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WILL DEMOBILIZE
30,000 DAILY
WASHINGTON, Nov 16—Genra,l
March Chief of Staff of the U. S. army
announces that orders for the demob
ilization in the U. S. of 30,000 men
daily has ben issued.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—The Ger
man Secretary for Foreign Affairs
has asked President Wilson that he
grant premission for a German Com
mission to come to America and con
fer with the Administration at Wash
ington in regards to supplying the
suffering German people with food
stuffs etc.
WASHINGTON. Nov 16—Secre
tary Lansing has notified the German j
government that all notes must be ad-:
dresssed to all the Allies and as
America is at war all communications
must come thru diplomatic channels
and not by wireless.
PARIS. Nov. 16—The French War
Department announces the entry'of
American troops into Metz, Alsace
fc»oi'ratne and the occupation of a'l
forts surrounding the latter coy.
SOCIALIST CABINET
CONTROLS GERMANY
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14—Fried
rich Ebert who was appointed regent
to replace the fugitive Kaiser has
foraged a new cabinet composed en
tirely of Socialists.
Ebert is to be Premier and also |
Secretary of Interior and Military Af
fairs, Hugo Haase, Secretary of For-j
elng Affairs, W Dittman, Demobilize-1
tion, R Burts Social Policy, A Land
burg Publicity and Scheideman
Colonies.
WASHINGTON, Nov. f4—The
State Department makes the an
nouncement that the Ex Crown Prince
of Germany is'still alive. Official in
formation having been received that
he will be interned in Holland.
| LONDON, Nov 13—It Is reported
here that the German Kaiser has ac
cepted the conditons under which he>
and his entourage will be granted an
asylum in Holland. The castle at
Mam has been allotted to him as his
1 residence.
LABOR CONGRESS
NOW IN SESSION
LAREDO, Texas, Nov 13—Goiu-i
pern, Chairman of the International
Labor Conference in session assem
bled her declares the I. W. W will
set be allowed representation at the
conference. A Committee on creden
tials will examine each delegate and
only those will be admitted who rep
resent a bona fide Labor organization
LAREpO, Nov. 13—Secretary of
J^abor Wilson told the members of
the International Labor Conference
assembled here, Samuel Gompers
presiding, that the spirit shown by
organized Labor was a very import
ant factor in winning the wrar.
LAREDO, Texas, Nov 16—Mexican
Delegates to the International Labor
Conference introduced a resolution
in aid of Wm Haywood who was sen
tenced in Chicago in the famous I. W.
W Sedition case.
Chas Moyer President of the West
ern Federation of Miners in speaking
against the adoption of the resolution
bitterly denounced Haywood. Moyer
said that he and Haywood both owed
their lives to the American Federa
tion of labor. That only for the aid
.given them In the Governor Steunen
berg of Idaho murder case both Hay
wood and Moyer who were with
others indicted for murder would
very likely ha*ff received severe sen
tences if not the death penalty.
_ He declared that Haywood was
justly sentenced and blamed him for
deserting the Federation of Labor
and joining hands with the I. W. W.
A resolution was passed and refer
red to the American Federation of
Labor Conference expressing the un
alterable opposition of organized la
bor to the I. W. W. movement.
LAREDO, Texas, Nov 15—The In
ternational Labor Cpngress in session
here assembled adopted a resolution
introduced by Chairman Samuel
Gompers covering the Peace terms
which the delegates of the Labor
Congress stand for.
President Wilson's 14 peace prin
ciples as promulgated in his Con
gressional message of January 14,
have been adopted. The Congres -
opposed to any restrictions or , ’A*
als that may be imposed upc
Central Powers.
NON-ESSEYTIALS TO
RESUME OPERATION?
WASHINGTON, Nov 13—The War
Industries Board made the announce
ment that the restrictions imposed
upon fifty non-essential industries
have been lifted. Thousands of men
will consequently be enabled to re
turn to peaceful occupations.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13—Tweiv !
thousand workers who have been em
ployed in making gas masks for the
troops overseas' In, local establish
ments have been discharged. The
virtual ending of the war terminated
their employment.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
NOW STABLE
WASHINGTON', Nov 16—Official
advices received here indicate that
Germany under the leadership of
Regent Ebert has formed a stable
government. The conservative Soc
ialist,element is in control.
Bolshevikism whicn had gained
quilt r> few concerts among the Ger
man soldiers and workingmen is on
the wane.
Order is being restored as fast as
the existing conditons permit.
PARIS, Nov 16—It is believed in
diplomatic circles that President Wil
son may attend the Peace conference
to be held at Versailles.
jtOME, Nov 16—Italian troops
have entered the Austro-Hungarian
Naval base of Pola on the Adriatic.
WASHINGTON, Nav 16—Estimat
es made by the War and Navy De
{varbniontfl nhon tlial llle WUT COSt OT
the United States to be the enormous
sum of twenty billion dollars.
SWISS WORKERS
ARE IN REVOLT
LONDON, Nov. 14—That the work
ers are raising everywhere in revolt
is manifest from the reports received
here. Revolutionary riots have brok
en out in Zurich, Switzerland, Copen
hagen, Denmark and Brussels Bel
gium. The Dutch government has ex
pelled the Bolsheviki envoy and brok
en ofT diplomatic relations with Rus
sia.
QERLIN, Nov. 14—The Radical
SocHlists are in absolute control of
the city government of Berlin.
-
STOCKHALM, Nov. 14—The Swed -
ish Socialists are demanding the es-!
tablishment of a Republic and the
complete demobilization of the Swed
ish army and navy.
LONDON. Nov. 14—The German
government has confiscated all en
tailed Prussian Crown property.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 14—It is re
ported that ninety were killed in
street riots in Brussels Belgium.
BERNE, Nov 13—A general strike
being called by the Radical Labor I
Element the Swiss government or
dered out soldiers to maintain order.
ZURICH, Nov. 14—The so-called
Bolshevik! railroad strikers have had
some bloody encounters with the
Swiss troops.
Traffic on the railroads is crip
pled and the strike is assuming ser
ious proportions.
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SHIPS SANK
IN BALTIC SEA
r
LONDON, Nov 16—In a fight oc
cu _ing between Revolutionists and
ists t i>p fiaripan warships Wies
*: ai*d Sehlesien were sunk with
when the latter refused to
la revolutionists.
LONDON, Nov 16—The German
L'avai F voys agreed to surrender the
German fleet as stipulated in the ar
mistice terms. The fleet will be tak
en tot he Orkuey Islands until such
time as peace has been declared.
WASHINGTON, Nov 16—The
Spanish Embassardor stated that
Spain has broken off diplomatic re
lations with the Russian Bolshevik!.
ALLIED TROOPS WILL ENTER
METZ AND HTRASBLRO
PARIS, Nov 14—American troops
are marching to MeU and Strasburg
in Alsace-Lorraine. General Koch la
heading the Allied forces who are ex
pected to enter the cities on Sunday.
►3YMEN WERE
* TO STRIKE
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in He
iANTA, G». Nov. 13—Failing
r endeavor to have their griev
• . djlisted 15,000 Telegraph op
'pricing on different railways
.’th Eastern states have call
i
ed a strike.
ATLANTA, Nov. 14—Secretary Mc
Adoo in agreeing to make an award
within four days has averted the pend
ing strike call involving 15,000 rail
road telegraph operators on the differ
ent Southeastern R. R. systems,
which would have paralyzed traffiic
completely.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—Chair
man Baruch of the War Industries
Board and prominent businessman
told President Wilson that they were
of the opinion that this country faces
a period of unexampled prosperity
and that there would be work for
everybody.
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