Wilson's Plea for Peace Congress Personnel Taking Form
Paris December 27 The peace congress personnel is shaping up with estimates of 100 to 120 members and 27 delegations. Britain France United States and Italy to send five each with other nations varying. Delays in arrivals noted as Belgium Portugal Brazil Japan Serbia Greece Italy and Great Britain listed with probable members and roles.
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Great Britain
France
United States
Italy
Willson
England
Belgium
Paul Hymans
Emile Vandervelde
Baron van den Heuvel
Vatican
Portugal
Senhor Egas Moniz
Espirito Santo Lima
Senhor Friere de Andrade
Senhor Santos Viga
Augusto Vasconcellos
Brazil
Nilo Pecanha
Ruy Barbosa
Huet Bacellar
Thompowsky
Japan
Viscount Chinda
Baron Matsui
Serbia
Nikola P. Pachitch
M. R. Vesnitch
Doctor Cumbitch
Greece
Venizelos
M. Politis
Orlando
Baron Sonnino
Leonida Bissolati-Bergamaschi
Diaz
Paolo Thaon di Revel
Naval Staff
David Lloyd George
Arthur J. Balfour
Andrew Bonar Law
Exchequer
George Nicoll Barnes
J. G. Smuts
Botha
South Africa
Canada
Australia
India
To Name McAdoo's Successor
President Wilson expected to appoint William G. McAdoo's successor as director general of railroads by wireless. McAdoo's recommendation for his successor has gone to the president by cable.
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Washington
Wilson
William G. McAdoo
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Cable
Wilson in London Address To Wounded Soldiers
Sir Frederick E Smith declares President Wilson’s visit to Europe unprecedented as he meets King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. Wilson speaks to hundreds of wounded soldiers complimenting their sacrifices amid a cheering London crowd of about 200000 outside the palace. He expresses gratitude but cites noise preventing a full speech.
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Frederick E. Smith
Great Britain
United States
Wilson
Europe
England
Buckingham Palace
King George
Queen Mary
Duk
Connaught
More Yankees Reach Home
The transport Carrillo arrived from Bordeaux with four officers and twelve men aboard Maj. W. A. Marden of the One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry among the passengers. The Amalco arrived from San Juan with eight crew members from the schooner Ella W. Wiley of Rockland Maine, which ran ashore at San Juan on November 13.
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Carrillo
Bordeaux
W. A. Marden
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Amalco
San Juan
Ella W. Wiley
Rockland
Patient slashes two doctors in New York episode
December 26 report says Dr Solomon J Selkin rushed from Christmas dinner to his office where a patient slashed his throat from ear to ear. Dr Isaac Glassman tried to aid him and was seriously slashed. The patient Demetrius Lopez told police doctors failed to help him.
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New York
Solomon J. Selkin
Isaac Glassman
Demetrius Lopez
Mutinous Berlin Sailors Win Red Palace Backing
Dec 27 reports say mutinous sailors hoisted a white flag and left under guard as government troops occupied the red palace and stables. Spartacus forces seized Vorwaerts and the war ministry while civilians flocked to join the sailors. More fighting expected as Ebert resignations are demanded and Ledebour and Liebknecht gain leverage.
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Ebert
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Koenigstrasse
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Hasse
George Ledebour
Karl Liebknecht
Potsdam
Unter den Linden
Werderschen Platz
Copenhagen
Rumor of Kaiser William II Assassination Circulates
Paris reports persistent rumors that former German emperor William II has been assassinated in Holland. The rumors surfaced late Tuesday night but no confirmation has been obtained.
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Iam Hohenzollern
Germany
Paris
Wilson Reports Satisfactory Conference With British Leaders
President Wilson met for about three hours at Buckingham Palace with Prime Minister Lloyd George and Sir Arthur Balfour. They discussed the fourteen points and made progress on naval supremacy issues, clearing up certain features of his peace program.
Officer slain in Barcelona clashes over autonomy
Barcelona December 26. Disorder erupted as autonomy party supporters clashed with Spanish unity party rivals. A police lieutenant was shot and killed during the night disturbances.
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Barcelona
Spain
Autonomy Party
Spanish Unity Party
Sick and Wounded Return to United States
In the week ending December 20, 7,468 American expeditionary forces soldiers were landed in the United States. The surgeon general reports 5,828 landed at New York and 1,640 at Newport News.
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United States
Washington
New York
Newport Newa
Phantom torpedo planes sunk Turkish troop ship
London dispatch reports a Turkish transport carrying 3000 troops sunk by a British air torpedo plane during the final days of the conflict. Navy scientists tout these aerial torpedoes as a decisive secret, capable of striking ships from the clouds and vanishing before enemy gunnery could respond.
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London
Kiel Canal
Government urged to extend wheat price guarantee for 1919
Washington December 27 1918 the department of agriculture and the food administration urged Congress to extend the government purchase date beyond June 1 1920 and to maintain the 1919 wheat price guarantee. The memorandum calls for ample funds storage facilities and possible new agencies to buy store and sell 1919 wheat while protecting the government from losses if export demand weakens.
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Food Administration
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House Agericultural Committee
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Grain Corporation
Wilson
Houston
Memoratium
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Food Administration Grain Corporation
Canada
Australia
India
Argentina
Wilson to See Kin's Home in Carlisle Visit
President Wilson plans a Sunday trip to Carlisle to visit his maternal grandfather's home and attend worship at Lowther Street Congregational church. The journey, close to his sixty second birthday, also aims to trace his mother's early life and honor the grandfather's ministry in the town.
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Carlisle
England
Wilson
Lowther Street Congregational Church
Woodrow
Mr. Woodrow
Academy
Edward Booth
Congregational Church
Five killed and 27 injured in Norge train crash
A collision near Norge, Oklahoma, involving a St. Louis & San Francisco freight train and a passenger train left five dead and twenty seven injured. Authorities investigated the wreck and coordinated emergency response efforts.
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Chickasha
Okla
Dee
St. Louis
San Francisco
Norge
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