Yanks Occupy City of Treves as German Army Withdraws
American troops enter Treves on the Moselle as Dickmann's occupation forces advance from Coblenz. Maj. William Thaw oversees the transfer of aircraft and matériel under armistice terms amid growing Prussian Bavarian tensions and civilian welcome to retreating German troops.
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Treves
Rhenish
Prussia
Moselle
Roiman
Trier
Coblenz
Dickman
Rhine
Dickmann
William Thaw
Bolshevik Capture Pskov Reported In Baltic War News
Dispatches from Helsingfors say Bolshevik troops seized Pskov about 110 miles southwest of Petrograd. Reports also claim Dunahure near Riga falls to Bolsheviks and Narva southwest of Petrograd bombarded, with the fate of the northern volunteer army unclear.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Baltic
Isthonia
Pskov
Petrograd
Dunahure
Riga
Narva
V Petrograd
Crowds Overwhelm Paris as Peace Conference Nears
Paris faces severe overcrowding as the peace conference nears. Indications point to hotel rooms being nearly unavailable and the city strained.
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Paris
World and U S News Roundup From November Dispatches
Paris reports Col E M House leaving his bed for the first time since illness. Carranza rejects a second term bid. McAdoo ends half cent extra fare for Pullman travel from December first. Bolshevik forces cross Narva and enter Msthonia. Palmer seizes fourteen enemy owned seats on major exchanges. seats to be sold to Americans.
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Paris
Col. E. M. House
Mexico City
Carranza
Washington
Pullman Transportation
McAdoo
London
Narva
Msthonia
Gulf of Finland
Lake Peipus
Stockholm
New York
New York Stock Exchange
New Orleanse Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
AL Mitchell Palmer
Hew
Swiss General Ulrich Wille Seeks Release After Armistice
General Ulrich Wille, commander of the Swiss army, asks the federal council to relieve him of duties. He states that since the armistice has been signed his services are no longer required.
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Berne
Ulrich Wille
Federal Council
Spain approves league of nations formation plan
Madrid Nov 80 both chambers of the Spanish parliament approve in principle the proposition for forming a league of nations and will name a Spanish representative in that organization.
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League of Nations
Madrid
New Police Chief Named for Chicago
Chicago Nov 27. John J Garrity former colonel of the old Second Infantry Illinois National Guard now the One Hundred and Thirty second infantry will be the next chief of police of Chicago.
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Chicago
John J. Garrity
Second Infantry
Ilineis National Guard
One Hundred and Thirty-second Infantry
Roumania Forms New Assembly After Dissolving Parliament
The Romanian government issued a decree dissolving Parliament and convening a constituent assembly elected by universal suffrage, according to a dispatch from Jassy dated November 27.
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Roumania
Faris
Rtoumanian
Parliaent Anct
Jassy
British Fleet Moves Toward Kiel Amid German Political Upheaval
Twenty one British submarines are reported passing the Skaw with a fleet near the Skagerrak ready to head for Kiel. Bavaria breaks relations with Berlin amid anti Prussian moves as soviet influence grows. Vienna vows trials for war leaders. Blockade aims to continue despite food relief efforts.
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London
Kiel
Cape Skagen
Isle of
Jutland
North Sea
Norway
Juthund
Copenhagen
Republic of
Bavaria
Berlin
Wurt Tsisner
Mmgatian
Tle
Mathias Lerzberger
W.S. Solf
Barth
Prussia
Germany
Vienna
Red Flag Riot In New York At Socialist Meeting
Hundreds of rioters including sailors marines and laborers breached police lines near Madison Square Garden to attack a Socialist meeting. Police arrested several for displaying red flags as uniformed men entered the venue and clashed with officers to stop an assault on the stage.
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New York
Miardison Square Garden
Hylan
Allies Assemble Large Fleet Off Constantinople
In Constantinople on November 27 the allied squadron of 60 British French and Italian ships anchored in the Bosporus. Newspapers and residents hail the force as deliverers while British and French HQs set up in the city. A British aerial force is deployed on the city’s outskirts.
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Bosporus
Constantinople
Bospornus
New York Sells Eggs at 50 Cents Citywide
New York city began addressing the cost of living by offering municipally owned cold storage eggs at 50 cents per dozen. The sale took place at 59 milk stations across the city on Tuesday.
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New York
British War Losses Reported in London
London reports official figures show Britain suffered nearly one million killed or dead from all causes during the war. Earlier figures placed total British losses at 58,704.
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London
Great Britain
Vatican Seeks Papal Seat at Peace Conference
London November 80 The Vatican says Cardinals Gibbons and Mancini asked President Wilson to use influence to obtain permission for papal representatives to attend the peace conference.
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London
Vatican
Gibbons
Mancini
Wilson
Yanks Wed Turkish Women
Constantinople November 27. Of the 59 officers and men who stayed with the US gunboat Scorpion in the Golden Horn since relations were severed, 23 have married Levantine women.
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Constantinople
United States
Scorpion
Golden Horn
Navy War Deaths Reach 1283 From War Causes
Surgeon General Braisted reported to the house naval committee that navy deaths from war causes total 1,283 as the 1920 naval appropriation bill is being framed.
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Navy
Washington
Braisted
House Naval Committee
Liebknecht Victorious in Berlin Rebel Power Shift
In three days Liebknecht defeats Ehert as radical wings seize control in Berlin. The Der lin workers and soldiers council now hold power, promising a government of soldiers and workers and a break with entente influence. An accord with moderates is viewed as a surrender of power to the revolutionary bloc.
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Amsterdam
Nova
Liebknecht
Ehert
Berlin
Germany
Derlin Workbnnd Soldiers’ Council
Ilbert
Inghurd
France
Cliax
Spartacus
Radical
Moderates Cline
Ebert
Bern
Americans Cross German Frontier In Small Probes
U S signal corps units and ambulance teams crossed into Rhenish Prussia at several points reporting friendly reception from locals. Short patrols continued beyond the line as American forces probed the frontier and provided aid.
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Signal Corps
Rhenish
Prussia
US Troops Sail Home as Pershing Orders Demobilization
Several thousand American soldiers departed from Liverpool aboard Toyland and Minnehaha amid cheering crowds as demobilization accelerates. General March announced Pershing may send home troops not needed for occupation, detailing units and returning forces from Ireland. Total American casualties and prisoners in World War I listed, with progress toward Coblenz and Rhine bridgehead by December 1.
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Liverpool
Toyland
Minnehaha
Washington
Mareh
General Pershing
Army of Occupation
Gener Pershing
St Coast Artillery
Ieneland
March
Extradition Opinion on ex-Kaiser by Paris Law Prof
Professor Barthelemy of the Paris law faculty says ex Kaisers extradition can proceed. He argues that when law clashes with common sense the sensible path is followed.
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Paris
William Hohenzollern
Barthelemy
Paris Law Faculty
Mooney Sentence Commuted to Life in California
Governor Stephens commutes the death sentence of Thomas J. Mooney to life imprisonment. Mooney was scheduled to be executed on December 13. Separate item notes about women railroad workers, around 100,000, added to payrolls during the war, likely to be retained permanently in Washington.
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Stephens
California
Sacramento
Cal
Thomas J. Mooney
Washington
Hungary Grants Suffrage to Men and Many Women
Budapest reports a new suffrage law to be submitted to the national assembly. It grants ballots to all men twenty one years old and to all women who are twenty six. The measure, if approved, expands civic participation across the kingdom.
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Hungary
Budapest
National Assembly
British Made 709 Raids Reported Before Armistice
London reports statistics on independent air forces showing 709 bombing raids conducted in the 18 months before the armistice. The record highlights extensive air activity in the final period of the war.
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London
Independent Air Forces
Senate Finance Drops Auto License Tax Provision
Washington November 28 the senate finance committee removed the license tax for automobiles and motorcycles from the revenue bill. The proposed tax ranged from ten to fifty six dollars in the house version.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Sub Chasers Start Home
Queenstown November 27 A number of American submarine chasers accompanied by the parent ship Bucknell left Monday for the United States.
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Queenstown
Dhgers
Bucknell
United States
Caillaux Moved to Political Prison in France
Former French premier Joseph Caillaux charged with treason has been relocated from a military prison to the Prison de la Sante as his case is deemed political.
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Caillaux
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Prison de la Sante
Duchess Appeals to Wilson on Luxemburg Demobilization
Washington November 28 President Wilson has been asked by the grand duchess of Luxemburg to intervene to protect Luxemburg from dangers incident to German demobilization and to seek safeguards for the duchy.
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Wilson
Washington
Grand Duchess of
Luxemburg
Grand Duchy
Villa Rebels Busy Again
Eighty Villa followers under General Wolguin attacked and set fire to Villa Ahumada eighty miles south of Juarez after wrecking a southbound freight train in Vaso Tex on November 27.
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Vaso
Tex
Wolguin
Villa Ahumada
Juarez
Lens Mines Refit Could Last Eight Months to Three Years
Preliminary surveys by fuel administration officials show the Lens coal fields in France will require eight months to three years to relaunch all mines. The assessment came from Washington on November 27 with plans to restore production post conflict.
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Lens
Washington
France
Fuel Administration
Rainbow Division Cited for Valor by Summerall in France
Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall commends the Forty second division for service and bravery with the Fifth army corps in France. He highlights Brig. Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the Seventy-seventh brigade for sustained action and achievements on the Kreimhild Stellunge line including Hill 285 and Tuilerie farm.
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Washington
France
Charles P. Summerall
Fifth Army Corps
Summerall
Douglas McArthur
McArthur
Kreimhild Stellunge
Tuilerie Farm
Bois de Cantillon
Many Millions Die in War Reported Losses
London reports Austria-Hungary casualties at 4 000 000 killed or wounded with 800 000 dead including 17 000 officers. German losses are placed at 6 3830 000 per Vorwaerts. Washington lists U S casualties at 286 117 with 36 154 killed or died from wounds and about 17 000 from disease or other causes.
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London
Austria-Hungary
Tost
Copenhagen
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Washington
Peace Envoys Named for World Peace Conference
President Wilson announces the American delegation to accompany him to France for the world peace conference. Joining him are Secretary of State Lansing Henry White Edward M. House and General Tasker W. Bliss. The White House made the list public.
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Washington
Wilson
France
Lansing
Henry White
Edward M. House
Tasker UW. Bliss
White House
Five Die as Auto Hit by Freight Train in Chicago Heights
Five persons were killed when their automobile was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at the Sixteenth street crossing in Chicago Heights, Chicago, on December 2.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Sixteenth Street
Chicago Heights
Berlin Press Condemns Eisner Amid Break with Berlin
The Lokal Anzeiger warns that Eisner’s move to sever relations with the Berlin foreign office threatens Germany as Bavarian Premier Eisner faces strong condemnation from the Berlin press for his actions.
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Berlin
Eisner
Canada’s War Cost Tops One Billion Dollars
Ottawa reports the war has cost Canada well over a billion dollars in accounts processed by the finance department. The figure excludes recent overseas expenditures and reflects expenditures that have formally passed through official channels.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dec
Finance Department
Whitlock Resumes Brussels Legation Replacing Spanish Minister
Brand Whitlock the American minister to Belgium formally notified the state department that he has reoccupied the Brussels legation. The change returns him to lead the mission while the Spanish minister had cared for Americans.
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Whitlock
Brussels
Washington
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
State Department
German U Boat Loss Reported at Two Hundred
London reports advices to the Exchange Telegraph company stating Germany lost 200 U boats during the war not counting those surrendered under armistice terms.
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London
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
Iowa Entertains War News From Across the State
Read of Louis Rockrohr ill at Mercy hospital Clinton while neighbors husked over 500 bushels of corn. Reports note wheat bread guidance, county agent funds, a Camp Dodge death by suicide, rising auto licenses, and the Iowa Code revision drive. Several Iowa soldiers are listed as killed or wounded, plus war drive totals and a peace celebration at Anita with massive food service.
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Louis Rockrohr
Mercy
Clinton
Food Administration
Palo Alto
Emmetsburg
Bruce P. Robinson
Camp Dodge
Grimes
Iowa
Secretary of State
Ora Williams
McGregor Red Cross
Knoxville
France
J. S. Bellamy Thas
Frank ‘Burnett
General Pershing
Camp Grant, II
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Grant
Illinois
Wisconsin
John W. McGranahan
Newhall
Frank P. Meis
LeMare
Harley Vandament
Keokuk
Daniel Ray
Des Moines
Thomas Bell
Des
Fulton
Charles H. Hanson
Weston
Joseph C. Blake
New Vienna
Henry D. Redenbaugh
Nevada
Harry A. Sheets
Keota
Edward W. Hartman
Marathon
Don KE. Jeffreys
Winterset
Walter Kleuver
Dixon
Virgil Knight
Rose Hill
Lewis C. Murdock
Gilman
Edward Nyberg
Long Grove
Frank Kinyon
Turkey River
David FF. Kirk
Beacon
John
State University
Not a Punster But a True Tale of Smartness
In a Marion county firm the purchasing agent’s clerk Shaw and stenographer Smart get unintentionally witty when the agent’s wife calls seeking him. The reply from Miss Smart is puzzled by the joke then confirms the clever nickname and ends with a quip about being “smart.”
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Indianapollis News
Marion County
Shaw
Smart
Miss Smart
An Easy Matter in Two Nations
An American and an Irishman debate feats of their countries. The American boasts a man who ran thirty miles and jumped a five barred gate. The Irishman suggests the run explains the leap.
The Reason Repeatedly Mentioned Health of Yinks
The dialogue notes Yinks’s poor health blamed on his consumption of rich foods. The exchange emphasizes dietary cause and character concern without additional context.
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Yinks
Coal Fields Cover Large UK Area
The article notes roughly 13 000 square miles of coal fields across the United Kingdom, indicating extensive mining regions and potential economic impact. It highlights the geographic scope and suggests significance for industry and energy policy.
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United Kingdom
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