Railroads Reject Wage Rise and Warn on Government Ownership
Washington December 30 rail executives refuse the proposed percent wage increases for organized workers and attribute the move to pre government policy. They argue government operation would push toward government ownership and fear stockholders and the public would demand it. Brotherhood leaders vow not to halt transport during wage talks. Executives cite two reasons against returning to private control: disrupted revenues under government operation and a continental rail alliance making a return to private competition impossible. The war board sent traffic-improving suggestions to the director general and asked for daily Mc Adoo briefings to discuss road problems.
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Ashington
U. S
Weir
Gorgens
Fey
Railwoad Brotherhood
al- Ayi
Sander
Railroad War Board
Lst
West
McAdoo
Taft Declares War-Time Class Appeals Traitors
Former President William Howard Taft told the Midday Bencheon club in Springfield Illinois that efforts to inflame party animosity or racial/class prejudice during wartime are acts of treason whether recognized or not. He urged patience for reforms until victory, framing current investigations as necessary checks on peace machinery and warning against demagogic rhetoric.
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Springfield
Iib
William Howard Taft
United States
Washington
Finland Faces Famine Threat as Food Runs Short
Washington reports indicate Finland faces a famine risk due to acute cereal shortages. Dispatches from Helsingfors note exhausted stocks, widespread breadlessness, and towns like Wiborg Hlammersfors and surrounding areas suffering while farmers plan for the next crop. Helsinki seeks tonnage from the U.S. to relay relief shipments.
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Finland
Helsingfors
Wiborg
Hlammersfors
Aarlo Ignatius
Nce
State Department
Epping Board
Allies Credit Total Reaches Four Billion
Fragmented report states Allies' credits rose to four billion Saturday as Secretary authorized further aid to Allied countries. Mentions funds to France and other allies with large sums noted, though figures are garbled in the source.
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Washington
Secretaryae
France
Alwa
Ean
Scraps From Army Uniforms Held Fortunes for Men
Dec 30 report on the Inquiry Committee findings into scrap cloth contracts to Baz Sorting Co of New York. Testimony tied profits to six-cent per pound pricing, with figures up to 500,000 annually. Eisenman Kaplan and relatives questioned. government to take over work. wool supply delays blamed on council of defense. broader probe into ordnance issues scheduled.
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Council of National Defense
Baz’ Sorting Company
New York
Charles Eisenman
Samuel Kaplan
Kaplan
Connecticut
Sharpe
War Department
Eisenman
Council of Defense
Boston
Eral Sharpe
A. E. Pereless
Ira A. Kaplan
Alexander Tl. Kaminsky
Kaminsky
Charles Kaplan
Crozier
Renke
Col
Lewis
Regardige
the Legia
Machigé
I Perry
National Transportation Order Under War Proclamation
Historic wartime directive allows all officers and employees of transportation systems to continue regular duties under existing supervision while permitting retirement with notice. It mandates full utilization of terminals ports locomotives and stock to support national needs regardless of ownership and warns that conflicting schedules must be reported to the director.
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Interstate Commerce ‘Commission
Pan German Press Ridicules Peace at Brest Litovsk
Stockholm reports pan German press mocks Brest Litovsk peace talks with derision and fear of over optimism. Deutsche Zeitung calls for Entente victory while leftist papers show cautious hope and warnings from Theodora Wolffe of the Berlin Tageblatt.
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Stockholm
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Deutsche Zeitung
Brest- Litovsk
Hut Hot Sangwiré
Theodora Wolffe
Etlin Tageblatt
Relief Monday from cold wave forecasts say
Washington reports widespread cold with coal shortages causing hardship east of the Mississippi. Snow on Atlantic coast. rain elsewhere. eastern regions forecast fair today and Monday though abatement not expected until Monday or Tuesday in the Ohio Valley and upper Great Lakes.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Upper Lake Region
Missouri Valley
Rocky
Mountains
Padhesztga
New York
Severe Cold Wave Grips New England
Boston faces extreme cold as New England endures a severe winter wave. Thousands of homes lack sufficient coal and fuel, particularly in tenement districts, while the Weather Bureau records a record cold reading at 8 PM. Charitable organizations mobilize aid and fund-raising to help families with no fuel.
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New England
Boston
Cithestra
Seven Die In Head-On Collision Near North Vernon
North Vernon Indiana reports seven train crew members killed and about twenty injured after a head-on crash between westbound No 2 St Louis to New York and eastbound No 23 Cincinnati to St Louis near North Vernon. Relief trains rushed to the scene as wrecked engines tumbled down a steep embankment. The cause cited is a failure of the automatic block system with deaths including engineers, firemen, and baggagemen from Cincinnati and Sycamore.
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North Vernon
Ind
Baltimore and Ohio
Here
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
J. H. Kempton
D. P. Shaner
P. J. McEvaly
Boyles
Sycamore
I Seca & Dee Eee Ee Alkof
Dugene
Butler
Man Hart
Karl Austin
Decker
Silas Huckelberg
EL. Vermily
N. C. Schneer
G. W. Mains
6Th Regiment
D. Groves
Porterville
Harry C. Collins
Camp Meade
Leslie. Abell
U.S. S
Destroyer Ross Cost Jellicoe Admiralty Post
London reports debate over Sir John Jellicoe becoming first Sea Lord amid concern after the loss of three British destroyers near the Dutch coast. Sir Eric Geddes visited Sandringham for urgent royal audience signaling significant admiralty changes announced the next day.
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London
John
Jellicoe
Admiralty
Eric Geddes
Sandringham
Christmas
Planes Drop 100 Bombs On Three Airdromes
London Dec 30 official reports from Marshal Haig state British aircraft dropped over 100 bombs on three German airfields north of Lille. Seven enemy machines were brought down, four of which fell inside our lines, two driven down out of control, and four shot down by 우리 guns. three of the German machines are missing.
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London
Marshal Haig
E . Quarters
Furgicourt
Lens
Ypres
Encourt
Lille
Dias
Ehinea
Moran to become chief of Secret Service on Jan 1
W H Moran, assistant chief for ten years, will succeed William J Flynn as chief of the Treasury Secret Service on January 1. Moran, noted for uncovering the 1897 Monroe head counterfeit, led major investigations including the Cotton Leak case and the Monroe bill discovery.
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Washington
W. H. Moran
Treasury Secret Service
William J. Flynn
McAdoo
Moran
Ice
Secret Service
Morga
Cowifellers
J. Ty
J. PW
Trimble
Memphis
Tenn
Mangly
Quincy
William Heynes
Géneral Services
William Haynes
Minneapolis
Minn
Daugherty
George T. Shaw
Bethel A. M. E
Five Month Old Girl Dies In Heart Trouble
Ne Virginia, five months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Duggan of 64S Ohio Street, died suddenly Saturday morning. Mrs Duggan awoke early to feed her child and found the baby four hours later. The child’s remains were moved to Herman Stormer’s Undertaking Parlor for an inquest, which returned a verdict that death was caused by heart trouble.
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Virginia
Roscoe Duggan
Ohio Street
Obituary: George Geanatos Dies After Illness in Blessing Hospital
George Geanatos of 721 Jersey Street died Saturday afternoon in Blessing Hospital after a several day kidney illness. A well known city resident, he was part owner of a candy company Furicrat Capice. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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George Geanatos
George Geanetos
Jerseystreet
Blessing
King Ferdinand Quits Throne of Rumania Rumor
Petrograd dispatch reports persistent rumors that King Ferdinand of Rumania, a Hohenzollern, may have abdicated amid a rumored revolutionary plot. News notes crisis indications as the Romanian army had agreed to an armistice on the eastern front, with Bolsheviks and German propagandists said to be active among Romanian troops.
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Rumania
Petrograd
Ferdinand
Romania
Hohenzollern
Charles
Clifton D. Simmons
William Perry Johnson
Grover Tpfirmann
Charles Arthur Willows
Earl O. Selby
William E. McIntire
Albert B. Lansing
L . Mexon
Alfred Stelter C. Young
Iti
Bombing of Padua Area Kills Thirteen, Injures Sixty
Rome reports twenty six December bombing raids across northern Italy. Thirteen pursing were killed and 60 injured as War Office announces raids on Treviso Montebelluna Castelfranco Padua area. Art treasures in Padua density section not damaged. Prisoners captured, reconnaissance rail targets bombed Friday night.
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Rome
Paudnaj
Italy
Enemiy. Aviatées
Hag
Treviso
Montebelluna
Italian initiative in Alps offensive near Monte Tomba reported
Cold weather and snow curb military activity in Europe with minimal action in most sectors. An infantry strike is described at a single point on the battle line near Monte Tomba west of the man-war area as Italians press a limited initiative against the Austro-German front.
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Italy
Monte Tomba
Poe J Batechy
Ohnson
Arlette Hawes Buckner
Robert Tatman Williams
Weather Brief Illinois and Iowa Snow and Cloudiness
Illinois forecasts show increasing cloudiness with light snow possible in the north and fair to gradually rising temperatures inland. Iowa expects partly cloudy skies with light snow in the north and slowly warming conditions. Missouri reports partly cloudy with light snow in the north and gradual warming elsewhere. River conditions and stage sites are mentioned with limited clarity.
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Illinois
Missouri
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