Disgrace to Army records warn of atrocities in WWI
The testimony of Brand Whitlock and released diaries reveal mass killings by German troops including executions of villagers in Dinant and Louvain and the killing of infants in mothers arms near Dinant. Accounts describe village destruction, looting, and forced expulsions as General Von Buelow cites harsh actions.
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Brand Whitlock
Committee On Public Information
Washington
Meuse
Gue d’Ossus
Maubert-Fontaine
Rethel
France
Felix
One Hundred Seventy-eighth Regiment
Twelfth Saxon Corps
Liege
Andenne
von Buelow
Louvaiin
Place de la Station
Hemaide
Tirlemont
Louvain
Tamines
Charleroi
Sambre
Rock of Bayard
Dinant
Namur
Rocher Bayard
Meister
Des Rivages
Neffe
Curious Condensations From War Time Statistics
A collection of brief notes cites Mrs. Sarah Ann Pickup knitting 102 heavy woolen socks in two years. U S granite value 1916 at 17 4178 82. Brazil rubber 35 000 tons of 150 000 world total. New York hotel association reports dry states boosting local business. Russia vastly larger than Germany and France. Samuel Gompers seeks 600 000 federal workers unionization. 600 million gallons annual mineral water used for soft drinks. WWII era license duplications announced. Glasgow to recycle waste paper for $50 000 revenue. Dr F W Emerson joins cannery to aid Armenian relief.
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Sarah Ann Pickup
Providence
R. L
United States
Brazil
McGlynn
New York State Hotel Association
New York
Russia
Germany
France
North America
Samuel Gompers
Wilson
War Trade Board
Glasgow
Scotland
F. W. Emerson
First Christian Church of
Civil War Flare Widens as Cossacks Rally for Kaledines
Telegrams report Russia's civil war breaking out with clashes between Bolsheviks and 8000 4000 Cossack rebels near Tamankovka 18 miles from Belgorod. General Korniloff leads forces with heavy arms as thousands defect to Kal edine’s cause and bolster a projected 400000 strong Cossack loyalists.
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Copenhagen
Dee
Sensomqlar
Cherbatchef
Alles
Germany
Jassy
Roumania
London
Russia
Tamnanovka
Blelgorod
Korniloff
Mohilev
Petrograd
Japs land at Vladivostok amid regional upheaval
Reports from Petrograd, Copenhagen, Tokyo and London note Japanese troops arriving at Vladivostok to protect disturbances and a provisional government forming in Amur province. Independence declared in Orenburg Ufa Perm Samara region amid widespread anarchy and Bolshevik counter efforts threaten Ekaterinoslav Kharkov and Moscow.
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Haparanda
Harbin
Vladivostok
Petrograd
Copenhagen
Russia
Orensburg
Ufa
Perm
Samara
Tokyo
Amur
London
W Kaledines
Dutoff
Korniloff
Siberia
Kholsheviski
Kaledines
Ekaterinoslav
Kharkov
Moscow
Orenburg
British Stop FOBs Attack Near Bullecourt
Field Marshal Haig reports a local morning German attack about a mile east of Bullecourt was repulsed except for a brief penetration on the right. German forces suffered heavy losses with many dead left behind. several prisoners were taken.
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London
Bullecourt
Haig
Marines Mobilized in Buenos Aires Amid Strike Threat
Three thousand marines have been mobilized in Buenos Aires as a precaution against a threatened general strike. The move is believed to bolster the president during a special congressional session.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Congress
Confectioner Held as Propaganda Suspect in New York
Frederick J. Heuser, a Kaiser Cakes confectioner in New York, was arrested and interned on Ellis Island on December 14 for selling rakes decorated with German colors, labeled as spreading German propaganda.
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New York
Frederick J. Heuser
Es Island
Lynching of Black man reported in Blairtown
In Rock Springs Wyoming on December 14 an unidentified Black man accused of molesting women in Blairtown was taken from the city jail and hanged on a bridge north of Rock Springs. His body was later found.
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Wyoming
Rock Springs
Wyo
Blairtown
Ilis
Hoover authorizes sugar price rise for three centers
The food administrator Hoover authorized a ten cent per hundred pounds increase in wholesale sugar prices at basic centers in New York San Francisco and New Orleans on December 13.
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Washington
Hoover
New York
San Francisco
New Orleans
Cotton Crop Slump Shown in Final production Estimate
Washington reports a reduction of over a million bales in the national cotton crop in the department of agriculture's final production estimate issued Tuesday.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Victory Delayed to Protect Sacred Jerusalem
London reports that Jerusalem fell after surrounded by British forces as Andrew Bonar Law said Turks surrendered the Holy City to General Allenby. Allied troops moved from Bethlehem toward Jerusalem while efforts aimed to safeguard sacred places. The Palestine campaign began last March with Gen. Murray then Gen. Allenby, advancing along the coast despite arid conditions.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Jerusalem
Holy
Allenby
Bethlehem
Jerusalem-Jericho
Jerusalem- Shechem
Holy City
Palestine
Sir Archibald Murray
Mediterranean
British Losses Rise as Mines Sink 21 Ships
The admiralty report shows a slight weekly rise in British merchantmen losses. Fourteen vessels over 1,600 tons and seven smaller ships were sunk by mines or submarines.
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London
Admiralty
First U S Shot At Austria The War Opens On The Front
Dec 14 report from Italian Army HQ says the first American shot of the war against Austria was fired when Representative Tinkham of Boston pulled the trigger on a 149 millimeter gun sending a shell to Austrian lines. Also mourns Ezra W Goddard editor of Jolly Elk born in 1860s who died in Minneapolis at 35 years in Minneapolis Minn.
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Tinkham
Boston
Austria
Minneapolis
Minn
Tzra W
Billy) Goddard
The
Jolly Elk
Elks
Minnesota
Bill
Senate to Probe Sugar and Fuel Shortages
Washington reports Senate investigation into fuel and sugar shortages across the country. A five member subcommittee, chaired by Reed, will begin hearings within a few days.
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Senate
Washington
Reed Plans
Escaping Gas Kills Three in Chicago Home
Frank J. Kusack his wife and Mrs Hanora Madagan mother in law were found asphyxiated by gas in their Chicago home at 2818 Fifty Ninth Avenue Neighbors smelling gas entered the residence to discover the victims.
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Chicago
Frank J. Kusack
Hanora Madagan
Fifty Ninth Avenue
Test for All Army Officers
Washington December 13 All regular and National Guard officers must undergo medical and efficiency examinations due to severe conditions of warfare abroad Secretary Baker said.
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Washington
National Guard
Baker
President Wilson Beer Alcohol Limit Proposed
Washington December 183 When President Wilsons order reducing the alcoholic content of beer is issued it will likely specify two percent instead of three percent as first contemplated.
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Washington
Wilson
Conquest and Kultur in German Wartime Thought
Otto von Glerke argues that German kultur will enlighten absorbed peoples and strengthen empire. A victorious peace would unleash world conquering energy for industry, restore losses, and extend German influence, colonies, and global posts for countrymen.
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Germany
Otto von Glerke
Deutsche Reden
Schwerer Zeit
Negro soldiers hanged after riot mutiny at Fort Sam Houston
Thirteen members of the Twenty fourth Infantry were executed at Fort Sam Houston for complicity in the Houston riot. Eighteen were hanged at 7 17 a m with a procession led by Col. Millard Waltz. Prayers were offered and the prisoners briefly sang before the drops. Forty-one others received life terms and one received a dishonorable discharge.
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San Antonio
Tex
Twentyfourth Infantry
Houston
Fort Sain Houston
Southern Department of the Army
John Tobin
Bexar County
Camp Travis
Millard I. Waltz
William C. Nesbit
Larnon J. Brown
James Wheatley
Jesse Moore
Charles W. Baltimore
William Brackenridge
Thomas C. Hawkins
Carlos Snodgrass
Ira B. Davis
Iames Divins
Frank Johnson
Risley W. Young
Pat Mace- Whorter
Southern Department
Leavenworth
Kun
U. S. Destroyer Jacob Jones Sunk in German Submarine Action
Washington reports the destroyer Jacob Jones was torpedoed by a German U boat with 65 missing and two known dead. One crew member was captured by the submarine, while 27 survivors are named by Admiral Sims. The ship carried 111 at the time, with four named crew members among the dead or captured.
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Washington
Jacob Jones
Jones
Admiral Sims
Senate committee orders comprehensive military inquiry
The senate military affairs committee ordered a broad investigation into the national military situation including the War Department’s efforts to train and equip the new army. The probe will begin soon, with Secretary of War Baker and other high officials likely to testify. The panel aims to quell rumors, curb criticism, and accelerate departmental progress.
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Washington
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Congress
Senate adopts sugar and coal shortage probe resolution
Washington December 12 the senate adopted without objection a resolution by Senator Lodge MA for an investigation into the sugar and coal shortage. The investigation will be conducted by the manufactures committee chaired by Senator Reed MO.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Manufactures Committee
Senator Reed
Missouri
Fire destroys Butler home. paintings worth a million ruined
Fire damaged the residence of Joseph G. Butler Jr in Youngstown Ohio destroying noted paintings and bric-a-brac valued at about one million dollars. High value artworks were reduced to ashes and the blaze caused substantial losses to the Butler collection.
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Youngstown, O
Joseph G. Butler, Jr
Embargo Ordered on Export Freight to North Atlantic Ports
Dec 14 report says the general operating committee ordered an embargo on all export freight on railroads reaching North Atlantic seaboard ports except for United States government shipments.
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New York
United States
North Atlantic Seaboard
General Operating Committee
Bond sales under par blamed on German interests
Secretary McAdoo told Liberty loan committee representatives that forced sales by German interests caused Liberty bonds to be sold below par. The remark was made in Washington on December 12.
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Foe
Washington
McAdoo
Liberty Loan Committees
Cavalry Division Formed in El Paso for Abroad Contingencies
Division of regular cavalry, first since Civil War days, is being formed at El Paso Texas by the American army officials who say the step prepares for eventualities abroad.
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U. S. Cavalry
Washington
el Paso
Tex
TEST FOR ALL ARMY OFFICERS
Washington reports on December 18 that a test for all regular army officers is underway. The notice outlines eligibility and procedures for military leadership evaluation.
Cox Appeals to President for Coal Control
Columbus Ohio December 18 Governor Cox asked President Wilson for federal authority to empower the Ohio fuel administration to commandeer coal in transit through the state for domestic use.
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Cox
Columbus
Ohio
Wilson
Ohio Fuel Administration
Panama Declares War on Austria
Panama announces war with Austria and, with Canal Zone authorities, begins interning Austrians as the zone clears of Germans and Austrians.
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Panama
Austria
Canal Zone
Sub Shel ls Spanish Ship Bombed
Premier Athucema announced the Spanish steamship Claudio was bombed by a German submarine eight sailors were killed and others wounded in the attack off Madrid dated December 12.
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Madrid
Spain
Athucema
Claudio
U. S. Gunners Sink German U-Boat At Sea
An American merchant ship arriving from Archangel Russia reported gunfire against a German submarine and said the U boat was destroyed by gunnery.
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U. S
Atlantic
Archangel
Russia
Public Service Reserve launches to fill shipyard labor needs
The United States public service reserve, led by William Edwin Hall, aims to enlist skilled and semi skilled workers not currently in war production into shipyards and factories. Enrollees stay at their jobs and can transfer to war work when needed, with no obligation to accept until wages and conditions suit.
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Washington
United States Public Service Reserve
Department of Labor
Department
Shipping Board
William Edwin Hall
Hall
France
Public Service Reserve
United States
Reserve
Army
Officers training camp produces slouchy recruit concerns
A letter from Adjt. Gen. Henry P. McCain, received by University of California President Wheeler, describes many college men at the Presidio reserve officers training camp as mentally and physically slouchy, hindering their commissions.
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Reserve Officers’ Training
Presidio
San Francisco
Adjt
Henry P. McCain
Washington
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Pelham Ga Rents Idle Jail At Nineteen Dollars A Month
Pelham Georgia has rented out its unused jail for 19 dollars a month. The building has had no occupants for some time as business slumps amid the dry law.
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Pelham, Ga
Louisville Man Maintains Rare 1712 Bible Treasure
Lewis A. Walter of Louisville Kentucky owns a 205 year old Bible, one of only four known to exist in the United States. The book, likely printed in Basel Switzerland in 1712, stands as a rare historic relic.
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Lewis A. Walter
Louisville
Basle
Switzersland
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