Troop 5 on Rhine Deep Snow on Christmas Morn
Snow covered the Treves district as American troops in Coblenz observed Christmas with religious services. Deepening snow in the highlands and outlying areas reached half a foot, while Coblenz hosted Catholic and Protestant masses attended by many Germans and Americans. American bands marched the streets playing sacred hymns and an Ehrenbreitstein illumination lit the night.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Treves
Rhine
Cobrenz
Royal Palace
Edmund Easterbrook
Ehrenbreitstein
Protective League to Disband February First
Washington reports the American Protective League with 250 000 members and many branches will dissolve on February 1 after talks with the justice department. The group formed after relations with Germany and aided many government agencies during the war. Officials say peace ends citizen espionage and that the league’s service will continue through its training, though finances may tighten as peacetime approaches.
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Washington
American Protective League
League
Department of Justice
Gregory
Germany
Military Intelligence
State, Navy and
Treasury Departments
Food
Clark elected Worthy Grand Chief of Alpha Tau Omega
Chicago December 27 Thomas A Clark dean of men at the University of Illinois was elected Worthy Grand Chief of Alpha Tau Omega at the final session of the fraternity annual convention He succeeds Nathan Griffin of New York Other officers were re elected.
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Chicago
Thomas A. Clark
University of Illinoia
Alpha Tau Omegs
Nathan Griffin
New York
King George Welcomes Wilson As He Tours England
At London station on December 26 King George greeted President Wilson when he stepped from the train and said he was glad to greet him. Wilson replied that he was happy to come. Crowds along the Dover to London route gathered on fences and roofs despite cold to see the fast moving train and cheer as it passed.
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Ondon
George
Wilson
England
Dover
London
Higher Wages Cited in Meat Price Dispute
Testimony in Chicago arbitration over wage increases for meat packing workers argued higher consumer meat costs. Union official Dennis Lane noted price rises from five to fifteen cents per pound, while workers’ attorney Francis Heney cited company wage-cost per pound totals, including Armour Swift Morris figures and a 0.25 cent per pound impact from last summer’s raises.
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Chicago
James Condon
Dennis Lane
International Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen's Union
Lane
Francis J. Heney
Armour and Company
Swift and Company
Morris and Company
Execute Twelve Ringleaders Of Uprising At Omsk
Washington dispatch reports twelve Bolshevik ringleaders shot by court martial after an uprising in Omsk December 22. Prisoners freed were recaptured. the incident ended before dawn. A separate railway workers uprising at Koulomzino cut telegraph lines briefly before order was restored.
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Washington
Omsk
Bolshevists
Koulomzino
Kansas City Carmen To War Labor Board
Kansas City street railway union officials report a telegram from W D Mahon president of the International Trainments union saying William H Taft of the War Labor Board and Frank P Walsh formerly of the board will meet in Chicago January 4 to hear strikers complaints. A committee to attend the meeting has been named.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Street Railway Union
W. D. Mahon
International Trainment’s Union
William H. Taft
Federal War Labor Board
Frank P. Walsh
Chicago
Sailors Robbed in New York Holiday Resorts
Thirty five sailors on leave from warships in harbor were robbed of all their money at resorts they were enticed to on Christmas night. Complaints reached the naval intelligence bureau. Watches are increasing on questionable venues as 3,000 army and navy provost guards patrol to warn service men.
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New York
Naval Intelligence Bueau
Army and Navy
Crowds in London to Greet Him
In London on December 26 President Wilson stood with King George and Queen Mary on Buckingham Palace balcony as a throng stretched from the Mall to the admiralty and into St James and Green Parks. The greeting was louder than any Londoner remembered, while royal and naval ceremonies included medieval pageantry and crimson beef-eaters.
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Associated Preas
London
Wilson
England
Buckingham Palace
Admiralty
St. James Park
Green Park
Mads
United States
Dover Corporation
Navy
Empire
Will Meet Premier Lloyd George Today
London reports the President will meet Premier Lloyd George at 10 oclock Friday morning in Buckingham Palace with conversations continuing through lunch and into Downing Street. Attendees include Marquis of Crew Earl Curzon Earl Reading American ambassador John W Davis Viscounts Grey Morley Brice Andrew Bonar Law Arthur Balfour H H Asquith Arthur Henderson and William Adamson. President Wilson will join the imperial war cabinet at a state banquet Friday night and the premier's dinner Saturday night.
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London
Lloyd George
Buckingham Palace
Downing Street
Marquis of Crew
Earl of Curzon
Earl of
Reading
John W. Davis
Grey
Morley and Brice
Andrew Bonar Law
Arthur J. Balfour
H. H. Asquith
Arthur Henderson
William Adamson
Wilson
Imperial War Cabinet
Reply To Welcome Of London's Mayor
President Wilson responds to London's mayor with cordial thanks and remarks on Britain's welcome. He notes a pleasant voyage, reflects on shared wartime hardship, and expresses hope in future cooperation to secure justice and lasting peace between nations. He thanks London officials for their greetings.
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London
The Italian Loss Declared by Italian War Official
Col Ugo Pis garello of the Italian army stated that Italy's total war losses would reach 8,800,000. He estimated 500,000 killed in action and 300,000 died of disease.
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New York
Des
Ugo Pisgarello
Italy
Hobart Baker Dies In Plane Fall At War's End
Princeton athlete Hobart H A Baker known as Hobey Baker, famed football and hockey star, dies in an airplane accident in France while serving as an Army aviator. Message from Paris confirms death. Major Charles J. Biddle recalls Baker's combat record including downing three German planes.
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New York
Hobart H. A. Baker
Princeton
Hobey” Baker
France
Percy Pine
Philadelphia
Charles J. Biddle
Baker
Ypres
St. Mihiel
Biddle
England
Lafayette
Swindle by Leavenworth couple leads to arrest
Federal officers arrested Henry Gerard and wife on misuse of the mails charges after an investigation found wholesale goods valued over 83,000 defrauded from merchants in several cities. Forty six trunks matching stolen goods were seized in their Leavenworth store, and seven large diamonds valued at 1,600 were traced to a Chicago dealer. The defendants allegedly bought goods from wholesalers and sold them in distant cities via small stores. Michigan dealers were victims. Detroit federal court appointed a receiver to handle recovered goods. Gerard couple to face Detroit federal grand jury.
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Kansas City
Henry Gerard
Leavenworth
Kans
Chicago
Michigan
Detroit
Gerard
Russians Downcast By Allied Decision
Paris December 27 The entente decision against extensive military intervention in Russia has discouraged former premiers Lyoff and Kokovsoff and other Russian leaders in Paris. They continue their conference at the Russian embassy hoping for a formal hearing when the peace congress opens. The French press says France could not undertake a large Russian expedition even if advisable.
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Paris
Stephen Pichon
Entente
Russia
Lyoff
Kokovsoff
France
Kitchen Patriotism And The American Housewife
Uncle Sam urges daily kitchen patriotism through efficient cooking. She should prepare just enough food, use unfamiliar ingredients, substitute where needed, and save resources. The WHIG WANT ADS offer cooks who understand new food rules and adapt work to them.
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Sam
WHIG
Nations to send delegates to Paris peace congress
Paris December 27. The peace congress personnel is taking form with American delegates optimistic that all nations will announce their representatives soon after the new year. Total membership expected between 100 and 120 with 27 countries represented. Great powers will send five delegates each. others will send one to four. Belgium and Portugal delegations soon to join US. President Wilson’s England visit may urge prompt start. His Christmas speech signals broad support for the fourteen points. Hard work lies in shaping principles into concrete terms and their application.
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Paris
Great Britain
France
United States
Italy
Congress
Wilson
England
Peace Congress
Eleven Transports Leave France With Allied Troops
The War Department announces the departure from France of eleven transports including the Mauretania carrying over 3,000 men from the 347th Infantry, 87th Division. The Mauretania sailed Christmas Eve and will reach New York Monday for demobilization at Camp Dix. The Henderson carries 800 sick and wounded and arrives January 5. other ships bring small contingents.
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Washington
France
Mauretania
War Department
New York
Camp Dix
Henderson
Million French Die In Four Years War
Paris dispatch reports in the chamber of deputies that France’s losses in officers and men through November 11 of the year amount to 1,071,300. The tally lists 31,300 officers and 1,040,000 men killed or wounded, with 42,600 officers and 1,789,000 men dead, prisoners, or missing. Among missing: 3,000 officers and 311,000 men. Prisoners still living number 8,300 officers and 438,000 men.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
M. Abraz
France
No Protest On Cable Control From Canada
Ottawa reports Canada will not protest the American post office control of trans Atlantic cables and says English assurances safeguard Canadian interests. Britain will question interference with cable business but Canada must rely on London for action as cables are returned to operating companies.
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Ottawa
Ont
American Post Office Department
England
Canada
London
Delegates Named for World Peace Conference Delegations List
A series of delegations to the peace conference is outlined with Belgium’s Weymans Vandervelde and van den Heuval. Portugal’s Moniz Lima Andrade Santos Viga Vasconcellos. Brazil’s Pecanha Barbosa. Japan’s Viscount Chinda and two others. Serbia’s Pachitch Vesnitch Cumbitch. Greece’s Venizelos Politis. Italy’s Orlando Sonnino Bissolati Bergamanchi Diaz Thaon Di Revel. Britain’s Lloyd George Balfour Bonar Law Barnes. France’s Clemenceau Pichon Bourgeois Cambon Tardieu Briand. further names to follow as announcements proceed.
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Belgium
Paul Weymans
Emile Vandervelde
Baron van den Heuval
Vatican
Portugal
Senhor Egas Moniz
Espirito Santo Lima
Senhor Friere de Andrade
Senhor Santos Viga
Augusto Vasconcellos
Brazil
Nilo Pecanha
Ruy Barbosa
Huet Bacellar
Thompowsky
Japan
Viscount Chinda
Great Britain
Baron Matsui
France
Paris
Serbia
Nikola P. Pachitch
M. R. Vesnitch
Dr. Cumbitch
Greece
Venizelos
M. Politis
Italy
Orlando
M. Clemenceau
Stephen Pichon
Leon Bourgeois
Jules Cambon
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Andre Tardieu
General Commission
Aristide Briand
Ship Board opens 10 offices in Europe
The United States Shipping Board plans a permanent world organization to manage the trade fleet. Offices will open in London Paris and Rome immediately with ten to twelve others planned in Shanghai Yokohama Bombay Genoa Buenos Aires Valparaiso Rio Janeiro Rotterdam and Antwerp.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States Shipping Board
World Organization
London
Rome
Edward N. Hurley
Hurley
Shanghai
Yokohama
Bombay
Genoa
Italy
Buenos Aires
Valparaiso
Rio Janeiro
South America
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Belgium
France
India
South Africa
Rossiter
Balkan Trouble Report From Washington Dispatch
A Jassy report to the state department says the Bessarabian assembly now votes for union with Romania without reservations. A Czernodice congress endorsed unification of Bukowina to Romania with Ruthenians absent. Serbian and Romanian troops in the Banat of Gemesvaren will be kept apart by French troops along a 10 km east of the Temesvar Vercers railway line. The region with mixed populations sees competing claims of supremacy.
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Washington
State Department
Jassy
Romania
Congress of Nationalities
Czernodice
Bukowina
Rumania
Banat
Gemesvaren
Temesvar
Vercers
CALL UPON TROOPS TO HALT COUP
Berlin dispatch reports the government ordering troops to hold in readiness at 11 pm. Spartacus forces seized the Prussian war ministry and the Vorwaerts. Observers expect radicals to attempt a general disruption of the government on Thursday.
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Berlin
Spartacus
Prussian War Ministry
Lean Christmas In Berlin This Year
Berlin residents confronted severe shortages as illegitimate traders shrink from selling staple foods. Prices soared with a ham at 540 marks and eggs at three marks each, while a modest Unter Den Linden dinner cost 62 marks. Wages for skilled workers rarely reach 20 marks daily, leaving many unable to meet rationed provisions. A woman described spreading fifty grams of butter across one bread slice to create a single meal.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Schlechthandel
Unter den Linden
Exporters May Ship To Alsace-Lorraine
Washington December 27 Special consideration to trade with Alsace and Lorraine and a rapidly broadening program for trade with many nations announced by Chairman McCormick of the war trade board. The board has ordered that goods may be shipped under the blanket export license granted to France. Trade relations have been made after Inter-allied conferences and are in effect simultaneously by all countries involved.
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Washington
Alsace
Lorraine
McCormick
War Trade Board
Alsace and Lorraine
France
Arctic Ocean
Tropics
Jewish Peoples Are Grateful To America
New York December 37 The gratitude and goodwill felt by Bethlehem Nazareth and Jerusalem toward the Sunday schools of America for their relief efforts is expressed in a cablegram received through the state department General Allenby commanding the British army forces sent Christmas greetings to every scholar teacher and officer thanking them for last years offering instead of giving each other presents The cablegram came from the relief organization agents in Cairo
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New York
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Jerusalem
Sunday Schools of America
American Committee For Relief In
Near East
State Department
Allenby
Relief Organization
Cairo
Wheat Price Insurance Proposed For 1918 Produce
The Department of Agriculture and Food Administration estimated a 1918 wheat crop possible at over one billion bushels and recommended Congress insure a guaranteed price of 32.26 cents per bushel. The plan aims to support wheat producers amid market volatility.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture and Food Admitration
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