Propaganda Costs in Germany Exposed in Senate Hearings
A. Bruce Bielaski testifies on German propaganda costs in the United States totaling seven and a half million dollars from a 27.85 million embassy fund. He details newspaper purchases and distribution, cites Hearst papers as especially favorable, and mentions plans to hear Hart and others as the inquiry continues.
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Washington
A. Bruce Bieslaski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Senate
Bielaski
Department
von Pernstorf
Kaiser
America
Germany
United States
United States, Me. Bielaski
Francis Garvin
Alien Property Custodian
Albert ‘Iushnell Hart
Harvard University
Feuhr
Dary
Berlin
Karl F. Feuhr
William Randolph -Hearst
New York Evening Mail
Milwaukee Free Press
Chicago Tribune
Washington Post
Hearst
Fenrir
lHlearst
Southern Commercial Congress backs league of nations plan
Baltimore delegates at the tenth annual Southern Commercial Congress endorse a permanent league of free nations as part of the peace settlement. The resolution urges the president and allied peace commissioners to include a permanent league with broad powers and mobilized resources. Members expect adoption.
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Baltimore
Southern Commercial Congress
Congress
League of Nations
Polish American divisions head for Danzig to seize Posen
Amsterdam Dec 9. Warsaw correspondent reports Polish American divisions have embarked at Havre for Danzig in West Prussia with aims to occupy the provinces of Posen and Silesia. Headquarters will be at Posen.
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Posen
Silesia
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Weser Zeitune
Havre
Danzig
West Prussia
Army to grant discharge as officers request
Washington December 4 The War Department authorized discharge from the army as soon as practicable for officers who have signified their desire to leave the service.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Monster Caterpillar Track Gun Tested in Washington
An eight inch self propelled caterpillar tracked gun prototype built for the government was demonstrated before Assistant Secretary of War Crowell Major General Snow and other officers. The tractor gun passed firing tests at the ordnance proving ground and climbed a ravine wall at four miles per hour, tearing through large trees to mimic tank action in France.
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Washington
Crowell
Snow
Ordnance Proving Ground
Pliny E. Holt
J. B. Dillard
France
Effect of Transition From War to Peace Basis
Washington December 9 The senate finance committee report on the revised war revenue bill outlines effects of shifting to peacetime taxation and the impact of prohibition legislation on future tax problems. It explains revising the house bill to raise 5 978 466 000 next year instead of 7 5 million.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Simmons
House
Senate Finance Plan Alters Tax Structure and War Excess Tax
The Senate negotiates changes to the house tax draft including dropping the undistributed earnings tax, capping bona fide mining and oil gas sales, removing the bond tax, and replacing with a single war excess profits tax. Senator Simmons to speak as Penrose Smoot and La Follette prepare separate views. A rail regulation report urges private control with careful oversight and avoidance of prewar burdens.
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Senate
Simmons
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Smoot
Utah
la Follette
Wisconsin
National Railway System Proposed By Representative Gray
Representative Gray of New Jersey introduces a bill to create a national railway system under a federal corporation and charter. Participation by railroads would be voluntary and a board with government stockholders and employees would govern, with no government financing planned.
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National Railway System
Washington
Gray
New Jersey
Republican
Congress Asked to Permit One-Year Ally Loans After War
Secretary McAdoo asked Congress to authorize continuation of allied loans for one year after the war to finance foodstuffs and reconstruction materials in the United States. No new loans are sought, but peacetime use may apply to unexpended funds.
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Washington
Congress
McAdoo
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Health Officials Seek Aid After Emergency Rush
Report from Portsmouth this morning describes twelve patients taken to the hospital with severe conditions. Special measures are in place as medical staff and two nurses cooperate with officials amid widespread illness and pitiable cases.
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Portsmouth
Influenza Situation Worsens in Bluefield Health Area
Bluefield health officials report no improvement over two days with over sixty new influenza cases on Sunday and seventy eight new influenza cases the previous day. Pneumonia cases numbered sixteen amid rising illness concerns.
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Bluefield
Influenza Epidemic Prompt Public Health Measures Adopted
City health officials and the county board convene to plan actions as influenza resurges. Merchants adopt precautions including open store doors, no approvals, regular disinfection, and public instruction cards to curb spread while nurses are brought to Emergency Hospital and a special pneumonia ward is prepared.
Red Cross seeks nurses to aid influenza emergency patients
The Red Cross chair. man T. H. Claget has not yet received a reply to his appeal for nurses for the local health board. If enough medical help is found the emergency hospital's work can expand. The mayor's committee fund remains adequate to cover expenses for now. Many homes report entire families stricken, with scenes of hardship as influenza spreads. In one shack, a father ill with a baby in his bed, a mother on a pallet, a barefoot girl and a boy by the stove endured severe illness with no aid. A death occurred in a family of six currently all ill and unable to help each other.
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Princeton
Binefield City
Satchon
Board of Health
M. G. Whitlow
J. T. Thornton
S. Pedigo
Henry Rodgin
Gus Kahn
A. Kinzale
F.S. Armstead
H.B. Lee
J. E. Martin
N.D. Dillon
Stahlman
Capt. Frazee
Portsmouth
Ohio
Elks Lodge
Red Cross
T. H. Claget
Washington
State Board of Health
Ale
Ely
Refused New Trial In Espionage Case In Philadelphia
Two editors and three business staff members of the Philadelphia Tageblatt were denied a new trial in federal court. Convicted of violating the espionage act, they published articles and distorted news dispatches during the war and await sentencing.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Tageblatt
Federal District Court
United States
United Serbs Croats and Slovenes Form Georgia Treaty Texts
Formal notice to the American government details the plan to unite Serbia with the Serbs Croats and Slovenes into a single Yugoslav state and evacuate Italian-occupied Jugoslav lands. Prince Regent Alexander and Zagreb delegation present the texts at Washington. The union aims for a constitutional government with provisional Belgrade leadership until a constituent assembly within six months after peacd.
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Washington
Kingdom of
Serbia
Italy
State Department
Alexander of
National Council of Zagreb
Belgrade
Regennt
Zagreb Council For Union
Peter
Palmer seeks extra funds for alien property office
A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property custodian, told Congress US enemy owned property in the United States valued at 506.9 million will rise to about 800 million through adjustments. He asked for a 125 thousand additional appropriation and noted 32,100 estates are under his care.
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Washington
United States
A. Mitchell Palmer
Congress
Railway executive Paul Stevens dies in Fort Mitchell
Covington Kentucky December 93 Paul Stevens general manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company died at his Fort Mitchell home from pneumonia after an influenza attack He was thirty five and a son of G W Stevens federal manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio.
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Covington
Paul Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Fort Mitchell
Here
Stevens
G.W. Stevens
Chesapeake and Ohio
Berlin demonstratons pass without untoward incident
From Copenhagen via Berlin reports filed after 2 am say demonstrations yesterday in Berlin proceeded without untoward incident.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Premier Clemenceau Expected to Preside Peace Conference
The dispatch notes Georges Clemenceau likely to chair the Paris peace conference while President Wilson participates through delegates. Wilson prefers public proceedings with press access, while certain delicate items would stay confidential, reported from Washington.
Monsignor Fay Praises League of Nations as Path to Peace
In New York on December 9, Monsignor Sigourney Fay domestic prelate to the pope urged support for a League of Nations. He said moral forces and governments should back the plan for permanent peace and that President Wilson would wield the greatest influence at the forthcoming international conference.
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New York
League of Nations
Monsignor
Sigourney ‘Fay
Tle
Wilson
Cigar Firm Official Charged With Disorderly Conduct
Raymond L. Ramsdell vice president of United Cigar Stores Company was arraigned in a magistrate court in New York for disorderly conduct after allegedly exclaiming about President Wilson. The complaint was adjourned until Friday.
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United Cigar “Law
New York
Raymond L. Ramsdell
United Cigar Stores Company
Wilson
Ramasdell
Navy Deficit Need Prompted by Secretary Daniels
Secretary Daniels told the House Naval Committee a deficit of about 20 million dollars will be requested for the current fiscal year. He noted the total appropriation of nearly 5.984 billion may not cover rising costs in maintenance and officer pay. Some savings are expected in other items but cannot offset deficits in different accounts.
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Washington
Congress
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Treasury
Commercial Pacific Cable Co Seeks Federal Injunction
The Commercial Pacific Cable Company and allied Commercial Cable Company ask a federal court to restrain Postmaster General Burleson from further control of 10000 miles of cable between San Francisco and China Japan and the Philippine Islands. They charge violation of international law and say consent from land nations would require senate approval of a treaty.
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New York
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
Commercial Cable Company
Burleson
San Francisco
China
Japan
Philippine Islands
United States
Senate
Labor leaders urge fair pricing as steel plans cuts
Judge Gary of the steel trust urges liberal treatment of workers and a gradual price reduction across the industry beginning January 1. He says fair employment and competition will steady business, reduce abnormal price levels, and lead to a more progressive five year period with the War Industries Board anticipated to wind down price fixing.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
War Industries Board
Elbert H. Gary
Gary
Mr. Gary
Mull
Navy announces inert gas argon to replace hydrogen in balloons
Washington reports the navy and army will jointly produce argon to fill lighter than air craft gas bags. The department says argon eliminates fire and explosion hazards associated with hydrogen in balloon operations.
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Washington
Navy Department
Army
U Boats Handed Over to France at Cherbourg
Paris reports the first group of five German U boats will arrive at Cherbourg tomorrow. Each trawler will tow a submarine, including a new submersible cruiser type, marking France’s initial handover of U boats.
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France
Paris
Cherbourg
Chicago adopts red flag display ban without mayoral signature
Mayor Thompson allowed the city council ordinance prohibiting the display of the red flag in Chicago to become law without his signature, making the measure effective immediately. The action confirms the council’s intent and sets a new local policy on displaying the flag in the city.
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Chicago
Thompson
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Nelson
John R. McLean
Star
Belo Pasha
Bolo
Rance
Polo Pasha
Mr. Bielaski
Pasha
Dr. Albert
Hielaski
Labor
National Peace Council
Franz von Rintelin
Hans Levean
Hans Levean Relief Bureau
Samuel Untermeyer
Senator Overman
Thomas I. Simmonds
Commercial Congress
Atlantic City
Railroad Securities Committee
National Investment Bankers Association
Secretary OF Treasury
Alexander
Iously
J. Paul Stevens
Clemeneau
George Washington
Associated Press
Clemenceau
Peace Congress
Commercial Pacific Cable CO
Steel Trust
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