Lloyd George to Challenge Hollweg in Commons Today
London dispatch reports the central powers peace note was delivered to Britain by Ambassador Walter Page. Lloyd George and Bonar Law prepared to address the House, potentially urging dissolution of Parliament for a general election if opposition persists. The note reportedly contains no terms, aiming for joint Allied consultation within a week.
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Walter Hines Page
Page
Foreign Office
A. J. Balfour
Robert Cetts
Lloyd George
A. Bonar Law
House of Commons
George
Asquith
Germany
Lord Robert Cecil
Balfour
Lord Robert
Mr. Page
Everthing
Great Britain
Ambassador Page
Paris
Rome
Italy
Belgium
Portugal
Serbia
Bulgaria
Great Tain
Bellam
Chanter von Bethmann-Holweg
Reichstag
Allies Peace Terms May Demand Overthrow of Teuton Governments
London reports note private cables from Americans asking about peace prospects. Informants say no peace while Teutonic forces hold territory and martial aims persist. Allies may demand disarmament and reparations, allowing no restoration of friendly ties until restraint on world empire dreams ends. Supreme Court holiday recess announced. court to adjourn from December to January amid Adamson case. Colds in winter blamed on neglected skin and poor sleeping ventilation. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy touted as quick relief.
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London
Teutonic Alliance
Eupe
Germany
Supreme Court
Washington
Suprem
Wilson to push railroad program despite union efforts
President Wilson has indirect knowledge of railroad and union leaders seeking a deal but intends to push his railroad recommendations to Congress. Action is anticipated this session, with an extra session contingent on the parts not acted on. He dismissed fears of government overreach into other industries.
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Brotherhood
Wilson
Washington
Congress
Conductor Wins 45000 After Sleep Loss Suit
The supreme court upheld a 45000 verdict against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad in favor of James B. Wilson a freight conductor from New Castile Pennsylvania. He claimed exhaustion from loss of sleep while on continuous duty violated hours of service law and caused him to stumble into an engine and be run over. In another item United States Coal and Coke Company announces a ten percent wage increase for about 4000 employees effective immediately. In West Union Iowa a mother killed one twin and seriously injured the other before attempting self harm while likely insane. In Shamokin Pennsylvania a miner was fatally burned when a spark from a lamp ignited an unexploded dynamite charge.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
James B. Wilson
New Castile
Illinois
Wilson
Gary
W. Va
United States Coal & Coke Company
United States Steal Company
West Union
Hugh Connor
Shamokin
Leo Proctor
Susquehanna Coal Company
Luken Fidler
Attack on French battleship damages Patric class vessel
Berlin official says a French battleship of the Patric class was torpedoed and badly damaged by a German submarine in the Mediterranean on December 12. An armed French transport Magellan carrying 1000 troops was also torpedoed December 11. French admiralty denies the battleship damage claim.
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Mediterranean
Amsterdam
Berlin
Magtelan
London
Honey crop jumps in Pennsylvania this year
Harrisburg reports a sharp rise in the state honey crop with county data showing an average of fifty four pounds per colony. The 1916 production surpasses prior figures and the crop is valued at over nine million dollars for Pennsylvania.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
French Losetes 3,800,000. Berlin War Losses Reported
Berlin dispatch cites an Overseas News agency statement claiming French army losses total 3,800,900 to date and British losses 1,390,000, with end November estimates of 160,000 French and 2,650,000 British. The note includes a humorous intervening quip about suffrage and voters.
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Berlin
Jobs
Coldest Spot In Minnesota Deep Freeze Records Set
Duluth reports the coldest reading in northern Minnesota at thirty degrees below zero while Eveleth logged twenty eight below. At the state department farm near Duluth, the temperature was also extremely low.
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Minnesota
Duluth
Ely
Eveleth
State Department
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