Germans Vote Ebert Cabinet Full Authority
Berlin and Copenhagen dispatches report the soldiers and workers councils in Germany transferring executive power to the Ebert government until a national assembly arranges new governance. A central council will oversee cabinets with two adjuncts per ministry drawn from the two Social Democratic parties. Presidents to be elected December 29.
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Copenhagen
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Congress
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House
Leinert
Karl Liebknecht
Spartacus
Influenza and Pneumonia Death Toll Reported
Washington figures show influenza caused 66,584 deaths in major cities from September 14 to December 14, while pneumonia added 88,763 deaths. The census estimates total influenza deaths at 105,297 nationwide.
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Census Bureau
Washington
Ex Kaiser Charles II and Family Struck by Grip Epidemic
Amerongen Netherlands December 20 Ex Emperor William confined to bed with a severe chill renewing ear trouble. His illness brings a professor from Utrecht to aid the local doctor. His appearance has aged markedly while Capt Sigurd von Tisemann also falls ill and the former empress tends him at Count Bentinck's castle. No outsiders are allowed on the grounds and village arrivals are closely watched.
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William
Utrecht
Count Bentinck
William Hohrenzollern
Sigurd von Tisemann
Plan to Burn Paris Foiled
Paris reports that the Figaro published details of a German air attack plan on Paris. The plan involved 35 airplanes dropping 5,000 incendiary bombs with chemicals to create uncontrollable fires, followed by another 35 planes dropping ordinary bombs to attack fire crews and evacuees gathered around the blaze.
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No Gold Braid for Foch in Paris Visit
Paris dispatch notes Marshal Foch arrived in a worn blue uniform with no decorations and an old forage cap. He told President Wilson that his visit to France paid the country the greatest honor. The president replied that Foch's visit to America would be a greater honor.
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Paris
Wilson
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France
America
British Labor invites Wilson to London gathering
London reports the British Labour party invited President Wilson to attend a national labor gathering in his honor during his London visit, per the Daily Telegraph.
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London
British Labor Party
Daily Telegraph
Milner Defends Allied Honor in Russia Intervention
London dispatch reports Viscount Milner argues the Allies must stay in Russia to protect Russians and anti Bolshevik forces. He says withdrawal would betray allies, invite barbarism, and risk bolstering the Bolsheviks while endangering the Czech and Slovak cause and Allied security.
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London
Russia
Viscount Milner
German General Plans New Front Behind Armistice Zone
Paris dispatch reports General von Hindenburg telegraphed Berlin to form a new front six miles behind the neutral zone fixed by the armistice. The government requested explanation but has not received a reply.
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Paris
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Berlin
Wilson to Consult with England About Russia
London December 20 President Wilson plans a rapid trip to England to confer with the British government on the situation in Russia. The talks are seen as essential before preliminaries to the peace conference.
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Wilson
England
Russia
Wilson Alters Plans For Early Return From Europe
President Wilson intends to return to America in February while King Victor Emmanuel meets him at the Murat residence. London dispatches say Wilson may visit London next week causing a hurried reexamination of plans by Premier Lloyd George. Boxing Day crowd and London business pause as officials weigh a possible early trip and talks shift between London Paris and Washington.
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Morte Carto
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France
Paris
Moyland
Washington
Haly
Joffre Named Immortal of France at Academy Ceremony
Marshal Joffre, famed victor of the Marne, was formally welcomed into France’s Academy with President Wilson and Mme. Wilson in attendance. He declined the ornate academicians’ dress, saying he enters as a marshal of France. He credited Allied sacrifice and American aid for victory and praised Poilu resolve.
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Pont Des Arts
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Wil
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Belgium
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Poilu
Jean Richepin
M. Richepin
Selier
Harden Demands Kaleer Be Tried
Berlin dispatch says Maximilian Hindr den writes in Zukunft that the former kaiser should be tried, urging legal proceedings and accountability for wartime actions.
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Berlin
Maximilian Hindrden
Zukunft
Kelser
German appeal to Wilson over Germany food crisis
Stockholm reports the German minister in Stockholm sent a message to President Wilson begging leniency for Germans citing worsening food shortages. London dispatches describe a chaotic Berlin congress of soldiers and workers with extremist interruptions and threats of government resignation as Vorwaerts warns of possible collapse of the state apparatus.
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Morris
Wilson
Germany
London
Berlin
Bevin
Congress
World's Biggest Cocktail to be poured into Mississippi River
State officials plan a mass disposal of seized liquor into the Mississippi River on Sunday to protest violations of orders by the state safety commission. A portion of the alcohol may be sent to hospitals for use as medicine.
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Missiesippi
American Legation Looted in Bucharest Robbery
Washington reports the American legation in Bucharest was entered and robbed after Minister Vopicka returned from Josey. Over $100,000 in goods were stolen from two trunks left for safekeeping. Doors seals were broken and the building damaged. Germans suspected by the’detective’ to be responsible.
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Washington
Bucharest
Vopicka
Josey
State Department
Rmloteter
Germans Release Fifteen Ships
Fifteen interned British merchant ships have been released and sent to Pagland. Delivered from Hamburg on December a batch of vessels returns to sea after detention, signaling easing wartime measures and restoring merchant capacity.
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Dec
Pagland
Reds Causing Spain's Woes Driven by Bolshevik Forces
State Department information says unrest in Spain stems from separatist elements in Catalonia aided by German funds and Bolshevik networks. Madrid reportedly views the disturbances as isolated and quickly quelled by local police.
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