11 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
1
Paris dispatch reports American military authorities and Secret Service agents will cooperate with the French government to safeguard President Wilson during his visit to France. Elaborate precautions are planned. Paris reception will be civilian and French-led while the army may parade at the front.
The Kroonland from Brest docked with 849 aboard including soldiers civilians and nurses and 704 wounded. Additional troops totaling about 10 000 were expected, with ships like Adriatic and Tenadores en route. In Boston the Canopic returned home 864 officers and 1 067 men as whistles bells and sirens rang out.
Forecasters in Washington predict rain for Pennsylvania tonight with rain or snow in the northern portion. Expect a colder and generally fair Thursday across the state as a weather front moves through.
Warrant issued charging B R T President Timothy Williams and four officials plus the train motorman with murder in the second degree. Named are W S Menden assistant to Williams John J Dempsey vice president of B R T J H Halleck president of New York Consolidated Railroad Co which operates the line and Thomas F Blewitt division superintendent where the wreck occurred.
Washington reports a House special committee begins an inquiry into the National Security League's political activities. Chairman Ben Jones plans subpoenas next week, naming Elihu Root and Alton B. Baker as expected witnesses. The panel can oath witnesses and operate nationwide.
Montreal faces a noon strike by police and firemen as Sir Lomergevin works to avert walkout. Proclamations could call in soldiers as temporary constables and volunteer firemen. City offered a $1.50 raise with a further $1.50 later, which the unions rejected.
Danish author Dr Moeller reports Lord Northcliffe told Politikan Copenhagen that the wrong Denmark suffered in 1864 must be righted at the peace conference. Dispatch quotes Copenhagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph.
The Norwegian Storthing sends a message to the Belgian Parliament from Christiania praising Belgium’s regained independence and greeting the Belgian people. The dispatch notes Belgium’s freedom as of today and conveys Norway’s rejoicing.
German parliamentaires reached Treves to negotiate extending the armistice. Treves, held by American troops in western Prussia, the armistice began with a renewal option on November 11 for 86 days and allowed termination on 48 hours’ notice for unmet terms. Marshal Foch warned Germans about haste. Negotiations to extend open tomorrow in Treves per Amsterdam dispatch citing the North German Gazette.
British Prime Minister Lloyd George asserts that conscript armies of the continent must end for world peace and that Great Britain has no plan to abandon defense weapons, stressing lasting stability.
In Bristol Premier David Lloyd George declares conscript armies of the continent must end for permanent peace. He says Britain will seek the whole cost of the war from Germany and that the navy remains a defensive weapon. Paris reports discuss abandonment of compulsory service as a peace condition and European allies await German terms as final peace plans unfold.
A bill by Representative Swagar Shirley to provide transportation home for Washington war workers earning 1.41 yearly or dismissed since November 11 1818 is favorably reported. The measure speeds to Senate and House to prevent workers from being stranded as wartime rents and costs rise. The bill allows department heads to arrange transport to the worker’s chosen location not far from Washington and covers sleeping car fare if they left Washington before passage but after December 10 1918.
Chicago reports committees appointed for the American Public Health Association to address influenza prevention and relief. Leaders warn of a severe epidemic next year with potential deaths, while calls for masks and closures face skepticism and vaccine-based protection is noted as promising.
Remarkable scenes of enthusiasm greeted the King and Queen of Roumania as they made their state entry into Bucharest. They were received by allied officers and the city was decked with flags as the royal party arrived.
Navy officials report seventeen hours without wireless contact from the George Washington causes no concern. Messages were likely sent to Europe and delayed, officials say, as dispatches moved across the Atlantic.
No wireless word from the George Washington for seventeen hours as officials cite routing through France causing delays. The flagship lies far from the U S ARLINGTON STATION. President Wilson may be misquoted about Germany visit after radio inquiry.
Kansas City Missouri December 11 2500 street car workers walked out at four this morning after a late night strike vote. The action surprised the city and shut down transit as electric light and power plant staff joined the walkout. Poor negotiations over fare rates and the war labor board salary raise are cited as causes.
The Senate passed a resolution by Senator Kenyon of Iowa calling for a Senate committee on education and labor to investigate all problems affecting labor in the country.
New York December 11 The Commercial Cable Company reports damage to the trans Atlantic cables in European service. Seven of fifteen lines are broken including four Western Union lines one French cable and two former German owned cables. The locations cited Lyon France and England. Cause of the damage not stated.
Senate considers a resolution urging the Department of Justice to submit immediate results of the Hog Island graft probe. Hurley held the report, planned corrections, then reportedly took it to Europe. The Commerce Committee paused its inquiry after handing evidence to DOJ without later findings.
In Chicago on December 11 1920 jurors were nearly all seated for the espionage act case against Victor Berger Milwaukee congressman elect and four socialist leaders. Evidence is expected to start today before Federal Judge Landis as Berger's lawyers challenge pacifist sympathizers while German sympathizers are struck from the jury.
Washington December 11 The present fixed prices on steel upheld by the war industries board will be allowed to expire by limitation on January 1 announced after a meeting of a committee of the American Iron and Steel Institute led by Judge E H Gary with Bernard M Baruch and other officials of the war industries board
Secretary Daniels announced the navy will return to its estimated normal strength of 350,000 by July 1. The navy department aims to discharge 100,600 men by January 1 and then release another 50,600. On armistice date November 11, strength was 524,000.
Madrid dispatch reports King Alfonso signed a decree naming 14 members to a committee to study measures for admitting Spain into a League of Nations. The action follows December 11 proceedings with the decree issued in the capital.
General March announces additional organizations of the American expeditionary force to be sent home. The units include 3556 soldiers and 114 officers, slated for early return to the United States.
A Germany extremist leader in Berlin urged support for a political revival linking to the ex Kaiser. He cautioned that if he remains in power another week the Kaiser could return safely. Demonstrators gathered to back the call.
London dispatches report Dr Karl Liebknecht claiming that if Frederick Ebert stays as chancellor longer the ex Kaiser can return. He vows plans ending in executions and warns of mob threats amid counter revolution arrests and Swiss plotters by Rupprecht of Bavaria.
London reports British troops occupied Bonn Germany yesterday afternoon Bonn sits on the Rhine about 15 miles southeast of Cologne It hosts the University of Bonn and a famed cultural heritage including architecture and art The Rhine bridge at Bonn with three arches dates from 1896 to 1898 and the city has about 52000 residents
Three cabinet members and the wife of the secretary of the navy are among expected speakers at today's sessions of the Southern Commercial Congress in Baltimore. Newton D. Baker secretary of war W B Wilson secretary of labor Josephus Daniels secretary of the Navy and Mrs Daniels are listed among the prominent participants.
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah delivers a minority report criticizing the revenue bill drafted by the Senate finance committee as unworkable unscientific and discriminatory. He urges the process profits tax provisions be struck from the measure.
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