Atterbury Likely New Railroad Director General Choice
Fort Wayne reports W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania Railroad is slated to become director general of railroads to replace William G. McAdoo. Atterbury, then master mechanic, is in France directing railroads and may be offered the post after discussion with President Wilson.
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Fort Wayne
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
William G. McAdoo
Atterbury
France
Wilson
Baltimore Executive Resigns From Railroad Administration
Carl R. Gray of Baltimore director of the division of operation resigns. Director General McAdoo accepts, effective January 15. Gray, formerly president of the Western Maryland railroad, seeks rest after duties with the railroad administration began last January amid severe rail congestion. No successor named yet.
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Washington
Carl R. Gray
Baltimore
Division of Operation
The
Railroad Administration
McAdoo
Gray
Western Maryland Railroad
Western Maryland
Sellers Cigar Store Raided In Twelfth Street
Frank Sellers and five men were arrested after a raid on Sellers Cigar Store on Twelfth Street. Frank Sellers is charged with conducting a gambling game while the five others face gaming charges. They posted bonds for court next Friday at 2 PM. The accused said they were playing rhum. Names include F B Lane C E Brazier C M Leyder R H Bonnell and L M Harbert.
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Frank Sellers
Twelfth Street
F. B. Lane
C. E. Brazier
C. M. Leyder
R. H. Bonnell
L. M. Harbert
Intimate Friend of Mark Twain Dies at 80
Hartford dispatch reports the Rev. Dr. Joseph Hopkins Twichell pastor emeritus of Asylum Hill Congregational Church died today at age 80 after a period of feebleness. Twichell, longtime associate and close friend of Samuel Clemens known from travels described in Innocents Abroad, was installed as pastor in 1865.
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Associated Press
Hartford, Conn
Joseph Hopkins Twichell
Asylum Hill Congregational Church
Twichell
Samuel Clemens
Mark Twain
Wilson lifts bans on private airplane exhibitions
Washington, Dec. 20. President Wilson today authorized the revocation of the prohibition and restriction upon private airplane exhibitions, contained in his proclamation of January 1, 1918.
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Washington
Wilson
Auto Bandits Strike in Two States in Broad Daylight
In Everett Massachusetts six masked robbers hijack Frank R. Brown paymaster for General Electric at the steel foundry payroll of 12 000. Brown is shot and critically hurt while guard Everett B. Kibbe and chauffeur Joseph P. Shapleigh are taken by surprise. In Chicago Summit Illinois a fifth thief drives a blue touring car as four men loot the State Bank of Summit of more than 15 000 in cash and 10 000 in Liberty bonds. police engage in a running gun battle.
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Everett
Mass
Frank R. Brown
General Electric Company
Brown
Boston
Everett B. Kibbe
Joseph P. Shapleigh
Tileston Street
Main Street
Associated Press
Chicago
State Bank of
Summit, Ill
W. Keller
Sarah Johnston
Robert Allison
Allison
Joseph Schweinold
Schweinold
Dr. Johnson Home After Border Service Returns
Major Harry Johnson returns to his city after eighteen months with the United States medical reserve corps on the Mexican border. He resumes medical practice starting Monday December 23.
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Harry Johnson
United States Medical Reserve Corps
Bank Vault Robbery At Granby Strikes Early
Bandits blew open the Granby bank vault in Granby Missouri and escaped with 16000 dollars worth of unregistered Liberty bonds before being frightened away with no cash taken. Local authorities pursue leads as the heist unfolds in December.
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Joplin
Bank of Granby
Granby
Here
Silver Chevron Rules For Service Arm Insignia
Orders authorize wearing service chev rons with six months service entitlement. A silver chevron on the left arm below the elbow marks six months, with each additional six months adding a stripe. Overseas service chev rons are gold.
Piper Married Murdered Girl in Indiana
Muskegon Michigan December 20 two officers head toward Indiana following letters written by Frieda Weichman to her Hinsdale aunt detailing an automobile trip with Milo H Piper in 1916 Piper admits the trip but denies the groom identity and two other people joined them Sheriff Stauffer says visitors limited to weekly and Piper's hearing likely postponed after Christmas for new counsel
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Associated Press
Muskegon, Mich
Frieda Weichman
Hinsdale
Ill
Milo H. Piper
Harris E. Galpin
Rensselaer
Ind
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Texas
Kansas
Piper
Jackson
Hamilton
Ontario
Carl Stauffer
Wilson Preparing for London Trip After Christmas
President Wilson's Paris schedule on Friday included official conferences and final plans to move to American headquarters, then to England after Christmas. Mrs. Wilson toured Paris alone with Admiral Grayson, visiting a hospital for blind soldiers. details of the London itinerary were not released pending word from London.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
England
London
Four Negroes Hanged at Shubuta Mississippi
Four enslaved people, two women, condemned for Dr E L Johnston's murder were taken from Shubuta jail and lynched tonight. They were reported hanged on the girders of a Chickasawhay River bridge.
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Mobile
Ala
E. L. Johnston
Shubuta
Miss
Chickashay River
Mystery Marriage Figures In Defense Of Muskegon Man
Frieda Weichman was found murdered in May 1917 between Muskegon and Grand Rapids. Milo H. Piper, charged with her murder, admits acquaintance with her and claims a mysterious John Sheldon married her, a tale the prosecution says masks his infidelity to a wife and child.
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Muskegon
Frieda Weichman
Milo H. Piper
Grand Rapids
Piper
John Sheldon
Welchman
Miss Weichman
Inset
Mail Carrier Hurt After Auto Crash at Broad Way and Eel River
C. H. Boughton, city mail carrier, was badly cut on face and neck and required ten stitches after his Ford struck a cable and boards across Broadway near Second street. The crash shattered the windshield and damaged the iron fence at 124 Eel River avenue. He was taken to Dr. Hatch’s office by Chase ambulance.
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C. H. Boughton
Broadway
Eel River Avenue
Frances Lux
Boughton
Chase
Hatch
Second Street
Indiana Artillery Regiments to Be Demobilized in Indianapolis
An Associated Press report from Fort Benjamin Harrison states the 137th and 139th field artillery regiments, largely Indiana men, will be demobilized in Indianapolis within three weeks. They are aboard the George Washington and expected to reach New York around Christmas Eve. the 137th was the old third Indiana infantry and the 139th the old fourth Indiana infantry.
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Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
137Th
139Th Field Artillery
Indiana
George Washington
Wilson
Europe
New York
137Th Field Artillery
Third Indiana Infantry
Fourth Indiana Infantry
Walton Boys Suffer Severe Wounds in Action
Corporal Harry W. Ruth of Walton was listed among yesterday's casualties as severely wounded. This marks the second Walton youth reported wounded in the past two days, the first being Private Hagamer.
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Harry W. Ruth
Walton
Walton Boy
Hagamer
Sverely
Johnson Acquitted of Murder by Jury
Elkton Md December 20 Charles Hal wardt Johnson was acquitted by a jury tonight of the charge of murdering Major William R. King supervising engineer of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. The defense argued the shooting came after a struggle with King on Johnson’s knees and hands on his throat.
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Elkton Md
Charles Halwardt Johnson
William R. King
Brooklyn
N. Y
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Johnson
King
National Bank
Aberdeen
Major King
Marion Man Plans Trip to France to Find Mother
Marion Indiana December 20 D Davis a local businessman has arranged his affairs to depart for Northern France as soon as he secures a passport. He seeks news of his mother who lived there before German occupation and has not heard from her since the area near her home fell under enemy control.
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Marion
Ind
D. Davis
France
Balloons Lost in Latest Allied Drive Reported
Washington dispatch reports that during the last allied offensive between September 26 and November 11, twenty one American balloons were lost. Fifteen were destroyed by German aircraft and six by shells with the enemy losing at least fifty balloons.
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Washington
First Army
France
War Department
New People’s League Formed by Leaders
Paris dispatch says Field Marshal von Hindenburg plans a new front behind the armistice line. Berlin asked for explanation. two regiments to Frankfort on the Main. Counter revolutionary movement alleged with Lequis in Berlin. New trace note sent to Washington appeals for armistice modification and food. State Department notes Berlin’s appeals as propaganda.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
von Hindenburg
le Journal
Zurich
Berlin
Frankfort-on-the-Main
U.S
Washington, D. C
Lansing
United States
State Department
Germany
Peoples League Formed in Berlin Delegates Named
A Berlin based Peoples League was organized with a high profile committee including Prince Maximilian of Baden former German chancellor Hugo Haase independent socialist Count von Bernstorff former US ambassador Mathias Erzberger centrist leader Dr W S Solf former foreign minister Prince von Hohenlohe Schillingsfuerst Austrian ambassador and Cardinal von Hartmann archbishop of Cologne.
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People’s League
Berlin
London
England
Peoples’ League
Copenhagen
Maximilian of
Baden
Hugo Haase
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Mathias Erzberger
W. S. Solf
Prince von Hohenlohe- Schillingsfuerst
Cardinal von Hartmann
Cologne
Soviets Set January 19 Election Date
Berlin reports the congress of soldiers and workers councils has scheduled national assembly elections for January 19. The opposition to summoning a national assembly polled only forty votes out of 240.
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Berlin
Germany
Congress of Soldiers’ and Workmen’s Councils
Board Directs That Schools Open Monday
City schools will resume regular activities on Monday December 23 after the board of health did not issue an order forbidding it. The decision reflects the welfare of children and the advisory committee’s recommendation to delay reopening by one week was noted by Dr J P Hetherington.
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Douglass
The
Board of School Trustees
A. H. Douglass
Board of Health
W. J. Roberts
Walter Girton
Board of
J. P. Hetherington
City Board of Health
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Association of Railroad Executives
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Carl Gray
Sellers Cigar Store
the Associated Press
Sam
Rhine
General Electric
Rob Summitt
DR. Johnson
U. S. Balloons
NEW “People's League
Board
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