Senate Passes War Revenue Bill Amid Amendments
The Senate approved the war revenue measure after nonrecord vote, estimating 1919 revenue about six billion dollars and four billion for 1920, with recesses planned until January 2. Conferees were named from both parties, and La Follette’s alternative tax plan was rejected 55 to 6.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Williams
Mississippi
Smith
Georgia
Penrest
Penn
Sylvania and
Lodge
Massachusetts
la Follette
Wisconsin
Enemies German rules lifted for aliens by order
Washington December 23 German enemy alien restrictions except entry departure and internment powers were removed by Attorney General Gregory on presidential instruction effective Christmas Day About 500000 Germans and Austrians are affected while internment authorities continue for dangerous aliens Parole rules and residence employment limits end for most aliens. Austrians addressed to equal status with Germans.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Gregory
Wilson
Department of Justice
John Lord O’brian
Honor of Germany Dragged in the Dirt
London reports on Germany handing over the submarine U-9 to Britain and German crew taking 500 marks per man as compensation. Cologne Volks Zeitung laments the loss of honor and accuses sailors of selling virtue for pay, questioning national dignity and the reaction of Germans.
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London
Germany
England
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Beatty
Trotsky Denounces Czernin Over Brest Litovsk
Trotsky accuses Count Czernin of shifting blame for Brest Litovsk policies and claims German commands guided Czernin. He asserts Czernin opposed self determination in polish lithuania and courland and notes German invasion of Ukraine with Austro-Hungarian troops. Shorthand Brest reports will be published.
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British Wireless
London
Leon. Trotsky
Count Czernin
Brest-Litovsk
Trotsky
Richard von Kuehlmann
von Kuehlmann
Czernin
Hoffmann
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Brest- Litovsk
Ukraine
Weather report for several states with temperature ranges
Ohio northern snow expected with rain or snow in the south Tuesday. colder by night and Wednesday cloudy and colder. Kentucky rain or snow Tuesday then colder and likely fair. Indiana snow or rain in the south Tuesday, much colder at night. West Virginia rain turning to snow Wednesday with much colder temperatures. Temperature readings and precipitation noted for multiple cities, including Cincinnati and Denver, with historical December records and cloudiness.
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Ohio
Kentucky
South
Indiana
West Virginia
Varias Blaes
Boston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
Cincinnati
Authority on Leprosy Dies at His Mass Home
Dr. Donald H. Currie of the United States Public Health Service and Port Physician of Boston died at his Brookline home from pneumonia due to influenza. He had arrived from Honolulu in 1917 after eight years with the government in Hawaii, and his leprosy research on Molokai drew wartime medical attention.
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Associated Press
Brookline Mass
Donald H. Currie
United States Public Health Service
Boston
America
Currie
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Molokai
Sta
Tt Bergen
Norway
England to ease postwar credit but face reconstruction strain
London reports the Ministry of Reconstruction outlines financial facilities for trade after the war. A Lloyds Bank chair leads a committee urging a gold standard to curb credit inflation, state aid for munitions contracts hardship cases, and continued banking support for firms restarting after war demand.
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Associated Press
NDON
Ministry of Reconstruction
R. V. Vassar-Smith
Lloyds Bank
Battleship Fleet Returns Home for New York Review
The overseas battle fleet of nine super-dreadnoughts led by the Connecticut, commanded by Admiral Mayo, heads toward New York for a peace review but storms delay arrival. Only about 6,090 officers and men will march in the parade due to seas and ship timing.
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New York Review
Associated Press
New York
America
Connecticut
Mayo
New York Harbor
Navy Daniels
Tay
Grant
Meyflower
Navy
Ambroseh
Bitect
Rodman
Rodgers
Metropolis
Wwith
Baron Invited to Go and Chase Himself
Paris reports Baron Zorn von Buelach former Secretary of State for Alsace Lorraine has been invited to leave Strasbourg and retire in Baden. The Zabern affair began with Lieutenant von Forstner who ridiculed Alsatians and later cut a lame shoemaker with a saber. The incident triggered court martial for officers and resignations including the Governor General.
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Associated Press
Paris
Baron Zorn von Buelach
Alsace-Lorraine
Strasbourg
Will Reoe
Baden
Baron Zorn’ von Buelach
Baron von Forstner
Reichstag
von Wedel
American Soldiers in France Asked About Homecoming Wishes
Paris dispatch reports American army authorities distributing circulars to troops in France to learn who wants immediate return, who plans to stay a while, and who will stay indefinitely. Preference will be given to those wishing to return at once.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Wilsons Occupy Belgian Suite Amid Royal Etiquette Puzzles
London dispatch reports President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson will use the Belgian suite at Buckingham Palace during their visit, a space long associated with royalty. A Lancaster House dinner is canceled, with Premier Lloyd George hosting a Saturday meal to meet the War Cabinet, as palace staff adjust to non royal guests in a historic setting.
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Associated Press
London
Wilson
Buckingham Palace
Victoria
England
Lancaster House
Lloyd George
War Cabinet
Wilsons Take Walk in Paris Amid Security Escort
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson walked together in Paris for the first time since arrival. They exited the Murat palace, strolled along boulevards and side streets for about an hour, uncoated, with two Secret Service agents as escorts despite wet ground.
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Gether
Paris
Murat Palace
Mrs. Wilson
Secret Service
Discharged Cyclone Division Men Return Aboard George Washington
The United States transport George Washington and the Cedric docked in New York with 6 025 returning servicemen from overseas for Christmas. The George Washington carried 331 officers and 3 461 men including many from the Cyclone Division Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia National Guard. Discharged sick and wounded received papers during a Christmas sing along and Santa delivered the documents. Colonel Halsted Dorey a Verdun veteran wore four wound stripes and Colonel Corey recalled service from Cuba to the Philippines. Lieutenant G W Buryear of Memphis escaped through the Rhine during captivity.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
George Washington
Wilson
France
Cedric
Liverpool
Brest
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Santa Claus
General Pershing
War Department
W. H. Unversall
Halsted Dorey
Washington
Corey
Verdun
Cuba
Philippines
Leonard Wood
Plattsburg
Pershing Inspects Yanks On Rhine In Occupation
General John J. Pershing toured the Rhine bridgehead area with Major Generals Hines and Dickman visiting division headquarters and other points of interest. He crossed to Coblenz by pontoon bridge and traveled by motor to Wittlich Mayen and Cochem, staying in a castle on the Moselle before returning to Coblenz.
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John J. Pershing
the Rhine
Hines
Neuwind
Pershing
Rhine
Coblenz
Neuwicd
Dickman
Chau
Wittlich
Haan
Seventh Corps
Mayen
Treves
Signal Corps
Comminder
Berlin Faces Gloomy Christmas Amid War Aftermath
Berliners brace for a grim holiday as postwar chaos, food shortages, and unemployment deepen despair. Beggars fill streets while trains run poorly and schedules seem meaningless. The coal shortage and rising strikes dampen the city’s Christmas mood with 88 000 workers affected.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Rhine
Unter den Linden
Potsdamerplatz
Friedrichstrasse
Altho
Soviet Delegation Arrives in Berlin Amid Diplomatic Shuffle
Berlin reports the Moscow headed Soviet delegation, led by M. Radek, arriving in Berlin. The Executive Committee of the Soldiers and Workmen's Council canceled invitations to Adolph Joffe and M. Radek to attend the Berlin councils congress at the Berlin Cabinet's request.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Berlin
The
Social Demokraten
Moscow
M. Radek
Soldiers and Workmen's Council
Adolph Joffe
Germany
Hindenburg Concentrating Forces in Posen
Zurich dispatch reports Field Marshal von Hindenburg has concentrated a large force in Posen German Poland. Polish nationalists claim the region and have invaded. Berlin reports mention Polish elections in parts of Posen, with Danzig, a Baltic port, also involved.
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Havas Agency
Zurich
von Hindenburg
Germany
Posen
Poland
Berlin
Danzig
Poren
Spanish Rioters Clash in Balboa Clash
In Balboa Spain two grupos of manifestants clashed with one shouting against Spain the other for Spain. A Loyalist was killed by a pistol shot during the confrontation on December 23.
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Associated Press
Balboa
Spain
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