Berlin Danging and Drinking as Troops Return Home
Daily Mail reports Berlin hosts a joyous homecoming with 10,000 troops returning daily. Chancellor Ebert greets crowds as bands play, Deutschland Uber Alles resounds, and officers parade in the streets amid dancing cabarets and late-night revelry despite tightened controls.
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Berlin
Deutschland
Haughtier
Associated Prosa
London
Daily Mail
Herr Ebert
Brandenburg Gate
Untermeyer Defends Attitude Toward German Embassy
Samuel Untermeyer testifies before the legation committee on beer and German propaganda. He notes friendship with the German ambassador, denies seeking embassy favors, and states he knew 1916 newspaper funding supported the German government. He discusses Dernburg and Lusitania speeches and doubts Dernburg's submarine policy approval.
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Untermeyer
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Dernsterff
United States
Gety
Evening Sun
Berlin
Dernburg
Wilson
Lusitansa
Baffling Murder Almost Solved
A perplexing homicide case nears closure as investigators pursue key leads and identify a potential suspect. Police report ongoing interviews and forensic work, with officials urging witnesses to come forward. Local authorities express cautious optimism over progress in solving the crime.
Muskegon Mystery: Weichman Death Linked to Piper Case
Muskegon investigators near solving the 1916 Weichman death as acquaintances of Miss Weichman arrive from Chicago and Indianapolis to identify Milo Piper. Rev Paul Carmick and M A Piper travel to Muskegon while Mrs Whitney notes Piper’s similarity to a photo. Reports say the girl had feared a man unnamed who followed her for months before her death.
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Muskegon
Mich
Keda Weichman
Milo Piper
Authoritien
C. F. Whitney
Chicago
Misa Welchman
Piper
Paul G. Carmick
Indianapolis
Weichman
M. A. Piper
Rennsaelor
Ind
John Sheldon
Weather Outlook: Mixed Snow Risk and Mild Temps
Forecast calls for generally fair conditions Wednesday and Thursday with little temperature change. A light snow event is possible in the southeast on Wednesday, but overall the pattern remains largely unchanged.
Rights to Deliver Alcohol Under Horton Law Questioned
Denver December 17 Legal action tests the right of the American Railway Express Co to deliver liquor under Horton laws issued as Prohibition began. Harold Kohonka and Carl S. Heinrich were arrested at the company's offices as liquor deliveries resumed. they were released on habeas corpus. An injunction was sought and the company halted deliveries pending court ruling. Permit holders crowded the office and lines formed on surrounding streets.
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Associated Press
Denver
American Railway Express Co
Harold Kohnoka
Carl S. Heinrich
Leslie BE. Hubbard
Sidley
Prisoners report German abuse after armistice signing
Lt James Duke from Washington and Lt Cassius Styles of New York arrive in Switzerland from a German prison camp and tell Red Cross conditions in Rasatt. They say Russians starved to death, and American guards defended food with rifles as guards abused prisoners at Langensellar. Several French prisoners were killed there.
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Associated Press
Berne
James Duke
Wahington
Cassius Styles
Whlsboro
New York
Raymond
Newton Center
Mass
Switzerland
France
American Aviation Service
Red Cross
Raseatt
Germany
Rascatt
Red, Cross
Langensellar
Ambassador France Hosts Dinner For Wilsons and Leaders
In Paris on December 17, the American ambassador W. Sharpe hosted a dinner honoring President and Mrs. Wilson and other prominent French and American figures. Guests included top diplomats and foreworded leaders who attended the event at the French capital residence.
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France
America
Wilson Admits No Wisdom In Pushing Peace Conference
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson now sees why the peace conference cannot begin before year’s start. Informal talks continue as he seeks to know the men involved and avoid antagonisms. Despite divergences in England and France, he expects an acceptable agreement before adjournment and remains in good health. McAdoo may head railroads upon his return.
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Wilson
Paris
England
France
Europe
Sta
Houle
Royal Palace in Coblenz Seized by American Troops
The Coblenz royal palace, once a favorite summer retreat of the emperor, is now held by American and Amberian occupation forces. A guard surrounds the house to protect furniture, silverware, and valuables linked to William I. The palace, begun 1778 and completed eight years later, with royal barracks in the gardens, has not yet seen Americans enter the palace itself.
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Amine
Coblenz
Royal Gardens
William J
Royal Barracks
Palace Gardens
Jalace
Bolsheviks Begin Evacuation of Petrograd for Novo-Nish Capital
Reports from Stockholm relay travelers who say Bolsheviks have begun evacuating Petrograd to move toward a new capital at Novo-Nish. The message cites newspapers arriving from Petrograd detailing the planned retreat and relocation.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Nishnovgered
Murder of Cheyenne Woman's Husband Shocks Livingston
A telegram to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Parnell reports their daughter Mrs. Alex Duthie’s husband, a Northern Pacific roundhouse foreman, was murdered by an unknown man in Livingston, Montana. The Duthies married five years ago and have an infant son. Mrs. Duthie was a Cheyenne office worker and Westminster Guild member.
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Livingston, Mont
J. A. Parnell
East Sixteenth Street
Alex Duthie
Duthie
Cheyenne
G. L. Strader
Westminster Guild of the Presbyterian Church
Bogus Check Artist Reported Near Cheyenne
Wyoming Credit Exchange warns of a bogus check artist heading toward Cheyenne using the alias L. B. Davis claiming to be vice president of a Foster Colorado firm that does not exist. He cons Trinidad National Bank with forged checks, carries a cigarette case engraved with a name, and is described as about 65 years old, five feet six inches, 130 pounds, sought by Denver police for similar offenses.
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Wyoming Credit Rating Exchange
Cheyenne
L. 8
Davis
Grand Coal Mining Company
Foster
Colo
Colorado
Trinidad National Bank
Auyer
Denver
Ex Kaiser Plans Return to Berlin and German Punishment Debate
Rotterdam dispatch notes the Dutch seek safety guarantees for the ex Kaiser on a Berlin trip. Marquis of Crewe argues responsibility rests with governments, not jurists, and calls for surrender and executive punishment for Kaiser and top officials. Ebert questions legal methods to compel surrender and emphasizes exposing guilt for the war.
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London
Exkeiser
Germany
Berlin
Rotterdam
Daily News
Juripta
Marquis of Crewe
Westminster
Belgium
Fryant
Edith Cavell
Friedrich Ebert
William Hohenzollern
Ebert
City Influenza Ban Eases Slightly For Christmas Shopping
Cheyenne health officials modify the six at a time rule to allow ten patrons in dry goods jewelry grocery and meat markets while cigar stores saloons remain limited. The move follows rising influenza cases statewide and aims to balance shopping access with public health. Local towns Kemp merer and Diamondville tighten controls and a Baltimore visitor warns of the disease's severity.
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Cheyenne
Beard
Superior
Worland
Pine Bluffa
Kemmerer
Diamondville
Baltimore
Fifteen Perished in Tourist Coach Fire on Canadian Pacific Train
A tourist coach on a Canadian Pacific train near Benlearta tion 129 miles west of Fort William Ontario burned. Fifteen are believed dead, twelve rescued including four slightly injured.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Benleartation
Fort Wilama
Ontario
War Savings Stamps Next Year and 1919 Outlook
The 1919 War Savings Stamps will have a lower value than 1918 and run five years to January 1, 1924. Officials foresee the stamps becoming a permanent feature to finance postwar rehabilitation and credits, urging small investors to place savings in secure, interest bearing securities.
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United States
Germany's Bread Policy Sparks Desperate Nationwide Strife
The text argues that withholding bread from Germans risks starvation and social collapse. It cites last year's failures and blames the national system for causing a Russian-linked crisis, asserting that defeat through harsher means is intolerable and a different approach is preferable.
Marconi Officers Oppose Navy Purchase of Wireless Stations
J W Graves and D Sarners of Marconi Wireless testified before a House committee to oppose government purchase of all broadcast stations. They argued private control preserves free competition and warned that Mexican stations were German supervised, with German money and codes involved. They condemned government ownership as unjust and harmful to private messaging.
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Associated Press
Washington
Marconi Wireless Company
House Committee
Navy Department
J. W. Graves
D. Sarners
Mexico
Germany
Marconi
Mexicas Dystem
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