10000 Troops Land Upon Return Voyage Amidst Docked Vessels
New York reports the American Kroonland from Brest docking with 1, soldiers civilians and nurses aboard bringing 704 wounded and sick to port. Follow up ships Calamares Ascanias and Tenadores bring hundreds more. about 10000 additional troops expected today including 4000 wounded. Notable passenger Mrs. Kalk, first woman guest of honor returning transport, and Lieut. Charles H. Paul of Seattle wounded twelve times.
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New York
Kroonland
Brest
76Th Division
New
Posees
Ocer
Calamares
Ascanias
Tenadores
Cocra
Susquehanna
Oregonian
Cala
S. S. Kalk
Washington, D
Ye Kroonland
Kalk
Naval Branch
Seattle
Yalele
Argonne Forest
Security League Probe Started
Washington reports a congressional inquiry into the National Security League began with a seven member house committee. It aims to issue subpoenas to witnesses and may include Elihu Root and Alton B. Parker. The probe seeks to expose misrepresentations and identify those behind League activities. Navy plans to return to normal strength by July 1, with 350000 personnel and 100000 added by January, while a child was badly scalded in Stamford.
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Washington
National Security League
House
Frear
Ban Johnson Johnson
Elihu Root
Alton B. Parker
League
Who
Frear and Ware
Irohnson
Canopic Liner Docks at Boston Homeward Troops
Boston dispatch reports the White Star liner Canopic bringing 54 officers and 1,067 men home from Liverpool after delays. Troops debarked at Charlestown docks and proceeded to Camp Devens for demobilization. Units include Handley-Page Acceptance Park and multiple aero squadrons. Officers recount plans to bomb Berlin the night armistice was signed, using six Handley Page bombers, though cease fire halted the mission.
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Boston
Hoosie Tunnel
Charlestown
Camp Devens
Aero
New York
Liverpool
Canopic
Handley-Page
282Nd Aero Squadron
306Th Aero Squadron
Berlin
Robert B. Bridge
Pennsylvania
Handley- Page
England
France
First Step Toward Armament Limiting Reported
Paris reports British move to abandon compulsory European service as a peace condition. Allies weigh German and Austrian events. House and others study new German disorders. Hope rests on an early German constituent assembly election. Wilson’s plans and peace conference word remain unsettled as year end approaches.
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Paris
Europe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Col. E. M. House
Wilson
Jurors Selected In Berger Espionage Trial
In Chicago on December 11 jurors were nearly all seated for the trial of Victor Berger, congressman elect from Milwaukee, and four socialist leaders. They face charges of violating the espionage act as evidence is about to be taken before Judge Landis. War workers and anti pacifism activists were challenged by the defense, while several with German names were called by the government.
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Chicago
Victor Berger
Miwaukee
Landis
Aged Woman Burned to Death in Prospect Street Home
In Torrington 83 year old Bridget Boyle was burned to death while alone with her nine year old granddaughter in her daughter’s Prospect Street kitchen. Her clothes ignited from the stove and the child raised the alarm but the family could not save her. Greenwich: Victor Jones and Thomas R Carpenter sentenced to 60 days each for auto tire theft. Carpenter had deserted from Camp Upton and the tires were used on a machine claimed by a New York man.
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Torrington
Bridget Boyle
Cordelia Taylor
Prospect Street
Taylor
Greenwich
Victor Jones
Thomas R. Carpenter
Gerard Avenue
New York
Mead
Carpenter
Camp Upton
Jones
Rupprecht Plots Revolution in Germany Exile
Geneva dispatch reports former Crown Prince Rup precht of Bavaria and other German officials, meeting in Chur Switzerland, formulating another counter revolution plan in Germany. The report cites today’s news from the Swiss city.
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Rupprecht
Geneva
Germany
Bavaria
Chur
Switzerland
Lloyd George vows navy stays and insists Germany must pay
Premier David Lloyd George, speaking in Bristol, says the navy must remain defensive, conscript armies must end for permanent peace, and Germany must bear the full war cost. He forecasts allied bills around 24 billion pounds and urges coordinated reparations while preserving credit.
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Bristol
David Lloyd George
Germany
Imperial Commission
Europe
Lloyd George
England
Extremists plan to hang Ebert in Berlin turmoil
London dispatch reports Karl Liebknecht urging hanging of Frederick Ebert and five cabinet members if the chancellor stays. Radicals threaten murder of socialist leaders, arrests of counterrevolutionists, and mass volunteering in Ebert’s army amid shortages. Heavily sourced telegrams from Amsterdam and Berlin detail the crisis.
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London
Frederick Ebert
Karl Liebknecht
Berlin
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Ebert
Liebknecht
Matuschka
Count von Rheinbaben
Counter Revolution
Martin
Daily Mail
Counter Revolutionary
Exchange Telegraph
Vorwaerts
ForRiKke IN MONTREAL Strike Heads to Noon
Montreal authorities brace for a police and firemen strike at noon as Sir Limer Gouin makes a last effort to avert walkout. Proclamations would summon discharged army soldiers as temporary constables and firemen to guard the city with militia patrols and fixed bayonets. Wages are the crux of the dispute, with a city offer of 1.50 now and 1.50 more later rejected by the union.
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Montreal
Limer Gouin
Senate action on Hog Island graft report request
The Senate considered a resolution demanding the Justice Department immediately submit its Hog Island graft investigation results to the Senate. Senators Sherman and others charged the department’s failure to respond to the Commerce Committee’s prior resolution, noting ongoing delays in releasing the report.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Senate
Senate Commerce Committee
Sherman
Additional American units slated for early return home
Washington December 11 General March announced the forthcoming return of 3 576 American soldiers and 14 officers from multiple units. The roster lists Meteorological section Signal Corps 7 officers 120 men 45th regiment C A C HQ and HQ company 23 officers 241 men Supply company 2 officers 94 men Battery A 5 officers 671 men Battery B 5 officers 230 men Battery C 5 officers 776 men Battery D 3 officers 233 men Battery Lk 3 officers 215 men Battery F 5 officers 10 men 81th Pioneer Infantry colored 32 officers 871 men Headquarters detachment Supply company and Medical detachment 110 men 172nd Aero Squadron 3 officers 137 men 174th Aero Squadron 1 officer 151 men 5th Trench Mortar Battery 5 officers 134 men 31st Trench Mortar Battery 5 officers 148 men 31st Trench Mortar Battery 5 officers 173 men.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
General March
Meteorological Section
Signal Corps
8Lith Pioneer Infantry
172Nd Aero Squadron
174Th Aero Squadron
1Ifth Trench Mortar
31St Trench Mortar
Safeguarding Wilson in Paris A joint Franco American effort
Paris December 11 American military authorities secret service agents and the French government will cooperate to safeguard President Wilson on his France visit. Elaborate precautions insure his safety while Paris treats him as a guest of the republic and civilian reception only.
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Paris
Wilson
France
Brest
Secret Service
Labor chief warns peace delay hurts soldiers' job hunt
Secretary of Labor Wilson told the Rules Committee that industry must not delay a peace basis or wages and raw materials will remain high for years. He cited 920,000 soldiers and war workers seeking jobs weekly and the need to support postwar reconstruction in Europe.
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Washington
Wilson
Ecre Committee On Rules
Europe
No Finding In Meriden Murder Case
New Haven coroner said no finding will be issued in the Meriden incident involving Michael Gudowicz who shot Mrs Sophie Kisiel and then killed himself. The coroner confirmed Gudowicz bought the revolver and ammunition and ruled the deaths a death by own action, requiring no further official action.
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Meriden
New Haven
Mix
Michael Gudowicz
Sophie Kisiel
Charles Kisiel
Gudowicz
Lead and spelter prices drift in New York market
Metal Prices New York Dec 11 report lead and spelter ease with East St. Louis Spot offered 830, December 818 to 8 14, January 795 to 805, February 800, March 790.
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New York
East St. Louis
Fixed Steel Prices Set to Expire January 1
Washington Dec 11 steel industry leaders announced that current fixed steel prices under the war industries board will expire January 1. The American Iron and Steel Institute with E H Gary and Bernard Baruch said steel firms will voluntarily cut prices about 10 percent after expiry, while resisting wage cuts. This move aligns with wartime policy to lift restrictions as the nation transitions to peacetime operations.
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Washington
War Industries Board
American Iron and Steel Institute
E. H. Gary
Bernard Barth
New York
Baruch
Six Held Over Fake Magazine Subscriptions Scam
In New Haven four men and two women were arraigned on charges of soliciting subscriptions to a non existent magazine and defrauding residents. Bonds set at 390 dollars each. The group, aged 18 to 21, traveled across New England and used patriotic subscription blanks as they collected 75 cents from each target.
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New Haven
United States
Richard A. Thompson
Pawtucket
R. I
Arthur H. Sutcliff
Fall River
Mass
Joseph Sposini
Faunton
Hector Carnegie
Springfield
Pauline Blair
Hartford
Alice Kearns
Somerville
Crown Street
Miss Blair
New England
Compton Brothers
Findlay
Ohio
Roumanian Royal Entry to Bucharest Celebrated by People
A dispatch from Bucharest reports remarkable enthusiasm as the king and queen entered the liberated capital. Allied officers greeted them while the city wore allied flags. Crowds packed the streets as the royal couple rode by, children strewing flowers along the route.
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London
Bucharest
Romania
Senate orders first reconstruction investigation
Washington December 11 the senate passed a resolution by Senator Kenyon Iowa calling for an investigation by the senate committee on education and labor into all problems aff affecting labor in the country.
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Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
American built motor boats patrol the Rhine
American built motor boats will patrol the Rhine, being brought up the Seine from Havre on the coast.
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Rhine
Paris
Seine River
Havre
Americans Keep Order on Rhine
American troops rushed to Coblenz guard Rhine bridges and key facilities, maintaining calm with no demonstrations. The 39th Infantry Division's second battalion, led by Major Fred W. Hackett, marched from Treves through the Moselle valley to Coblenz, where German officers met them and youths waved caps. The occupation shows no hunger or poverty. people feel defeat, theatres and cafes stay busy.
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Germany
Nancy
Coblenz
Rhine
Fourth Infantry
Treves
Moselle
Fred W. Hackett
Champlain
N. Y
Ernest Westfall
East 12Th Street
Kansas City
Missouri National Guard
Cobtenz
Americanization Conference Under Connecticut Defense Auspices
Hartford December 11 two day Americanization conference opened in the state house hall under the Connecticut State Council of Defense. Stanley N Holmes chaired the first formal session with talks by Governor Holcomb Richard M Bissell Elliott Dunlap Smith and others outlining national and state plans for Americanization and reconstruction. A public session is set for tonight with Bissell presiding. The program continues tomorrow.
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Hartford
House of Representatives
State Capitol
Connecticut
Bissell
Harrison H. Wheaton
Defense Council
Department of Americanization
Freedom of the Seas Plan Keeps Blockade Right
President Wilson reportedly tells Britain his freedom of the seas proposals would not drop the right to enforce blockades if the league of nations plan fails. The Daily Express cites authoritative sources saying he would keep Britain as the strongest sea power in proportion to a naval agreement all nations must honor.
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Wilson
London
Daily Express
League of Nations
Worried Mother Dies After Son's Delayed Discharge
Mrs. Katherine Gray Schofield of Stamford died of heart disease induced by anxiety over her son Leon A. Scofield's delayed discharge from the aviation service after the armistice. He received his discharge at Anniston, Alabama, a few hours before her death as he traveled homeward.
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Stamford
Katherine Gray Schofield
Leon A. Scofield
Anniston
Ala
Norway Congratulates Belgium on Independence
A Christiana dispatch reports Norway’s Storthing, in session, rejoicing over Belgium’s regained independence and greeting the Belgian people. The message was sent to Belgium’s parliament in formal congratulations.
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Norway
Belgium
London
British Wireless Press
Storthing
Christiana
Clearing House Statement New York I 90
Clearing House report lists ti1 sub treasury debit of 2 632 105 exchange 623 542 028 balances 51 325 733 in New York on I 90. The terse note records large financial balances and debits with no further context or dates.
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Clearing House
New York
Treasury
Extension of Armistice Talks Open in Treves
German parliamentarians arrived at Treves to arrange a renewal of the armistice signed November 11 for 36 days. The option of renewal remained, but execution of terms lagged at times. Marshal Foch warned of insufficient haste as talks proceed. London reports say negotiators will open extension talks in Treves tomorrow via Amsterdam dispatch.
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Paris
Traves
Treves
Prussia
Marshal Foch
London
Amsterdam
Annual Aviation Report Shows World Flight Equivalents
Washington reports the first annual U S Army Air Service figures for the year ended June 3 1918. Aviators trained in the United States flew 1 223 world laps and logged 407 999 flight hours in the year. Fatalities reached 152 as engines stalled or midair collisions caused crashes. By June 30 1918 the air service counted 14 230 officers and 124 767 enlisted men, with overseas personnel at 3 872 officers and 46 667 enlisted, outpacing the domestic army in size and becoming a major wartime force.
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Washington
United States
Gene William L. Kenley
Military Aeronautics
Air Service
United States Army
America
Kenley
Bolshevik Defeated Near Ekaterinburg by Omsk Troops
An Omsk dispatch to the Times reports that Russian troops backing the Omsk government dispersed a Bolshevik brigade descending on Ekaterinburg, taking about 1,009 prisoners and capturing substantial material. Omsk serves as the anti-Bolshevik government center with claims of large treasury funds.
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Omsk
London
Ekaterinburg
Prince Lyoff
Coac dl
Dobbs Divorce Trial Ends in New Haven
Charles W. Dobbs, a prominent local laundry owner, wrapped up his divorce suit against his wife. Mayor Le Fitzgerald, representing Dobbs, gave the closing argument. Judge Ju Curtis reserved decision after hearing evidence of alleged misconduct with co respondent Desseral, 21, formerly of Meriden.
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Dobbs
New Haven
Charles W. Dobbs
le Fitzgerald
Ju Curtis
Superior Court
O Heard
Aide Desseral
Meriden
Nomination of Huston Thompson to FTC Named
Washington December 11 Federal Trade Commission announcement names Huston Thompson as a nominee for a federal trade post. The nomination came from Kent Wilson and was reported from George Washington.
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Federal Trade Commission
Washington
Huston Thompson
Kent Wilson
Federal Trade
George Washington
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