German propaganda and Hearst tie eyed by Senate panel
A. Bruce Bielaski testified on 1916 cablegrams between Count von Bernstorff and Berlin urging help for Hearst worker William Hale and other Hearst figures. Documents show German efforts to influence U.S. media, with Hale described as a Germanophile journalist under German auspices and contract to June 1917. A list of prominent figures labeled “important names” includes professors and scholars from Columbia Harvard Princeton and others associated with pro German sentiment.
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Senate Committee
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Berlin
Bernstorff
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Hearst
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Puehr
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A. Bruce Birliski
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Notable Figures Named in Early American Academia and Media
A catalog of prominent individuals associated with universities law journalism and publishing. Names include Walter S McNeill David Starr Jordan Peter Grosseup Albert Tart Nagel Hearst Ridder Rumety Schrader Herris Ford Thirney Viereck and Trent with multiple New York locations and institutions listed.
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Walter S. McNeill
Richmond
David Starr Jordan
Berkeley
Cal
Peter S. Grosseup
United States
Highland Park
Rehard Bertholde
St. Louis
Albert Bushnell
Harvard University
Dro CC
Hewsmer
Philadelphia
Charles Nagel
Ecommerce and Labor
Oswald Garrison
Villard
New York Evening Post
William Randolph Hearst
New York
Americean
Revenue Bill Presented by Senate Finance Committee
Washington reports the war revenue bill, redrafted to fit postwar needs, was presented to the Senate by Chairman Simmons. It aims to raise about 600 million dollars for 1919 and 5200 million for 1920 from taxes, with debate expected next week as Republicans oppose fixed imposts for 1920. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania will present the minority report.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Simmons
Senator En Rese
Pennsylvania
Allied ministers urge China reconciliation at Beijing
Ambassadors from the United States Britain France Malaya and Japan met President Hen Shih Chang in Peking to convey grave concern over the Chinese turmoil and to encourage both sides to pursue reconciliation and peace efforts.
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Peking
China
Hen Shih-Chang
Starvation Grips Petrograd As Population Plummets
Fugitives report Petrograd facing famine with flour at 50 rubles and butter and sugar at 150 rubles per kilogram. Only about two hundred thousand people remain from a city of two million as hunger and lawlessness escalate with red guards occupying half the days.
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Stockholm
Here
Petrograd
Renunciation on crown spurs Berlin upheaval and revolt plan
Paris reports Crown Prince Frederick William gives up his claim as Berlin confronts serious disorder with firing in principal streets. Spartacus group led by Liebknecht plans armed revolt to oust Ebert government while Ernst Daumig is named as key policy influencer and possible dictator.
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Paris
Frederick William
London
Berlin
Amsterdam
Spartacus
Liebknecht
Ebert
Switzerland
Allies to Occupy Berlin and Mannheim in Postwar Steps
A Berlin newspaper reports that Allied and American forces will temporarily occupy Berlin and Mannheim with police supervision. The move follows a wartime incident described as regrettable involving a supervisor of a prisoners camp. The report cites an intercepted wireless dispatch.
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Berlin
Copenhagen
Deeutselle Atgemeine Zeitung
Mannheim
Hospital Ship Comfort Reaches Azores After Storm
Anxiety over the delayed arrival of the hospital ship Comfort with wounded American soldiers aboard eased as the navy department said the vessel put in at the Azores to ride out a heavy storm and should reach New York by Sunday.
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Washington
Dee. T
Comfort
Navy Department
Azores
New York
Farmers Big Help in Great Britain Farm Output Figures
The annual report of U S Secretary of Agriculture David F Houston shows American farmers supplied crucial food for World War I. In 1917 1918 farmers planted 289 million acres of wheat cereals potatoes tobacco and cotton, a new record despite adverse weather and yields. The fall planting is expected to exceed prior records.
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Washington
David F. Houston
Germans to be barred from Britain must prosecute the Kaiser
London readers learn Premier Lloyd George calls for expulsion of enemy aliens and insists the Kaiser and accomplices be tried. He urges international court action, punishment for murder at sea and mistreatment of prisoners, and insists justice will guide peace conference indemnities. He stresses boosting output with confidence and fair rewards for labor.
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London
Premiser Lione George
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United Kingdom
Prewcler
Rurope
Jed
Hue
International Court
Kaiser
Eng
High Seas
Lloyd George Si
Trading Restrictions Removed in Corn Oats Rye Barley
Washington December 7 The Food Administration lifted all trading restrictions on corn oats rye and barley allowing free exchange and sale.
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Washington
the Food Administration
Germans Plan Transatlantic Flight Airplane
London December 7 The Daily Express Berlin correspondent reports Germany is building an airplane to fly the Atlantic and a Zeppelin with the same aim. The transatlantic machine will have a wing span of 198 feet and 2000 horsepower engines.
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Atlantic
Berlin
Daily Express
Pershing Warns Huns About Army
Amsterdam dec 7 American troops entered Mainz one of Germanys principal fortresses on the Rhine The American Army of Occupation renewed its advance by daylight reaching about twelve miles eastward Scores of villages and towns fell under American control Local authorities in most communities agreed to stay at posts and cooperate General Pershing issued a proclamation urging residents to resume normal life and assuring protection for those who obey military rules while those who do not will face firm action
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Rhine
Dickman
Treves
Brown
Smith
General Pershing
Holland Surrenders Royal Guests Amid Crisis
News item reports Queen Holland deciding to give up royal guests to spare lives amid escalating crisis. Officials announce measures to protect civilians while addressing political upheaval impacting the royal household.
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Holland
White House Names Delegates to Rebuild Europe
The White House announces Bernard Baruch and Henry P. Davidson will head an economic mission to inspect reconstruction needs and determine which raw materials the United States will supply to war shattered Europe. In London, discussions over delivering the former Kaiser and crown prince to an international court of justice are noted with Holland proposing a potential Dutch island detention option.
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London
International Court of Justice
Holland
Ife
Evgenine Journal
Washington, D. C
America
Europe
Bernard Baruch
Henry P. Davidson
White House
Edict Urges Civilians to Aid Restored Civil Life
The message commands inhabitants to abstain from hostility toward American forces and to restore normal life in schools churches hospitals and charitable institutions. It warns that any violation of wartime laws or disobedience to military authority will be punished with the utmost vigor.
Peace Conference Opens December Seventeen
Paris reports the interallied conference to handle peace preliminaries will begin December 17 and adjourn around January 15 to start formal peace discussions with German plenipotentiaries. The outlook suggests completion by late April or early May with French plenipotentiaries drawn from government members and aided by eminent advisers.
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Paris
Echo de Paris
Big Strike at Paper Mills in New York and New England
Glens Falls reports a strike by 15 000 union workers at newspaper mills across New York and New England. J P Carle, head of the International Brotherhood of Paper Mill Employees, urged workers to keep mills running while the Wet Labor Board prepares a wage controversy decision.
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New York
New England
Glens Falls
Dee
J. P. Carle
International Brotherhood of Paper Mill Employees
Flu Kills 6000 in Samoa, Reports Say
London dispatch says Spanish influenza has caused six thousand deaths in Samoa, as reported to the Exchange Telegraph. The figure reflects a Melborne dispatch noting the epidemic's toll in the Pacific island.
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Melbourne Dispatch
London
Samoa
Melborne
Exchange Telegravic Company
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