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Germany's peace intrigue warned as defeat looms
The article argues Germany, led by Dr Solf, plans a wide scale peace intrigue to exit the war with concessions and territorial gains. It predicts staged offers like Belgium restitution and Alsace Lorraine plebiscite, backed by German propaganda to fracture Allied unity, as Emperor Wilhelm seeks to avert surrender.
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Italy
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United States
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Belgium
Alsace-Lorraine
Potsdam
False Reports On German Condition Misleads Allied Forces
The piece denounces widespread false reports about Germany and the German army, calling them harmful to allied morale. It asserts soldiers and leaders see through sensational tales of starvation and cowardice, urging restraint from sensationalists who misrepresent the enemy and praising steady, courageous conduct in battle.
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Germany
Slackers and Profiteers amid War Conditions
An editorial argues profiteering and slacking extend beyond conscription evaders. It names butchers, carpenters, grocers, coal dealers, ice men, housemaids, and others who fatten on war shortages, urging fair dealing to ease costs for households and bolster national morale. It stresses workers with small means bear heavier burdens, and calls for public responsibility and restraint to sustain the war effort.
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Haywood and IWW leaders hit with long prison terms
The United States district court in Chicago sentenced Big Bill Haywood and 14 top aides to up to 20 years at Fort Leavenworth for conspiring to interfere with the draft. Thirty-three others drew 10 years, 23 received 5 years, and 12 faces 1 year. fines ranged from 5000 to 20000 dollars. The court called the acts disloyal and seditious, warning pacifist and pro German elements to cease opposing the government while defending free speech within lawful bounds.
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Chicago
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Wilson Plans Major Speech Tour For Liberty Loan
President Wilson shapes plans for the fourth liberty loan campaign with likely coast to coast speeches. He may deliver nearly twenty addresses urging subscriptions and reporting on funds already raised. The full itinerary is not yet prepared and no announcement is made.
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Pacific Coast
Tragic Destiny of Czarevitch in Muscovite History
An assay of czarevitch title runs from Iven IV to Nicholas II, tracing perils and executions within Russian rulers. It recounts Peter the Great and Catherine the Great era deaths, Nicholas II’s line, and the repeated fates of heirs. The piece weighs the symbol’s burden and the ongoing violence surrounding succession.
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Brief Proceedings of Congress and Committees
Congress met at noon and adjourned at 4 pm with both chambers approving the District of Columbia appropriation conference report and sending it to the White House. The half end-helf principle was agreed to. Action on the agricultural extension bill was deferred to Tuesday. Nominees Richard B. Crawford and Fountsein Rothwell were announced for district posts. Representative Gillett denounced White House interference, urging legislative independence. The buildings and grounds committee favored a bill to allow the President to seize buildings for housing and to commandeer real estate for government needs. An Army pay raise proposal from second lieutenant to colonel was introduced. Representative Fess took the Republican campaign chairmanship.
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Missouri
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Ohio
Republican Camepaign
Lures Hun Fliers To Traps By Air Ace Tactics
Paris Auge 22 through AP Rene Fonck and Capt Maddon, famed French aces, use bold tactics to lure German planes. Fonck, with 41 official victories, reportedly exploits enemy airfields by hovering near them to provoke attackers, then ambushes them with incendiary bullets from his machine gun. The tactic has repeatedly driven enemy aviators to earth.
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Agen and
Egein
Teutons Oppress Esthonians In German Occupation
An Esthonian courier to Stockholm reports German suppression of Esthonian life. Newspapers are censored and schools closed or Germanized. Esthonian music is forbidden, food rations are fixed, and resistance grows as oppression strengthens national spirit.
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Stockholm
France
Arctic Garb for Soldiers in Siberian Expedition
The War Department announced the United States will obtain special winter gear for American troops with the Siberian expeditionary forces. Items include fur caps mittens moose-hide moccasins fur overcoats fur parkas and mucklucks, chosen from Alaska posts to withstand the Siberian winter.
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Siberian
Alaska
Quartermaster Corpa
Siberia
Hughes Suspends Air Inquiry to Transcribe Testimony
Charles E. Hughes announced that hearings in the Department of Justice aircraft production probe will pause next week to let stenographers transcribe thousands of pages of testimony. He said the investigation is not finished and after resuming hearings it may take two weeks to complete the record, with a report unlikely for President Wilson within a month.
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Charles E. Hughes
Department of Justice
Wilson
Army Orders Officers Assigned and Discharges
Army orders list officers proceeding to various posts including West Point Fort Barrancas Fort Williams Fort Hamilton Camp Humphreys and Baltimore with First Lieut E L Huffer reporting to Paris as assistant duty. Leave for First Lieut O V Painter extended ten days. Capt E D Woodcock honorably discharged by presidential directive.
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E. L. Huffer
Paris
France
O. V. Painter
E. D. Woodcock
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Swiss Legation Denies Glittering Gluten Shipment
The Swiss legation says it has no knowledge of a 1 075 million pound gluten shipment said to be bound for Germany via Switzerland. Imports to Switzerland are controlled through Societe Suisse de Surveillance Economique and must have U S export licenses issued by the War Trade Board, based on Interallied Commission reports in Paris.
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Paris
Lusitania Sinking Seen Calmly by Americans Says Meyer
Prof Kuno Meyer, in the Berlin Rundschau, argues Americans in May 1915 were not hostile after the Lusitania sinking. He cites calm public sentiment, few protests, and belief that Germany would continue to sink munitions ships. He contrasts then with today’s mood and notes a self blamed loss of $1.
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Berlin
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Nner
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Meyer
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New York
Goethals May Go Abroad To Aid Allied Engineering
War Department considered sending Maj. Gen George Goethals abroad to assist Allied and American engineers as Rhine region operations loom. Gen Pershing uses Gen James B Cavana ugh, an expert with disaster experience, while Goethals departure was delayed by War Department developments. As American armies in France grow, engineering challenges near the Rhine may heighten the need for Goethals.
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James B Cavanaugh
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France
Gold Bar Sales Resume After Suspension at New York Sub Treasury
The director of the mint ordered gold bar sales to resume at the New York sub treasury after a Friday suspension. Officials denied pension or hoarding allegations and said the halt arose from a misunderstanding. Orders to restart were issued by long distance phone.
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Germany
New Intelligence Division Formed by General Staff
The executive division is abolished and a military intelligence division is created by order of the War Department. The change does not alter personnel but expands the military intelligence service, previously focused on the executive division's chief work.
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German press faults espionage system on western front
Swiss dispatched explanation reports German newspapers say Germany never mastered its espionage system and blames secret service errors for its unpleasant experiences in France and Flanders, noting recent official dispatches.
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Push for Julius Kahn as next House War Committee chair
Washington hotel corridors discuss replacing Rep Frank Woods of Iowa with Rep Julius Kahn of California as Republican War Committee chair. Support cited includes Kahn’s leadership on the draft bill and war legislation, with calls to mobilize the West and loyalty as campaign themes.
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California
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Boom in Securities Market Amid War Financing Hopes
A Raleigh correspondent cites Michael G Ludds of Thomnsonville Conn forecasting a genuine boom in American securities once the fourth liberty loan is approved. He notes strong orders across regions, railways poised to profit, and high rates that may sustain investment until the fifth loan next spring funds victory over the Hun. The piece highlights market enthusiasm, bank loan dynamics, and the role of liberty bonds in wartime financing.
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