Wilson to lead peace conference effort for lasting world peace
President Wilson will sail for France in December to participate in the Versailles peace conference. He will discuss main treaty features, form an American delegation including cabinet members, and push for a league of nations backed by an international legislature and labor laws.
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Washington
America
Wilson
France
Versailles
Cary T. Grayson
Tumulty
Marshall
United States
League
Dig Mats
City Flu Wanes as Normal Conditions Return in Athens
Health officer reports improving conditions in Athens with no new influenza pneumonia deaths as of yesterday. City schools reopen with near normal attendance. university students back in classes, some under quarantine for mild influenza precautions. S. A. T. C. members seek relief from restrictions to resume studies and campus life.
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Athens
Higgins
John Hancock High School
Victory Girls of Dayton Rally for War Work Drive
In Dayton Ohio the Victory Girls pledge to earn and give $5 each to the United War Work campaign. They set mouse traps at ten cents a mouse and perform tasks such as darning stockings polishing shoes caring for children washing dishes as part of the drive.
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Victory Girls
Dayton
Ohio
United War Work Campaign
War Works
Poker Game Raises War Drive Jackpot at Camp Custer
A poker game at Camp Custer Michigan was halted and a $34 payoff turned over to the United War Work drive. A lieutenant seized the money and seven privates were credited for contributing.
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United War Work Campaign
Camp Custer
Michigan
Draft Board Order Halts Examinations In Immediate End
The local draft board received a telegram to discontinue all examinations and stop sending questionnaires, directing complete classification of 18 to 36 year olds per prior rules. A group of Athens draftees returning from the Motor Transport Corps station in Macon Ga arrived home after a short stay. 15 000 discharged from the camp at about the same time. Returning are Pearl E B Pay Donald L Swaim Kenneth O Gaston and Charles R Somers.
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Athens
Motor Transport Corps
Pearl EB. Pay
Donald L. Swaim
Kenneth O. Gaston
Charles R. Somers
Germany fails to win armistice term changes
Washington reports Germany appealed for modifications to the armistice terms but officials refused to alter them before the initial thirty day life ends. Solf warned of future changes but allied powers remain firm as Germany withholds wireless stations used for propaganda.
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Washington
Germany
World Prohibition Movement Opens at Columbus Conference
The anti saloon league conference in Columbus runs November 19 1913 with 600 to 800 delegates from the US and abroad including Scotland England France and Canada. Speakers include P A Baker Dr J Wilbur Chapman and Gov Whitman as dry forces push federal prohibition. Camp Sherman to discharge about 500 daily by locality starting Thursday with medical exams and pneumonia inoculations underway for 418th Reserve Labor Battalion.
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Columbus
Anti-Saloon League
Scotland
England
France
Mexico
Canada
P. A. Baker
Anti-Saloon League of America
J. Wilbur Chapman
Wm. J. Bryan
Francis McConnell
M. E. Church
Denver
Gov. Whitman
New York
Thomas Nicholson
Chicago
B. H. Spence
Ontario Alliance
James Cannon, Jr
M. E. Church South
W. K. Anderson
Cincinnati
U. S
Sheppard
Texas
Billy Sunday
Camp Sherman
Charles L. Abel
American Railway Association
War Department
Lkely
418Th Reserve
How To Make Coal Dust For War Efforts
Washington reports the department of commerce confirms England uses coal dust mixed with cinders sawdust and cellar dust with cement and water pressed into molds to create fuel cakes. After a week of drying these cakes burn hot and aid wartime energy needs.
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Washington
United Press
England
Department of Commerce
Czech President Masaryk Departs Washington for Prague
Thomas G Masaryk president of the Czecho Slovak Republic leaves Washington after being chosen by Czecho Slovak leaders at Berne to assume leadership. He states his first aim is solidification of the nation.
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Washington
Thos. G. Masaryk
Prague
Berne
Masrryk
Wisconsin University President Dr Van Hise Dies
Charles R. Van Hise, president of the University of Wisconsin, died in Milwaukee Hospital after an operation. He had led the university in Madison and was a prominent educator. The university and state mourn his loss.
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DR. van Hise
United Press
Madison
Wis
Charles R. van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee Hospital
Ford Plant Resumes Pleasure Car Production
Official statement declares the Ford Motor Company plant in Detroit has resumed producing pleasure cars for 1918 and 1919 after serving wartime needs. The plant previously built ambulances tractors and submarine chasers during the war and government limits have been lifted.
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Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ford
French at Rhine Germans Given Fair Warning
Paris reports French troops reach Rhine front about thirty miles long from the Swiss border. Large quantities of war materials and allied prisoners said to be in French hands. Stockholm reports President Wilson warned Germany via neutrals that hostilities would resume if internal order is not kept.
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Rhine
Paris
Hands
Stockholm
Wilson
Berlin
City Council Approves Gas Rate Increase Request
Four council members met after a two month recess due to a flu ban. Athens Gas Company seeks a franchise renewal raising the rate from 27 to 35 cents, with an eight cent increase, to fund new field development. The measure, supported by state utilities, would take effect December 1, but no action was taken due to the absence of the city solicitor.
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Beasley Milling Company
Union Street
Athens Gas Company
Gas Company
Council
State Public Utilities Commission
Corporal Everett McLain Dies in Action in France
Corporal Everett McLain, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John McLain of Bates district Alexander township, was killed in action in France on September 28. A member of Company L Seventh Regiment Ohio National Guard, he served in infantry after initial field artillery assignments. He attended Ohio University two years before enlistment.
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John McLain
Bates
Alexander Township
Corporal Everett McLain
Ben
France
War Department
Corporal McLain
Seventh Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Company L
Camp Shridan
Field Artillery
135Th
147Th Infantry
Young McLain
Infantry
McLain
Alexander Townslip
Ohio University
Ohio Leads in TB Discharge Follow-up for Soldiers
Ohio reports 865 discharged soldiers with tuberculosis up to November 1 as part of a state effort noted at the Mississippi Valley Tuberculosis conference. Of those, 125 are listed as not found. 31 have been placed in hospitals amid statewide bed shortages.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Health
Electrified trousers wired to warm Europe’s cold workers
European inventors develop trousers with integrated heating wires to keep door workers warm in cold weather. The garment uses electric current to provide sustained warmth during outdoor tasks.
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Europe
County Grange Schedules 10 Meet in Canton and Athens
The Ohio State Grange plans a Canton meeting on December 10 11 and 12 with a Monday reception. Athens county Grange aims for a November session in Athens not later than the last Saturday with flu conditions possibly delaying. An Athens meeting is set for next Saturday at 1 p m in the O U Agricultural Building lecture room with important business.
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Ohio State Grange
Canton
Athens County Grange
Athens
Athens Grange
O. U. Agricultural Building
Wilson not threaten Germany over return of orders say State Dept
Washington reports President Wilson has not threatened a resumption of hostilities if order is not restored in Berlin. Stockholm dispatches of a warning through neutral channels are tied to Wilson's note offering food if orders are restored and kept in place.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
State Department
Stockholm
Hoover to Visit Berlin to Study German Situation
Paris dispatch reports belief that Hoover will travel to Berlin to study the German situation firsthand. Allies plan to probe German blockade eats impact on food shortages and global supply networks.
Daring Jail Break in Steubenville County Jail
Four prisoners escaped from Steubenville county jail using an iron bar and a hole in the wall. They climbed down forty feet to the street on a rope of blankets after prisoners passed the tool from outside.
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United Press
Steubenville, CO
Government warns on renewed German propaganda in U S
Government agents say German propaganda groups in the United States are being reorganized to promote leniency toward Germany in peace terms. The Department of Justice warns the public to stay vigilant against resumption of organized propaganda by formerly active pro German interests and others who were passive last year.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Rail way Department tightens exports for European reconstruction
The Railway Department and War Department announce a ban on non essential exports. No permit will be issued for overseas movement unless the commodity aids rebuilding war torn Europe.
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Washington
Railway Department
War Department
Rail Way Department
Europe
Indian Railways Tests Wood-Insulated Steel Passenger Cars
A railroad in India is trialing steel passenger cars lined with wood and insulated against heat using asbestos. The experiment aims to reduce heat transfer in metal cars during high temperatures and assess safety and practicality for service use.
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India
Republicans Debate Curbs on War Powers After War
Senate Republicans in caucus allege abuses of executive authority under wartime powers and consider demanding a halt to all extraordinary powers. They target government takeovers of industry and communications as the war ends. The party plans to back a Weeks resolution with six reconstruction provisions.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Wilson
Watson
General named marshal of France in army shakeup
United Press from Paris reports that the army’s commander-in-chief has been named marshal of France in a major leadership decision announced today.
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United Press
Paris
France
Americans Advance Toward Rhine in Second Lap
The American Third Army, advancing with precision, halted fifteen kilometers ahead of last night’s line. Germans surrender mil lions of materials and guns as withdrawals continue, towns show light damage, and communities welcome advancing troops with American flags and local celebrations.
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Webb Miller
Rhine
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