Britain Ready to Fight for Just Peace Says Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George declares Britain will stand by France and Russia democracy to the end, rejecting Czernin’s terms as impossible. He outlines war aims, demands reparations and restoration for Serbia, Montenegro, and occupied regions, and emphasizes international right and Polish independence.
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Czernin
England
France
London
Lloyd George
Canser
Fia
Labor
Asquith
Viscount Grey
Ireland
Great Britain
Mr. Lloyd George
Count Czersin
Brest Litersk
America
Italy
Russia
Alsace-Lorraine
Europe
Serbia
Montenegro
Roumania
Curtis
Allied Aims for Peace After the War and Territorial Settlements
The premier outlines aims to restore Belgium Serbia Montenegro and other lands, return Alsace Lorraine to France, and create independence in the Middle East while keeping Constantinople neutral. He calls for consent of the governed, disclaims intent to destroy Germany, and argues for a postwar order based on democracies, self-determination, and colonial dispositions guided by native wishes.
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Constantinople
Dardanelles
Arabia
Armenia
Mesopotamia
Syria
Palestine
Gression
Germany
Great Britain
Austria- Hungary
Hungary
Asia Minor
Thrace
Lloyd George
Alboit
Vienna
Russia
Prussia
Recreation centers planned for American troops in France
In cooperation with the Red Cross the Y M C A in France prepares centers outside Paris for AEF personnel on leave. Movies baseball football mountain climbing and other sports are planned as substitutes for Paris where leave permits have been suspended for temperance and morality reasons.
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France
Red Cross
Paris
Germans Build Giant Air Fleet to Fight U S
The Associated Press reports from France that Germany, relying on captured enemy documents, plans a larger aerial war effort in response to anticipated US air power. The finds suggest Germany expects tens of thousands of machines and aims to rapidly expand its air service to offset American forces.
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U. S
Associated Press
France
Germany
United States
America
Turkish peace terms to Russia seek free Dardanelles passage
The draft terms propose free passage for Russian ships through the Dardanelles and Bosphorus, Russian evacuation of Turkish lands, and demobilization of Black Sea forces. Turkey would keep an active army, with borders unchanged, and a six to eight week timeline for redeployment toward prewar borders.
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London
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Russia
Petrograd
Turkey
Persia
Bosphorus
Congress Asked for 82 Million More for Shipbuilding
Washington Jan 5 chairman Hurley of the shipping board asked Congress for 82 million dollars for acquisition or establishment of shipbuilding plants in addition to the 165 million dollars previously requested for the next fiscal year. He also sought an increase of authority for construction of ships from 1.234 billion to 1.935 billion.
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Washington, D. C
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Congress
Strause Denied Bond by Court
Peoria, Jan. 5 Strause Strause, oanker, held for slaying Berne M. Mead cashier of the State Trust and Savings bank. His habeas corpus hearing ended with denial of bond and he was sent back to jail before Judges Green Niehaus and Stone.
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Peoria
A. Strause
Berne
M. Mead
State Trust and Savings Bank
Aircraft. Making Will Be Probed
Washington Jan 3 The senate war investigating committee opened a probe into war material purchasing comparing American methods with foreign practices. First witness William H Bianchi purchasing agent for the Italian army. Aviation likely to be next, with Maj Gen Squire chief of the signal corps and Howard Coffin of the airbase production board as key figures.
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Washington
DB. C
Senate War Investigating Committee
William H. Bianchi
Aviation
Squire
Signal Corps
Howard Coffin
Airbafe Production Board
Russian Peace Delegates Fall to Meet Enemy
A Vienna dispatch says central powers delegates found no Russian team at Brest Litovsk. Russia asked to shift talks to Stockholm to gain publicity and a neutral site. Trotzky signals Berlin will not accept terms, prompting expectations of resumed talks at Brest Litovsk.
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Brest Litovsk
Vienna
Zurich
Exchange Telegraph ‘Company
Stockholm
Althe
Leon Trotzky
Russia
Count von Dlertling
Reichstag
Petrograd
Constituent Assembly
Crown Prince Lauds Army Honor in 1917 Message
Amsterdam reports the crown prince issuing a year end order praising the army’s valor in 1917. He lauds brave leaders and troops, vows to march into the new year with an unstained shield and sharp sword, and asks God to be with them as they strike and win.
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Amsterdam
Dusseldorf
Control of Packing Houses to Be Next Step
Philadelphia, Jan 3. The United States government may seize all packinghouses and allied meat industries to secure meat, fuel, and transport in wartime. An FTC official indicated Washington aims to take control through receivership if needed as the national meat inquiry proceeds. Francis J. Heney declined to comment.
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Philadelphia
United States
Federal Trade Commission
U.S. Actin
Packinghouse
Allied Industries
Francis J. Heney
Washington
Mr. Heney
Preston to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Des Moines Jan 5 Judge Brown W Preston of Oskaloosa will be chief justice of the high court in 1918 under the court rules The judge whose term expires first becomes chief justice and if two chiefs expire at the same time the senior in age serves as chief justice Gaynor is succeeded as chief justice
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Des Moines
Brown W. Preston
Oskaloosa
Supreme Court
High Court
Gaynor
Army training camp opens at Camp Dodge with 430 in attendance
Routine work began today at Camp Dodge Iowa for the officers training camp. More than 430 men attended including 290 selected from the national army. The course lasts three months and commissions awarded are only for second lieutenants in infantry and artillery. Lieut. Col. R B Parrott commands the school.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
R. B. Parrott
Weather forecast for Washington week begins Sunday
Next week’s outlook from the weather bureau predicts generally fair conditions in the Mississippi valley and plains states with fair skies for Washington. Snow chances midweek, cooler on Sunday, no unusually low temperatures indicated. San Felice cigar ad noted.
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Washington, D. C
Weather Koreau
Mississippi Valley
Plains State
Austrian Officers Amid Ruined Regalia in French Prisoner Crush
In Northern Italy on January 4, Austrian officers and 1400 prisoners, captured after a French success near Monte Tomb, were inspected. Ragged uniforms, bare overcoats, and muddy attire contrasted with bold frontiersmen resolve as they awaited transfer to camps, spoke of hunger, cold, and dwindling fuel while noting American entry as a turning point.
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Associated Press
Italy
Monte Tomb
Buengle
America
Huungary
Austria
Austria-Hungary
France
Paris
War Dept shifts air material plants to the Middle West
Washington reports the war department will locate new plants for war material production entirely in the Middle West due to east coast congestion. The plan aims to use untapped facilities beyond the Alleghenies, with aircraft production and pilot training increasingly centered in the Midwest and western regions.
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Washington, D.C
Middlewest
War Department
Atlantic Seaboard
City Lad Best Fitted for Army Draft Reveals
Washington, D. C. Jan. The provost marshal general’s office compared 10 large cities with 10 rural counties. Of 25,017 urban registrants, 5,969 were rejected. of 44,467 rural registrants, 12,432 were disqualified. The results were nearly tied, 28.47 percent vs 27.90 percent. General Crowder notes city lads may be muscular but not superior in physical soundness for soldiers.
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Washington, D. C
Crowder
Boston Man Appointed Internal Revenue Solicitor
A. A. Ballantyne of Boston was nominated by President Wilson to be solicitor of the internal revenue bureau. He succeeds R. Johnson, who was general counsel to the Internal Revenue Commissioner and who will take charge of legal work in the field.
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Washington, D. C
A. A. Ballantyne
Boston
Wilson
Internal Revenue Bureau
Ballantyne
RE. Johnson
Internal Revenue
Roper
Ankees Kill 0 Bandits In Border Fight
Three Mexicana were killed and four captured after a cavalry pursuit two miles south of the border to rescue two American officers captured at the Slaughter ranch 29 miles east of Douglas. No Americans were harmed.
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Douglas
Avis
Cave Alry
Aight
Slaughter Ranch
Here
Tha
Quaker City Opens Relief Centers as Cold Grips Philadelphia
Philadelphia pa jan 3 to relieve suffering from the cold wave and coal shortage relief centers for women and children were opened tonight with plans for theatres churches and hospitals to assist if the cold continues. Dr Kruse says some homes lack fuel and the situation worsens even as railroad embargo limits freight while coal and food arrivals are expected to rise.
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Philadelphia
Reeve
Kruse
Altho
Pennsylvania Railroad
Dr Chamberlains Wife on the Stand
In Goochland Virginia on January 5 the prosecution in the murder case of Dr Asa W Chamberlain rested after coroner Leake testified the victim Albert P Chamberlain was likely dissected by someone with anatomy knowledge. The defendant’s wife testified to good relations between the brothers as the first defense witness.
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Goochland Courthouse
Asa W. Chamberlain
Albert P. Chamberlain
Leake
December naval losses hit 22 Norwegian ships
London reports that in December 22 Norwegian ships with gross tonnage of 32 755 were lost in a sequence of war measures. Seventy five lives were lost.
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London
Rockefeller Jr Moves From New York Home Over Oil Shortage
John D Rockefeller Jr. relocates to his father's Tarrytown estate after Standard Oil cannot supply oil stove heaters. He requested 36 stoves but was met with the note that supplies are exhausted. Coal shortages have shuttered central heating at several adjacent wealthy homes.
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New York
John DP. Rockefeller, Jr
Tarrytown
N. Y
Standard Oil Company
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
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