Nine superdreadnoughts lead peace review on New York harbor
From New York harbor the nine superdreadnoughts returning from Allied victory with the Pennsylvania flagship of Admiral Alayer escort will arrive before dawn Thursday to join Secretary Daniels in a peace review. The fleet may not pass the Statue of Liberty before 1 AM on the 26th. In Camp Devens 32 wounded and sick soldiers arrived from Newport News and were sent to the base hospital. they will receive passes to return home for Christmas.
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America
Pennsylvania
Alayer
New York Harbor
Daniels
Grant
Camp Devens
Newport News
New England
Vets ready for Christmas homeward as fleet returns
Reports dismiss anchor plans for the veteran fighting craft. The homeward fleet crosses Ambrose channel in early Thursday hours and trains for a naval parade off Liberty Island. Vice Admiral Grant coordinates with Admiral Mayo as 11 battleships and seven destroyers head home, with 5000 officers and men marching in the return review and land parade after the naval events.
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Liberty Island
Grant
Mayo
Rodman
Rodgers
New York
Chesapeake Bay
Chief to Quit Secret Service Chief to Quit Secret Service
Charles deWoody, head of the bureau of investigation for the Department of Justice, resigns effective January 1. He will become general manager of a foreign department for a mercantile firm and sail for Japan in January.
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New York
Charles da Woody
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
deWoody
Cleveland
United States
Foreign Department
Japan
Germans Interned at Fort Oglethorpe
Twenty four German internees were sent by the federal authorities to Fort Oglethorpe Georgia today. Among them are Albert Sander who finished a prison term in Atlanta for conspiracy to aid sending spies to England from New York to locate the British fleet. Also on the list is Jamil Picht a German reservist arrested disguised as a woman.
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New York
Fort Oglethorpe
Albert Sander
Atlanta
United States
Spses
England
Jamil Picht
Plan to Help Service Men in Boston Free Employment Bureau
Plans made at a meeting in Everett W. Lord's offices indicate a free government employment bureau for soldiers and sailors will open in Boston next week under the U S Employment Service. An executive committee from participating organizations will oversee it with city, War and Navy Department, welfare, and patriotic groups financing. Worcester already operates a bureau with Dr Ira M Hollis coordinating efforts to connect veterans with employers.
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Massachusetts
United States Employment Service
Boston
War and Navy
Employmnt Service
Lord
Worcester
Ira M. Hollis
Pershing May Retain Rank In Government Letter
Secretary Baker urged permanent general or lieutenant general ranks for John J. Pershing, Peyton M. Muireh, Tasker Bliss, Hunter Liggett, and Roberts Bullard in a letter to Rep. Dent. He cited their wartime service as deserving permanent recognition and proposed making their commissions permanent with the office lapsing if they vacate.
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John J. Fershing
France
Peyton Muareh
Tasker F. Bliss
Supreme War Council
Hunter Liggett
Roberts& Bullard
Baker
Dent
House Military Committee
Jury Awards Tapper $19,100 in Alienation Suit
Albert K Tapper a Medford grain dealer and Chamber of Commerce member was ordered to pay Rufus G Loud $19100 after a five hour jury verdict in a sensational alienation case. The trial claimed Tapper helped have Loud sent to a Boston Psychiatric Hospital while Tapper admitted visiting Mrs Lond but said he acted only as protector for Mrs Loud.
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Chamber of Commerce
Medford
Rufus G. Loud
Tapper
Loud
Cambridge
Boston Psychopathic Hospital
Emmaline Lond
Candles Dangerous Says Commissioner Warns Public
Fire Prevention Commissioner Frank Lewis warns to avoid service flag candle fires and Christmas tree fires. He endorses the War Camp Community Service display idea but urges careful use of lighted candles to prevent property loss and potential deaths during the holiday season.
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Frank Lewis
Lewis
Jury Cleared Mrs Webster in Father-in-law Murder Case
Rochester N Y December 23 Mrs Gladys Gannon Webster nineteen was acquitted of murdering her father in law Edwin Dyer Webster by jurys verdict directed by the court on motion of the district attorney A competing expert testimony claimed arsenic found in Webster stomach was disputed by another expert
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Rochester
N. Y
Gladys Gannon Webster
Edwin Dyer Webster
Webster
Hat Brim of Windy Haskins Brings Five Hundred Bucks
A WWI diary-style slice recounts Ed Harmon meeting Slim White in aviation and recalling old Cubs trades. In No Man's Land a German rocket barrage hits. Windy Haskins loses four holes in his hat to bullets yet refuses to part with it for any price. The tone is humorous amid grim trench life, with Father McCarthy, diverse company, and trench repairs featured.
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Chicago
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Russia
Europe
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Ellis Island
Berlin
No Man’s Land
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ED Harmon
To be continued in the Daily and Sunday Post until completed
The note indicates ongoing coverage planned in the Daily and Sunday Post with continuation promised until the story’s completion. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Sunday Post
Demobilization districts set for returning soldiers
War Department completes eight major demobilization districts to assign units home. casual companies tied to feeding ports, with districts covering New England to the West. Christmas dinners distributed by Salvation Army workers and volunteers to needy families in Greater Boston. transport Rijndam carries 1000 sick and wounded and arrives Jan 1 at Newport News.
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Fla
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Portland
Fort Caswell
Southport
Drunken Men in Uniform Draw Fire From Northeast
New England police are urged to arrest any intoxicated man in uniform acting objectionably. Colonel Albert S. Williams, Northeastern Department chief of staff, stresses no leniency for drunken soldiers. He notes many have not served overseas and contrasts them with veterans who honor the uniform.
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New England
Albert S. Williams
Williams
Canada To Take U S Air Station In Halifax Harbor
Halifax December 23. The United States naval air service station at Pastern Passage in Halifax Harbor will be taken over by the Canadian naval service by the start of the war. Sixty of the unit members left today for New York.
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New Mexico
Department
Mississippi
Alan
Halifax
United States Naval Air Service
Pastern Passage
Halifax Harbor
Peer
Naval Service
United States
New York
Two Boys Drown in Androscoggin River Tragedy
Lewiston Maine twelve year olds John Dorch er and Archie Garrent broke through thin ice on the Androscoggin River and drowned. Two companions William and Ernest Cote, of about the same age, clung to the ice and were rescued.
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Lewiston
John Dorocher
Archie Garrent
Androscoggin River
William
Ernest Cote
Meat Packers Case Sent to Justice Department
The federal Trade Commission report on the meat packing industry has been sent to the department of justice for possible action. Chicago lawyer Charles B. Morrison becomes special assistant to the attorney general to work with Oliver E. Pagin. They will review the reports and determine if court proceedings against the packers are warranted.
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Chicago
Federal Trade Commission
Department of Justice
United States
Charles B. Morrison
Oliver E. Pagin
Rasputin's Slayer Plans Odessa Return
Dr Stanislaus de Lazovert a Duma member and one of Rasputin's slayers left New York aboard the La Lorraine to return to Russia. He aims to organize a new Odessa government and form a nucleus for a large allied-backed army to restore order and crush the Bolsheviks.
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Stanislaus de Lazovert
Rasputin
Duma
Nicholas
Russia
Odessa
Chicago health chief tests freshness of eggs in storage
Dr John Dill Robertson, Chicago health commissioner, hosted 24 guests to sample eggs. Fresh and stored eggs, kept since last spring, were indistinguishable in taste, though the stored eggs appeared a shade darker.
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Chicago
John Dill Robertson
William Phillips to represent State Dept at Page funeral
Washington designates Assistant Secretary William Phillips to attend the funeral for Walter Hines Page former ambassador to Great Britain in Aberdeen C who died Saturday night. Page was a prominent diplomat and author and his death prompted official tributes from the government.
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Washington
William Phillips
State Department
Aberdeen
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Liquidation sale offer for The Herald Press and related assets
Tenders due January 8 1919 for the whole property of The Herald Press and Direct Advertising Agency Montreal including printing plant equipment and goodwill. Sale covers trade names The Montreal Herald The Daily Telegraph leaseholds and schedules of book debts with terms a certified cheque for one third. buyer bears risk on default and assets sold without warranty. J Leonard Apedaille liquidator 1781 John St Montreal Gordon Ave Solicitor for Liquidator.
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Herald Press
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