Propaganda Tactics Fail to Stir Negroes in U S
Captain Lester testified before the Senate committee that German Lutheran pastors spread pro German doctrines to sway black Americans during and after the war. Some preachers were jailed after joining the army, and church readers flagged pro German leanings. A July congress of Negro leaders recognized the propaganda and blocked the movement.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Lester
Senate
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Butt
Simmons Demands War Revenue Bill Priority in Senate
In Washington on December 14 Associated Press reports Chairman Simmons served formal notice to the Senate to halt other business and focus on the war revenue bill. He pledged daily debate to hasten passage and noted multiple amendments from Senator Kenyon including a 20 percent tax on meals over $2 and a postwar stock inventory for income tax returns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Simmons
Kenyon
Iowa
Casualties Reported by American Expeditionary Forces
The commanding general lists totals for U S casualties to date including 86 979 killed in action and 14 024 died from other causes with 79 216 wounded in action 1 219 missing in action including prisoners in this period The report also breaks down deaths from other causes plane accidents and various degrees of wounds spelling out totals for the war’s human cost. Also notes the missing Byron Perkins of Otto Wyoming previously listed as missing in action was found in today’s casualty list.
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Gor
Peeereey
Sen
Bil Ee
DivOhem
Associated. Proas
Washington
Deo
Byrl J. Perkins
Otto
Wyo
Alck
Acon
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy with Possible Rain or Snow
Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with little temperature change. Northwest portion likely to see rain or snow as a weather system approaches. Local forecast indicates modest variation in temperatures across the region.
British steamer Corinthian runs aground off Brain Island
The British steamer Corinthian of 5068 tons, sailing from St John NB to London, ran ashore today on the Northwest Ledge of Brain Island. Yar mouth steamers were sent to assist but full grounding details and weather conditions were unavailable.
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Halifax
Corinthian
St. John
N. B
London
Brain Island
Yarmouth
Czecho Slova ks Plan Canton Division in Prague Bill
Munich Dec 14 The Czecho Slovak government plans to present to the national assembly a bill to divide the Czecho Slovaks into 26 cantons with four or five German language territories.
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Munich
Prague
National Assembly
Dempsey Morrie Boxing Bout Set for Monday
Arrangements completed for a two round boxing match in New Orleans between Jack Dempsey, heavy weight claimant, and Charles Morrie of Oklahoma. Dempsey is in the city and Morrie is due tomorrow for the bout Monday night.
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Associated Press
Orleans
Jack Dempsey
Charles Morrie
Oklahoma
Dempsey
Morris
Arizona women win 22 of 820 state county offices
Phoenix Arizona December 14 Of 820 state and county offices Arizona women win 22 The house of representatives will see women members from Maricopa Gila Cochise and Yuma counties The 14 counties electing women include Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Greenlee Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yuma and others Nine of 14 county superintendents of schools will be women with several women elected county recorders and a few as superior court clerks in Pima Apache Yuma and other counties
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Pheoneix
Ariz
Arizona
Senate
House of Representatives
Hour
Yavapai
Graham
House
Pauline O'Neill
Maricopa County
Mra
Rosa McKay
Gila
Nellie M. Hayward
Cochise
J.L. Westover
Yuma
Nancy L. Gibbons
Apache
Missh Toles
Lenone Franela
Coconino
Taycy Noah
Jesale Billingsley
Greenlee
KR. A. Laussell
Mohave
Vera Mashe
Pima
Lola LeBaron
Pinal
A. Boxon
Santa Crus
Nora 1
Mary W. Watkins
Apache County
Iréne Bartoueees
Edith Jacob
Marlaoe Woods
Navajo
Mary Bart A “Pinal
Olive J. Fatler
Pima County
Minnie M. Bennett
Penney
Wilson to Visit England After Official Invitation
London reports President Wilson has accepted an invitation to visit England and is expected to stop over on his way home. Final arrangements depend on Ambassador Davis arriving.
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London
Wilson
England
Ambassador Davis
Dean Worcester Recovering From Spanish Flu
Cheyenne High School principal Dean Worcester has been recovering from Spanish influenza since Nov. 6 with two relapses. He is now on the road to recovery and expects to be fit to return by January when school resumes.
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Lees
Dean Worcester
Cheyenne High School
Sehome Sinks After Fog Traps Steamer in San Pablo Bay
In heavy fog in San Pablo bay on December 14, the passenger steamer Sehome sank after contacting the bottom while the General Frible escorted the crew and passengers to safety. The Sehome was valued at $100,000.
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San Francisco
Sehome
San Pablo Bay
Home Service Helps Over Six Thousand Soldiers' Families
Red Cross home service committees served more than 6 900 families of soldiers and sailors in the Pacific division. The effort, described in a single page on the Spanish influenza relief, extended across three states. Details on nurses and total assistance remain unavailable as the epidemic continued.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Home Service
Red Cross
Hemet
Jancinto
Berlin Industry Paralysed by Wage Demands
Berlin reports a standstill as workers strike over pay across composing rooms and department stores. Varying demands include 100 to 500 marks extra war pay for women and a 20 million mark annual rise proposed by General Electric workers. Government officials seek to avert industrial collapse and plant relocations.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Zeitung Am Mittag
Tagebinst
Vossische Zeitung
Werteim
General Electric Company
Emil Garth
Winesson
Iseness
Alea
Wage stability and demobilization questions in postwar era
Frank A. Wolfe cites Samuel Gompers and Frank Vanderlip on wage policy after peace. Gompers says relative wages will match high prices to avoid recession, while Vanderlip expects bondholders and workers to sustain wealth. organized labor pledges loyalty as demobilization is managed to avoid depression and hardship.
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Frank FE. Wolfe
American Alliance For Labor and Democracy
Samuel Gompera
Editor Found Sane and to Face Trial for Wife’s Death
Chas B. Chapin former city editor of the New York Evening World is declared legally sane by a commission and will be brought to trial for the shooting and killing of his wife at a Cumberland hotel. The panel cited devoted relations and financial anxiety as factors but ruled he was sane at the time of the crime. An early trial date will be set.
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York
Chas
B. Chapin
New York Evening World
Cumberland Hotel
Jaggertt Pola
Chapin
George W. Wickersham
Lamar Hardy
Hnd
Seven Cent Streetcar Fare Hike to Take Effect Tomorrow
Beginning tomorrow, city streetcar fares rise to seven cents from five. The Fort page rate is ten cents. The Public Service Commission has not yet given formal approval, with R. B. Forsythe the only member present at Saturday’s meeting. Approval is expected when the board meets next week.
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Fort Page
Hent
Public Service Commission
R. B. Forsythe
Ecity
Giant RAF Plane Flies Toward Delhi From Ipswich
A giant Handley aircraft with six RAF crew departed from an Ipswich airdrome at 0 50 last night bound for France Karachi and Delhi. Thick fog forced a landing on the French coast. The plane, 127 feet wingspan and about 27 000 pounds, can reach 80 miles an hour and carries 1 200 gallons of petrol sufficient for a lengthy flight.
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Associated Press
London Deept
Royal Air Force
Ipswich
France
Karachi
India
Delhi
Berlin
Monieres
Sinn Feiners Ar Winning Across Ireland Report
Across Ireland polling proceeded with minor clashes between factions. Nationalists suffered defeats, with Sinn Feiners claiming lead in many areas amid a quiet election day.
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Sinn Finers AR
Ireland
London
Wilson in Paris Receives Unprecedented Welcome
President and Mrs. Wilson were greeted by vast crowds in Paris with flowers, music, and dancing as they entered the city. President Wilson spoke at a luncheon reaffirming peace aims and the league of nations as essential to lasting victory.
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League of Nations
Paris
Wilson
Poincaire
Clemenceau
France
Place de la
Europe
Associated Press
Lloyd George Attacks Labor Party In Campaign End
London dispatch says Premier Lloyd George closed his campaign at Camberwell by denouncing the Labor Party as Bolshevik and pacifist dominated. He warned against entrusting Britain to a party he accused of opposing the government and aligning with Bolshevik elements.
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Lloyd George
Labor Party
Dye Associated Press
London
Montreal
Lloyd. George
Camberwell
le Raid
German U-boat Ace Rose Praised For Submarine Feats
London reports Lt. Capt Hans Rose of the U-68 boasted of sinking ships off Nantucket and the UVS torpedo destroyer Jacob Jones. He claimed to have sunk the coast guard Tampa and to have called for help for doomed American vessels. Allied officers long pursued him, until interned in a Swedish port.
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London
Hans Rose
Nantucket
UV. S
Jacob Jones
Rose
Coast Guard
Tampa
Roxe
Newport
Amerion
Glendower Castle
Leanna
Red Cross drive calls for voluntary registrations
Messages from American Red Cross headquarters urge voluntary registration for a new drive. Thousands of workers are told not to pressure anyone to enroll, with emphasis on volunteers signing in and paying a one dollar contribution to support the campaign.
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Washington
Des
Amerfond Red Cross
Red Cross
Atrocities of the U boats and prisoner movements
A fragmented report describes U boat actions on October 20 and a political intrigue to move a prisoner named Jilwalpip toward Kiel. Captains Bolreider and Behraider are mentioned in efforts to transfer her to a Swedish port for internment, with ongoing fear of revolutionary capture.
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Hoag
Skdgeerak
London
Rove
Jilwalpip
Kiel
Bolreider
Quet
Behraider
Wheye
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