Bavarian Move to Place Blame for War on Prussia
The article reports Bavarian led efforts to force Prussia to bear the blame for Germany’s role in the war. It argues northern and southern factions clash over leadership of a postwar Germany, with Bavaria seeking dominance if Prussia is weakened. It warns Prussian influence could threaten future peace and civilization.
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Prussia
North
South Germany
J. W. T. Mason
United Press
New York
Germany
Bavaria
Baltic
Progress in democracy and the American postwar duty
The piece argues that World War I sparked global progress toward democracy and better living. It urges Americans to ensure lasting gains through fair pay, full employment, progressive taxation, and public ownership of essential services. It warns against profiteering and superficial parades without real reform.
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Germany
Austria
Russia
France
England
America
Special Flu Session May Be Held By City Council
City officials led by Corporation Counsel Meier and Health Chief Dr. McBride prepared an influenza bill to declare the disease a Warantinable health threat. The council may convene Wednesday to pass the measure and urge vaccination at city stations for free inoculation as cases rise in the state and city.
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Walter F. Meier
Hanson
Dr. McBride
Id Hanson
Health Commission @ McBride
McBride
Spain
Government to Seize Russian Steamers for Food Imports
In Relzingfors Finland on December 2 the government announced plans to formally take over several Russian steamers to transport cereals from Argentina, part of a broader move to secure grain supplies.
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Relsingfors
Finland
Girl to Get $60,000,000 heiress named Angell near Gates fortune
Dellora F Angell, 16, niece of Mrs. John W. Gates, is set to inherit part of the Gates estate worth 60 million dollars under will clauses disclosed in Chicago. She already received 250000 after the death of her uncle, John W. Gates. She is described as quiet and outdoors loving while attending her aunt's funeral in the East.
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Chicago
Dellora F. Angell
John W. Gates
Gates
Miss Angell
Curci to Fight Galli Curci Divorce Suit in Chicago
Luigi C Curci husband of Amelita Galli Curci denies divorce claim filed in Chicago last week and vows to contest it. Lawyers say Curci is angry and financially secure with assets in Rome and elsewhere, seeking vindication.
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Chicago
Luigi C. Curci
Amelita Galli-Curci
Curci
Mme. Galli-Curci
Rome
Man Feared Drowned After Boathouse Fall Into Lake
Police search Lake Washington’s south end for a man named Collins living in a boathouse just outside city limits. He was last seen Monday noon on his boat home roof while repairs. later found hat on the roof. Police believe he accidentally fell into the lake and drowned. identity not fully established.
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Lake Washington
Collins
Hina
Republicans Prepare Minority Report on Tax Bill
Republican members of the senate finance committee prepared a minority report opposing the six trillion? dollar tax bill’s inclusion of 1920 taxes. Minority leaders said they would stand by the report and challenge the measure.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Honorable Sakura Faces Family Crisis After Son Kenneth
Sam Sakura reports severe home turmoil as Kenneth Sakura 17, recently alienated from family, beats his mother then threatens his father. Police take Kenneth into custody after a midnight incident. by midday Tuesday the family reports further danger and the mother plans to stay away while Kenneth remains at large.
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Sam Sakura
Fifth Ave
Kenneth
America
Samsaya
Sakura
Sam
All Miles
Doughboys Game to Marrow Balloon Service Veteran Reporter Writes
Former Star reporter D Losa Sutherland recalls his time as a flight sergeant in the American balloon corps. He praises infantrymen as game to the marrow and details harsh frontline conditions, German officers looting French homes, and the grit of doughboys under fire.
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Doughboys
Star
Balloon Service
Sutherland
Basil Manley Named to Replace Frank P Walsh on War Labor Board
Basil M. Manley appointed joint chairman of the war labor board succeeding Frank P. Walsh who resigned. Manley has done statistical work for the labor department and the war labor board for months. A floating dock at Gothenburg Sweden can take a 12000 ton ship and is the largest in Scandinavia.
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Basil Manley
Frank P. Walsh
Washington
Basil M. Manley
War Labor Board
Frank FP. Walsh
Manley
Department of Labor
Gothenburg
Sweden
Scandinavia
President Wilson faces peace mission amid congressional clash
President Wilson prepares to sail aboard the George Washington for the wartime peace conference in France with Russian envoy Bakhmetieff aboard. Congress debates whether he can fulfill duties abroad, with Hitchcock leading calls to declare him unable to govern while away and the Senate weighing Cummins resolutions.
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Robert J. Bender
Washington
Dee
Wilson
New York
George Washington
Ator Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Hitchheck
Foreign Relations
Cummins
Senate
Sherman
Marshall
Judiciary Committee
James R. Mann
House
White House
Mann
Knox
United States
Europe
America
Hitchcock
U S Warships To Escort Wilson Across Atlantic
Paris dispatch reports Brest orders sixteen destroyers to sail for the Azores to await the presidential fleet. The squadron voyaging with President Wilson is said to include nine vessels headed by a flagship, with armed cruisers and destroyers.
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Paris
Brest
Azores
Wilson
Europe
Chilean Reserves Called to Colors
Military reserves of the class of 1917 have been called to the colors in Santiago. The Palena ship’s commander denied that the Peruvian consul at Iquique was ordered to return aboard the vessel.
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Santiago
Chile
Palena
Iquique
College Girls Escape Cellar Fire At Fraternity House
Fire fighters responded to an alarm from the Sigma Chi Fraternity house at 4505 18th Ave NE early Tuesday. They found a smudge in the basement and about twenty university girls outside on the cold pavement in various states of dress. No damage was reported.
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Sigma Chi
18Th Ave. N. E
Wilhelm Says He Has Some Friends in United States
Count Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former kaiser, told United Press he would be glad to share his views with Americans but has retired to private life and cannot give a public statement. His secretary said he regrets not speaking and that he would like to reach the American public where he still has friends.
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Amsterdam
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Kaiser
United Press
America
Wilhelm
Airman Leads Pioneer Airmail Trip Toward Seattle
Lieutenant A. F. Hogland pilots military biplane from Sacramento to Seattle as a pathfinder for a future air mail route. The first stop is Redding, with possible reconnaissance flights along alternate routes if weather and visibility permit. Hogland plans to reach Eugene next, then proceed to Seattle with no set stopovers en route.
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Motherfield
Saent A. F. Hogland
Seattle
Redding
Shasta County
Oregon Line
Matherfield
Cal
A. F. Hogland
Sacramento
Eugene
Oregon
Hogland
Cleveland Street Car Strike Shuts City
Cleveland on December 3 was paralyzed by a street car strike of about 1,500 motormen and conductors causing widespread business closures. Workers demanded immediate removal of conductorettes from the cars.
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Cleveland, C
Cleveland
Smith Leads Arbitration Reward in Omaha Car Strike
In Omaha the street car men of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway Co. are set to strike tonight after arbitration efforts by Smith succeed. The dispute hinges on labor terms and service disruption is anticipated across the city.
Pope Pleads for Relief to End Food Blockade
The Frankfurter Gazette reports Pope Benedict urged President Wilson and Allied governments to ease the blockade to allow Germany to feed itself. He also asked allied bishops to press their governments for the same relief.
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Berne
Frankfurter Gazette
Munich
Benedict
Wilson
Germany
A Just Helmet from Belgian Campaign Returns to Seattle
Sergt Harry Just of Seattle went over the top with the 91st division and received a German helmet as a souvenir. The parcel post delivery brought Miss Nell Allen of The Star a helmet bound in a gunny sack. Just among Seattle men who accompanied King Albert into Belgium.
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Sergt
Harry Just
Seattle
Nell Allen
Star
Sergt. Just
King Albert
Belgium
Rep Carter Glass Seen as McAdoo Success at Treasury
President Wilson's close associates say Carter Glass of Virginia is strongly favored to replace McAdoo as secretary of the treasury. The White House also weighs a possible delay in naming a director general of railroads after a lengthy conference with McAdoo. The administration has fixed the two vacancies in principle, with final announcements dependent on timing.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Wm. G. McAdoo
the Treasury
Wilson
McAdoo
Reports of German Wells Poison Plots and Bombs
Swiss National Times reports German schemes to sow disease by poisoning wells in abandoned Allied territories. Germs of cholera and glanders stored in Zurich, with bombs and munitions to aid Italian anarchists in sparking a revolution.
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London
Swiss National Times
Zurich
Italy
Prussian Forces March on Berlin Reported
Berne December 3 Polish papers state German regiments at Grodno led by Prussian officers are marching toward Berlin to overthrow the government, a claim received in this city today.
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Berne
Grodno
Berlin
Laughing Man Disrupts Movie Like a Cataract
Charles Hall fills a downtown cinema with uncontrollable laughter lasting fifteen minutes. Patrons roar as his booming chuckles echo through the theater despite managers’ pleas to stop. Hall insists he laughs in his own way and won’t leave, prompting a mixed reaction from spectators.
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Hall
Hal
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