President Wilson to lead five in Versailles peace talks
Washington reports that five American commissioners will represent the United States at the Versailles peace negotiations headed by President Wilson. The lineup includes Colonel E. M. House, Robert Lansing, Newton D. Baker, with one more to be chosen. Wilson plans to travel by liner with Mrs Wilson, leaving within two weeks.
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Versailles
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E. M. House
Robert Lansing
Newton D. Baker
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London
Paris
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United States
Great Britain
General Pershing
Senators Endorse Wilson Attendance at Peace Conference
U S senators broadly backed President Wilson's plan to attend the peace conference. Senator Hitchock Nebraska Democrat said it would emphasize the President's aims. Senator Smyth Georgia Democrat praised the rarity and importance of the trip. Senator Kenyon Iowa Republican joked the President deserved a vacation after hard work.
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Wilson
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Hitchcock
Nebraska
Smyth
Georgia
Kenyon
Iowa
Sowing Seeds for Another Great War
London reports that Lord Robert Cecil and other British statesmen claim Germany plans a federation of 94,033,292 with the ex-Kaiser at the head uniting German populations across Germany Austria Holland Switzerland and Sweden to sow seeds of future conflict. A German led revolution is said to be brewing in Holland Switzerland and Sweden. The former Kaiser is alleged to back Chancellor Ebert Max and von Hindenburg and has not abdicated formally.
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Lord Robert Cecil
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Austria
Holland
Switzerland
Sweden
Ebert
Max
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Colonel E M House Visits Chateau Thierry Battlefield
Colonel E M House toured the Chateau Thierry battlefield where American troops first gained notable action. French civilians honor the graves of Americans in the Marne Vesle district as Mrs C W Bliss, wife of the Hague minister, becomes the first woman to travel from Holland to France by automobile via Belgium in ten hours. The route passed Zeebrugge Ostend and Dunkirk with mines exploding along the road left by Germans.
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E. M. House
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C. W. Bliss
Hague
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France
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Ostend
Dunkirk
Humes Opens Attack on Activities of the Organized Brewers
The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hears Major E Lowry Humes on trial of organized brewers political activity. Evidence shows loans to Montgomery Adver tiser tied to brewer funds while Feigenspan admits anti prohibition propaganda and writers were hired. John Koren is cited as a paid writer.
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E. Lowry Humes
Judge Advocate General's Office
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Judiciary
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Thait
Montgomery
Alabama
John Koren
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International Tison , Commission
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Socialist Party
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Western District
Pennsylvania
Judiciary Committee
James Moore
Northwestern National Bank of Philadelphia
Charles H. Allen
William F. Sheehan
Humes
C. W. Feigenspan
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United States Brewers’ Association
Feigenspan
Nelson Manded
Atlantic Monthly
Third American Army Enters Longwy in Occupation Advance
Washington reports the American Third Army has entered Longwy in the occupied zone at the France Belgium Luxembourg junction after advancing through vacated German territory. Pershing's communique, dated November 18, notes the left flank army crossed the Belgian frontier.
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Red guards claim control of Vienna amid chaos
London reports fifteen thousand red guard troops in Vienna with anarchy and plunder cited. A Copenhagen dispatch says conservative parties join against Socialists, while other wires suggest a limited, nonviolent change as shops reopen and few riot precautions are visible.
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Bite in Apple Linked to 10 Girl Arrest in Murder Case
Elizabeth Baksa, 19, on trial for murdering Helen Hamel in Freemansburg Pennsylvania, is tied to the case by teeth marks found on an apple and on Hamel. Police used a plaster cast of the apple to compare with photographs of marks on the victim. The trial followed hours of questioning after Baksa said shebit an apple during a harsh interrogation.
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Elizabeth Baksa
Freemansburg
Pennsylvania
Helen Hamel
Walsh resigns as joint chairman of War Labor Board
Frank P. Walsh resigns as joint chairman of the National War Labor Board saying professional engagements formed before the board’s creation make his departure necessary. He sends a brief letter to the President and extends well wishes to the President of France and the Allies.
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National War Labor Board
Washington
Frank P. Walsh
Walsh
France
Submarine Crews Bound to Move U Boats When Ordered
Amsterdam dispatches report German submarine crews at Wilhelmshaven adopted a resolution to take U boats wherever ordered. Advices say commanders refused to take their craft to England, seemingly fearing punishment for crimes at sea.
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Wilhelmshaven
England
HUN BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS TO START TOMORROW
French troops enter Metz under Marshal Tetuin amid high praise as Alsace Lorraine advance guards reach St Louis opposite Basel. German fleet surrender to Allies set for Thursday with submarines and battleships bound for North Sea rendezvous. Petain named marshal of France by ministerial council on Clemenceau recommendation.
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Paris
Metz
Marshal Tetuin
Alsace-Lorraine
St. Louis
Basle
Switzerland
London
East Port Harbor
North Sea
Clemenceau
General Petain
France
British War Casualties Reach 3 049 991 Reported in Commons
London reports in the House of Commons that total British war casualties reach 3,049,991. Of these 27,836 officers and 620,820 rank and file were killed.
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London
House of Commons
War Office
Navy cancels three hundred billion in contracts
Washington reports naval ordnance contracts totaling 421 359 000 canceled since the German armistice. Admiral Earle told the House naval affairs committee that suspension of work on large explosive plants saved 912 000 000 none. He warned that naval expenditures, including 352 790 more personnel by July 1920, would exceed prior U S levels for a larger navy.
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Navy Department
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Navy Ordnance Bureau
House Naval Affairs Committee
Parkedale
Wisconsin
Earle
United States
Disclosures of wretched conditions in German camps
Two American aviators released from German captivity describe dire conditions behind German lines. They say food was scarce black bread potatoes cabbage and thin soup with no heat or bedding in a small schoolhouse they were billeted in. Civilians suffered looting of property while retreating Germans destroyed materiel and abandoned guns. Forecast for Pennsylvania calls for rain tonight into Wednesday.
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