wall Street
New York
Conference Breaks Up Over Adamson Act Clash
New York December 29 The four railroad brotherhoods with 400 000 members prepared to decide next steps through their authorized committee after breaking off talks with railroads over the eight hour schedule linked to the Adamson act The sides paused until a Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality is issued.
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Associated
New York, N.Y
Brothers Hoods
Brotherhood
Wilson
George W. Goethals
Fouri Brotherhoods of Railway
United States Supreme Court
Brotherhoods
Coronation in Budapest Draws Crowds Under Winter Skies
Budapest hosts coronation preparations amid rain and holiday crowds. King Charles receives inaugural diploma from parliamentary delegates as Hungary readies the ceremony. In Washington, President Wilson will announce tariff commission members once Tunssig of Harvard confirms interest.
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Prasa
Budapest
Hungary
London
Charles
Washington, D.C
Tariff Commission
Wison
Frank W. Tunssig
Harvard
Explosive Cigars Mystery Stuns Los Angeles
Office inspector Charles R. Ranker states no charges against maker of the explosive cigars found in a mall. Investigation shows A. C. Garner, a Santa Fe railroad conductor, placed the loaded data in the mall after finding stamped explosive containers in a train smoking car. Two people seriously hurt. nine of 25 accounted for.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Charles R. Raneker
A. C. Garner
Santa Fe
Ranger
Garner
Crime Tutor Guilty In Chicago Theft Case
William J. Doody, director of a city playground and son of a policeman, was found guilty of receiving stolen property after being accused by six confessed boy automobile thieves as their tutor in crime. He was placed on probation. Three of the boys were held to the grand jury.
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Iitne
Chicago
William J. Doody
Five Ships Missing in Raider's Path
Five British and one Belgian freight steamships are long overdue after leaving ports with wireless gear. Reports say the German raider, possibly the Voltaire, may have hidden as a mother ship for other craft. The overdue list includes Georgia Bayreaulx Baron Baeyns Belgravia Bellerophon and Voltaire with news of searches and warnings from Halifax.
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Myn Techs Lamport
Holt Mnor Voltaire
Hxts
Georgia
White Star Nner
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Bayreaulx
Cardiff
Montreal
Baron Baeyns
Barry
Belgravia
London
Halifax
Admiralty
Peace terms outlined by Spectator for entente victory
The Spectator outlines postwar terms to strip Germany of navy and colonies and redraw frontiers. Demands include annexations in France Belgium Luxembourg and territories from Serbia Romania Austria Montenegro. Alsace Lorraine to France. Schleswig to Denmark. Posen and Polish lands to a Polish kingdom. Bohemia, Dalmatia, and other regions to form new states. Italia gains Italian portions of Austria and Trieste. Turkey yields Constantinople and Straits to Russia. Armenians under Muslim tutelage. Arabs freed with mandates. German colonies kept by entente with reparations in kind and monetary indemnities. German navy redistributed. democratization of government. Kiel canal neutralized under an international commission.
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Belgium
Luxemberg
Serbia
Rumania
Austia
Montenegro
Alsace-Lorrainge
France
Schleswig-Holstoinia
Denmark
Posen
Prussia
Poland
Boxsni
Dalmatia
Croats
Herzegovina
Bohemia
Rumanian
Transsylvania
Austrian
Tyrol
Triest
Istria
Austria
Italy
Turkey
Constantinople
Straits
Russia
Syria
Asia Minor
Mesopotamia
Germany
Alliea
Kiel Canal
Saltilio Held by Villa Now
Saltilio, capital of Coahuila, is reported held by Villa forces, a claim denied by Carranza officials in Washington. General Carranza asks changes to protocol on withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, with American and Mexican commission members to decide next steps at a Tuesday meeting.
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el Paso
Texas
Villa
Salto
Coahuila
Villa Part. Sans
Carranza Offichius
Washington, D. C
Ceneral Carranza
Mexico
Lane
Joinnt Commission
Carranza
Atlantic City
Carranga
Joint Commission
Luis Cabrera
Mexican Commission
Suppress' Blunders in History of the U S
Frederick L. Huldekoper, founder of the Army League, told an American Petition Science Association audience in Cincinnati that historians suppress military blunders and misstate how a proper military policy has been lacking. He asserted the United States lacks a real military policy, aside from ongoing blundering tendencies. A New York dispatch reports a Weehawken duel memorial for Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr will be erected by the Alexander Hamilton Institute on the heights where the duel occurred.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Frederick L. Huldekoper
Army League of the United States
Science Association
United States
New York
N. Y
Weehawken
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron
Burr
Alexander Hamilton Institute
Verdun Front Seen Under German Attacks And Romanian Advances
German troops pushed into French positions on Hill 304 and Dead Man Hill near Verdun, capturing seven trench positions and 220 prisoners as French counterattacks were repulsed. On the Romanian front Teutons captured several positions with 1,400 prisoners and heavy machine guns, while Russians resisted Austro German assaults along the Molodavia frontier.
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Berlin
Sayville
Verdun
Sonmo Front
Dead Man Hill
War Office
Paris
Dead Man H U
Meuse
Hardumont
Sayvilla
Romania
Teutonic
Wallachia
Rimnik-Sarat
Ratchelu
Dobrudia
Petrograd
London
British Admiralty
Rumania
Anara
Teuton
Imex
Rimnik Surat
Volduy
Moldavia
Bate
Russian steamer Kursk struck mine off Scotland sinking
The Kursk bound from Archangel to New York with 126 aboard hit a mine November 29 off Kirkwall Scotland. One passenger and two crew drowned as lifeboats were launched. The damaged vessel was towed to Kirkwall and later picked up by open boats. News reached New York via survivors who arrived on the Lapland from Liverpool.
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New York
N. YY
Kursk
Archangel
Russia
Kirkwall
Scotland
Passenegera
Lapland
Liverpool
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa fair tonight and Saturday with near freezing temperatures in the northwest. Illinois fair and continued colder tonight, Saturday fair with not so cold conditions in the north portions.
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Illinois
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