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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
6
American troops entered Mainz, capital of Rhenish Hesse, and Belgian cavalry moved into Düsseldorf as General Dickman’s army presses toward the Rhine. Treves hosts governance by Brown and Smith as Pershing warns locals to return to normal life amid scarce food and high prices.
Allied agents report intercepts of telegrams between Wilhelm II and Hindenburg aides. Content unclear, but it is claimed the former Kaiser aims to covertly influence German forces from Holland for future emergencies. decoding may take weeks or months.
Assistant Surgeon General Stimson urged Congress to provide $10,000,000 to fund the first 5,000 beds for new hospitals costing $26,000,000 to care for discharged sick and disabled soldiers. Planned sites include Norfolk Seattle and future locations in Massachusetts Berkshire Hills and North Carolina.
The British official statement, covering from the war start to October 1, 1918, reports 9,031,888 gross tons lost. New UK construction totals 4,342,296 tons, foreign purchases 530,000 tons, and enemy tonnage captured 716,520. Net loss stands at 3,448,012 tons, with the last seven months showing output exceeding global losses by over 1,000,000 tons.
London report says Kurt Eisner Bavarian Premier plans to publish German Foreign Office documents soon to prove former Emperor William triggered the war. Copenhagen dispatch notes the claim centers on William’s responsibility and aims to influence public opinion.
The Senate adopted a resolution urging the Shipping Board to propose legislation for developing a permanent American merchant marine. Senator Jones of Washington led the motion.
Assistant Postmaster General Blakeslee told the House Post Office Committee that extending rural parcel post with army motor trucks aims to fight the high cost of living. He sought $8,000,000 for rural service starting July 1, with War Department trucks to be loaned at no charge.
Amsterdam reports Former Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia formally renounced all imperial and German throne rights in a decree dated December 1. The Dutch government may surrender the ex royalty to the Allies for internment on a Dutch island under guard. Berlin says famine threatens and food rations will be halved as Germany gears for February peace talks and January elections.
Washington. The Clyde Mallory Merchants and Miners and Southern Steamship Companies were relinquished from Federal control by order of Director General McAdoo. Steamship lines owned by railroads will stay under railroad administration with major lines remaining under its control.
Burglars blew the vault at Leavenworth State Bank and rifled safety deposit boxes of thrift and war savings stamps and liberty loan bonds valued at 50 000 to 60 000 dollars. The bank’s funds were not touched. Two strangers in an automobile, claiming to be prospectors, have been in Leavenworth area for two weeks.
Representative Carter Glass of Virginia was nominated by President Wilson to be Secretary of the Treasury. Glass will assume office December 16 under an agreement with Secretary McAdoo, whose resignation was accepted to take effect upon his successor’s appointment. The nomination was prepared ahead of Wilson’s departure and sent from the White House after Glass agreed to accept.
Santiago reports the government moving to cut food prices and ease internal unrest centered on shortages. Officials threaten energetic action if workers persist, with troops to stay in barracks and a state of siege possible. Diplomatic hopes rise for a rapid peaceful Peru dispute settlement.
American troops report to the Wolff News Bureau as Belgian cavalry detachments of 300 men enter Dusseldorf on the left bank of the Rhine, 21 miles northwest of Cologne. Intercourse with the opposite bank is forbidden and the cavalry plan to push toward Cleves, expected to be reinforced by infantry.
President Wilson will be informed by wireless of the assembling of the inter allied conference and the peace congress meetings. He will be advised on the Supreme War Council gathering in London after Colonel Edward M. House's talks with Premier Clemenceau and the Italian and British officials.
Districts in Cologne are isolated as troops guard barriers to curb rioting. Police and civil guards used strict measures against marauders who ransacked shops and homes. many were killed or wounded. Machine guns were employed and looters spread after crowds dispersed.
War Department and Shipping Board agree to offer 200000 jobs in shipyards and the merchant marine to men soon to be mustered out. A committee of three special agents will visit each camp to inform soldiers about available work. No recruiting will occur at the camps.
Paris leaders King Albert and President Poincare spoke at the Elysee Palace denouncing neutrality that failed to shield Belgium or deter German aggression. They urged actions to strengthen Belgium and safeguard Europe, asserting Belgium’s right to a secure status.
The Daily Mail reports London will seek 8.0 billion pounds sterling as war reparations from Germany. Prime Minister David Lloyd George is said to announce in Leeds that Britain and its dominions will bear the cost, with annual German payments around 400 million pounds.
The Interstate Commerce Commission in its annual report urges radical changes in railroad operations. It favors partial mergers in peacetime, full unification in war, and inland waterway development, while opposing renewed strict private competition. If ownership returns to private hands, it calls for government regulation and clearer authority. if government ownership prevails, it stresses price, self sufficiency, and nonpartisan management.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and their heir arrived in Paris to a warm reception from crowds, marking the start of a state visit.
A Melbourne dispatch to Exchange Telegraph reports about 6000 deaths from Spanish influenza in Samoa. The Australian Government has dispatched a medical staff to Samoa to aid the crisis.
Lieutenant Charles Clayton Cole of New Rochelle New York was killed at Ellington Field Houston Texas when his airplane fell He was a Cornell University ground school graduate for pilots.
Secretary Daniels urges continued naval expansion to meet peace time needs and international policing duties. He highlights transporting 2,000,000 troops to France with no eastbound troop ships lost, and the Marine Brigade blocking the last Prussian advance on Paris. He calls for a three year program and warns against costly competitive naval build ups.
Frederick C. Howe, Commissioner of Immigration, warned that postwar emigration would reverse acceptances. Steamship reports said over 1,250,000 aliens sought passage to their homelands in four years. He cautioned that America may lose many of its foreign residents after the war ends.
La Liberte cites Madrid saying Count Fomanones plans to expel Prince Ratibor and several German embassy members for alleged spying and backing anti dynastic agitation.
The Western Railway Station in Ghent was accidentally set ablaze and its fire triggered an explosion of a bomb hidden by Germans. Ten people died and several were wounded in the blast and fire.
An Havas dispatch from Tangier reports one officer and six enlisted sailors of the American destroyer Lansdale drowned while trying to rejoin their ship.
Spanish Ambassador in Berlin reports nine French prisoners shot at Langensalza prison camp in Prussian Saxony with fifteen others seriously wounded. The French government says the act is unjustified repression and will demand reparation, adding to a long list of similar incidents.
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