German Peace Note Arrives as U S Deliberates Role
Washington reports the Central powers peace proposal note arriving for transmission to the Entente. President Wilson weighs whether to act as intermediary or add a hopeful exposure of a league of nations to aid peace. Secretary Lansing notes translation differences but unchanged meaning. No word on Austria Bulgaria or Turkey communications.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
Lansing
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Briand seeks expanded powers to continue war effort
Paris reports Premier Briand will ask the Chamber of Deputies for increased powers to carry on the war. He denounced the German peace offer as a trap and said the government will not pursue any national mobilization scheme like the home army plan.
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Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
German minister denies imminent peace terms from Washington
Dr G Michahelles, German minister to Norway, branded reports from Washington as untrue. He told the Morganblad that no peace program or conditions would be issued before Entente Allies showed willingness to begin negotiations.
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Apsocia Teorresel Christiania
Norway
G. Michahelles
Morganbladt
Washington
Adequate Reparation Demanded For Past And Security
London reports Andrew Bonar Law in the House of Commons says no peace proposals have reached Britain from the Central powers. The Entente seeks adequate reparation for the past and security for the future. Law notes daily English war spending now averages 5,710,000 pounds with expenditures exceeding estimates due to munition costs and loans.
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Frees
London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Law
England
Great Britain
Canada backs firm prosecution of war for victory
Ontario dispatch notes Canada’s stance on the German peace proposal. Sir George Forster, acting premier, informs Premier Lloyd George that Canada stands with the empire for vigorous war effort until complete victory is achieved.
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Ottawa
Canada
George Forster
Docinion
Lloyd-George
West Virginia Publishers Head to Washington Meeting
J. J. Devine will travel to Washington to represent West Virginia daily newspapers at a conference with newsprint manufacturers before the Federal Trade Commission. The gathering Friday and Saturday plans a 1917 newsprint distribution scheme among publishers.
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J. J. Devine
Washington
West Virginia
Federal Trade Commission
Sheriff Griffin Bond Amount Pending Court Action
The county court has not set the bound for Lloyd D. Griffin sheriff-cited and he will not qualify today. He says he is not ready to name deputies. An order on deputy allowances is still to be issued. Blaine Kearns qualified as constable of Coal district. D Bruce Mason qualified as justice of the peace of Coal district with bond 3500 and Thomas Connell surety. Charles L Ford qualified as justice of the peace of Clark district with bond 3500 and Frances I Ford surety.
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Lloyd D. Griffin
Blaine Kearns
Coal District
D. Bruce Mason
Thomas Connell
Charles L. Ford
Clark District
Frances I. Ford
Independence demands local self rule for Danish West Indies
At a mass meeting in Saint Thomas on December 14 the resolution asks Copenhagen to grant the islands self governance under a federal framework, immediate American citizenship on transfer, free ports, and native preference in government jobs, with a delegation likely to visit Washington to back the move.
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Teg Amsodaren
Coroner Probes Deaths of Carter and Rockenstein
Coroner William E Starcher and a coroner's jury hear evidence into the deaths of John S Carter and Fritz C Rockenstein after their auto truck was struck by trains No 12 near Adamston. Engineers and the sole eye witness testify as witnesses are summoned and testifying continues into the afternoon.
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William E Starcher
John S. Carter
Fritz C. Rockenstein
Gandy Provision Company
West End
Adamston
Post Office Workers Seek Salary Increase Petitioned in House
A petition signed by E A Ingersoll and many Parkersburg post office staff including railway clerks asks Congress to pass a salary increase to match rising living costs. It was offered in the House by Congressman Woodyard on December 14.
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Washington
E. A. Ingersoll
Parkersburg
Woodyard
Irving
Congress
Seventy a Day Sufferings Reported in Guanajuato
A Guanajuato affidavit by an American mining man arriving in El Paso details severe suffering in central Mexico. It states about seventy poor people per day, abuses by soldiers against women teachers, church property used as bull rings and barracks, natives wearing grasses, eating roots, and Red Cross aid seized and sold for gold.
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Amy
American Red Cross
Market decline follows full German peace note
New York stock market opens weak as news of Washington receiving the complete German peace note triggers heavy selling. War shares fall two to seven points while other stable issues slide amid professional selling and lack of support. Funeral services for Fritz C. Rockenstein set for Friday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception with burial in Holy Cross cemetery. In London, Lord Robert Cecil says Greece and Entente are not at war despite full Greek port blockade.
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New York
Washington
Fritz C. Rockenstein
Gandy Provision Company
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Cross
London
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Greece
Prominent farmer John D Pickens dies at Quiet Dell
John D. Pickens aged 71 dies at his Quiet Dell home after illness from old age complications. Deaf mute farmer and cattle raiser known for Poland Angus stock and county agriculture efforts. Survived by widow Addie, sons Carl and James, daughter and several sisters. funeral set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at the family home.
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John D. Pickens
Quiet Dell
Staunton
Washington Heights
New York State
Jude Cudiback
Harrison County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Addie Pickens
Carl D. Pickens
James R. Pickens
Broad Oaks
John
W.’ Stewart
Clay/street
B.D) Walker
Philippi
Howard Young
Peel Tree
Oran’ Martin
Buckhannon
Foot Crushed In Wolf Summit Train Accident
Mrs Minnie Morris wife of miner Her man Morris of Reynoldsville sustained a badly crushed foot and other injuries after being struck by a pickup train engine on a passing siding at Wolf Summit Thursday morning. Doctors fear amputation may be necessary and she was taken to St Marys hospital for treatment after first aid in the caboose.
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Minnie Morris
Herman Morris
Reynoldsville
St Mary’s Hospital
Wolf Summit
Legislative executive and judicial pay raises reported
A tough to read December 14 report says the appropriation bill to the House includes a ten percent pay raise for employees earning under 1200 per year and five percent for those between 32200 and 1200. The increase, first in nearly fifty years, would apply to the next fiscal year and affect only executive offices.
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Washington
House
Day Amendment Advances in House Judiciary Committee
The Day amendment for national prohibition was ordered favorably reported to the House by the judiciary committee by a 12 to 7 vote. The universal suffrage amendment was reported without recommendation. The Borland resolution to probe high living costs and potential anti trust violations was favorably reported by the committee.
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PRESS
Washington
House
Judiciary
Federal Trade Commission
United States
House ‘Judiciary Committee
Representative Walsh
Massachusetts
Representative Moss
West Virginia
German peace note sparks joy among troops at front
A Berlin peace note read to reserves and front line troops provoked spontaneous cheers among soldiers and later doubts over Entente acceptance. The item notes improvised bulletins at front and includes a separate marriage license issued to John J. Plunkett and Elizabeth Mullins.
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Berlin
London
Ita
John J. Plunkett
Elizabeth Mullins
French Troops Repulsed by Germans Reported
Dominick Burgess appeared in criminal court confessing to assault and battery for striking George Tay Milee with a driving automobile resulting in fatal injuries. Sentence was deferred as other jurors were dismissed until Monday morning.
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Dominick Burgess
George Tay Milee
Criminal Court
Gabor Nagy
Violent Artillery Bombardment Halts French Advance
After a violent artillery bombardment French troops attempted an advance in the Argonne on Wednesday but were repulsed by German fire. Official reports say Teutonic forces have seized all of southern Wallachia south of the railway between Bucharest and Teborma.
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Great Wallachia
Railroad
Teutonic Forces
Post Office Considers Regular Aerial Mail Between New York and Chicago
The post office department announced a plan for a regular aerial mail service between New York and Chicago. If funded, the $100,900 experimental appropriation would cover night flights covering about 720 miles in six to fourteen hours, averaging eight hours, with loads of 60 to 7,000 pounds. Planes would depart each city at 6 p.m. and stop at three stations.
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Angodiavan Rmenay Wash
New York
Chicago
Post Office Department
Jiha
Department
Emperor Francis Joseph Leaves War Fund Bequest
The Neue Nachrichten reports 60 million crowns from Emperor Francis Joseph's private fortune dedicated to a fund for wounded soldiers invalids and relatives of the dead. Two daughters and a granddaughter received 20 million crowns each. The remaining 10 million crowns were divided among legatees.
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Munich
London
Néueste Nachrichten
Francis Joseph
Austria-Hungary
Austrian ministry resigns amid compromise talks
Vienna reports the resignation of the Austrian ministry under Dr von Koerber as German speaking deputies oppose Parliament’s opening and seek a compromise with Hungary on terms proposed by the late Count Karl Stuerkh.
Milk Imports Planned From Switzerland to Warsaw and Lodz
The Rockefeller War Relief Commission has secured approval to import eighty tons of condensed milk per month from Switzerland. The statement notes that eleven thousand five hundred babies in Warsaw and six thousand in Lodz will receive a daily milk ration, with German railways shipping the milk free of charge.
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Berlin
Rockefeller War Relief Commission
Save On Overseas News
Switzerland
Warsaw
Lodzi
Thousands Get High Cost Bonuses From Sunshine Clubs
New York reports several major firms including Standard Oil and General Electric joining Sunshine Club efforts to raise employee pay through monthly bonuses to workers earning under specified thresholds. Standard Oil disburses to all nonparticipating workers below $3,000 yearly, with varying percentages by salary. General Electric plans about $600 000 monthly, aiding about 50 000 workers, paying 10 percent of monthly salaries to those earning under $2550. The earlier summer bonus, $5.5 million for 19 000 employees, is noted as already distributed.
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New .York
Standard ON
New. Jersey
General Electric Company
Sunshine! Club
Standard
Madejon
Jacob and Sons
Ravergaiters i
Thation Sacco
Murder Charge After Duel in Glen Elle Pool Room
Under a voluntary manslaughter charge a warrant was issued at the request of Jan J Findley prosecuting attorney. Frank Candifong was held to the grand jury Wednesday night in Magistrate Edware Kidds court for the death of Carboni in a pistol duel a week earlier. In the pool hall Candiloro waived preliminary examination. Bail was set at 3000 and posted by the defendant who was released. Bondmen listed are Larry Gann and Tony Munclo.
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Jan J. Findley
Aaeys
Frank Candifong
Edware Kidd
Se Carboni
Glen Elle
Candiloro
Ts Bondainen
Larry Gann
Tony Munclo
German reply to U S deportation protests received
The State Department reports Germany rejects American protests over Belgian deportations. Berlin says the United States has not been accurately informed of deportation purposes, and argues the actions are on social necessity grounds.
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Washington
Germany
State
Department
United States
Coal Cargoes Sunk Off French Coast During Channel Run
Despatch reports German submarines sank coal laden vessels along the French coast between November and December. One ship carrying 17 000 tons of coal was lost while en route to France, and another steamship with about 60 000 tons of material was sunk, near the Riviera passage from New York to France.
Pittsburg Mine Idle Causes Shipping Delays
Fragmentary report notes coal mine idle near Pittsburg affecting regional production and steamer crew operations. Limited readable details mention a work stoppage and potential impact on coal shipments.
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Taft
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Teutons
MIR Rail
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