Wilson weighs food aid to Germany amid war-torn calls
President Wilson is ready to consider supplying food to Germany if public order is maintained and equitable distribution is guaranteed. The reply cites Congress support and seeks swift action through Allied coordination after the Versailles council pledge to relieve German distress.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
United States
Ebert
Lansing
Houses of
Congress
Supreme War Council
Versailles
Athens County 0 Celebrate Here Saturday County Victory Parade
About a dozen business leaders met in Hon. I. M. Foster's office to plan Saturday's County Victory Celebration. Restrictions include no speeches, firearms, or automobiles in the parade, with floats on auto trucks allowed. Bands invited, houses to be decorated, stores to close by 6, lamps to be used as torches, and a torch-lit march ending with a soldiers and sailors song fest.
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Hon
Athens
E. C. Woodworth
North Hill
Army
Navy
Kaiser
Jesus
Prof
Morgan
Foster
Sayer
Ellis
Cray
Whipple
DeMolet
Ackley
John Preston
Sayre
Martzolff
Cline
Lostro
Daggett
Wolfe
John Poston
Frank Roach
Bruce Wells
Ray Lash
Conner
McKee
Ohio colleges raise War Work drive totals under state leaders
Reports from Ohio colleges show progress toward the United War Work drive goal of 125000. Lake Erie College led with 1300 raised from 1000 by all students. Western College pledged 600. Oberlin aims 10000. Denison 4000. Ohio Univ system and others reached sizeable quotas.
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Columbus
Ohio
United War Work
Lake Erie College
Vivian Small
Lake Erie
Western College
Oberlin
Minami
Dennison
Western
Wittenberg
Hiram
Ohio Wesleyan
Oxford
Muskingum
Ohio Northern
Mt Anton
Heidelberg
Defiance
Baldwin Wallace
University of Illinois
Ann Arbor
Northwestern University
Stops Induction In Cincinnati Camp Fremont Recruitment
The Motor Transport Corps and U S Air Service Board in Cincinnati have orders to stop inducting men. The Military Training Camps Association also stops recruiting for artillery. Infantry Officers Training School at Camp Fremont, California remains active with Captain J Milano in charge. An electromagnet artificial hand from European invention lets a wearer manipulate metal tools.
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Cincinnati
Motor Transport Corps
Mortimer Smith
U. S. Air Service Board
G. G. Fisher
Chamber of Commerce
Military Training Camps Association
Artillery
Infantry Officers Training School
Camp Fremont
Cal
J. Milano
Berlin Plans Big Port in Heart of Empire
Berlin advances a vast port project as war strains ease. Two large basins are finished with a third underway, adding docks grain elevators cold storage warehouses and river transport capability. When done Berlin will handle an annual 1 600 000 tons.
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Berlin
Heart OF Empire
Washington
United Press
Germany
Department of Commerce
Germany seeks immediate peace talks amid famine threat
Berlin dispatch says Germany asks U S president to start peace negotiations at once after armistice. Foreign secretary Solf reports urgency due to imminent famine risk and proposes preliminary talks to set place and time.
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London
Germany
United States
Berlin
Solf
Laneing
Draft orders prompt immediate pay off at Camp Sherman
Orders have been received at Camp Sherman to immediately pay off and send home any men drafted to fill quotas and to replace those wrongly inducted. No official discharge plans for current Camp Sherman personnel, and transfers continue as training proceeds in the Depute Brigade, Goth Division, and pioneer regiment amid peace-time expectations.
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Camp Sherman
nMen
Cotton Futures Speculation Banned by War Board
Chairman Charles J. Brand of the War Industries Board cotton distribution committee wired New Orleans and New York Cotton Exchanges to ban speculative short selling in cotton futures. The action aims to curb price swings as growers sell amid wartime demand and a 2000 point drop in a day.
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Washington, Navy
Charles J. Brand
Cotton Distribution Committee
The
War Industries Board
New Orleans
New York
Flo
Draft Cost Hits All-Time Low for Draftees
Washington November 13 America's draft cost per soldier reaches a record low as General Crowder testifies before the House Appropriations Committee. It costs $7.95 to induct a draftee and send him to camp, compared with $24.48 in 1914, $19.14 in 1915, and $28.95 in 1917 for volunteers.
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Washington
America
Crowder
House Appropriations Committee
Sam
German high command warns of mines in Ostend today
Across multiple fronts dated November 13 1914 reports note Os tend mine placements timed to explode today while Paris dispatches claim Allied time extension for evacuations from Belgium Luxembourg and Alsace Lorraine.
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London
Ostend
Paris
Belgium
Luexemberg
Alsace-Lorraine
Romania Declares War on Germany in Bucharest Dispatch
Bucharest reports Romania has declared war on Germany after issuing an ultimatum to the German army Saturday. The 24 hour deadline expired Sunday morning at 9 o clock, with Romania asserting hostilities commence.
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Zurich
Romania
Germany
Bucharest
Frankfurt
Jasay
Body of former German crown prince found on military train
Berne reports the body of Frederick William former German crown prince is discovered with bayonet and bullet wounds aboard a military train en route to the Dutch border.
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Berne
Frederick William
Former Crown Prince Shot in Belgium Attempting Frontier Crossing
Reports from Berne state the former crown prince was shot while attempting to cross the Belgian frontier. His brother Prince Adelbert, who accompanied him, is said to have escaped.
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Berne
Belgium
Prince Adelbert
Abdication Proclamations and Kaiser’s Name Change
Wolff Bureau reports former crown prince with troops at the front. Emperor Karl abdicates and pledges not to hinder his people's development while Austria becomes a separate state. The former Kaiser may take the name Count Hohenzollern and settle in Holland with a large estate.
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MERE
Copenhagen
Wolff Bureau
Karl
Austro-Hungary
Austria
Victory bread to be phased out for whole wheat flour
Washington reports victory bread will disappear from American tables and be replaced with bread made from whole wheat flour. The Food Administration cites the large U S wheat crop and ample foreign stocks, plus a dairy feed shortage, as reasons for the change. Milling more wheat could ease dairy feed shortages via bran production. No new wheat regulations issued yet.
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Washington
Victory
Food Administration
Australia
The
Exiled Kaiser Reports Hint of Extradition Talks
Nov 13. The peace conference at Versailles may discuss the former Kaiser Wilhelm II extradition. He arrived in Maarsen Holland to reside at Count Bentinck's castle under conditions of simple military internment and a moral obligation to avoid troubling public order.
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Washington
Berlin
Wilhelm
Prussia
Paris
Maastricht
Rotterdam
London
Versailles
United Press
Amsterdam
Maarsen
Count Bentinck
Holland
Road to Foch Delegation Passage Near La Capelle
Fragmentary passage describes the route taken by delegates to reach the French battle front near La Capelle and meet with officers sent by Foch. They were driven in curtained autos to Chateau Francfort in Compiègne for a night, with further moves toward Senlis and Rethondes connected to talks believed to seal the armistice.
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la Capelle
Foch
Chateau Francfort
Compeigne
Ondes A
Senlis
Paris
Marshal Foch
Spa
Athens Peace Celebration Urges Countywide Participation
Citizens of Athens urged to decorate homes and display lights for a 6:30 to 6:30 window vigil and join a 7 o'clock parade. Businesses to close by 6, restaurants by 7, explosives and firearms barred, and floats and banners encouraged to boost the Allied victory following World War I.
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Athens County
Auto making to continue after January 1
Washington reports that passenger automobile production is likely to continue beyond the January 1 curtailment date due to the war’s sudden collapse and reduced government steel demand, as indicated by the War Industries Board. Armenian consulate in Baghdad reports 15000 Armenians massacred at Tassu Hasu near Bitlis in Asiatic Turkey.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Bagdad
Tassu
Hasu
Bitlis
Asiatic Turkey
Think of It German Prisoners and Front Line Feeds
Mr and Mrs Fred R Baker received a letter from their son Fred with the 111th Field Artillery describing a German prisoner asking an American if he was in the States when Germany captured New York and Philadelphia. The letter shows morale and war views from the front.
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Fred R. Baker
Fred
111Th Field Artillery
Germany
New York
Philadelphia
Army students to go on Washington plan
Army students face disbandment of the student army training corps as part of broader demobilization. Reported that plans will be tied to general demobilization efforts. Mentions Germany yields sufficient medals for operations.
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Washington
Student Army Training Corps
Cotton Prices Fall as Market Drops Ten Dollars
New York November 13 Cotton fell ten dollars a bale with traders unsure how the peace outlook affects the staple. The January option slid 90 points, the daily limit set by the Cotton Exchange board to curb volatility. A separate feature shows a self watering flower box used as a water reservoir in a statue ornament.
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New York
Board of Managers of the
Cotton Exchange
Celebration of Whole Count Next Saturday in Wa r Townships
Citizens in Wa r townships celebrate a victory over Athens with noisy speeches and bands. The Canaanville Band, claiming war damage, joined the parade along with military bands and noise makers. The Mayor announced a countywide celebration next Saturday with a marching column and street parades.
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Athens
Canaanville
Victory Day Proposed as National Holiday
Washington November 13 A resolution declares November 11 a national holiday to be named Victory Day. The measure was offered in the House by Hicks of New York a member of the naval affairs committee.
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Washington
Hicks
New York
House Naval Affairs
Time extended for YMAS parcels to soldiers overseas
The period to send Christmas packages to soldiers overseas is extended to November. Red Cross cartons for Athens residents are available at the law office of J Worstell and Jones in the Athens National Bank Building during specified hours. Address labels must come from the government and be sent to the soldier’s relatives.
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Soldi
Athens
Red Cross
J Worstell
K. of C
A. EF. F
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