10 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1918
Page
1
A Senate inquiry examined German and brewery propaganda with secret diaries and letters. Bielaski testified Hearst papers showed strong pro Germany bias while US entry darkened attitudes.
Washington authorizes a embargo on hog shipments to the Union Stock Yards Chicago through Thursday to prevent congestion. In Chicago the U S food administration stabilization and control committee announces new average hog prices at centers such as Pittsburgh set at 17.65 dollars, down from 17.85 dollars recently.
The British transport Empress of Britain reached New York today bringing 2450 American soldiers after a stormy passage across the Atlantic.
A speaker claims proceeds from the war were diverted to buy controlling interests in newspapers and for printing, with continuation noted on Page Two. The statement points to use of wartime cash to influence media ownership and production.
Cologne reports a royalist party formation in Germany after Prince Henry of Prussia urged a republic. Allied troops advance as Cologne reopens, while French and American forces seize Aix la Chapelle. Cologne seethes with revolution, with factions debating Rhineland’s future and a fledgling workers council coordinating with the city leadership.
New York December reports United States Steel Corp orders for November 30 total 8,124,663 tons, down 228,630 tons from October 31. The decline reflects reduced demand and production shifts affecting steel markets.
Dr. E C Rosenow presented at the American Public Health Association meeting that properly prepared vaccine could prevent ninety percent of influenza pneumonia deaths. In Rochester figures showed nine influenza cases per thousand after the third inoculation versus two hundred twenty per thousand among the uninoculated, and pneumonia at one and eight tenths per thousand versus fourteen per thousand in the non inoculated.
Washington December 10 Vice President Marshall was asked by President Wilson in a wireless message to chair the regular cabinet meeting. He took the chair noting he was acting informally and unofficially.
Washington reports restoration of normal passenger service by the railroad administration. McAdoo says the January curtailment plea is withdrawn and several trains will be added to existing schedules in the coming weeks.
On the George Washington President Wilson watched a destroyer’s drill repulsing a submarine attack. The depth charge concussion shook the ship as realism stunned those aboard the liner and convoy. Paris dispatch reports Berlin officials sought a German visit but the President declined citing repentance and official obligation.
Industrial members of President Wilsons war cabinet, who met at the White House on Wednesdays, will go to Paris as a unit to advise on economic industrial and reconstruction problems.
Washington reports the House ordered an investigation into the National Security League of New York and similar groups over alleged charges affecting members of Congress loyalty during the last campaign.
Government copies of Hearst telegrams read in Senate probe show guidance to NY American reporters during WWI. Hearst urged opposing war expansion and seeking a just peace. A March note signed Doctor questioned the Zimmerman telegram as a possible forgery to pressure Congress and the president.
The Bannock county War Savings drive lags in turnout. While over half the citizens have bought half the $20 quota and others have filled limits, many have done nothing. The state campaign warns slacker hunting to shame nonparticipants and boost the county toward its target.
Leipsic Tageblatt via Copenhagen notes William Hohenzollern, once German emperor, attempted self harm amid low spirits. A retinue member prevented his act and was wounded. The same report says he met two German international-law experts at Amerongen and is said to be writing an autobiography and history of his reign.
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, chair of the foreign relations committee, told the senate that his name was cited among munitions embargo advocates in German propaganda documents. He said Germans used many public figures' names recklessly and that his 1914 embargo proposal aimed at strict moral neutrality, later shaped by German crimes and atrocities abroad.
Coblenz tonight is under complete military control by American forces with local authorities cooperating. American occupation troops have reached the Rhine from Rolandseck to Brohl, according to a Pershing communique released last night.
Chicago Dee notes corn at 1.5114 dollars per bushel and oats at 72.54 cents, with market activity recorded in the grain market section.
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