Kaiser Peace Proposal Faces Cautious Allied Response
London reports show Entente allies unlikely to act quickly on the Central Powers peace proposal. Governments plan measured consultation over two to three weeks, with Britain weighing terms in the House of Commons after ally talks. There is debate on whether publicizing aims could aid peace, and rumors say Emperor William may promise parliamentary reform.
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London
Lontion
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg Speech Draws Sharp Press Critique
Paris papers describe the Reichstag address as a clumsy trap aimed at signaling peace while masking weakness. Critics say the speech seeks to shift blame to allies and reassure Germans that sacrifices are not government fault, with critics predicting failure against resolve like the Alps.
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Associated Press
Paris
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Petit Journal
von Hollweg
Berlin
Roumania
Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Alps
German Peace Proposals Ready for Entente, Reichstag Learns
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg will present definite peace proposals to the Entente once ready. In the Reichstag corridors many see a union as advantageous to Germany whether or not the offer is accepted. Some oppose movement away from conquest based terms. most deputies praise the emperor's timely decision.
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Berlin
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Reichstag
Acting coroner summons a jury in fatal Gandy crossing crash
A coroner's jury met at Lynch-Osborn Undertaking Co. to view the bodies of John S. Carter and Fritz C. Rockenstein after a train hit their Ford delivery truck at West End Adamston crossing. Carter died at the hospital. Rockenstein died at the scene. Magistrate William HE. Starcher is acting coroner. witnesses were summoned for Thursday.
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P.M. Long
Ellis Lyons
M. J. Fahey
Charles Moore
C. C. Doty
E. E. Stevens
Lynch-Osborn Undertaking Company
John 5. Carter
Fritz C. Rockenstein
Gandy
Pasenger
Gandy Provision Company
Ford
Kerns
Glenwood
Carter
Rockenstein
Ohio Supreme Court weighs wartime status of U S Mexico
The Ohio Supreme Court was asked to decide if the United States is at war with Mexico. A Bull filed by Adjutant General E S Bryant seeks war time pay from mobilization for Mexican border service to his promotion as adjutant general. The pay would be about double peace rates.
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Columbus
Supreme Court of Ohio
United States
Mexico
E. S. Bryant
Ohio
National Guard
Cornell suit against Col. Lambert dropped after conference
A $200000 alienation suit filed by Roger B. Cornell against Joliet steelman Col. John Lambert was dropped after lawyers and detectives met. Cornell allegedly confessed the charge against Lambert was unfounded and immunity from prosecution was promised by Lambert.
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Reese
Chicago
Roger B. Cornell
John Lambert
Joliet, Ill
Cornell
Lambert
Premier announces central powers note on peace talks
Sofia report saying Premier Radoslavoff read in parliament a note from the United States Spain and Switzerland expressing willingness of the Central powers to discuss peace. The house cheered as he added that our armies are holding positions and will continue to fulfill tasks until further orders.
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Sofia
Radoslavoff
United States
Spain
Switzerland
House of ‘Parliament
Senate Amends Immigration Bill Bar Aliens From Returning
Washington December 13 Thousands of aliens who have returned to their native lands to engage in the war would be barred from returning to the United States by a Senate amendment to the immigration bills. Reed's amendment barring temporary laborers was adopted after a long debate. It was decided not to change the House provision that no alien shall be excluded for a crime of a political nature. The Senate added a provision requiring aliens to state their purposes in coming to the United States show how long they intend to remain and whether they are American citizens.
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Washington
United States
Senate
Reed
House
Day Nursery Fund Receives Five Dollar Additions
Five dollars added to the day nursery fund with VaL Highland as the latest contributor. The fund now shows totals of fifty six dollars and fifty cents previously reported and five dollars from V. L. Highland, for an overall total of sixty one dollars.
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Val Highland
V.L. Highland
County Court Appoints Constable and Justices of the Peace
The county court qualified Robert M. Noon as a Coal district constable with a $4,000 bond and Abraham George as surety. John W. Wadsworth qualified as Engle district justice of the peace with a $3,500 bond and John M. Fortney Francie Robinson and Anna Winaworth as sureties. The court appropriated $2,000 for permanent rooms at Adamston. Basil b. Swiger qualified as administrator of Blackburn G. Swiger estate with a $2,400 bond and TE. D. Lewis as surety. The estate executors are John P Robey truce Bennett and Robert Rittenhouse.
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Robert M. Noon
Abraham George
John W. Wadsworth
Engle
John M. Fortney
Francie Robinson
Anna Winaworth
Adamston
Basil B. Swiger
Blackburn G. Swiger
D. Lewis Surety
John P Robey
Truce Bennett
Robert Rittenhouse
Russian Attacks Repulsed on Transylvanian Front
Berlin reports Russian assaults in the Gyerkyo mountains on the eastern Transylvanian front were repulsed by Teutonia forces. Roumanian troops aided by Russian cavalry retreated, with more than 4,000 taken prisoner.
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Transylvania
Berlin
Gyerkyo
Teutonia
War Office
Wallachia
Lost Vessels of Entente Fleet Reported
The Overseas News Agency states that the Entente fleet has lost 192 vessels including torpedo boats and submarines, totaling 744,600 tons. The British navy accounted for 22 ships and torpedo boats, amounting to 563,000 tons, excluding auxiliary and merchant marine craft.
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Berlin
Paper makers move meeting to New York for newsprint plan
American and Canadian paper manufacturers will meet in New York on Friday to name a committee for Saturday in New York to confer with publishers jobbers and the trade commission. Canadian firms cannot reach Washington in time. Publishers will meet in New York Friday to form their committee. The trade commission studies the plan to distribute newsprint. War Department authorizes reserve officers training corps units at several colleges including West Virginia University Morgantown.
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Kjell Nyegaard
Hugo Sundstedt
New York
France
Newfoundland
Irish
Ny aAmenciaren
Washington
Dee
Federal Trade Commission
Trade Commission
Ry Anseciaren Imesu
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
War Department
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Goethals Tours Monongahela on Kittanning Vessel
Major General George W. Goethals former Panama Canal Zone governor visited Pittsburg this week and rode the government survey boat Kittanning up the Monongahela river with Lt. Col. Edgar Jadwin. He observed coal unloading facilities and steel plants along the river.
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Atlj
Wheat Traders Move to Watchful Wait Amid Market Slump
Henry van Dyke, once American envoy to Holland, has resigned and published a poem in the Art World titled The Nowe of France. German sympathizers here call the poem unneutral as it extols France and its role in resisting tyranny.
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Henry van Dyke
Antbagsader
Holland
France
Wheat traders await peace developments in Chicago market
Wheat traders held a waiting stance in Chicago as they expected any peace news to affect prices. May wheat opened unchanged to two and a quarter cents higher and traded around 1.65 to 1.67 dollars, reflecting optimism against an immediate halt to hostilities.
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Imy Agsodiaran Preasy
Chicago
Striking Convicts Dealt With. Work Ordered At Hill
Sheriff Stout ordered the 20 man convict road crew to return to the hill work site between Grasselli and Bridgeport. Fourteen strikers signed statements to Telegram, citing lack of food clothing and abuse by guards, while the sheriff denied the charges and blamed troublemakers. Prohibition cases aside, twenty nine pints of whiskey were poured into the sewer under court house supervision.
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County Road
Ross F Stout
Grasselli
Bridgeport
Clarksburg
Rory
Rosse
Stout
Aaron
Wilson
Nicewarner
Sie
Harbert
Harrison Fletcher
Stock Market Rebounds After Tuesday Rout
New York traders saw numerous recoveries at Wednesday's steel market open after Tuesday's extreme low mood. Bethlehem Steel rose fourteen points from Tuesday's loss of twenty seven, the notable exception amid broad improvement with scattered liquidation signals.
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Bethlehem Steel
Av Associated Premer
New York
Protocol Stirs Doubt Over Carranza Approval
Report from Mexico City dated December 14 notes arriving delegates from Querétaro and others express that General Carranza has not given full approval to the protocol presented to him by the commissions. The scene reflects uncertainty about the path of talks between the parties in Tangle City.
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Carranza
Imy
Mixico City
Quere
Tangle City
Sinking dispute over American vessel Cape Vincent incident
Washington dispatches report controversy over the sinking of an American vessel by a German submarine on October 28. Officials debate whether the ship carried contraband and if the act was justified or if the ship was effectively commandeered.
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Germany
Lanao
Washington
Cape Vincent
State’s Department
Wednese
Romanian Forces Take Trenches Near Trotus Valley
Official statement says Romanian troops captured Teuton trenches south of Augustula in the Trotus valley during a Tuesday action. The dispatch notes continued fighting and confirms gains with no further details available.
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Petrograd
Siir Teuton
Ajlina Ito
Augussula
Regio
Attac
Youngstown Briefs Describe Fatality and Collision
In Youngstown, a man named Hamilton of Allen is reported killed. Police confirm another individual, William Stalt, involved in a separate incident described as a lyingstt, with details limited in the fragment.
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Youngstown
Fey D.J Hamilton
Allen
Killedy Zand
William Stalt
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