Reds Plan "Friday the Thirteenth" Parade in Central Park
Radical action and a proclaimed "rule of the workers" sweep New York with a Friday the thirteenth demonstration and a citywide call to redress debts abolishment. The People’s Day Committee orders public offices vacant and property seized, while police deny permission for the Central Park walk through.
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Central Park
New York City
Gesking
Ellis C. Fuces
People’s House
East Kitemth Street
United States
Radi
United States of America
Golock
America
East Side Heroes Return Aboard Mercy Hospital Ship
Three grimy Bowery youths greeted the United States hospital ship Mercy as it neared Pier 2 in Hoboken. Wounded soldiers from the 77th Division, including veterans from Long Island and New York’s East Side, received cheers and recollections of Cantigny and the Argonne.
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Bowery
Pier 2
River Street
Hoboken
Mercy
Mickey
Quekey
East Side
Camp Upton
New York
Louis W. Miles
Company M
208Th Infantry
Germany
Hugo T. Wise
Cantigny
Sidney James Cain
Argonne Forest
Montreal Rioters Rule as Police and Firemen Strike
Montreal descends into chaos as police and firemen walk out for higher wages. Rioters loot stores, wreck fire stations, and terrorize citizens. Official counts show 84 police, 550 firemen, and others absent, with damages near $20,000 in St. Henri and other districts.
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Montreal
B. R. Decary
St. Henri
Chaboillez Square
Grand ‘Brunk
McAdoo Rail Plan Faces Incoming Congressional Defeat
Washington Dec 12 Opposition in Congress to McAdoo five year plan for government operation of railroads is broad and unlikely to gain sanction. Leaders from both parties reject forcing Congress to accept the choice between extended control or a return to private ownership. Democratic Leader Martin and others criticize the proposal, while Borah and Johnson voice mixed or opposite views. Continued on page six.
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Carter Field
Washington
Congress
McAdoo
Hiram Johnson
California
Penrose
Sanabor Borah
Martin
Tam
Dutch Would Parley Over Ex Kaiser's Fate
Amsterdam December 12 The Dutch premier Duijse de Beerenbrouck says foreign governments may want to consult with Holland on a new residence for the Kaiser. He adds Holland would consider participation only with a seat matching its honor and dignity noting the current arrangement is provisional with the government reserving its definite stance.
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AQ Isterdam
Holland
Jonkheer Duijs de Beerenbrouck
Lipton Again Seeks to Lift America's Cup
In Belfast Ireland Royal Ulster Yacht Club cablegraded a challenge for the Americas Cup on behalf of Sir Thomas Lipton using Shamrock IV. NYYC expected to receive the message and likely accept. The move echoes the 1913 attempt as war disrupted the 1914 race.
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Lipton
Belfast
Ireland
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Thomas Lipton
Sir Thomas
Tras
Bering
Ermy
Bermuda
New York
Tebo
Newport
Resolute
Herrehoffs
Alexander Smith Cochran
Vanitie
Herreshoff
Bristol
Arthur Curtiss Jn
Thomas
Navy Board Seeks U S Fleet Equal to Britain by 1925
Navy leaders told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the United States should match the British fleet by 1925. Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger urged Congress to fund a six–ship build, noting sea power underpins international policing and a league of nations.
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Washington
League of Nations
General Board of the Navy
Charles J. Badger
House Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
General Board
Badger
United States Navy
United States
Bengere
Germany
Wilson Lands Today to Push League in Treaties
Paris dispatch argues American public opinion differs from French view on Wilson's fourteen points. It notes Franco-American relations, hopes Teddy Roosevelt will shape peace, and says France wants America to join Leiden pact and stand as an equal ally while respecting France’s lead role in the peace congress.
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New York Tribune
New York
United States Bureau of Public Information
America
Wilson
Europe
France
Germany
Japan
Mr. Wilson
U. S
Church Armistice Appeal From Berlin Man
A message from Dr. Adolf Deisman of the University of Berlin urged the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America to press the U.S. government to soften armistice terms. Read at the council’s executive committee meeting in Atlantic City, the cablegram was read by Rev. James MacFarland. No action was taken. it will be considered at the administrative meeting in New York.
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Ted
Pax
Tom’ Mooey
Woodinsky
Siegel
Gentry Walburn
West
Reid
Brough
Apy
Maioa
Christian Federal Council
U.S
Atlantic City
Der
Adolf Deisman
University of Berlin
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
United States
Upsala
Sweden
James MacFarland
New York
MacFarland
Milner to resign as War Secretary report
London December 12 The Daily Express says Viscount Milner Secretary of State for War is about to quit the government under the latest developments in a shifting wartime leadership.
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Viscount Milner
London
The
Daily Express
President Wilson to land in Brest on Europe trip
President Wilson arrives in Brest at noon after an American landing in Europe. French authorities, local crowds, and Breton costumes greet the visit with flags and celebrations. Officials from France and the United States prepare to welcome the President aboard the George Washington and aboard the chaninel steamer St Tudre for a formal landing and parade before Paris departure.
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Erest
Associated Press
Wilson
France
Europe
Brest
President Wilson
George Washington
Aset
Stephen Pichon
Georges Loygues
Marine
General Pershing
General Bliss
Benson
M. House
Ambassador Sharp
St. Tudre
Chamber of Deputies
Sho
Pichon
Gonde
Cours Dajot
Paris
President to Confer With Allied Premiers On Peace Problems
President Wilson plans to meet with Allied premiers ahead of the peace conference. Formal talks with Lloyd George Clemenceau and Orlando will aim to align ground work and resolve differences. The sessions, to begin after January, will stress that a league of nations belongs in the treaties rather than separate action.
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Wilson
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Clemenceau
France
Premier Oriente
Italy
United States
Regu
Fuuchieus
Nesessus
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Long Island
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Astoria
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