Piper's Story Told By Friend Reveals Murder Plot
Muskegon Michigan December 23 a life long friend of Milo Piper says Piper confessed to planning or participating in the murder of Freda Weichman while admitting he did not fire the fatal shot. The friend links Piper to robberies with Goldberg and Sheldon during a honeymoon trip and notes Piper fled to Canada before death. The wife insists he is innocent and that he was led astray by bad company.
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Muskegon, Mich
Milo Piper
Piper
Freda Weichman
Chicago
Rensselaer
Ind
Miss Weichman
Canada
Goldberg
Sheldon
Rockford
Mick
William Klinke
Hamilton
Ont
Mich
Hinsdale
Freda
Viper
Pilper
Five U Boats at Cherbourg Reported Arrival
Five German submarines including the famous Deutschland have arrived at Cherbourg according to diplomatic advices from Washington. The report notes the wartime detente and the significance of the German fleet movements observed by observers.
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Cherbourg
Washington
France urged to modify Italy claims but Britain backs Rome
Washington December 23 diplomatic reports say Wilson could act as arbiter in Italy's claims. Britain is expected to support Italy's demands as aligned with the 1915 treaty. France will press for modification. Wilson plans London visit but may not discuss peace during trip.
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France
Britain
Rome
Washington
Wilson
Italy
Great Britain
United States
London
House of Commons
Russia
Changes Position of Yanks In Occupation
Marshal Foch ordered changes in the American zone of occupation reducing the Third army to eight divisions. The Thirty-third division from Illinois will move to the Second army and stay in Luxemburg rather than enter Germany, extending positions for the Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth divisions in the rear area.
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Marshal Foch
Illinois
Germany
Luxemburg
Law to Halt Immigrants Discussed by House Panel
Washington December 21. The house immigration committee discussed drastic postwar immigration controls and plans a January meeting to consider a bill. Chairman Turnell proposed prohibiting immigration for a period of years, perhaps four, with a limit thereafter.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Turnell
Austrian council orders seizure of crown lands
The Austrian national council has decided to confiscate all crown lands. The imperial castle will be converted into a children’s home.
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Copenhagen
Austrian National Council
Viscount Northcliffe on Wilson and a Britain America league
Paris dispatch reports Viscount Northcliffe in Paris urging a league of nations as indispensable for peace and arguing the closest Britain America cooperation as its keystone He says Wilson will be welcomed in England and his Europe trip will foster Anglo American understanding and unity He asserts the two English speaking powers control global raw materials and would prevent further conflict The viscount predicts Wilson will be warmly received in northern England and will influence postwar relations
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Paris
Viscount Northcliffe
Dynamo
Lloyd George
Ritz
Great Britain
America
England
United States
Wilson
Europe
League of Nations
Chile
Peru
Workmen and Soldiers Overcome the Sparticus Group
Blood street fighting and disorder unfold in Essen as the Workmen and Soldiers Council battles the Spartacus group. Spartacus forces are defeated with many casualties amid chaotic scenes in Zurich dated December 23.
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Nessed
Essen
OUST OFFICER WHO HIT MEN
Washington reports Lieut Ulus C Miller of the Sixtieth Pioneer Infantry was court martialed at Camp Wadsworth and dismissed from the army for striking enlisted men under his command. A new director general of railroads to succeed William G McAdoo who resigned is expected to be named by the White House in days.
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Ulus C. Miller
Sixtieth Pioneer Infantry
Washington
Army
War Department
Miller
Camp Wadsworth
William G. McAdoo
White House
Vatican notes Vienna hunger crisis reach entente chancelleries
Rome December 21 The Vatican has sent to the entente chancelleries a Vienna government note describing food shortages in several Austrian cities and seeking aid or relief measures.
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Rome
Vatican
Entente Chancelleries
Vienna
Austria
Wilson Opposed to Sinking of German Warships
Washington sources state President Wilson will oppose suggestions from any quarter to sink the German warships that have recently surrendered. The stance preserves naval rights and avoids retaliation beyond the terms of surrender. The report emphasizes the administration’s cautious handling of the postwar disposal of German naval assets.
Coblenz Fire Draws American Troops in Home Like Scene
In Coblenz on December 28 soldiers of the American Army of Occupation joined locals at a fire in the opera house. Firemen wore polished helmets and uniforms as residents gathered, including children and many adults. The scene echoed hometown fires in Kalamazoo and elsewhere.
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Coblenz
M. P
Opera House
Thespis
Kalamazoo
Mich
13 Million Join Red Cross Roll Call
Incomplete returns from across the United States show 13 million persons have joined the Christmas Red Cross drive. Officials expect several more millions to be added by the drive's end, though influenza and bad weather have hindered participation in many areas.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Britain and United States Near Key Concession Talks
Paris dispatch reports officials in close touch with Britain expect Lloyd George and Foreign Minister Balfour to offer important concessions to secure full understanding with the United States.
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Lloyd George
Balfour
Paris
Britain
United States
Walter Hines Page Dies in North Carolina
Walter Hines Page former ambassador to Great Britain died in the Carolina mountains after a year of ill health. He resigned as ambassador due to illness and came to Pinehurst seeking the mountain air. Page was editor of World's Work and a Doubleday Page firm member. Born Cary North Carolina August 15 1855 he wrote on southern development and education of the Negro and helped eradiate hookworm with Rockefeller funds.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Page
Carolina Mountains
The
Doubleday, Page & Co
Garden City
Wilson
United States
Cary
South
Tie
John J. Rockefeller
Bank Robbery Strikes Summit State Bank in Chicago
Five bandits robbed the Summit State bank shortly before noon seizing cash and Liberty bonds valued between 25 000 and 35 000 dollars. They fled toward Chicago along Archey road in a black car as one guarded the door and four emptied the safe and vault. It was the bank’s third robbery in a year.
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Chicago
Summit State Bank
Archey Road
Milling Regulations Canceled by Food Administration
Washington announces the cancellation of flour milling rules and fair price schedules. The food administration stated that milling regulations are nullified effective immediately, ending the price controls previously set for flour production and distribution.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Gratitude to Pershing Awarded Distinguished Service Medal
Washington, December 21. A general army order states that General Pershing will be awarded the distinguished service medal as a token of the gratitude of the American people to the commander of our armies in the field for his distinguished services and for the success our armies have achieved under his leadership.
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Washington
General Pershing
Gas attacks in Argonne leave Illinois men scarred and famed
New York December 23 Hundreds of Illinois men from the Thirty third division suffered in a 24 hour gas bombardment in the Argonne forest beginning October A large number were sent to nearby hospitals for treatment and surgeons expect full recovery The One Hundred Twenty nine Infantry bore the heaviest losses with many gassed burned and blinded for weeks. Private Farley aged forty six years oldest on board endured fourteen nights in No Man s Land with his hair turning white since arriving in France.
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New York
Argonne, Forest
Octoura
Mongolia
Aope
Argonne
Corp
Elme Sauerman
Cornelia Avenue
Chitengo
Fitty Sauerman
Pals
Sauserman
Sauerman
No Man's Land
Toul
Red Farley
Farley
France
Sixteenth Infantry
Paris
Six Indicted for Wreck in Malbone Street Tunnel Disaster
A King’s County grand jury indicted Timothy S Williams president of the Brooklyn Rap Transit Co John H Hallock president of the New York Consolidated Railroad Co and four officers and employees. Each faces first and second degree manslaughter charges tied to more than 90 deaths in the Malbone Street tunnel wreck on the Brighton Beach line in early November. Defendants pleaded not guilty and bail was set at 10000 each with January 6 trial date.
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New York
King’s County
Timothy S. Williams
Brooklyn Rap Transit Company
John H. Hallock
New York Consolidated Railroad Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Malbone Street
Brighton
Five Die In Auto Crash on Meadow Boulevard Bridge
Five persons were killed when a touring car skidded on frost and plunged through the railing of the second drawbridge on Meadow boulevard between Atlantic City and Pleasantville. The vehicle dropped 40 feet into the water below, pinning its occupants. They were dead when extricated about a half hour later.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Meadow Boulevard
This City
Pleasantville
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