German Propaganda Probe Reveals Hearst Ties
Senate investigators exposed a web of German propaganda links in the United States, naming Hearst payrolls and a publicity group tied to German officials. Witnesses including Bruce Bielaski and figures from Harvard and Columbia outlined agents and domestic operations viewed as pro German.
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Bielaski
Rumania
Hearst
Hale
Cael
Karl Aehr
Rica
Ernstorff
Saat
Laski
William KR. Sheperd
Columiniversity
Hugo Muenburg
Harvard University
Sloane
Columbia
Edmund von Mach
Cameo
Ruth von Briesen
John W. Burgess
Vancouver Victoria Seattle Shaken By Violent Quake
A strong earthquake struck Vancouver at 12 45 this morning, felt across the city for about two minutes. Buildings swayed and occupants were seized with nausea. many rushed into the streets fearing collapse as furniture rattled and dishes tumbled. The tremor was reported as North to South and was also noted in Victoria and Seattle.
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Vancouver
Seattle
Wash
Americans in Germany meet with apathy during occupation
U S troops advancing through Treves and other towns report limited supplies and high prices. General Pershing assures civilians under military rule that nonresistant behavior is protected while law and order are restored, with a pledge of strict adherence to international law.
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Rhins
Dickmans
Treves
Brown
Smith
Geverg Perching
Crewids
General Smith
Pershing
Persehineg
General Pershing
Americas
Joseph T Dickman
Warry A. Smith
966 Jews Buried From Lemberg Massacre Report
The AP leaped wire reports that 966 victims of the anti Jewish outbreak in Lemberg Galicia have been buried, according to Nowy Dziennik of Cracow quoted by the Jewish press agency here. Many bodies still lie in the ruins of burned buildings.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Lemberg
Galicia
Nowy Dziennik
Eageatt
Breakoby Bolsheviks Shake Berlin as German unrest grows
Berlin reports describe serious disturbances in Berlin streets with firing as German Bolsheviks fuel unrest. Southern Baden seeks Swiss incorporation while Prince Adalbert joins the government at Potsdam. Ernst Daumig leads policy and dictates to six cabinet commissaries amid plans to staff peace delegates and purge the old regime.
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London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Baden
Switzerland
Copenhagen
Daily Telegraph
Rhine
Black Forest
Adalbert
The
Express
Potsdam
Ernest Daumig
Germany
Ernst Daumig
I Nel
Daumig
Socialist Vorwaerts
Independent Socialists
Earthquake Shakes Victoria City at 12 45 A M
A pronounced tremor lasting several seconds was felt in Victoria at 12 45 this morning. Houses shook and windows rattled across the city vicinity. Local reports describe island points in the immediate area experiencing impacts. No injuries reported as residents recount the event.
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Victoria
Vicia
Severe quake recorded near Washington in 1906 report
An intense earthquake about 2800 miles south of Washington was detected by Georgetown University seismographs. Shocks began around 2:40 and lasted an hour, causing needle dislodgement near 4:01. A second sharp shock at 7:22 suggested the disturbance originated in South America.
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Washington
Seismorrap
Georgetown University Observators
South America
Four Army Planes Chart Aerial Mail Route
In Phœnix Arizona December 6 four army airplanes under Major Albert Smith progress toward Tucson after leaving San Diego to map lanes for an El Paso to San Diego aerial mail service. Also British premier Lloyd George pledges punishment for war leaders and supports trial by international court with emphasis on Kaiser accountability. The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph critique ex rulers and accuse them of shifting blame.
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Phoenia, Ariz
Army
Albert Smith
el Paso
San Diego
Tucson
London
Lisvd-George
United Kingdom
Lloyd-George
Europe
Kaiser
High Seas
Lloyd- George
Russia
Rupprecht
Bavaria
von Bethmann-Hollwegg
Germany
The
Daily Mail
Belgium
Daily Telegraph
Aeroplanes From San Diego Arrive Planned Tucson Landing
Four airplanes from Rockwell Field San Diego expected to reach Tucson at 3 this afternoon landing at the Oracle road field prepared by the Tucson Chamber of Commerce. A westbound group from San Antonio was also due then but El Paso dispatch says they delayed departure until tomorrow. Frank L. Culin, aviation committee chair, had 106 men, city and county teams, and a reading machinery at work to prepare a 5000 foot field cleared of underbrush graded and rolled. Canvas strips marked the site, making it a ready landing place for aviators.
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Tucson
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Oracle Road
War news brief notes Ukraine defeat and war department plans
Reports from December 6 summarize General Skoropadski's fall, a key battle costing 10 000 men wounded or killed, and unionist control. Senate Military Committee to begin hearings on revised post armistice War Department plans next Monday. Other items note explosives transfer to Fort Wingate and 500000 pounds of TNT, plus food policy changes lifting cereal restrictions.
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Associated Press
Wy Laeva
Skoropadski
HET- 1
Rp Ee
Ukraine
Seve JS
Washington
WAR Department
Senate Military Committee
Perth Amboy
N. J
Fort Wingate
New Waico
Gillespie Shell
Morgan
Win Legg
President Wilson Seeks Peace Conference From Sea
Radio orders from President Wilson aboard the George Washington reach the White House via naval radio. Secretary Tumulty returns to manage routine executive business as cipher experts implement a special code prioritizing presidential dispatches during the peace conference period.
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Wilson Washington
White House
Wilson
George Washington
Tumulty
New York
Carter Glass
President Wilson to Arrive in Paris on Friday the 13th
Paris dispatch notes the coincidence that President Wilson is scheduled to land in Paris on Friday December 13. A Spa mixed conference bans alienation of railroads mines or other German interests and freezes foreign stocks and Reichsbank gold.
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Paris
Wilson
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Spa
Germany
Reichsbank
Barbosa Named Brazilian Delegation Chairman for Versailles
Rio de Janeiro Dec 6 reports Ruy Barbosa asked to chair the Brazilian delegation at the Versailles peace conference. He previously served as presiding officer of the Brazilian senate.
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Barbosa
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Ruy Barbosa
Versailles
Interallied Peace Conference Opens in Paris December 17
The interallied conference in Paris to discuss peace preliminaries will open December 17, with sessions expected to run until about January 15. German plenipotentiaries will be admitted when preliminary talks conclude. French representatives will be drawn from government members aided by technical advisers.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
Continuance Ordered for Defense Councils
The national council of defense recommends that all state county community and municipal councils of defense be continued after the armistice to cooperate with federal agencies in postwar readjustment. In states where needed the council urged amendments to laws creating state councils to permit continuation.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Neb
National Council of Defense
Washington
Nebraska State Defense Council
National Council
Submarine Rescue Rivaling Jules Verne
A British submarine with 73 aboard sank near the Clyde as 42 survivors were hauled from the stern, after divers used high pressure bottles and air hoses. Captain Goodhart died attempting a surface ascent and was later awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Associated Preas
London, Lee
Gaernoch Lock
Clyde
Goodhart
Jules Verne
Uers
Germans Plan Trans Atlantic Zeppelin and Airplane
London reports Germans are building a cross Atlantic airship for 100 passengers and a Staaken aircraft with a 198 foot wingspan and 3,000 horsepower engines. The Friedrichshafen Zeppelin factory is also constructing a nine engine eight propeller airship for a trans Atlantic voyage.
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Associated Press
London
Atlantic
Berlin
Daily Express
Staaken
Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Help Keep Troops Sober Secretary Baker Urges
Secretary Baker appeals to friends of soldiers to discourage giving intoxicants to returning troops. He says a drunken soldier is a disgrace to the uniform and urges citizens to resist tempting celebrations. The call highlights the homecoming duty and loyalty to the service.
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Baker
Washington
Dec
Allies to Occupy Berlin and Copenhagen
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports allied and American troops will temporarily occupy Berlin and Mangheim exercising police supervision after a supervisor at a prisoners camp shot three Frenchmen. The dispatch was intercepted by the Germans.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Mangheim
German universities urge early convocation of national assembly
Eight hundred forty six faculty members from German universities sign a statement calling for the earliest possible national assembly. They warn the incoming American Congress may oppose Wilson's fourteen points, urging a temporary peace to serve Germany's vital interests before March 4.
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National Assembly
Berlin
New American Congress
Wilson
Germany
Germany faces counter revolutions, not danger to socialist rule
Hugons, French secretary for foreign affairs, said in Berlin that counter revolutionary tendencies exist but pose no threat to the Socialist government. He asserted that a return to the old regime is impossible.
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Haas
Berlin
Germany
Hugons
Prussian Guard Regiments Offer Support to Socialist Revolution
Regiments of the Prussian guard reportedly place themselves at the disposal of the government and vow to defend the Socialist revolution by every means, after a recent demonstration against the government in Amsterdam. The Wolff bureau in Berlin reports the pledge.
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Amsterdamn
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Rhineland Leaders Propose Independent Republic in Cologne
At a meeting of Rhineland leaders in Cologne on Wednesday it was resolved to proclaim an independent republic at the earliest moment under the German empire. The republic would include the Rhine and Westphalia regions.
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Copenhagen
Dee
Rhineland
Cologne
The
Rhine and
Westphalia
German Folks party moves to form coalitions in Berlin
Berlin reports a further step toward a pauce middle class front against Socialists as the German Folks party formed from the left wing of the National Liberals decides to coalesce with the German Democratic party. Talks also pursue a coalition with the conservatives and other National Folks party factions.
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Unite Against Soctatints
Berlin
Is Yerman Folks Party
National Liberals
German Democratic Party
Theodor Woltz
Berlin Tageblatt
Conservatives
National Folks Party
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