Record Winter Wheat Crop Foreshadows New U.S. High
The Associated Press reports the United States will harvest a record winter wheat crop as 49,027,000 acres were planted, 16 percent above last year, with 98.5 percent crop condition and a projected 765,000,000 bushels. Rye acreage also rises to 6,820,000 acres amid strong fall planting in 1918.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Departiment
Department
United States Department of Agriculture
North
South Dakota
Mob Abates Lynching Fervor After Slaying in Illinois
Peoria Illinois December 16 Excitement over the murder of Charles A Hopper by John Wehr in nearby Pureau subsided as the mob threatening lynching vanished Sheriff Spaulding expects no further trouble Wehr held in county jail Princeton Arrangements for Hoppers inquest underway Meanwhile Gen Feline Angeles former Villa artillery chief crossed the border with five Villa chiefs to join Villa in western Chihuahua on a mission to back Franciscan Vasquez Gomez as provisional president.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Pureau
Charles A. Hopper
John Wehr
Wehr
Spaulding
Hopper
Princeton
Six Orchestras to Play at Victory Carnival in New York
One of the most elaborate costume balls will be held December 28 to celebrate the return of peace. The Carnival de Victoire Masque de Triomphe will feature six orchestras and many Parisian novelties and stage illusions prepared by New York society leaders.
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Associated Press
New York
Italy’s Officers Killed and Wounded in War Losses
Rome reports in senate that Italian forces suffered 15 600 officers killed and over 36 000 seriously wounded. Cost of the war tallies 54 000 000 000 lire with public debt at 64 000 000 000. Premier Orlando says demobilization cannot begin and a damages commission is set to outline reparations.
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Associated Press
Rome
Zupelli
Senate
Italy
Orlando
Wilson
Smuts Quits British Cabinet Over Peace Term
London reports Lieut. Gen. Jan Christian Smuts has resigned from the war cabinet, arguing the war’s end eliminates the need for his services. Smuts, a longtime South African political and military figure, previously commanded Boer and British forces in Africa and served in the imperial war conference and the war cabinet.
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London
Jan Christian Smuts
the Express
South Africa
Cape Colony
East Africa
Brttish
Imperial War Conference
Union of South Africa
War Cabinet
Germany Wrong in War Says Mother of Crown Princess
Grand Duchess Anastasia of Mecklenburg Schwerin, mother of the former German crown princess, told the Associated Press in Geneva that Germany made a great blunder by entering the war and should admit she was in the wrong. She is Russian by birth and a cousin of the late Russian emperor, visiting Geneva at war outbreak and planning a Riviera trip for her health.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Germany
Anastasia
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Riviera
Wheat Crop Increase in Illinois Reported for 1919
Springfield, Ill, Dec. 16. The December crop report from the US Department of Agriculture indicates winter wheat production in Illinois would rise by 13,456,622 bushels in 1919 over the current year's crop based on the 1917 yield per acre. The December 1 condition is listed at 105 percent of normal.
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Springfield
Miinsis Department of Agriculture
Lloyd George Coalition Expected Victory In British Election
London reports suggest the Lloyd George coalition will win large in the Commons, with up to 400 seats possible. Labor aims to test strength, hoping over 100 seats, while talks swirl about cabinet reshuffles and the possible appointment of Britain's first woman minister, with Mrs Pankhurst also mentioned.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Eric Geddes
the Admiralty
Albert H. Stanley
Board of Trade
Edward Shorts
Ireland
South England
Labor
Labor Party
Germany to Pay U S Price for Regaining Place
Berlin editorial writer Count Ernst von Reventlow of Tages Zeitung says Germany must pay any price named by the United States to resume position and relations with the world. He fears Wilson's terms will be harmful to U S influence in Europe and with its allies.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Wilson
Europe
Ernst von Reventlow
The
Tages Zeitung
United States
Count von Revreation
Standard Phone Toll Near Part of Night Rates Fourth Day
Washington Dec 16 Under an order of Postmaster General Burleson standard long distance and toll rates on telephone calls will be established throughout the country January 21. This will involve reductions in about 70 percent of the rates now charged and a slight increase in about 36 percent. Night service rates are one half of the day rate from 8 30 p m to midnight and one fourth from midnight to 4 30 a m. The basic day rate will be 6 %, wills a mile figured on any airline mileage.
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eRette
Washington
Burleson
Joyfe Over German Border
Adolph Joffe Russian ambassador to Germany expelled from Berlin in November for Bolshevik activity has crossed the frontier and is said to return for today's soldiers and workers congress. Breslau dispatch notes his move as confirmed.
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Associated
Presa
Berlin
Adolph Joffe
Germany
Breslau
Wilhelm Refuses to Quit Holland Invited by Dutch
Amsterdam, Der Telegraaf reports that former German emperor Wilhelm II has refused to leave Holland despite official representations. The paper notes his departure would please the Dutch government, but he remains in residence, risking continued foreign tensions with no agreed exit.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Der
Williami Hohenzollern
Telegraaf
Holland
Red Cross Aims for Large Christmas Membership Rise
Washington DC December 16 Christmas enrollment week of the American Red Cross opened with officials hopeful of a large increase over the present 22 006 000 members. Chapters nationwide planned campaigns and canvasses to recruit members to fund the peacetime program aiding suffering people abroad and at home.
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Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Keep Up Flu Fight Says Surgeon General Blue
Washington announces the danger of relaxing influenza controls as Surgeon General Blue stresses the epidemic is not ended and more cases and deaths may occur nationwide. At Quantico, 430 marines who completed the 16 weeks course at the third Marine Officers Training Team receive commissions, marking a significant military training milestone.
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Blue
Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Quantico
Taniels
Marine Officers’ Training
Illinois Traction wage deal signed after talks
Springfield dispatch reports the Illinois Traction System and its workers reached a wage agreement. Motormen and conductors gain 50 and 27 1/2 cents per hour respectively, retroactive to Oct. 1, 1918, with nine-hour days. Proportionate increases apply to related lines.
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Associated Press
Springfield
IHI- Adis Traction System
Advangen
Jmain Line
Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria
Ilineis Tractlan
Granite City
St. Louis
Peoria
Ill
Witnais
EB. Chubbuck
Alleged Slayer of Own Bigamous Bride Revealed in Letters
Muskegon Mich December 16 Further questioning of Milo H Piper charged with killing Frieda Weichman after a short honeymoon revealed letters to relatives detailing the trip and marriage to Piper A postcard dated March 21 1916 and bearing a different marriage locale was found The church records at Flennselser Indiana show M R Piper and Frieda Weichman were married on that date confirming a single union and complicating the case
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Muskeron
Mich
Milo H. Piper
Frieda Weichman
Casey
Chicago
Lettara
Husbanod
Muskegon
Michigan
Rennselaer
Ind
W. F. Kituke
Hinsdale
Henderson
Stonewall
Golo
Pulaski
Tenb
Hot Springs
Ark
Methodist Episcopal Church
Flennselser
Incd
M. R. Piper
Quirinal Vatican Split May Reach Mediation Offer
Rome reports Pope Benedict may ask President Wilson to mediate a reciprocal pact to resolve the long standing dissent between the Quirinal and the Vatican. The issue, not to be presented at the peace conference, centers on Vatican state relations and potential Vatican relocation beyond the grounds.
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Rome
Havas
Benedict Ray
Wilson
Efort
Quirinal
Vatican
Peruvians Still Flee Tacna and Arica for Lives
Reports from Washington on December 16 describe unrest over the Chile Peru dispute. Peruvians in Tacna and Arica are abandoning property and fleeing for safety while Chileans in Peru face financial losses. A Havana cigar advert appears at the end.
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Tacna
Arica
Capital
Washington, D. C
Chile
Peru
Arical
Hotelmen Exhibit Unveils Labor-Saving Food Devices
At Madison Square Garden New York on December 16 hotel trade shows unveiled labor saving food devices adopted during war. About 20 000 hotelmen from the United States and Allied nations attended including France England and Belgium. Demonstrations featured a waiterless table automatic oven potato fryer ice cream freezer and a soup clarifier.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
United States
France
England
Belgium
Ace
A &Oup
Good Fellows Drive Opens at 521 Lafayette
ROBEBO F headquarters at 521 Lafayette street were opened today with Mrs. G Z Lytle and Mrs. A Schoel in charge. With seven working days left before Christmas the Good Fellows begin collecting funds to aid Waterloo homes, aiming to spread cheer on Christmas morning and battle gloom with active participation citywide.
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Lafayette Street
G. Z. Lytle
A. Schoel
Good Fellows
Waterloo
Berman Unicorn Wearers Barred From Yank
The American bridgehead commission issued a proclamation by Gen. J. C. Rhea banning German military uniform wearers from the American occupation area after December 15 unless on duty with written permission. Civilians must surrender firearms by Dec. 15, and licenses for armed police will be issued. Prices for food and goods must remain the same as in Germany.
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Associated Press
Gol. J. C. Rhea
Hamburg Sailors Threaten to Sink Vessels in Protest
A Berlin dispatch reports a Hamburg sailors council demands control of the merchant marine and insists shipowners bear financing. The council threatens to sink all ships if demands are not met, signaling a severe labor protest amid the tense period.
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Hamburg
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
Berlingske Tidende
President Wilson Speaks at Paris City Hall in 1918 Visit
President and Mrs. Wilson travel to Paris in an automobile through the Bois de Boulogne and deliver remarks at city hall. He expresses sympathy for France, cites shared human principles, and thanks Paris officials led by Adrien Milhouard for a welcoming ceremony and loyalty to liberty and justice.
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Associated Fream
Paris
Havas
Wilson
Bois de Boulogne
United States
France
Belgium
Counci
Adrien Milhouard
Muntcipal Council of
Republic
Municipal Council of
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