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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
1
President Wilson searches for ships and routes to speed the return of American troops. The White House aims to move units abroad swiftly as public pressure grows for prompt troop repatriation.
Paris December 18 President Wilson conferred with shipping director Edward N Harley on chartered ships for homeward troop movement. Governments canceling charters push vessels back to trade to meet peacetime needs.
Chilean foreign minister told the chamber on December 13 that Washington's offer to aid in settling the Peru dispute is friendly and appropriate. He emphasized the United States never proposed mediation, only assistance, and praised past US contributions to regional settlement. The Chilean government expressed full confidence in the friendship of the Washington government.
Several hundred children marched to the reichstag in Berlin to press for policy changes. They demanded votes at eighteen, school corporal punishment abolition, and increased child involvement in administration. A seventeen year old warned of consequences if the juvenile program is not adopted.
London dispatch reports Friedrich Ebert a socialist leader in Germany says he cannot find any legal provision to compel the surrender of the former emperor. He adds the matter does not concern them as they have separated from him and seek guilt for the war to be exposed.
General Manager Pier of the Emergency Fleet Corporation told the Senate that from August 1917 to November 28, 1918 the organization constructed 260 ships, totaling 1,216,967 tons. The report covers U S wartime shipbuilding progress and planning.
Washington December 18. German surrender of transport material to be carried out by diplomatic advices. From December 8 to 28 the Germans will give up daily 119 engines and 200 cars. For the next 20 days they will surrender 150 engines and 1,200 cars daily.
Dispatches report Russian bols heviks suffer 1 100 prisoners and 20 cannons lost to Don Cossacks in the Voronezh region. English squadron bombs Bolshevik lines on the Gulf of Finland as Estonian army forms and Petrograd prepares to evacuate to Nijni Novgorod amid Baltic operations.
Paris reports that behind the scenes talks focus on forming the allies' conference agenda and peace congress. The central issue is appointing Herbert Hoover, the American food administrator, as director general of relief for all allies and the United States.
Four men died when two planes collided near West Point Mississippi. Instructors Alvin W. Splane of Old City Pennsylvania and Fred Synnestvedt of Pittsburgh along with Private Fred P. James of Litchfield, Wisconsin and Guy C. Wells of Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania were aboard. The aircraft reportedly flew about 109 feet apart before one lost control and struck the other. All onboard were killed instantly.
The Third army occupies a German strip of over 4400 square miles supervising hundreds of villages and miles of railways and streetcar lines. An army of 230,000 men completed the occupation with minimal resistance after weeks of hard fighting, marching to the Rhine in disciplined, unwavering fashion.
Reports from Berlin describe a congress of soldiers and workers councils with a slim Spartacus showing. Independent Socialists gain influence as Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are debated as guests. Bulgaria reportedly experiences a rising revolution as central figures and streets brace for possible turmoil.
A representative announced a 250000 strong assembly outside the diet, reading demands aligned with Sparseeus program including worker councils and retention of soldiers power. Meantime in Anhalt elections show 22 majority Socialists, 12 German Democrats and two Conservatives with rising votes aided by lower voting age and women’s participation.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina urges lightening U S taxation by demanding Germany pay for war costs. He argues reparations should cover civilian destruction and wartime expenses, including advances to the Allies, with potential salvage on government contracts and other incurred costs.
In France several units were released from confinement or redeployed, with officials noting adjustments to operations and security posture as observers tracked changes across multiple installations.
British steamships Princess Juliana and Carolina reach New York Harbor with soldiers aboard. General Pershing informs the War Department he designates several units for early convoy home, totaling about 4 500 officers and men including engineers and field artillery units and various squadrons.
British steamships Princess Juliana and Caronia arrived with small contingents of American military naval and civilian personnel from England and France. The troopship Maui from Brest arrived two days late due to heavy weather, bringing 64 officers and 2,161 men.
The report quotes Senators Simpmons and Sinusens discussing taxation relief and demand that central powers reimburse the United States for wartime losses. They argue citizens will not tolerate escape from accountability and seek proper redress for damages caused by war methods.
General Pershing notified the War Department he designated additional units for early convoy. About 4400 officers and men to depart, including the Twenty seventh engineers and the Three Hundred and Forty sixth field artillery, plus several other units. British ships Princess Juliana and Catania bring small American contingents from England and France. Meul arrives late from Brest due to heavy seas.
Villa bandits raided John B. Hibler’s ranch at Galena in northern Mexico. No one was killed. The raiders seized most of the corn, the stone feed, 26 burros, 16 oxen, four mules, and nattiv goats, along with other cattle. The incident was reported to the state department.
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