Wilson interview portrays Versailles aims and seas freedom
London Times reporter recalls President Wilson’s views on the peace conference at Versailles. He contrasts Vienna’s “bosses” with a servant-led forum and urges frank Anglo American naval cooperation to secure world peace. He stresses shared ideals and joint action with Allies.
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London Times
Paris
Wilson
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Lord Northcliffe
Versailles
Lost 1 490 000 Men Killed in European War
Paris reports French soldiers killed in the conflict total around 1 400 000 as Lucien Voilin cites figures in the Chamber of Deputies during a demobilization debate. He says 6 900 600 mobilized, about 1 400 000 killed, 800 000 wounded, and 1 200 000 to be demobilized.
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France
Paris
Lucien Votlin
Chamber of of Deputies
Voilin
Slayer Confesses to Slaying Infant with Chloroform
In Columbus Ohio on December 21 Harry V Hager 18 confessed to killing his eight months old son by giving chloroform to quiet the child. The infant's body was found in a sewer and Judge Evans sentenced him to life imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry V. Hager
Evans
Peace Basis Easy Says 15 Million Can Shift to Peace
Frank A. Van derlip, president of the National City Bank, told New York credit men that 15,000,000 workers now in war production can move to peacetime labor without major disruption. He cautioned some job loss may occur but the demand for labor is strong enough to avoid disaster.
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New York
Frank A. Vanderlip
National City Bank
Six Million Die of Flu Says Medical Authority
London reports the Times correspondent states about six million people worldwide died from influenza and pneumonia in three months. He notes influenza would be deadlier than war if epidemic rates continued, and calls for a new global public health survey.
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London
the Times
Baruch and McCormick to Attend Paris Peace Conference
Washington officials Baruch head of the War Industries Board and McCormick head of the War Trade Board will depart for Paris to serve as advisory experts at the peace conference. Baruch will advise on raw materials while McCormick handles trade agreement matters.
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Washington
Wilson
Ehernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Vance McCormick
War Trade Board
Paris
State Department
Baruch
McCormick
Four Negroes Lynched After Accused Murder of Dr Johnston
Four Black suspects accused of killing Dr E L Johnston were seized from the Shubata jail in Mississippi and hanged, two women among them. Reports state the men were strung up on a bridge over the Chickasauka River after removal.
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Jalil
Mobile
Ala
E. L. Johnston
Shubata
Miss
Chickasauka River
United States Employment Service Reports Weekly Job Placements
The U S Employment service placed 84,284 persons during the week ending December 7 across 40 states. Placements fell 32,000 short of the number registering for work, with the report highlighting the agency's performance nationwide.
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United States Employment Service
Washington
More Than 300000 Soldiers Discharged From Army
Washington reports that over 300000 troops have been Mustered out of service and returned to civilian life. Secretary Baker notes demobilization at about 150000 per week while the War Department aims to sustain an average 1000 daily discharges per camp. Cape Cod Turkey for Wilson shipped to Paris for New Year dinner. 24 pound codfish caught off Georges Banks.
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Washington
Baker
War Department
Cape Cod
Wilson
Boston
Paris
Georges Banks
Senate to Open Rail Legislation Hearings January Second
The Senate Interstate Commerce committee set inaugurating hearings on railroad legislation for January 2 to be completed quickly and distinct from joint congressional inquiries. Director General McAdoo is expected to be the first witness with Chairman Smith urging early start.
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Washington
House of Joint Congressional Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
McAdoo
Senate Committee
Smith
Northcliffe Decries Secret Peace Parleys Open Diplomacy Urged
Lord Northcliffe in Paris denounces clandestine peace talks as a danger to self determination and world peace. He cites President Wilson and expects open diplomacy at the January peace conference beginning in Paris. He argues secrecy breeds intrigue and deception and contradicts the league of free nations.
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Paris
Lord Northcliffe
Wilson
League of Free Nations
Marines to Maintain Present Strength Despite Budget Talks
Maj. Gen. George W. Barnett told the House naval affairs committee that only small cuts are planned for the marine corps next year. Discharges will target cases of hardship, or where men wish to return to school, with retention prioritized.
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Marine Corps
Washington
George W. Barnett
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Barnett
Auto crash on Meadowbrook Bridge claims five lives
Five persons were killed when an automobile skid on frost covered planks on Meadowbrook boulevard bridge and crashed through the railing in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Meadowbrook Boulevard
Great Industrial Program in England Reported
The Daily Chronicle says major industrial developments are imminent in England with 5,000,000 pounds in projects. The Anglo Persian Oil company plans a 2,000,000 pound refinery and associated wharves tracks and equipment at Swansea. Numerous mining ventures are also projected.
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London
England
Daily Chronicle
Swansea
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Newsnaner
Germans to Deliver 1700 Locomotives to Allies Under Penalty
Berlin dispatches report Germany must deliver 1700 locomotives to the Allies between December 17 and 26 and two more batches of 1700 between late December and mid January. A failure to comply could trigger a further loss of 500 locomotives as penalty. Other messages note requests for authentic lists of war prisoners and prisoners who died, and reminders to feed POWs during repatriation.
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Paris
Berlin
Germany
Nudant
International Armistice Commission
Propaganda Agents Active in United States Reported
The State Department in Washington says German propaganda remains active in the United States. Professor Brinckmann, who directed wartime propaganda from The Hague, is allegedly in charge again, aided by funds and circulating a vicious anti American document.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Hague
Brinckmann
More Than Forty New Projects In Rivers and Harbors Bill
The House committee finished the 1920 rivers and harbors bill listing over 40 new improvement projects with total appropriations of 26,935,000 dollars. New work along Atlantic Gulf Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes totals 8,768,000 dollars while 15,224,000 dollars covers further improvements in existing projects.
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Washington
House
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific
Great Lakes
WANTS BANK ACT CHANGED
Governor Harding urges immediate legislation to raise Federal Reserve banks surplus to 100 percent of paid in capital stock before the House banking committees. Hog kills woman in Texas. Mrs Avery 78 dies after hog attack on her son's farm in San Benito on December 21.
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Washington
House
Phelan
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Texas
San Benito
Tex
Avery
Ludendorff Admitted War Lost Says German Official
London reports General Ludendorff told over a year ago that capture of Paris London and New York was required to win the war, which could not be done. Dr Ratheman head of the German Electrical company employing 70000 men was cited as the source through the Berlin Express correspondent saying Germany is ruined for the next generation economically politically and industrially.
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Ludendorff
London
Paris
New York
Ratheman
Berlin
the Express
Germany
Ebert Cabinet Declared Incapable in German Crisis
Report from Zurich cites von Hindenburg seeking to form a new front near the Rhine as Ebert government faces a counterrevolution. Soldiers' congress calls national elections for January 19. riots reported in Boltrop. Vienna moves to punish war starters. loot allegations target Archduke Leopold Salvator and generals.
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Scheuch
von Hindenburg
Lequid
le Quis
Metz
Berlin
Ebert
Boltrop
Westphalia
Cologne
Vienna
Chamber of Deputies
Vienna Nieuschner Journal
Archduke Leopold Salvator
Karl
von Ard
von Hoffman
Governors Urge Suffrage Action From Senate Panel
A petition bearing signatures of a majority of governors at Annapolis calls for immediate action on the suffrage amendment. Signed by Burnquist Minnesota Allen Kansas McKelvey Nebraska Brumbaugh Pennsylvania Frazier North Dakota Davis Idaho Townsend Delaware Boyle Nevada Capper Kansas Hunt Arizona Kindsey New Mexico Hoag Wyoming Milliken Maine Sleeper Michigan governors-elect, is presented to the senate suffrage committee chair.
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U. S. Senate
Washington
Annapolis
Senate
National Women’s Party
Burnquist
Minnesota
Allen
Kansas
McKelvey
Nebraska
Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Frazier
North Dakota
Davis
Idaho
Townsend
Delaware
Boyle
Nevada
Capper
Hunt
Arizona
Kindsey
New Mexico
Hoax
Wyoming
Milliken
Maine
Sleeper
Michigan
Lettish asks Allied aid to fight bolsheviki
The Lettish republic sent a request through the Stockholm legation for Allied help against bolshevik forces. Bolshevik troops are about 60 miles east of Riga and threaten Finland and Courland. Suspected German bolshevik collaboration is alleged as Germany seeks to keep influence in the region.
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Washington
Lettish Republic
Stockholm
Risa
Finland
Courland
War toll projected at two million in Cologne Gazette
New York reports the Cologne Gazette, Nov. 25 edition, predicts German total deaths will reach about 2,000,000. As of Oct. 25 total casualties were 6,066,769 with over 4,750,000 Russians, plus naval losses of 70,000 including 25,000 dead, 15,000 missing and 29,000 wounded.
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Cologne
New York
Emperor Wilhelm IIs Illness and Containment at Amerongen Castle
William Hohenzollern appears worn after five weeks of worry and confinement at Count Bentinck's Amerongen castle. Captain von Ilsemann, the former emperor's aide, is also ill, and Empress Augusta Victoria stays almost sole with her husband. No strangers may enter castle grounds.
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Amerongen
Count Bentinck
William Hohenzollern
von Ilsemann
Canada’s new development for postwar growth and reform
The government outlines a rapid transition from war to peace with vast labor reemployment, western agricultural expansion, cattle and dairy growth, cheap electrical power, and renewed mining and shipbuilding. It highlights Niagara and St Lawrence power, railway equipment, steel, and Europe reconstruction orders as key postwar drivers.
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Dominion
Canada
Western Canada
Canadian West
Niagara
St. Lawrence
Europe
Farmhand’s Doctor Visit Ends With Hearty Laughter
An old farmer distrusts medicine but concedes some improvement after a doctor’s visit. The farmer explains he drank half the medicine and discarded the rest, yet can’t tell which action did him more good. The humorous exchange ends with a light moment about treatment.
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Zur
Get New Kidneys From Haarlem Oil Cure Ad
An old advertisement warns of kidney trouble and Brights disease with symptoms like back pain, colored urine, and loss of appetite. It urges immediate use of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, claiming centuries of effectiveness for kidney bladder and urinary issues and promising relief if the product is authentic Gold Medal brand.
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Bright
Haarlem
Hydration Technique For A Hanging Plant
A care tip instructs placing a small funnel at the basket center with the cup portion above soil hidden by foliage. Daily water is poured into the funnel so moisture soaks gradually into the soil, avoiding spills onto floors, carpets, or waxed floors.
Hat salesman teases discount to please husband
In a storefront exchange a milliner jokes a hat would please the husband if the customer accepts a price cut. The customer counters with a demand to take twenty dollars off the price. The brief dialogue shows a haggling moment over a fashion item and discount.
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