Peace Terms From Germany Reportedly Published
Washington reports full text of German peace proposals. Terms include restoration of Belgium and evacuation of northern France, plus creation of independent Poland and Lithuania, return of Serbia to Austria Hungary, Bulgaria gains, and Germany reclaiming colonies. Allies see plan as smoke screen to test Entente reactions.
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Washington
Germany
Belgium
France
Poland
Lithuania
Serbia
Austria Hungary
Bulgaria
Austria
Italy
Adriatic Sea
Africa
Far East
Globe
Constantinople
Turkey
Antwerp
Persian Gulf
England
India
Egypt
Nish
Austria-Hungary
Quarry Rescued Pursuer In Dash Through Transom
Policeman Michael McNichols chased a man who crawled through a transom into a dark building. McNichols wedged in the opening and cried for help. The intruder returned, charged another officer and a ladder, then revealed he was the janitor who misplaced his key.
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Chicago
Michael McNichols
McNichols
Baker Says He Has No Official Knowledge Of German Move
Secretary of war Newton D. Baker spoke at his hotel and said he had no official knowledge of the German move, though he noted that like everyone else he expected such a development.
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Kansas City
Newton D. Baker
Hughes Leads New York by 118527 Votes in State Wide Count
Albany N Y The governor office force released figures showing Charles Evans Hughes leading Woodrow Wilson in New York by a plurality of 118527 in the statewide tally.
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Albany
N. Y
Charles Evans Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
New York State
Coal Shortage Sparks Arizona Price Demand
In Douglas Arizona a dealer’s appeal for a ton of coal revealed limited stock. Only one supplier could meet the demand but limited the sale to 200 pounds at a time, with prices tied to scarce supply and high costs.
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Douglas
Ariz
Dougas
Congress Urged to Force Military Supplies Priority
Washington officials push for government orders over private yards to speed battleship building. Baker notes many guardsmen lacked training, while army officers urge universal conscription after British experience. Strong case made for a universal military system in the United States.
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Washington
Congress
Army
Navy
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Baker
Clark
Congressional
Eingland
Great Britain
J Universal
Woman Exonerated in Sawmill Kill Near Cairo Ill
Mrs Ella Green 50 was cleared by a coroner's jury of blame for shooting James W Fisher 35 in her husband s sawmill commissary ten miles north of Cairo Ill The Washington dispatch notes the Woman s Peace Party closed its convention subscribing 5000 to oppose war as nations spend millions daily in battle
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Killsntruder
Cairo
Ill
Ella Green
James W. Fisher
Here
Washington
Woman’s Peace Party
Governor Dunne Sets Reward For Danville Murder Case
Springfield Illinois Gov Dunne offers 360 dollars for arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered William Lee in Danville on November 29, 1915. Reward of 300 dollars previously announced for information leading to arrest and conviction.
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Springfield
Ill
McAdoo Affirms He Will Not Resign From Cabinet
Secretary McAdoo dispels rumors of resignation with a formal statement. He emphasizes no intention to resign from the cabinet, noting his ongoing duties and commitment to his post in Washington.
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McAdoo
Washington
Inmate Oscar Samuelson Dies After Ten Years in Hospital
Chicago. Oscar Samuelson, confined to a hospital ten years due to a broken back from an accident during federal reclamation work at Cody Wyoming, has died.
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Chicago
Oscar Samuelson
Cody
Wyo
Candles Burn 45 Years At Holy Family Church
Chicago parish marks 45 years since the 1871 fire with candles burning at the altar as thanks. Congregation raises funds to maintain candles for 1917.
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Chicago
The
Holy Family Church
Still Doing It in Haycutter Demonstration
In Brewster New York Miss May Peeran injured two fingers while showing neighbors how her sister had lost one in a haycutter accident. In Washington officials sent a second note to England seeking safe passage for the Austrian ambassador Count Tarnowski after an unsatisfactory reply to prior representations.
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Brewster, N. Y
Washington
Count Tarnowski
State Department
England
Wilson Pardons Man to Testify in Trial
President Wilson pardons Louis Smith, under military sentence, to enable him to testify in the Bopp trial at San Pran. The move clears the way for the key witness in a notable case, reflecting wartime leniency and legal maneuvering in Washington.
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Wilson
Washington
Louis Smith
Bopp
San Pran
Tax Amendmen t Won Canvassing Board Puts Election Ques tion Up to the Supreme Court
The state canvassing board ruled the tax amendment to the constitution was adopted at the recent election. Officials plan to seek Supreme Court review while the state tax commission set 80 cents per $100 valuation for 1917 to cover a projected $3 million deficit.
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Supreme Court
Dunne
Ie OtesAaist
Sy.nbly
Vieral Lucey
Mr. Lucey
Andrew Russel
Au- Vattok
James J. Brady
Shire
Lewis G. Stevenson
B.ja. Eckhart
Tax Amendment Campaign Committee
Brady
Statereasurer
Russel
State Tax Rate Commission
Lowden
Fergus
Voters' league bulletin outlines reforms and speaker pick
The bulletin notes most state senators haver legislative experience and 98 of 153 house members served before. It backs David Shanahan as speaker, outlines a constructive program with merit system expansion, revenue reform, and agency consolidation. It calls for committee cuts, restricted memberships, and orderly bill consideration.
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State Senate
House
Senate
David Shanahan
Chicago
Ted
Veate Ons
Elect Lowden
Voters’ League Bulletin
Tulia
Meany in Loan Sharks Grip Report Details Probe
A public welfare department report led by Mrs Louise Osborne Rowe exposes a loan shark trust called Mutual Protection and Benefit. It claims 160000 people are ensnared by a network using mystic signs and numbers to lure borrowers. The operation is said to handle up to 11800000 annually, directing funds to targeted victims and denying otherwise.
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Chicuizo
Public Welfare Department
Qlouise Osborne Rowe
Mae
Guipsvons
Exiither
Victir Eprow
Villa Declaration Calls Mexico for Mexicans War Talk
A manifesto bearing Francisco Villa’s name, printed in San Andreas Chihuahua and received in El Paso, urges Mexican resistance to a northern invasion. It denounces Carranza loyalists as renegades, cites Europe and Belgium, and outlines Villa’s principles including military voting rights, term limits for leaders, and repudiation of Carranza concessions and foreign claims.
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Belgium
Carranza
el Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
San Andreas
Chihuahua
Mexico
Villa
Europe
House of Congress
Deutschland Returns to Weser Mouth After U S Trip
The German commercial submarine Deutschland arrives off the Weser mouth after a swift return from the United States and is reported ready to sail again for the United States.
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Berlin
Germany
United States
Weser
Daredevil Jack Austin Dies in Fire Mission Crash
New York a Austin CC Brooklyn native known as Daredevil Jack Austin, formerly with the Canadian field artillery, famed for cliff jumps and motorcycle stunts for the movies, was killed by a shell on November 10, according to a battery officer's letter.
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New York
Austin CC. Rule
Brooklyn
Canadian Field Artillery
Jack Austin
1917 Baby Plan Unlikely in New York Epidemic
Health Commissioner Haven Kimerson of New York City voices doubt that infantile paralysis will recur next summer, despite last season's nationwide epidemic. The forecast suggests the illness may not reappear with the same prevalence.
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New York
Haven Kimerson
Exporter Leaps to Meath New York Tragedy
Christopher Warner, a Wagner Tracling Company resident, leaped from the Montauk Club in Brooklyn two minutes after arrest on embezzlement charges and was killed instantly.
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Meath
New York
Christopher Warner
Wagner Tracling Company
Montauk Club
Brooklyn
Two Farmers Convicted in Oklahoma Red Ribbon Case
Stigler Oklahoma reports George and Iflmen Victory, farmers and members of the red ribbons, convicted of malfeasance linked to a whine administered to John Taber, another farmer. The verdict arises from a dispute among local agricultural peers and religious circles.
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Stigler
George and Iflmen Victory
qNeend
Red Ribbons
John Taber
Norman Hapgood to Wed Reynolds in New York
Announcement from New York states Miss Fiieldth Keme ny Reynolds, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Tewis Pernolas, is set to wed Norman UWaparond in a formal engagement notice.
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Norman Hapaood
New York
Fiiedth Kemeny Reynolds
Wrs
Edwin Tewis
Pernolas
Norman Uwaparond
Entente Forces in Danger of Losing Balkan Nearness
Dispatches from Athens and Rome allege Greek Royalists under the king are hostile to the Entente. Reports claim mobilization and trenching near Athens and Piraeus, with generals and a military clique coordinating with German and Bulgarian attacks in the north. Greek soldiers are said to be concentrating in the Larissa region for a rear assault on Entente forces.
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London
Switzerland
Rome
Germany
Austria
Greece
Athens
Piraeus
Lyra Island
de Fournet
Dousmanis
Larissa
Suffren Lost Off Gabes in World War Era
Paris reports the French battleship Suffren is officially declared lost with all hands after departing for L Orient from Gibraltar on November 24. The 12750 ton vessel carried 730 men and featured four 12 inch guns and multiple smaller arms. Cost cited at 6 million dollars with 410 feet waterline length.
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Paris
Prize for best Southern literary work in New York
The Southern Society of New York offers a $500 annual prize for the top literary work by a Southerner. In Helena, Gov. Stewart commuted the sentences of 42 inmates at the state penitentiary, including two men with 99 year terms. In Chicago, John Charita of Ramey Pa and John Ayohorn were involved in a homicide case involving cloning wife and hired hand before fleeing with a third person.
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New York
Southerner
The
Southern Society of New York
Helena
Mont
Stewart
Forrives
Eloqueers
Chicago
John Charita
Ramey
John Ayohorn
Local Paper Plans Paner Mill in West Virginia
Representatives from 13 daily newspapers in Want Virginia met in Fairmount West Virginia to appoint committees to study the advisability of establishing a paper mill in the area.
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Fairmount
W. Va
Virginia
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