Plan Peaceful Sea Solution Paves Way to Pact
Washington reports that allied premiers daily discuss two core wartime issues at the peace conference. President Wilson accepts indemnities as feasible while reserving the freedom of the seas for council discussion. A modus vivendi may avert a clash, with no US plan to limit warship production ahead of any broader disarmament accord.
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United States
Congress
Wilson
Great Britain
U. S
Peace Congress
Demands Abdication Proof From Ex Kaiser
Berlin government seeks immediate signed abdication decree from William Hohenzollern and a renunciation of the throne. Copenhagen dispatch notes radicals use absence of a signed deed to claim the ex emperor plans a counter revolution and return to reclaim his throne.
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London
Berlin
William Hohenzollern
Copenhagen
Exeronz
Germany
Daily Mail
Government expense estimates for 1919 and 1920 released
Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo disclosed the government expense estimates for 1919 and 1920. War costs push 1920 outlays to seven and a half billion dollars while 1919 spending exceeds twenty-nine billion dollars. The figures were sent to Congress today.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Ceven
United States
Betrayal claim shocks Kerensky after war toll
London reports Alexander Kerensky declaring the allies betrayed Russia. He cites Russia's wartime sacrifices and questions the peace conference share. He mentions American deaths and Russia's two million wartime dead as comparison to U S losses. He accuses ally plans to prize Bessarabia from Russia for Roumania.
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London
Russia
Alexander Foedrovitch Kerensky
America
Entente
Bessarabia
Roumania
United States
Protest in Chicago Over Adriatic Coast Claim by Italy
Delegates from the United States and Canada at the Serbian congress in Chicago protested Italy’s claim to the eastern Adriatic coast as spoils of war. A resolution urged a united Jugoslav state as a kingdom under the Serbian dynasty, with copies sent to allied powers excluding Italy. Milosh R. Trivunac of New York led the motion to notify Wilson George Clemenceau but not Premier Orlando.
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Italy
Adriatic
National Congress of
United States
Canada
Milosh R. Trivunac
New York
Serbian National Defense League of America
Wilson
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Orlando
Doctor Trivunac
Profiteering Inquiry Aims at Chicago Food Prices
United States district attorney Clyne ordered investigations into rising food prices. Leaders of major packing firms and industry heads were invited to explain factors behind price hikes. Frederick Dickinson leads the probe and plans to present findings to the December grand jury.
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Chicago
United States District Attorney
United States
Clyne
United States District
Frederick Dickinson
Casualty Reporting Delays Amid Marching Forces
Washington reports from General Pershing that the war department is rushing to publish complete casualty records as quickly as possible. Death reports are forwarded by cable to Washington as they arrive, but ongoing troop movements slow verification and checking of casualty lists.
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General Pershing
Cable
Washington
Pershing
War Department
Abdication Decree Likely Invalid Says Analysts
News from Amsterdam reports the Kaiser's abdication decree may be invalid as it lacks a countersignature from a German statesman. Dutch and German officials warn public opinion could deem the decree void if a new Prussian government arises. The ex-emperor reportedly abdicated after pressure from Empress Auguste Victoria, who urged him to step down.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Holland
Hague
Berlin
Germany
Prussia
Max
Ebert
Kaiser
William Hohenzollern
Bar on Platinum Jewelry Lifted in Postwar Move
Chicago December 2 the government bar on platinum jewelry has been lifted The metal is restored to its prewar basis for all jewelry purposes Jewelers are given permission to use platinum again and to add platinum jewelry without restrictions of any kind
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Chicago
Freedom or Hang Call Sparks San Francisco Debate
The San Francisco labor council after an executive session issued a statement deprecating Governor Stephens for commuting Thomas J. Mooney’s death sentence to life imprisonment for the 1916 preparedness day bombing murders. The council says Mooney should have a full pardon or be hanged, noting he had “straddled the issue.”
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San Francisco Labor Council
Stephens
Thomas J. Mooney
Labor Council
Mooney
Beisner Arrests German Courier on Way to Austria
Copenhagen dispatch says Bavarian premier Kurt Beisner ordered the arrest of a German courier en route to Austria. The courier’s documents were seized according to a Berlin telegram to Berlingske Tidende.
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Copenhagen
Kurt Beisner
Austria
Berlin
Berlingske Tidende
Bavarian Premier Breaks Relations Stir Berlin Response
The Lokal Anzeiger warns that Wisner’s stance could become a serious danger to Germany as Bavarian premier ends ties with the Berlin foreign office. The remark follows the political action triggering a rift between regional and national authorities.
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Berlin
Ikhurt Wisner
Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
German U Boat Loss 200 in War
London reports that Germany lost 200 U boats during the war exclusive of those turned over under armistice terms. Advices reaching the Exchange Telegraph company in London conveyed the figure.
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London
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
4 Yanks Quell Mob Across Prussian Frontier
American troops crossed the frontier into Prussia at daylight Sunday behind German rear guards. Esch, the most important city so far occupied, saw four soldiers disperse a mob of thousands that wrecked 28 shops in retaliation for overcharging Americans. Loss estimated at 4 to 7 million francs.
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Prussia
Reves
Esch
More Yanks Leave England for New York and Boston
The War Department reports steamers Ascanius and Canopic sailed from Liverpool on November 29 carrying 47 officers and 1,427 men to New York and 54 officers and 1,047 men to Boston. Both ships primarily carried aero units with a mix of casuals unattached officers and medical detachments.
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Washington
War Department
Liverpool
Ascanius
New York
Canopic
Boston
Handley-Page
Americans sail for France with peace party
The vanguard of the American party sailed from New York aboard the Orizaba for Paris to cover the peace conference. The voyage includes over a hundred newspaper correspondents and clerical staff for the peace mission, with the Orizaba needing two extra days to reach Brest alongside the presidential party.
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New York
Paris
Orizaba
Brest
Asquith Attacks Coalition Government in Huddersfield
Former prime minister Herbert H. Asquith denounced the coalition in an angry Huddersfield speech and said he would rather quit the House of Commons than be bound by coalition agreements.
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Ignace Daszynski
Republic of Poland
Cracow
Galicia
Daszynski
Europe
London
Herbert H. Asquith
Huddersfield
House of Commons
Influenza Death Toll Update From Chicago Area
In Chicago last 24 hours health department reports 22 influenza deaths and 14 pneumonia deaths. The data reflects ongoing flu season impact with multiple fatalities across the city.
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Chicago
Onicago
Health Department
U S Troops Reach New York on Mauretania Arrival
The British steamer Mauretania reached quarantine at 7 p.m. and will dock in New York today with 10 995 returning troops from England including airplane training, construction and radio units plus about 300 civilians. A late arrival spoiled a planned public welcome as relatives gathered, while others were sent to camps for processing and quarantine. Total crew and troops: 165 officers and 3 834 men.
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New York
United States
Naval Communication Service
England
Mauretania
Germany
Ambrose Channel
Liverpool
Lapland
Minnekuhda
Orea
Camp Mills
National Service
Canada's War Cost Exceeds a Billion Dollars
Ottawa reports that Canada's war costs have surpassed one billion dollars, covering accounts already processed by the finance department. It excludes recent overseas expenditures for which bills have not yet been presented.
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Ottawa
Canada
Finance Department
Whitlock Returns to Brussels as U S Minister
Brand Whitlock, American minister to Belgium, formally notified the state department of resuming control of the Brussels legation. He replaces the Spanish minister who had cared for Americans during the German occupation.
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Belgium
Legation
Washington
Brand Wittlock
State Department
Brussels
Ter
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