Peace and Peace Delegation in Washington
Optimism in official circles over an early peace conference at Versailles and a speedy U S peace delegation. Wilson’s arrival is seen as key to allied unity and rapid decisions on seas, representation, and a world court. Senate representation debates grow. President may shape postwar policy beyond party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
Supreme Court of World
Washington
Wilson
France
United States
Germany
Aion
Western Hemisphere
Tates
Conference
Assur
Ers Clemenceau
Lievde
Sident Wilson
Bic
Ison
Lloyd George
Clemenceau Orlando
Senate
Con
Unitiates
Pation
Rncan Peace Commission
Turmoil at Border as Troops Clash Over Imaginary Line
Turmoil persists at the border as Mexican and American troops clash over an imaginary boundary on the International bridge. Immigration Inspector Earl Riggs seized Rafael Garcia, who was wanted on the American side, handcuffed him, and stood off Mexican forces with a pistol while American guardsmen moved the prisoner onto U.S. soil. No shots were fired as Mexican consul Andres Garcia and American officials intervened to prevent escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Tex
Earl Riggs
Rafael Garcia
Garcia
Riggs
Andres
International Bridge
Government to float 8 billion in 1919 securities policy shift
Washington reports Secretary McAdoo and the Capital Issues Committee will continue supervising stock and bond issues to ration capital for war loans. The treasury plans about 8 billion dollars in securities next year, with 2 billion from war savings. Short term seven to eight year bonds will tone future issues. The next bond sale expected by spring after the Fourth Liberty Loan surge. The committee's future status sparks debate on compulsory powers or transfer to a Treasury agency to enforce reporting on bond exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McAdoo
Capital Issues Committee
Treasury
Liberty
Congress
Treasury Agency
German Club May Lose License in Stamford
The Arbeiter Maenner chor may have its liquor license revoked after the county commissioners refused to issue it following a remonstrance accusing the club of pro German aims. Club officers note most members are U S citizens and a special meeting Sunday will decide an appeal to the Superior court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Arbeiter Maennerchor
United States
Marine Issues Break After IMMC Directors Meeting
New York began with no action on the sale of British tonnage by the International Mercantile Marine Co. stock weakened as preferred shares dropped to 106 1 2, later rebounding to 107 3 4. Common stock fell to 25 5 8 from 27 3 8. The market overall stayed quiet with steel rising to 101 1 2 and Bethlehem Steel B advancing to 66 3 8 from 35 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International Mercantile Marine Co
Bethlehem Steel B
Ridgefield Man Skids Into Wall at Shippan Point
John Stokes of Ridgefield Conn narrowly avoided driving into Long Island Sound when his car veered off a road at Shippan avenue and struck a wall built to stop vehicles from entering the water. The car was wrecked but Stokes escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sound
Stamford
Shippan Avenue
John Stokes
Ridgefield
Conn
Long Island Sound
Stokes
Telephone Restrictions Lifted After War Ending
Washington reports that Postmaster General Burleson removed wartime limits on telephone company extensions and installations. The August 15, 1918 order restricted nonessential work, but the cessation of hostilities prompted the revocation effective immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burleson
Three Months' Pay for Soldiers Veterans Mustering Out
In Washington on November 21, Senator Lewis of Illinois presented a senate resolution to grant three months' pay to every soldier and sailor who served in the war against Germany, payable upon muster out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Senate
Lewis
Illinois
Nation to realize higher stake in recent years
A fragment from a historic article hints that the nation will grasp even more clearly what has been at stake in the past few years, signaling lingering consequences and heightened awareness.
Americans Parade Through Luxemburg Amid Occupation Warm Welcome
American Doughboys march into Luxemburg with cheering crowds as General Pershing plans a noon call on Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide. Roads, rails and supply lines improve under occupation, while French and allied forces enter Metz with loud celebrations and the statue of William I toppled in a public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxemburg
Grand Duchy
Germany
France
General Pershing
Marie Adelaide
General Dickman
Rhine
Army of Occupation
Inuxemburg
America
Marshal Petain
Metz
Mangin
Lieut. Bozen Verduraz
Lorraine
William the First
Strandfather
William
Fench
Gordon's Week End Specials
Gordon's Week End Specials list native steer cuts and meats with prices from 18 to 35 cents per unit. Includes steaks shoulder hamburg corned beef veal soup bones and fresh produce like turnips onions apples parsnips potatoes cabbage and soup bunches. Yale Gordon at 60 Sumner St contact 579.2 for restaurant and hotel beef roasts sold at reasonable price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Hamburg
Yale Gordon
Sumner St
Stamford Mayor Sues for Divorce Grounded on Cruelty
Stamford mayor John J. Treat files for divorce from wife, citing cruelty. He seeks custody of three minor children, eldest 20. Mrs. Treat, formerly Miss Doherty of Stamford, served with the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
John J. Treat
Colonel House Slightly Ill With Influenza
Paris reports Colonel E M House, Wilsons personal representative at the allies conferences, is slightly ill today. Authorities believe he is suffering a light influenza attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Paris
E. M. House
Wilson
Big War Department Savings Totaled Over Billion
Secretary Baker told the Senate that war department expenditures droped by 1,336,800,818 dollars in the first ten days after the armistice. Cancellations of started contracts saved 408,000,818 dollars, with 700 million saved by canceling contracts already delivered. Daily savings from prohibiting Sunday and overtime work reach 2,900,000 and aircraft motor parts cuts save 225,000,000 as demobilization proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Baker
Senate
Lavery to paint surrender scene aboard Queen Elizabeth
London reports Sir John Lavery has returned from a grand fleet visit where he was commissioned by the admiralty to paint the armistice surrender ceremony in Admiral Beatty's flagship. He sketched the fore cabin scene with fifteen figures and plans a major canvas to be exhibited at the Royal Academy next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Wireless Press
John Lavery
Royal Academy
Grand Fleet
Admiralty
David Beatty
John
Charles Madder
Brock
Montague Browning
Reginald Trywhitt
Brandt
Sir John
North Sea
May Island
Sinclair
Royal Navy
Cardiff
Sir David Beatty
Beatty
Preservation Order on Draft Records Issued Nationwide
Washington says all draft registration records must be preserved with utmost care by draft boards. Provost Marshal General Crowder cites pensions soldier allotments desertion charges and war history as reasons to seal records and limit access only to board members until further orders from state governor or General Crowder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
General Crowcer
Crowder
County Sunday School Convention at Deep River
The postponed County Sunday School convention will be held Friday in the Baptist church at 11 am, 2 pm, and 7:30 pm. State officers will attend and take part. Dr Earl Cross of New Britain speaks on Tom, Dick and Harry, while Prof W H Hall of Middletown discusses Americas Interests in the Near East. Delegates from Middletown are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deep River
Baptist Church
Earl Cross
New Britain
Tom
Harry
W. H. Hall
Middletown
America
Near East
Sea of Blood London War Casualty Comment
The London Times contrasts Britain's war casualties of 3,049,990 on land with historic counts, calling the figure a sea of blood not seen since Asia’s past extermination wars. The report notes the deaths exceed the white populations of New Zealand and South Africa combined, and exceed Denmark and Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Wireless Press
The
London Times
Britain
Asia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Denmark
Norway
Ex Crown Prince to be interned on Wieringen Island
The Dutch paper Handelsblad reports the former German crown prince will be interned on the small island of Wieringen off the Dutch coast. The island, six miles long with under 3,000 residents, is slated to serve as a St Helena for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Helena
Amsterdam
Wieringen
Handelsblad Today
Champ Clark Reelected by 1529 Votes in Missouri
Montgomery Mo November 21 Champ Clark Speaker of the House was re elected to Congress from this district by 1529 votes according to the official count released today. Initial reports suggested a Republican landslide defeat in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champ Clark
Montgomery
Roosevelt Also Going to France
News notes that President Wilson and former President Roosevelt may arrive in France together. Captain Kermit Roosevelt, recently returned from Mesopotamia, welcomed word that his father and Mrs. Roosevelt plan to come within two weeks. The French leader Poincare praised American help and the Americans who fought in Lorraine received grateful applause from locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Poincare
Kermit Roosevelt
Seventh Artillery
Bouligny
Roosevelt
Wilson
Mesopotamia
Dickman
United States Army
Allan Potts
Richmond
Potts
General Pershing
de Page
de Charlot
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Secretary Daniels and House Committee Agree on Navy Budget
Secretary Daniels meets with the House naval affairs committee to review the fiscal year starting July 1, 1919. Lawmakers anticipate revisions to the naval estimates without derailing the three year warship program. Daniels notes the wartime basis of the original figures as the country eyes peace economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Navy
House Committee
Washington
Daniels
House Naval Affairs Department
Butler
Pennsylvania
Daughters To Donate Skin For Mother's Healing
Four daughters of Mrs. Hess of Chicago travel to perform skin grafts to aid their mother after a serious operation left a wound unhealed. The donors are Mrs. Felix Adeler of New York Mrs. A J Baum of Kansas City and Mrs. George Sello and Miss C Nathan of Chicago. Dr Max Thorek recommended grafting and the daughters volunteered immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hess
Felix Adeler
New York
A. J. Baum
Kansas City
George Sello
C. Nathan
Max Thorek
Draft Evaders Fire on Officials in Montreal Clash
Nov 21 dispatch reports draft evaders in Steep Creek Sask opening trenches and dugouts to fire on arresting officials. A sober posse pursued the evaders. they killed Charles Horcasley as he attempted to enter a dugout. Sheriff James McKay was murdered earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
James McKay
Steep Creek
Sask
Sobers
Charles Horcasley
Movie Star Walthall Divorced and Remarried Inlegal Union
Henry B. Walthall, the film star, divorced in Chicago on November 15 from Mrs Isa Belle Harrington Walthall and married Mary Charleson, a Los Angeles film heroine, in Crown Point Indiana last night. Illinois law and an Indiana court decision declare the marriage illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Henry B. Walthall
Chicago
Isabelle Harrington Walthall
Mary Charleson
Los Angeles
Illinois
Indiana
To Regulate Relief Tonnage in Paris Plan
Paris reports M Tardieu the French high commissioner to the United States will regulate the American tonnage set to be placed at France’s disposal for feeding the people of the central powers. The L Heure announced the measure today amid postwar relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Tardieu
United Staes
France
L’heure
Yankee Soldiers Homeward Bound
London reports American troops already moving homeward with aviation units arriving in England. The Guardian states the latest unit is due in the United States by Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Manchester Guardian
England
United States
Sub Treasury Report Earns $2.1 Million From Banks
New York November 21 the Sub Treasury shows a cash net gain of 2 129 000 from banks on Wednesday bringing the gain since Friday to 3 787 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Will Not Take Stand In Murder Case
Elizabeth Baksa a 19 year old Freamangburg girl accused of murdering her landlady Mrs Helen Hemel in New York last February refuses to testify. Her lawyers said she will not take the stand and will defend without her direct account, while claiming police searches for a lodger suggested prosecution weaknesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Elizabeth Baksa
Freamangburg
Helen Hemel
Hamed
Liquidate Credit Balances Warns of World Imperialism
Cleveland Nov 21 William B Colver chairman of the federal trade commission warns that a reconstruction program that does not liquidate America’s large foreign credits would threaten the United States with destruction. He argues America must trade goods it cannot produce for those it desires and gradually reduce international debts to avoid becoming a target of rivals and to prevent a world empire driven by unchecked credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
America
United States
William B. Colver
Federal Trade Commission
American Specialty Manufacturers’ Association
Colver
Mr. Clover
Culver
Germany
Machinists Award Grants 48 Hour Week at ALW Paterson
The National War Labor Board awarded a 48 hour work week to the International Association of Machinists and American Locomotive Works at Paterson New Jersey. Daily hours left to company and workers committee. Effective from November 20 1918. No wage scale set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National War Labor Board
International Association of Machinists
American Locomotive Works
Paterson
N. J
Prize Fighter Egan Arrested After Back Bay Assault
Boston November 21 Joe Egan the middleweight prize fighter was arrested after a brisk chase and a stiff fight with a policeman on a charge of assault and battery upon Mrs. Lillian Evans at her Back Bay home. Mrs. Evans is in City hospital under treatment. She reportedly resisted fiercely before Egan fled when her screams drew attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Joe Egan
Lillian Evans
Back Bay
Crozier May Be Army Delegate to Versailles Peace Talks
Boston reports at army headquarters that Major General William Crozier commander of the northeast department is to go to France as an army delegate to the Versailles peace conference. Crozier attended the Hague conference and has written an account of its proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crozier
Army
Boston
William Crozier
Department of the Northeast
France
Versailles
Hague
Faith the World’s Largest Concrete Vessel Arrives
New York reports the Faith, the world’s largest concrete vessel, reaching port from Cuba after rough seas. It has logged over 12,000 miles since launch in San Francisco and carried diverse cargoes including sugar in its voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Faith
Cuba
San Francisco
Doom for Ex Kaiser's Doom Stated by Poet in England
In Waterhead Ambleside England on November 21 poet William Watson urges that England join America to deny any refuge for former Kaiser William Hohenzollern. The message proclaims doom earned a million times over and calls for pursuit of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterhead
Ambleside
England
Voice of
America
William Hohenzollern
William Watson
Clearing House State Agent in New York Summary card
Sub-treasury debit totals 2 427 760 dollars with exchanges 693 012 dollars and 157 balances. Overall balances reach 80 811 637 dollars as of November 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearing House
New York
Treasury
MORE U BOATS SURRENDER TO ALLIES IN WORLD WAR I
German naval surrender details outline the transfer of the Kaiser, Prinz Regent, Frederick the Great and other ships to Allied control. American and French dreadnoughts participated in the ceremonies viewed by King George. The grand fleet, including 400 ships, escorted the fleet to Scapa Flow for internment amid orderly arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
Prinz
Frederick the Great
George
Grand Fleet
Germany
King George
Prinz Regent
Hindenburg
Derflinger
von de Tann
Firth of Forth
Sir David Beatty
Cross German Frontier by American Third Army in Luxembourg and Belgium
Washington reports the American Third army advanced past the 1914 German frontier entering Luxembourg and moving into southern Belgium. General Pershing cites progress from Esch and Arlon to Gandringan Wollmeringen Dudelange Mondange Autelbas Grendel as of this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg
Belgium
Pershing
War Department
Esch
Arlon
Gandringan
Wollmeringen
Dudelange
Mondercange
Autelbas
Grendel
Peace Hall Is Historie at Versailles Conference
Paris reports the peace conference will hold formal sessions in the Hall of Mirrors at the Trianon castle. The Petit Parisien notes the hall recalls the 1871 German triumph over France by the Kaiser Bismarck and von Moltke, marking a pivot in postwar proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Versailles
Missing in Action Telegram to Private Formigi
A war department telegram sent to Joseph Formigi of 15 Elm Street announced that Private Guisseppi, infantry, is missing in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Joseph Formigi
Elm Street
Guisseppi
Infantry
Never Judge a Man's Knowledge by His Words
A concise adage suggests that a person's true understanding is better judged by outcomes rather than spoken claims. The saying cautions against trusting words alone and highlights discernment in assessing intelligence and expertise.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Peace League
Verallies
U. S
U.S
Ganvass
Europe
War Labor Board
Harwich
Scottish
Scapa Flow
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!