Violence Claimed Death Of Girl. Piper Held On Murder Charge
Miss Freida Weichman died by violence after an autopsy by three physicians. Milo H. Piper is held on murder charges in Muskegon Michigan, amid reports of a crushed skull from blows and a subsequent post mortem. The girl's body, linked to a 1916 automobile honeymoon, was moved for examination and autopsy to establish cause of death.
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Muskegon
Mich
Freida Weichman
Milo H. Piper
Piper
Rance Nan
Harry Jackson
Brock
Grand Rapids
German government resigns amid Berlin upheaval
Reports from Zurich and Berlin describe serious disorders in Danzig and a revolutionary upheaval. The German government under Ebert resigns as cabinet members and a central congress of soldiers and workers councils meets amid turbulent scenes and continued unrest in Berlin.
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Friedrich Ebert
Maximilian of Baden
Berlin
Hugo Haase
Philipp Schiedemann
Wilhelm Dittman
Herr Landsberg
Richard Barth
George Ledebour
Independent Socialists
Piper case widens as police probe past life links
Muskegon investigators expand the Milo H. Piper murder inquiry into his earlier life. Sheriff Stauffer said statements by Piper and his wife show he married in 1893 at Benton, Arkansas, raising new questions about his marriage history and motive in the Frieda Weichman case.
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Muskegon
Mich
Milo H. Piper
Frieda Weichman
Chicago Bookker
Yuri Stauffer
Benton
Bolo's Activities Figure in Probe of German Propaganda
Alfred L. Becker told a Senate committee that Polo Pasha sought German funding for the Paris Journal and aimed to form a news alliance with Hearst papers. He described Pasha's trip to gain Hearst support and a Bethlehem Steel purchase bid as camouflage for his real aims.
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Polo Pasha
United States
Paris Journal
Journal
William Randolph Hearst
Senate
Alfred L. Becker
New York
Bolo
Becker
Hearst
Charles F. Bertelli
Paris
France
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Pasha
Milner Defends Allied Russia Intervention
Viscount Milner answers a reader about British aims in Russia and argues Allied troops acted to stop Bolshevik tyranny. He insists Britain did not meddle but fulfilled a duty to aid Czechslovaks and prevent supplies and troops from falling into German hands while millions suffer under Bolshevik rule.
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London
Milner
Russia
Iki
Ned
Viscount Miletter
Black Sea
Europe
Archangel
Vladivostok
New Mail Flight Attempt Resumes From New York
The 10 carry mail in air project resumed today in New York after an earlier attempt on December 19. The plan aims to transport mail without mishaps or loss for any portion of the mail carried.
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New York
Tvice
New
Senate Commerce Committee Meets on Five Year Rail Control
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee meets in Washington to outline railroad legislation steps. The panel expected to discuss Director General McAdoo's proposal for a five year extension of government control, guiding action on key policy.
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Washington
McAdoo
Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
Hog Island Yard Cost to Government Reaches 63 Million
Charles Piez, general manager of the Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, estimated Hog Island shipyard costs at 63.3 million dollars. He said one ship has been delivered and 50 keels laid, with project completion in 60 days. Original smaller scale estimate ranged from 21.6 to 27 million.
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Washington
Hog Island
Charles Piez
The
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Italian King Victor Emmanuel Arrives in Paris amid Welcome
King Emmanuel of Italy and heir apparent the Prince of Piedmont arrived at Boise de Boulogne station. President Poincare and premier Clemenceau greeted them as crowds cheered despite unsettled weather. A luncheon followed with top Italian ministers and notable figures.
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Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Poincare
Clemenceau
Prince
Piedmont
Boise de Bologne
Presiden Poincare
Orlando
Sonnino
Crespi
Macchi di Cellere
United States
Leubet
Fallieres
Marshal Joffre
Marshal Foch
Marshal Petain
France
King Emmanuel
War Hero Private Sheldon Merritt Enlists at Sixteen
Wilmington honors Private Sheldon Merritt, who joined at 16 to fight the Huns. Son of P. A. Merritt, he shipped out after the war entry, endured gas attacks in the Argonne, and survived brutal combat without a wound. He writes of the terrors of going over the top and the shock of battle.
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Wilmington
Sheldon
Merritt
Huns
P. A. Merritt
North Front Street
Argonne
D. P. Merritt
South Front Street
Romeo Vanishes Before Georgetown Wedding
Georgetown D C police probe the sudden disappearance of L B Willetts of Georgetown S G just before his 5 46 wedding time to Leola Griffith daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Griffith of Queen street in Immanuel Presbyterian church. Neighbors saw him yesterday and relatives report no unusual conduct yet no clues to his whereabouts. The wedding was postponed as authorities investigate amid family opposition and possible financial concerns.
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L. B. Willetts
Georgetown
S. G
Leola Griffith
Fred Griffith
Queen Street
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Unity Willetts
Murchison Bank
Ben Griffith
Griffith
Mr. Willets
Willett
Brunswick County
Willetts
Austro German Prisoners to Be Transported to France
Austro German soldiers rounded up in European and Asiatic Turkey by the allies will be sent to France for internment until peace is declared. Admiral Amet, French high commissioner in Constantinople, has requisitioned all German vessels in Turkish ports to transport the prisoners to France.
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Paris
Havas
Turkey
France
Admiral Amet
Constantinople
American airman killed in German prison camp report
Copenhagen dispatch reports three British officers arriving with word that Lieutenant Coheeny, an American airman, was killed December 6 at Stralsund prison camp. They say he stepped outside the barbed wire and German guards fired three times.
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Copenhagen
Associated Press
Coheeny
Stralsund
Ita
Wilson May Visit London Next Week
News that President Wilson considers coming to London next week surprised the British government. Lloyd George has to adjust plans for a Paris conference and a Monte Carlo rest trip as December 26 boxing day complicates travel and public access.
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Lloyd-George
Paris
Monte Carlo
England
John W. Davis
Ayd George
France
Co Awa
Davis
King Geo
Lloyd George
Eric Geddes
Lord
Admiralty
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