Ex-Kaiser Punishability Under International War Rules
Reports from Washington London Paris and Copenhagen state that the former German Kaiser may be punished under international warfare laws. Officials cite penalties for war crimes including attacking undefended locales violating flags and pillage while movements to extradite him gain momentum. Lloyd George notes focus on personal responsibility and war indemnity as debates continue in political addresses.
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Geneva
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Tyne
New Gasle
Lloyd George presses restitution up to Germany’s capacity
London reports Premier Lloyd George declare Germany must pay the war cost up to its capacity and seek a sternly just peace. He warns future breaches must be deterred but opposes vengeance. He also hints punishment for Kaiser’s crimes to ensure accountability.
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Germany
Lloyd George
New Castle
Tyne Toda
Whfe
Engagement of Carnegie Daughter Captures Society Attention
New York society columns report the engagement of Miss Margaret Carnegie, 21, to Roswell Miller, son of the late Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway chairman. Miss Carnegie is described as perhaps the wealthiest heiress in the United States with an estimated fortune of 200 million to 250 million dollars. No wedding date has been set. the event is expected to be a major society occasion. Roswell Miller serves as an ensign in the navy with Squadron II of the submarine chaser force and previously worked with an ambulance unit in France during the war.
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Margaret Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Roswell Miller
Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul
Miss Carnegie
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Navy
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Submarine Chaser Force
Ambulance Corps
France
Rumors Swirl on Germanys Postwar Leadership
News wires from Copenhagen and Berlin report plausible moves toward a German republic. Prince Maximilian of Baden may become president as Berlin debates a civilian government, while resignations and cabinet shifts loom amid war weariness and political realignment.
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German Republic
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Max
Mooney Demands Freedom or Trial From San Quentin
Noted prisoner in San Quentin issues a statement calling on labor to secure his unconditional pardon. He accuses Governor Stevens of abusing his power by commuting his death sentence to life and demands freedom or a formal trial.
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Stevens
Mooney Appeals to Labor After Death Sentence Commutation
Thomas Mooney, jailed in San Quentin, appeals to labor to secure his unconditional pardon after Governor Stephens commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. Mooney dismisses the commutation and seeks a fair trial, while the governor defends the decision as just.
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Thomas Mooney
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William D. Stephens
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Stephens
Hanzing
Chamber of Commerce
Billings
Nolan, Weinberg
Sacramento
Thomas J. Mooney
W. D. Stephens
Friction Among German Troops Surfaces As Armistice Stands
The report notes only disorder among withdrawing German forces, a clash between Prussians and Bavarians over ration sharing and billets. Prussian officers claim plans to reinstate the ex Kaiser and monarchy. Allied troops made no advance on Monday, holding line along Sauer and Moselle rivers near Rhenish Prussia amid the first rain since the armistice.
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Independent Socialists Accuse Von Ebert of Treason
The Red Flag, a newspaper of independent Socialists in Germany, accuses Chancellor Frederick Ebert of treason over the armistice clause on restoring order. The dispatch from Copenhagen says Ebert used the moment to strengthen his government.
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Red Flag
Germany
Frederick Ebert
Copenhagen
Evert
Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Dough Boys
Army of Occupation reports a Thanksgiving in Luxburg with the Twenty sixth infantry serving roast turkey provided by A H Mong a Chinese cook. Veterans enjoyed regimental band concerts sports events and boxing with officers invited to meals. Salvation Army handed out doughnuts while chaplains held services and mass meetings. German forces decorated the ex Kaiser’s monument with a dunce cap and a placard mocking him.
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I. N.S
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Courier
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A. H. Mong
Turkey
Luxemburg
Salvation Army
Theodore Roosevelt
Cologne
Revision of U S government salaries to be considered
Washington workers return home costs and wage raises top the agenda as the House appropriations committee begins its short session. Lawmakers stress urgent action to fund transport for displaced war workers and to raise pay for permanent and prewar federal staff to retain skilled personnel amid high living costs.
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House Appropriations Committee
Martin B. Madden
Republcan
Illinois
Government Department
White House Puzzle Over Confi dence and Peace Conference
A White House note raises questions about whether the nation will be fully informed before any proposal to attend a peace conference. Officials have not issued a definite statement, leaving the timing and manner of disclosure as a matter of conjecture.
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White House
Vice President Calls Off Speaking Tour of the West
Washington reports President Wilson drafts a message to Congress before sailing for Europe. Officials weigh whether to reveal peace delegation members in a Congress address or a White House statement before the new session opens. Delegates named will be Lansing, House, and Henry White. Wilson will not sit as a formal delegate. Vice President Marshall cancels west tour to greet a Japanese visitor.
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Henry White
France
Trial of Girl for Murder Resumed in New York City
The trial of Elizabeth Bakgan for the murder of Mrs. Helen Hamel continued before Judge Rosalsky in New York City. Despite a confession by Sing Sing convict James Regan, District Attorney Swann ordered the trial to proceed and allowed Regan and others to testify. The girl may take the stand to tell her story to the jury.
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Elizabeth Bakgan
Helen Hamel
Rosalsky
James Regan
Swann
Regan
Two New Divisions Defined by War Department
The War Department released the make up of the Twenty seventh and Thirtieth Divisions to follow the Seventy sixth, both in the Second Army Corps. The Twenty seventh includes the 4 Agtd and 54th brigades with regiments 105th to 108th and artillery regiments 104th, 105th, and 107th. The Thirtieth comprises the 59th and 60th brigades with regiments 117th to 120th and the 55th artillery brigade with regiments 114th and 115th. The Seventy sixth Division, soon to return home, now numbers about 1,000 men, reduced as replacements for combat divisions.
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Paris
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104Th
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International News Service
Bolshevik Movement Probe In Chicago Revolt Call
Federal authorities open a thorough inquiry into an unsigned pamphlet urging workers to back revolutions in Russia and Germany. Traced to the Arbeiter Zeitung press in Germany, the document calls workers to resist industrial oppression as American ships wage countermeasures. Authorities will seize firm records today to locate the pamphlet’s source.
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Chicago
Russia
Germany
United States
Charles F. Clyne
America
Arbeiter Zeitung
Gerliman
Chicago Women May Decide To Elect A Female Mayor
From Chicago, a report says three hundred thousand women will be eligible to vote in the next mayoral campaign and may nominate a woman candidate. Rumor has it a Hull House figure like Jane Addams could run in the primaries on an independent platform.
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Jane Adams
Hullhouse
Danish authorities seek interview with President Wilson in Europe
Paris reports Danish authorities want to arrange an interview with President Wilson as soon as possible after his arrival in Europe to press their demand regarding Schleswig Holstein. The move aims to secure consideration of their position in ongoing discussions.
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Arange
Wilson
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Schleswig-Holstein
Rostand in Critical Condition After Flu Attack
Paris dispatch reports French playwright Edmond Rostand, in a critical condition from double pneumonia after contracting Spanish influenza. The illness follows an influenza attack that has affected prominent Paris cultural circles.
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Edmond Rostand
Grave of Edith Cavell Located in Cabbage Patch
London reports the grave of Edith Cavell, the English nurse executed by Germans, found in a cabbage field near Burrsels. Advices reaching here today confirm the discovery.
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Cabbage Patch
London
Burrsels
King Albert to Arrive in Paris on December Fifth
Paris. King Albert of Belgium will arrive in Paris on December fifth. King Ferdinand of Roumania and other Allied rulers will meet at Brussels before Christmas, as learned today.
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Belgium
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Crown Prince at Verdun in 1916 Says American Attache
An attache of the Twenty-Sixth American Division reports on the Crown Prince’s role at Verdun during 1916. The memo notes strategic statements about the battle and the prince’s involvement amid the broader war effort.
Verdun era fierce fighting noted by French officers
Paris dispatch quoting Dr. Morton Prince attached to the American division describes the final Verdun phase as more savage than the crown prince’s effort at Voging. He recalls Yankee assaults on Bois Belleau and the Meuse positions, with enfilading Krupp fire and a aims to split German lines by cutting the Mazieres Longuyon railway.
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Rhine
Potsdam
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Five Die as Gay Thanksgiving Party Jet Struck by Train
Chicago Heights Illinois November report says five members of a gay Thanksgiving automobile party were killed when their car was struck by a freight train. A sixth member was seriously injured. The car was driven by Russell Thomas twenty year old son of the late J W Thomas a local steel magnate now in hospital believed dying.
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Russell Thomas
J. W. Thomas
Brand Whitlock Takes Charge of Brussels Legation
Washington dispatch reports Brand Whitlock, American minister to Belgium, now in charge of the American legation at Brussels. The post had been administered by Spain since German occupation. The transfer was conveyed to the State Department in a diplomatic dispatch dated November 29.
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