Coblenz Falls Under American Military Rule On Rhine
Coblenz is under complete American military control with local authorities cooperating. Second battalion of the Thirty-ninth Infantry arrived to take charge of barracks and evacuated buildings, greeted by friendly reception. Allied forces also report occupation of Aix la Chapelle and Cologne stabilizing after riots fueled by bolshevik ideas as British guards and local civic units restore order.
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Coblenz
Rhine
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cologne
Dee
Aix-La- Chapelle
Frederick William Place
Arrival Day Raid Liberates 4000 to 5000 Criminals
Rebels raid jails freeing about four to five thousand inmates. German troops in the city are disarmed and officers stripped of epaulets. The night brings terror and many deaths, with bodies cast into the Rhine, count unknown.
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Rhine
Fifth Liberty Loan Hailed for Spring Issue
Washington reports the next wartime loan will likely be named the Fifth Liberty loan with a possible subtitle Victory issue. Advertisers favor Liberty loan branding and will present the plan to treasury secretary designate Carter Glass after he takes office. National managers will meet with district directors in Atlantic City to draft sales plans.
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Washington
Atlantic City
Hearst Papers Tied to German Propaganda Claims Read in Senate Hearing
Government copies of Hearst signed telegrams on wartime policy were read at the Senate committee hearing. Messages allege Hearst staffer in Berlin on the German payroll without his knowledge. A Zimmerman note forgery claim is noted, with aims to influence Congress and espionage powers.
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Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
New York American
Neurst
William Bbayard Hale
Hearst
Berlin
United States
Germany
Carvalho
New York
Mexico
Japan
Congress
President Wilson Watches U S Destroyer Sub Attack Drill
On board the George Washington President Wilson observed a dramatic demonstration of anti submarine defense as a destroyer attacked a phantom U boat. Explosions rocked the liner as depth bombs burst, with the president asking detailed questions aboard during the exercise.
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U. S
Brest
George Washington
Wilson
Paris
Naval Wireless
Azores
Beard
U. S. S. George Washington
McCauley
German royalist party claimed by Prince Henry reports
Paris December 11 Prince Henry of Prussia brother of the former German emperor proclaims the establishment of a royalist party in Germany. William Hohenzollern has held interviews with two international law experts at Amerongen and may publish his autobiography and defense if tried. Socialists in Berlin meet with leaders after weather delays.
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Paris
Henry of
Prussia
Germany
Tolland
William Hlohenzollern
Armerongen
Amsterdam
Amerongen
Count Hohenzollern
Copenhagen
Berlin
Liebknecht
Spartacus
Treptow Park
Chile rejects U.S. mediation offer over Peru dispute
Chilean papers view President Wilson's mediation offer as a refusal to intervene. The Algerian note cited Wilson's readiness to consider Chilean suggestions, while Argentina's President Trigoyen pressed for mediation to settle the Tacna Arica dispute. Dispatches hint Chile leaning toward accepting Argentina's mediation while rejecting the U.S. proposal.
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Wilson
Buenos Aires
Chile
Peru
Algerican
Trigoyen
Argentina
US Ships Share Troop Transport Duty in War Convoys
New York details released with Navy approval show 2 070 880 troops transported to France from May 1917 to November 14. American ships carried 40 percent of troops while British and French Italian vessels shared the rest. American transports executed 641 sailings, with others by American and British ships.
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New York
Navy Department
Gleaves
Cruiser and Transport Service
France
United States
Britain
Canada War Expenditures Reach Over One Billion Dollars
Canada’s war expenditures up to November 30 total $1,065,000,000, as estimated by the finance minister and sent to Sir Robert Borden in England to present Canada’s war claims. The estimate projects the figure exceeding $1.2 billion by March 31.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Robert Borden
England
Troop Lifts Arrive in New York for Demobilization
The Empress of Britain docks with 76 officers and 238289 men including sick and wounded after arriving from Liverpool. Also on port is the Wireenland with 83 officers and 1180 men and the Canoptic returning about 2000. Troops head to Camp Devens for demobilization.
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New York
Liverpool
Wireenland
Brest
France
Canoptic
Toston
Devens
Russian Leader Ousted In Far East Crisis
Vladivostok reports General Kalmikoff, Cossack commander on the Ussuri front, was removed by joint American and Japanese action. The move followed arrests and executions of locals, with alleged bodies left for dogs. Tense situation at Khabarovsk followed the crackdown.
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Vladivostok
Dee
Kalmikoff
Ussurt River
Khabarovsk
Public Health Officers Outline Epidemic Fight
Surgeon General Rupert Blue outlined a national coordinated plan to prevent epidemics spread by returning soldiers. The program, under the Treasury Department, groups uniformed surgeons with army officers and oversees national and interstate quarantine.
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Chicago
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
American Public Health Association
Morrison
Wilsons Possible Cologne Visit Invited by Zeitung
Amsterdam reports the Volkszeitung of Cologne invites President Wilson to visit the city and suggests German foreign ministry representatives could meet him there. The note reflects wartime diplomacy chatter with no confirmed plan.
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Volkszeitung
Amsterdam
Wilson
Cologne
Foreign Ministry
Revenue bill debate opens in Senate for 1920 tax plan
Washington December 11 The war revenue bill revived to yield about 65 billion for next year peace expenses and carry imposts to insure taxes of 4 billion in 1920 was before the senate for debate Senate leaders would not predict when a final vote might be expected.
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Washington
Senate
Berger Put On Trial For Conspiracy In Milwaukee Leaders
The Teuton element of the Socialist party faces Federal Judge Landis in Chicago as Victor Berger of Milwaukee and four leaders are charged with conspiring to hinder war work and discourage enlistment. The case centers on speeches and writings offered by both sides and features dueling interpretations for the jury. Defendants include Victor L Berger Adolph Germer J Louis Puedahl William F Krause Teo Irwin St John Tucker and others linked to the American Socialist and Milwaukee Leader.
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Chicago
Teuton
Socialist Party
Landis
Victor Serger
Milwaukee
Tucker
Victor L. Berger
Adolph Germer
J. Louis Puedahl
American Socialist
William F. Krause
Young People’s Secialist League
Teo. Irwin St. John Tucker
Workers’ Institute
St Louis
National Party
Crown Prince Fears Foe Refuses Visitors In Uniform
Amsterdam reports the former crown prince will not receive visitors unless allowed to carry a revolver by Dutch authorities. He, though abdicated, views himself as an interned soldier and seeks to wear mufti while visiting a dentist. The government reportedly grants escort but requires a uniform.
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Amsterdam
Friedrich Wilhelm
No Army Executions for Military Offenses
Major General Crowder reports no executions in the American army for purely military offenses since the war began. He notes that very few death sentences have been imposed and none carried out for military offenses, in his annual report to Secretary Baker.
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Washington
Crowder
Baker
Americans Freed from German Captivity Reach Switzerland
Berlin reports 2600 American POWs freed with 2600 moved from Camp Rastatt to Switzerland and others scattered to camps in Germany, with last expected out by midweek. Washington confirms the US has formally pressed Berlin via Brazil for release of Brazilian POWs in Germany.
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Rastatt
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Berlin
Camp
Helland
Denmark
Washington
United States
Three cornered fights shape British election race
London December 11 The general election campaign enters its final week with unprecedented multi candidate contests. There are 471 coalition candidates totalling 822 Cons 121 Liberals and 18 National Democrats, and 1,470 noncoalition candidates.
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London
National Democrate
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