First American President Arrives in Europe at Brest
President Wilson’s welcome in Brest includes naval salutes as he lands with General Pershing and officials. Miss Margaret Wilson accompanies the party aboard the Washington. Wilson outlines ideas on peace and order before meetings with entente representatives.
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Brest
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BI Dee George Washinithers
America
Associated Press
Monation
Washington
General Pershing
Bliss
Colonel House
M. Piehon
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Wrival
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German Propaganda Distributed by Hearst Service Exposed
Captain Lester testified before a senate committee that on July 10 1914 Germany notified one hundred propaganda agents and thirty German civilians in Berlin that a world war was imminent. The dispatch reached various German employees and one was sent to America to boost alien propaganda. Edward Fox, a writer, was sent by the German embassy to craft propaganda distributed by Hearst International News Service. Hearst may not have known Fox was paid by Germany.
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Associated Press
Senate
Washington
Lester
Army
Germany
Berlin
America
Edward Fox
Hearst International News Service
Hearst
Seattle Undertaker Indicted for Funeral Profiteering
Seattle, Dec. 13. G. M. Butterworth of F. R. Butterworth & Sons faces forty six counts for defrauding the federal government and families of sailors by profiteering on coffins and funeral expenses at the naval training station.
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Seattle
G. M. Butterworth
F. R. Butterworth & Sons
Arbitration Refused by Southern Nations in Tacna Arica Dispute
Chile and Peru send unfriendly notes in reply to U S urges for amicable settlement of Tacna and Arica controversy and American aid in cooperation with other American nations citing ongoing tensions and messaging from Washington.
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Chile
Peru
United States
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Arica
Ameri
Big ships of our navy due December 25
Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced that every capital ship of the American navy in Europe including dreadnought squadrons has been ordered home this month. They are expected to arrive in New York about December 23 and the naval reserve will be held there to celebrate the return.
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Europe
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Naval Reserve
Government to Take Permanent Telegraph Ownership
Washington December 13 The House committee on post offices and post roads introduced a resolution proposing permanent government ownership of telegraph lines as an adjunct to the post office department.
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Washington
Asolated Press
House of the House Committee On
Ships Released For Trade Routes In War Time
WarN reports eight hundred thousand tons of shipping have been fed by the army to the Shipping Board for return to the trade routes. The action expands maritime capacity as a push continues to restore merchant vessels for overseas commerce.
Three Transports Bring Soldiers Home
Three transports named Buitendorf Suwanee and Amphion left France today sailing for U S ports with homeward bound American troops aboard.
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Washington
Associated Press
Amphion
France
United States
Carlton takes command of all U S cable systems
President Carlton of the Western Union Telegraph Company is placed in charge of all marine cable systems of the United States by Postmaster General Burleson. The item notes Alaska Gold at 3 percent and Juneau rates in the same dateline.
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Carlton
New York
Associated Press
Western Union Telegraph Company
United States
Burleson
Armistice News Reaches Soldiers in France
General Bliss reports the armistice news has cured over two thousand American soldiers in France suffering from shell shock. The breakthrough is described as providing relief and morale boost amid ongoing war efforts.
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Washington
Associated Press
Bliss
France
Bolshevikism Arrest in Central Park Tie
Ellis Jones, suspected author of a broadcasted document calling for Bolshevik rule nationwide at noon, was arrested in Central Park while attempting to deliver an address. Police said the case concerns treasonous speech and public disturbance spreading through New York.
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New York
Associated Press
Two Killed and Many Injured in Car Wreck
Two persons were killed four seriously injured and twelve slightly injured when a street car ran off the Twelfth street viaduct and crashed into the Union Pacific freight depot in Kansas City. Limited street car service, guarded by two policemen, resumed today after a strike that had halted cars since Wednesday.
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Kansas City
Dee
Associated Press
Twelfth Street
Union Pacific
Kaiser Carries Gun to Protect Himself
Several former Potsdam detectives say the Kaiser fears assassination and always carries a high power revolver.
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Kaiser
London
Associated Press
Potsdam
Seattle Fish Prices at Noon
Prices for fish at noon today in Seattle include pickled sablefish at 20 per bbl pickled herring 21 per bbl salmon sockeye and silvers 21 per bbl stalls 19.60 per bbl and humpbacks 16.50 per bbl.
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Seattle
American Army Reaches Rhine and Prepares Crossing
At Coblenz on December 13 the army of occupation halts along the Rhine near Andernach with Americans holding the west bank. The fortress of Ehrenbreitstein was breached from across the river as preparations to move across the Rhine are announced. Local civilians expect gentler treatment by Americans than by French or British forces. Paris reports French marines arrive in Odessa to a cordial reception amid unrest caused by German soldiers.
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Germany
Rhine
Andernach
West Bank
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Paris
Odessa
Germain
Gregory says secret agents do good work in wartime report
Attorney General W. Gregory releases a wartime report praising civil volunteers and secret services for rooting out disloyalty and sabotaged plots. He cites enforcement of espionage laws, internment, census registration of Germans, and efforts to maintain order while preserving civil liberties.
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Imericar Protetiv League of Citizen Volunteers
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Americans Take Command at Pola Naval Base
An American squadron has arrived at Pola the former Austrian naval base and assumed command of the port. Yugoslav war vessels in the harbor hoisted the American flag signaling control.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Pola
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