Will Demand Action From Central Powers Not Words
The United States will not accept peace proposals from Germany and Austria as presented. The government will respond only after examining both offers, noting past German rejection of Brent-Litovsk and questioning whether the German people or old regime back the current offer. The president will keep allies informed while awaiting the full text.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Austria
Accont
Wilson
Brent-Litovsk
W. A. F. Ekengren
Lansing
Red Cross Mobilizes to Fight Spanish Flu Epidemic
Washington outlines a nationwide Red Cross mobilization to combat the Spanish influenza. It will enroll nurses and use hospital supplies in cooperation with the Public Health Service and state boards of health. Volunteers will help manage households, while Surgeon General Blue urges school and amusement closures and stopping public meetings where the disease is prevalent. Reports of cases urged to be filed promptly.
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Washington, D. C
American Red Cross
Public Health Service
State Boarda of Health
Red Cross
Algo
General Blue
Blue
Hindenburg Quits After Heated Interview Report
London report says Field Marshal von Hindenburg resigns as chief of the German General Staff after a confrontation with the emperor. He warned a large scale retreat was unavoidable, per a Central News Dispatch from Amsterdam.
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Hindenburg
London
Vatican Peace Effort Rejected by Rome Says Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary demands the Vatican take steps toward peace, reported from Rome via Havas dispatch. The Vatican reportedly rejected the demand, as cited in the dispatch.
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Paris
Austria-Hungary
Vatican
Rome
Must Quit Bulgaria Told to Powers by Amsterdam Bulgar ia
Sofia dispatch to the Berlin Tageblatt says Amsterdam Bulgaria notified the powers she had talked with that they must quit Bulgarian territory within a month.
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Bulgaria
Amsterdam
Sofia
Berlin
Prince Alexander Promoted in Serbia Victory Record
Prince Alexander of Serbia has been promoted to general by King Peter in recognition of his successes during the Donian offensive. The report notes loans to railroads in Washington and Department funds to meet maturing bonds, aiming to curb interest rate surges though funding details remain unclear and some parts are uncertain.
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Alexander
Corfu
Prince Alexander
Serbia
Kios Peter
Washington
Dot
Railroad Administration
Versin
Constantinople
State Department of Washington
Teheran
News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
Washington debates consume meat and war policy as officials approve price controls and extended power plants. New shipbuilding, seafaring requisitions, and suffrage vote outcomes mix with European war updates and troop movements shaping 1918 policy.
Foreign and political notes from Vienna to Stockholm
Vienna reports a Hungarian delegation headed by Fremier Wek erle arrives for a new peace move as Germany names Prince Maximilian of Baden German chancellor. A Turkish minister resigns Constantinople. A deadly Malmö railway disaster leaves many dead including fifty children. Bulgarian peace delegates return to Sofia after signing the armistice. Russia sends a second gold shipment to Germany. Seiyukai leader Wel Hura named premier of Japan and heir to justice.
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Austria-Hungary
Vienna
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Reichsbumls
Personal Lawyer Gompers Visits Front in France
Personal lawyer Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, visited the American front in France and afterward departed for Italy.
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Gompers
American Eperation of Labor
American Front
France
Italy
Exclusion at Morg an Morgan plant and other wartime losses
Domestic violence and fatalities reported after a massive exclusion at the T A Gillespie Shed Loading plant near Morgan New Jersey. A separate strike halted all lines of the International Railway at Buffalo New Jersey and other towns. A Mitchell field aviation head died in Puerto Rico. Public subscription drives for Liberty Loan advances noted, including a major $7 million pledge from Northwestern Mutual Life of Milwaukee.
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T. A. Gillespie Shedl-Loading Company
Morgan
Perth Amboy
N. J
International Railway
Buffalo
Newsby
Devy
Garey
Iowa Faces Labor Shifts and Liberty Loan Progress
Iowa towns report shortages of male labor as water works recruit women to read meters while Waterloo’s gas plant offers emergency support from its 1,100 workers. Lucas County exceeds its Liberty Loan quota with 70,000 pledged, and state actions include parole extradition cases, scholarships for Gertrude Rosemond, and county jail incidents. The piece lists many service members killed or missing, bids in farming and livestock markets, and preparations for voting machines and federal labor appointments.
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Waterloo
Invote Ing
State
Federal Employment Bureau
Lucas County
Iowa
State Board of Health
Shis Abd
State Board of Parole
Halifax
Nova Seraia
Frank J. Alisoh
State Board
Canada
Parole Board
Gertrude Rosemond
C. A Rosemond
Independence
Chicago Musical College
W. A. Smith
Bert Hong
Missouri Valley
S. T. Napper
Nor- Poll
Neb
California Junction
Des Moines
Teventy
Counix
Burlington
State House
Jones B. Weaver
Southern District Draft Exempion Board
William Fs. Bradley
North District
Federal Department of Labor
Br. J. Meteal
A. D. Severe
Poland
Dows
Harding
Student Army Training Corps
Iowa State College
J. R. Lincoln
Seapton
New York
National Training School of the
V. W. CG
Josiah T. Young
Chicago
Albia
Mast Des Moines
Executive Council
Adjutant General's Office
State Council of Defense
State Secret Service
United States
Tirmep
Soldier Boys
Pickecurnu
U S Teutonic War News From Verdun Front
Reports from Paris say German forces attacked multiple targets around Verdun and bombed Abileville and Mercy while several towns faced bombardment. An American hospital northwest of Verdun reportedly struck by a shell killed twenty wounded patients. Allied troops entered Blagovyeshchensk with Japanese cooperation as Bolshevik losses rose.
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Verdun
Paris
Gers Tid
Bethlucourt
Blagovyeshchensk
Amur
American General Bidale to Lead Troops in England
Maj. Gen. Joan Bidale, famed American officer, is assigned to command U S troops in England. His career spans West Point, engineering roles, Spanish American War service in Cuba, Manila and Guam surveys, and later staff work in Washington. He was once war observer in Austria before returning to West Point.
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Americent
Enghind
Dhe
Pollahert Xentienian
Bitdle
Geneva
University of Veidelberg
Teidelberg
West Point Military Arcadany
West Point
Cuba
Manila
Guam
Colombia
California
Washington
Austria
Wilf Lacy
Len
Bludle
West Point Academy
Chief Willa Flynn Named Head of Railway Detective Bureau
Willum G. McAdoo appoints Willa J. Flynn veteran of the U S secret service and former New York police detective bureau to lead the merged railway detective agencies. Flynn, long connected to federal service since 1897, is noted for crime detection, protection of transportation, and catching kidnapped boys in 1910.
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United States Secret Service
Willum G. McAdoo
Railroad Administration
Mir Flynn
New York Police Department
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Flynn
Als
Milway
Ialian
New York
Longe
Rizzio
Brooklyn
Woman Without a Country Mrs Busch Returns to U S
Mrs Adolphus Busch widow of St Louis arrives in the United States after living in Germany. Although an American citizen, part of her vast estate lies in Germany with castles villas stocks and an ammunition plant. In wartime Germany she is declared an alien enemy by the Prussian government, while the United States recognizes her as American.
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St. Louis
Ben
Germany
Ught
Busehl
Adolphis Busch
Anheuser
Anheuser-Busch
United States
Lter
Lily
Oevar
Berlin
Galdes
Rising Uruguayan Statesman Baltasar Bram Named
Baltasar Bram of Uruguay, age thirty five, is minister of foreign affairs and led a special commercial mission here. Born in Artigas on the Brazil border, he rose from Polytechnical Institute and University of Montevideo to a Doctor of Laws in 1908. He held cabinet posts including public instruction and justice, interior, finance acting, and foreign affairs.
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Artigas
Uruguay
Brazil
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Polytechnic Institute of
Suto
University of Montevideo
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Frat Congress of American Students
Tueape
Uellye
Edit Splevoug
Dovter Hruin
Public Instruction
Nas
Hho
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