Bandits killed in Mexican border raids near Marfa
Troops under Col. George T. Langhorne chase the bandits who raided the Brite and Fitzgerald ranches and looted the post office. Eighteen bandits are reported dead, 20 wounded, 25 horses recovered, with one American soldier wounded and civilians killed. Authorities investigate whether Mexican troops, Villa followers, or Chico Canu’s outlaws led the raid.
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Marfa
Texas
Mexico
Brite
Fitzgerald
Geo. T. Langhorne
Col. Langhorne
Sprinkle
Fitzgerald Ranch
Brite Ranch
Villa
Chico Canu
Tex
George T. Langhorne
Rio Grande
Solldier
T. T. Neill
John Kelly
Two Americans Are Commended For Gallantry
Lieut. Frank M. Post Jr and Private Frank A. Ross of the American expeditionary forces were cited for gallantry in French army orders. Post landed a burning plane at Pau aviation school and saved his instruments, while Ross showed courage under fire during a bombardment and was gassed. The French order of the day praised Post’s calmness and skilled landing, and the War Department released the letters of commendation from General Pershing’s chief of staff.
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Washington
Frank M. Post
Frank A. Ross
General Pershing
War Department
Post
Price Post
Tuxedo Park
New York
Aviation
Pau
Ross
Charles Cooper
72Nd Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lieut. Post
Lieut
Tye
December trading halted by board in Chicago
Chicago December corn trading was stopped by the board of trade directors to clear existing contracts. A committee will be named to set the settlement price. trading in December corn had effectively ceased about 60 days earlier.
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Chicago
Board of Directors
Board of Trade
Army Clothing Orders Placed Highlight Senate Probe
Washington reports sharp renewed criticism of war department and national defense council over army clothing and supplies. General Sharpe testifies that many contracts were approved perfunctorily and that civilian committee roles are necessary for wartime scale. Shortages blamed on strikes and early French deployment. overcoat deliveries lagged 48 percent.
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Washington
War Department
Council of National Defense
Senate Military Committee
Sharpe
Council
France
Baker
Council ‘of National Defense
Call Cantonment
Three German Attacks on Verdun Front Rail into French Lines
Paris reports on December 28 that three German assaults occurred along the Verdun front east of the Meuse. The third breakthrough reached French trenches but was repelled with heavy losses and captives taken.
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Verdun Front
Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Allies Cannot Accept Austrian Peace Terms
Amsterdam Dec 28 reports Count Czernin of Austria-Hungary laid out terms for a general peace at Brest-Litovsk hedged by conditions US and Entente reject. He cites no annexations or indemnities but Russia’s allies must recognize them. Various notes cite Belgian and Serbian issues, Alsace Lorraine, and Germany’s new government as key asks from Wilson. London reports say Czernin ready to negotiate specific points with Russia and allies.
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Ferdinand of Bulgaria
Czernin
Brest-Litovsk
Nieve Free Presse
Vienna
Bulgaria
Count Czernin
United States
Russia
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Serbia
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Wilson
Congress
Austria-Hungary
Brest- Litovsk
Teutonic
Teuton
London
Kaledines
Feelink
Bolsheviki
Ensign Krylenko
Petrograd
Don
Ukraine
Brest-Litovsek
Frankfurter Zeitung
Ukraine Republic
Lieutenant Spaulding Faces Court Martial in Tennessee
Chattanooga detective dispatch reports Lt J W Spaulding of the 6th Infantry confined at Chickamauga Park awaiting trial by general court martial for his relation with Baroness Zollner who is jailed on espionage charges in the county jail.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Spaulding
6Th Infantry
Chickamauga Park
Zollner
Wilson Takes Over Railroads Narrows Senate Coal Inquiry
Washington December 28 President Wilson's move to seize railroads narrows the senate inquiry into coal and sugar. W B Colver of the Federal Trade Commission testifies that lack of cars idle miners by two to three days weekly, contributing to lower production and higher prices. He argues misplacing cars rather than overall shortages, and notes contracts signed at higher prices earlier in the year. The hearing shifts to sugar with Food Administrator Hoover slated to testify.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Coal Inquiry
Manufacturers’ Committee
W. B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
Garfield
Culver
Colver
Great Lakes
New England
Hoover
McAdoo to Wipe Out Rail Competition and Pool Traffic
Washington Dec 28 1917 Director General McAdoo to issue first official order after government operation begins to eliminate competitive conditions and pool traffic and for retention of present officers and employees. Immediate aim speedier freight movement and reroute traffic via shortest routes using common terminals.
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Washington
McAdoo
Railroad director to run rail lines through existing organizations
A Mead era statement from McAdoo outlines that until mature plans are formed the railroads will operate through current railroad organizations. He warns the task is vast and cannot be completed quickly and calls for citizen and railroad staff cooperation. The operation is vital to war effort and efficiency in 1918.
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Wilson
Congress
McAdoo
Railroads’ War Board of Presidents
Interstate Commerce Commission
Railroads’ War Board
R. Meadoo
Mr. MccAdoo
United States
Guatemala Quake Leaves Up To Forty Dead
Washington dispatch says a Wednesday earthquake struck Guatemala causing from ten to forty deaths and heavy property damage in Guatemala City with no interior casualty figures yet reported.
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Washington
Guatemala
Guatemala City
State Department
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