Wilson's Offer Repugnant To Self Respect of France
Paris dispatch reports Parisian papers condemn the president's note as lacking moral distinction. Ste phen Pichon in Petit Journal accuses the note of ignoring Belgian neutrality and submarine crimes. Georges Clemenceau faults the peace policy for leveling belligerents without moral inquiry.
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Petit Journal
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Wilson's War Note Draws Mixed European Reactions
Paris dispatch reports L Intransigeant calls Wilson note a dramatic stroke. La Liberte fears peace talks may draw the U S into conflict. Lloyd George says Americans fight to prevent attack. French editors urge Germany to restore territory and offer guarantees before peace.
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Police seize car loon exhibit after pro imperial display
In San Francisco on December 25 police ordered removal of a car loop showing Emperor William wearing felon’s guilt from a prison display. Authorities cited threats by German sympathizers to wreck the art shop, prompting the seizure.
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Emperor Wiliam
Press splits on president note amid war risk
Berlin dispatch reports mixed press reactions to Wilson's note. Voualsche Zeitung rejects neutrals participation in the peace conference and suggests America seeks war avoidance for selfish reasons, while other papers view Washington as potentially drawn into conflict.
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Berlin
Wilson
Voualsche Zeitung
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America
Germany
Antarctic Rescue Effort Aims to Reach Stranded Team
Lieut Shackle ton sails from Port Chalmers aboard the Aurora to reach ten expedition members marooned near Roms Barrier. Provisions are scarce and no word has come in for twenty one days.
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Shackleton
Port Chalmers
War risk insurance raised for British ships
The Daily News reports the government war risk insurance office has increased the per voyage insurance to 40 shillings due to greater submarine threats. In Los Angeles a 19 year old woman Selma Burton died in a hospital after a collision involving an electric interurban car, with injuries to her sister Eta and parents.
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Los Angeles
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Burton
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Abe
Eta
Lee
John W. Kurt
Anak Pace
Stock Market Rebound Boosts Prices Across Sectors
In New York on December 23 the stock market surged after a prior slump. Major gains emerged in steel, locomotives, and sugar while total volume fell to about 1.75 million shares. Improved view of the international scene and government moves spurred the rally, with profits taking and some late-session strength indicating broader recovery.
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New York
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Atlantic
War news dominates as papers cite Lloyd George and Wilson
London dispatch notes the American note overshadowing other fronts. Headlines call out The Verge of War Blunder and The Snare of Peace while examining speeches by Lloyd George Bonar Law and the king.
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Capture reports stir fears of Carranza losses in Chihuahua region
El Paso dispatches note conflicting claims of Villista advances near Chihuahua City and reports that 200 Carranza soldiers were captured and many executed while a Carranza colonel was killed. General Murguia denied Torreon fall and Solara s attack on Chihuahua City.
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Poisoned candy plot leads to federal warrant arrest
Gertrude Cox a Los Angeles grocery clerk confessed she mailed poisoned candy to a rival girl in a bid to win a young man’s attention. The recipient became frightened and a warning was telephoned to the other girl prompting Cox’s arrest under a federal warrant for misuse of the mail.
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Los Angeles
Gertrude Cox
Berlin Responds to Wilson Peace Move With Tremendous Welcome
Berlin newspapers publish large headlines at noon as they react to President Wilson's peace efforts. Ambassador James W. Gerard returns from New York and Joseph C. Grew is noted as the American charge, with reporters seeking details on the president's overture.
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New York
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Joseph C Grew
Neither Side Can Win Such Great Victory to Compel Peace
An unsigned article from New York reports a neutral committee delegation arriving in Washington to present a letter urging the president to seek peace. The writer argues neither side can secure a decisive victory and the United States could force belligerents to negotiate, with public and private hopes for peace amid war weariness.
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Death sentences reported for two women in Berlin
An Associated Press dispatch from Berlin reports two women were sentenced to death after court martials. One woman Dusays, born in Calaig to a German mother and Lusemberg father, allegedly supplied information to Germany about the French army. The other, widow Tyebelli, a Swiss national, is also named in connection with the case.
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Fireproof packing rules for motion pictures
A government notice outlines that films sent by parcel post must be packed in metal cases with spark proof boxes and metal hinges. The warning emphasizes keeping flames away as the operators gauge new packing standards.
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Theopotpanion Lave
Bridge Across Missouri Replaced Between Omaha and Bluffs
The Union Pacific removed the old steel bridge over the Missouri between Omaha and Cornell Bluffs and installed a new steel bridge weighing about 000 pounds. The new span, built on false work south of the site, was shifted into place by 200 workers and the operation took about two hours with no serious interruptions.
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Rerious
Christ Child Not Known in Chicago Inquiries Rise
Chaotic OCR fragment reports concerns over a Christ Child figure not recognized in Chicago. Text cites a recent order from school authorities clarifying a law about religious content.
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Chicago
Collision injures fourteen near Omaha in freight crash
Fourteen people were injured when a Burlington passenger train collided with a freight train northeast of Omaha. Two of the injured are in serious condition, and the wreck disrupted morning rail traffic as crews worked at the scene.
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Ffesata Fees
Frange Plans Cultivation of All Unoccupied Land
The minister of agriculture directs the department to begin cultivation on all unoccupied land. Details on implementation and affected areas remain unclear.
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William
Aariicultural
NO COMPROMISE ON OIL LANDS
A joint congressional committee failed to reach a compromise on settling land claims to the California naval oil reserves after the Navy Department led by Secretary Danasia refused any concession.
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Washington
California Naval Oil Reserves
Navy Department
Danisia
Congress Takes Brief Vacation for Christmas Holidays
Washington December 23 Congress adjourned for Christmas holidays and will reconvene January 2. In three weeks the House passed five government supply measures including the urgent defiency legislative Indian District of Columbia and diplomatic and consular appropriation bills. One bill, the urgent deficiency, has passed the Senate. Rail road legislation received little attention in either chamber.
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Temperature Record Report
Yesterday's high reached 34 degrees while this morning's low was 21. A year ago the high was 41 and the low was not recorded in the available data.
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