Peace Mission Named for White Lansing Bliss and House
The White House announced the American delegates to the world peace conference. President Wilson will lead with Secretary of State Lansing Henry White former ambassador to France Edward M House and Gen Tasker H Bliss as the U S representatives. The party sails soon after Wilson’s congressional address.
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George Washington
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Lansing
Henry White
France
Edward M. Souse
Tasker HH. Bliss
White ‘House
Edward
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Paris
Samuel Gompers
Federation
William Green
United Mine Workers
John QR. Alpine
S Plumbers
James Duncan
International Association of Granite Cutters
Frank Duffy
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Join
Jere
100 Gunners' Mates Sail for Torpedo Boat School
One hundred gunners mates depart Camp Ice for Sewtort R. I. to attend the Seaman Gunners school, then await assignments to torpedo boats. The group leaves with typical sea-going pep and salt, ready for the next stage despite the war outlook.
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Great Lakes
Air force casualties total 2680 killed in the war
London reports from April when the air forces were merged to November 11 show 2 680 killed and 4 909 wounded missing or prisoners in the official air ministry statement. The total air casualties for the war will be announced later.
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Joyal
Air Ministry
Scottsburg
Madison
Jeffersonville
Terre Haute
Vigo County
France
Catholic Priests Urge Wilson to Back Ireland Self Determination
New York December 2 Mer Joseph K Mooney administrator of the arch diocese of New York says four thousand twenty one priests of the arch diocese have joined in a petition urging President Wilson to push at the coming peace congress for extension of the principle of self determination to Ireland as well as to other nations.
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Ireland
New York
Mer
Joseph K. Mooney
Archdiocese of
Mauretania Brings First U S Troop Wave Home From Europe
The British liner Mauretania docked at Gravesend Bay with thousands of U S troops including air service members. Army officers and Admiral Mayo were slated to land ashore, then proceed to demobilization camps for health checks. Barracks at Camp Mills prepared for reception. a Fifth Avenue parade was urged by Mayor Hylan. Two more ships, Ascanius and Canopic, bring aero units to New York and Boston.
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United States
Gravesend Bay
Henry T. Mayo
England
Mauretania
March
Air Service
Hoboken
G. H. Nreteatnte
Boston
Canopic
President to sail for peace conference aboard George Washington
Washington reports the President will depart Tuesday night for New York and board the liner George Washington with American representatives to the peace conference. The voyage is expected to sail Wednesday morning, though no official trip details have been released.
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Washington
France
New York
George Washington
Great Ovation for Bundy in Newcastle
Gen Omar Bundy hailed as Hero of Belleau Wood by thousands of former chums and townsmen in Newcastle Indiana at noon Sunday. The welcome includes a Liberty statue and a patriotic display as crowds cheered the returning commander. In New York the homecoming for war heroes is noted with no Fifth Avenue parade planned, while the hospital ship Northern Pacific docks at Hoboken with 1100 wounded soldiers and marines, forty officers aboard, delayed by head winds.
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Omar Bundy
Belleau Wood
New York
Fifth Avenue
Northern Pacific
Hoboken
Indiana News Items in Brief
Indiana items from state wide sources report a Peterburg miner breaking an arm while stopping runaway mules, 88 wounded soldiers en route to West Baden hospital, a Huntington crash fatal to a Knowlton family, old Lafayette resident Isabelle Taylor dies, Navy of details on auto accidents, embezzlement charges in South Bend, job cuts at shirt sub-stations, demobilization at Muncie Normal, and multiple local incidents from Columbus to Evansville.
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United States Army Hospital
West Baden
Isabelle D. Taylor
Lafayette
Taylor
Wm. Bigby
Orville Brown
Columbus
Guenther
Edinburg
Gunther
Israel Brenner
Evansville
United States
Brenner
West Side Herald
R. L. Swart
Philadelphia
Jefferson Wineinger
John Wieneke
Seymour
Wineinger
C. H. Wallace
Indiana State Normal School
Muncie
Geo. Braun
Decatur
Braun
America’s Pledge of Food Lifts Allies in Darkest Hour
The interallied food council received America’s firm pledge to send food as needed. The American food army, having performed, drew renewed courage and pressed forward with determination.
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America
Interallied Food Council
American Food Army
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