Ex Kaiser Study Of War Crimes Questioned By Army Officials
Washington November 29 army officials say international law drawn up at The Hague and other conventions allows punishment for war crimes. They note that individuals may be punished unless acts were ordered by their superiors, and that the Kaiser’s orders implicate German authorities though Allied law may limit punishment. Lloyd George says he will address personal responsibility this afternoon in Newcastle. He also notes the ex Kaiser will leave Amerongen for an undisclosed destination amid a flood of German correspondence.
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Kaiser
Washington
Germany
Hohenzollern
Holland
United States
Geneva
Brussels
St. Petersburg
Red Cross
Com G.nder
London
Lloyd George
Tyne Theatre
Newcastle-on-Tyne
War Department to Seek Prompt Settlement on Contract Reductions
Washington November 29 Secretary Baker announced that when war department supply contracts are reduced or cancelled negotiations for a prompt settlement will be undertaken to prevent disruption to factories and workers. The War Industries Board is not responsible for reductions. the end of contracts governs. The department will confer with the board to avoid violent industry dislocation and will seek voluntary information from employers employees and contractors to help settlements.
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Washington
War Department
Baker
War Industries Board
Baker Empha
Schooner Alice May Driven Aground Near Forge River
The schooner Alice May of New York was driven aground just west of the Forge River coast guard station opposite Mastic early today. Coast guards are standing by.
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Moriches
L. L
Alice May
New York
Forge River
King Albert to Paris on December 8
Paris November 29 King Albert of Belgium will arrive in Paris on December 8. King Ferdinand in Romania and other allied rulers will meet Brussels before Christmas, according to reports learned today.
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Paris
Belgium
Ferdinand
Rouma
Brussels
Charles Ordered to Depart Austria After Plot Revealed
A Swiss dispatch reports that Charles, the exiled former emperor, has been instructed to leave Austria following the disintegration of a reactionary plot. The move comes amid ongoing tension surrounding monarchist activities in the region.
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Charles
Austria
Fenton
Ausa
Switzerland
Argonne battle described as fierce in 1918 front
Paris reports Dr. Morton Prince of the 26th Division says the Argonne Meuse fighting was more savage than Verdun 1916. He cites German enfilading fire and the strategic impact of cutting the Mezieres Longuyon railway. He notes shell shock understanding improved and describes new treatment: mobilizing patients with activity rather than bed rest.
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Paris
Argonne-Meuse
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Morton Prince
Bois Belleau
The
Meuse
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Leicheprey
Chateau Thierry
Belleau Station
Mary
St. Mihiel
Vigneulles
Wilson
Foch
Rhine
Potsdam
William Hohenzollern
Prince
Aerial Mail Service Plans Outlined by Postmaster General
Washington reports outline aerial mail expansion to major cities by next year with a Chicago to New York line via western Pennsylvania and an upstate New York route. Praeger notes military aircraft are being repurposed for the service, and cities offer terminal fields as routes expand for the aerial network.
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Washington
Otto Praeger
Yam
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
War Department
Postomer Department
McAdoo Denies Ties With Ford During Vacation Plans
Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo, staying in Montgomery, denied rumors he would ally with Henry Ford. His secretary Oscar A. Price said McAdoo intends to rest after leaving office and rail road duties, likely taking three months of vacation in California.
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Montgomery
Ala
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Oscar A. Price
McAdoo
Henry Ford
Austria's War Losses Reported by Copenhagen
London dispatch states Austria suffered 17,000 officers and 800,000 men killed, with total casualties reaching 4,000,000 during the war.
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Austria
London
Copenhagen
Wilson to Visit Germany During European Stay
Copenhagen dispatch quoting the Lokal Anzeiger says President Wilson will be invited to visit Germany during his European tour. The report notes German army headquarters are to be moved to Berlin from an unspecified location.
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Germany
London
Europe
Copenhagen
Lokal Anzeiger
Berlin
Berne
War Workers Must Be Cared For In Washington
Washington officials say two urgent issues face Congress at the start of its short session. An appropriation is urged to cover travel home for returning war workers, many housed in crowded rooms due to rent profiteering. Lawmakers press for higher wartime pay to retain skilled federal workers amid the cost of living.
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Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Swager Sherley
Kentucky
House
Sherley
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Army
Navy
Senate
Martin B. Madden
Republican
Illinois
Miss Carnegie Engaged to Naval Ensign Roswell Miller
New York society announces the engagement of Margaret Carnegie the richest heiress in the United States to Roswell Miller son of the late Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad chairman Miller is an ensign in the navy attached to Squadron II of the submarine chaser force. Miller served with the ambulance corps in France after the United States entered the war.
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New Yourk
Margaret Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Roswell Miller
Chicago
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Miss Carnegie
United States
Navy
Squadron II
Submarine Chaser Force
Ambulance Corps
France
Kaiserin Joins Husband in Holland After Illness
London dispatch reports the former Kaiserin of Germany has joined her husband at Amerongen in Holland after illness. She travels with 20 trunks and appears in good spirits. The ex-kaiser was not present when she was met by the wife of the German minister at The Hague.
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Germany
Amerongen
Holland
Daily Mail
Hague
Ermany
Kaiserin
The
Daily Mirror
the Haguee
Ebert Accused of Treason by German Paper
London dispatch reports The Red Flag, organ of independent socialists in Germany, accusing Chancellor Frederick Ebert of treason over the armistice clause on restoring order. The charge claims he used the situation to strengthen his own government.
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London
the Red Flag
Independent Socialists
Germany
Frederick Ebert
Copenhagen
Prince Max May Be President of German Republic
Copenhagen dispatch reports Prince Maximilian of Baden, former German chancellor, may be urged to become the first president of the German republic. Berlin circles say he could accept the post. Paris report says Edmond Rostand is critically ill with pneumonia after influenza.
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Copenhagen
Maximilian
Baden
Germany
German Republic
Berlin
Sub Treasury Gains From Banks In New York
Sub Treasury Report from New York shows a $339,000 gain from banks on Wednesday, bringing the cash net gain to $5,014,000. The data reflects ongoing monetary movement and bank interactions in the financial hub.
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Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Wedna
Germany Must Pay in Full, Lloyd George Says
London reports Premier Lloyd George announces Germany must pay the cost of the war up to its capacity and demands a sternly just peace. He vows punishment for Kaiser followers and German submarine crimes while rejecting vengeance and urging fair reckoning in the courts of nations.
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London
Germany
Lloy& George
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Lloyd George
Lloyd-George
France
Senate finance panel backs child labor tax and postal cuts
The Senate finance committee approved a ten percent excise tax on net profits of mines mills and canneries using child labor under age 16 and 14 respectively as part of a new revenue bill. It also rescinds the last bill's advanced postal rates and drops the second class postal zoning plan, while publishers push to reinsert postal provisions in the Senate.
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Washington
Pomerene
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court of the United States
Burleson
Senate Finance
House
Ways and Means
Mmany
Senate
German cabinet weighing Solf resignation report
Copenhagen nov 29 the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger reports the German cabinet is considering the resignation of foreign secretary dr solf. also believed imminent are the resignations of dr mathias erzberger and philip scheidemann from the government.
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Solf
Copenhagen
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Mathias Erzberger
Philip Scheidemann
Whitlock Again in Charge Washington Navy
The American legation at Brussels, under German occupation, has been turned over to Brand Whitlock, the American minister to Belgium, following a diplomatic dispatch to the state department.
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Whitlock
Washington
Navy
Brussels
Spain
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
State Department
Fire destroys Toronto factory amid 80 mile gale
A blaze today totally destroyed the British Forgings Co plant at Bay Toronto, driven by a fierce 80 mile gale. Loss estimated over 250.
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Toronto
British Forgings Co
Heat Bay
Baden Demands Freedom From Berlin Proclamation
Copenhagen Nov 29 The liberal party in Baden issued a proclamation demanding escape from Berlin and Prussian forces. The south German separation movement continues to grow and gain momentum across the region.
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Baden
Berlin
Cpenhagen
Liberal Party
German General Hoffmann Interned in Amsterdam
German General Hoffmann, who represented the German army at the Brest Litovsk peace conference, has been interned in Amsterdam. The action follows wartime diplomacy events and reflects postwar treatment of German officers by Allied authorities.
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Amsterdam
Hoffmann
Brest Litovsk
St Johns Church seeks US aid for Irish self rule
Rev. Dr. James P. Donovan, James Lawton, and Dr A J Campbell of Middletown CT appeal to President Wilson at the peace table to champion Ireland’s nationality. The letter argues for self determination as a national right and cites democratic aims and Irish heritage among war motives. Signers include Donovan Campbell and Lawton.
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St. John’s Church
James Lawton
A. J. Campbell
Woodrow Wilson
Ireland
Middletown
Conn
United States
St. John’s Parish
Connecticut
Ireand
Jas. P Donovan
D. D
Reator
St. John’s R. C
Arthur J. Campbell
James Lawton, Sr
Aims for Wilson Interview as Danish Seek Conference
Danish authorities seek a meeting with President Wilson soon after his European arrival to press their demand on Schleswig-Holstein. French diplomats await Britain’s stance on Japan’s request for the Marshall and Caroline Island groups amid speculation on Wilson’s views. There is talk Belgium may buy Netherland land south of the Scheldt to remove salient fronts.
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Wilson
Europe
Schleswig-Holstein
Japan
Marshall
Caroline Island
Belgium
Holland
Scheldt River
Army Deaths Being Reported In War Cable
Washington November 29 reports say all deaths in the American expeditionary forces are being transmitted by cable as fast as received. General Pershing assured the war department by cablegram that the march of troops makes casualty verification harder but every effort is made to obtain full reports of the dead and wounded.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Pershing
McAdoo Trip Modifies Schedule Through Salisbury
Secretary McAdoo departed Chattanooga for Salisbury North Carolina with a brief stop planned there before continuing to Knoxville. Washington urgent matters forced an earlier return and the Knoxville leg was canceled.
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Tenn
Salisbury
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Ned
Knoxville
Washington
Ex-Kaiser transfer proposal debated in Amsterdam
Nov. 29 report from Amsterdam notes a proposal to transfer the ex Kaiser from Holland to Spain. The idea is reported in Advices to the Echo de Paris today as part of international exchange on the fate of the former German ruler.
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Spain
Paris
Holland
Amsterdam
Echo de Paris
76th American replacement division to go home first
Paris dispatch reports the 76th American replacement division at St Nazaire will be the first U S unit to return home, followed by the 27th and 30th divisions. Details show the 76th now a skeleton force with about 1000 men, drawn from New England and mid Atlantic states, organized at Camp Devens under Major General Hodges. The 27th and 30th divisions are described with their brigades and regiments, and their training locations Camp Wadsworth and Camp Sevier under Generals O Ryan and Townsley.
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St. Nazaire
Washington
War Department
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52Nd
International News Service
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152Nd
76Th Division
Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Harry F. Hodges
France
Maine
Newampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Camp Wadsworth
Spartansburg
D. C
John O’ryan
O’ryan
New York
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Clarence Townsley
Edward H. Lewis
Women Plan International Peace Convention in Neutral Nation
Miss Jane Addams, president of the International committee of women for permanent peace, urged Secretary Lansing to avoid a direct voice at the peace conference by holding the annual convention in a neutral country during the fifth week. He reportedly indicated no objection, with plans to convene in Boston next Monday for a final decision. The 1915 Hague meeting had proposed Paris.
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Washington
Jane Addams
Chicago
International Committee of Women For Permanent Peace
Lansing
Miss Addams
Boston
Hague
Paris
Bolshevik Troops Seize Dvinsk and Threaten Baltic Loot
Bolshevik forces captured Dvinsk in western Russia and bombarded Narva in the Gulf of Finland, according to Helsingfors information via Stockholm. Northern Russia commanders threaten to invade Baltic provinces to seize food and loot as German withdrawals left Dvinsk exposed to returning prisoners of war and caused grave disorders.
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Dvinsk
London
Russia
Narva
Gulf of Finland
Helsingfors
Stockholm
Baltic
Canadian Pacific Honor Roll Names War Casualties
Canadian Pacific announces in Montreal that seven hundred thirty-one officers and employees were killed and 1,575 wounded in the world war, reflecting a service with 9,497 stars. Berlin reports say England France and the United States will come to discuss armistice terms.
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Canadian Pacifico
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ig Tan Ee Inerlin
Amsterdam
England
France
United States
Berlin
Cologne Gazette
Metal Market Report From New York Nov 29
The market shows little change with spelter quiet in New York. Prices quoted Hast Louis spet for November around 8.35 to 8.45, and December at 8.15 to 8.30, reflecting a subdued trading day.
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Louis
President at Work on Peace Delegates for Congress
President Wilson plans to outline broader phases of Americas peace role in a forthcoming address as three peace delegates Lansing House and Henry White are named. Senators push to endorse the President before sail date while Vice President Marshall cancels a western trip to remain in Washington for a Japanese visit.
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America
White House
Lansing
Col. E. M. House
Henry White
France
Wilson
United States
Cable
Congress
Marshall
West
State Department
Mar 1
Demobilization Order for Student Army Corps
Washington announces all Student Army Training Corps units at over 400 colleges will be demobilized by January 1. Some 175,000 students per college were to return to academics as work begins immediately to wind down and complete demobilization.
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Washington
March
Paris Picnic Party Size Rumored for 2500 Invitees
In George Harvey's Weekly the Paris Picnic estimate places the official party at around 2,500, possibly including Tumulty, cabinet ladies, various relatives, and Mr. Henry Ford. Ford’s peace ship experience is viewed as an asset in shaping the event.
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George Harvey
Henry Ford
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