German Fleet Surrenders to Allied Grand Fleet
American and British forces oversee the surrender of Germany’s battle fleet off Scotland near the Firth of Forth. The Kaiser and Prinz Regent are among ships turned over as 71 vessels of all classes surrender. King George reviews the ceremony with Allied squadrons joining the British, French, and American fleets.
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D. M. Edwards
U. S. S. Wyoming
Grand Fleet
Wireless
London
Germany
Scotland
North Sea
King George
Kaiser
Frederick the Great
Hindenburg
Derflinger
von der Tann
Firth of Forth
Metz
Pershing Communique Reports Third Army Advance
General Pershing announced that the American Third Army crossed the 1914 German frontier entering Ker and the Duchy of Luxemburg and moved into southern Belgium. The columns passed Esch and Arlon and by evening reached Gandringan Wollmeringen Dudelang Mondercange Auteibas Grendel along the general line.
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Washington
Ker
Duchy of Luxemburg
Belgium
Pershing
War Department
Esch
Arlon
Gandringan-Wollmeringen
Dudelang- Mondercange
Auteibas-Grendel
COLONEL HOUSE ILL WITH LIGHT FLU AT ALLIES MEET
Paris dispatch reports Col. E. M. Howse, President Wilson's personal representative at the Allied conferences, slightly ill today. The condition is described as a light influenza attack.
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Paris
Col
FE. M Howse
Wilson
Three American Divisions Saved Civilization
Boston reports F C Walcott of the U S Food Administration quotes a Versailles meeting in December stating Germany planned a spring offensive and that 500 000 American troops were crucial to delay Paris. He says American forces saved civilization in a ghastly war, noting three divisions saved France and the world.
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Boston
Supreme War Council
Versailles
America
Paris
F.C. Walcott
United States Food Administration
France
Berlin
Civilization
World sees unprecedented sea of blood in Britain casualties
London notes Great Britain's wartime losses at 3,094,300 on land. The Times comments that no previous war has produced such a sea of blood since ancient conquerors in Asia. The figure surpasses the combined white populations of New Zealand and South Africa and exceeds Denmark and Norway.
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London
British Wireless Press
The
London Times
Great Britain
Asia
New Zealand
Union of South Africa
Denmark
Norway
Canadian draft evaders fire from trenches after murder
Canadian draft evaders who murdered Sheriff James McKay at Steep Creek Saskatchewan have built trenches and dugouts from which they shoot at officials attempting arrests. A posse was sent, but the evaders opened fire and killed Charles Horeasley as he entered the dugout. Washington forecast calls for generally cloudy conditions in Pennsylvania tonight and Friday.
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Montreal
James McKay
Steep Creek
Saskatchewan
Charles Horeasley
Near Border Clash Sparks Turmoil on Mexican Side
Turmoil brews on the Mexican side after immigration inspector Earl Riggs forcibly took Rafael Garcia, wanted in the United States, and handcuffed him on the border. American guardsmen pulled Garcia onto U.S. soil as Mexican officials and the consul intervened to prevent violence. The dispute centers on the bridge boundary line.
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el Paso
Tex
Earl Riggs
Raffael Garcia
Garcia
Riggs
Andres Garcia
International Bridge
Island of Wieringen May Be the Kaiser’s St Helena
Amsterdam reports Handelsblad claims the small island of Wieringen off the Dutch coast will serve as a St Helena for the former German crown prince. The paper says the ex-Crown Prince is to be interned there. Wieringen is about six miles long with under 13,000 residents.
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Amsterdam
Wieringen
St. Helena
Handelsblad Today
Wierginen
Peace Conference Set at Versailles Hall of Mirrors Castle
The Petit Parisien reports that formal peace conference sessions will take place in the Hall of Mirrors at the Versailles Trianon castle where Kaiser Wilhelm, Bismarck, and von Moltke once triumphed over France in 1871.
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Paris
Versailles
Trianon Castle
Kaiser
Bismarck
von Moltke
France
Petit Parisien
American transports begin homeward moves for soldiers
London reports American transports have started moving Yankee troops homeward. The Manchester Guardian notes a latest arrival in England is an aviation unit slated to reach the United States before Thanksgiving, signaling imminent demobilization.
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Dough Boys
London
Manchester Guardian
England
United States
Senate adjourns as sine die ends sixty fifth Congress
Washington Nov 21 The Senate approved the sine die adjournment by 40 to 18 after the House had already passed the measure Congress will adjourn at five o clock this evening The vote followed talks with Republican leaders and central figures about delaying action due to President Wilson attending the peace conference opening sessions The naval affairs and appropriations committees will continue hearings on spending bills regardless of adjournment and the Brewers investigation may continue in the interim
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Republian
Gillett
Krehn
Lodge
Martin
Wilson
Naval Affairs Committee
Appropriations Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brewers
Wilson to tour former battle fronts and Europe
President Wilson will visit England and Italy and the former battle fronts to study conditions for the reconstruction program. He will travel aboard a large passenger ship under the Shipping Board, with convoy plans arranged at the White House. officials say a battleship trip was rejected. United States President Roosevelt may join him in France, with Captain Kermit Roosevelt reporting that the former president plans to come to France within two weeks.
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Washington
Wilson
England
Italy
Navy
Daniels
Bainbridge Colby
White House
Colby
Shipping Board
Europe
Roosevelt
Army of Occupation
United States
France
Poincare
Kermit Roosevelt
Seventh Artilley
Boulgny
French high commissioner to regulate American tonnage
Paris reports M Tardieu the French high commissioner to the United States will regulate the American tonnage placed at France's disposal. The ships would be used for feeding the central powers, according to La Heure published today.
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Paris
M. Tardieu
United States
France
La _Heure
Yanks Cheer and Fete As They March Into Luxember g
American Doughboys enter Luxem burg's capital amid cheers and official plans for a formal audience with Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide. General Pershing orders a flag-draped welcome as crowds praise the occupation forces and repair crews mend roads and rails. Local sentiment mixes pride with relief while German and French observers note disciplined U S troops and wartime display.
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Bert Ford
Rhine
Luxemburg
Absolute Harmony At Peace Conference Resolution
Washington reports three months pay for every soldier and sailor mustered out after the war with Germany, proposed by a Senate resolution. Official circles show optimism about a forthcoming diplomatic meeting at Versailles as preliminary exchanges among leading powers bear fruit.
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Resolution
Washington
Geraminy
Senate
Brewers oppose national prohibition amendment outlined
Washington hearing sketches the 1913 creation of a national association of Commerce and Labor by brewers to combat anti saloon league activity. Major Lowery Humes read Percy Andrea speeches urging total resources against amendment, citing Ohio model and a million dollars spent in five years.
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Washington
National Association of Commerce and Labor
Brewers J and Allied Industries
Madjor &. Lowery Humes
Senate Judiciary
Humes
Percy Andrea
Brewers’ Association of Ohio
Andrea
Anti-Sloon League
Utica Professor Explains German Food Situation
Utica New York resident Charles Buchanan Sherman who studied agriculture in Germany since 1914 described Berlin’s food plight. He noted high prices, including paying thirty marks for a goose, and stated German sailors mutinied on November 8 when ordered to attack the British fleet. In Crown Point Indiana Henry B. Walthal the actor divorced in Chicago November 15 from Isabelle Harrington Walthal and married Mary Charleson in a ceremony deemed illegal by Illinois law and Indiana court ruling.
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Charles Buchanan Sherman
Utica
N. Y
Germany
Berlin
Sherman
Crown Point
Ind
Henry B. Walthal
Chicago
Isabelle Harrington Walthal
Mary Charleson
Los Angeles
Indiana
No Serious Differences Arise at Peace Conference Talks
Washington reports show official circles optimistic that preliminary exchanges among leading powers since Germany’s armistice appeal yield early fruit. With the league of nations as the core issue, harmony is expected at the assembly in Paris, while collateral questions like freedom of the seas and redrawing the world map await a satisfactory league plan. Germany’s new leaders understand isolation unless U S credits and market access are offered.
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John Edwin Nevin
Washington
League of Nations
Supreme Court of the World
Germany
United States
Western Hemisphere
Five Dutch Flour Ships Leave U S Ports
Five large Dutch steamships loaded with flour have sailed from American ports to relieve the Netherlands food shortage. The War Trade Board announced the initiative as part of U S government efforts to feed nations drained by the war. Holland plans to raise bread rations to about 300 grammes daily, aided by U S and allied assistance. The ships are part of a Dutch tonnage requisition, with reciprocal use of ships in South American trade.
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Washington
American
Netherlands
War Trade Board
United States
Holland
War Board
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