Czernin Plea is Flimsy in Peace Settlement Talks
Count Czernin, former Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, urges faith in Wilson and favors general disarmament. He claims Germany did not receive offers from England and faults England and France for pursuing conquest. He says Wilson is the sole allied leader seeking peace and supports a League of Nations as a solution.
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France
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War Department announces more units ordered home
Additional organizations designated for early return home announced by the war department include: Meteorological section Signal corps Batteries A through F inclusive Headquarters company Supply company Forty-eighth regimental coast artillery First battalion 514th Pioneer infantry colored 172nd and 174th aero squadrons 6th 361st 316th trench mortar batteries.
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Dec
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War Cross for a French Girl War Cross for a French Girl
President Poincare and officials visited Strasbourg and Colmar as crowds welcomed them with Marseillaise. The war cross was awarded to Miss Preiss, daughter of a Colmar deputy, who died in exile. After her declaration to Germans she was imprisoned.
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Poincaire
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Strassbourg
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Preiss
Flu Ban Modified and Rule Effective Sunday
Pocatello health committee led by W A McHan and Mayor Bean, after talks with businessmen, approves partial lifting of influenza restrictions. Churches and schools set to reopen mid December with health certs required for out of town arrivals. pool halls, theaters, and other venues phased in with ventilation, sterilization, and crowd limits.
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Smith Pushes Bill For 10 Days Pay And Uniform Retention
Representative Smith of Idaho endorses a bill granting honorably discharged soldiers ninety days pay and permission to keep their government uniforms. The measure, H. R 13.260, would require no charges against the service member for retaining the uniform and directs full pay for the ninety days after discharge.
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Strike Ties Up Kansas City Street Railway
Kansas City dec 11 the street railway system was completely tied up this morning as carmen and some power house workers walked out at 4 am no cars ran during the early rush hours and part of the residence district had no electric lights no disorders were reported the strike seeks to enforce the war labor board award of higher wages
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Power House
Highways Plan For National Road Building Discussed
Baltimore December meeting under National Highway association auspices at Southern Commercial congress focused on a federal highway bill to link producers and consumers. Senator Bankhead of Alabama urged prompt passage saying the president and agriculture secretary endorse it. He warned of a serious readjustment and the need to create jobs for returning soldiers through road construction.
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Europe
British Factors See Free Seal Clause Plain
President Wilson's party will reach France several hours early as boat course changes. Belgians will press claims at the conference against Holland and against Germany, in a development affecting allied diplomacy.
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France
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Germany
Jugo-Slav Council Protest Over Italian Rule in Dalmatia
The Jugo-Slav national council at Zagreb, acting as provisional government for former Austro-Hungarian territories, protests to allied powers against Italian administration in Dalmatia Istria and Gorizia. It says the Italian approach violates armistice terms and humane treatment of a pro allied people.
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Jugo- Slav National Council
Zagreb
Dalmatia
Istria
Gorizia
Jugo- Slav
Lynch mob ends in Wyoming town lynching
Green River Wyoming December 11 reports say a race war followed the lynching of James Woodson a negro. A mob of about 500 men seized Woodson from the jail after a noon shooting at Union Pacific station injuring a railroad switchman and a second worker. He was taken to a telephone pole before the crowd finished him.
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Government Clamps On Steel Off Soon
Washington announces that government supervision over the steel industry and steel price fixing will end December 31 after a conference with industry spokesmen. The decision marks a major shift in wartime controls as the war industries board ends its oversight.
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War Industries Board
Constructing Highways to Cut Living Costs and Unemployed Troops
The text argues that returning troops need jobs and that lowering living costs via cheaper labor is tied to better highway systems. It claims good highways connect producers and consumers, reducing living costs and the price of labor.
British posses concrete suggestions on freedom of seas
London reports the British government has concrete proposals regarding freedom of the seas, clearer than President Wilson's fourteen points, following exchanges over the maritime issue.
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London
Dec
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
The
Express
George Washington to reach Brest earlier than planned
Brest, Dec. 11. The United States steamer George Washington changed course after leaving the Azores and will arrive at Brest before the previously announced time. The president is now expected to reach Brest at 10 a.m. Friday, then depart for Paris at 4 p.m. Authorities plan a pavilion on Quay No. 3 for first greetings from French ministers.
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Associated Press
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Azores
Paris
France
Foch Maintains German Blockade Across Rhine Frontier
Paris dispatch reports Marshal Foch rejected German delegates' request to contact western provinces now under Allied occupation. He ordered continuation of the blockade as mandated by the armistice.
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Paris
Havas
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Rhine
Germany
Discussions on prolonging armistice with Germany begin
Amsterdam reports that talks on extending the armistice with Germany will open at Reims on December 12, per the North German Gazette. The note places the event in a European diplomacy context during wartime.
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Amsterdam
Gersmany
Reves
Claims Against Holland Reach Peace Conference
London reports Belgian claims at the peace conference will target not only Germany but also Holland. The Antwerp Metropole cites a statement attributed to Belgium's minister of foreign affairs detailing the plan.
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Germany
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Antwerp
Grain Market Update From Chicago Trade Floor
Chicago market notes show corn trading around $1.51 and oats near $0.728 per unit. Market activity appears steady with futures and price points referenced for the day.
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