Kerensky appeals to America for aid against Russian exploitation
Berne dispatch notes German concern with demobilization and food shortages. Berlin papers push for peace to restore trade before three months of supplies run out. Repatriation slows feeding of large cities amid traffic congestion. Germans in Berne claim democracy grows with universal suffrage and predict the nobility's doom.
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Kerensky
America
England
France
Berne
Berlin
Germany
United States
Battle Over Readjustment Tax Policy Sparks Senate Clash
Washington December 11. The congressional battle over the readjustment tax policy began with Senate Finance Committee chairman F M Simmons filing the formal report on the bill. Republican minority reports oppose including 1920 taxes. Simmons calls the bill fair to business and taxpayers, proposing to raise 6 billion for 1919 and 4 billion for 1920 from incomes profits and other sources. Democratic leaders concede passage will be difficult this session.
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Washington
F. M. Simmons
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Reed Smoot
Robert la Follette
Simmons
Americans Leave German Camps for Switzerland and Holland
Berlin reports 2600 American prisoners of war were moved to Camp tatt yesterday and today for Switzerland. About 200 more Americans in various German camps are departing via Holland and Denmark. Officials expect all Americans to be out of German camps by midweek.
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Berlin
Camp Tatt
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Soviet Congress to set German election date in Berlin accords
Washington reports the National Soviet Congress of Germany will meet December 16 to fix an election date. The Berlin government agrees to accept the Congress timetable. Each state likely will decide which persons hold the franchise.
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Washington
National Soviet Congress of
Germany
State Department
Berlin
Goodman Proudly Takes Army Discharge Return Home
Louis Goodman former Union Store proprietor was honorably discharged from the army after training at Camp Sherman. He found soldiering distasteful but endured until the armistice. He plans to return home to Athens and reopen his business, enjoying thirty days of rest first.
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Louis Goodman
Union
Army
Camp Sherman
Louis
Athens
Athens Boy Sets Record in Army Gas Defense Work
Major Phillips Rose, long linked to the government gas defense effort, returned to Long Island City after a visit with his wife and mother. He helped organize and direct major east coast chemical plants focused on gas mask and gas defense work, with 12,500 workers at the plant and over 10,000 freed after the war. Captain Rhys Evans aided Rose, and Rose will soon join a large New York firm in a senior role.
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Phillips Rose
Long Island City
N. Y
Major Rose
East
Long Island
Rhys Evans
D. J. Evans
New York
Poindexter Seeks Senate Probe Into Ordnance Delays
Washington December 11 Senator Poindexter introduced a resolution for investigation by the Senate Military Affairs Committee into the Ordnance and Quartermaster Departments. He hinted at misconduct that he said might have delayed gun and shell production and suggested executions of traitors and spies in the war's early days might have saved lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Poindexter
Ordnance and Quartermaster Departments
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Navy South Atlantic squadron visits Montevideo
The American South Atlantic naval squadron arrived in Montevideo on a visit, marking a notable stop in its deployment. The arrival highlights ongoing U S naval presence in the region as of December 11.
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Montevideo
American South Atlantic Naval Squadron
Nine Foot Stage Boosters Meet at Louisville
The Ohio Valley Improvement Association opened at Seelbach hotel with aim to create a nine foot stage from Pittsburgh to Cairo to make the Ohio River the nation’s top traffic carrier. Colonel John L. Vance outlined progress on locks, dam construction, and site acquisitions, noting funds of $9,711,592.77 available for river work.
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Louisville
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Seelbach Hotel
Pittsburg
Cairo
Ohio River
John L. Vance
Gallopils
Vance
Ohio
Centralized boiler locomotive used in Tasmania
A double ended locomotive in Tasmania carries the boiler and firebox on a central wheel set while the cylinders and driving wheels sit under tenders at both ends.
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Tasmania
Navy Yeomenettes Placed in Reserve Draw Pay While Awaiting War
All women who joined the navy as geomenettes are placed in a reserve class. Athens Yeomenettes remain reservists for four years from enlistment and may be called if war occurs. They receive one dollar per month in reserve. Yeomenettes may be called for active duty after peace is declared for two weeks to three months at thirty-two dollars and sixty cents per month. S.N.T.C. members follow the same rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Athens
Naval Reserve, Fifth District
Geomenettes
First Athens Boy 10 Returns From Europe
Virgil D. Mansfield, son of Mrs. Nora Mansfield of Morris Ave., and a Bardin family nephew, is the first Athens boy to land on American soil after peace. He sailed home aboard the Lapland, near President Wilson’s ship, and now awaits discharge at Hempstead Long Island. He enlisted early in the war in the aviation corps at Columbus and trained extensively before going overseas.
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Athens
Virgil D. Mansfield
Nora Mansfield
Morris Ave
Bardin Brothers
Lapland
President Wilson
New York Harbor
Hempstead
Long Island
N. Y
Mr. Mansfield
Aviation Corps
Columbus
U. S
Protesting Mooney Sentence Libbey Glass Strike
Four hundred Libbey Glass Co workers in Toled o strike to protest the life imprisonment sentence of Thomas Mooney of San Francisco.
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Thomas Mooney
San Francisco
Libbey Glass Company
Labor to Front Rural Police for This State
Canton Ohio December 41 E A Whitaker of Columbus travels in the interests of organized labor to oppose a mounted constabulary favored by State Master L J Taber and other grange leaders. Grangers warn rural districts risk due to criminals and faster roads prompt reform. A compromise likely. committees urge road building and oppose tax classification in courts. Fr A Derthick, Mantua past master, argues farm prices rise last and fall last.
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Canton
E. A. Whitaker
Columbus
Ohio
L. J. Taber
Ohio State Grange
Grangera
Ohio Good Roads Association
Grange
Fr. A. Derthick
Mantua
The
SoFi Coal Shows A Big Decrease In Output
Washington reports bituminous coal production for the week ending November 30 at 9.71 million net tons, down 11.7 percent from the previous week due mainly to Thanksgiving. The year to date total stands at 409.754 million net tons, vs 370.564 million at the same eight months in 1917.
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Washington
Kerensky accuses allies of exploiting Russia at peace talks
Former Russian premier Kerensky says Britain and France seek to fragment Russia and block unification, urging America to prevent a new Brest Litovsk. He argues for a federated Russia, a constituent assembly, and warns the Allies have already divided influence in disintegrated Russia.
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United States
Great Britain
France
United Press
Edwin Hullinger
London
Alexander Kerensky
United Press Today
Russia
America
England
Brest Litovsk
Kerensky
Srest-Litovsk
Europe
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Siberia
Wilson
Stolen autos located by the police
Earl Edwards a 19 year old of Sugar Creek was arrested at Chauncey as a suspect in the theft of an Overland car owned by EK White of Sugar Creek. Edwards confessed to taking the car to joy ride and the vehicle was recovered near Lastro Garage. A Ford stolen from the Athens Auto Exchange two weeks ago was recovered in Columbus.
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Earl Edwards
Sugar Creek
Chauncey
EK. White
Porter
Young Edwards
Lastro
White
Edwards
Glouaster
Athens
Wounded Clyde Pennybaker Reported In Hospital
Circulation of reports about Clyde Pennybaker says he was wounded with undetermined degree in Monday casualty list. Relatives received a letter from him stating he was in the hospital for tonsil removal and made no mention of injuries. No authentic news has come in since.
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Clyde Pennybaker
Norway Plans Waterfall Power for Zinc Processing
Norway aims to harness a waterfall to produce 125000 horsepower for smelting and refining zinc ores, boosting metal production and export potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
New Regime in Germany Accepted by Ebert Government
Amsterdam dispatch reports the workmen and soldiers executive committee conceding supreme authority to Chancellor Ebert. Spartacist opposition grows as Hamburg fears rise with armed citizens and meat shortages. Munich dispatch claims troops oust workers councils. four Berlin newspaper offices seized by Spartacists. Berlin reports machine guns gathered but streets remain patrol-free. Liebknecht and Luxemburg called for arrest by the workers committee.
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Amsterdam
Workmen’s and
Germany
Ebert
Spartacus
Hamburg
Munich
Spartacusians
Berne
Berlin
Wolff Bureau
Workmen
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Hanley Tabler Pleads to Plain Drunk Charge
Hanley Tabler appeared before the mayor on a plain drunk charge. He settled the matter by paying $5.
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Ando
Hanley Tabler
No Peace Prize Awarded by Nobel Committee in 1918
The Nobel committee in Christiania announces no Nobel peace prize will be awarded this year 1918, citing unsettled global conditions and ongoing wartime strain.
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Christiania
Bec
Nobel Committee
Ohio’s War Effort Led Nation in World War I Contributions
Columbus reports Ohio played a major role in the war effort. The state furnished 260000 men to the military, bought 991 million dollars in Liberty Bonds and 100 million in War Savings Stamps, donated 30 million to charities, and supplied leaders like Newton D. Baker and Eddie Rickenbacker. Ohio also trained pilots, supplied aircraft, and contributed tens of thousands of troops to France, with 60000 in France and 40000 in France and Italy by war’s end.
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Columbus
Ohio
Council of National Defense
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Army Navy
Marine Corps
America
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland
Eddie V. Ricken,bacher
Ohio National Guard
National Guard
France
Alr
Army
Navy
Army Training Corps
Italy
Camp Sherman
Bert Barnes Victim of Hu Bullets
Mr and Mrs Lon Barnes learned December 9 that their son Private Bert Barnes had been slightly wounded in action on September 29. A later letter said he killed two Germans and saw gas, then another note on November 4 reported a hospital stay with influenza and plans to rejoin his machine gun company within two weeks. The article notes Barnes was a former Messenger employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Barnes
Bert Barnes
Spanish ambassador to Germany dismissed by Berlin government
The Berlin government announced the dismissal of the Spanish ambassador to Germany amid a diplomatic shift. No further details were provided on the reasons or subsequent steps in the démarche.
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Abe
Germany
Berlin
Sail the Sea Waters Soldiers Sign Up at Camp Sherman
Camp Sherman Ohio hosts Ensign E R Butler offering discharged soldiers a merchant marine path with one year contracts and pay from 90 dollars per month including board and clothing. About forty men have enrolled. training lasts six weeks before assignment to Uncle Sam's ships. This first U S office in the country aims to place up to one million men and will be followed by similar camps.
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Camp Sherman
E. R. Butler
United States Navy
Merchant Marine
Ensign Butler
United States
Uncle Sam
Sherman
George Washington Reaches French Wireless Zone Near Europe
Washington reports show the George Washington entered the France wireless zone after losing direct contact with the United States. Navy officials said messages would be relayed from France as the ship passed by Cape Verde and approached the European coast. Paris dispatch confirms the steamer passed Pointe_del_Gado with forts firing a salute in greeting.
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Washington
George Washington
Navy
France
Navy Department
Paris
Ste George Washington
Ponta del Gado
New Motor Hearse Adds Ambulance Service for Local Calls
Luster Baughman the undertaker has commissioned a Winton motor hearse inherited months ago. Mr Bainman will use his motor hearse for ambulance calls only hereafter, reserving it for sick and accident calls.
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Luster Baughman
Baeman
Athens County to Have Bronze Honor Tablet
Athens County surpassed its W. 8. S. quota by a substantial amount and will receive a bronze tablet in the Court House under state authority. The War Division of the Treasury Department praises patriotic service and a gold medal will be given to County Chairman T. R. Biddle. Bronze medals and appreciation cards will be mailed to campaign captains and assistants due to health rules preventing a public ceremony.
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Athens County
War Division
Treasury Department
Court House
National Organization
T. R. Biddle
Athens
Capetains
Good Home Sought for Homeless Ohio Children
The Children's Welfare Department of the Ohio Board of State Charities appeals to Ohioans to help end tragedy in the lives of dependent children. The state aims to place them in normal family settings through its program and invites inquiries to the department in Columbus.
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Children's Welfare Department
Ohio Board of State Charities
Ohio
Children’s Welfare Department
Board of State Charities
Columbus
Allied Troops Enter Aix-la-Chapelle Cologne
French and American forces entered Aix-la-Chapelle and assumed occupation from Belgian troops. Allied flags flew over the Frederick William palace as generals assembled to take the salute of the entering forces.
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Aix-La-Chapelle
Cologne
Aige LaChapelle
Frederick William Palace
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Huneand 13
Mohammed VI
Turkey
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