War Budget Extended as Congress Passes Deficiency Bill
Washington December 15 Congress quickly passed a deficiency bill extending the President’s access to 69 million of the 100 million emergency war fund through June 30 next year. The measure includes 226 thousand for congress members mileage. The public information committee disclosed 1,285,000 spent on allied neutral and belligerent information work and 300,087 for general and related activities. The committee printed 12,000,000 books and pamphlets with 9,000,000 distributed to lists and ministers, and 970,000 subscribers to the official bulletin at 3,000 a month.
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House Information Committee
Public Information Committee
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United States
Germany
George Creel
Creel
Indiana State Council of Defense
Indianapolis
Canada Votes in Parliament Election Monday December 17
Ottawa reports polls close at 5 pm Monday domestic ballots counted and boxes sealed for return to Ottawa. Soldier votes travel to Paris London and Ottawa for counting as ballots have been cast in England France Flanders Italy Macedonia Mesopotamia Egypt Bermuda St Lucia and U S locations. Leaders of the government predict a 25 to 37 seat majority while Laurier's Liberals claim at least 25 seats. Premier Borden completes campaign and will view returns in Ottawa. Sir Wilfred Laurier, 77, travels east after a Pacific coast swing to receive results Monday night in Winnipeg.
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England
France
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Italy
Macedonia
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Bermuda
St. Lucia
United States
Texas
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Union
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Borden
Sir Wilfred
Pacific Coast
Winnipeg
Portugal's President Deposed
Lisbon reports the dismissal of President Machado from office has been decreed.
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Lisbon
Machado
Sugar price policy blamed for eastern shortage in Senate hearing
Claus A. Spreckles testifies that the food administration fixed raw sugar import price at 690 a hundred, accusing Hoover and other sugar executives of pressuring for higher Cuban sugar prices. He cites contracts and stockpiles, noting 100,000 tons held in the west and refusal to move supplies east until the Hawaiian crop arrives.
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Federal Sugar Refining Company
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Canada
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Earl A. Babst
American Sugar Refining Company
George M. Rolph
California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company
The
Mr. Babst
International Sugar Committee
United States
Mr Rolph
International Committee
Hoover
Spreckles
Louisiana
Rolph
Babst
Five Year Sentence for Woman Slacker
Mrs Kate Richards O'Hare was sentenced to five years in the Jefferson City penitentiary by Judge Martin J Wade for utterances in Bowman New Jersey last summer that discouraged military registration. The trial heard she opposed war and mocked authorities calling young men cannon fodder. She is a St Louis socialist lecturer former Rip Saw associate editor and Missouri US senate candidate. Her husband Frank P Ohare is also an active socialist and they have four children.
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Martin J. Wade
Des Moines
Kate Richards O'Hare
Bowman
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O'Hare
Wade
Kate Richards Ohare
Rip Saw
United States
Missouri
Miel
St. Louis
Europe
Socialist Organization
Socialist Party
Frank P. Ohare
Florida
O’hare
Japanese Minister Lands in America En Route to Mexico
Baron Fujiaro Otori, newly appointed Japanese minister to Mexico, arrived at an Atlantic port aboard an American steamer on Friday. He is accompanied by several Japanese officers who recently observed in the trenches. Otori was formerly counsel to the Japanese embassy at Tehran.
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Baron Fujiaro Otori
Mexico
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Baron Otori
Uris
Rome Says Piave Line Is Holding
Dec 14 report states after a day of attacks the enemy gained little on the Piave line at a heavy cost. In Flanders at Ypres the Germans briefly entered a British first line trench on a 300 yard front. artillery activity increased east of Bullecourt and Pullecourt with morning fighting near Polygon Wood.
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Cuban Senate Votes War With Austria
The Cuban Senate on Friday afternoon unanimously adopted a resolution declaring a state of war with Austria-Hungary. The decision mirrors the House action from Wednesday and follows the same justification.
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War inquiry widens to navy affairs in Congress
Congress extends investigation of wartime prep to the navy. House naval committee to launch general inquiry led by Representative Oliver of Alabama, likely starting Monday behind closed doors. General Crozier testifies on rifle and machine gun shortages amid Army readiness concerns.
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House Naval Committee
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Alabama
Crozier
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National Army
Sharpe
Oregon
Camp Mills
War Department
Tiny flame seen as two ships drifted apart in Halifax explosion
In Halifax inquiry testimony, Imo second officer Alex B Bjorsson said no Germans or Austrians were aboard the Imo at collision with Mont Blanc. He recalled the captain and pilot on the bridge, noted no pre collision course change, and described a tiny flame on the Mont Blanc as the ships drifted apart before the blast. Seaman Edward McCrossan, nearby observer, described the explosion and the growing flame as the Mont Blanc neared the pier.
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Imo
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Edward McCrossan
McCrossan
Appeal to Gompers for Government Work
Fifteen hundred unemployed cloak and suit workers at a mass meeting in New York urged Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, to use his influence to have them set to work making uniforms for the government. The group said thirty thousand women garment workers in the city are unemployed with no near prospects of work.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
New Ship District Established in Portland Oregon
The ship ping board created a new ship building district at Portland Oregon and named J Lloyd Wentworth of Portland to head it. Portland had been part of the Seattle district.
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the Shipping Board
Portland
Oregon
J. Lloyd Wentworth
Seattle
War Summary Reflects Allied Gains and Russia Turmoil
Allied forces press toward victory while peace talks loom with Germany's militarist party. Lloyd George warns against Russia’s turmoil and U.S. shipbuilding dependence as big guns dominate on the Italian and French fronts and trench fighting persists near Ypres and Cambrai. Negotiations for an armistice continue with Bolshevik and counter revolution forces uncertain about outcomes.
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David Lloyd George
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Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Europe
Ypres
Berlin
Cambrai
Bullecourt
Soldiers Shine Officers' Shoes
Representative Miller from Washington described his observations on troops in France polishing officers' shoes. He noted privates performed the task and may have been paid by officers, though he urged the practice should not be allowed.
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Miller
Party of Representatives
House
France
Representative Smith
Idaho
Knight of the Thistle Founders in North Atlantic Gale
A radio report says the British steamer Knight of the Thistle of 6,675 tons gross sank in a North Atlantic gale last week. It lists 81 survivors expected to land at an Atlantic port, with no wreck details released. The ship was built in Glasgow in 1903 and operated from Liverpool.
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Knight of the Thistle
North Atlantic
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Liverpool
Forego pleasures as war effort says Vanderlip
Frank A. Vanderlip national director of the war savings campaign urges Omaha readers to forego pleasures during the war and invest in war savings stamps. He compares storing pleasures to banking money and says buying thrift stamps aids the war effort and yields future satisfaction.
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Neb
Frank A. Vanderlip
Mr. Vanderlip
Mexican Revolt Grows Rapidly in Coahuila
El Paso reports private sources say Luis Gutierrez's revolutionary movement in Coahuila is expanding. After evacuating Monclova he advances north along the railroad toward Sabinas, with Piedras Negras eyed as a border attack point. Rumors of Villa forces at Parral and Jiminez lack verification.
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Parral
Lloyd George urges steady progress toward peace amid war strains
Premier Lloyd George speaks at Grey's Inn Benchers dinner asserting steady Allied progress toward peace talks with Prussia and warns against peace-by-league ideas. He backs Russia's exit, America's forthcoming entry, and demands greater sacrifices until U.S. forces arrive. He warns against negotiated peace and stresses tonnage driven victory.
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Lord Lansdowne
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Grey's Inn Benchers
Germany
Austria
League of Nations
Europe
Great Britain
German Propaganda Spreads Sea Disaster Rumors
Washington reports the latest unfounded sea disaster rumors originate in German propaganda routed through Spain and Mexico. A Guadalajara paper allegedly dispatches news claiming two transports with 11,000 men and the super-dreadnought Texas sunk, with claims of government suppression.
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