Interstate Commerce Commission asserts authority over railroads in lumber rate ruling
The Interstate Commerce Commission overrules the Director General of Railroads in a Pacific Lumber case, declaring rates on lumber and forest products from Western points to eastern destinations unjust. It orders new rates to apply from California and Northwestern points to Denver and the Atlantic seaboard, noting war distortions do not justify inequitable charges.
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California
Denver
Atlantic Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clyde B. Aitchison
Oregon State Railroad Commission
Pacific Lumber Company
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
California Coast Group
Amileaionen
Humboldt Bay
Wilson
McAdoo
Director General of Railroads
United States
Congress
Congress Express
7000 of Allies Blinded 25 Percent More May Lose Sight
Paris reports that 7000 Allied service members are totally blinded with an estimated 25 to 30 percent additional losses expected from current patients. The combined total of blinded and nonpermanent eye injuries may reach between 30,000 and 40,000.
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Ernest Marshall
New York Times Co
New York Tysesp
Paris
Federal toll rate overhaul takes effect midnight
Postmaster General Burleson approves new telephone toll and long distance rates set to become effective at midnight except where court orders delay. Michigan New Jersey Illinois Missouri Florida Indiana Mississippi and other states face suspensions or injunctions as regulators seek delay or modification.
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W. H. Lamrr
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Post Office Department
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Missouri
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Arizona
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Penscela
Fla
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Lamarsid
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Neb
Committee On State Standardization
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Trenton
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Missouri Public Service Commission
Bell Telephone Company
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Chicago
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Illinois State Public Utilities Commission
Lansing
Mich
State Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Calox Tooth Powder Ad Promotes Oxygen In Tooth Care
McKesson and Robbins advertise Calox Tooth Powder claiming it contains oxygen and is for sale everywhere, recommending its use for dental care.
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McKesson & Robbins
Germany election shows socialist lead in Berlin vote
Berlin reports early results from the National Assembly election with the Majority Socialists polling 40 to 50 percent, Independents 5, Centrists 30, and German Democrats 15 to 20. In Greater Berlin 831 districts tally 8,195 for the Majority Socialists and 7,375 for the German Democrats amid ongoing counts.
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Christian
Ruhleben
Democratic Party
Bern
Paris
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Mecklenburg and
Leibeck
Frankfort-on-the-Main
People’s Party
Danzig
People's Party
Democrats
Magdeburg
Selberfeld
Nationalists and People's Party
Brunswick City
Citizens’ League
Brunswick
Barmen
Freiburg
Baden
Mannheim
Lorrach
Widshut
Sackingen
Constance
German Democratic Party
Karlsruhe
Konstantin
Americans proposed to settle Jugoslav Austrian border
A Paris dispatch reports German Austria Carinthia and Jugoslavia agreed to form an American investigation commission to study border boundaries. Americans proposed the appointment to prevent renewed hostilities as negotiations to cease fighting on the Carinthian front resume after an armistice renewal.
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Paris
Havas
Austria
Carinthia
Jugoslavia
Nave
Peace in March Hoped for in Paris
Paris dispatch reports hopes for a March peace in the conference with sessions planned for Tuesday and Wednesday. Delegates suggest boundary issues may be deferred until the treaty is signed as talks focus on early steps and framework.
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Paris
Germany
World must stand with France against conquest says Wilson
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson urging strong support for France amid postwar tensions. Supreme Council hears Noulens on Bolshevik danger and American aims to push for a League of Nations framework. Difficult bargaining and German elections loom over early peace prospects.
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Wilson
France
Council Studies
M. Noulens
Germany
Moscow
Petrograd
Society of Nations
Europe
H. Scavenius
Russia
Supreme Council
Vittorio Orlando
Wilseff
Lansing
United States
Baron Nobuaki Makino
Baron Matsui
Arthur J. Balfour
Robert Cecil
League of Nations
Great Britain
Lord Robert
Council
United States of America
Baron Makino
Paris
Quai d'Orsay
Archangel
M. Scavenius
Consider Whether to Intervene Actively in Russia
Paris dispatch reports three main Peace Conference options on Russia policy. One calls for vigorous intervention to overthrow the Bolsheviks. A second favors aid to pro democracy forces in Russia without troop dispatch to restore normal conditions. The third proposes ceasing opposition, withdrawing troops, and aiding Russia with food and rebuilding while requiring the Bolsheviks to halt attacks and terrorism.
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Paris
Russia
Germany Sale Plan by American Army in Rhineland
Paris dispatch reports Brig. Gen. H A Smith arranged for German plants in the occupied Rhineland to market products in France and Germany with cash payments. The plan aims to curb Bolshevik risk, fund reconstruction, and place Germany on a path to pay indemnities, despite Allied and American dissent.
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France
Germany
Rhine
Rhineland
Wilson receives French Senate homage in Paris luncheon
President Wilson was hosted by the French Senate at Luxembourg Palace with Antone Dubost praising France's heroism and urging world unity against invasion. Wilson responded that France's peril is the world's peril as he praised Franco American cooperation and a new world order.
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Wilson
Luxembourg Palace
France
Paris
French Senate
Senate
Europe
Harmony at peace talks shown by delegates mood
Special cable from Paris reports the mood among peace delegates as proof of harmony and conciliation. Walter Duranty notes a spirit of cooperation despite tensions as negotiations proceed.
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New York Times Company
New York Times
Paris
Convalescent Diet Aids Recovery With Pipa Nourishment
A brief note advocates Impe ranum Food as nourishing strengthening for patients recovering from influenza and pneumonia. The item is described as nourishing delicious and sweet with Pipa flavor.
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