Russian Bolsheviki reject German peace terms
Petrograd dispatch reports Leon Trotzky declaring the Russian workers will not consent to German peace proposals. He denounces the terms as hypocritical and vows to defend the revolution with front needs met, including bread and boots, while urging potential resumption of fighting amid German stance.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Jan. Nes
Deyes
Ben
Stockholm
Joffe
Russia
Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers
Germans Have Better Clothes Than U S Men
Washington January 3 The marine is the warmest dressed of all America s fighting men a cloth maker from Raritan N J testified to a senate military committee The German trooper in his gray dawn uniform has clothing 50 per cent heavier and warmer and more costly than the American soldier A scrap of gray cloth from the first German prisoner s overcoat was shown for examination The committee studied whether shoddy mixed with wool is suitable for a soldier s overcoat
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Washington, D. C
America
Senate
M. E. Driscol
Raritan
N. J
Two Americans Die in Yaoul Attack on Mexican Train
H J Poe of Los Angeles and Miguel Martinez of Nogales are named among the Americans killed when Yaquli Indians attacked a Southern Pacific of Mexico train south of Empalms Sonors. A relief train recovered bodies. Ralph Snovel was wounded, and Alberto Joffrey was shot but expected to recover.
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Tucson
Ariz
H. J. Poe
Los Angeles
Miguel Martinez
Nogales
Southern Pacific of Mexico
Empalms
Sonors
Poe
Ralph Snovel
Mazatlan
Alberto Joffrey
Paredesan
Quero de Babi
Guayamas
Mapoli
Lench
Ha'fael Gutierrez
Cold Wave Spreads From Lakes to Gulf Across Regions
A new cold wave from the Canadian northwest centers in the Ohio valley and western Tennessee. Temperatures fall across the upper lake region and upper Mississippi valley with continued cold in the east. The interior west moderates while the cold reaches south to Florida with frost as far south as Miami.
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Washington, D. C
Canadian
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
South
Florida
Miami
German Rulers Hold Urgent Talks Over Peace Parley Fallout
Berlin and Vienna leaders convened after post parley friction as Chancellor von Hertling and top officials met with Hindenburg and von Ludendorff. Socialists accuse Berlin of aims to annex territories and bolster war effort, while Reichstag pressure grows for rapid summons and clear Russian policy.
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London
Hrest Litovsk
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Austria-Hungary
William
von Hertling
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
von Roedern
von Kuehlmann
German Bundesrat
Count von Dandl
Reichstag
Phillipp Scheidemann
Friderich Ebert
Hugo Haase
von Kuehl- Mann
Germmany
von Kuebhlmann
Count Czernin
Brest Litovsk
Leipsic Volkszeitung
Russia
von Kuehlmanns
Dining expenses for customers to be deductible
Washington January 3 Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper ruled that out of town meals for prospective customers are a legitimate business expense for commercial houses. If the dinners have a business aspect they may be charged against earnings for income and excess profits taxes, responding to requests from New York and Chicago jobbers.
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Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue
Roper
New York
Chicago
Old Schoolmaster George R Parsons Dies at 90
Keokuk Indiana January 3 George R Parsons aged 90 long time resident since 1857 dies at home after brief illness He served as principal of Keokuk High School superintendent of schools city engineer and city collector in various periods.
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Keokuk
George R. Parsons
British repulse raids near La Bassee repel enemy forces
London reports hostile raiding parties were repulsed last night south and southwest of La Bassee with a few prisoners taken. The war office notes enemy artillery activity east of Epehy as San Felice cigar advertisement appears.
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London
Hostille
Lana
la Bassee
War Office
Epehy
Steps to Halt Pneumonia at Camp Cody Des Moines
A Des Moines Capital dispatch from Camp Cody Deming New Mexico reports a division order to curb pneumonia and sore throat risks. It mandates immediate breakfast after reveille, no drills between reveille and breakfast, avoid cold ground in morning drills, minimize chill at rest periods, limit drill intensity, install hot water heaters in bathhouses, and enforce a semi weekly hatch schedule by unit commanders.
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Des Moines
Camp Cody
Deming
N. M
Ofice
Suffrage Hearings Open As Subcommittee Debates Amendment
Washington January 3 The first in a series of hearings by the house suffrage committee opened with suffragists from the National American Woman Suffrage Association presenting their case. Mrs Mandy Wood Park leads the hearing with speakers including Dr Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt. Antis argue suffragists seek federal action while alleging pro German and pacifist leanings.
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Washington, D. C
House Suffrage Committee
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Mandy Wood Park
Anna Howard Shaw
Carrie Chapmen Catt
Shaw
Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
DR. Shaw
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
National Association
Wilson
Alice Paul
White House
Isolation Hospital Established For Segregated Negroes
Camp Dodge Iowa reports death of another negro soldier from spinal meningitis prompting creation of an isolation hospital for negro troops. In Des Moines a 10 year old, Leo Eksell, shot and killed his sister Laura 14 while parents away, misjudging a shotgun as unloaded. El Tovar Broadleaf Havana de Cigar.
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Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Jan
Leo Eksell
Laura
Fort Des Moines
Charles Eksell
Leo
Hoover Reed clash at sugar and wheat price hearing
Washington January 3 Hoover and Senator Reed clashed before the senate committee investigating sugar and coal shortages. Reed accused Hoover of usurping authority over wheat prices while Hoover defended actions as authorized by law. The exchange touched on price fixing, refinery favoritism, and the role of voluntary agreements amid wartime pressures.
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Washington, D. C
Wood
Hoover
Senator Reed
Chisd
Senate
Reed
Wilson
Food Administration
Congress
Read
Alleghenies
Heaver
How Whale Meat May Be Made an Appetizing Dish
Washington reports a bureau of fisheries demonstration at a major Chicago food show. Whale meat and other seldom-used fish will be featured with illustrated lectures by Prof Henry B Ward. A recipe suggests dicing whale meat, boiling, mixing with carrot, and baking under mashed potato crust.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Fisheries
Chicago
Henry B. Ward
University of Milnois
Paper Delivery Reminder and Phone Instructions
If the paper does not arrive by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Please ensure the call reaches the office before 6 30 p m to arrange delivery.
French Capture Bursts In Italy Milestone Battle Record
An Associated Press report from Northary Italy recounts a Monte Tomba operation where French troops captured more prisoners than their men engaged, including 1,400 prisoners and 660 known dead, with lesser losses. A veteran officer notes first Austrian prisoners and praises French discipline and trained troops overcoming Austrians and Germans.
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Italy
Monte Tomba
Kaiger Admirer Gets Drubbed at Rail Shops
In Illinois Central shops a worker named Frank Bruner insulted a pro German, sparking a mob attack. Bruner was struck, painted yellow, and a U S commissioner sentenced him after officers intervened. Bruner, a German-mass, naturalized after 12 years in the United States, had worked there six years.
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Fista
Thurman
Illinois Central
Sammies Brums
Frank Bruner
Bruner
J. &. Dempster
United States
Kaiser
Kaiserlllinois
Altho
War Rations In England To Be Compulsory Soon
London January 2 Compulsory rationing is to be put into effect in England soon an official statement said The food controller Baron Rhondda noted that his department has not yet completed a rationing plan and will proceed once cabinet approval is received Difficulties have arisen among the poorer classes in obtaining certain foods mainly from faulty distribution rather than shortages Labor unions have pressed for compulsory rationing arguing the present system is unfair.
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London
England
Baron Rhondda
U-Boat Toll Rises As Allies Report Ship Losses
Admiral Benson told the naval committee that morale among German submarine crews remains high and that December shipping losses rose. British and French reports show 22 merchant ships sunk by mines and submarines, including 18 over 1,600 tons, with nine more losses than the prior week. December losses edged above November, and submarine sinkings were up, aided by severe winter weather pushing subs closer to shore.
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Washington, D. C
Benson
Railroad Talk to Congress Tomorrow Confronts Rail Policy
Washington D C Jan 3 Congress reconvened after recess and both houses adjourned until tomorrow in memory of Senator Newlands and Representative Bathrick who died during Christmas. A joint session is set for 12 30 to hear President Wilson outline railway governance recommendations for legislation to run rail operations.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Newlands
Bathrick
Wilson
Bank Seizure Hits Moscow Branch Amid Cash Shortage
The Moscow branch of the National City Bank of New York, which had eluded confiscation, was seized by Bolsheviks on Saturday night. Russia faces a worsening currency shortage as the action spreads through banks.
Western Railroads Plan Passenger Cuts and Finance Talks
Chicago January 3 tentative plans would cut about half the west coast passenger trains. Union Pacific traffic head B L Winchell said withdrawals are decided and schedules start January 23. McAdoo and rail officials discuss finance, labor, and coal movement as government operation tightens control.
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Chicago
B. L. Winchell
Trafic
Union Pacific Railroad
Re. Alshton
Northwestern
Washington, D. C
Questio
Directoreral
McAdoo
Coal New England
Sant
John Skelton
Williams
McAdo
McChord
New Haven
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Maryland
Cumberland
A. H. Smith
New York
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Reading Railway
Italian Hospital Bombed. 18 Killed in Castelfranco Veneto
Rome reports in the official Italian war office bulletin that enemy air bombed Castelfranco Veneto on Tuesday night, scoring two direct hits on hospitals and killing eighteen patients. The front line statement says there is nothing of importance to report overall. The item includes a cigarette ad note.
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Rome
Castelfranco-Veneto
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