British to face compulsory army service amid new storm
A large storm crippled telegraph and telephone lines across the eastern U S and Gulf Coast. Heavy rain and high winds swept the region with gusts near 80 mph in Alabama. A barge with forty laborers drifted ashore near Point Clear as crews worked to rescue those aboard.
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Spiritual Vikings Swedens Peace Delegates Banquet
Stockholm hosts a banquet honoring the Word peace expedition with prominent Swedes present. Mayor Karl Lindhagen likened the visitors to spiritual Vikings and noted it is better to try something than nothing. Speakers included Gaston Planties, H C Evans, and Judge Ben B Lindsey with Senator Helen R Robinson presiding.
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Gaston Planties
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H. C. Evans
Des Moines
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Helen R. Robinson
Viggo Caining
Copenhagen Politicon
Copenhagen
A Stitch in Time May Prevent Serious Accident to Coasters
Urgent call to curb child coasting on Leavitt hill at Washington street and Park avenue. Police and residents fear a severe accident as sledders speed down and cross traffic, with many cars passing hourly. Preventive steps urged to safeguard children and prevent tragedy.
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World tribunal backed by force, hope for peace
Washington dec 29 Elihu Root former secretary of state told a Pan American and American Society of International Law audience that real restraint of nations must come from a world tribunal backed by force and a definite code of laws. He warned that vague law and power politics fail to prevent war and urged strengthening the law of nations after the present conflict ends.
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Washington, D. C
Elihu Root
New York
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American Society of International Law
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Europe
Presbyterians Agree on Site for New Church in Lincoln Park
First Presbyterian congregation votes to purchase the Mrs Balliett property at Park Avenue and Franklin Street as a site for a new church edifice. Trustees and session say it overlooks Lincoln Park and is an ideal location. old church property to be sold later. Building plans await possession surrender and leadership of Pastor R John Robertson Macartney, who previously built a church in Bellingham.
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Bellingham
Wash
Cosson Plans to Halt Saloon Coup at Davenport
Des Moines reports Attorney General Cosson will go to Davenport Monday to enforce liquor laws after word that several saloonkeepers plan to open despite repeal of the mullet law. Five saloons may defy the order. Cosson declines specifics but may seek injunctions or criminal charges, with arrests likely once openings occur.
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Davenport
Des Moines
Kansas Field Crops Valued At 241 Million In 1945
Topeka Kan. Dec 29 Kansas produced field crops valued at 241 361 439 in 1945 per the annual report of Z C Mohler secretary of the state board of agriculture. Only 1914 saw higher production.
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Kan
Kansas
Z. C. Mohler
State Board of Agriculture
First Chinese Crewmen to Take Seamen Test in Bay Area
In San Francisco on December 29, six Chinese crew members of the steamer China were set to take the able seamen examination under the La Pallette act. They join nearly 2,000 men of other nationalities already certified, marking a milestone for Chinese seafarers.
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Cal
China
Secretary Lansing Denies House Visit Motive
Washington December 29 Secretary Lansing formally denied published statements that Colonel E M House went to Europe to settle differences between Ambassador Page in London and Ambassadors Gerard and Penfield in Berlin and Vienna.
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Europe
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Berlin
Vienna
Indicted Ram Plotters in U S Custody
Two of seven men indicted for conspiring with German agents to foment strikes in munition factories surrendered to federal authorities by noon today. David Lamar and Jacob Taylor, president of Labor's National Peace Council, entered not guilty pleas and were released on $5,000 bail. Frank S. Monnett, former Ohio attorney general, planned to surrender. legal experts say Representative Buchanan cannot claim immunity from arrest while Congress is in recess.
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Franz von Rintelen
Jacob Taylor
East Orange
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National Peace
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Monnett
Ohio
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Building for National Archives Urges Congressional Aid
A joint meeting in Washington on December 29 adopted resolutions calling on Congress for funds to construct a National Archives building in the capital. Senator Miles Poindexter presided as speakers stressed the need to house government records, noting the government lags behind foreign nations and several states and private corporations in archival care.
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Yale gridiron star Thomas Shevlin dies at 32
Minneapolis report says Thomas L. Shevlin, Yale football coach and former All American end, died at his home of pneumonia. At Yale he captained the 1905 team and starred in multiple sports, including track and baseball. He was famed for leading Yale to wins over Princeton and Harvard and remains a celebrated athletic figure.
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Yate
Wilson Receives 700 Telegrams On 59th Birthday
Hot Springs Va Dec 29 Telegrams congratulating President Wilson on his fifty ninth birthday poured in. Over two hundred arrived by noon and about five hundred more yesterday. The president and Mrs Wilson read and answered many. After a rainy morning they planned to play golf or motor in the afternoon. A long letter from Secretary Lansing assessing the international situation was also received.
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Lansing
Big Grocery Store Burned. Large Loss Reported
Davenport reports fire at Morton L. Marke wholesale grocery house causing about 175000 dollars in damage. The blaze repulsed near the elevator motor as investigators traced its origin. Chicago fire destroyed a six story building at Wabash and Randolph streets causing about 250000 dollars in loss. occupants included FLEB, Post er & Co., shoe dealers, and several other firms.
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Greek Steamer in Distress Off New York
The Greek steamer Thessaloniki carrying 300 passengers sent a wireless distress call. The coast guard cutter Seneca, en route from New York, speeds to aid about 250 miles east of New York at two miles per hour, with the vessel reportedly in danger while moving toward the port.
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Thessaloniki
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Venizelos Day Demonstration At Former Premier’s Home
Thousands of Greeks from all walks of life gathered outside M Venizelos residence in Athens on Venizelos Day. Entente ministers and various dignitaries were cheered as they visited, while workers and soldiers formed a dense, supportive crowd through the morning.
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Warden Osborne Answers In Court To Indictments
New York dispatch says Warden Thomas Mott Osborne of Sing Sing appeared in White Plains to answer two indictments from the Westchester county grand jury charging perjury neglect of duty and mismanagement. The case follows an inquiry into prison conditions led by Dr Rudolph Dieding.
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Thomas M. Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
White Plains
Supreme Court
Westchester County Grand Jury
Albany
Thomas Mott Osborne
Worchester County Grand
Osborne
Hieving
Rudolph Dieding
State Prison Commission
John B. Riley
Atate
Whitman
Riley
Inefficient Cattle Inspection Questioned in Illinois
Chicago December 29. Senators hear complaints of incompetent inspectors from both federal and state groups amid the hoot and mouth disease battle in Illinois. Clarence Tanner Sugar Grove and Theodore Badenstern Cambridge report inspectors misread symptoms and claim the grid of losses, while some farmers praise government compensation for 1 033 cattle 2061 hogs and 192 sheep killed.
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Illinois
United States Senate
Clarence Tanner
Sugar Grove
Theodore Badenstern
Cambridge
Fleary County
CONSCRIPTION BILL AGREED AND CABINET TENSIONS
London reports the British cabinet has virtually decided on a modified conscription bill to be introduced next week, with McKenna and Runciman said to have resigned though not accepted. The session saw heavy public interest and police clearing crowds outside Downing Street.
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Asquith
Reginald McKenna
Walter Runciman
England
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