German Government Formed with Ebert as Chancellor
Berlin dispatch notes the new German government finalized with Ebert as Chancellor and Scheidemann among holdovers. Proclaimed aims include food provisioning, public institution reorganization, seizure of war profits, employment support, and a push for rapid peaceful settlement in foreign policy. It also cites Likely presidential contenders Scheidemann Liebknecht and potential peace delegation foreseen.
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Fyesu Lin
Se Ebert
Scheidemann
Nowko
Landabure
Wessel
Ebert, Landsburg
Cab
Frank J. Taylor
United Press
Berlin
Restilio Scheidemann
Hugo “Pes
Janse
Karl Liebknecht
House of the Independent Socialists
Liebknechs
Ebert Imay
Rantzau
Count Bernstorff
W. S. Solf
Oit
Fowinl
JAMES Br_Cubir
San Antonio
New York Times
Chicago
Trilyos
Chicaga Tribana
Coblenz
Spastacus
Rhine
Liebknecht
Catholic Center Party
Rhineland
Demobilization greeting from War Secretary Guker
Secretary of War Guker delivers a New Year message urging patience as the army demobilizes. The address, read at camps, answers Chamberlain's charge that the War Department lacks a comprehensive plan for demobilization and return of soldiers. The piece notes publication blocks and related Senate controversy.
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Arthur Soars Wenning
Veeck Times
Chicago Tribune
Abhington
War Guker
Seugter Chamberlain
Senate
War Department
Buber
Chamberlain
Czechs Await Allied Help With Shattered Hopes
In a Vladivostok dispatch after a 16000 mile voyage, Carl W. Ackerman reports the Czecho-Slovak armies in Siberia resist Bolshevik pressure without direct Allied aid. The piece details Czech leaders’ appeals, promised relief, and the sense of betrayal felt as allied plans falter amid Paris peace talks and strategic indecision.
New Year Welcomed With 1919 San Antonio Festivities
A vivid New Year scene in San Antonio opens with whistles horns and torpedoes. San Fernando bells ring joyous over the arrival of 1919 as streets fill with traffic crowds and street celebrations. Soldiers civilians and families roam the sidewalks as fireworks and music echo through the city.
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San Fernando
Putriyalet
San Antonio Gore
San Antonia
Denen
Talith
Houston
Wilson's Italy visit delays conference headline
London dispatch from The Daily Mail reports President Wilson's trip to Tunisia postpones the inter allied peace conference to January 13. British Secretary Balfour and Colonel discuss details in Paris, amid the president's conference schedule.
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Wilson
Italy
Triversal Ser
London
Inn
Matt
Wilden
Tunigias
Boreisa
Balfour
Paris
President to Visit Naples and Venice
Rediscovered fragment reports President Wilson planning a trip to Naples and Venice with mentions of Florence and Veulve in a garbled line. No firm dates or bodies confirmed. source text is partial and uncertain.
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Naples
Venice
Maharia
Zareke
Jan
Wilson
Florence
Fire chief killed in auto accident in Bagtinore MM
Fire Dilek I Brevioen of the third district was killed and Laddertian Robert RY severely injured yesterday when the auto they were returning from a tires crash crashed over the mining at 2 Guliferd Avenue bridge and fell fifty feet to the Pennsylvania Railroad traces.
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Valspriat Service
Bagtinore
Tan
Dilek I Brevioen
Robert’ R. Y
Guliferd Avenue Bridge
Pennsylvania Railroad
Rhine towns praise American troops and festive Christmas observance
Neutral travelers report Coblenz and other occupied Rhine towns welcome American troops. Civilians admire the soldiers and hope they stay. A large Christmas festival was held with a Christusbaum, electric lights, and a concert as children received candy.
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San Antonio Evening News
New York
Zoorromants
Ship Grounded Off Fire Island With Wounded Aboard
A hospital transport, the Northern Pacific, ran aground off Fire Island early today amid heavy seas. Two attempts to rig breeches buoys failed as waves shattered lines. A flotilla of launches and Red Cross workers moved to aid the wounded, with air support anticipated from the naval station.
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United Press
Long Island
Van
Northern Pacific
Fire Island
Red Cross
Naval Station
Fire Island Life
Health of Soldiers Better Then Relatives Back Home
United Press dispatch from Germany reports the Army of Occupation in good health with hospital facilities strong. Colonel Glissinger says sick rate under 1 percent, about half civilian rate, despite 200 mile mud march. Pneumonia rare. two German and two civilian hospitals reassigned with 100 American nurses.
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Webb Miller
United Preax
Merican
Germany
Army of Occupation
Glissinger
Coblenz
Battery C 36th Division Arrives at Newport News
A telegram to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McGown reports Capt. Davis McGown and Battery C of the 131st Field Artillery, 36th Division, arriving at Newport News, Virginia. The move signals potential broader division movements, with the 36th, all Texans and Oklahomans, drawing homefront attention and rumors of Galveston landings and welcoming events blocked at docks by government rules.
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Floyd McGown
West French Place
Davis McGown
Galveston
San Antonio
Dr. Fision
Newport News
Offakda
Washinston
Mayes
Mexico plans to repeal old oil land laws
United Press dispatch reports Mexico plans to repeal decrees restricting American and British oil interests. Mexico City sources say Dr Alberto Pant to Paris as special diplomatic representative. Carranza government seeks to avoid embroiling the United States and Britain at the peace table.
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Mexico
United Prasa
New York
Jan
Carrgaza
Mexican Congress
Alberto
Ander
Paris
United Press
France
United States
Great Britain
Washington
Stan
Thomas
Pant
Carrante
United Statta
Fant
John
Carranna
Felix Winx
Vidia
Zapata
Clemenceau Signals France Will Stand Firm at Peace Talks
Paris reports Clemenceau’s speech frames France’s peace platform with clear contrasts to Wilson policy. He urges a strong frontier and readiness for disarmament if postwar order succeeds, and weighs old French grievances against Germany while warning against German aggression reemerging.
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Walter Duranty
San Antonio Evening News
New York
Pritune
Copsright
Bribune
Paris
Clemenceau
France
Clemence
Wilson
America
Germany
Pinchon
Mont
Siar Va Liyen
aLomnaine
Ereueham
Rome
Dleus
Agar
Safi
Prantl
Irance
Wilson Opposed to Military Interventions in Russia
London reports an expert says President Wilson opposes a fresh offensive war against Bolshevism in Russia and would favor economic pressure over direct military action. Washington signals Wilson stance remains cautious as allied plans for intervention face doubt. Paris dispatch notes U S refuses to concede sovereignty or join a general international police, aiming to keep America out of future battles.
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London
The
Daily Express
Wilson
Russia
Bolshevia
Universal Service
Washington
DB. C
Clemienceaul
Paris
Ex-convict recounts torture in Texas penitentiary
An ex-convict sits with the San Antonio Evening News sharing two years of mental and physical torture endured at a Texas prison. Despite his frail appearance and signs of hardship, he asserts he remains a human being with thoughts and feelings, renaming himself prisoner No 37020 as part of his testimony. Continued on Page Three.
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Tao
Thos
San Antonio
Peopla
Wall
KING
Lia
Avtonio
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Carl W. Ackerman
Siberia
Comof
Trotzky
Gaida
Sibecis
Ville
Mertin
Russ
Underwood & Underwood
Ameren
Europe
Irg United
Hesseh
Hummert
McNeeln
Britain
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West Commerce Gr—rsavy
France First
League of Nations
Universisl Rervies
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