Secretary Daniels Commends Navy Men for Rescue Actions
Secretary Daniels commends Ralph B. Hildreth of Hollo wel l Me and John H. Leduc of Hudson for taking deck watch on Shinsei Maru while officers were ill. He also commends Edward Thomas Lynch of Salem and Percy Naeselbarth of Nyack for aiding Rescue of officer and three men aboard Chaser No. 219 during a blaze and exploding ammunition aboard Chaser No. 332.
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Washington
Daniels
Ralph B. Hildreth
Navy
Hollowell
John H. Leduc
Hudson
Edward Thomas Lynch
Salem
Percy Naeselbarth
Nyack
N. Y
Mann Announces Run for Speaker in Next Congress
Representative James R. Mann of Illinois, Republican leader in the House, formally announced his candidacy for Speaker of the House in the next Congress. The announcement followed a meeting of 17 of the 22 Republican Illinois delegates re elected to the next Congress, who unanimously endorsed his candidacy.
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Washington
James R. Mann
Illinois
House
Chinese Ministers Arrive in Paris for Peace Conference
Dr. Wellington Koo and S. Alfred Sze arrive in Paris with likely designation to the Chinese delegation. Ly Cheng-Hsiang, foreign minister, heads the party and travels to join the talks with the American delegation. Try Adamson's Balsam for coughs colds or grippe.
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Paris
Wellington Koo
United States
S. Alfred Sze
Great Britain
Ly Cheng-Hsiang
Adamson
Uncle Sam Sells Wool at Stabilizing Sale
The Army Quartermaster Corps held the first stabilizing sale of government-held wool at Ford Hall. About 400 mill owners and dealers bought roughly 5 million pounds, with prices from 1.50 to 2.00 dollars per pound. Further auctions are planned on the next days and at year end to release hundreds of millions of pounds to industry.
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Sam
Army Quartermaster Corps
Ford Hall
United States
Army
Quartermaster Corps
New Grip Cases in Portland Number 142
Portland Maine December 18 influenza holds steady with 142 new cases in 24 hours, the same as yesterday. Preventive measures at Portland Coast Artillery forts restrict soldiers to posts. over 2000 on duty remain free of the disease.
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Portland
Portland Coast Artillery District
Army fliers to carry mail in 1920 budget plan
The post office appropriation bill totaling 57 350 000 was passed by the House with an amendment requiring army aviators for mail airplanes rather than a separate postal flying corps. The measure directs the War Department to turn over 200 aeroplanes including 100 DeHaviland fours 100 Standley Pages and 10 Glenn Martin bombers plus 170 engines to the Post Office Department.
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Washington
Post Office
House
Louse
Senate
Secretary of War
Post Office Department
Standley
Indignation in Berlin over Polish elections action
Berlin papers condemn the Polish government for ordering elections in Allenstein, Posen, Oppeln, Beuthen, Kattowitz, Flatow and Danzig. They warn of annexation of German eastern provinces defying international law and accuse Poles of overzeal and greed for land. The reports blame Berlin's government for inactivity.
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Berlin
Allenstein
Posen
Oppeln
Beuthen
Kattowitz
Flatow
Danzig
Russia at the Peace Table in Paris Discusses Russian Position
Four Kerensky era ambassadors met at the Russian embassy in Paris to discuss Russia’s role in the peace conference. They aim to gauge entente powers’ views before submitting a formal statement, as major powers shape broad principles for the talks. Minor powers await the four powers’ stance while observer missions gather details on delegates and procedures.
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Paris
Kerensky
Russia
B. A. Bakhmeteff
United States
M. Malakoff
France
M. Stakhovich
Spain
M. Giers
Italy
M. Nabukoff
Great Britain
China
Serbia
Loot at Bucharest Embassy Looted in 1916
American legation in Bucharest was entered and robbed of goods valued over 100000 dollars from 22 trunks left for safekeeping. The seal was broken and the building damaged. German agents are suspected, with Minister Vopicka reporting after returning from Jassy.
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Washington
Bucharest
Vopicka
Jassy
State Department
Legation
von Mackensen
Predicts End of Saloons in United States
C M Gardner of Springfield Mass spoke at the Maine State Grange meeting in Portland predicting by next March enough states would ratify the federal prohibitory amendment and saloons would be banished from the United States forever. He urged caution on anti smoking laws as well. KE Clifford of Winthrop was reelected to the executive committee.
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Portland
C. M. Gardner
Springfield
Mass
Maine State Grange
United States
Gardner
George S. Ladd
Massachusetts State Grange
KE. T. Clifford
Winthrop
Special Holiday Hours At Consolidated Ticket Offices Boston
Consolidated Ticket Offices at 67 Franklin Street Boston will stay open until 6 p m on December 18 19 20 21 23 and 24 to aid holiday travel.
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U. S. Consolidated Ticket Offices
Franklin St
Boston
Consolidated Ticket Offices
Boston Tars Sailing Home on 12 Destroyers
Edmund V. Lane reports from Queenstown Ireland that 12 American torpedo boat destroyers will depart by Dec 15 for New York arriving about Dec 23 or 24. The list includes Caldwell Trippe Stevens Sterett Terry McCall Conynham Paulding Ammen Jenkins Balch Cassin. Boston crews from Fore River and other yards celebrate the return amid celebrations in New York Harbor.
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Boston
U. S. S. Caldwell
Edmund V. Lane
Queenstown
Ireland
New York
Azores
Caldwell
Trippe
Stevens
Sterett
Terry
McCall
Conynham
Paulding
Ammen
Jenkins
Balch
Cassin
New York Harbor
Statue of Liberty
Bellevaine
Brest
France
Wilson
Hell Gate
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Boylston
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