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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
1
London dispatch reports Bolsheviks gaining influence in Russia with Germans withdrawing from border areas. Allied policy toward Russia sparks sharp debate among military and civilian leaders, ranging from intensified operations to full withdrawal. No policy shift before peace conference clarifies allied plans.
Berlin reports the national Soldatenrat unanimously backs the Ebert Haase government. The soldiers council grants the regime control over civilian affairs while reserving army supervision. The peoples' council is made supreme in the national provisional government, with military affairs needing the parliamentary executive committee's approval.
London aims to outdo Paris in welcoming President Wilson, with vast crowds, parades, and official attention. He arrives amid talk on allied ration policy and freedom of the seas, while peace congress work begins locally and hints of a Russia expedition surface.
Stockholm dispatch reports Bolshevik forces advancing into the former Russian province of Esthonia along a wide front. Reinforced by Lettish troops, they have reached twenty miles south of Dopart, with winter conditions adding to the opposition cited by the Esthonian war minister.
Berlin reports proposals from National Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils urge Germany to elect a president by Sunday to assure the Allies of a responsible government as peace negotiations near.
Paris dispatch says Le Journal understands that Chancellor Ebert has resigned. The notice notes the event as reported from Berlin and signals a political shift in Germany.
Soviet authorities have detained three leading Krupp directors in Essen, including inventor Herr Brausenberger, famed for the long range gun that shelled Paris, as part of an investigation into the company’s wartime actions.
Berlin reader Maximilian Har den writes in Zufunki demanding that the former Kaiser be tried. This stance appears amid postwar debates on accountability and justice for wartime actions.
Dec 19 to Jan Paderewski sails for Poland on a British battleship to rally Polish supporters against the Bolshevik invasion.
Dispatch reports street fighting in Danzig with both military and civil prisoners released or opened from confinement as clashes continue. The Copenhagen dated bulletin notes unrest and authorities responding to the conflict.
The liner Celtic carried American troops from France including the One Hundred and Fifth Infantry. Sergeant Gilbert G. Clark arrived with his left arm paralyzed and 12 wounds from a Cambrai fight, while Lieutenant Thomas Garlin noted only two soldiers and four cooks remained unwounded out of 250.
The Armory lists activities by time: 1:00 1:45 East de 42:30 Boy Scouts Troop One, 30.3:30 Troop Two, 3:15 4:00 High School Girls, 4:00 6:00 closed, 6:00 6:45 Central School 7th 8th Aradac, 6:46 7:45 High School boys. Closed Christmas Day. Mark Cowen Director.
A young American aviator named Coheeny, held in a camp near Stralsund, was shot and killed by German guards after the armistice was signed. He walked outside the camp perimeter around 7 PM on December 5, according to a British officer describing German internal conditions.
Prof Clement Luther Martzolff of Ohio University writes a 6000 word Christmas sketch The First Service Star just published by the American Luther Survey It follows Zadok a biblical figure who bears gifts to the newborn King of the Jews His journey ends in sacrifice leading to the crucifixion of Christ in a dramatic narrative tied to the star of the east
Nogales Arizona December 18 A M Lawton American consul reported receipt of state department orders to investigate the kidnapping of Dr Huerta from Douglas Arizona and his hanging at Agua Prieta on Wednesday.
Congressman Gillett of Massachusetts announced his candidacy for speaker of the next House. He has the support of his state delegation and is the second candidate formally in the field, following Republican Mann of Chicago who announced yesterday.
The Logan left Honolulu December 14 and reached San Francisco December 19 after catching fire at midnight last Monday. Marines department of the chamber of commerce announced the incident. It carried a contingent of U S troops for Siberia and continued on its voyage after flames were subdued.
Meigs County man E. D. Fultz alias John Smith alias E. D. Gorsey, wanted for forgery for six months, was arrested in Athens after a streetcar collision Dislocated shoulder from the crash and found in a city surgeon's office Local Sheriff Hartenbach of Pomeroy notified officials to bring him back to Meigs County Fultz previously worked on Fred Beckler's farm and later as a B and O railroad section hand.
The Federal Food Board warned that America had less than ten days of wheat supply when the 1918 harvest ended. Submarine warfare cessation and the armistice released wheat abroad, easing the need for a large U.S. reserve. Continued waste elimination would help ship breadstuffs to hungry Europe.
A troop train of eighteen coaches carried hundreds of soldiers homeward as it passed through Athens last evening en route to Camp Sherman.
Vienna dispatch reports former Emperor Karl and his four children all ill with influenza. Karl’s condition is described as serious while his children also worsen. The report notes the illness remains delayed in the capital.
AMERONGEN HOLLAND December 19 The former Kaiser has been bedridden since Sunday from a chill and an ear affection. A Utrecht specialist is attending him today.
In Schenectady New York at ten this morning the General Electric organized force joined a sympathy strike with Erie Pennsylvania workers. About 15 000 men are reported out. In Fort Wayne Indiana employees largely left their posts after 7 30 a.m. today and estimates place the number at 2 500 to 3 000.
Judge Milton Clark of Warren County senior Republican in the Ohio House called a caucus of Republican members in the representative chamber for one o'clock on December 28 in Columbus.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy arrives in Paris at 3 10 PM with Queen Helena and heir Humbert. The Italian party is greeted at Bois de Boulogne by French Premier Clemenceau and his cabinet. President Wilson and the king to exchange visits this afternoon.
Muskegon Michigan December 19 The prosecuting attorney halted the grilling of Milo H Piper in the murder probe over Freda Wichman to hide his marriage. Piper shows signs of illness and pleads for loyalty from his wife. State officers report a third marriage to Marion Gray, Benton Harbor manager of a matrimonial bureau.
A reader from Athens claims pecan trees grow in Texas and nearby counties. A pecan tree on the late Homer Mansfield farm along the Canaanville pike is described as perhaps the county’s only one.
Congressman Robert M. Switzer was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court this week in Washington. He has practiced before Ohio courts for more than twenty five years.
A Chinese inventor educated in the United States develops a voting device using a set of 4000 Chinese characters. The invention aims to streamline ballots and improve voter accessibility by providing a large character library for handwriting or selection. Further testing and deployment plans were not disclosed.
In Columbus on December 19 local coal dealers say bituminous prices are folding up at government figures, with few reductions new stocks remain. Dealers in St Louis cut price from 0 cents to 75 cents per ton but buyers show little urgency to buy. Across the country buyers await larger drops while consuming stored coal as plants report large inventories for winter.
Hundreds of thousands cheered British army chiefs led by Field Marshal Haig as they arrived in London to visit King George. Generals Rawlinson Plumer Byng Byrdwood and Horne accompanied Haig through Craving Cross and into a triumphal procession toward Buckingham Palace with Lloyd George and the Duke of Connaught present.
Senator Lodge demands the secretary of state in Paris inform the Senate whether U S peace delegates advocate destroying all surrendered German battleships as reported in a Paris cable and, if so, by what authority the delegates seek destruction of enemy property in part surrendered to the United States.
President Wilson and Premier Clemenceau held an important conference at the Murat Palace in Paris aiming for a closer U S France understanding on peace pact details. Miss Margaret Wilson plans a trip to American camps and will likely visit Gondescourt on Christmas Day as the president reviews troops at American headquarters.
The body of Albert Ling, a Chinese student at Ohio University, was moved this noon from Newsom-Walburn to San Francisco to board a steamer bound for China where burial will occur. Rev. R. G. Bowden, a senior at the university, will accompany the remains to San Francisco at the request of King Ling and Dean J. J. Richeson. Funeral services were held Friday at 8 p.m. in the Newsom Walburn parlors with faculty and students present. King Ling, his twin brother, could not accompany the body and returned to New York last Saturday.
One man suffered head cuts and another received a dislocated shoulder in a collision between a Beasley Milling Company truck driven by Sid Kasler and a westbound B&O motor car at the Union street crossing. Both vehicles were damaged and several railway car passengers were treated, with Bolin and Fultz among those injured.
The December 1 1918 monthly statistics from the Division of Loans and Currency show the continental population at 106 689 000, money in circulation at 5 993 627 863, and per capita circulation at 56.28 dollars. An official Paris dispatch notes unofficial reports that the Ebert Haase government has agreed to occupy Berlin.
United Press reports London that Britain has almost cleared American troops. Most camps evacuated except Winchester and Liverpool. Remaining forces include Major General Biddle's staff and 2600 wounded sent home. A. R. C. units aid refugees from the Oise region.
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