President Wilson welcomed in Brest on historic visit to France
President Wilson and the American peace envoys arrived in Brest amid vast crowds and naval pageantry. He toured Paris plans ahead, met French officials and a cheering public as German prisoners watched from the city’s edge, and received a formal welcome after a parade through Cours Dayot.
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Brest
Wilson
France
Paris
Europe
Jules A. A. Jusserand
United States
Stephen Pichon
Georges Leygues
Marine
Cours
Governor Cornwell Labels Liberty Loan Sharks in West Virginia
After Liberty Loan Shark v. Charleston West Virginia Governor Cornwell issued an official notice calling all state prosecuting attorneys to arraign hundreds of liberty loan offenders. He orders prosecutions under the state statute licensing stock and bond brokers. The governor brands them as unpatriotic and dishonest.
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Charleston
W. Va
Cornwell
West Virginia
Riots Reach Berlin Munition Plants
Advices report that during Berlin riots the munition factories in the northern outskirts were pillaged by orders of Dr Karl Liebknecht leader of the Spartacus group of Socialists.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Berlin
Karl Liebknecht
Spartacus
Financial Ruin Inevitable Copenhagen Berlin Quote
Dr Schiffer Germany’s finance minister says peace this fall would have required 14 billion marks in imperial taxes and 5 billion marks from states, but recent events upset those calculations. He warns that if current spending continues ruin is inevitable.
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Copenhagen
Dr. Schiffer
Berlin
Navy to match world’s strongest force by 1925, Badger tells committee
Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the United States should steadily build a navy equal to the world’s strongest. He cited administration policy dating to 1915 and said the navy must lead in a future international police role as part of a proposed league of nations.
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Washington
United States
Charles J. Badger
General Board of the Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Daniels
Wilson
St. Louis
General Board
Admiral Badger
United States Navy
Badger
League of Nations
Government May Own Wires Telecommunication Plan
A House resolution proposes permanent government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines. Introduced by Chairman Moon of the Post Office Committee, it cites approval by President Wilson after talks with Postmaster General Burleson. The measure to be considered by the Postoffice Committee with hearings planned.
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Washington
House
Moon
Post Office Committee
Burleson
Wilson
Postoffice Committee
I W W Blamed For Cuban General Strike
Washington reports say the Cuban general strike by railroad electric company and harbor workers is blamed on I W W and enemy propaganda. Affected districts maintain order and the strike remains in effect with taxi drivers and traction workers mentioned in Havana and Matanzas.
Bank Robbery Seizes Liberty Bonds In Bainbridge Indiana
The Farmers' State Bank at Bainbridge ten miles north of here was robbed of about 85 000 in fourth Issue Liberty Bonds. Robbers burned the vault lock and broke open small customer boxes with a sledge hammer. The robbery was not discovered until bank officials opened for business.
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Farmers’ State Bank
Bainbridge
Here
May Fly Across Atlantic From Baltimore Navy Plan
Officers who flew seven hydroplanes revealed the American navy plans for a first Atlantic flight. The hydroplanes hovered for hours above battleships chasers and destroyers in Baltimore as the Southern Commercial Congress gathered.
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Baltimore
Southern Commercial Congress
City of Horrors Report Details Bolshevik Reign of Terror
Washington notes from Petrograd through official channels describe numerous executions by the Anti Revolutionary Commission. Priests and monks among victims, with December 5 dated reports indicating death sentences by mere suspicion of counter revolution. In Katernity Viatka ten executed. in Spask twenty two shot. Foreign observers call Petrograd a city beyond human power to grasp.
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Washington
Petrograd
Anti- Revolutionary Commission
Katernity
Viatka
Spask
Navy to Bring Home Fleet for December Review
Secretary Daniels announced that all capital ships and 20 destroyers now in Europe will return to home waters this month. The fleet, including dreadnought squadrons with the British main fleet, is to reach New York around December 23 for a naval review to celebrate the homecoming. Admiral Mayo at Brest has orders to bring back every vessel that can be spared.
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Washington
Europe
Daniels
New York
Admiral Mayo
Brest
Government to issue additional Liberty Bonds this year
Secretary McAdoo told the House Ways and Means Committee that five to five and a half billion dollars in Liberty Bonds will be needed to finance this year. He cited an $18 billion expenditure estimate, with committee members agreeing the figure may be low. The earlier plan called for a spring bond issue near six billion dollars.
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Washington
McAdoo
House
Ways and Means
Telephone Charges Reduced to New Basic Rates
Washington announces sweeping reductions in long distance and toll telephone rates. A basic charge of 6 mills per mile, airline mileage, and half the day rate for night service up to midnight are adopted, with one fourth the day rate after that hour. Effective January 21.
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Washington
Burleson
Resignations Shake German Independent Socialist Leaders
Geneva reports indicate Hun leaders Hugo Haase and Herr Barth resign from the six member commission forming the German Government. Gorge Ledebour, a top Socialist, is also said to have severed ties with the government.
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Geneva
Hugo Haase
Herr Barth
Commission of Six
Gorge Ledebour
Youtsey Granted Parole After Goebel Murder Sentence
Henry Youtsey, serving life for complicity in Governor Goebel’s murder, was paroled by the Kentucky Board of Prison Control. The announcement came from board member Herbert Carr.
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Youtsey
Frankfort
Henry Youtsey
William Goebel
Kentucky Board of Prison Control
Herbert Carr
Cuban general strike linked to I W W and enemy propaganda
State Department report ties the Cuba strike to I W W and enemy propaganda. It notes orders for railroad and electric workers and harbor men, with taxi drivers and traction employees in Havana and Matanzas mentioned but details unclear.
U S Probe Reveals German Spy Network In Cities
Senate hearings expose a plan to create a Silent Army of German propagandists in the United States. Captain George B. Lester testifies about 180 civilians meeting in Berlin in 1914 and 3800 workers in Cincinnati directed by Oscar Mezger. The spread involved 200000 to 800000 German residents and sympathizers nationwide.
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Washington
Oscar Mezger
Cincinnati
United States Army
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
George B. Lester
Lester
Berlin
America
United States
Dwarf London-Hugh Merries Head of Brunswick Republic
The Daily Chronicle’s Amsterdam correspondent reports London-Hugh Merries a four foot tall hunch back former tailor is president and a washer woman is minister of education in the Brunswick republic. The duchy is now a German red controlled republic after princes abdicated.
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London
Hugh Merries
Republic of Brunswick
Daily Chronicle
Amsterdam
Duchy of Brunswick
Riots in Bohemia Prompt Use of Rifles and Guns
Dispatches from Prague report extensive riots in Aussig Bohemia with machine guns and rifles fired on mobs. Three killed and five seriously injured with many more wounded. Troops armed in Schoenwiesen as violence extended into the night.
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Amsterdam
Aussig
Bohemia
Prague
Schoenwiesen
Soldiers to Keep Uniforms After Discharge
Secretary Baker told Chairman Dent that the War Department allows all discharged soldiers to retain the uniform and overcoat worn at muster out. Dent drafted a bill to authorize this, reversing previous plans to return clothing to the Government after three months.
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Washington
Baker
Dent
House Military Committee
War Department
Department
Customs Officer at Tampico Slain Amid Diplomatic Tangle
A clash on November 29 between the Monterey armed guard and Mexican customs guards at Tampico left a Mexican captain dead, a Mexican soldier mortally wounded, and Berry the American gunner’s mate lightly hurt. Passengers say Berry was attacked near a saloon after refusing a drink. gunfire erupted as guards returned fire. The affair was later referred to diplomatic settlement, with the captain of the Monterey declining to hand over the guards and American gunboats backing the decision.
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Union News Service
New York
Monterey
Tampico
Berry
Havana
Nassau
Treat
Price drop in eggs under boycott and inquiry
Chicago households join a boycott as state and federal probes check food storage and pricing. Eggs fall two cents to 75 cents a dozen with a six cent wholesale drop blamed on lower consumption. Officials from North American Cold Storage Swift Armour and Morris will be summoned to review stored lots and poultry price effects.
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Chicago
Food Administration
United States
Dickinson
North American Cold Storage Company
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Morris & Co
Amsterdam Women Threaten Former Crown Prince on Viergen
A large Amsterdam crowd protested the former German Crown Prince on Viergen Island. Frederick William reportedly escaped by flight as police intervened. A German baron staying at a local hotel also left the island amid the disturbance.
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Amsterdam
Viergen
Telegraf
Frederic William
Northwest Ledge Crew Rescued Near Brier Island
The crew of the British steamer Northwest Ledge was landed at Westport N B seven miles off Brier Island. The vessel is reported to be a total loss.
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St. John, N. B
Brier Island
Westport
N. 8
President of Portugal Slain at Lisbon Railway Station
Dr. Sidorio Paes president of Portugal was shot at a Lisbon railway station while awaiting a train to Oporto. He died minutes after being struck by three bullets. An assailant named Jeetha was lynched by the crowd and Tamagnno Barbosa, the interior minister, assumed the presidency.
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London
Sidorio Paes
Portugal
Lisbon
Oporto
Paes
Jeetha
Tamagnno Barbosa
Women urged to study nursing and use Favorite Prescription
A World War era appeal urges women to study nursing at home to support soldiers at the front. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a non alcoholic tonic for nervousness and pain, citing a testimonial from Mrs. Della M. Knisley of Cleveland who says it cured her long standing woman’s weakness.
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Medical Adviser
Main St
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
Cleveland
Ohio
Della M. Knislev
W. 28Th St
Kaiser Bill and a warning on public handwriting
The dialogue notes Kaiser Bill as a bad actor who misses warning signs as others chase big billboards. An advertisement touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as superior, claiming a single dose expels worms or tapeworms.
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Kaiser Bill
Stormington Barnes
Where Daddy Was Lucky
Mary watches as her father anchors his fly mask to his ears and quips about his large ears, remarking to his wife with a playful line. The scene captures a light, intimate family moment centered on humor and affection.
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Mary
Willie’s Gift Dilemma From Dad and Uncle Jim
Willie’s dad asks for a lasting gift idea after a visit from Uncle Jim. Uncle Jim suggests a cake of soap as a practical present Willie can keep for a long time.
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Jim
Willie
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Dorchester, Mass
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