Schwab urges merchant marine and balanced labor policy
Atlantic City December 4 four thousand business leaders gathered for a reconstruction congress. Charles M Schwab Bethlehem Steel head and Emergency Fleet director general urged a great merchant marine to carry surplus American products and warned that labor and capital must share profits and control. He argued organized labor should be in plants and representative of workers, not centralized. He telegraphed the president to retire from Emergency Fleet duties to focus on national service.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William C. Redfield
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Harry A. Wheeler
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Wheeler
France
Schwab
Marin
America
Tabor
Rayfield
Europe
Mershan Marine
Ibor
Manu
Philadelphia
Baruch Resigns as War Industries Board Chair
President Wilson accepts Bernard M Baruch resignation as chair of the War Industries Board effective January 1 and agrees the board will cease to exist as a government agency on that date. The decision cites the belief that victory necessitates revised wartime economic organization.
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Washington
Vilsor
Bernard M. Baruch
E War Industries Board
Effec
War Industries Board
X Ch
Cho
Wilsons 14 Principles Debate in Senate on Peace Conference
Senate debate spans five hours on Wilsons fourteen points open diplomacy and League of Nations. Borah Frelinghuysen Cummins Knox Kellogg speak as administration and Republicans clash over open publication of the peace treaty and senate control of the treaty process.
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Washington
Wilson
League of Nations
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Cummins
Foreign Relations Committee
Town
Paris
Knox
Penneymvania
Rpublican
Fred Unghuysen
First Sacramento Seattle flight marks air mail route test
Seattle on December 4 reports Lieut A F P Hogland, army aviator, completed the first airplane flight between Sacramento and Seattle. The 690 mile trip took 12 hours 22 minutes in his plane, after a 5 hour 27 minute leg from Eugene Oregon. He plans a return flight to Sacramento tomorrow as ordered by the War Department to assess a potential aerial mail route between California and the Northwest.
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Seattle
Jefferson’ Golf Airs
Seattle Business District
A. F P. Hogland
Sacramento
Eugene
Ore
Hogland
War Department
California
Northwest
Cable Company Resists Control Over Marine Cable System
In New York a suit seeks to block Postmaster General Burleson from taking control of Commercial Cable’s marine cable network. The complaint alleges the war power has ended and urges that government ownership or consolidation with Western Union would erase Commercial Cable’s separate identity and competitive standing.
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New York
Burleson
Commercial Cable Company
Marine Cable
Alsthough
Post Office Department
Western Union
Postal ‘Telegraph Land Ines
Western Chioa
George G. Ward
Western Union Commercial Cable Service
Armistics
Congress
Atlantic
Plao
Pacific
South
Central America
Cuba
Western Union ‘Telegraph Company
Tes
Occa
Railroad Executives Favor Return to Private Ownership
In New York on December 4, railroad executives representing over 90 percent of U S mileage adopted a resolution urging government ownership not to be extended and backing a return of railroads to private ownership. They called for private initiative and responsibility in future expansion and operation and said meetings would soon plan legislation for the retrocession to individual companies.
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New York
Asy
Arthur Gabryel
American Association of Foreign Language Newspapers
Louis H. ‘Hammering
Thon
von Storff
Hammerlings
Hammerling
Olaye
Gabryel
Goy-Ed
Hammering
von Papen
Bernstorff
Ingert
Country &N
Wa Begin Thon
Peace Mission Speeding to Conference Across Atlantic
Admiral Mayo leads a convoy toward Brest as President Wilson sails from New York to attend a historic international conference. The voyage features crowd demonstrations, dipping flags, and ships from many nations signaling support for a hoped for world peace and abolition of militarism.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Europe
Atlantic
France
Gilmer
Weenie
Ani al Canves
New York Harbor
Government Aims to Shield Wool Growers Amid War End
Special Dispatch from Washington reports Chairman Baruch of the War Industries Board in a conference with Sen. King and Sen. Kendrick regarding protecting U S wool growers as the 1912 clip faces market shifts after armistice. Baruch favored War Trade Board action to curb wool imports until the 1913 clip is marketed and to avoid dumping the $200 million stock while keeping prices stable. Two Montana postmasters named Byron J. Castner and Carl B. Anderson, with resignations noted.
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Washington
Baruch
War Industries Board
Kine
Kendrick
United States
War Department
King
War Trade Board
Montana
Byron. J. Castner
Alta
Cora P. Kraft
Carl B. Anderson
Kenilworth
L. R. Patton
German intrigue aimed to gain newspaper access before war
Witnesses testified that Kaiser agents sought to place German propaganda in U S newspapers before entry into World War I. Konta and Dernberg discussed leveraging press outlets to influence Americans as part of a covert campaign. Questioned officials described secret payments and hush money tied to keeping sources quiet.
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Eanater
Konta
New York
Palmer
United States
Tom Wenats
Ard Dembers
Germs
Deberg
Kaiser
Carey
Dernberg
Nelson
Minnesota
Argentine Denies Army Mobilization amid Andean tensions
In Buenos Aires on December 4 reports of Argentinian mobilization in the Andean regions stirred debate linked to the Chile and Peru dispute. The government denies any mobilization order has been issued, while high army officers say they have not received instructions yet stand ready to mobilize at a moment's notice if necessary.
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Buenos Aires
Chile
Peru
Arrival of Wilson Delays Hohenzollern Extradition
Washington reports the pursuit of William Hohenzollern will pause until President Wilson reaches Europe. Officials say Britain and other powers are examining actions to capture the fugitive emperor. A correspondent notes the former ruler appears to be secluded and writing at a castle window.
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Washington
William Hohenzollern
Wilson
Europe
State Department
Kalwer
Telah
Hohenzollern
Sity
Keep E on Hohenzollern Eyeing William's Publication
London reports a Daily Express note on telegraphic messages between Amerongen and Berlin. The piece suggests scrutiny of the exiled monarch William and his communications as the Allies monitor potential disclosures from November 28 to November 29.
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London
British Wireless Service
Atterdam
Daily Express
Dever William's
Amerongen
Merlin
Berlin
William
Ex Kaisers Moody Mood Suppresses Cheer
London dispatch reports former Kaiser Wilhelm II appears dejected after arriving in Amerongen Holland. Telegraph cor respondent Amerongen notes mood shifted from relief to gloom as his wife struggles to cheer him and observers describe his demeanor during exile.
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London
William Hohenzollern
Telegraph
Amerongen
Holland
Ameronken
Abdication legality in doubt amid Prussian monarchy
London dispatch reports The Times pondering the legality of the former German emperor's abdication. It notes that under the Prussian constitution the crown prince would become king if the empire dissolves, and that only a formal constitutional revision could abolish Prussia.
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London
Times
Prussia
He Should Stand Trial Says Law
Fragmentary text indicates discussion of a trial, with references to allies and a surrender. It notes absence of American and allied representatives and mentions an interallied conference preparing arrangements for a conference. The fragment emphasizes legal accountability and international coordination.
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Law
William
Opposition develops on nomination day to premier George
London Dec 4 nomination day for parliament's general election brought surprises. An opponent of Premier Lloyd George, Austin Harrieson editor of the English Review, stood in Carnarvon on a platform of nations and abolition of conscription. Many seats went unopposed, with 104 of 707 elected already declared, including Balfour Brace Clynes Chamberlain Lowther Crooks and Sinn Fein success with 22 Irish seats.
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London
Lloyd George
Carnarvon
Austin Harrieson
The
English Review
Sinn Fenners
A. J. Balfour
William Brace
John Robert Clynes
J. Austen Ghamberlain
James — Wiliam Lowther
House of Commons
Lam Crooks
Inn Fenners
Edward de Valera
Baste
Count Plunkett
North
Roscommon
William Cosgrave
Kilkenny
Influenza Toll Rising in U S Camps and Civilians
Washington reports show influenza and pneumonia causing 360,000 civilian deaths and about 20,000 deaths in U S army camps. Life insurance liabilities for soldiers in camps exceed 170 million dollars, with the epidemic still active though deaths decline.
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Washington
Tre
Pheamonia
United States
Mates
Europe
War Department
Recognition of Russia by Omsk government extends to liabilities
A statement authorized by the Russian foreign affairs minister, received in Washington, says the all-Russian government at Omsk recognizes all liabilities of the Russian state except those contracted by the Bolshevik regime and will see their execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Boleshevik
Omsk
Min | of Foreign Affairs
Carter Glass Seen As Treasury Secretary Pick
Washington December 4 Representative Carter Glass of Virginia long serving chair of the house banking and currency committee is believed offered the post of secretary of the treasury by President Wilson. His nomination would go to the senate promptly if he accepts. Glass would leave a seat he has held for 18 years as he has just been re elected.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Chalee
House Banking and Currency Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Wilson
Senate
House
Glass
Congress
Aged Californian Dead Was Friend of Lincoln
Redding California December 4 Judge Charles Wells age 97 said to have been the oldest man in Shasta county and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln was buried here today following his death Monday in the county hospital
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Redding
Cat
Charles Wells
Shasta County
California
Abraham’ Lincoln
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