President Wilson in Constant Touch With Washington Aboard
Navy dispatch from Arlington reports President Wilson and his party aboard the George Washington remain in continuous radio contact with Washington. The voyage to Europe features advanced transmitting gear, special receptions, and coordinated messages via Annapolis, Maine, New Jersey, and Paris, with daily world news summaries.
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Washington
Navy Department
George Washington
New York
Wilson
White House
Pennsylvania
United States
George ‘Washington
Naval High Power
Annapolis
Arlington
Naval
Maine
New Jersey
Navy Building
Director of Naval Communications
Europe
England
France
Touce
Paris
London
Kep
Navy
Associated Press
State Department
U.S. S
A Wilson
McCauley
President Wilson Reviews George Washington Voyage
The voyage shows a steady sea with destroyers escorting the George Washington, seven of twelve returning to port as the weather roughens. An urgent call by International Live Stock Exposition speakers urges women to join farm work to meet the 1919 harvest needs and feed a hungry world.
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George Washington
Wilson
Chicago
Dee. S
William H. Hubert
New York
United States Agricultural Land Army
Peace Conference Debates Spar Senate议Resolutions and Begate on Peace
The Senate debates resolutions on the Paris peace conference with Cummins calling for a special committee to report from Paris. Pittman and Johnson criticize Creel's handling of press reports while Borah urges reaffirmation of Washington and Jefferson policies against entangling alliances. The Peace program of the National Non-Partisan League proposes a United States of the World by consent.
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Washington
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Paris
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pittman
Nevada
Johnson
California
Edgar Sissons
Committee On Public Information
George Creel
Watson
New
Indiana
Sherman
Ilinois
Creel
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
Mann
iHyde Park
Chicago
Borah
Idaho
Washington Andefferson
Jones
State Department
S Pittman
Wilson
United States of World
St. Paul
Minn
United States of the World
National
League
Burleson urges government ownership of telegraphs and telephones
Postmaster General Burleson urges government ownership of telegraph and telephone networks after the war. He cites wartime control as proof of sound policy and recommends making these systems part of the postal service to serve the public rather than seek profits. The annual report notes a substantial post office surplus for the year ending June 30.
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Washington
Dee
Burleson
Congress
Post Office Department
Commission Urges Unified Regulation Regardless of Railroad Ownership
The inter state commerce commission in its annual report argues for complete unification of railways in wartime and partial merger in peacetime, with government regulation across ownership options. It warns against reviving old private competition and calls for coordinated development of inland waterways and rail carriers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rail policy alternatives for future government rail control
The piece outlines five future policy options for railroads: continued government control with private ownership. public ownership with private operation. private operation with government regulation and guarantees. complete private control and ownership. and complete public ownership and operation. It discusses ensuring government accountability, avoiding partisan influence, and a proposed tribunal for railroad dispute settlement, in the context of wartime upheaval and the ICC's relation to Director General McAdoo.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
McAdoo
Bluefield Health Board Finds Flu Situation Not So Bad
The Bluefield board of health met at the prosecutor's office and heard from two physicians that the current influenza flare back is milder with few complications. They took no action toward reopening the closing order, noting a lack of consensus due to dilatory reporting by doctors and the absence of broader medical input.
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Board of Health
City of
Bluefield
Lee
G. T.thornhill
A. Easley
J. E. Martin
J. R. Dillard
Dillon
Attorney General Report Details War Time Policing Triumphs
The report describes how enemy agents were caught, disloyalty suppressed, draft slackers apprehended, and sabotage prevented. It notes a careful balance between security measures and preserving free speech, with 6,000 enemy aliens arrested on warrants and broad public self restraint during wartime.
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Washington
T. W. Gregory
Department of Justice
Gregory
Draft ages and army expansion plan cited in war report
The draft age range is proposed from eighteen to forty five and an army enlargement is criticized for adding to Congresss seven billion deficit. The presentation to Congress argues an effective army in 1919 if laws pass. It notes wartime troop transport, calls for a stronger general staff, and previews a reorganization plan to leverage wartime experience.
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Congress
Coneress
France
War Revenue Bill to Be Presented in Senate Debate to Begin Soon
The war revenue bill, aimed at about 6.49 billion in 1920 taxes and 4.2 billion in 1919, will be sent to the Senate by Chairman Simmons with debate set for Monday or Tuesday. Republican leaders deny plans to filibuster while considering an 80 percent war profits tax if needed. Federation of Churches Approved for unity effort in Philadelphia with a 1920 convention plan and interdenominational commission formation.
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Washington
Senate
Simmons
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Treasury
Kitchin
House
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Federation of Churches
Philadelphia
Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Organized Church Union
Congress For Church Unity
Brisbane Tells of Purchase of Washington Times
Arthur Brisbane testified before the senate committee on brewers and German propaganda about financing his acquisition of the Washington Times with brewer loans. He said the loan was a business deal, denied pro German editorials, and explained Hearst knew nothing of the purchase until after it happened. He disclosed his other newspaper holdings and described loans to Victor Berger and a Milwaukee labor project.
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Washington
Arthur Brisbane
Senate
Washington Times
William Randolph ‘Hearst
Brisbane
The
Times
C. J. Fiesenspan
Newark
N. J
Feigenspan
United States
Germany
Hearst
William Randolph Hearst
Nier
Frank A. Munsey
Sterling
South Dakota
England
Mitchell Palmer
New York Evening Mail
Fiegenspan
Suport
Senator Walcott
Delaware
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Congress
Berger
News
Deputy Sheriff John H. Collins Murder Located
The murderer of Deputy Sheriff John H. Collins of McDowell county has been located and will be brought to justice. The killing occurred on November 21 near the border of West Virginia and Virginia as searchers combed the mountain fastnesses. The widow learns of the tragedy is not yet aware.
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John H. Collins
McDowell County
West Virginia
Virginia
March Sugmitd Annual Report 10 Secretary Baker
Washington December 5 The army program of eighty divisions in France by June 30 1919 was launched with confidence Germany could be defeated in 1919 General March chief of staff said in his annual report to Secretary Baker The plan relies on 3 360 000 men by mid 1919 and includes eighteen divisions at home The study noted shipping costs and methods to raise men and supplies and was approved by the President and Congress
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Washington
France
Germany
General March
Paker
United States
Eect
Congress
Mine Sweepers Still Missing Near Calumet
French mine sweepers Cerisoles and Inker man that departed Fort William November 23 remain unreported. A cabin roof found near Five Mile Point was misattributed to the vessels but proved from an old wreck. The Ddoats, 150 feet long, carried thirty men with four inch guns fore and aft.
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Calumet
Mich
Cerisoles
Inkerman
Fort William
Five Mile Point
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New York Evening
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Jenkin Jones
Welch
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Pershing
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