Rioting Begins in Berlin and German Politics Shake
Berlin unrest spreads with serious firing reported in major streets. Ernst Daumig, drawn from Vorwaerts past, now dictates German policy and seeks ousting of old regime figures as peace talks loom. Allied troops may occupy Berlin and Mannheim after a prisoners camp incident.
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Solf
Copenhagen
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Mannheim
Chilean quake kills ten in northern region
Reports from Buenos Aires dated December 6 say a earthquake in northern Chile on Wednesday left ten dead and about 100 injured. Officials describe widespread damage and ongoing rescue efforts amid tremors.
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Buenos Aires
Chile
Belgian King Albert in Paris with Queen Elizabeth and Prince
King Albert of Belgium Queen Elizabeth and the prince of Brabant arrived in Paris before a vast crowd. A 101 gun salute greeted the royal party as President Poincare and his wife welcomed them at the French foreign office, with French troops lining the route.
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Albert
Belgium
Elizabeth
Prince of Brabant
Poincare
McAdoo to retire December 16 as secretary of the treasury
Secretary McAdoo announced he will relinquish duties as treasury head on Monday December 16. He would not name a likely successor as director general of the railroads, but said he remains in constant wireless contact with the president and that a successor will likely be chosen soon.
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Washington
Mc. Adoo
Secreary
The
Treasury
Americans Enter Mainz as Rhine Front Advances
Amsterdam reports American troops entered Mainz, a key German fortress, while General Pershing issued a proclamation urging civilians to resume normal life under military authority. The Army of Occupation, led by Brown and Smith, expands control with local cooperation as orders enforce strict adherence to international law and protection of persons and property.
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Rhine
Dickmann
Treves
Brown
Smith
General Pershing
Holland Would Seek Life Imprisonment for Kaiser Offspring
London reports Holland would urge the Allies to place former Kaiser Wilhelm II and Crown Prince Frederick of Germany for life on a Dutch island if the Allies insist on their delivery to an international court. Allies’ reply awaited with interest.
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London
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Frederick
Germany
International Court of Justice
Baruch and Davidson Named to Reconstruction Committee
Bernard Baruch and Henry P Davidson are appointed to a committee to determine what materials America should furnish to war wrecked Europe. They will act as an economic commission to decide which raw materials America will produce for postwar reconstruction and will proceed overseas at once per the White House announcement.
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Bernard Baruch
Henry P. Davidson
Washington
Ben
America
Ope
Churchill Declares No Limitation on Britain Naval Defense
London reports Winston Churchill announces no constraint on British naval defense at Dundee. He also says the railways will be nationalized and Helgoland return to Britain is unnecessary. He notes Helgoland’s history as a Danish island ceded to Britain in 1640s and later to Germany.
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Helgoland
Great Britain
Germany
Winston Spencer Churchill
Dundee
Churchill
North Sea
Elbe and Weser
Kiel Canal
U. S. Now Well Policed Says Attorney General Report
Attorney General J. W. Gregory reports that America is more thoroughly policed than ever. The justice department reviews its wartime work including counterpropaganda, sabotage, sedition controls, alien enemy actions, draft evaders, and related tasks.
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America
J. W. Gregory
Department of Justice
Department
Bernstorff Aids German Propaganda Effort Details
A. Bruce Bielaski testified before a Senate committee on German propaganda in the United States. He described Bernstorff’s 1916 cable urging favorable treatment for William Bayard Hale and outlined payrolls for Hearst associates and a German propaganda unit. The testimony names timestamps, the Washington Post offer, and a list of prominent academics and figures deemed pro German.
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Bernstorf
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Hearst
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Hate
Bernard Dernburg
Washington Post
Albert
Dernburg
Fuehr
Foreign Office
Post
Germany
John R. McLean
Bernstorff
Fueher
Bernstortz
Hale
Emassy
Messagce
Thule
Roumania
Senate Committee
United States
A. Bruce Bieciaski
William KR. Shepard
Columbia University
Hugo Muensterburg
Harvard University
Wiliam M. Sloane
Edmund von Mach
Churmbridge
Mass
Anth van Briessen
New York
John W. Burgess
Newport
BR. I
Eugene Smith
H. C. Sanborn
Vanderbilt University
J. G. McDonald
University of Indians
Ferdinand Schevill
University of Chicago
KE. Co
St. Louis
Vroft
Albert Bustoell Hart
J. Hexamer
Philadelphia
Charles Nagel
Formew
Labor
Gsewald Garrison
Villard
New York Evening Voet
William Randolph Heuret
American
Bernard Ridder
Frederick A. Schrader
Broadway
Frank Harris
Washington Square
New York City
Rob. J. Ford
Freeman's Journal
Father Thirney
American Catholic Weekly
Max A. Hein
Riverside Drive
George Sylvester Viereck
William P. Trent
West Thirty-eighth Street
Flu Death Toll Estimated At 2000 In Montana
Helena officials say the statewide influenza epidemic may have caused up to 2000 deaths, far surpassing World War I battle fatalities. State officials estimate ten times as many influenza deaths as those in combat during the period.
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Montana
Helena
Mont
Woman car workers lose after strike ends in Cleveland
Two thousand one hundred street car men back at work after ratifying union terms. Women conductors will be eliminated from service by March 1 after a conference in the mayor’s office.
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Cleveland
Mass killings and famine blamed on Turkish regime
Constantinople reports from the Morning Post correspondent describe corruption and misery in Turkey with three million massacred and another million near starvation this winter under the Committee of Union and Progress.
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London
Committee On Union and Progress
Turkey
Constantinople
Morning Post
Duke of Grafton Dies at 97 in London
The Duke of Grafton, head of the Fitzroy family, died in London at age 97 after serving in the British army. The death occurred on December 6, marking the end of a long life of royal connections and military service.
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London
Roy Frecetty
Eivety
Britain to bar enemy aliens after war says Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George vows trial and punishment of war perpetrators and expulsion of enemy aliens from British soil. He pledges government pressure at the peace conference to secure justice, including prosecution of the Kaiser and his accomplices.
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Lloyd George
United Kingdom
Empire
Europe
International Court
England
Kaiser
High Seas
Qnat
Russia
Flu Death Toll Rises to Six Thousand in Samoa
A news dispatch reports that six thousand people in Samoa have died from Spanish influenza. The tally is described as the sixth wave of fatalities, with the epidemic affecting communities across the islands and prompting international concern.
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