British warship captures Bolshevik destroyers in Baltic
London reports say the British cruiser Calypso seized two Bolshevik destroyers off Reval after one attacked lighthouses. All of their crews were taken prisoner with no Calypso casualties. Bertram S. Theisver commands Calypso. Amsterdam dispatch claims an order to sink red-flagged vessels and shoot propagandists, but Reuters calls it false.
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London
Baltic
Admiralty
Reval
Bertram S. Theisver
Amsterdam
Berlin
Reuters
Reuters’ Limited
Advance On Nesles Massif Acknowledges MacArthur Heroism
Maj. Gen. Charles Mencher praises Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur for leadership in the 42nd Rainbow Division during the Aisne-Marne drive and the Nesles Massif action. He notes MacArthur’s early front-line leadership, multiple wounds, decorations, and two French legion of honor recommendations, urging his promotion to major general.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Charles T. Mencher
Pershing
MacArthur
Aisne-Marne
Vesle
Mencher
First Army Corps
Nesles
Kriemhilde
Verdun
Cote de Chatillion
Regal Setting for State Dinner Given By British King To Wilson Party
A state banquet at the royal palace featured President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson entering with Queen Mary and King George amid formal pageantry. The hall held 15 million dollars worth of gold plate with crimson poinsettia decor, 128 gold candlesticks, and a ceremonial procession led by senior palace officers.
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Wilson
Indon
Buckingham Palace
President Wilson
Queen Mary
King George
Mrs. Wilson
King
Christian
Patricia
Duke of Connaught
Mary
Beatrice
John W. Davis
Demand Changes in School Revenue Law
Springfield I Dec 28 Changes in Illinois school revenue laws urged by Illinois State Teachers Association with plans for a delegate convention before Feb 1 influenza delay. Resolutions call for a 10 million state distributive fund and a county tax matching state apportionment, tax reforms, and support for state normal schools and teacher salaries.
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Springfield
Illinois
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Amateur Aviators Wreck Mail Plane in Kansas
Amateur aviators from Norfolk Kansas wrecked a army airplane stored in Dodge City by Lieut. L S Starr of Scott Field Belleville Illinois a member of a party mapping aerial mail routes in the region Starr had been called home leaving his plane at Norton The three airmen and a civil instructor reached Dodge City where word of the accident arrived The message says the plane did take off but the results were disastrous
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Dodge City
Kans
Norfolk
L. S. Starr
Scott Field
Belleville
Starr
Norton
Bond market hits new low as Liberty bonds sold at 94.24
New York December 28 the fourth Liberty 4 percent bonds traded at 94.24 on the stock exchange marking a new low record. A block of 200000 par value changed hands at this price.
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New York
Liberty
Stock Exchange
Notables Gather At Banquet For President Wilson
London hosts a state banquet at Buckingham Palace with King George and Queen Mary, President Wilson and Mrs Wilson among many guests. Attendees include Prince George, the Duke of Connaught, the Archbishops, Lloyd George, Asquith, and numerous ambassadors, lords, and military officials from Britain and abroad.
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London
Buckingham Palace
King George
Queen Mary
Wilson
Princess Mary
Prince Henry
Prince George
Duke of
Chinda
Davis
Sims
J. Butler Wright
Edward Bell
F. M. Gunther
R. E. Pennoyer
E. C. Shoecraft
David R. Francis
Russia
R. B. Stevens
American Shipping Board
Col. Endicott
American Red Cross
Gordon Auchincloss
Miss Benham
S. L. H. Slocum
Canterbury
York
Finlay
Lloyd George
Earl Curzon
Marquis of Crewe
Earl of
Reading
United States
Earl of Crawford
Manaraja of
Bikaner
Millner
Lord Haldane
Bryce
Viscount French
Northcliffe
Jellicoe
Viscount Cave
Robert Cecil
Lord Rayleigh
Lord Burnham
Lord Harding
Lord Weir
Lowther
A. J. Balfour
Walter Hume Long
Asquith
Mail Plane Reaches Indiana Terminal
Word arrived at Scott Field Belleville Illinois that the airplane with two army officers diverted to a snowbound route between Belleville and Indianapolis reached Indianapolis at 3 PM. Another two planes en route from Houston to Detroit left Scott Field at 1 PM for Indianapolis but one turned back due to snow and the other’s position was not tracked.
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ST. Louis
Scott Field
Beleville
Til
Belleville
Indianapolis
Ind
Houston
Texas
Detroit
Mich
Civil War Controversy Flows in Russia War News
Officials say Pichon spoke personal view not policy. Allies defer on concrete plans. peace conference to decide. Reports from Paris stressed no interference with Russia internal affairs. aim to curb Bolshevik threat. Bolshevik forces advance in European Russia. refugees flood Riga Reval Limbach as elderly and sick are urged to move to Osel for safety.
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Washington
Stephen Pichon
Russia
Paris
Associated Nations
European
State Department
Esthenia
Livonia
Riga
Reval
Limbach
Baltic
Osel
Gulf of Riga
Bucharest
Balkan
Omsk
Siberian
Peppelineff
Perm
Petrograd
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Archangel
Kungar
Librarians Debate Immigrant Americanization Needs
About fifty librarians from the central west gathered in Chicago on December 28 to discuss how public libraries can aid the government's reconstruction program. Mrs Eleanor Ledbettel of Cleveland delivered the keynote urging that immigrants be treated as plain folks and that libraries serve as social and educational centers for foreign born citizens.
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Chicago
Central West
Up or Down in Life Through The Whig Want Ad Columns
Statistics show five in every hundred aged sixty reach success while ninety five depend on others for livelihood. To go up you must seize momentary opportunities and be alert, using The Whig Want Ad Columns to spot openings and rise rather than fall.
Monaco Prince Chides Kaiser On War Policy
Paris reports Prince Albert of Monaco sent a letter to former Emperor William II detailing intimate conversations about Germanys war aims. He accuses the Kaiser of yielding to military elements and condemns plans to wage war, citing events around 1914 and the fate of Nicholas II, with references to Corfu Kiel and the yacht Meteor.
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Paris
Princce Albert
Monaco
Associated Press
William
Prince Lichnowsky
London
Muehlen
Krupp
William II
Prince Albert
Berlin
Kiel
Corfu
Sire
Germany
France
Europe
Archduke Ferdinand
Hohenzollern
Nicholas II
Nicholas
Hoover Declines German Food Talks in Blast at Berlin Officials
In a Paris wired despatch, German Belgians officials Baron Von Der Lancken and Dr Rieth sought a meeting with Food Administrator Hoover to discuss relief. Hoover replied with a cutting rebuke, telling them to go to hell and refusing to meet the pair, citing two and a half years of arrogance and cruelty toward Belgians.
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Mr. Hoover
Peace treaty must cover reforms says London
London dispatch reports J H Thomas of the National Union of Railway Men urging a league of nations at the peace conference. He argues the treaty must include arms reduction protection for smaller states aid to unprotected races and guardian duties for international sites. Lord Robert Cecil counters that treaties must be revised and traffic sanitation and labor conditions regulated under a league driven settlement.
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London
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railway Men
Robert
Lord Robert
Napolean Lajoie Quits Diamond After 20 Years
Cleveland December 28 Napoleon Lajoie, long regarded as one of baseball's greats and a top second baseman, retires after twenty years in the major leagues. He recently managed the Indianapolis team of the American Association.
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Napoleon Lajoie
Diamond
Cleveland, CO
Napoleon Lajoia
Lajoie
Indianapolis
Americans Entertain Wilson Guests At London Dinner
Forty American correspondents who arrived with President Wilson were hosted by the government. Lord Robert Cecil gave them a dinner at the Savoy tonight, and the Newspaper Proprietors' Association will host a large dinner in their honor tomorrow.
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London
Wilson
Lord Robert Cecil
Savoy Hotel
William Hohenzollern Attends Service at Bentinck Castle
Associated Press reports former emperor William Hohenzollern, now in improved health, attended the daily morning religious service at Bentinck castle. The Moravian Brethren clergyman from Zenit led the service. only his personal suite and the former emperor were present.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
William Hohenzollern
Bentinck Castle
Zenit
King George Extols New Epoch of Angl American Ties
In a Buckingham Palace state banquet, King George lauds President Wilson as a historic guest and praises the U S as a scholar statesman driven by liberty and law. He envisions a shared future building new states from wartime ruins and averting future wars through cooperation. Wilson replies with gratitude and warmth.
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London
Wilson
Buckingham Palace
George
United States
England
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Lincoln
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