Three Americans awarded congressional medal of honor
President Wilson designated three American soldiers to receive the congressional Medal of Honor for valor in action. Colonels Charles W. Whittlesey and George G. McMurtry and Private Thomas C. Neibaur earned the nation’s highest decoration. Whittlesey and McMurtry led the Test Battalion of the 308th in the Argonne Forest. Neibaur held a ridge against German attacks, wounded yet brought in eleven enemies. The dispatch covers the award announcements and related WWI battlefield updates.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Germany
Charles W. Whittlesey
208Th Infantry
George G. McMurtry
Thomas C. Neibaur
Whittlesey
McMurtry
Machine Guns Suppress Food Riots in Cologne
Reports from Copenhagen say machine guns were used to quell food riots in Cologne on Tuesday. Several stores were plundered and demonstrators suffered casualties as the welfare committee ordered firm action. Police clashed with mobs through the night as soldiers supported the measure.
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Copenhagen
Cologne
Britain drops plan to requisition Helgoland railways
London on December 4 reports naval authorities will not demand Helgoland from Germany and will not pursue broader seizure. The minister of munitions, Spencer Shurehill, and wartime officials indicated the government has decided against nationalizing the railways and related measures.
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Helgoland
London
Great Brit
Germany
Winaten
Spencer Shurehill
Myganees
Dundee Tail
Mt. Chur
Attan Alll
Churchill Warns Against Naval Restraints at Peace Conference
London reports quote Sir Eric Geddes lauding the British navy’s role in World War I. He says sea power ensured freedom, supplied Italy and France, ferried 14 million troops, and enabled campaigns fromMeanopnia to Palestine while sustaining Britain’s wartime front with minimal losses.
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London
Eric Geddes
Admiralty
Erle
Italy
France
Great Britain
Jean
Meanpoinmia
Bracedonia
Palestine
Bulgaria
Pawera
Poate
Son of Magnate Calls Capital and Labor Partners
Atlantic City dispatch reports John D Rockefeller Jr outlining tenets of his industrial creed before a war emergency conference. He argues capital and labor share common interests, urging social welfare, fair wages, reasonable hours, grievance machinery, and broad representation across plants and industries while urging cooperation for reconstruction. He warns against rigid old-guard stances and calls for a roundtable spirit of justice and cooperation. Military notes from Lima and Peru reference Allied naval actions and interception of ships, with three American cruisers expected to arrive from San Francisco.
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Atlantic City
Dewa
John DL Rockefeller, Jr
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Lee
Twenty Per Cent of Naval Personnel to Be Effected by Order
Washington December 5 A directive authorized releasing about 100000 wartime naval personnel while returning private yachts and craft to owners by February 7. Enlisted seamen in schools will finish training then discharge. Special student groups and training schools at Princeton and Annapolis will transition to commissions upon graduation. In the reserve, a billion dollars is cut from next year’s navy estimates, with ongoing reductions from the total $2.6 billion war program.
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Washington
Sharge
Navy
Daniels
Daniele
Princton
Annapolis
Den
Congress
Senate panel rejects Basal peace conference plan
Washington December 5 by unanimous vote the senate foreign relations committee disapproved the Basal proposal to send a committee to Paris for the peace conference.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Cummins
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Basal
Senate
Paris
President Wilson Sails aboard George Washington
President Wilson and party depart aboard the U S S George Washington amid a flurry of letters, dispatches, and official calls. Weather is cold and misty. Wireless confirms ongoing official business as destroyers and the battleship Pennsylvania tail the ship. Correspondents travel with the party.
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U.S
Washington
Praa
Hia Alte
Oridge
Carey T. Grayson
Wilson
William
George Washington
Pennsylvania
Wilton
Gleaves
United Press
International News Service
Europe
U. & S. Gearys
Achievement in American sacrifice and national honor
A fragmented excerpt praises a historic effort for national honor and humanity, noting swift initial successes and the expectation of future fruits. It references a president poised to depart his country to join a decisive conference, defying tradition.
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London
Tec
Britjan Wireless Service
Britiah
Wilson
Congress
Manchester Guardian
Syuerss
Perkins and Schiff Go to France to Supervise War Work
New York dispatch notes George W. Perkins and Mariner Selff sail for Europe aboard the Mauretania to oversee the United War Work Fund of 203 million dollars. They were delegated for this task by the committee of eleven allied organizations seeking coordination of aid efforts.
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Perkins
Schiff
France
New York
George W. Perkins and Mariner
Selff
Jewse Welfare
Mauretania
Turope
Terkina
Collins Named Labor Adviser to League of Nations
Peter W. Collings of Boston, an industrial expert for the United States Shipping Board, was temporarily released to act as labor adviser for the League to Enforce Peace. He will direct a campaign with the American Federation of Labor to popularize the league among working people.
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Collins
League of Nations
New York
Peter W. Calelins
Toston
United States Shipping Board
League
Collings
American Federation of Labor Af
British Transport Orca Brings American Troops to New York
The British transport Orca arrived in New York today with 424 American troops aboard. It is the fourth transport to bring returning soldiers to the city near Liverpool. The report notes the voyage and the large troop count.
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Orca
New York
Liverpool
Virginia Rep Carter Glase Nominated Secretary of the Treasury
President Wilson nominated Representative Carter Glase of Virginia to be secretary of the treasury. Glase will take office December 1 under an agreement with Secretary McAdoo who resigns to permit appointment and qualification of the successor.
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Washington
Carter Glase
Virginia
Wilson
the Treasury
Glaay
McAdoo
Clemenceau and Party Return to the French Capitol
Clemenceau and party arrive in Paris from Britain aboard Pad Ler. 4 Premiers Clemenceau and Derby head to the capital, greeted by Foreign Minister Pichon and other officials amid cheering crowds at the station.
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Clemenceau
Party
Clemencea
Earl of Derby
France
Mardacq
Fagland
Stephen Pichon
Jules Paris
Loula Klotz
Edouard Ignace
Pendiona
Andre Tardien
Crowda
Clempficeau
Sheera
FIX LARD PRICES. FOOD ADMIN FIXES SUBSTITUTES PRICE
Washington reports the food administration set a differential on lard substitutes. The Mendard brand remains the basic price and substitutes are priced at three quarters of a cent below the standard in California Washington Oregon Nevada Montana and Idaho.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
California
Oregon
Nevate
Montana
Earthquakes Reported in Anchos Aires Area
Earth tremors were felt in the northern Chile region near Amachos Aires this morning. Seismograph readings indicated activity at early hours, with officials noting potential further shocks in the vicinity.
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Achnos Aires
Chile
Bafox
la Tata
Lonigtt
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