Senate Moves War Revenue Bill Toward Passage
Washington Dec 18 Senate speeds action on the war revenue bill with leaders aiming for late this week or before holidays. Amendments adopted include war excess profits rates for 1919 and various rate changes, while 1920 rate considerations and several major provisions remain to be decided after further debate.
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Washington
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Finance Committee
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Thomas
Colorado
Hardwick
Georgia
Copper Producers Form Export Concern
New York December 18 Leading copper producers of the United States met Tuesday to organize the Copper Port Association, a Delaware incorporated export body with capital in three figures and seven percent preferred stock. Daniel D. Ryan of Anaconda Copper Mining Company will preside. The group aims to unite for foreign trade, stabilize the metal, and reduce operating costs.
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New York
United States
Webb
Copperport Association
Hhe
Delaware
Noalue
Weven D. Ryan
Anaconda Wiref Mining Company
Marconi Opposes Seizure of Wire Stations
Washington officials of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America urged the House merchant marine committee to keep radio stations private. They argued government ownership risks censorship and harms private business, while proposing government control of coastal stations and private ownership for transoceanic routes. They pressed for an arbitration board to set compensation and noted prior German influence in Mexico’s wireless system.
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Washington
Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America
House Merchant Marine Committee
Navy Department
John W. Griggs
Edward Nally
D. Sarnett
McNally
Mexico
Marconi Company
Grangs
Dinner honoring two presidents at Sharp’s Paris embassy
American ambassador William G Sharp hosted a dinner at the French embassy in Paris in honor of President and Madame Poincare and President and Mrs Wilson. Guests included French and American dignitaries, Marshals Joffre and Foch, and Pershing, Bliss and Harts. A reception followed as a crowd applauded both presidents.
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Havas
William G. Sharp
Madame Poincare
Wilson
France
Senate
Chamber
Marine and Foreign Affairs
Joffre
Foch
Seine
Pershing
Bliss and
Harts
United States
Army plane squadron heads to Washington after cross country flight
The four airplane squadron traveling from San Diego to traverse the continent will land in Washington rather than divert to Bay Minette Alabama toward the Atlantic. The War Department announced the unit has completed 2100 miles of its journey.
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Washington
San Diego
Calif
Bay Minette
Ala
Atlantic Ocean
War Department
Jews Declare For Palestine Nation
Philadelphia December 18 The American Jewish Congress adopted a resolution backing a Jewish commonwealth in Palestine under British trusteeship, with 400 delegates singing the Hatikvah and the Star Spangled Banner. A seven member delegation was authorized to go to Europe to pursue aims, report back within a year of the peace treaty, and seek a World Jewish Congress after peace.
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American Jewish Congress
Palestine
Great Britain
League of Nations
United States
Congress
Europe
Clocks At Coblenz Turned Back An Hour
American military authorities decreed clocks at Coblenz Treves and occupied areas set back one hour to align with French and American time. Germans on Sunday handed over 1 250 motor trucks to the United States. about 500 assembled at Coblenz and others in nearby villages for rapid use in supplying the bridgehead and western Rhine district.
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Associated Press
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Treves
Rhine
Cobleng
Beloit College Closes Through Holidays in Influenza Spike
Beloit College in Beloit Wisconsin shut down until after the holidays due to a rising number of influenza cases. The college theater program will extend for a few additional days.
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China Will Rely On Allied Powers For Peace
Wei Sun Tsao, newly appointed Chinese minister to Belgium, says China backs Wilson's peace plan and trusts in allied nations to safeguard China's integrity. He notes Russia's uncertain future and believes allies should not deploy troops, as Russia will resolve its own issues. He arrives aboard the China en route to Paris.
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Wei Sun Tsao
China
Belgium
Wilson
Japan
Thing Tau
Wei
Paris
Russia
Mr. Wei
Smith Beats Whitman in Soldiers Ballots
New York on December 18 reports Alfred E. Smith governor elect narrowed the gap to under 1100 votes in the soldiers and sailors ballots from November’s race. Smith total rose to 559,251 with Whitman at 290,997, and his city lead stood at 268,254.
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Alfred E. Smith
Gov
Whitman
Mr. Whitman
Smith
Mr. Smith
Labor Problems of Negro Wage Earner Studied
Washington December 18 The department of labor has begun solving the economic problems of the Negro wage earner through state and local organizations. Under the Negro economics bureau Dr. George E Traynes directs committees formed by whites and Negroes in seven states with five more under way.
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Department of Labor
Wilson
Bureau of Negro Economics
George E. Traynes
The Whig Want Ads Ammunition for Your Future
A Call to use The Whig Want Ads as ammunition for career success. The ad encourages readers to place or answer want ads daily, offering openings and opportunities for employment and a path to improve prospects. It frames want ads as essential tools in achieving victory in the job market.
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Russia Big Puzzle for the Allies
President Wilson has discussed Russia's crisis with French leaders as the Allies seek a united final policy at peace talks. Omsk authorities are split, with a dictator and multiple factions. Prominent Russians including Lyoff Milukoff and Bakhmeteff travel to Paris to aid the allies, while questions remain about representing the Russian people. A Soviet regime is rejected by the United States, and aid routes to Russia shift to land corridors through Germany and Austria for possible relief and stabilization efforts. President Wilson brings Russian experts to Paris for the conference.
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Wilson
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Russia
Omsk
Admiral Kolchak
Prince Lyoff
Kerensky
Boris Bakhmeteff
Paul Milukoff
Paris
Prince Lvoff
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Constantinople
Milukoff
Alexieff
Denekine
Don
Orenburg
Ukraine
Petrograd
Siberia
Archangel
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Germany
Austria
War Department halts Peoria project amid wartime cuts
Stop work orders affect several wartime sites including the machine shops at Peoria Illinois and artillery cantonments at Camp Jackson South Carolina Camp Crane Pennsylvania and Cambria Bragg North Carolina.
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Washington
War Department
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Camp Crane
Cunio Bragg
N.C
Expect Fleet In New York By Christmas
The American fleet returning from Europe is due off Ambrose Light at daylight on Tuesday December 24. Secretary Daniels will review the ships as they pass the Statue of Liberty about 9 a.m. and anchor in the North River from 55th Street to Fort Washington. The lineup includes battleships New Mexico Mississippi Missouri Maine Wisconsin Alabama Illinois Kearsarge Iowa Indiana Massachusetts hospital ship Solace supply ship Bridge and several destroyers and converted yachts. The fleet will be reviewed from the Mayflower near the Statue of Liberty with officials aboard and at West 92nd Street afterward. After the review officers and men will receive generous leave and the fleet is expected to stay in New York until January 8. Daniels said the invitation to a New York banquet could not be accepted due to the holiday season.
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Iowa
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Solace
Europe
Navy Department
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Hudson River
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West 92Nd Street
Daniels
Admiral Mayo
Department
New York
Four AEF Troops Paraded In Coblenz After Arrival
About forty thousand American troops have arrived at Coblenz since the advance guard. The third army headquarters are set in a hotel building beside the Rhine. Troops pass through the city toward the east bank as hotel buildings are taken for billets and offices. German war material is handed over and sent across the Rhine to join beyond the bridgehead.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Rhine
Third Army
Mail Planes Arrive At Belleville Field
Two of three DeHaviland planes traveling from Houston to Detroit landed at Scott Field Belleville Illinois Tuesday afternoon The third aircraft stopped in Dexter Missouri at noon after it was forced to land en route The two arrived planes will stay in Belleville until the third arrives
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ST. Louis
DeHaviland
Houston
Texas
Detroit
Scott Field
Belleville
Ills
Dexter
Wilson to Aid Italy in Washington Navy Talks
President Wilson rode near Paris and met Count Di Cellere, Italy’s U S envoy, for conferences on the George Washington voyage. He signaled willingness to back Italy’s claims in upcoming entente conferences, while Mrs Wilson and Miss Margaret Wilson joined at luncheon with Admiral Grayson.
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Wilson
Versailles
Count di Cellere
Italy
America
George Washington
United States
Austria
Count Collere
Murat Mansion
Margaret Wilson
Admiral Grayson
Untermeyer Defends Role as Legal Adviser Before Senate Panel
Samuel Untermeyer of New York told a Senate committee investigating brewers and German propaganda that he acted solely as a legal adviser. He denied pro-German sympathy and described his dealings with Von Bernstorff, the 1916 Sun purchase, and questioned Dernburg’s views on Lusitania. A letter from Bradford Merril prompted recall of Captain George B. Lester who presented credentials linking Fox to Hearst offices in Germany.
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Samuel Untermeyer
New York
Senate
United States
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Sun
Untermeyer
Heimerich F. Albert
Morning Sun
Albert
Berlin
Dernburg
Wilson
Germany
Hearst
Bradford Merrill
New York American
Edward Lyell Fox
Marshall Kelly
Fox
Kelly
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
George B. Lester
Army Intelligence Service
Lester
Karl Fuehr
Italian King to Paris Visit With Wilson Planned
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy will reach Paris on Thursday and visit President Wilson the following afternoon under current arrangements. The trip signals continued Allied coordination as wartime diplomacy proceeds.
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