France Rejects Peace Based on Central Powers Proposals
French Foreign Minister Pichon told the chamber that France will not accept peace under the central powers terms and will continue the war regardless of Russia’s separate peace. He accused Germany of seeking to drag France into Bolshevik negotiations while promising a broader global struggle. He praised Allied unity and noted Jerusalem's occupation as a civilizational victory with future international status.
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Paris
France
Pichon
Chamber of dep‘Alties
Russia
Germany
Macedonia
Roosevelt
M. Pichon
Mexico
United States
Argentine
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsac-Lorraine
Jerusalem
M. Picton
World crop statistics show 1917 wheat at 1.864 billion bushels
International Institute of Agriculture in Rome reports 1917 wheat output at 1.864 billion bushels, down 39 by last year. Other crops include rye 160 million bushels, barley 844 thousand, oats 2.74 million, corn 3.284 billion, rice 21.319 billion pounds across nations, with various declines and increases.
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Washington, D. C
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Department of Agriculture
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
Spain
Luxemburg
Algeria
La Follette Dropped From Madison Club
U.S. Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin is expelled from the Madison club for unpatriotic conduct and aiding the enemy, according to club grounds cited in the report.
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Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
United States
Wisconsin
Madison Club
World War I brief covers Christmas promotions and European events
One hundred American soldiers in France received promotions for Christmas. Two engineering officers aided by Cambrai contributed to stopping a German counter attack. Reports detail German atrocities against Americans and an American sentry found with a fatal throat wound. An auto accident near American field HQ injured two officers and two sergeants. General Pershing’s plans earn British French confidence. German peace proposals favor near prewar borders with Russia paying the bill. Britain would fund reparations for Europe’s territories. Washington received the offer with indifference. Von Luxburg telegrams reveal a German plot against the United States in South America. Pershing notes Lieut. Samuel Miller slightly wounded and attached to British forces. his mother resides in Lakeville, Pennsylvania.
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Hest
Cambrai
Russia
Belgium
Serbia
Roummania
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
South America
United States
Berlin
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
State Department
General Pershing
War Department
Lieut
Samuel Miller
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
Lieutenant Miller
Lakeville
Dead in Malifax disaster quoted at fifteen hundred
The latest death toll from the Malifax disaster on December 6 is estimated at 1,500. Canada bans importation of intoxicating liquors after Monday and will prohibit their manufacture after a later date. Premier Borden announced in Ottawa that tensions rose after Buenos Aires published telegrams from Count von Luxburg. Mounted patrols were deployed to disperse crowds seeking a break in relations with Germany.
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Borden
Ottawa
Ont
Uenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Berlin
Germany
Feud in West Virginia Leads toDeaths and Injuries
A Breeden area feud between the Marcum and Dinges families left four men dead and one woman severely injured near Butte Montana. Fred Green and Jessie Wharton were killed when their car was struck by a train.
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Dinges
Fred Green
Northwest
Jessie Wharton
Butte
Mont *A An
Hoover cites sugar shortage at White House release
Washington sugar shortage blamed on Western Hemisphere shipments to Europe. Prices could rise to 25 or 80 cents per 4 pounds without price fixing. Francis J. Heney calls packing firms a mammoth food trust controlling the nation. Isaac Lewis cites machine gun maker’s role in Senate testimony. War department ordered 1,000,000 troops before U S entry, per General Sharpe testimony.
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Western Hemisphere
Europe
Francis J. Heney
Federal Trade Commission
Col
Isaac Lewis
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Binus General Crozier
France
War Department
United States
Sharpe
Senate Military Committee
Senator Francis Newlands Dies in Washington After Illness
Personal Senator Francis Griffith Newlands of Nevada died of heart failure in Washington after a few hours illness. An expert on railroad and waterway legislation, he was born near Natchez Mississippi on August 28 1848 and became a Nevada citizen in 1888. He served in the Fifty third to Fifty seventh congresses. Representative KE Bathrick of the Fourteenth Ohio district died at his Akron home.
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Francis Griffith Newlands
Nevada
Washington
Senator Newlands
Congress
Natchez
Miss
KE. R. Bathrick
Ohio
Akron, O
European War Updates From Front and Home Front
Kaiser Wilhelm urged peace by force as Italians retook positions on a plateau under Austro German attack. Mannheim in Germany was bombed by British planes, one wrecked, several fires. Brest Litovsk talks began between Teutonic allies and Russia. German foreign secretary von Kuehlmann named official pairman. Russians rejected terms. Bolsheviks recalled to Petrograd. Lloyd George demanded complete restoration of territories and compensation in Commons.
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Rome War Office
Mannheim
Germany
Rhine
London
Brest-Litovsk
Amsterdam
von Kuehlman
Tloyd-George
House of Commons
Parole Granted for Charlie Thomas After 12 Years
Charlie Thomas, imprisoned at Ft. Madison since 1905 for the Mabel Scofield murder, is granted parole and will be released December 31. He will work on a state farm near Ft. Madison and make that area his home. The case has drawn sustained defense of innocence.
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Des Moines
Mabel Scofield
Iowa
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Leland Stanford University
Iowa City
Homer A Miller
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Waterloo
Francis E. Whitley
Webster City
National Council of Defense
Woodbury
Jones
Sioux City
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Washington
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Troop A
First Iowa Cavalry
Camp Cody
New Mexico
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Marengo
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Albia
Charles Webster
Rosa Has
George
Newton
The
Commercial Association
Ames
Alaska
Henry Hidore
Green
Red Cross
Leon
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