Third Army to occupy Luxemburg with new divisions
Washington announces six additional divisions assigned to the American Army of Occupation. The Second and Seventh Regulars, the 5th and 6th National Guard units from Pennsylvania and Maryland DC, plus the 7th Northeast PA National Guard, will occupy Luxemburg and operate near Montmedy St Mihiel and Lengayen. Major General Joseph I. Dickman commands a 130,600 strong force. hundreds of officers and thousands of soldiers are set to return home.
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Luxemburg
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Montmedy
St. Mihiel
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Rainbow
National Guard
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Missouri
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National Army
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Blarch
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March
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France
Herounpets
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Santa Ana
New York
de Kalb
Bisquehana
Eneral
Congress
Pershing
Stoil
British In Cologne Overlooked as End of Occupation Nears
Amsterdam reports five American officers met with Cologne officials as British troops entered Cologne on Friday afternoon. The last German troops are said to depart Coblenz Saturday while Belgian cavalry moved into Dasselndorff and Cleves awaits relief by infantry. American forces reached Mainz on Wednesday per Wolff News Bureau.
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Cologne
Coblenz
Dasseldorff
Rhine
Cleves
Avezel
Dusseldorff
Mainz
Rhenish
Hesse
Germany
Wolff News Bureau
Berlin
War leaders asked to be ready for peace delegation service
President Wilson asked mayors of War Industry Board and American Red Cross to be prepared to join a European peace delegation. The Army at Watervliet, N Y is authorized to manufacture 18 inch guns as part of a broader ordnance program, though details remain undisclosed.
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Berard Baruch
War Industried
Henry P. Davison
Reet ‘Cross
Wilson
Europe
Washington
D.C
Yarmy Arsenal
Watervliet
N.Y
CC. Williares
Army Health Stronger Than Before War Says Surgeon General
Washington reports the U S Army health status rose overall with a low mortality rate from disease. The FY ending June 30 1918 shows 29844 deaths from disease in 1917 and a death rate of 6 3 per thousand below the seven year average of 4 0. Measles leads causes though 63 percent of deaths were due to pneumonia.
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Washington, D. C
America
William C. Gorgas
Treason Indictments Filed Against German Navy Officer
Federal grand jury returns indictments against Herrmann Wessels a German navy officer and Albert Paul Fricke of Mount Vernon New York American representative of a German toy manufacturer for conspiring with others to forward secret messages through Holland to the German government. They have been held in Tombs prison for months denied bail after earlier charges.
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New _ .York
Dev
Marie IK. de Vietorich
Willard
Robinson
John T. Ryan
Holland
Cambridge endowment offer recalls naval history memorial
London reports that Lord Rothermere has offered the University of Cambridge a 20,000 endowment to create a chair in naval history in memory of his second son who died at the Battle of Ancre while serving in the Royal Naval Division. He suggests Dr Holland Rose as the first professor. The proposal comes from The Public Ledger Co.
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Philadelphia
Public Ledger
Congright
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Gord Rothermere
University of Cambridge
Ancre
Royal Naval Division
Holland Rose
Rotheomore
Northcliffe
Army medals awarded for historic campaigns
The War Department annuls the Distinguished Service Medals for Col rank Thompkins Maj James B. Ord Col Sedgwick Rice and Col Louis M. Maus for Mexican campaign service and Indian wars. Thompkins led the pursuit after a Villatyite attack near Colmints, N M.
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Washington, D. C
Rank Thompkins
James B. Ord
Mexico
Sedgwick Rice
Louis M. Maus
War Department
Thompkins
1Th Cavalry
Villatyite
Coluntins
South Honors Britain as World War Tribute Begins
South observes Britain Day with mass meetings praising the empire’s role in the war and individual acts of bravery. British flags fly in cities, soldiers join as guests, and Atlanta plans a formal observance tomorrow. New York proclaims Britain Day with dinners and a Hippodrome ceremony led by Judge Walker and featuring Hughes and Gompers. Washington holds a Victory Sing with about 100000 expected, marking the armistice and Britain’s Day observance on the White House ellipse.
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Te South
Varades
Atlanta
New York
Whitman
Hippodrome
Alton J. Walker
Charles E. Hughes
Samuel Gompers
Washington
Washington, D. C
White House
Weather Summary for Major Cities
San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Sunday clouding with a 60 to 64 degree low and southerly winds. East Texas shows general cloudiness with a 48 degree low and southwest winds. Chicago reports 49 degrees and clear with southwest winds. New York 16 degrees and cloudy with northwest winds. Washington 2 degrees and cloudy with westerly winds.
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Texas
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Llemerature
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Chicago
Tent
Nighest
Karsan City
New York
Clowdy
Inet
Woshington
Winhewt, Os
Whiskey leaking from trunk leads to owner's arrest
A trunk leak of whiskey in a railway depot baggage room led to the arrest of a former San Antonio wholesale liquor dealer and the seizure of nearly $1000 worth of liquor. A couple, a former saloon man and his wife, were also arrested nearby with about $4000 in liquor. The dealer faces charges under federal law for bringing liquor into a prohibition state. A separate Fort Worth incident found four quarts of whiskey in a coffin shipment, with no arrests.
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San Antonio
Department of Justice
Street
Kirk
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisana
Federal Reserve sees modest prosperity after war readjustment
The December Federal Reserve review forecasts prosperity as demobilization and reduced war activity ease strain on prices. It notes funds freed for civilian projects, cautious bank lending, and overall confidence though concerns remain about labor reallocation and government contract cancellations.
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Washington, D. C
Reserve Board
Fire at San Antonio Oil Works Damages Cotton Bales
Workers battle a blaze at the San Antonio Oil Works threatening a box car of cotton. Company employees used private firefighting gear to gain control before the city department arrived. Manager Bi Hilse says hydrants were available within eight feet, contradicting reports of hydrant shortages. The fire damaged 34 bales after being brought under control.
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San Antonio
Bi. Bb. Hilse
Tacic
Balfour Eyes League of Nations At Paris Peace Talks
London dispatch reports Arthur Balfour lays out aims for the Paris peace conference. He expects an informal start in December leading to a full gathering in January to draft terms. He stresses a league of nations as essential and notes U S participation. Weather unsettled with continued cold in much of the region.
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Associated Press
London
Arthur J. Balfour
Foreign Affairs
Paris
Balfour
Wilson
Hogland
Great Britain
Hwe
League of Nations
Eisner Expected to Succeed Solf as German Foreign Minister
Berlin and Munich report Kurt Eisner, Bavarian premier, will likely replace Dr. Solf as foreign minister. The Cologne Gazette cited in an Amsterdam dispatch notes ongoing negotiations. Bavarian press worries over finances of Workers' and Soldiers' Councils with disbursements reaching vast sums and risk to the German budget.
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London
Kurt Eisner
WS. Solf
Berlin
Munich
Cologne
Amsterdam
Exchange ‘Telegraph Company
Neueste Nachrichten
Kurt Wisner
Sudth
Bavaria
Stranded Alsatians Return Across Rhine Bridge
A British officer reports Strassbourg chaos at the Rhine bridge as Alsatian civilians and scattered troops flood back into France. The crossing sees families, women, children, and exhausted men in rags, many with few possessions, amid frost and joy as British soldiers and German guards coexist in a tense No Man’s Land. Over two days more than 300 crossed the bridge seeking home after prolonged internment.
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San Antonio Wight
Philadelphia
Conyhent
Wia
PiaNks Ledger Co
London
Straksbourg
Straskebourg
Rhine Bridge
Aisnee
Germany
Corman
Belgium
Durance
Mey
France
Brazil Mobilization Rumor Circulates in Lima
Circulation in Lima reports suggest Brazil began to mobilize troops but no official confirmation was issued. The rumor surfaced amid tension between Brazil and its neighbors.
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Lima
Peru
Dec
Brazil
Wilson praises China's action on opium destruction
Bo the Associated Press, Peking reports that Dani 8. Reinach, the American minister, has informed President Hy Shih-Chang of Washington's instruction praising the Chinese government move to destroy all opium it holds. The U S government calls this a serious demonstration by Han Shih-Ching to wipe out opium traffic in the United States.
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Wilson
China
Peking
Dani
Reinach
Hy Shih-Chang
Washington
United States
Han Shih-Ching
Fall Fatal to Flying Officer at Ellington Field
Flying Officer Charles Clayton Cole died from injuries after a fall at Ellington Field Friday. He was a New Rochelle, New York, native and a Cornell graduate who attended ground school for pilots.
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Emer Aenonant
Charles Clayton "Cole
Ellington Field
Cole
New Itochelle
Cornell University
Phill Iy
Exeter Academe
President Wilson Health Improves Aboard Ship
President Wilson shows improved health on the U S eight aboard the George Washington with his voice rested and stronger. He reads wireless dispatches on British naval supremacy but makes no comment. The president enjoys deck walks and a film, while officials discuss peace conference plans and inter allied meetings in Paris and London.
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George Washington
Wilson
Winston Spencer Chureau
Pennsylvania
Admiral Mayo
Aml
German opinion on Wilson address hints at weak hope
Berlin reports indicate German readers view President Wilson's Congress address as inadequate to shape the peace. Newspapers question whether his program can be pushed through and fear a limited, shadowy peace despite expectations of U.S. influence.
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Wilson
Korrespondenz
National Liberals
Germany
United States
Zeitung Ammittag
America
Bolshevik Delegates to Berlin Meet Rebuffs from Germany
A telegram from Bolshevik foreign minister Schueherin announced three Leninite delegates head to Berlin for a December 16 conference of soldiers and workers councils. German press denounces Bolshevism while couriers claimed to be on a mission to negotiate with the allies amid isolation of the Russian government. Bolshevik propaganda found in satchels seized by Finnish authorities was distributed to troops in German English Russian and Finnish.
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San’ Antonio
Berlin
German Soldiers Council
Germany
Metrograd
M. Litvitoff
London
Herr Liebkinecht
Spartacus
Russia
Phe
Labor secretary warns against nationwide strike over Mooney case
Secretary of Labor Wilson sent a telegram urging against a countrywide strike protest tied to the J. Mooney murder conviction linked to the Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. He warned such action could undermine the jury system and that strikes cannot influence Mooney’s guilt or innocence.
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J. Mooney
San Francisco
Haseen
Wilson
Otto A. Lmartwit
Oregon State Federation of Labor
Mooney
Stephens
Rivoney
American Federation of Labor
Mooury
Wec
Department of Labor
William Denman
Bcat
W. 1D. Stephens
Denman
United States Shipping Board
E B. Power
German propaganda aid in US discussed before Senate committee
Record shows Bernard Dernburg and Marcus Braun linked to subsidized American papers, with Bernstorff testimony noting funds flowed to outlets like the Fair Play paper and the Lusitania sinking tied to German propaganda. Archibald and others appear in the documents as figures in the network.
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Dec
America
Bernard Dernbirg
Count Bernstorff
Berlin
Lusitania
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Limes
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F. J. Archibald
Germany
Alfred Kshnell Dart
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Harlin
Jusitaniia
vk _ Hale
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Wielasii
Louis Garthe
Washington Correspone Dent
Meltimore American
Courier
American
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Bayard Hale
Vinv
Wwe
P. B. Lowe
Activien
Iui
Marcus Braun
Ilaski
Braun
Fiee
Bernstort
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