Bernstorff Urged Favor for Hale in German Propaganda Notes
A. Bruce Bielaski testified before a Senate committee about 1916 German messages guiding ambassador Bernstorff to favor American journalist William S. Hale a Hearst employee. The diary lists pro German figures including professors and publishers such as William Randolph Hearst and Oswald Garrison Villard.
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Washington
America
Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Senate
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
Bernstorff
William Sdyard Hale
Hearst
Bielaski
Bernard Dernburg
Albert
Dernurg
Leith
Post Mvners
Fuehr
Foreign Office
Germany
Zuehr
John R. McLean
Hale
Senate Committee
United States
A. Bruce Bielaski
Yale's War Losses Revealed by Alumni Weekly
New Haven December 9 Yale university war losses tabulated in the Yale alumni weekly show total casualties among graduates and undergraduates with 149 dead and 117 wounded missing or prisoners.
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Yale
New Haven
Yale University
Veterans Remain in France Until Peace Is Signed
Secretary Baker stated veterans will not return home until formal peace is declared. He told the Senate finance committee that contract cancellations may save about 7.25 billion of the 24.281 billion Parliament allotted for the army. He cited state allocations and noted excess powder and storage concerns.
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France
Washington
Baker
Senate Finance Committee
War Department
Congress
Massachusetts
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Glass Named Secretary of the Treasury by Wilson
Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson to be secretary of the treasury. He has served in Congress since 1903 and chaired the banking and currency committee, helping craft the federal reserve act. He owns the Lynchburg Daily News and Daily Advance and has been UVA board of visitors member for eight years.
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Carter Glass
Virginia
the Treasury
Washington
Wilson
Treasury
Glass
Congress
Virginia State Senate
House Committee On
Banking and Currency
Lynchburg
Daily News
Daily Advance
University of Virginia
Democratic National Committee
Europe
Abuses Reported in Saxony Prison Camp
Paris notes serious incidents in a Saxony prison camp housing Allied prisoners. The Echo de Paris says the Allied governments plan to act energetically in response to the abuse.
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Saxony
Paris
Echo de Paris
Harvard Men Die In War Reports Total 222 Lost
Cambridge mass reports from the Harvard war records office state that two hundred twenty two Harvard men have been killed in the war. Of this number two hundred one were in the army and navy.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard War Records Office
Navy
How the U S Financed War
Secretary McAdoo outlines wartime financing in his final report. He estimates 15 months of costs at 13.222 billion with major outlays from war and navy departments. Projected receipts total about 21.022 billion against 27.718 billion disbursements, leaving a shortfall. Public debt stood at 12.396 billion last June.
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Washington
America
McAdoo
Treasury
MccAdoo
War Department
Navy
Navy Yards
Sudiden
United States
Fuel Administrator Harry Garfield Resigns
Washington reports that United States Fuel Administrator Harry Garfield has tendered his resignation to take effect at the pleasure of the president and that the president has accepted it. Garfield plans to stay through December, then return to his duties as president of Williams College after the holidays.
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Washington
White House
United States
Harry Garfield
Baden seeks incorporation into Switzerland, reports say
London dispatch notes Southern Baden seeks incorporation in Switzerland per Baden newspapers. A Copenhagen telegram to the Daily Telegraph quotes the move as under consideration. In Chile, the earthquake devastates 400 buildings in Copiapó, including municipal structures.
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Baden
Copenhagen
London
Switzerland
Daily ‘Telegraph
Santiago
Chile
Coptapo
Atacame Province
Wilson off to France for peace conference voyage
President Woodrow Wilson sailed from New York aboard the transport George Washington to join four other U.S. delegates in the Paris peace conference. Secretary of State Lansing and Henry White accompany him, with Col. E. M. House and Gen. Tasker Bliss already in Europe. The departure drew hundreds of cheering troops and an escort of warships.
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New York
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Europe
France
George Washington
Robert Lansing
Henry White
Italy
Col. E. M. House
Gen
Tasker H. Bliss
North River
Wilson
Priok WD
Lapland
Atlantic
French minesweepers lost in Lake Superior gale
The Ceriseles and Inkerman minesweepers built at Fort William for France are officially reported missing after a November 24 Lake Superior gale. Seventy six French Navy personnel are believed dead, while the Sebastopol, flagship commanded by Captain M Leclerc, arrived safely at a Canadian port.
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Lake Superior
Port
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Ceriseles
Inkerman
Fort William
Sebastopol
M. Leclerc
President Wilson demands sacrifices from all nations at peace talks
On board the Steamer George Washington President Wilson declares that all nations must be prepared to make sacrifices and that armed domination by any one nation must cease as he arrives in France for peace talks.
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George Washington
Wilson
France
Twelve Die In Pompton Lakes Powder Plant Blast
Four explosions at the Du Pont Powder Works plant in Pompton Lakes New Jersey killed twelve men and injured thirty five. The blasts struck in the cap room according to reports from the scene.
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Pompton’ Lakes
N. J
du Pont
Cost of living and wages to decline say Washington officials
Washington officials and lawmakers believe prices for clothing and manufacturing materials will fall starting early next year and continue for years. They foresee wage reductions as buying power rises with a stronger dollar and expect government controls to ease, lowering production costs and prices. Representative George M. Young predicts wheat prices may drop as much as 9 within a year amid potential losses on guaranteed prices.
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Washington
Fuel Administration
Food Administration
Governoh
George M. Young
Dakota Wheat Belt
Grain Corporation of the Food Administration
America
Governors urged to push public works during demobilization
Telegram from MAY BUILD PUBLIC WORKS policies board to governors urges rapid resume of public construction after the war. Mayors report about $300,000,000 in projects halted for wartime. data requested for Annapolis conference starting December 16.
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Annapolis
California Syrup of Figs Ad Claims Quick Pediatric Relief
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for infants and children with constipation. It promises quick relief, pleasant taste, and warns buyers to insist on the California Fig Syrup Company product and to reject counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Ady
Soft Material Quote Sparks Parish Widow Debate
In Enareo News a fair widow asks why men call women gomanpies. The fussy old maid replies that pine is the softest wood, framing a humorous exchange on gender labels.
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Enareo
Soothe Itching With Cuncura Bathing Soap Sample Offer
Fragmentary ad-like text promotes Soothe Itching With Cuncura. Encourages bathing with hot water and dry supply. Mentions free samples and address in Boston. Cites quotes about value and cost from Don Quixote.
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Boston
Eyes Healed by Roman Eye Balsam Used at Night
A brief note states that eyes answer quickly to Roman Eye Balsam when applied at night before retiring. It emphasizes external or internal inflammation relief and prompt healing as the remedy's effect.
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William Bayard Hale
William R. Shepard
Columbia University
Hugo Muensterburg
Arvard University
William M. Eloine
Bagund von Mach
Anth von Briessen
John W. Burgess
Newport
R. I
Eugene Smith
H.C. Sanborn
Vander Bilt University
J. G. McDonald
University of Indiana
Ferdinand Schevill
University of Chicago
E. C. Richardson
Princeton University
Kuno Francke
Harvard University
George B. McClellan
A. B. ¥Aust
Cornell University
Morris Jastrow, Jr
University of Wisconsin
Walter S. McNeill
Richmond
David Starr Jordan
Berkeley
Cal
Peter S. Grosscup
Highland Park
Ill
Richard Bertholdt
St. Louis
Albert Bushnell Hart
Warvard University
J. Hexamer
Philadelphia
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Oswald Garrison Villard
New York Evening Post
William Randolph Hearst
New York American
Bernard Ridder
New York Staats Zeitung
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
Frederick A. Schrader
Broadway
Frank Harris
Washington Square
New York City
Rob. I. Ford
Freeman’s Journal
Father Thirney
American Catholic Weekly
Max A. Klein
Riverside Drive
George Sylvester Viereck
William Pp. Trent
West Thirty-eighth Street
Rep
Rep. Glass
M’adoo
Secretary of the Treasury
U. S
Williams College
Anna Dorin
Packard Motor Company
Detroit
Ira O'Malley
Ats
Cascara
Fill
Aveston
DR David
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