Delayed American Casualty Reports Probed by Committee
Secretary Baker faced questions on the delay in publishing American casualty figures from overseas. He explained the system slow but aimed for completeness, with about 262 693 reported deaths and many wounded yet to be listed. General Pershing and other officials discussed expediting the process and prioritizing the dead before wounded.
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Kepnel
France
Jerensic
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Weeks
Massachusetts
Das
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Speer
Easser
Tutor Hitchbeock
Nebraska
Pershing
Stone
Associated Press
Senators seek to declare the presidency vacant during Wilsons trip
Senator Sherman of Illinois introduces a resolution declaring the office vacant while President Wilson travels to Europe and that the vice president should assume executive duties. He argues this would suspend legislative power, while others note past presidents crossed borders without issue.
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Ilinois
Wilson
Europe
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Michief
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Sears
An Wites
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Mexico
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Taft
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Cleveland
Cape Hatteras
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Knox
Paennsylvanis
Georss
New England
Rhode Island
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Crown Prince Refutes Renunciation and Signing Claims
The former German Crown Prince told an Agrociates Press Leased Wire correspondent in Oosterland on December 3 that he has not renounced anything nor signed any document. He declined to discuss further details.
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Holland and Denmark Stop German Food Exports
The Dutch government halts all exports to Germany in reprisal for Germany halting Dutch exports. Denmark has not arranged large monthly shipments to Germany, despite reports, with a Copenhagen note citing a misunderstanding over proposed totals of meat and wheat shipments.
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Germany
Holland
Amsterdam
Washington, DC
Denmark
Berlin
Berlingske Tidende
Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Tidence Rert
Copenhagen Foreign Office
Berlin blamed for war in new Bavarian documents
In Berlin the Telegraaf quotes Bavarian premier Eisner saying Munich published secret Bavarian legation documents proving Germany’s responsibility for the war. The old government machine in Berlin is under scrutiny as revelations surface in Munich.
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Pex
Berlin
Itil
Kurt Eisner
Munich
Eisner
Documenta
Legation
Eisner's Position Deteriorates in Bavaria Amid Tensions
London dispatches report Bavarian premier Kurt Eisner losing support in Munich with partisans hissed at him and a ceremony for returning soldiers. Berne sources note Bavaria may stay united with Germany rather than seek separate peace, while signs of crisis and rising hostility toward Eisner emerge.
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Kurt Eisner
Munich
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Berne
Eisner
Mall
Bavaria
Germany
Inter Allied Conference Sessions and War Dispatches
Reports from London and Washington describe the Inter Allied Conference resuming at Downing Street with a large crowd and Marshal Foch greeted warmly. Other items note an airfield accident in Call Field, death in Wichita Falls, women protesters in London, and Pershing outlining occupation force plans and demobilization efforts.
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London
Montreal
Downing Street
Marshal Foch
Wichita Falls
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FE. C. Holbern
Brooklyn, N.Y
A. K. Lincoln
Pittsfield
Mass
Call Field
Americans Occupy 100 Mile Rhine Line After Sleep in Germany
American troops of the occupation army resume advance toward the Rhine from Koblenz in a semicircular arc described to reach the Rhine again at Caub. The 43 mile line along the Rhine forms the main front while supplies, rest days, and animal endurance shape the pace of the advance. Major Carl Dennet reports prisoners’ relief shows most exchange prisoners are well fed and clothed, despite German shortages elsewhere.
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Rosbach
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Austria
Returning American Troops Sail from Liverpool to New York
Two troop ships the Empress Britain and the Adriatic departed Liverpool for New York with American forces aboard. The Empress Britain carries 76 officers 10 nurses and 2389 men while the Adriatic carries 80 officers and 2208 men according to the war department.
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New York
War Department
Cleveland Carmen Strike Demands Dismissal of Women Conductors
Two thousand four hundred Cleveland railway workers went on strike to push the dismissal of women conductors employed since last August. The workers say a prior agreement to remove the women by December 1 was ignored, while the company says the National War Labor Board asked it to keep the women until the board decides their status.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Railway Company
2300 American Prisoners Well Treated By Huns
Cable from the American Red Cross says 2300 American prisoners of war in Germany are well organized, disciplined, and morale high. German authorities will transfer 19 American officers from Karlsruhe and prepare a train for immediate repatriation, per a report from Gr Levy.
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Tnlag
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Rene
Karlsruhe
Hospitals For Wounded Men Near Home
Plans announced by the War Department place all wounded returning from France in hospitals within 300 miles of relatives. 75 base hospitals at training camps will care for 104,291 men, with about 150,000 to be discharged in December and monthly totals rising to 556,066 by June. 15 ports of debarkation will funnel wounded to 16 regional hospital groups across the country to return men to their original regions.
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Allies seek extradition of former German emperor
London reports say the Art ist war cabinet and French Italian and British envoys agree on punishing William Hohenzollern but will wait for President Wilson to act. Holland will be asked to surrender him under extradition or treat him as pirate. Germany undecided. Hugo Haase mentions prewar foreign office probes.
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Associated Presse
London
William Hohenrollern
Wilson
Europe
William Hobenasollerm
Holland
Alizes
Kaisfr
William Hohengollern
Netherlands
France
Italy
Herr Hole
Zollern
Hugo Haase
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German archives burned to hide war责任 in Brussels and Berlin
The German foreign office destroyed damaging documents in Brussels archives and in Berlin to shield the government from war responsibility. Melkenbuhr a former Reichstag socialist alleged in a Paris speech that Dr Self sought a neutral inquiry. French citizens press crimes cases against William Hohenzollern with possible extradition after tribunal rulings. London reports German princes may leave with fortunes left behind, heading to Switzerland Denmark or Holland.
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Foreign Office
Brussels
Berlin
Herr Melkenbuhr
Reichstag
Melkenbuhr
Dr Self
Lescouve
William Hohenzollern
London
Germany
Amsterdam
Switzerland
Denmark
Holland
French aviators plan association to foster aerial sports
French military pilots aim to organize an association that will promote aerial sports and place skilled pilots at the service of government and industry. The group will include leading aviators with government support and plans for many aces to join.
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Paris
Dee
Frech
Diplomats Seek Protection Over Spar tacus Propaganda in Berlin
Berlin diplomats urge the German government to shield officials from SPARTACUS agitprop calling for general arming of the proletariat. The appeal follows a dispatch from Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph.
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Berlin
Spartacus
Amsterdam
Wilson Leaves Washington for New York to Sail for Peace Conference
President Wilson is expected to depart Washington tonight for New York to board the transport George Washington, which will carry him and other American representatives to the peace conference in Europe. Secretary Lansing will be succeeded as acting secretary of state by L. Polk.
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Rank L. Polk
N.Y
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France
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Paris
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Azores Islands
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