08 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1918
Page
1
Washington reports the war department has agreed with France to keep American bodies in France until the war ends. The adjutant general Major General Harris says this arrangement allows relatives to be informed of burial locations where available.
Senate probe reveals William Randolph Hearst connections to German propaganda via agents in 1916. A Brice Bielaski testifies that Hale on Hearst payroll earned 15090 dollars yearly from a German propaganda group. Evidence links Bernstorff messages urging favor for Hale during wartime visits to Romania.
Boise leader E A Krussman reports the United War Work drive surpassed the quota with nation state and county over the top. Total contributions reach 203000000 with strong showing from Victory Boys and Girls at 100 percent. Some counties needed tightening but overall the drive is in good shape.
During the influenza epidemic Cordova Alaska restricts entry to the post office to one person at a time to receive mail as quarantine measure.
Dec 6 corn settles around 1.37 and oats near 72 percent of a dollar in the day’s market brief.
Berlin reports a Paris dated message saying President Wilson may visit a German port on a second European trip. Dr Sudekum, Prussian finance minister, cautions that a formal invitation needs careful consideration as Germany reels from militarism to a new republic.
Berlin reports Allied and American forces to temporarily occupy Berlin for police supervision after a suspected incident in which a prisoner camp supervisor shot three Frenchmen. Mannheim is to be occupied similarly according to an intercepted American Wireless dispatch noted by the Berlin Allgemeine Zeitung.
Private Thomas C. Neibaur of Sugar City Idaho is named by President Wilson among three Americans awarded the Medal of Honor for valor in action. He distinguished himself during the Rainbow division assault on Cote de Chatillon in October stopping an enemy charge with his automatic despite knee wounds, and later captured 11 Germans at close quarters and earned the high honor for gallantry.
London reports serious disturbances in Berlin with considerable firing in main streets. German Bolsheviks are blamed for the trouble, according to an Exchange Telegraph report via Amsterdam frontier sources.
At a meeting of leading effigens in Cologne on Wednesday the group resolved to proclaim at the earliest moment an independent republic within the Under-German Empire. The proposed republic would include Rhine and Westphalia.
A Baden newspaper dispatch from Coppeningen reports Southern Baden seeks cooperation with Switzerland. It credits Neibaur with heroism during a full-battle skyline engagement, aiding arrest of an enemy attack despite his wounds.
Army authorities report the hospital ship Comfort, returning from Europe with American wounded, unable to communicate by wireless since yesterday. The last message said she was delayed by storms but not in distress. officials believe the wireless gear was knocked out by the weather.
The War Department announced that tying prisoners to bars and other severe corporal punishments have been abolished. Secretary Baker said such punishments are not an effective deterrent to military rule violations.
Federal agents sought to sell sixty gallons of whiskey labeled as automobile accessories and seized. They traveled to Vernon to conduct the sale since the Gandier law bans distilled spirits sale within the city limits, forcing the auction at the nearest wet area.
London December 6 The German plan includes an aircraft for a transatlantic flight and a Zeppelin under construction, according to a Daily Express correspondent in Berlin.
City health officials report five new influenza cases while praising progress in other areas. The southern county remains hard hit with Blackfoot noted as especially affected. Authorities urge staying home, avoiding crowds, reporting new cases promptly, and obeying quarantine rules to prevent a recurrence.
Marshal Joffre, in Paris, credited the United States as the winning factor in the war. He praised American material and moral resources and highlighted the army’s crucial role in turning the scales and securing victory.
Notice is given of a stockholders meeting at the company office in Pocatello at 10 am on Sunday in January 1919 to amend Article 6 and increase authorized capital from 400000 to 800000 dollars divided into 8000 shares. The total will allocate 4000 preferred and 4000 common shares. Dated December 4, 1918.
London reports a detailed policy statement urging trial and punishment for those responsible for the war. Lloyd George pledges British influence at the peace conference to ensure justice, calling the Kaiser and accomplices to account. Legal minds support international trial and punishment for misconduct at sea and prisoner abuse.
Paris reports an inter allied conference on peace preliminaries opens December 17 and will run until about January 15 before the main conference begins with German plenipotentiaries. French plenipotentiaries are likely to be government members aided by eminent technical advisors.
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