Coblenz Under Rule of Yanks
American troops have taken charge of Coblenz and the Rhine crossing defenses. The Second battalion of the Thirty-ninth Infantry arrived to assist German authorities, with a friendly reception reported. Allied forces also occupied Aix-la-Chapelle as French and American troops entered Cologne amid riots and looming food shortages. British forces patrolled the Rhine as Cologne ferried news of stability amid turmoil and fear of new rules.
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Coblenz
Rhine
Thirty-ninth Infantry
Cologne
Aix-La- Chapelle
Frederick William Place
Fifth Liberty Loan hailed as new WWI issue
Washington reports the next war loan, to be issued in spring, will likely be named the Fifth Liberty loan with a possible subtitle Victory issue. Managers favor the Liberty loan branding used in four prior drives and will present the plan to Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass after he takes office. District directors of sales and publicity will meet at Atlantic City on Thursday and Friday to draft the loan strategy.
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Washington
Atlantic City
Hearst telegrams read in German propaganda hearing
Government copies of Hearst signed telegrams outlining wartime newsroom policy were read at the Senate probe into German propaganda. A February 24 1917 message to William Bayard Hale showed Hearst being unknowingly paid by Berlin. A March 2 note to S S Carvalho claimed the Zimmerman note was a forgery to scare Congress.
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Washington
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
New York American
Kearst
William Bayard Hale
Hearst
Berlin
United States
Germany
S. S. Carvalho
New York
Mexico
Japan
Congress
Wilson Declines German Visit as War Demonstration Impresses
President Wilson aboard the George Washington declines any visit to Germany even as Berlin leaders press for talks. A destroyer drill off the liner showcases anti submarine defense with depth bombs and spray, while Wilson observes from the bridge and questions the detailed maneuvers. The ship sails toward Paris amid tropical seas and war readiness.
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Srest
George Washington
Wilson
Paris
Naval Wireless
Azores
U. S. S. George Washington
McCauley
Royalist party formed in Germany amid postwar intrigue
Paris reports Prince Henry of Prussia announced a royalist party in Germany. William Hohenzollern met with two international law experts at Amerongen, aiming to frame his position. The dispatch notes the mystery of the experts' arrival and hints at an autobiography or defense planned for an international tribunal. Socialists held multiple Berlin meetings without disturbances amid fog and rain.
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Paris
Henry of
Prussia
Germany
Ilelland
William Hohenzollern
Amerongen
Amsterdam
T% Express
Count Hohenzollern
Chile rejects U. S. mediation in Chile Peru dispute
Buenos Aires dispatches report Chilean newspapers view President Wilson’s mediation offer as a refusal to accept U.S. mediation. The American note claimed Wilson was ready to consider Chile’s suggestions while Argentina’s president offered mediation to settle the Tacna Arica issue. Chilean press shows a tendency to favor Argentina’s offer over the United States.
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Buenos Aires
Chile
Wilson
Peru
Irigoyen
Argentina
U.S. Ships Share of WWI Troop Transport Revealed
Official figures published with Navy consent show 46 percent of 2 079 880 troops to France were carried on American ships while 48.4 percent on British vessels and the rest on French and Italian ships. US naval escorts accounted for 82 percent of convoy protection with British at 14.4 percent and French 3 percent. From May 1917 to November 14 last, 931 American naval transports sailed along with 123 other American troopships and 456 British ships. Not a single soldier aboard US transports was lost.
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New York
Navy Department
Gleaves
Cruiser and Transport Service
France
United States
Great Britain
Canada War Expenditures Top $1.065 Billion to November
Ottawa report shows Canada’s war expenditures reaching 1.065 billion dollars by November 30. Finance minister’s estimate sent to Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden in England for war claims. Projection suggests expenditure could surpass 1.29 billion by March 31.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Robert Borden
England
Wilson May Visit Cologne in German Proposal
Amsterdam December 10 President Wilson is invited to visit Cologne by the Volkszeitung. The paper suggests representatives of the German foreign ministry meet him there.
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Volkszeitung
Amsterdam
Wilson
Cologne
Foreign Ministry
Yanks Arrive in New York and Boston with Sick and Wounded
The Empress of Britain lands at New York with 2,889 men and 76 officers including sick, wounded, casuals, aero squadrons and construction companies. The troopship Kroonland arrives from Brest with 1,180 men and 104 wounded. The Canopic brings home about 2,000 to Boston. Debarkation will send troops to Camp Devens for demobilization.
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New York
Liverpool
Kroonland
Brest
France
Boston
Camp Devens
Suppression of Cossack Commander Kalmikoff
Vladivostok reports the removal of General Kalmikoff, leader of the Ussurt front Cossacks, by joint American and Japanese action. Tension eased after his arrest, prosecution, and execution of regional civilians whose bodies were reportedly left for dogs.
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Vladivostok
Kalmikoff
Ussurt River
Khabarovsk
Public health group outlined to fight epidemic peril
Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the U S public health service outlined a nationwide effort to prevent epidemics among returned soldiers. The organization, under the treasury department, includes uniformed surgeons with army ranks and holds national and interstate quarantine jurisdiction, announced before the American Public Health Association at the Morrison Hotel.
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Chicago
Dee
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
American Public Health Association
Hotel Morrison
General Blue
Treasury Department
Revenue bill debate opens in Senate
The war revenue bill, revised to yield about 6 billion dollars for next year’s peace costs and carrying imposts to raise 4 billion dollars 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 Trial Opens Over Socialist Platform Evidence
In Chicago on December 10 the Teuton element of the Socialist party faces Federal Judge Landis in a conspiracy case. Victor Berger of Milwaukee and four associate leaders are accused of hindering war work and discouraging enlistment. The St Louis platform, adopted by the party, is the key document offered as evidence, with defendants named as its drafters and propagators.
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Chicago
Teuton
Socialist Party
Landis
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Berger
Mr. Tucker
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee Lauder
Adolph Germer
J. Louis Emgdahl
American Socialist
William F. Kruse
Young People’s Socialist League
Tev
Irwin St. John Tucker
The
Workers’ Institute
St Louis
National Party
Crown Prince Fears Visitor and Demands Escort
Amsterdam reports the former crown prince will not receive visitors unless allowed to carry a revolver by Dutch authorities. He, abdicated but interned, asks to wear a manfti while visiting a dentist in the city. The government reportedly grants entry with escort and requires him to wear a uniform.
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Amsterdam
Dee
Friedrich Wilhelm
No Military Executions in Army During War
Major General Crowder, judge advocate general, reported to Secretary Baker that no American soldier has been executed for a purely military offense since the war began. He called this the outstanding feature of his annual report, adding that very few death sentences were imposed and none carried out for purely military offenses.
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Washington
Crowder
Baker
2600 Captive Yanks Freed From German Camps
Berlin reports 2600 American prisoners of war from Camp Rastatt have left for Switzerland. About 200 more POWs, dispersed to various German camps, are departing via Holland and Denmark. The last Americans are expected out by midweek. Washington says the U S has formally asked Berlin for release of Brazilian POWs in Germany.
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Berlin
Rastatt
Switzerland
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Washington
United States
British election enters final week with multi candidate contests
London December 11. The general election campaign moves into its last week. Contest numbers with more than two candidates are unprecedented. Three cornered fights dominate. There are 471 coalition candidates including 822 fonists, 181 Liberals, and 18 National Democrats. There are 1,047 noncoalition candidates.
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