England to Make Peace Reply Soon
Washington reports predicted peace terms and deception in Brest Litovsk talks. State Department notes German moves to disguise negotiations while Lloyd George plans to consult Clemenceau in France. Provisional Brest-Litovsk terms seek indemnities and annexations, with limited US reaction expected.
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Petrograd
Berlin
America
French Hit Austrians on Monte Tomba Front
In the Monte Tomba area on the northern front the French seized enemy positions between Osteria Di Monfarena and Maranzine. About 1400 enemy troops, sixty machine guns, and seven cannons were captured. Countermeasures in Monte Tomba were being prepared by the war office.
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War Office
Civil War in Siberia Grows Across Trans-Siberian Route
Reports from Petrograd describe ongoing civil war in Irkutsk and surrounding districts. Red Guards fire on towns after murders, Cossacks resist, Siberian railway guards are outnumbered and die or retreat. Bolsheviks receive ammunition from Vragnoyarsk as uprisings hit Tehqun and Verkhne Udinsk. Harbin remains quiet under Chinese control.
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Union For Defense of the Constituent Assembly
Independents to lead House balance in new session
A House arithmetic forecast shows independents holding the balance of power when Congress convenes January 3. Total 485 members split Democrats 211, Republicans 209, independents 6 with vacancies from resignations Fitzgerald Griffin Bruckner of New York and Adamson of Georgia. Deaths Buathrock of Ohio and Martin Uts and absences Jolngan Laguardia and Weintz leave seats open.
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New York
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Georgia
Buathrock
Ohio
Martin
Uts
Army Services of
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South Dakota
Laguardia
Weintz, Co
Bombs Hit Padua Cathedral and City Landmarks
Facade of Iadia cathedral torn down by bombs dropped by enemy airmen during raids on Padua. The Basilica of Santa and the municipal museum damaged. Padua raided again on Saturday night with three killed and three wounded. Ancient Carmini church, St Valentine church and other monuments and homes damaged. Santo Antonio church, sacred to St Anthony, features two campanili and seven domes. pilgrims visit yearly. Municipal museum houses civil library and antiquities and paintings.
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Padua
Santo Antonio
British Hold Front as German Attack Fails
British counter attacks on the Cambrai front regained the more important territory on Welsh Ridge seized by Germans in yesterday's assault. German pressure also pressed along the Ypres front and near Verdun with raids failing to break British lines. Five German aircraft were destroyed or driven out of action by British forces, with British losses reported minimal.
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Verdun
London
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Yaterday
War Office
Cambrai Front
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la Vacqueries
Ypres
Ypres Stadion
Paris
Dee
Rheims
Chemin Des Dames
Bezonvaux
Verdun Front
Seccession of Lower California Hinted by Stilson
Los Angeles capitalist Fielding J. Stilson announced in San Francisco that he was to be named Diplomatic Representative at Washington for Governor Estaban Cantú of Lower California. He suggested this points to Lower California declaring independence from Mexico, while noting his indirect ties to Cantú and plans to meet a Cantú representative for confirmation. Stilson, in San Francisco about a month, believes independence could quicken regional development.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Fielding J. Stilson
Los Angeles
Washington
Estaban Cantir
Lower California
Mexico
Stilson
Lansing
Cantu
Cubs Train on Coast for Pasadena Spring Camp
In a dispatch from Chicago dated December 31, the Cubs, a Chicago National League team, will depart in March 1912 for spring training in Pasadena California under Associated Press lease wire reporting.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pasadena
California
Rush Coal to New England States Plan
Washington plans immediate measures to relieve the coal shortage in New England and New York. Mc Adoo announces that orders will be issued tonight to secure preferential coal shipments. He notes the worst coal situation in New England as factories and war plants near closure, and a transportation plan to give coal a general right of way and move it by the shortest routes.
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Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
London
Russia
Associated Press
Washington
New England
New York
McAdoo
Effort to Raise Rail Wage and Trim Executive Salaries
Plans for increasing pay of railway workers and reducing top executive salaries were discussed by Director General McAdoo and the federal mediation board. The talks come as demands for wage hikes up to 40 percent for the four Brotherhoods loom. Idle freight cars in congested yards were noted by inspectors across the interstate commerce system amid a winter outage. Government operation of railroads may extend beyond the war, with a six month postwar limit sought by railroad heads and ownership advocates pushing for the act to stay until Congress acts.
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McAdoo
Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Great Brotherhoods
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Cold Wave Grips Numerous States Across Nation
Washington reports the coldest temperature at 8 am, 20 degrees below zero in Ton, New York. The prior 24 hours saw 40 below at Northfield Minnesota. Des Moines Iowa marked zero. Chicago Detroit Louisville Omaha 10 above. Pittsburgh Cleveland Indianapolis 8 above. St Louis 12 above. Kansas City 1 above. South ranged from 4 above in Raleigh to 18 at Miami New Orleans Jacksonville and Atlanta.
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N. Y
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Iowa
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Louisville
Omaha
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Miami
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Nation Blamed for Shortage of Guns
General Crozier told a Senate war investigation panel that artillery shortages stemmed from the whole country. He described repeated pushbacks for heavier artillery funding and outlined tests comparing the Lewis gun with rivals, noting the Vickers performed better and that some Lewis guns were purchased for Mexican border use.
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Grazier
Army Ordnance
Gare
Senate
Secretary of War
Congress
General Pershing
Crozier
Lewis
War Department
General Crozier
Mexican
Coal Shortage Deepens Cold Grips New York City
New York faces a record cold spell with coal running short and deaths rising to ten by noon. Shelters in police stations, theaters, libraries, and churches provide aid as thousands seek warmth and meals. A proposed teamster strike threatens to worsen distribution amid harsh zero weather.
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Weather Bureau
Thdson
North River
Ide Cal Teamsters
Reeve Seley
Trade Balance Surges to High Mark in War Economy
Associated Press reports U.S. exports estimated at over 6.0 billion and imports under 3.0 billion for a trade surplus likely surpassing 3.16 billion. Gold flows show shifts amid wartime credits as exports to Japan and Spain rise. Officials hail the record figures as proof the U.S. has wartime resources to defeat Germany. In Boston, a brutal cold wave continues, with 8 below zero and a sharp northwest wind.
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Washington
Dec
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Department of Commerce
U. S
United States
Wau
Japan
Spain
Germany
Guatemala City Earthquake Toll Estimated at 1000
An American telegram reports Guatemala City wrecked by quakes with 40 percent of homes demolished and 1000 feared dead. The American legation and consulate are believed lost, while 196000 people are homeless. Red Cross plans aid and temporary shelters, with early relief shipments from New Orleans and Guatemala.
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Guatemala City
American Telegraph Company
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Guatemala
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Washington
Guatemma City
Sister Republic
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American Red Cross
Alfred Clarke
Red Cross
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Gatemaln
Weather Town Brightens With Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with rising temperatures. In the west and central portions, tones remain warm as conditions shift through the day.
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