Hohenzollern Attempts Suicide Foiled in Encampment Note
The former German emperor Wilhelm II was frustrated in a suicide attempt after a low mood in his encampment. a guard prevented the act and wounded himself while restraining Herr Hohenzollern. The dispatch notes the event as reported by LETZTE TAGEBLATT via Copenhagen and Exchange Telegraph.
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Wm. Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Associated Presse
London
Willam Hohenzollern
Letcie Tageblate
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Herr Hohenzollern
Wilson orders industrial leaders to join Paris peace mission
The industrial wing of President Wilson's war cabinet plans to accompany him to the Paris peace conference. Baruch, Garfetis, McCormick, and Replogle are named as key figures ready to sail with Wilson to address economic and industrial reconstruction issues in Europe.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Paris
Europe
Hernard M Barut
Clair
Industrie Loard
Negro Lynched By Wyoming Mob
Greens River Wyoming December mob of about five hundred men, mostly railroad workers, dragged James Woodson from jail and lynched him after he shot and killed a rail line switchman named Miller and wounded another man. Woodson had insulted a white station restaurant worker before opening fire. The mob seized him at the jail and hanged him in front of the courthouse. Railroard workers identified Miller’s first name as Albert. Weeden worked at the station as a porter.
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Greens River
Vere
Willer
Neeze, Son
Miller
Albert
Weeden
Marshall Asked To Preside at a Cabinet Meeting
Vice President Marshall was asked by President Wilson to preside over a cabinet meeting at the White House. He took the chair and explained he had no intention of becoming president unless elected or unless someone dies, noting he does not expect such a turn.
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Associated
Washington
Marshall
Wilson
White House
Class Workers Strike in Toledo Protest Against Mooney
About four hundred Glass company workers in Toledo protested life imprisonment for Thomas J Mooney in San Francisco. The picketers split roughly two hundred on the last night and two hundred elsewhere as they plan a demonstration.
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Mooney
Toledo
Ohio
Dee
Thomas J. Mooney
San ‘Tanken
Glass Company
Eni
Thaw Indictment Bid to Return to New York
District Attorney Swann said Thaw will be placed before Pennsylvania's new governor after January 4 to seek return to New York to face charges of kidnapping and assault against Frederick Gump. Also notes other AP items on tax, politics, and local incidents.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Thaw
Pennsylvania
THY
Edward Swann
Thaw
Frederick Gump
Four Jurors Chosen To Try Wobblies Silent Defense
Four prospective jurors were chosen from seven examined as the conspiracy trial of the Industrial Workers of the World opened in the U S district court at Sacramento. A demurrer to the indictment and a motion for separate trials for three defendants were set for judge F H Rudkin. The remaning defendants have a silent defense by a trial committee.
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Cal
Lst
Industrial Workers of the World
United States
F H. Rudkin
Harry M McKee
Fresno
Thealora Pollok
Basil Saffores
A. L. Fox
British Empress of Britain Arrives With 2450 U S Soldiers
The British transport Empress of Britain arrived in New York on December 14 bringing 2 450 American soldiers after a stormy Atlantic crossing.
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New York
Pershing Takes Over Hotel for Officers in Paris
General Pershing assumes control of the Hotel du Palais in Paris used as an American officers hotel. The arrangement follows increased American staff and visitors necessitating a managed facility to house and organize officers.
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Paris
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Cross
Hotel du
Place du Palais
Influenza Cost 17 000 Lives in U S Army Cantons
A War Department summary shows 17 247 influenza cases in army camps and centers through December 1 with about 17 000 deaths. From September 14 to December 1 overall military deaths totaled 19 694 from all causes.
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Washington
United States
War Department
JSS
Decree Recognizes Esthonian Republic by Soviet Council
A Russian wireless dispatch reports that on December 6 the official newspaper Javesti a published a decree by the council of people's commissaries recognizing the independence of the Esthonian republic proclaimed by its councils. The decree states the Esthonian councils are the supreme authority until a congress of peoples commissioners of Esthonia is convened.
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London
Javestia
Council of People's Commissaries
Esthonian Councils
Congress of Peoples Commissaries of
Esthonia
President Wilson declines to visit Germany
Wireless dispatches report Premier Kert and Foreign Secretary Haase of Berlin and Premier Elsner of Bavaria urged a visit. Wilson replies that only by long repentance can Germany atone for her crimes and that no true American could visit under coercion. he declines to consider such a suggestion.
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ARIS
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Marcel Hutin
Paris
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Kert
Haase
Berlin
Elsner
Bavaria
Germany
Weare
University Plans Two Year Building Program 1919 29
President von Klem Smid urged the state university to approve a building plan for 1919 29 including a second women’s dormitory cost 146000 a men’s dormitory 125000 and a science building 86000. The board approved the project to be included in the budget for submission to the state institutions commission and then to the legislature. The plan covers existing needs only and does not seek expansion. The science building is currently inadequate. The military barracks partition idea was considered but not endorsed due to limited construction.
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Board of
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C. O Case
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Phoenix
T . Marshall
Tucson
H. S. Me. Cluskey
Miami
Bettie White
Douglas
W. J. Bryan, Jr
J. Ho Chapman
Winslow
C. M. Roberts
Willcox
Germans Release Americans From All Prison Camps
Berlin December 10. Twenty six hundred American prisoners of war at Camp Rastatt departed yesterday and today for Switzerland. Two hundred more Americans in scattered camps in Germany leave via Holland and Denmark. The last Americans are expected to be out of German camps by midweek.
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Ign
George Liegus
Marine
Andre Ken
Franco-Amerin Generammission
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Rounine
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E. M. House
Ine Ware
Paris
Brest
Wilson Mieship
George Pash
Estear
Joe
Arise
Ielock
Jare
Clemenceau
Ree Cn
Elysee
Suchas
Wilson
Devast
Ranee
Associated Press
Berlin
Rastatt
Switzerland
Germany
Holand
Denmark
MacCauley Expected to Land in Fort Worth Tonight
Major T. MacCauley commander of Taliaferro Field Fort Worth arrives by noon from Columbus New Mexico after a flight from San Diego. He plans to reach Fort Worth tonight and may overtake Major Smiths squadron now en route to San Antonio.
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Texas
Dee
T . MacCauley
Taliaferro Field
Forte Worth
Arre
Columbus
N.M
San Diego
Fort Worth
MacCauley
el Paso
Lordsburg
N. M
Fort Elise
Major Smith
Major MacCauley
San Antonio
Tun
Nogales Mayor Clamps On Public Gatherings
Nogales Arizona December 10 The mayor issues a proclamation closing theaters churches schools and all public meetings after 540 influenza cases develop. Nogales had been relatively free from the disease prior to this action.
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Nogales
Ariz
Colorado-Wyoming Railroad Tie Up Threatens Plant
Colorado Pueblo December 10. The Colorado and Wyoming railroad strike continues with no talks between the strikers and Colorado Fuel and Iron officials. Only five switch engines run and several departments of the steel plant are closed. If the strike lasts, the entire plant could close within 48 hours.
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Associated Press
Pufblo
Colo
Colorado & Wyoming Railroad
Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
Regulation of Packers Proposed by House
Washington December regulation of the meat packing industry proposed by a House bill introduced by Chairman Sims of the interstate commerce committee. The measure lets the president acquire and operate facilities including refrigerator cars and stockyards or license their operation, or place the industry under direct federal licenses.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Federal Trade Commission
Sims
House
Interstate Commerce Committee
United States
American forces enter Mayen near Coblenz
The Wolff Bureau of Berlin reports American troops entered Mayence near Coblenz on Friday. This marks a push into central Rhine region as World War II operations continued.
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London
Mayen
Coblenz
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Mayence
Invading Army Brings Mixed Reactions To German Towns
Report from Kaiserlautern dated December 6 describes French occupation troops marching through German towns. Residents show resignation and some welcome or ambivalence while many blinds stay drawn and German officers and maimed citizens observe the parade.
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Kaiserlautern
Germany
Mangins
Ple
Chilean press doubts U.S. mediation offer
Chilean newspapers view President Wilson's mediation offer as a possible refusal to accept U.S. mediation in the Chile Peru dispute. The American note stated Wilson would attend any Chilean suggestion, while Argentina's Irigoyen offered mediation to settle Tacna Arica. Dispatches suggest Chile may favor Argentina's proposal over Washington's.
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Wilson
Chile
Peru
Irigoyen
Argentina
Camp Cody Evacuated As Army Withdraws Personnel
El Paso Texas reports Camp Cody is being depleted of enlisted personnel at 590 men daily with most sent home to the west and north. Only medical corps remount force and headquarters staff remain for now as temporary buildings are dismantled and salvage operations proceed.
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Associated Press
Paso
Tex
el Paso Southwestern Railroad
Camp Cody No M
Portugal's Delegates Leave for Paris
Four government delegates led by the minister of Foreign Affairs departed Lisbon for Paris to take part in discussions preceding the peace conference. The move signals Portugal's participation in the upcoming talks and aligns with Allied diplomacy in the postwar settlement.
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Lisbon
Dec
France
Controversial Memoir Aims At International Tribunal Defense
William Ho peror held talks in Amerongen with German experts on international law as part of his defense strategy. An Amsterdam dispatch notes the experts arrived and left in a mysterious fashion. The autobiography and reign history are reportedly to be read if Ho is tried before an international tribunal.
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London
William Hohenzollern
Amerongen
Amsterdam
The
Express
Dutch General Met Emperor at Spa Before Flight
The Matin reports Spa city council has documents showing a Dutch general met the former German emperor in Spa before his flight into Holland. It suggests his welcome and that of the crown prince at the Dutch frontier was a staged comedy.
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Paris
Spa
Holland
Prince Henry of Prussia Forms Royalist Party in Germany
Prince Henry of Prussia brother of the former German emperor proclaims the establishment of a royalist party in Germany. Reports from Holland indicate the move aims to rally monarchist support amid political upheaval in Europe.
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Paris
Henry of
Prussia
Germany
Holland
Shy Hohenzollern Sheds Uniform Amid Quiet Retreat
William Hohenzollern has shed his uniform and appears in civilian clothes at his Amersfoort retreat in Holland. His entourage is reduced to eighteen, including the former empress. The pair maintain a quiet family routine with meals at the castle, guarded entrances, and visits from Count von Ventinck and family.
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Amerongen
Holland
William Hohenzollern
Count von Ventinck
Germans Try to Pass Off Old Cars
Reports from Sarrebruck indicate slow delivery of German railway material. Germans first offered worn out French cars, French authorities say they seized proof that Germans built cars held for an economic invasion after a likely victory.
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Paris
Sarrebruck
Rhenish
Prussia
Slayer of Sheriff Goes to Higher Court
A. B. Smith alias Dash Levy sentenced to be hanged on December 17 for the murder of Sheriff Dwight B Stephens of Luna County New Mexico. His counsel has carried the case to the Supreme Court of the United States on a writ of error, which acts as a stay of execution. The writ is returnable in sixty days.
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Associated Press
ALB Quverque
N. M
A. B. Smith
Dashlevy
Dwight B Stephens
Luna County
Supreme Court of the United States
Bavarian Premier vows ruthless order to quell disturbances
Premier Eisner declares Bavaria must maintain strict order after Friday night disturbances. He states troops have orders to use weapons if necessary to preserve calm.
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UNICH
Eisner
Bavaria
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