Penrose urges prompt war revenue bill passage in Senate
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania urged quick passage of the war revenue bill in the Senate. He supported immediate action to reach a final vote before the holidays, favoring abolition of war excess profits taxes and a flat income tax system with future remedial legislation for defects. He warned that continuing high rates could hinder American initiative while noting war needs and comparing tax shares with England and France.
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Pennsylvania
Simmone
la Follette
Inter
England
France
United States
Situation in Smyrna becomes critical amid bombardment
Dispatches from Mitylene report the Smyrna situation as extremely critical as armed bands manned by Young Turk officials occupy locations around the town and face bombardment by Allied fleets. Other briefs note a hunger strike death in Chicago, Airmen arriving in Dexter, and a Navajo influenza death toll at Fort Defiance.
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Athens
Smyrna
Mitylene
Castro elected president of Portugal in succession
Lisbon December 11. Admiral Cantoy Castro has been elected president of Portugal succeeding Dr. Didente Paes, who was assassinated Saturday night. Red Cross Boll Call.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Havas
Cantoy Castro
Didente Paes
Water power for mining again used in California ghost towns
Grass Valley reports renewed hydraulic mining across Nevada Placer Sierra and Yuba counties. Old ditches and mines are revived with cement dams and storage reservoirs to trap debris under modern permits. federal oversight via army engineers now allows controlled operations.
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Fern Placer
Nevada
Sierra
Yuba
Dutch Fiat
Placer County
Liberty Hill
You Bet
Omora
la Porte
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Hydraulicking
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Dorado
Plumay
Sierras
United States Geological Survey
Anti-Debria Association
Army
Central Congress Opens in Berlin by Soldiers and Workers
The central congress of delegates from soldiers and workers councils in Germany opened in Berlin with 450 delegates including three women. The session showed independent Socialists and Spartacist groups outnumbered, and a proposal to invite Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg as guest advisors failed.
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Berlin
Asociated
Germany
Spartheud
Spartacus
Karl Liebknecht
Rosa Luxemburg
Spartacus Group
Tater
Herr Mueller
Magne Wan Ion
Mbmit & Am
Vermont
200000 Men Needed for the U S Navy
Washington December 17 two hundred thousand men must be recruited for the navy next year to replace demobilized war enlistees Captain H Laning chief of the bureau of navigation told the house naval affairs committee he asked for twelve million dollars for transportation and recruiting. After July 1 1920 about 360000 more will be required to man naval and shipping board vessels the navy has already enlisted 215000 in the war period and 165000 since war began. More than 60 percent of war recruits have asked for discharge Captain Laning said in a par 4 honor to release them.
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H. Laning
Bureau of Navigation
House Naval Affairs Committee
Naval and Shipping Board
Laning
Vou Groat
Holland May Change Policy In Dutch Direction
Paris reports a major shift in Dutch foreign policy toward closer ties with Entente nations. The Dutch Economic League leader spoke in Harlem urging internationalization of the Scheldt River, signaling political and economic realignment. Crossed lines note mail planes arriving in Cleveland for a new regular service to Chicago and railway fare changes in Denver. A pilot Ira Biffle claimed a New York to Washington flight in under two hours amid snow and cold. A Canadian Pacific tourist coach fire near Winnipeg left thirteen passengers missing.
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Hague
Holland
Dutch Economical League
Harlem
Scheldt
Washington
Ira Biffle
Mall Mier
New York
Philadelphia
Red Cross
Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific
Toronto
Telegraphic Briefs From The Nation
Reports from Agua Prista describe the execution of Jose Crim and two El Faro Mexicans in the plaza. A Montenegro assembly reputedly voting to unite with Serbia was denied by a Montenegrin official note. Burleson calls national telegraph and telephone ownership imperative. Captain Lipsner says May will mark the start of first U.S. aerial passenger and express service.
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Colen Carton
Cat Bei
Batope
Huerta
Jose Crim
Agua Prista
Washington
Montenegro
Nicholas
Serbia
Burleson
New York
Lipsner
Trades Must Be Learned Trades Must Be Learned
Annapolis Maryland December 17 Governors Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania urged schools to educate foreign and native populations and train men and women in trades. He said immigrants should master English within five years and criticized sending youths to Germany for education. He called for higher education standards and compulsory arbitration laws to curb strikes and sabotage. Snow storms disrupt Colorado and New Mexico communications, with Denver receiving heavy snowfall. Copenhagen party leaders vote for a national assembly, seen as a setback for Spar tmens group. Minnesota forecast: partly cloudy, cooler tonight.
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Marin G Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Brambaugh
Brumbaugh
Germany
Thomas E. Campbell
Arizona
Red Cross
Colorado
Two Justice Department Men on Stand at Berger Trial
Chicago dispatch describes R A Milroy and Earl Dole testifying in the Victor L Berger socialist case. Government aims to wrap its case soon as documents and letters from Kruse League members are presented. Witnesses recount July 1917 antiwar meetings, mergers of wartime controversy, and socialist leaders present at Milwaukee and New York correspondence.
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R. A. Milroy
Aurora
Tik
Earl Dole
Department of Justice
Victor L. Berger
Clyne
American Socialist
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Milwaukee Leader
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Rénera
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Ween
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Samuel Hughes
Canada
Red Cross Bell
Official visit of Wilson in Paris ends in remarkable reception
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson’s official visit to Paris closing with a remarkable reception praised by the London Daily Mail. It notes the ceremony at City Hall as a grateful tribute to a president seen as the US representative and outlines ongoing behind the scenes talks on Allied relief and the peace conference.
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Paris
London Daily Mail
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inter-Allied Conference
Peace Congress
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Pope
Monsignor Cerretti
Cardinal Gibbons
Col. E. M. House
Pope Benedict
Rome
Units Designated for Return by Pershing in December
General Pershing notified the war department that he designated early convoy home for about 4,500 officers and men including the 27th Engineers and the 346th Field Artillery. Other units named are aero squadrons 158Fd 1482nd 97th and 102nd second trench mortar battalion and additional support companies.
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Washington
Pershing
War Department
27Th Engineers
346Th Field Artillery
Foll Motor Fazenariica
Hegtland
Ale Pervico
Untermyer Given Hearing Before Senate Panel
Washington Dec 17 Samuel Untermyer of New York appeared before a senate committee to answer innuendoes about prior German sympathy. He said he declined to act as counsel for the German embassy and urged peace while criticizing German actions. Several other items mention wreck injuries in Hastings Madison Wisconsin university leadership and army convoy notes.
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Samuel Untermyer
New York
Senate
Untermyer
Basit
Grose Boll
Bonfires honor President Wilson spread in Europe
Reports from Geneva and Swiss border towns describe large bonfires lit in honor of the arrival of President Wilson. Festivities across resorts like Vevey and other locales mark the moment, with dances and public celebrations ongoing after his December trip and departure.
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Une
Switzerland
Romer
France
Wilson
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