Germany Seeks Split Among Allies Over Peace Terms
Washington November 25 reports say Germany hopes to drive a wedge between France and Britain and between the United States and England, to influence the forthcoming peace talks. The armistice may be extended to February 1 as preliminary conferences begin mid-December to outline terms among the four powers United States Great Britain France and Italy. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing weigh personnel and timing of the delegation with a view to speed and secrecy until Congress reconvenes. Officials deny any planned mystery and stress that allied unity and open diplomacy are the aims as they prepare for a lasting peace and a potential league of nations.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Wilson
France
Italy
Lansing
Alty
Can
Congress
England
Clemenceau
Wil- Boh
George
Russia
Carl Liebknecht
Lenine Trotzky
Petrograd
Soldiers and Workers’ Council
Kiel
North Sea
Holland
Denmark
Council of Workers
Cologne
Rhine
Bridgeport Gun Plants To Close
Bridgeport faces the wind down of war industries this week with four plants likely affected. Liberty Ordnance Co will close Saturday, its workforce down to about 500. Bullard West End plant may shut next week, Remington expected to close in December after shifting to Browning machine guns. Other factories plan rapid recommencement on civilian orders.
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Bridgeport
Liberty Ordnance Co
Roills
Bullard
Remington
Russia
China
Kaiser hoarders huge wartime stores found in Berlin castle
London reports from the Berliner Tageblatt based on a workmen’s and Soldiers’ council informant describe vast hoards of provisions in the ex-kaiser’s Berlin castle. In a large white room lay meat on ice salted provisions eggs lard coffee tea chocolate jelly jam leaf sugar and dried fruits valued at several hundred thousand marks.
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London
British Wireless Press
William the Second
Berliner Tageblatt
Berlin
Fish supply threatened by Boston pier strike
Boston November 25 the fish supply for a large eastern region is endangered as workers at the Boston fish pier threaten to strike. They gave employers ten days to grant a 40 percent wage increase and a month of vacation. Fishermen also reportedly filed demands.
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Boston
Troops Return Promised Power to People in Proclamation
Berlin via Amsterdam November 25 the council of the people's commissars welcomes returning troops with a proclamation asserting the people must decide the nation's fate not autocrats. It says soldiers once fought in silence while autocrats shared booty and died alongside them. Now only the people will have the say.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Council of the People’s Commissioners
Mackensen and Staff Disarmed in Berlin
Zurich dispatch reports Field Marshal von Mackensen and his staff arrived at Silesia station in Berlin to be disarmed as revolutionaries seized their gold and a large stock of food. The guards said the seizure, conducted under orders of the revolutionary committee, treated the party’s supplies as stolen goods.
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Mackensen
Paris
Field M Shal von Mackensen
Silesia
Berlin
Revolutionary Guard
Zurich
Revolutionary Committee
Mackensen Party
Furniture Making Restrictions Re scinded
Washington November 25 the war industries board repealed restrictions on furniture manufacture that were to take effect January 1, removing planned limits and allowing plants to operate without the prior curbs.
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Washington
War Industries Board
King Dissolves Parliament in London
King George dissolves Parliament in London announcing a national election set for December 14 as the country moves to reconstitute its legislature. The decision triggers a campaign period and immediate political realignment across parties.
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King
London
King George
Clearing House Statement for New York Nov 25
Sub-treasury credit 381 803 exchanges 455 630 056 balances 83 418 668. Financial figures show the bank clearinghouse activity in New York for the specified date with substantial sums exchanged and held. No additional context provided in the fragment.
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Clearing House
New York
Sub-Treasury Credit
Submarine Warfare Policy Signals Mixed in Paris Dispatches
Paris reports suggest submarine warfare may be restricted to naval targets in future operations. Officials say this expectation could lead to smoother peace talks, though wartime policy remains uncertain.
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Paris
Russian Crown Jewels Escaped Revolution Smuggled to Hessen
A Russian noble claims the czarina covertly saved the imperial jewels from Petrograd as revolution roiled Russia. The gems, including the Orloff diamond, were smuggled via Sweden and Denmark to Germany and are now kept in a Hessian treasury. The story notes the jewels' immense value and potential future restoration to the Romanoffs.
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Chicago
House of Romanoff
Vladivostok
United States
Tzarkoe-Selo
Tzarkoe-Selo Palace
Catherine II
Orloff
Westbrook Father Dies of Wounds in Auto Crash
Westbrook, Nov 25 Frederick Knittle of Horse Hill reported his son Frederick died of wounds from action in France on Oct 31. He sent for Henry in New Haven to return home, then met him at Saybrook station in an automobile. En route, the car collided with a hay wagon and overturned, pinning father and son. They reached home by another car. The father is in serious condition. the son is expected to recover.
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Westbrook
Frederick Knitne
Horse Hill
Frederick
France
Henry
New Haven
Saybrook Station
Knittle
Draft Evaders Captured Near Sask River
Victor Carmel and Jean Baptiste St. Germain, draft evaders who murdered Corporal Horsley and James McKay at Steep Creek, were found starving near the Saskatchewan river on Sunday morning. They had defended themselves in self-made trenches and were taken from a straw stack without a struggle, centered on hunger and exposure.
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Prince Albert, Sask
Victor Carmel
Jean Baptiste St. Germain
Horsley
James McKay
Steep Creek
Saskatchchewan
Du Maru Survivors Reach Philippines After 38 Days
Cablegram reports fourteen survivors of the Du Maru, struck by lightning off Guam on October 16, landed at San Jose in the Philippine Islands after ten days without food and five days without water. Sixteen men died from starvation and exposure. two were drowned. The ship carried gasoline.
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Philippines
Washington
Guam
San Jose
Philippine Islands
Navy Department
Yacht Trojan Missing With Crew of Twelve
Fear for the safety of 12 naval men aboard the missing yacht Trojan was expressed here today as searching ships were rushed from San Pedro to comb heavy seas. The yacht sailed from the Catalina Islands 48 miles out in a storm whipped sea yesterday morning and an S O S call was heard last night.
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Trojan
San Pedro
Cal
Catalina Islands
S. O O.S
Prosperity for Auto Trade Ahead Says Dealers Meeting
Cleveland Ohio November 25 at the opening session of a two day meet of the National Association of Automobile show managers dealers and manufacturers predicted unprecedented prosperity for the industry in the coming years The program centers on the postwar status of the auto trade and its outlook
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Cleveland
Ohio
National Association of Automobile Shows Managers
Charles F. Crabb Dies at 88 in Stamford
Charles F. Crabb aged 88 of Stamford died suddenly this morning while walking with relatives after suffering a stroke of apoplexy as he tried to pick up an apple. He leaves three sons and five daughters.
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Stamford
Charles F. Crabb
Thanksgiving Day in Nice Honors American Officers
Thanksgiving in Nice will feature a real celebration for American officers and doughboys. Today it was announced that every family in the city would host an officer or soldier, reflecting broad hospitality and wartime camaraderie.
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Nice
Paris
Provisional German Republic Emerges in Northern Germany
Berlin workers and soldiers declare control and form an independent republic led by Hamburg as capital. Oldenburg, East Friesland, Bremen, Schleswig Holstein join as Wurttemburg and Baden oppose Berlin’s dictatorship. The movement fears Berlin militarism and questions future democratic stability.
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London
British Wireless Press
Germany
Berlin
Hamburg
Oldenburg
East Friesland
Bremen
Schleswig-Holstein
Wurttemburg
Baden
Bavaria
Prussia
Neueste Nachrichten
Munich
National Assembly
Sunday Observer
Germa Democratic
Hindenburg
Dr. Solf
Constituent Assembly
Frederick Ebert
Advantage of Telephone Co-Ordination
Washington November 25 Postmaster General Burleson announced that coordinating the telephone and telegraph systems under the post office department will provide added facilities for wire companies to locate recipients of insufficiently addressed messages. He amended postal regulations to permit telegraph and telephone company employees access to records when needed to locate those addressed.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Burleson
Commander of Mississippi to be led by Captain Moffett
The Mississippi dreadnought will be commanded by Captain A B Moffett, head of the Great Lakes naval training station in Chicago, with Captain A Scales succeeding him as head of the station.
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Mississippi
Washington
America
A. B. Moffett
Great Lakes
Chicago
Navy Department
A. Scales
Moffett
Canada invites Australia and New Zealand battalions home
Premier Borden of Canada will invite authorities of Australia and New Zealand to return at least one battalion from each army via Canada. If accepted, the battalions will be entertained as guests of the Dominion while passing through the country on their journey home.
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Montreal
Borden
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Dominion
Government won't revive antitrust cases this term
Washington November 25 Assistant Attorney General Todd announced that the government will not revive the antitrust cases previously delayed by war conditions at this term of the Supreme Court. He spoke after a brief press briefing.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Todd
McAdoo in Atlanta for Conference
Secretary McAdoo and officials of the railroad administration met in Atlanta with Southern Division railroad leaders to discuss traffic conditions. The group included D L Winchell and a delegation of treasury and railroad officials. The party planned to visit Milledgeville, Ga., on Tuesday after the meeting.
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McAdoo
Mr. McAdoo
John Skelton Williams
the Treasury
C. R. Gray
W. C. Cartter
Railroad Administration
Oscar A. Price
Big Saving for People from Peace Retrenchment
Washington November 25 a big saving of cash to the American people is expected from the fiscal policy of peace retrenchment. Representative Swaser Sherley, chair of the house appropriations committee, will recommend to the house when the short session begins Monday next. The committee aims to restore unexpended war-time appropriations to the treasury without crippling departments. Sherley conferred with President Wilson on peace economies and will consult Baker Daniels Baruch and other heads on maximizing savings.
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Washington
Swaser Sherley
House Appropriations Committee
House
Congress
United States Treasury
Treasury
Sherley
Wilson
Baker
Daniels
Bernard Baruch
War Industries Board
Kaiser Bill Not Popular in Holland Says Liner Passengers
Passengers aboard the Royal Holland line steamer Hollandia docking in New York report that Kaiser Wilhelm II and the former crown prince are unwelcome in Holland. They expect both to seek refuge elsewhere unless they leave voluntarily. Dr. Frederic Albert, ex-attache to the Chilean legation in Berlin, says Germans will not permit their government a new war and view the armistice as permanent peace.
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New York
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Royal Holland Line
Hollandia
William
Crown Prince
Frederic Albert
Berlin
New York War Work drive hits New quota target
New York workers reported success in the United War Work campaign with the city reaching its $35,000,000 quota after the final extension. Major gifts included $50,000 from Standard Oil Co and $25,000 from Consolidated Gas Co as part of the latest contributions.
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New York
United War Work Campaign
Standard Oil Co
Consolidated Gas Co
Millionaires School in Sheffield Damaged by Fire
A massive fire at Berkshire School in Sheffield Massachusetts caused about 100000 in damage. The blaze began in the Gle nny house which was destroyed and spread to other buildings. The school is owned and operated by Seaver M Buck.
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Millionaires” School
Sheffield
Mass
Berkshire
the Millionaires’ Sons
Seaver M. Buck
Glenney
Auto Driver Released on $3,000 Bond After Crash
Waterbury reports Emil Flugart of West Cheshire released on $3,000 bond after his auto truck struck and killed one child and injured others on Saturday. Coroner John Monzani schedules an inquest for Wednesday. bond furnished by Frederick Doudo of Cheshire.
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Waterbury
Emil Flugart l
West Cheshire
Frederick Doolittle
Cheshire
John Monzani
Middy Pittsburg Game Likely Not to Be Accepted
Annapolis officials said the Naval Academy will probably not accept Pittsburg University's challenge for a December 7 game in New York. The midshipmen may instead face Warner's champions locally.
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Pittsburg
Annapoplis
Naval Academy Today
Middies
Pittsburg University
New York
Midshipmen
The Metal Prices Steady in New York Market
New York November 25 price report shows spelter steady with East St. Louis spot and for November at 8.30 to 8.45, December 8.25 to 8.40, and January 8.05 to 8.20. Prices reflect current market conditions and contract ranges for near and distant delivery.
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New York
East St. Louis
German extremists gain power in ports and Berlin
Cablegrams from neutral sources indicate the German bolsheviki or extremists have seized power in northern port cities where the revolution began, and may dominate Berlin through agreement or force. Uncertainty remains over who holds absolute control in the capital as the peace conference approaches.
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Berlin
Germany
Mooney Protest Strike Mobilizes 150000 NY Needle Workers
In New York City more than 150,000 needle workers are to be enlisted this week to back a protest against the impending execution of California inmate Thomas Mooney. The International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union and the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Association announce Mooney rallies in 20 large city halls. A decision by the International Association's general executive committee is expected to endorse the Chicago protest meetings beginning today.
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New York
New York City
Thomas Mooney
California
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ Association
Amalgamated
Full Occupation of Lorraine Reports French Drive
Washington reports a French communique states full occupation of Lorraine territories is underway with troops in the Sarre valley towns including Dillengen Sarrebruck and Sarrel St Louis as advance guards reach the old frontier and take Woerth Froeschwiller Reischaffen Soultz and Bischwiller amid cordial receptions by locals.
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Lorraine
Washington
French High Commission
Sarre Valley
Dillengen
Sarrebruck
Sarrel St. Louis
Tenth Army
Alsace
Woerth
Froesehwiller
Reischaffen
Soultz
Bischwiller
Opposition to Radio Control in Congress
Washington November 25 Republicans vow strong opposition to a Bill to place all radio communications under Navy control via acquisition and operation of shore wireless stations. The stance mirrors GOP resistance to the president recent cable system takeover by the Postmaster General.
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Washington
Congress
Navy Department
Capitol
Burleson
Col Tompkins Wounded In Action In Mexico
Boston reports Col Frank Tompkins US Cavalry seriously wounded after the Columbus sacking pursuit. He led the First Vermont Cavalry, later commanded the 301st Infantry of Massachusetts draftees, and had a career as a Norwich University professor and Fort Ethan Allen attachment.
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Tompkins
Boston
Frank Tompkins
United States Cavalry
Pancho Villa
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Vermont
Norwich University
18Th Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
301St Infantry
Massachusetts
Deutschland Surrender Draws Local Interest in Baltimore
Many residents noted the German submarine Deutschland was among vessels surrendered to Britain. The ship had previously visited New London as a cargo carrier before U.S. entry into the war and drew Elks’ attention during a Baltimore visit tied to their convention.
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New London
United States
Elks
Baltimore
Paris Preparing for Parade
Paris reports workmen removing sand bags from the Arc de Triomphe as King George of England will pass on Thursday driving down avenue lined with captured German guns. Allied flags will adorn the Bois de Boulogne station to the Quai dOrsay where apartments have been furnished for the visiting royalty. The nation collects furniture for the king's use.
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Paris
Arc de Triomphe
George of
England
Son Avenue
Bois de Boulogne
Quai d’Orsay
Writ of Habeas Corpus Recalls Contempt Sentence
Washington reports that W F Hudgings, held in contempt by Judge Harlan B Howe in the U S circuit court at Brooklyn, will be released December 9 on a writ of habeas corpus issued by the Supreme Court this afternoon.
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Washington
W. F. Hudgings
Harlan B. Howe
United States Circuit Court
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
United States
Lenine in Flight Fleeing Russia to Russo Finnish Frontier
Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily Mail quotes Helsingfors advices stating Nicolai Lenine the Bolshevik premier and 13 leaders have fled to the Russo Finnish frontier seeking neutral protection from the party.
German Reds Seize Berlin as Bolshevik Influence Grows
London and Washington report radical Liebknecht led forces topple the Berlin government under Ebert. Spartacist control spreads to Dusseldorf, Solingen, Remscheid with arreste d officials and street fighting. Concerns rise over possible German republic fragmentation and ties to Lenine Trotsky in Petrograd, threatening peace efforts.
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Liebknecht
Lenine-Trotsky
Russia
LonDon
Carl Liebknecht
Berlin
Frederick Ebert
Berne
Copenhagen
Spartacus Group
Spartacus
Dusseldorf
Solingen
Remscheid
Daily Mail
Central News
Munich
Daily News
Rotterdam
War Food Department
Barth
President to sail on George Washington liner
In New York on November 25 President Wilson plans a Europe voyage next month aboard the former North German Lloyd liner George Washington rather than the Agamemnon. Carpenters painters and upholsterers are rushing repairs to ready the George Washington for the voyage and the sun deck is being rehabilitated for winter voyagers. Rumor says the ship may be fitted for a three months stay overseas.
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Salil Qn Lloyd
New York
Wilson
Europe
George Washington
Agamemnon
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