Week in Condensed Form From Intermountain Happenings
A roundup from Intermountain columns notes Camp Lewis plans to discharge over 10 000 soldiers at Camp Kearny or the Presidio under war department orders. It lists appointments, discharge surveys, indictments in Salt Lake, and myriad wartime updates including shipping board actions, aviation and medical corps mentions, and international outlooks from Washington to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermountain
Camp Lewis
Camp Kearny
Cal
Presidio
San Francisco
War Department
Suis Keons
Utah
Wash
State Council of Defense
Federal Employment Bureau
Merchants Bank
Salt Lake
USL
John FH. Cradlebaugh
Oregon
West
Salem
Ore
Airplane Survey of the North Pole Planned by Bartlett Team
The Aero Club of America announced a 250000 dollar polar expedition led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett to survey and photograph the Arctic, explore the polar basin, and test aerial travel from Cape Columbia to Cape Chelyuskin with six weeks of favorable weather in July and August. The plan, conceived by Rear Admiral Peary, aims to map largely unmapped regions in a voyage that could outpace traditional methods by two centuries.
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New York
Robert A. Bartlett
Polar
North Pole
Aero Clot
America
Robert E. Peary
Pole
Arctic
Polar Basin
United States
Adin Peary
Captain Barton
Bek
Melville Bay
Anol
Buc
Cape Columbia
Cape Chelyuskin
Siberian
Especire
Club
Lodge Fears of Future Peace Points Debate
Massachusetts Senator Lodge outlines Wilsons fourteen peace points, warning divisions may arise if discussed before the peace conference. Items cover secret diplomacy, freedom of the seas, economic barriers, disarmament, and the league of nations. Jealousy prompts a murder at Sheppard Pratt hospital as Dr George Wolfe is killed by Ishida. Mineral production in 1917 hits 5.01 billion, up 43 percent from 1916. Charles M Schwab urged for president at Chicago Machinery Club banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Wilson
Washington
Peedent Wilson
Senate
Lodge
League of Nations
Baltimore
Dpr
Mobray Ishida
Sheppard-Pratt Hospital
George B. Wolfe
British Admiral Beatty praises American fleet in farewell
Admiral Sir David Beatty on the New York praised the American battleship squadron attached to the British fleet for camaraderie. He said both nations were disappointed at not meeting the German fleet and called the day of surrender pitiful to witness, noting his doubts that Germany would engage in a decisive battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Equuiiion
Sir David Beatty
New York
Grand Fleet
Beatty
David
David Anid
Trade Pact to Keep Peace Views by Marshall in Carlisle
Vice-President Marshall spoke at the Carlisle chamber of commerce on September 20. He supported a world league to prevent war but urged trade reciprocity among allies and the United States. He favored expanding American merchant marine and government ownership only as a last resort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bainbridge Colby
United States Shipping Board
Detroit
Granby
Grangy
Pronks
Brown
General Elertrie Company
Eversett
Mass
Marshall
Carlisle
Carlisle Chamber of Commerce
Wilson
United States
Paris University Honors President Wilson With Doctorate
President Wilson received the degree of doctor honoris causa at the University of Paris in the amphitheatre of the Barbonne on December 21. The ceremony marked the first honorary degree granted by the university, with authorization from a recent decree and attendance by government leaders, diplomats, and military authorities. Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson, he was greeted by cheering crowds alongside American arbitrator William Groves Sharp and French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diplomatic Corpe
University
Cheaper Flour Expected After Milling Regulation Change
Washington officials announced December 20 a revision of flour milling rules, including price schedules and wheat four restrictions, aiming to lower flour costs. The move, telegraphed to zone agents, sparked a price rise in wheat bran and feeds on the Minneapolis market, with officials forecasting a flour price drop ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
House
Washington
Food Administration
Grain Corporation
Minneapolis
Camp Lewis Discharges Begin to San Francisco Camps
Camp Lewis sent its first men to the Presidio San Francisco and Camp Kearny California for discharge Saturday Twenty five men went to each camp under command of an officer also eligible for discharge
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Camp Lewis
Washe Thisea
Presidio
San Francisco
Camp Kearny
Cal
As &Uelt
Friend of Former Presidents Die in Omaha
Judge John Cowin 72 once Cleveland lawyer and intimate friend of McKinley Garfield and Hayes died Sunday at his Omaha home after a telegram to relatives. Governor Pardona released 281 prisoners in Oklahoma City's penal institutions as a token of bank savings at the city.
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Cleveland
John ©. Cowin
McKinley
Garfield
Hayes
Omaha
Pardona
Oklahoma City
Okiaa
Okwhhoma
RL. Williams
Abe Titiy
Poland Faces $2 Billion Repair Bill After German Occupation
The article estimates nearly two billion dollars are needed to repair war damage in Poland after the German occupation. Warsaw's materials and machinery were stripped, food and telephone lines removed, and industrial plants dismantled, leaving Poland to rebuild amid financial chaos and uncertain political recovery.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stanishin Larlowski
Commercial Bank of
Germain Nmurk
Record Bank Resources by Comptroller of Currency
The Comptroller of the Currency reported that as of November 1 the total resources of national banks reached 19.821404000, a new high and up 1077 FyH000 from last August 31. Williams said U S national banks exceed the combined resources of major European and Atlantic nations, and domestic banks plus trusts show rapid five year growth surpassing the prior twenty five years.
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Washington
Nove
Emi
Williams
Totentown
United States
England
Deuinion
Canada
Prince
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Wifl
Dame
Men Being Sent Home From Washington Demobilization Update
Washington reports a weekly demobilization figure near 27,000 troops per day, with total discharged reaching about 600,066 as of mid-December. Air force officers Linborn and several others are listed among those released, while the War Department continues processing early demobilizations amid a broad discharge wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Gepetil
Bonday
Hever Maret
Linborn
Walter Hines Page dies in Pinehurst at age deputy
Walter Hines Page former ambassador to Great Britain died in Pinehurst North Carolina on December 21 after a prolonged illness. He had recently begun to fall ill nearly a year earlier while serving as American ambassador to Britain appointed by President Wilson in March. Page was editor of The World's Work and a partner in Doubleday Page Co. in Garden City New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Martin
Atlantic
Wayte
New York
Elizabeth
United States Employment Service
Francis
O'Loughlin
Boston
Bernard Nadal Baker
Baltimore
Santa Barbara
Cal
Baker
Shipping Board
William Denman
United States Army
Henry R. Mallory
Bordeaux
BE. L. Johnston
Shubuta
Miss
Mobile
D. M. Pixley
North Little Rock
Paul Grabler
Agriculture
Industry
Omaha
Louis Alvares Calderon
Peru
San Francisco
Army
War Department
el Paso
Texas
Pinehurst
N.C
Walter Hines Page
Great Drie
Page
Wil
At. Javiertt
Frm
Doubleday, Page &C0
Garden City
L. 1
Half Million Italians Lost in War Figures Cited
Salvatore Barzilal former Italian cabinet member told a Saturday correspondent that about five hundred thousand Italians died in the war with two hundred thousand killed in action.
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Ae Hon
Salvatore Barzilal
Krupp Resolves Not to Pay Dividend This Year
Berlin Krupp at a December 20 general meeting announced no dividend for the year, after paying 12 percent in each of the prior two years and 10 percent this year. Congress urged $4,227,500 to fund post office buildings in 19 cities, slated for wartime expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kruppe
Berlin
Krupp
Great Arms Concern
Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury Glass
Unclear text on kidney disease scam and war discharge
Fragmentary report discusses misunderstanding of kidney trouble and a wartime recruitment tale. It references an advertising claim for a remedy and a discharged recruit’s reaction, with garbled lines about medical products and a possible Army context.
Misread Ad Signals Bold Claims and Private Mentions
An unclear OCR style notice cites J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio offering vague “0.0 cune” and “see ee en Internatily” with a plug for testimonials and a price claim. The fragmentary text references mucous surfaces and hydrugaiata in a dubious promotional context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Obla
Bells Returned to Christ Church, Wellington
Bells once taken as spoil from Germany during war were presented to Christ Church Wellington by German residents. The bells were originally captured cannon and later transferred to rightful owners.
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Christ Church
Wellingtom New Zealand
Prince
Christ
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Featured in Ad Snippet
An advertisement fragment promotes Cuticura Soap for sore hands and Cuticura Ointment with free samples, mentioning Boston address and pricing. The snippet also contains stray lines about a Bible verse and a Dutch locale, reflecting a partially legible 20th century newspaper ad column.
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Bonk Honda
Cuticuras X
Boston
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Cedar Rapida
Iowa
Guatemala
Europe
Joint
Congressional Committee
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House Buildings Committee
Cologne
George
Sandringham Palace
Guise
Victor Hmmanual
Prince of Piedmont
Paris
Charles
Austria
Hungary
Vienna
Friederich Ebert
Zurich
Stuttgart
Count Bentinck
William Hohenzoallern
Bulgaria
Lete
Hampton Roads
Naval Base
Navy Department
Paria Matia
Ebert-Haase
Marshal Foch
Stockholm
Petrograd
Peary
Voice Schwab
Chicago
Charles M Behwab
Chicago Machinery Club
David Beatty
Doughty Warrior
Record Bank Resources
Walter Hines Page Jies
Great Britain
Cascara
Saarch
Rilieves
Sue
David Roberts
Garcia
Buenos Aires
Speh
New York Post
Kilmner
Stan Ureuy
Che
W. 1. Pascoe
Fiat
Sorewcas
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