Government to Lengthen War Time Telegraph and Phone Control
A proposed House resolution by Chairman Moon aims to make telephone and telegraph lines permanent government utilities beyond wartime. Drafted with Postmaster General Burleson and approved by President Wilson, the plan calls for government operation until Congress orders otherwise and for appraising and potentially purchasing the systems under an 1868 law. Hearings will begin after referral to the post office committee and Moon plans an address during post office appropriation debates.
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Washington
House
Moon
Post Office Committee
Burleson
Wilson
Post Office Committees
Post Office
Congress
Postmaster General
Future airships to offer comfort and long flights
London via Montreal December 14. A civil aerial transport committee report says commercial airships will beat airplanes on passenger comfort and navigation ease with high disposable lift. Current ships reach 4000 miles at 78 mph, with 8000 miles possible at slower speeds. Cape Town to Southampton could be three days, Atlantic trips feasible. Future airships may reach 100 mph, include saloons and state rooms, an elevator to the roof garden, and stay aloft over a week.
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London
Montreal
Civil Aerial Transport Committee
The
Air Board
Cape Town
South Africa
Southampton
Atlantic
American Note Read In Chilean Chamber
In Santiago on December 14 the Chilean chamber of deputies read President Wilson's note urging an amicable settlement of the Chile Peru dispute and the government's reply. The reply states a firm wish to maintain peace and to honor the treaty of Ancon, believing the issue can be resolved without war.
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Santiago
Wilson
Chile
Peru
Chamber of Deputies
Ancon
Hearings Set on Meat Packing Regulation Measure
Washington December 14 hearings on the administration bill to regulate the meat packing industry as recommended by the federal trade commission will begin December 19. House Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Mains said members of the commission and other proponents of the measure would be heard along with packers and others interested.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
House Interstate Commerce Committees
Cotton market open ends government control of raw cotton
Washington Dec 14 All government regulations affecting raw cotton ended Friday with the dissolution of the cotton distribution committee of the war industries board. The move follows the reopening of world markets and signals no further need for wartime control. The shipping board allocated two ships totaling 39 000 tons to carry cotton to England and to English ports with stocks awaiting transport. Bainbridge Colby of the shipping board said more tonnage would be released as war requirements ease.
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Washington
Cotton Distribution Committee
The
War Industries Board
Charles J. Brand
Baruch
Wilson
Shipping Board
Galveston
England
New Orleans
Bainbridge Colby
Shipping Circles Welcome U S Trade Route Move
New York observers hail Washington plan to shift 500000 deadweight tons from military to civilian use as a major postwar adjustment. Chamber of Commerce reports 170000 tons of export freight tied up in New York and warns of losses without quick tonnage relief. Ships slated for trade will be redirected by the War Department to the United States Shipping Board and allocated to South and Central American commerce.
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New York
Washington
War Department
Chamber of Commerce
Theanters
United States Shipping Board
Camp Funston Units Split. Sent to Forts and Cities
The twentieth Infantry at Camp Funston Kansas was split up and entrained to Fort Leavenworth Fort Riley Fort Sheridan Fort Brady Fort Nitro and Camp Lloyd in Chicago. Additional detachments were sent to Rock Island Denver and Denver for military police duty. About 150 men of Company M went to Camp Lloyd and 100 to Denver.
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Camp Funston
Kan
Twentieth Infantry
Fort Leamonworth
Fort Riley
Fort Sheridan
Fort Hrady
Mich
Fort Nitro
Val
Rock Taland
Company M
Camp Lloyd
Chicago
Denver
Swiss invite to President Wilson extended
President Wilson received an invitation to visit Switzerland from President Calender and the Swiss parliament this afternoon, as reported by Associated Press.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Bprne
Switzerland
Calender
Parliamant
Gas Ready In Tons to Pour On Foes Line
New York December 14 details of America enormous preparations to overwhelm German armies with poison gas were revealed at the New York section of the American chemical society. Brigadier officers said five volunteers started gas mask production in May 1917, reaching 5 million masks and 3 million canisters by the truce, with the 1919 model claiming tenfold efficiency. Edgewood arsenal chief Colonel Walker said facilities produced mustard gas at 100 tons daily by November 11, and funds for chlorine, phosgene, chlorpicin and new vapors. chemists faced dangers and many sacrificed.
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New York
America
American Chemical Society
Germany
Bradley Dewey
William H. Walker
Edgewood Arsenal
Paris to confer citizen title on President Wilson
Paris council votes unanimously to grant President Wilson the title of a citizen of Paris. Details completed for the reception of President and Mrs Wilson with honors including the grand gold medal for the city and a diamond brooch with doves and an olive branch for Mrs Wilson.
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Paris
Havas
Wilson
Munieipat Council
Baden Villages Seek Annexation by Switzerland
Seven frontier Baden villages pass resolutions to join Switserland and send a delegation of burgomasters to submit an official request to the Swiss government for annexation. The move reflects the villages desire to unite with Switzerland.
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Associated Press
Borne
Thurneday
Grand Duchy of Baden
Switserland
Car Crash Tragedy Halts Kansas City Street Car Service
Kansas City faces a daylight disruption on the third day of a street car strike as a derailed car on Twelfth Street crashed into a trolley pole and building, killing two and injuring eight as rain fell. The motorman claimed he applied airbrakes but could not halt the speeding car. union and city officials pursued a conference with federal labor officials.
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Kansas City
James Dahm
Federal Department of Labor
Twelfth Street
Appoints Board For Wire Control Study
Washington December 14 Postmaster General Burleson has appointed a board to oversee the telegraph and telephone services under government control. Union N Bethel chairman and board members include F A Stevenson G M Yorke and A F Adams from major telegraph and telephone companies.
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Washiington
Burleson
Union N. Bethel
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
F. A. Stevenson
G. M. Yorke
Western Union Telegraph Company
A. F. Adams
Kansas City Home Telephone Company
German Armies Are Evacuating Odessa
London dispatch reports Odessa, the Black Sea port, being evacuated by German forces. Official Berlin statement says disarmament of Field Marshal Von Mackensen's army proceeds systematically. Earlier reports noted allied ships occupying vessels in the harbor.
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London
Odessa
Black Sea
Germany
Berlin
Marshal von Mackensen
Time Is Money Adage Promotes Saving Time
The WHIG WANT ADS urge readers to value time as money. Do not waste time in houses or job hunting, seeking customers, finding help, or pursuing business opportunities. Use time savings to save money, and remember time is money.
Hired men to spread doctrines in U S war effort
Senate testimony by Capt G B Lester details German propaganda operations in the United States before and during World War I. Agents recruited 131 propagandists in 1914, forming an organization of 200 000 to 300 000 German Americans who reported to Berlin. William Bayard Hale led publicity. J J Dickinson recruited for confidential reports, claiming White House access.
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Washington
United States
Berlin
G. B. Lester
Army Intelligence Service
Senate Committee
Brewer
Tefure
Lester
William Bayard Hale
Hearst Newspapers
Wilson
Mexico
Japan
Germany
J. J. Dickinson
New York
Dickinson
White House
Foreign Office
Copenhagen
Arrving
Heimerich Albert
Adolph Mecklenberg
Eric Kraske
Philip Bonn
Marines Enter Odessa in Russian Port Action
French marines have entered Odessa and were greeted cordially by locals. Detachments occupied a wireless station and expelled German soldiers from all military posts, per the Matin report.
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Paris
Odessa
Russia
Envoy From Northern Russia Arrives Aboard US Steamer Gambol
New York December 14 envoy M Matchkin from the new state of northern Russia has arrived in Washington aboard the American naval steamer Gambol. The Gambol left Archangel on November 2 and called at Glasgow during its voyage.
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New York
M. Matchkin
Russia
Washington
Archangel
Glasgow
Naval Review Planned When Ships Return
Washington reports a great naval pageant in New York Harbor around December 23 to mark the homeward return of the first armada ships from Europe. Admiral Mayo will lead the fleet on the Pennsylvania, with Secretary Daniels aboard the Mayflower, as nine dreadnoughts, 20 destroyers, and over 40 converted craft head home. Some smaller ships may miss the review while destroyers now returning include Whipple Truxton Worden Stewart Flusher Preston Lamson Reid and others soon to sail such as Jenkins Trippe Cassin Coningham Paulding Stevens Balch Caldwell McCall Ammen Sterett and Terry.
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Washington
Europe
New York
Daniels
Advmiral- Mayo
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Mayu
Whipple
Truxton
Worden
Stewart
Flusher
Preston
Lamson
Reid
Jenkins
Trippe
Cassin
Coningham
Paulding
Stevens
Balch
Caldwell
McCall
Ammen
Sterett
Terry
Page Bill Endorsed By Highway Officials
Delegates at the American Association of State Highway Officials endorsed the Page bill in Congress to boost federal highway funding by 100 million dollars annually. They also urged uniform traffic control and glare headlight laws, urged removal of highway bond restrictions, and asked wartime steel restrictions be eased for bridges. The committee set next meeting site.
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Chicago
Congress
American Association of State Highway Officials
Capital Issues Committee
War Industries Board
Abolish Conscript Armies George Says
Premier Lloyd George to Reuters Limited says on the eve of the election he supports abolition of conscript armies in all lands. He warns that peace conference would fail and be a sham if conscription continues. Any British delegate should favor this stance to the end.
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London
Lloyd George
Reuter
Great Britain
Health Conditions In Camps Improved
Washington December 14 Health conditions in army camps in the United States improved during the week ended December 6, the surgeon general reported. Non effective and death rates were notably lower than the previous week. Influenza persists at large stations but is less virulent and less often complicated by pneumonia than earlier in the epidemic.
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Washington
United States
Army
Habitual Criminal Statute Indicts Sing Sing Convict
New York December 14 James F Reean a Sing Sing convict who testified at the trial where Elizabeth Baksa was acquitted of murder of Mrs Helen Hamel a New York lodging house keeper was indicted on perjury charged after the defendants having three prior felonies This indictment is said to be the first in the state charging habitual criminal status
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New York
James F. Reean
Sing Sing
Elizabeth Baksa
Helen Hamel
Wilson Arrives in Brest in a Guarded Hero’s Welcome
President Wilson lands in Brest amid cheering crowds and naval pageantry marking the first personal contact of a U.S. president with Europe. He departs for Paris aboard a harbor procession as French and American officials greet him with guards of honor and mingled anthems.
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Associated Press
Brest
Wilson
France
Paris
Europe
Jules J. Jusserand
United States
Stephen Pichon
Georges Leygues
Marine
Cours Dayot
Spectacular Fleet Arrives With Moonlit Sea Display
On board the U S George Washington the Allied fleet joined President Wilson aboard as battleships Pennsylvania and other ships led the convoy. Dawn broke over a partly cloudy sky while searchlights traced signals between ships and a responding message appeared across the horizon in flashing light.
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U.S
George Washington
Amenian Battleship Division
President Wilson
Pennsylvania
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