Two Year Government Control favored in railroad bill
Washington Feb 3 The administration railroad bill to limit government control and compensate stockholders is to be reported to Congress next week. Meade Adaoo urged passage as senators consider amendments capping government control and defining rate authority and compensation terms. The bill sets a two year postwar control window with options for extension and provides a revolving fund for deficits while outlining appeals to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Administration Railroad
Congress
Meée Adoo
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Commerce Commission
Muaminne
Lakolette
Inmeinerme
Senate Committee
Senate
Provident
Interstate Consmmerce Commission
Let Contracts for Ten New Concrete Ships
Contracts for ten 3 500 ton concrete ships were let Saturday by the Shipping Board to Ferrer Concrete Ship Building Corp of Relondo Beach Cal. The first vessel is to be delivered within six months and the other nine within a year. The firm will use a new construction plan recently patented to speed up building times.
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Waitington
Shipping Board
Ferrer Concrete Ship Building Corporation
Relondo Beach
Cal
Treason Preached Openly In Italy Before Big Rout
Paris dispatch reports widespread treason in Italy with pro German propaganda in the Chamber of Deputies and in newspapers. It notes pacifists and antiwar officers within the army, argues Italy fought to avoid starvation, and cites Giolitti and D Annunzio in a complex wartime political struggle.
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Italy
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Sand Tre
United States
Auxiliary ship sunk by U boat in the eastern Mediterranean
The British armed boarding steamer Louvain commanded by Lieutenant Commander M G Easton was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the eastern Mediterranean on January 21. Seven officers and 217 men were lost. The official announcement was issued Saturday night.
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London
Louvain
M. G. Easton
Arman
Mediterranean
War updates and casualty reports reach remote fronts
German authorities order strikers back to work as press censorship tightens. Pershing informs the War Department of two American soldiers killed and four wounded in a Wednesday trench raid. The British vessel Louvain was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean, with 7 officers and 217 crew lost. Alien soldiers from the 34th national guard division are discharged at Deming New Mexico and attached units across Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska.
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Sis Hater
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Parker
Reprecentatie Montague
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Ratway Securities
Montague
Montisue
Qashuarn Woade
Dewalt
Stock
Sanders Ee Paenditon
New Tere
New York
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Stitesa and
Cooper
Stoito
Srive
Dybee Pe
Stephen
Pershing
War Department
Louvain
Mediterranean
34Th National Guard Division
Deming
New Mexico
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
New Guard Units Will Not Be Called New Guard Units
Washington February 3 The War Department set policy on new national guard units drafted into federal service. The President will refrain from calling them into service after they meet state preparedness standards but may draft them at any time. Provisional Marshal Crowder states draft eligibility remains until attached units are federally drafted by proclamation under the national defense act.
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Italy
United States
Gialiti
Washington
War Department
National Guard
Militia
Baker
Militia Bure
Crowder
Fire Destroys Naval Warehouse at Cherrystone
Fire at the U S naval base in Cherrystone Virginia destroyed a large warehouse housing most of the base food stores and clothing for 300 men. A relief vessel from Norfolk faced ice floes in Chesapeake Bay but was believed to reach Cherrystone safely after a long run.
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Norfolk, Va
United States Naval
Cherrystone
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Progressive merchant relies on advertising to drive buys
Mr. Chas. Ott emphasizes advertising as essential to lead customers in purchasing. The Whig reaches over 7,200 daily and 8,000 Sunday readers with store news, and the alert readership plus current prosperity show up as immediate results for Whig advertisers.
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Whig
Pershing Reports Trench Raid Casualties
Washington reports Gen Pershing advised two American soldiers killed in action and four wounded after a German trench raid under cover of barrage early Wednesday. Names given: Corporal Erwin March of Slayton Minnesota and Private George Rough of New York. wounded include Private John There Parks of Obion Tennessee and others from Minot North Dakota Toledo Ohio and Tunbridge New York.
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Washington
War Department
Pershing
Erwin March
Infantry
Slayton
Mion
George
Rough
New York
John
Parks
Expecting relief by double holiday and freight movement
Washington reports government instructions ahead to maximize railroad use during a shutdown and forced suspension. Coal loads held steady while more foodstuffs and livestock feed trains move to relieve shortages as shipments to New England and other regions continue.
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Washington
Fet
Surrlas Industroy
Mendis
Toomove
Mioorder
New England
Cedar Rapids
Town
Milwaukee
Massacre survivors recount Diaz station attack by Villa forces
Eleven wounded survivors arrived at a Chihuahua City military hospital after Diaz station killings near Santa Rosaria last Saturday. They described Villa in command, killing the train escort and most of the federal troops, with 142 reported dead. The survivors escaped by smearing blood and feigning death.
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Santa Ysabel
Laguna
Armandarez
Bellano
Villa
Diaz Station
Colonel Fred J. Smith of Peoria Dies Expected to Live
Col Frederick H. Smith, prominent Peoria Republican and state centennial commissioner, lies in St. Luke's hospital Chicago after a trip from French Lick Springs. He remained there since last Saturday with Mrs Smith and is not expected to recover tonight. Smith was a familiar figure at Central Ties golf events and led a well known team.
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Frederick H. Smith
State Centennial Commission
St. Luke's Hospital
Chicago
Smith
French Lick Springs
Col Smith
Central Ties Golf Association
Teary Ay Quincey
Galveston Exceeds War Savings Stamp Quota
Galveston County sets a record by oversubscribing its monthly war savings stamp quota. E R Cheesbrough announces January sales totaling 121,000 dollars against a 74,573 dollar monthly target. George Sealey, county director, cites a director’s letter from Lows Lipsite of Dantas confirming the oversubscription.
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Galveston
Texas
United States
George Sealey
War Savings
Lows Lipsite
Dantas
E. R. Cheesbrough
ORDER WORKERS BACK AT POSTS BY MONDAY
Socialist Deputy's arrest sparks irritation as Germany faces continued unrest. Berlin and Spandau see clashes, military orders seek return to work by Monday morning, while Essen Krupp and Hamburg shipyards resume operations amid broad labor tensions across Europe.
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Herlin
Berlin
Questio
Arerica
Spandau
Lighiard
Sin
Nomobais
Dittmann
Denuty
Wwtotam
Lenen- Mik
Fia
Militares
Re. Pusabo
Chancenge V. Tlunge Ote
Givin
Amilitare
Vridas
Krupp
Essen
Mamburg
Darmig
Kiel
Pamphlet from independent socialists warns on German peace talks
A pamphlet issued in Copenhagen alleges German independent socialists prepared the strike and warns Pan Germans have endangered peace negotiations. It attacks Tirpitz’s faction, criticizes the Reichstag, and calls for a peace without indemnities as the only salvation amid suffering.
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Copenhiagen
Copenhagen
Germany
Admiral von Tirpity
Emand
East
Virione
Tuat
Sso
Critiism
Rom
Aomenoo
MOBS FORM IN CAPITAL LONDON STRIKES RATTLE GERMANY
Berlin sees protests as strikes widen across Germany with mobs attacking streetcars and workers returning to some factories. Reports note arrests of socialist leaders and a national protest plan amid government efforts to curb coverage and deter demonstrations.
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London
Berlin
Germany
Eloll
Facing Destiny Proclamation Warns of German Resolve
Amsterdam dispatch notes a Munster proclamation by a deputy commanding general declaring Germany faces destiny and denounces agitation tied to the Russian revolution. It warns that disloyalty and strikes will be crushed and urges national unity to prevent a repeat of the front’s collapse.
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Amsterdam
Rhenische Westfalische Zeitung
Munster
Germany
Michael
Ceremany
Paris Confirms Air Raid Death Toll At 48
Paris officials, including Mo Raus, prefect of police, announced the German raid killed 48 and wounded 206. He said figures are absolutely reliable and deny any attempt to conceal facts. The report notes 38 dead and wounded totals include four children among the casualties with a mix of men and women.
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Paris
Mo Raus
Associated Press
Chicago and Alton cancels seventeen trains for fuel relief
The Chicago and Alton railroad annuls seventeen passenger trains for one day Sunday to conserve fuel and free engines for coal train work, announced from Bloomington on February 3.
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Bloomington
Chicago and Alton Railroad
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