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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1918
Page
1
The case against 19 year old Elizabeth Baksa of Freeport, Pa. concluded dramatically as she confessed to murdering Mrs. Helen Hamel in New York last February.
James F. Regan, a 28 year old convict serving a Sing Sing burglary sentence, confessed from prison that he alone killed Mrs. Helen Hamel in February, exonerating Elizabeth Baksa 19 of Freemansburg Pennsylvania who had faced trial in New York. The judge and district attorney reviewed Regan’s letter and details, adjournment followed as investigations began.
London Nov 26 Edward N Hurley chairman of the shipping board said the tonnage now being completed plus on hand and any other tonnage requisitioned in Europe may permit repatriation of American forces as rapidly as they were sent to France.
Madrid Nov. 26 the Spanish government opened an inquiry into an outrage against the American flag at Sabadell Catalonia. Pro Germans tore down and burned the flag that had rested over the federal club ten miles north of Barcelona.
A Munich dispatch to the Daily Mail quotes the Bavarian minister of finance stating Germany’s war debt, excluding indemnities, at 50,060,000,000 dollars. The Bavarian view believes soldiers and workers will support the revolution and foresees no anti-democratic reaction.
Washington reports that Pennsylvania will see partly cloudy conditions tonight followed by snow or rain on Wednesday or Wednesday night.
Dispatches report growing hostility to Berlin as the separatist movement expands from Northwestern Germany to the south and Austria. Eb ert’s status remains unclear with radicals and moderates seen bidding for support as German soldiers arrive in Berlin.
Nine socialists were arrested and to be arraigned for inciting to riot at a Madison Square Garden mass meeting opposing the impending execution of Thomas Mooney. The protest drew 9,000 to 10,000 attendees clashing with about 600 soldiers and sailors as riot scenes erupted and were later contained.
A group of American submarine chasers left European waters today for home, escorted by their parent ship the Buckness. Whistles and sirens sounded as the vessels departed, signaling a farewell to their European duties.
General Cherfils in the Eche de Paris demands Marshal Foch be given a place at the peace conference roundtable in Paris on November 26. The plea reflects Paris press urging high military leadership to participate in peace negotiations.
Paris reports a French aviator carried 25 passengers from Paris to Troyes in eighty minutes, with the return flight taking eighty five minutes. The feat marks a new record for carrying a passenger load in a single flight between the two cities.
American troops entered Treves near the German frontier as part of the armistice terms. A report notes the surrender of a number of aircraft under the terms, signaling a measured demobilization.
Paris reports American troops entered Prussia, reaching Treves on the Moselle. The advance guard of the army of occupation, moving through Luxemburg, accepted surrender of several German airplanes in line with the armistice for William Fhaw of the American air forces.
Washington November 26 The total US Navy fatalities in World War I were 1 223 as testified by Surgeon General Braisted before the House Naval Affairs Committee The Navy faces two years or more of transporting ill wounded and convalescent army personnel home and is arranging with France to suspend burial laws so American dead buried in France may rest in American cemeteries
Fire at the Crescent plant of Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh today destroyed the building housing the drill rod department. Damage is estimated at more than $100,000.
London reports General Ludendorff once chief of staff to von Hindenburg and former first quartermaster general of the German army is seriously ill, according to information from Basel received today.
Six assistant secretaries at the Treasury, each earning 6000, seek a 1500 raise to 7500 citing cost of living in Washington. They request inclusion in the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill for the 1920 fiscal year.
Paris reports former Kaiser William Hohen(zollern) could be extradited from Holland for wholesale murders during the war, with international lawyer Berthellemey arguing direct orders to German troops justified liability. London press says Allies may demand surrender, while Holland may require German government consent.
Paris reports clash between Italian invading forces and Servians in Jugoslavia as Serbs oppose the advance. The Jugo-Slav movement dominates the area near the Dalmatian coast as Austria Hungary bordersSerbia.
Washington reports the Grand Duchess of Luxemburg sent a wireless to President Wilson appealing for U S protection. She asks intervention to curb German troops returning home and the protection of Luxemburg at the peace conference in line with U S policy to recognize small nations' rights.
Herbert C. Hoover the U S food administrator arrived in Paris from London and met with Colonel E M House to discuss food policy and relief.
London reports British prisoners arriving in England recount brutal German conduct behind the lines. Many were forced into labor and moved like beasts, with 50 of 282 dying in the first week after returning to Friedrichefeld. Snails eaten raw to stave off starvation amid starvation and exposure at Lasquin camp.
A Geneva dispatch reports Bavaria's new republican government requested U.S. authorization to send a commission into the war zone to estimate damage caused by German troops.
Officials and bureau chiefs cite Secretary McAdoo on the high cost of living in Washington and request larger budgets and salary increases for many executives. Republican leaders question efficiency gains and warn a heated decision in the next congressional session. The salary boost for six Treasury assistant secretaries is just the start of anticipated debate.
President Wilson waits on Allied powers to fix each nation's number of delegates for the upcoming Versailles Peace Conference as allied governments have not agreed on representative totals.
Washington dispatch reports officials resent an organized effort to cast the president in a false light over the Versailles delegation. An early decision on delegation personnel is expected, with Wilson sailing from New York next week for six weeks abroad. The White House says full and untrammeled news will reach the U.S. during conferences, and media access will be expanded.
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