Protocol Rejoiner Considered Tuesday
Washington December 29. American members of the Mexican American joint commission will meet Tuesday to decide the response to Geneval Carranza's latest appeal for modifications in the Atlantic City protocol. A Mexican communication delivered to Secretary Lane by Luis Cabrera may prompt an immediate joint session if Carranza's reply merits serious consideration. The piece notes the 1915 price estimates for the plan and cites possible new alcohol restrictions impacting the government purchase plan.
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Washington, D. C
Carranza
Atlantic City
Joint Commission
Lane
Luis Cabrera
Mexican Commission
Government to buy British drink trade in Britain
Dec 29 report says the liquor control board has closely studied the purchase of the drink trade in Great Britain. The Daily Press notes the matter was discussed by several members of the board in the last fortnight.
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London
Great Britain
Paneeaiadl
Daily Press
Liquor Control Board
Light Want Ad for Cook Wanted Delivers Local Cooks
A light want ad guarantees quick help when you argue with the cook and fear cold breakfasts. Call Crockett 1742 or New Phone 176 to place a cook wanted ad by phone and receive a selection of good cooks at your door.
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Crockett 1742
Tenant vacate notice sparks rent ad strategy
When a tenant announces moving out, the practice shifts to dictating a rent ad over the phone. This approach aims to reach Light subscribers quickly, ensuring rent revenue continues. The tactic seeks to minimize losses from vacant properties by leveraging timely advertising.
Light ads spark quick sale for second-hand car
A man lists a used car as a quick sale with a fair price. Five city residents inquire, one buys, two keep cash ready as backups. The Light newspaper calls its classified ads the best venue for serious buyers and sellers.
Germans Gain at Verdun and Advance in Roumania
German forces moved from the Somme to Verdun positions on Hill 304 and Dead Man Hill, seizing seven machine guns and 220 prisoners. In Roumania they captured multiple positions, taking 1400 prisoners, 18 machine guns and 3 cannon as Wallachia advance reached twenty kilometers northwest of Rimnik Sarat. In the lake sector 1400 Russians were taken with cannons and machine guns losing ground. The town of Rachelu in Dobrudja was captured.
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Berlin
Sayville
Verdun
Somme
Dead Man Hill
War Office
Roumania
Teutonic
Wallachia
Rimnik Sarat
Rachelu
Dobrudja
Paris Denies German Gains At Verdun Front
Paris reports German troops launched a strong attack along a three kilometer front between Hill 304 and Dead Man Hill northwest of Verdun after heavy artillery prep. French infantry and machine gun fire repelled the assault though one trench south of Dead Man Hill was penetrated by a few enemy soldiers. A German recon near Hardaumont on the Meuse’s right bank was dispersed.
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Paris
Dead Man Hill
Verdun
War Office
Meuse
Hardaumont
Russians Fight Central Powers in Roumania
Russian troops clashed with central power forces around Amara in central Roumania. A Teuton force of about 35 000 men attacked Russian lines, the fight continuing into the evening. In Rimnik Sarat and Boldui sectors the invaders were repulsed by the Russians.
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Petrograd
London
Roumania
Amara
Teuton
Rimnik- Sarat
Boldu Ail
Serum for pneumonia to be supplied by New York health dept
The New York City health department will supply the Rockefeller Institute serum for lobar pneumonia treatment. Health Commissioner Emerson announced the step, saying it could materially reduce pneumonia deaths in the city.
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New York
City Health Department
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Emerson
Footlyte Sees Border Sergeant as Theatrical Captain
Puck notes Footlyte happy to swap a $300 weekly stage engagement for a $30 monthly sergeant post on the border. The comic quip adds three critics become privates in his company.
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Footlyte
Puck
No Inaugural Ball Plans Spark Washington Backlash
President Wilson vetoes a Washington inaugural ball saying it is not a government event and will not occur next March 4. Promoters fear lost revenue while inauguration ceremonies proceed with invitations soon to be issued and Southern representation hoped for due to Wilson's election history.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
White House
Congress
Mnass of Humanity
Ice Cave in Englewood Sought as Black Hills Wonder
A natural ice cave in Englewood, part of the Black Hills, is proposed as a tourist attraction. The cave, once a tunnel started by Harvey Sheffer, forms ice in hot weather and vanishes in cold weather, with a snow-free patch above the tunnel site and green grass year round.
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Edgemont
Black Hills
Englewood
Crystal Cave
Harvey Sheffer
Arbitration Feasibility Cited Over Irresistible Force
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt notes the paradox of an irresistible force meeting an immovable body and argues arbitration remains feasible as a solution.
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Louisville Courier-Jour
Allies reply to peace offer outlined in German notes
Diplomatic exchanges reveal German and Austrian replies to President Wilson. Germany seeks a preliminary conference on territorial terms, with neutrals invited to discuss future guarantees and a world peace system. Austria aligns with a delayed, cautious path to durable peace and notes different phrasing from Germany.
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Germany
Austria
Wilson
Entente
Berlin
Switzerland clarifies role in war peace efforts
President Schulthess explains Switzerland did not draft Wilson note and only asked the American government if peace moves were possible. He says the Swiss federal council supports the note to end the war’s suffering and is willing to aid neutral dialogue if needed. He adds Switzerland will not interfere with belligerents.
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Germany
Austria
Wilson
United States
Lansing
Penfield
United States of America
Bologna
Paris
Schulthess
Switzerland
Signor Qualici
Resto del Carlino
Federal Council
Russia's Final Reply Deepens War Stance in Peace Talks
Petrograd reports the Russian foreign minister and the emperor reject any immediate peace proposals. Moscow notes Germany’s answer to the US note is irrelevant and impudent, saying it avoids war aims and presses premature peace.
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Petrograd
London
Russia
Wilson
United States
Associated Press
Germany
Socialists urge action in war as Denmark backs Wilson
A Socialist Congress resolution calls for stronger military and economic mobilization to hasten end of war, arguing central powers rebuffed Wilson’s peace note. Copenhagen dispatch says Danish Social Democrats cable sympathy to President Wilson and support his peace efforts.
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Paris
Socialist Congress
Wilson
Switzerland
Danish Social Democrats For
London
Reuter
Copenhagen
Social Democrats
Vatican Denies Papal Intervention for Austrian Peace
The Observatore Romano denies reports that the Austrian emperor asked Pope Benedict XVI to intervene for peace and that the pope gave a favorable reply. The denial clarifies the Vatican stance on claims spread abroad.
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Vatican Press
Rome
Paris
Observatore Romano
Vatican
Vienna
Benedict
Sinking of Westminster Illustrates German Submarine Cruelty
The British steamer Westminster, en route from Torre Annunziata to Port Said, was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine on December 14. Four crew members were killed as the ship sank in four minutes, and survivors were shelled during escape, with the captain and engineers killed. The admiralty condemns the act as murder and a breach of international law.
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London
Admiralty
Associated Press
Westminster
West Minster
Torre Annunziata
Port Said
White man held for Reeves murder
Henry Waller, 33, a farmer, planned and carried out the Christmas Eve killings of John Nelson Reeves, his wife, and three children nine miles north of Minden. John Long, 20, and two named and one unnamed Black suspects confessed. Waller allegedly wielded an axe at the Reeves home while the family slept.
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Minden
Henry Waller
John Nelson Reeves
John Long
Mark Peters
Larkin Stewart
Shreveport
A. H. Phillips
Webster Parish
Shrevewort
Webster
Waller
Phillips
Chester Tyson
Baton Rouge
State Penitentiary
Long
Reeves
Confessed Axe Killings Linked to Reeves Family
The confessions allege Waller killed Mrs. Reeves with an axe in a rear yard and washed his hands afterward. A chest in Reeves’s home contained about four thousand dollars taken by Tyson, with Waller planning a later division that was not completed.
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Waller
Long
Serepta
Reeves
Peters
Stewart
Tyson
Gold Deposited at Philadelphia Mint for J P Morgan
An additional 8 million dollars worth of gold arriving from Canada has been deposited at the Philadelphia mint for J P Morgan and Company, announced today in New York.
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New York
Canada
Philadelphia
J. P.+Morgan & Company
Honeymoon Aboard Oil Barge Near Chicago
Capt William B Leith and bride Miss Sarah Gould plan a barge honeymoon with the Standard Oil vessel held up for winter near Chicago. The couple wed at Crown Point after a 30 minute telephone notice on the barge's arrival in port.
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Chicago
William B. Leith
Sarah Gould
Standard Oil Company
Captain Leith
Leith
Crown Point
Port
Red Riding Hood Tale Sparks Roosevelt Twist
A teacher recounting Red Riding Hood asks what Red Riding Hood saw. A student responds with the surprising guess Teddy Roosevelt, adding a humorous classroom moment in Town Talk.
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Red Riding Hood
Joeeneaene
Teddy Roosevelt
President Agrees on Ten Billion Bond Issue Plan
President Wilson and administration leaders in Congress tentatively back a bond issue to cover part of the treasury deficit for the year ending June 30 1918 estimated at about 180 million dollars. McAdoo notes temporary emergency use only with Panama bonds available and planned revenue measures include income and inheritance taxes and imports levies.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Treasury
McAdoo
Panama
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Executive Departments
United States
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