Finland Gains Independence Amid War Council Call
London reports Russia orders Finland evacuation and independence acknowledged by Sveaborg command. Also, Germany and Austria set to release 4000 Russian officers, while Bolshevik forces clash with Korniloff Cossacks near Beilogorod and Rostov. Berlin notes British shelters and 90 prisoners captured on Cambrai front as artillery activity rises.
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Germany
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Cambrai Front
Coal Lands Open to All for Mining Hope in Montana North Dakota
Secretary Lane announced President Wilson approved restoring about 250000 acres of coal lands withdrawn in Eastern Montana and Southwestern North Dakota. The lands become available at a moderate price to prospective coal mine operators seeking access to the resource.
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Lane
Wilson
Montana
North Dakota
Vast Costs for Expeditionary Force in France
Washington on December 14 reports engineering operations require nearly a billion dollars for equipment, corps support, railroad work, and other construction for the expeditionary force in France.
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Washington
France
Germany says offers made by Great Britain
Berlin reports that Germany received an inquiry through a neutral in September indicating Britain had sanctioned talks about peace. The official note responds to Balfour’s Commons claim that England was asked to communicate with Germany on war aims last September.
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Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Balfour
House of Commons
England
Halifax relief fund receives Alaska subscriptions
Seattle December 14 Alaska contributions to aid Halifax victims total 1287 dollars. Ketchikan sent 650 dollars, Anchorage 200 dollars, and 437 dollars came from other sources.
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Seattle
Alaska
Halifax
Ketchikan
Anchorage
Spokane Going South Under Her Own Steam Power
Seattle December 14 The steamship Spokane wrecked in Bella Bella Sound has been beached and repaired and is moving south slowly under her own steam, convoyed by tug Salvor. She is expected to reach Seattle on Monday and about 100000 dollars will be needed to return her to service.
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Seattle
Bella Bella Sound
Salvor
Labor Commission to Leave Coast for East This Evening
Secretary of Labor Wilson and the Federal Labor Commission finish their investigation of the western lumber situation. Wilson will depart for the East tonight, citing personal reporting to the board.
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Seattle
Labor Wilson
Federal Labor Commission
Rthwestern Lumber
Wilson
Navy Department probe under way in Senate inquiry
Washington Dec 14 The Senate Naval Committee in executive session named a special sub committee to probe operations by the Navy during wartime. Secretary Daniels and top war chiefs now serving abroad will be recalled to testify. The inquiry will examine how Congress appropriations for the Navy were spent.
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Senate Naval Committee
Daniels
Navy
Congress
Daniel
Sugar shortage dispute sparks Senate hearing
President Spreackles of the Federal Refining Company testified before the Senate investigating committee that there is no actual sugar shortage. He said the famine is confined to the Atlantic seaboard and blamed the food administrator. He noted sugar moving from New York to Canada due to higher prices.
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Canada
Washington
Spreackles
Federal Refining Company
Senate
Atlantic Seaboard
Submarine menace still not mastered says British admiral
London December 14 Sir Eric Geddes first Lord of the Admiralty says the German submarine danger has been checked but not mastered. He notes shipbuilding by the Allies has not yet matched losses caused by submarines.
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London
Eric Geildes
Admiralty
Ships sunk by submarines in past week near Paris
Paris reports only one vessel of 1600 tons sunk by submarines in the past week. No other boats were destroyed and three were attacked unsuccessfully.
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Paris
Allied morale boosts belief in victory announced by French press
War correspondents from major French newspapers, after visiting American troops, voiced strong confidence in Allied victory. They cited the high morale of American soldiers and met with Gen Pershing who expressed unalterable confidence in success for the Allies.
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France
Pershing
Regular Army Division Rolled To War Basis At Meade Encampment
Charlotte report says over 1,000 men of a regular army division arrived from Camp Meade Maryland to Camp Green for war strength. National Army tonment arrivals bolster units as Meade encampment proceeds.
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Charlotte
Camp Green
National Army
Camp Meade
Maryland
Switzerland Tightens Neutrality Rules Amid War
Switzerland begins initial steps to control undesirable foreign elements since 1914. Federal Council adopts new regulations to curb entry of agents from warring nations, deserters, and foreigners lacking livelihoods to protect neutrality while awaiting peace.
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Berne
Switzerland
Federal Council
Nation Beset by Rare Cold Wave Across U S
The weather bureau reports a nation wide cold wave and storms unseen for this season. Rail and wire traffic are impeded as extreme snow covers the north from Atlantic to Pacific. Unseasonable cold reaches the Gulf states with heavy snow in the east and gales along the New England coast. Suffering rises due to fuel shortages.
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United States Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Gulf States
New York
New England
Coal shortage blamed for pneumonia deaths in New York
New York authorities on December 17 reported that the coal shortage contributes to many pneumonia deaths. Officials warn cold homes and delayed medical care worsen outcomes as winter tightens.
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New York
Detroit plants face closure as coal famine drags on
Detroit reports factories will shut down if coal shortages persist, risking large job losses. In San Antonio, December 17 six more deaths attributed to pneumonia are recorded, signaling worsening health toll.
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Detroit
San Antonio
Wireless for Pope Benedict Suggested at Vatican
Milan Dec 14 The establishment of a wireless station on the dome of St. Peter is suggested so that the Vatican may obtain transmission independently of foreign messages and receive reliable reports from its representatives abroad during the war Messages are now sent and received by courier.
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Milan
Dome of St. Peter
Vatican
Finland faces hunger as flour runs low and bark used
New York dispatch reports Dr. Kaarlo Ignatius, Finland's food negotiator, warns that rapid starvation looms unless the United States ships flour. He notes Finland is worst hit of European states, with bread made from flour mixed with pine bark and lichens, but supplies are nearly exhausted.
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New York
Finland
United States
Kaarlo Ignatius
Associated Press
Ignatius
Quezon urges Senate support for US war effort
In an address to the Philippine Senate Manuel Quezon, then president of the Senate, urged Filipinos to show gratitude to the United States by backing its war cause. He said the Philippines have more at stake than America, warning that a German victory would threaten their liberty and hopes.
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Philippine Senate
Manuel Quezon
Senate
United States
Philippines
America
Italians Hold Most Positions Amid Piave Bretna Fighting
Dec 14. After three days of combat between the Piave and Bretna rivers, enemy forces hold several trenches on Monte Spinuccia. Italian lines remain in place as Teutons push to reach the plains and open a path to Venice, with weather hindering the assault and aiding Italian defenses.
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Bretna
Monte Spinuccia
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Fiave
Venice
Italian Attack Yields Large Austrian Capture Report
London dispatch reports an Austrian official statement reviewing a recent Italian attack. It states 639 Italian officers and 16,000 men were captured in the Meletta region.
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London
Meletta
U Boat Introduces Net Cutting Device Off Gibraltar
Boston dispatch reports a German submarine with a new net cutting device. Captain William Yetman of the British schooner Hilda KK, sunk sixty miles west of Gibraltar on November 5, confirms the claim. He describes the attack as sudden. boats lowered too late, crew drowned, cabin boy the sole survivor.
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Boston
Myself
Evans Sails Tonight for Alaska from Seattle
Evans will depart Seattle at 9 o clock tonight headed for Alaska.
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Evans
Seattle
Alaska
Admiral Evans
Empire Daily Brief: Office Moves to Main Street
A short notice reports an office relocating to Second and Main streets in Empire. Details are brief, with no additional dates or participants provided.
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Empire
War Council summoned by Germany at Essen headquarters
Amsterdam Dec 14 reports the Reinische Zietung at Essen says the president of the German war board the German industrial league the German Central league and the manufacturers league along with other commercial bodies have been summoned to a conference at the German headquarters.
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Reinische Zeeitung
Essen
German War Board
German Industrial League
German Central League
Manufacturer’s League
Germany Looks to Western offensive amid armistice hope
London reports rising German confidence anchored to the Russian armistice. German papers and travelers indicate belief in a large offensive on the Western front before American forces can influence the war, with expectations of favorable results for the Imperial government.
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London
Germany
German preparations for western offensive reported
Geneva dispatches describe Germany massing ammunition and provisions along upper Rhine towns. Trains depart westward as ordinary freight traffic is halted for ten days to prioritize emergency war materials.
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Geneva
Germany
Upper Rhine
Red Cross Sends $100 for Polish Relief Children
Bern e Dec 14 The American Red Cross through the American legation remitted one hundred dollars to the Polish Relief Committee for the relief of starving Polish children.
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Berne
American Red Cross
Polish Relief Committee
Czar Nicholas Reported to Flee to Japan via Harbin
London December 14. A rumor from Zurich via Paris says former Czar Nicholas escaped from a convent near Tobolsk where he was held, reportedly slipping through Harbin and arriving in Japan.
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Zurich
Paris
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