McAdoo appoints Hines and Smith to aid wartime railroads
Director General McAdoo adds Walker D. Hines and Alfred H. Smith as assist ants pro tempore to manage government railroads. He orders presidents to pursue common use of terminals, treats Chicago facilities as a unit, and retains all railroad staff under government control with retirement options.
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Washington
McAdoo
Walker D. Hines
New York
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Alfred H. Smith
New York Central Railroad
Chicago
War Board
Pittsburgh
The
Eastern Railroads
Western
Eastern
Cummins
Daniel Willard
War Industries Board
Iowa
Interstate Commerce
Meyer and Wooley
Congress
Mr. Cummins
Stas
Woman Slain in Mystery Near Warsaw
Mrs. George Bartholomew, 45, found dead at Milford home with three bullet wounds and multiple knife cuts. A revolver with five empty shells and a butcher knife were found nearby as investigators probe the violent death. Bartholomew, once of Chicago, is the deceased’s husband.
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Warsaw
Ind
George Bartholomew
Milford
Bartholomew
Chicago
German- Belgian Seaman Joined Tank Crew in New Orleans Blast
Hugo H. Rylings, a German claiming Belgian status, was taken into government custody in New Orleans after joining a ship’s crew here Sunday and an oil tank exploded.
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New Orleans
Hugo H. Rylings
Lady Enid Vane Leads War Relief Efforts
Lady Enid Vane wife of Maj. Henry Cecil Vane of the Yorkshire Hussars heir to Baron Barnard has organized charity bazaars and other efforts to aid families left behind by the war. She has devoted much of her time to relief duties and achieved considerable good.
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Enid Vane
Henry Cecil Vane
Yorkshire Hussars
Barnard
Enid
Victoria Vane
Earl of Westmorland
Breakthrough Pacts Aimed at Freeing Prisoners and Restoring Trade
Provisional accord between Russia and central powers calls for liberation of war prisoners and resumption of commerce. The agreement outlines restoration of prewar legal status, settlement of war costs, and rapid revival of diplomatic ties. It envisions ending economic warfare and reestablishing commercial exchanges.
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Brest-Litovsk
Russia
HD Creaijon
Earthquake Devastates Guatemala City Wipes Out Capital
Cable from Guatemala City to the U S Navy reports a massive quake flattening Guatemala City and leaving 125000 people homeless. Navy vessels ordered to aid the stricken area as ongoing shocks and cold winds threaten survivors. Greenough seismographs record strong quakes late Saturday with wide destruction including the American consulate.
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Washington
Guatemala City
Guatemala
Navy Department
Gulf of Honduras
Pacific
Germans To Register All Male German Subjects In US
The Justice Department announced early February registration of all German alien enemies age fourteen and older in the United States and possessions. Men must fill a detailed questionnaire with photos and fingerprints, while women are exempt.
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Washington
Department of Justice
United States
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
Schleswig-ilolstein
Prussia
British Retake Key Positions In Cambria Action
London reports British forces strike back in counter attacks at Cambria recapturing many contested points that had been relinquished earlier today.
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London
Cambria
Crews Blamed After Fatal Cincinnati Trains Crash
Cincinnati reports say disobedience of orders caused collision of Baltimore and Ohio trains No. 2 and No. 23 near North Vernon Ind. Seven trainmen and a passenger were killed, 20 injured. Names include engineers Harry French and Frank Day, firemen Josh Horning and H B Matthews, baggage man M C Harvey.
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Cincinnati, O
C. W. Galloway
Laltimore & Ohio Railroad
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
North Vernon
Ind
Baltimore
Harry French
Seymour
Josh Horning
M. C. Harvey
Frank Day
H. B. Matthews
Albert Shur
British repulse German attack near Ypres in WWI report
The war office reports that German forces attacked near Ypres north east of the Ypres Staden railway and Paschendaele in the night but were repulsed. Intermittent cannonading continued at several front points with raids on small posts south of St Quentin Bezonvaux and Vaux. three German planes were shot down.
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Paris
London
Ypres
Ypres-Staden
Paschendaele
War Office
St. Quentin
Bezonvaux
Vauquies
Berlin
Army
Scarpe
Meuse
Argonne
Belgians in Occupied Territory Severely Stripped
An official dispatch via the Belgian legation reports through Holland that Belgians in German occupied zones are being stripped bare by requisition, losing essential life necessities.
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Washington
Holland
Norwegian steamers sunk kill thirty sailors in war likely
Thirty Norwegian sailors are believed killed as five steamers go down after German submarine attacks. The vessels Regtia Start Ragna Norddpol and Spro are reported sunk with heavy losses, per the Norwegian foreign office via Copenhagen.
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Tondon
Foreiga Office
Copenhagen
Hxchange ‘Telegraph Company
Regtia
Start
Ragna
Norddpol
Spro
US Transport Aground Off Atlantic Port
An American transport is aground off the Atlantic coast with naval ships and wrecking tugs responding. The inbound vessel is light with only operating and gun crews aboard.
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Atlantic Port
Atlantic
Women beg coal in Gotham amid brutal winter
In New York City a winter crisis drives thousands of women and families to beg for coal as temperatures plunge to six degrees below zero. State officials press for priority coal shipments, noting less than a day’s supply on hand and widespread fuel hardship citywide.
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New York
Wiggin
Richmond
Staten Island
Greater
Gifts of sugar forbidden at Orpheum theater
Paterson New Jersey October 20. An order directs Lew Watson manager of the Orpheum theater to offer to the city at 80 cents a pound the 575 pounds of sugar intended for patrons Wednesday night for distribution to the poor. If the city does not take the sugar Watson is to sell to others at cost. Federal food administrator James Fielder filed the order for New Jersey authorities.
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Paterson
N. J
Lew Watson
Orpheum Theater
James Fielder
New Jersey
Watson
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Graziani
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Cabrera
Earier
U. S
Georgetown
Late Telegraphic
RTE
J. H. Kempton
Gotham
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