Wilson Outlines Railroad Plans for Congress
President Wilson told Congress his recommendations for government operation of railroads include compensation at the three prior years' net income, a $500,000,000 revolving fund, and upkeep measures. Administration bills aim to preserve rail value, protect small investors, and extend federal workmen’s compensation to railroad employees while ensuring rapid congressional consideration.
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Wilson
Congress
Department of Justice
House
Senate
Federal Treasury
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce
United States
Persian Government Demands Talks With Russia
London January 4 The Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trotzky is said to have sent a communication to the Persian government offering negotiations for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Persian territory if Turkey withdraws hers Russian commissioners plan to negotiate with the Ukrainian government on recognition of the Ukrainian republic provided it does not hinder operations against General Kal edin es the Cossack leader
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Russia
London
Leon Trotzky
Prchanes
Turkey
Ukraine
Ukraiian
Kaledines
Munitions Depot Blown Up Kills 2000 Cossack Soldiers
A dispatch from Haparanda reports a munitions depot on the Russian southwest front was blown up recently. All buildings within two kilometers were destroyed and two trains loaded with Cossack soldiers en route to the Don district were demolished, causing about 2,000 deaths.
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Stockholm
Tidingen
Cosgack
Don
City Manager Plan Debate Seeks Cautious Rollout
A Lawrence chamber meeting on the city manager government drew a large, enthusiastic crowd. Prof BR Moore explained the new system, and leaders favored delaying any switch until the spring election. Petitioners aim to 950 signatures to trigger a special election, then proceed with the plan without rushing.
Kansas State Veterinary Meeting to Move to Lawrence
The Kansas State Veterinary Medical Association will hold its annual meeting in Lawrence next January marking a first for the group. A three day gathering in Manhattan reeled in Dr B McClelland as president for the year ahead with about 250 members invited and roughly 150 in attendance. A banquet is a key feature. Manhattan delegates paid a dollar per plate, while Lawrence is hoped to serve the banquet free to guests.
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Kansas State Veterinary Medical Association
Lawrence
Manhattan
B. McClelland
Manhatan
Went Home Without Leave By 1000 Soldiers In Texas
Absent without leave charges hit 1000 Texas and Oklahoma soldiers after holidays. They bypassed 14,000 furloughs, with 100 from Company B of the 144th Infantry marching in Dallas. About 200 already in the guard house await punishment. One sergeant from Dallas, Wolff, lost a promotion. the men say the holiday was worth the risk.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Greble
144Th Infantry
Dallas
Sargeant Wolff
Joint installation of three local relief orders set for tomorrow
Washington Post No 12 The Ladies of the Relief Corps No 9 and The Ladies of the Circle No 75 hold a joint installation at the Court House tomorrow at 2 30. The Post meets at 2 00 to transact business. Milk Producers Association holds its regular meeting tomorrow night at eight in the Chamber of Commerce rooms all interested in milk production invited.
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Washington Post No. 12
Ladies of the Relief Corps No. 9
Ladies of the Circle No. 75
Court House
Milk Producer’s Association
The
Milk Producer's Association
Chamber of Commerce
May Vaccinate University Students in Lawrence
Health officials order universal smallpox vaccination as Lawrence faces an outbreak. University and city school staff, janitors, and private school students are urged to vaccinate before Tuesday. County health officer Dr Rudolph says officials will vaccinate free for those unable to pay.
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John Rudolph
University
Lawrence Bussness College
John C. Rudolph
S. J. Craumbine
State Board of Health
City of
Lawrence
Missouri
Rudolph
Raymond A. Kent
Dudolph
Profits Reported in Critchfield Ship Contracts
Washington January 4 Profits totaling over a million dollars were made by the Critchfield Navigation Co in a government ship building contracts deal. Theodore E Ferris chief constructor for the emergency fleet corporation and a shipping board district officer testified. The company sold four ships under construction to the government at high profit and later obtained twelve more contracts for the Slone yard corporation with a five percent profit. Senators pressed Ferris on why contracts were let to a non builder owner and balked at selling the four ships to the government.
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Washington
Critchfield Navigation Co
Senate Commerce Committes Investi
Tne
Theodore E. Ferris
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Shipping Board
Critchfield Company
Slone Oe Yard Corporation
Scattel
Slone Corporation
Ferris
Critchfield Corporation
Classification List Reveals Draft Classifications in Kansas
A local draft board receives ongoing complaints about publishing men in the service who have not filed questionnaires. The list shows multiple names across classes 1 2 3 and 5 with residences in Lawrence Lecompton Baldwin Eudora Richland and other towns. Mr Herman Broeker spent the day in Kansas City.
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France
William John Damm
Lecompton
Roy Edward Gillum
Lawrence
Henry M. Desque
Overbrook
Albert Dimery
Charles Leland Leonard
Baldwin
George John Grosdidier
Eudora
Charles C. Kreider
Kansas City
Charles Gustav Laurenz
Edgerton
Kansas
Steven _E. Hodges
Oscar E. Lutz
Lone Star
Millard Filmore Hudson
James Layin Lecompton
Herbert Eugene Freese
Lloyd A. McHenry
Roy Silas Bowen
Richland
Kans
Walter Nelson
George R. Haire
G. Baerg
Ithaca
Herman Broeker
Price list announced by Douglas County Food Price Fixing Committee
Harry B. Sparks announces the first food price list for Douglas County grocers. Updates will appear on Tuesdays and Fridays until all licensed article prices are published. A price range is set for most items to ensure competition while preventing excessive costs. The committee aims to share fair prices with a roughly ten percent dealer margin.
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Douglas County
Harry B. Sparks
Food Price Fixing Committee
Food Administration
Fair Food Prices Set by United States Food Administration
Prepared by the United States Food Administration retailers pay prices for staples and the retail price ceilings they must not exceed are listed. The notice outlines allowed costs and maximum charges for essential foods to prevent price gouging during wartime.
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United States Food
Recognition of Lenine probable in Entente plans
London Jan. 4. The Daily Chronicle reports probable recognition of the Lenine government by the Entente as Russo-German negotiations unfold. Three alternatives loom: Bolsheviks concede, Germans concede, or a rupture in relations. Bolsheviki firmness margins a break, with possible renewed conflict and disrupted commerce.
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Lenine
London
Russia
Daily Chronicle
Trotzky
Iit
Germany
Maxim Litvinoff
George Wm. Buchanan
Daily News
Smolny Institute
Bolsheviki
M. Kameneff
Brest-Litovsk
Mr. Kamenoff
Nicholas
Haskell Plans Girl Basketball League With Several Schools
A twenty player girls team is planned at Haskell Institute under Manager A M Venne athletics head. The league would include Ottawa University Kansas Polytechnic Kansas State Normal and University of Kansas class teams with practices daily at four o clock. Miss Dorothy Querfeld coaches and will select the best players for the league if schedules are made.
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Indians
A. M. Venne
Haskell Institute
Ottawa University
Kansas Polytechnic
Kansas State Normal
University of Kansas
Haskell
Venne
Hasell
Dorothy Querfeld
Querfeld
Arrest carelessness on streets to be pursued
Police chief J. M. Boyd orders arrest of all jay drivers and drivers who pass street cars taking on or letting off passengers. Hendricks Kanwaka township was adjudged insane yesterday afternoon by a probate court physician committee. Miss Billa Foster, 93, died at the county poor home from old age. funeral plans to be announced. Kansas weather report notes fair skies with cooler conditions approaching.
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Jay
J. M. Boyd
Billa Foster
Murder at Hosington Hired Man Suspected
In Kansas Jan 4 Perry Yangery a farmer near McCracken was shot in the head and killed as he drove home with his wife bound and attacked. A hired man Kelley Yager allied with the motive confessed and surrendered at Rush County jail La Crosse. Mrs Yangery escaped to the house and broke her leg while fleeing upstairs during the assault.
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Faris Wer
le ‘Oaington
Kansas
Perry Yangery
McCracken
Taxstair Atending
Yagerey
Yager
Kelley
Rush
la Crosse
Yanger
Two Volleyball Nights Highlight Local Church Teams
Last night the Baptist team defeated Methodist B three games to two. Congregationalists won by forfeit over Presbyterians due to short players. Evangelicals defeated Unitarians three straight. Tonight two matches scheduled at 8:00 p.m. Lutherans vs Unitarians and Methodist A vs Christian A at 8:45 p.m.
Bill Proposes New Department of Munitions
A bill introduced by Senator Chamberlain would establish a Department of Munitions with a Secretary of Munitions to control arms, ammunition, food, clothing, equipment, and transportation during war and one year after. It would transfer existing bureaus and funds, coordinate actions, cut red tape, and aim to speed supply to the war effort under presidential direction.
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Washington
Secretary of Munitions
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Senate Committee
Department
Naval
Congress
Department of Munitions
America
Scramble for War Flour Won't Trigger Price Hikes
Wichita report notes government order for war flour and 48 and 96 pound sack limits sparked hoarding fears. U S Food Administrator Innes halted a 1000 pound flour distribution to a co operative store and warned hoarding hurts the war effort. Current Wichita 48 pound flour sells for 2.70 to 2.75. wheat prices steady.
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Wichita
Kans
U. S
Walter P. Innes
Kansas
Secret Service
Innes
Food Administration
First Aid Training Expands in State by Dr Clark
Dr Clark leads the first aid program in the state with 25 members allowed per class. The ten lecture and hour thirty minute demonstration course totals 15 hours, followed by a five-lecture advanced course. Bronze medals await those completing the advanced program as nursing officials seek a survey of trained nurses for recruitment.
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A. Wy
Clark
Ge Medical Board
Boston
Mass
Maschusetts
Gee East
Maeie
Nurses’ Association
Inactivity on Western Front Amid Reichstag Events
News from Associated Press reports Deutsche chancellor Von Hertling appearing before the Reichstag main committee and reaffirming Germany's stance. Russian proposals to move negotiations to Stockholm were rejected, while infantry inactivity persists on the Western and Italian fronts. German artillery targeted key Western front points as food shortages loom and rationing nears.
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Associated Press
Rusata
Reichstag
von Hertling
Germany
Stockholm
Sre
Artiery
England
Lawrence men among 61 aviation signal applicants
Five Lawrence men and KU were among 61 candidates recommended for acceptance into aviation service. The list includes Frederic Ziegler, Clyde R. Gelvin, Clifford Be Wilbur, and Forrest J. Miller, with H. C. Allen of Kansas City noted among the successful applicants.
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Lawrence
KU. Denta
H. C. Allen
Kansas City Ia
Frederic Ziegler
B.has 4Korst
Clyde R. Gelvin
Clifford Be Wilbur
Forrect J. Miller
No Change in Flour Price Warns Local Mills
Local mills report no expected price change for flour amid wartime wheat supplies. Richard C. Jackman, gelial manager of the ae, notes steady output and ongoing availability, suggesting stable costs for consumers.
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Richard C.jackman
Giaeill
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Oakley Vane Kring
Charles Albert Degroot
Cecil R. Dodder
Ralph E. Brooks
Wiliam L. Johnson
Kan
Ernest
Elston
Charles Hale Feild
Henry W. Hack
Nick Andevick
Denver
Colorado
William Ennis Amick
Lewis Lightfoot
Clement Mathew Hicks
Elmer Earl Cox
Ralph Morgan Hobbs
H. A. Andrews
Cheyenne Agency
South Dakota
Milton Edmund Deihy
Maurice Edmund Hodges
Clyde Richardson Gelvin
George Baltmaier
Alexander B. Mitchell
Takeetee
Eltan A. Kirby
William Austin Moore
Lima
Kansas Weather Report
FR My Today . Co
Hosington
von Ertling
Western
Hellas
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