There's Method in Their Pleas Ute Believed
Washington reports that German appeals for U S food aid are seen as attempts to sway American opinion as peace talks approach. Officials say Hoover and agencies will handle food purchases, none will be given away, and Germany may seek credit rather than cash. The new German cabinet’s democratic drift reassures Allies against Bolshevik fears.
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Washington
Germany
Solf
Lansing
Wilson
Supreme War Council
United States
Hoover
America
Austria
Reichsbank
Mylakoff
Russia
Lansing's Letter to the Germans
Mr. Lansing writes to Swiss Minister Sulzer asking him to relay to the German secretary of foreign affairs a request regarding U S receiptof radio messages from Germany about relief from armistice requirements with the Ottoman and German governments. The note states the communications will be shared with other governments.
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Mr. Lansing
Minister Sulzer
Switzerland
United States
Many Men Called to Man the Ships
Washington announces 5000 volunteers are sought to man ships for bringing home troops from France. Crews will be supplied by the Shipping Board with War Department transports, training ships at Boston San Francisco Seattle New Orleans and Cleveland for six weeks. Enlistees aged 18 to 85 may join regardless of draft status or prior experience.
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Washington
France
Shipping Board
Hurley
Europe
War Department Transport Service
War Department
Boston
San Francisco
Seattle
New Orleans
Cleveland
Merchant Marine
States
Butte
Philipsburg
Dwyer
Masonic Lodge
Ralph Rand
Sheridan County
Demobilization of U S Troops Begins After Armistice
Washington reports full halt to Atlantic troop movement and a two week push to return 200000 men to civilian life. General March outlines a staged demobilization prioritizing development battalions, objectors, and support units before combat divisions, with about 30,000 released daily at peak.
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Washington
Atlantic
General March
War Department
General Pershing
France
Baker
United States Guards
United States
March
Ships sunk by German crews in revolt, says Germania
Copenhagen Nov 16. A large number of ships asked by the allies under the armistice terms were sunk by their German crews during the revolution, according to Germania of Berlin.
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Copenhagen
Germania of Berlin
Bavarian Queen Maria Theresa Dies in Munich Report
Amsterdam reports Queen Maria Theresa of Bavaria died Tuesday, according to the Tageblatt of Munich.
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Amsterdam
Maria Theresa of Bavaria
Munich
Former Butte Printer Dies in France
A Butte newspaper printer, prominent in local circles, dies serving in France. The obituary notes his years of service, community involvement, and wartime contributions.
Commander Foch Sends Message To Allied Armies
Paris Nov 16 Marshal Foch commander in chief addresses officers non commissioned officers and soldiers of the Allied Armies praising their steadfast fight and declaring they have won the greatest battle in history and saved the liberty of the world. He asks them to be proud and notes posterity will recognize their immortal glory.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
England Facing Brave Problems in Coalition Campaign
London Nov 16 British Wireless Service. Premier Lloyd George and coalition leaders opened the general election campaign at Central hall Westminster. Lloyd George urged the next parliament be the most important ever, pledging to address postwar failures and improve national health and reconstruction while rejecting blank checks. Continued on Pag 6.
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London
British Wireless Service
Lloyd George
Bonar Law
George M. Barnes
Central Hall
Westminster
Labor Opposes General Wage Cut at Pan American Meet
Samuel Gompers warns against any general wage reduction or longer hours after the war. He heads a new Pan-American Federation of Labor formed at the conference, aimed at improving cross-border conditions and understanding among workers in the Americas, with headquarters in Washington and annual meetings on the first Tuesday in July.
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Barr
Founders’ Association
Samuel Gompers
Pan-American Federation of Labor
Mexico
Laredo
Texas
American Federation of Labor
Pan- American Labor Conference
William H. Barr
National Founders’ Association
Gompers
United States
New
Labor Federation
Americas
Hacna
Federation
Washington
Industrial Workers of the World
Physical examination order ends draft registrant exams
Provost Marshal General Crowder ordered discontinuance of all physical examinations of draft registrants and work by district boards on classifications. Examinations had reached 18 and younger youths during hostilities cessation. Records on occupational exemptions and dependency appeals must be completed or preserved for later disposition. Classification work for ages 19 to 37 and 18 must be finished as soon as possible.
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Washington, Navy
Crowder
President Wilson to Visit England Soon
London dispatch notes President Wilson is expected to arrive in England shortly per Reuter's Limited. A second item reports Polish officers in Warsaw seizing control of Posen, capital of German Poland, with Polish troops to advance, per Berliner Tageblatt urging protective measures.
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London
England
Reuter’s Limited
Wilson
Basel
Warsaw
Posen
Poland
Berliner Tageblatt
Montana Bair Sunday and probably Monday weather note
The forecast indicates no change in temperature for Montana Bair on Sunday and likely Monday. No significant precipitation or wind shifts are mentioned, suggesting steady conditions across the period.
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Montana
Aimed at Averting Unemployment in Demobilization
Washington reports a new government plan to place paid secretaries with community labor boards in key employment centers. Their duties include promoting labor boards work, advancing U S employment service policies, and keeping the war industries board and war department updated on labor conditions. The six month program costs between 250000 and 300000 dollars.
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Washington
Beard
United States Employment Service
War Industries Board
War Department
Property of civilians carried by Germans in retreat
American airmen Lieutenant M K Lockwood and Lieutenant D C Bebe, prisoners for 10 days, report large quantities of civilian property left by retreating Germans in France. They describe destroyed vehicles, horses, cattle, crates of chickens, carts with household goods, and guns abandoned or deliberately wrecked as they neared American lines near Tannay.
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Associated Press
France
M. K. Lockwood
D. C. Bebe
Fiftieth Aero Squadron
Tannay
Lockweed
Bebe
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