Peace Congress Takes Shape With 27 Nations In Delegations
Paris December 27. The peace congress personnel are taking form with 100 to 120 members expected. Twenty seven countries will be represented, with Great Britain France the United States and Italy allotted five delegates each. Belgium Portugal and Japan lead a list of announced inclusions as nations prepare for the opening negotiations early in the new year.
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Italy
Peace Congress
Congress
Wilson
England
Belgium
Paul Uymans
Emile Vandervelde
Baron van den Heuvel
Vatican
Portugal
Senhor Egas Moniz
Espirito Santo Lima
Sephor Friere de Andrade
Senhor Santos Viga
Augusto Vasconcelos
Brazil
Nilo Pecanha
Ruy Barbosa
Huet Bacellar
General Thompowsky
Japan
Viscount Chinda
Baron Matsui
Serbia
Nikola P. Pachiteh
M. R. Vesniteh
Cambitch
Greece
Venizelos
M. Politis
Wilson to name McAdoo successor by wireless
President Wilson expected to appoint William G. McAdoo's successor as director general of railroads by wireless. McAdoo sent his recommendation for the successor to the president by cable.
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Washington
Wilson
William G. McAdoo
Wireless
Cable
Wilson addresses wounded at Buckingham Palace balcony
President Wilson, flanked by King George and Queen Mary, spoke to hundreds of injured British soldiers from a Buckingham Palace balcony. Amid cheers from 200000 Londoners, he expressed gratitude for the welcome but could not deliver a full speech due to the noise.
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Frederick E. Smith
Great Britain
United States
Wilson
Europe
England
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Victory
Palace
King George
Queen Mary
Connaught
More Yankees Reach Home
The transport Carrillo arrived from Bordeaux with 4 officers and 12 men. Maj. W. A. Marden of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry was aboard. The steamship Amalco arrived from San Juan with eight crew members of the schooner Ella W. Wiley of Rogsland Maine which went ashore at San Juan November 14.
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Bordeaux
W. A. Marden
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Amalco
San Juan
Ella W. Wiley
Rogsland
Doctors Slashed in Office Attack by Apparent Patient
In New York on December 26 Dr Solomon J Sekin was summoned from dinner to his office where a patient Demetrius Lopez cut his throat from ear to ear. Dr Isaac Glassman rushed to aid Sekin and was seriously slashed. Lopez told police doctors failed to help him.
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Solomon J. Sekin
Isaac Glassman
Demetrius Lopez
Berlin mutiny escalates as sailors seize key sites
Berlin battles escalate with sailors and Spartacus forces seizing the war ministry and Vorwaerts offices. Reports say troops and guards clash in Potsdam bound streets as more than 100 people are killed amid calls for Ebert to resign and for Ledebour and Liebknecht to take over.
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Liebknecht
Ebert
Prussian War Ministry
Potsdam
Unter den Linden
Werderschen Platz
Exchange
Copenhagen
Rumor of Kaiser Wilhelm II Assassination Circulates
Paris reports persistent unconfirmed rumors that former German emperor William II has been assassinated in Holland. The newspaper notes that no confirmation has been obtained as of the latest dispatches from Paris.
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Germany
Wilson Finds Satisfactory Conference With British Leaders
President Wilson held a three hour conference in Buckingham Palace with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Sir Arthur Balfour. They discussed the fourteen points and made progress on naval supremacy aspects of his peace program.
Officer slain amid Barcelona political clashes
In Barcelona on December 26 disorder erupted between autonomy supporters and Spanish unity party factions. A police lieutenant was shot and killed during the clashes.
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Spain
Autonomy Party
Spanish Unity Party
Wounded and Sick Return From AEF Arrivals by Port
During the week ending December 20 seven thousand four hundred eight wounded and sick soldiers were landed in the United States from the American expeditionary forces. The surgeon general's report shows that 6,?2k were landed at New York and 1,640 at Newport News.
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United States
New York
Newport News
Phantom torpedo planes sunk a Turkish troop ship
London reports a secret Navy air torpedo system sank a Turkish ship carrying 8,000 troops shortly before the war end. Hydroplanes reportedly rise from land or deck to dive on ships at 150 mph, with 20 machines ready to counter the German fleet though tests suffered fatal accidents.
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Kiel Canal
Government urged to extend wheat price guarantee into 1919
A memorandum to Congress from the Department of Agriculture and the Food Administration asks for a June 1, 1920 extension of the government purchase date for the 1919 wheat crop and continued or new agency powers to buy store and sell 1919 wheat. It notes abundant 1918 wheat on farms and the need for ample funds to maintain the guaranteed price, plus protections against foreign wheat during the guarantee period.
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Wilson
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Canada
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Wilson to visit kin in Carlisle on sixty second birthday
President Wilson plans a Carlisle visit to the home of his maternal grandfather and to attend worship at Lowther Street Congregational church. He will tour sites of his mother's childhood and is invited to address the congregation next Sunday. The trip coincides with his birthday weekend.
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England
Wilson
Lowther Street Congregational Church
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Mr. Woodrow
Academy
Edward Booth
Congregational Church
Five Die as Freight Crash Hits Passenger Train in Norge
Five killed and twenty seven injured in a collision in Norge Oklahoma when a St. Louis and San Francisco freight train crashed into a passenger train. The wreck occurred near Chickasha on December 27 with emergency crews rushing to the scene.
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Chickasha
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