Prussian Guard Loyal to Old Government Faces Vote
Berlin reports the Prussian Guard remains loyal to the old regime as the present rule may pass. The German cabinet weighs convoking the Reichstag to give the government a parliamentary boost. Dr Solf has resigned and cabinet accepted. Relations with the Independent Socialist wing strained.
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Derlin
Associated Press
Tageblatt
Berlin
Reichstas
Tagebatt
W-S. Solf
Touromont
Ebert
Johnson Seeks US Russia Policy Details In Senate
Senator Johnson of California urged the State Department to disclose American policy toward Russia. He argued a de facto war exists with Bolshevik Russia and pressed for documents on troop numbers and casualties, Soviet cooperation with the Allies, and U.S. plans to support Kerensky-era morale and the provisional government against Bolshevik overthrow. The Foreign Relations Committee reportedly cannot or has not answered these questions.
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Associated Press
Bannery Washington
Johnson
California
Senata
Russia
Los Wilttvs
State Department
ONN
Upos
War Department
Voluheviki Revoluton
Kerensky Roy
Kerensky
Secure Foreign Relations Committee
Public serum dispensaries to combat influenza
Emergency hospital board of control votes to set up city wide free serum dispensaries to inoculate residents. Influenza cases reported in Marloptow range 400 to 600, with serious spread noted. Additional note from Amsterdam about influenza reaching the East Indies.
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Emergency Hospital Board of Control
Marloptow
Phys. Lung
East Indies
Amsterdam
Railway Head Faces Manslaughter Charge
New York December 12 warrants for manslaughter in the second degree were issued by Mayor Hylan against Timothy S Williams president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company four officials of the firm and Anthony Lucente motorman of the train wrecked in the Noy Lane tunnel. The crash killed 68 and injured many as the train left the rails and struck steel pillars. The warrants stem from a John Doe inquiry begun after the wreck following a motorman strike.
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New York
Hylan
Timothy 8
Williams
Brooklyn Rapid Translt Company
Anthony Luclaune
Noy
Lin
John Doe
Administration Won’t Lower Railroad Wages
Washington December 12 The railroad administration says no intention to reduce wages of railroad workers and if government control extends five years as proposed by Director General McAdoo wages are likely to remain at present levels.
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Associated Press
The
Banner
Washington
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Four Army Transports Leave for America With 9000 Men
Washington December 12 The War Department announced the sailing of four army transports with about 9000 men from France. The ships named are the Lam Mallory Rappahannock L’Leviathan and Celtic.
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Washington
France
War Department
Casualty List and Prague Evacuation Report
Washington reports a casualty list totaling 4987 names with categories for killed in action wounded and missing. Separately Hungarian troops begin evacuation of Prague amid rising tensions in Bohemia.
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Washington
Veces Oma
Prague
Bohemia
Young Marine Wears A Dozen War Medals From France
Luke Thayer Jr., son of Georgetown Pa police chief, enlisted in the U S Marine Corps at about 15 and earned three campaign ribbons, the Croix de Guerre with palm, two wound stripes, and a year’s service stripe in France. He helped capture a German machine gun nest, helped rout a counterattack, and survived shell and shrapnel scars. Now recovering in a military hospital, he recalls his adventures from San Domingo to Belleau Woods and his proud, risky feats.
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Paris
Associated Press
Lake Thayer, Jr
United States
Luke
France
Georgetown
Arch Street
Philadelphia
U. S. Masrine Corps
Enlsting
Soldiers of the Sea
Knights of Columbus
Io Bol
Taclé Sam
San Domingo
Heith
Bellead Woods
Warries
Fime
Pensylvania
Government urged to extend railroad control to 1924
McAdoo urged Congress to continue government operation of railroads for five years until January 1, 1924. He said the delay would allow time to form a stable policy and ease morale strain, noting Congress must act soon after peace to decide private or public management. President Wilson asked immediate discussion on the issue.
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Bander
Washington
McAdoo
Senate
House Interstate Commerce
Wilson
Congress
Railroad
British Advance Guards Enter Doon on the Rhine
The British Wireless Service reports advance guards have entered Doon and taken possession of the bridge over the Rhine. The town lies on the left bank, about 15 miles southeast of Cologne, between Coblenz and Cologne, near a renowned university founded in 1818.
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Associated Press
London
British Wireless Service
Doon
Rhine
Cologne
Cobenz
U S Notes Call Peru Chile to Settle Dispute
Acting Secretary Polk released the note from U S ambassadors urging Peru and Chile to resolve their quarrel and warning that severing consular ties worries the world on the eve of the Paris peace conference. The United States offered help alone or with other hemisphere nations.
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Washington
Polk
State Department
United States
Peru
Chile
Pilk
Confcting
Connucion
Chile-Peru
Tooaw
Arica
Argentina
Tabor Reelected Leader of Ironsville Grange
Canton Ohio December recount notes L J Tabor of Ironsville elected head of the Ohio Orange Today. He was reelected for a third time and stated he would rather lead the Obie grange than govern Ohio.
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Asnermayen
Regular army opposed to National Guard threatens its future
Major W A Curtis, ex chief of staff to Minnesota adjutant general, told the conference of adjutant generals in St Paul that regular army officers oppose the National Guard and are trying to abolish or weaken it. He warned that unless officers resist, the Guard could be a thing of the past in six months. He cited Washington’s mood as indicating a move to reduce or abolish the force.
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Associated Press
the Banner
ST. Paul
National Guard
United States
Adjutant Generals
Central States
W. A. Gartis
Regular Army
Curtis
Carty
Washington
Army officers reach Berlin capital after armistice
Brigadier General Harries and Lieutenants Gaillard and Schellive of the American commission for the repatriation of war prisoners arrived in Berlin last night. They are the first American officers to reach Berlin since the armistice, after a four hour ride from Spa Belgium, the former German headquarters.
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Berlin
Harries
Gaillard and
Schellive
Berin
Spa
Belgium
Tore
Byron Hull Dies of the Influenza
Gryan Mull aged 21 years who has been employed at the Fobes grocery South Main street died at 1 o'clock Thursday morning of influenza at the home of his sister Mrs George Warman of Mast Burgess street. He leaves his parents Dr and Mrs N Hull of Bladensburg and five brothers HarveyEdward Hull of Akron Stephen and Harry Hull of Bladensburg Carl Hull of Howard and two sisters Mrs Guy Cotrelli of Bladensburg and Mrs George Warman of this city. The body will be taken at 19 o'clock Saturday to the Bladensburg cemetery for funeral and burial.
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Gryan Mull
Fobes
South Main Street
George Warman
Mast Burgess , Street
N. Hull
Bladensburg
Harvey Hull
Edward Hull
Akron
Stephen Hull
Harry Hull
Carl Hull
Howard
Guy Cotrelli
Cuban strike work of I. W. W. and foe
Information reaching the state department today indicated that the general strike in Cuba is a result of I W W and enemy propaganda. The report further said orders were maintained to uphold the state of unrest while a later item notes Clinton Chapter No. 26 R A M conferred the Mark Master degree on a class of fourteen at the Mason temple Wednesday.
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Der
Cuba
Euted
Clinton
R. AM
Mark Muster
Musonle Temple
Berlin guards, Ebert vow new German government unity
Copenhagen dispatch notes Berlin reception of Prussian guard as solemn. Premier Ebert says a new government is formed with army support. Spartacus group faces stern measures as government forces inspect Spartacus offices and arrests loom.
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Kaiser
Spartacus Group
Associated Press
Batin
London
Ebertta
Spartacus
Copenhagen
Daily Mail
Cope Lagen
Ebert
Fatalities in coal blast on cruiser Brooklyn
An explosion of coal dust aboard the armored cruiser Brooklyn at Yokohama last Monday killed six crew members and seriously injured about 30 others. The Brooklyn, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, was not damaged. a court of inquiry was named. The ship had been at Vlndivostok after the American expeditionary forces arrived there, with plans for a possible joint expedition into Liberia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Siven
Brooklyn
Yokohama
Japan
Navy Department
Asiatic Feet
Vlndivostok
Liberia
Associated Nations
Schley
Santiago
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