Government Seizes 200 Engines for U S Railroads
Two hundred locomotives under construction for Russia will be taken by the U S government and gauge altered for American tracks. One hundred engines ready for shipment to France will be held, then sent to France after easing freight congestion.
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Washington
Russia
France
United States
McAdoo
Wilson
Railroads War Board
War Board
Treasury Department
Commanders describe dire Camp Bowie and Camp Doniphan conditions
Senate Military Committee heard Major General Greble outline severe shortages at Camp Bowie Texas including rifles machine guns and artillery gear amid overcrowding and poor sanitation while Major General Wright reported Camp Doniphan Oklahoma faced overseas supply gaps but good food and improving clothing conditions.
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Washington
Camp Bowie
Texas
Camp Doniphan
Okla
Senate Military Committee
National Guard
Greble
Wright
Mer
Europe
Camp Funston
Bowie
Grebie
War Department
Byng
Government Requisitions Niagara Falls Power for War Needs
The government requisitions the Niagara Falls Power Company Hydraulic Power Company and Chiff Electrical Distributing power to ensure war work supply in Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Canadian demand for 100000 horsepower helped drive the decision. Mills should face little disruption as war industries board adjusts. About ten non war related factories will cut power use and shift to steam when munitions plants demand is low.
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Washington
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Niagara Falls Power Company
Hydraulic Power Company of
Chiff Electrical Distributing Company
War Industries Board
Fire destroys U S consulate in San Jose Costa Rica
State department dispatches report the destruction of the American consulate at San Jose by fire. The blaze swept an entire block causing heavy property loss. Meager earthquake damage reports from Guatemala reach San Salvador with warnings of possible injuries and disrupted telegraph service.
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Washington
San Jose
Costa Rica
State Department
San Salvadore
Guatemala
Guatemalan
Guatemala City
No Further Reply from Washington on War Aims
Washington reports that America's war aims have been sufficiently disclosed in President Wilson's reply to the Pope and his message to Congress. The administration sees no plan to elaborate or expand those statements unless German or Austrian peace propaganda yields new developments with the Russian Bolsheviks.
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Washington
America
Wilson
Congress
U. S
War Bulletins From Western Front and Allied Reports
London notes snowstorms hinder flying and a hostile scout was downed inside Allied lines. Allied aircraft dropped 240 bombs on four enemy planes near Roulers and trains south of Lille. no losses. Berlin summary reports renewed fighting on some front sectors and prisoner returns east of Luneville. Paris dispatchs describe artillery activity north of St Quentin and a Veho attack repelled. Cerna Valley enemy units hit by artillery.
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London
Roulers
Lille
Berlin
War Office
Meuse
Luneville
Ochrida
Presba
Cerna
Vardar
Paris
St. Quentin
Veho
Lorraine
Peace Conference Deliberations Continue Amid Brief Pause
Allies and Russian delegates at Brest Litovsk via Berlin discuss special questions as talks advance toward a temporary interruption for government communications.
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Brest Litovsk
Berlin
London
Teutonic
Petrograd stirred by peace bait
Petrograd reports describe Bolshevik reaction to German Austrian peace proposal at Prest- Litovsk talks. Rumors claim central powers may occupy key Russian points to pressure the Entente if talks fail. Bolsheviks at Smolny, and reactions from Von Kuehlmann, frame a tense capital amid conflicting reports of battles and economic collapse.
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London
Petrograd
The
Times
Prest- Litovsk
Germany
Austria
Russa
Smolny Institute
von Kuehlmann
Russia
Bolsheviks
Bielgorod
Korniloff
Kupiansk
Brest- Litovsk
Trotzky
Rostov-on-Don
Roosevelt to visit Washington on private trip
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt plans a private Washington visit within a month or six weeks to confer with lawmakers on war speedups and military training policy. He will not attend public functions or make statements. The trip follows requests from Senator Smoot and Representative Madden.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
House
Senator Chamberlain
Senator Smoot
Madden
British and French Reject Teutonic Peace Proposals
Britain and France discard the Teutonic peace terms as inadequate while the Bolsheviki seek to revive talks. British labor reaffirms will to continue the war to safeguard democracy. In Palestine Gen. Allenby defeats Turkish forces near Jerusalem as fronts across France and Italy see artillery duels and lull in major battles amid snow and cold.
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Great Britain
France
Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy City
Allenby
Artilleries
Verdun
Courieres Wood
Belgium
Praises ration of American soldier gains reported
Major John R. Marlin, head of the food division in Washington, told the University of Minnesota gathering that U S army camps have gained 5 to 10 pounds since enlistment due to scientific diet and generous food allowances. He asserted the gain is fresh weight, not fat, and that American rations are the best in the world.
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Minneapolis
John R. Marlin
Surgeon-General’s Office
Washington
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
University of Minnesota
United States Army
Marlin
United States
America
Pattern Warehouse Fire Destroys Chicago Plant
The pattern warehouse of the Reedy foundry, working on government war contracts, burned Friday night in Chicago causing an estimated loss of 23000 dollars. An investigation into the cause is begun and authorities consider possible alien enemy involvement.
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Chicago
Reedy Foundry
Senators summon Hoover in New York for sugar hearing
In Washington on December 29 the Food Administrator Herbert Hoover, then in New York, was telegraphed to appear before the senate committee investigating the sugar situation next Wednesday. Chairman Reed announced the action after executive session debates on subpoenas and witness selection. The committee also shifted to coal, with W B Culver of the FTC disputing Hoover's sugar claim and L A Snead citing hoarding and transport issues as coal shortages.
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Wasitington
Ioover
New York
Senate
Reed
Hoover
White House
Food Administration
Washington
W. B. Culver
Federal Trade Commission
Garfield
Third War Loan of France Surpasses Limit
Paris December 29. Finance Minister M. Klotz announced in the chamber that subscriptions to the third war loan exceeded ten billion francs with local returns totaling 10,276,000,000 francs though foreign subscriptions were not yet counted.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Klotz
Finance
Coal in Denmark costs $100 a ton
Dr Maurice F Egan American minister to Denmark arrived at an Atlantic port on his way to Washington. He reported Denmark faces severe shortages with bread and sugar cards, butter rationing, and tea and pork prices high. He noted coal priced at 100 a ton and predicted neutral countries may accept German goods under pressure. He will return to Copenhagen in two months. His son Captain Gerald Egan trains infantry at Camp Lee Virginia.
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Atlantic
Maurice F. Egan
Denmark
Washington
Egan
Germany
United States
Gerald Egan
National Army
Camp Lee
Petersburg
British Troops Repel Turkish Attack Near Jerusalem
London dispatch reports British forces beat back a Turkish assault north and northwest of Jerusalem and advanced about 2 1 2 miles along a nine mile front. The official communication notes Turkish losses, German prisoners taken, and RAF activity near Kulundria.
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London
Palestine
Jerusalem
Ras el Tawail
Bir Nehbala
Tham
Kulundria
Man pleads guilty and is given life for New Hampshire school murder
Morris P. Bradford, a teacher at the New Hampshire school for the feeble minded, shot and killed Miss Alice Richards and wounded two other teachers on June 28. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder and received a life prison term after a sanity controversy and prior insanity defense.
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Laconia
N. H
Morris P. Bradford
Alice B. Richards
New Hampshire
Friday
State Insane Asylum
C. H. Roloff
State Hospital
Price Fix On Steel Extended To March 31
President Wilson extended maximum prices on iron ore coke pig iron steel and steel products to March 31 with a revision option. No new April 1 contracts may fix a price unless they allow price revision by a government agency.
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Washington
Wilson
Five Sons In Service From One Family
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 29 with the enlistment of the youngest son J D Lawrence an examiner in the chief clerk s office here now has five sons in the U S military service.
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Cedar Rapids
J. D. Lawrence
U. S
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Brite and
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Leon Trotzky
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