Federal control on railroads tested before Senate
Washington reports Director General Hines warned that wartime propaganda and fear have shaped opposition to government operation of railroads. He urged extending federal control for five years while private management resumes under peaceful conditions. He favored a few large privately run systems under firm government oversight with a fair return and possible labor participation in profits.
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Washington
Hines
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Magazine Edited By O Leary In Evidence
In New York on February 4, two last year’s issues of Bull, a radical magazine once edited by Jeremiah A. O’Leary, dominated federal court proceedings as O’Leary and three associates faced espionage act charges. The government sought to read articles while defense insisted on reading full magazine contents, leading to a relay of lawyers reading the issues into the record.
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New York
Bull
Jeremiah A. O'Leary
O'Leary
Fatal accident as dam sluice gate collapses at Mantistique
Escanara Michigan February 4 Charles Bagriker 19 killed and two other men injured when a sluice gate at a dam under construction collapsed. Sharkey’s neck broken. The men were rescued from icy flood with great difficulty.
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Escanara
Mich
Charles Bagriker
Mantistique
Sharkey
New York Homicide and Suicide Totals for Last Year
Approximately 6,200 persons met violent death in New York City last year per the chief medical examiner’s annual report. There were 278 homicides and 772 suicides, a slight decrease from the previous year.
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New York
Hoover Aides Say Austrian Need Is Coal
Paris reports from Feb 3 state Hugh S. Gibson Captain T. T. C. Ferguson and other inter allied food relief commission members told Herbert Hoover fuel shortages hinder food aid in Central Europe. They warn coal is the urgent constraint in Austria Hungary and Czecho Slovakia limiting train service and relief distribution.
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Hoover
Associated Press
Paris
Hugh S. Gibson
T. T. C. Ferguson
Inter-Allied Food Relief Commission
Herbert Hoover
Commission
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Serbia
Capt. Ferguson
Czecho- Slovakia
Entente
Triest
Danzig
Agreement Reached on Oil Lease Bill in Congress
Washington Feb 4 after months of debate house and senate conferees announced a final oil leasing bill opening more than 60 million acres of federal lands in the west and Alaska to development under a royalty not less than one eighth of gross production. The measure blocks naval reserve wells except existing flow wells and sets coal terms with two cent per ton royalty or sale by competitive bids at ten to twenty dollars per acre.
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Washington
House
Senate
Alaska
West
Congress
California and
Wyooming Naval Reserve
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of the Interior
Attorney General
Naval Reserve
Denounces Meeting to Justify Soviet Praise in Senate
Senator Thomas of Colorado denounces a Washington meeting praising the Russian soviet government. He says a powerful unnamed group seeks to overthrow the American government and a House member was conspicuous but unnamed by Senate rules. Representative Mason urged troops from Russia. Gordon and Dillon attended.
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Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Demoocrat
Senate
House
Mason
Illinois
Russia
Gordon
Ohio
Dillon
South Dakota
Lawyers argue motion for new trial in Berger case
Chicago Feb 4 Argument of counsel on the motion for a new trial for Congressman elect Victor Berger of Milwaukee and four other social leaders recently convicted of conspiring to violate the espionage law began Monday before Federal Judge Landis. Attorneys Seymour Steadman and Henry Cochemsa defended.
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Chicago
Oelact Victor
Throes Of Big Strike In London
London reports on a government opposed to intervention as the trade union congress plans a special meeting to tackle industrial unrest. Belfast strike actions force Lord Pirrie to cancel engagements. City workers walk London streets causing tram and bus congestions. hotel workers vote to strike involving about 8,000 people.
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London
Trade Union Congress
Belfast
Lord Pirrie
Report On Prisoners Freed From Germany
War Department releases list of Americans freed from German camps and those returning to France. Lieut. H. C. Knotts of Carlinville TL and enlisted men Charles L. Paper of Creboogan Mich James J. Matchell of Tonesboro IL George Janiszewski of Detroit Michigan. Also Jerome Ludwig of Modo Hawaii Thomas E. Grider of Danville IL and Clifford W. Wolfe of Council Bluffs Iowa reported released and left for Strasbourg after Rastatt.
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Washington
War Department
H. C. Knotts
Carlinville
Charles L. Paper
Creboogan
Mich
James J. Matchell
Tonesboro
Til
George Janiszewski
McDougall Ave
Detroit
France
Jerome Ludwig
Modo
Thomas E. Grider
Cannon Street
Danville
Rastatt
Strasbourg
Clifford W. Wolfe
Council Bluffs
Towa
Delegates Send Home For Additional Help
Paris february reports indicate the peace conference needs more experts. The Japanese delegation telegraphed ministers Honda and Adachi to rush to Paris, expected today. Italy requests extra specialists to tackle social and labor issues. Baron Mayor Des Planches, head of the Italian immigration bureau, departs Rome for Paris.
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Paris
Honda
Brussels
Adachi
Berne
Rome
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Italian Bureau of Immigration
Germany's hunger exposed after German tour and interviews
In Paris, a two week tour through Germany reveals widespread underfeeding and scarce markets. Observing uneven food distribution, authorities fear riots if rationing tightens. Emanuel Wurm, calling himself Deutschland's Hoover, governs wholesale feeding and ration setting, with some towns faring better along the Rhine than inland regions.
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Paris
Germany
Corey
Hindenburg
Haase
Rhine
Emanuel Wurm
Tie
Deutschland
Hoover
Grain dealers urge price support plan for 1919 wheat
Grain men told the House agriculture committee that the government should pay 2.26 a bushel for the 1919 wheat crop and sell it at world price about 1.25, a loss they estimate near a billion dollars but preferable to artificial pricing. They proposed three other plans and opposed the grain corporation’s continuation under current aims.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Lever
South Carolina
A. W. Glasgow
Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration Grain Corporation
Corporation
L. F. Gates
Chicago Board of Trade
Glasgow
E. B. Reynolds
Crawfordsville
Ind
The
Grain Dealers Association
F.C. van Dusen
Minneapolis
Grain Corporation
Carkener
Kansas City
Buffalo
Mr. Grammer
Jon Leiter
Gates
Delegates From 12 Countries Gather in Berne Conference
In RNE Switzerland on February 3, one hundred twenty delegates from twelve nations arrived for the international socialist conference. Edouard Bernstein was detained in Germany, while Swiss socialists opposed to participation grow hostile to the event and oppose M Grumbach Alsatian head of the press bureau. About 150 newspaper men also arrived. Delegates on good terms despite tensions, regret American absence seen as a blow to the German side.
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Associated Press
RNE
Switzerland
Edouard Bernstein
Germany
M. Grumbach
Kolchak Declines Parley With Bolsheviks
OMSK Russia January 28 Admiral Kolchak refuses any armistice with the Bolsheviks calling them brigands while proposing talks with provisional governments. He pledges to work for Russia’s salvation and rehabilitation. The supreme court reform ceremony in the justice ministry reconstituted the Peter the Great court with Nicholas II paintings replaced by Alexander II.
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Associated Press
Omsk
Princes Islands
Admiral Kolchak
Russia
Ministry of Justice
Supreme Court
Peter the Great
Nicholas II
Alexander II
Hold Troops Ready In Berlin and Weimar
Berlin and Weimar brace for a clash with extremists as the government asserts force to secure the national assembly. Troops guard the Reichstag and armored cars loom over Berlin while soldiers’ councils in Eisenach Erfurt and Gotha oppose deployment. Independents seize the telegraph office at Eisenach to disrupt traffic.
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Berlin
National Assembly
Weimar
Reichstag
Eisenach
Erfurt
Goth
Tisenach
Dismiss Court Writ In Dr Rumely Case
A habeas corpus writ to stop Dr Edward A Rumely from being moved to Washington for trial on failing to report property alleged to be owned by Germany was dismissed by Judge Mayer in federal district court. Rumely remains indicted in New York on a related charge and is free on $36000 bail.
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New York
Washington, D. C
Edward A. Rumely
New York Evening Mail
Federal District Court
Mayer
Rumely
Names of state soldiers bill introduced in House
Washington February 4 A bill requires the adjutant general of the army and secretary of the navy to supply the adjutant general of each state with the names and service records of men from the state who served in the army or navy during the war. Introduced in the House Monday by Representative Hawley of Oregon and referred to the military affairs committee.
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Washington
Adjutant General
Army
Secretary of the Navy
House
Hawley
Oregon
Military Affairs Committee
Blizzard Hits Minnesota as Snow Storm Sweeps North
In St Paul Minnesota on February 4 a major blizzard arrives ending a six week lull. Rain is reported in the southern portion as a snow storm moves across the state. Temperatures stay well above zero in many areas while the weather official notes unsettled conditions.
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Minnesota
ST. Paul
Minn
Prof Pickering Dies in Cambridge Observatory Chief
Prof Edward Charles Chering director of the Harvard observatory and a leading American astronomer died Monday after a brief illness in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Pickering
Cambridge
Edward Charles Chering
Harvard Observatory
Rumanians Agree To War On Austria Hungary
Paris Feb 3 The Temps publishes the 1916 August 17 treaty with the quadruple entente. Articles set Rumania to attack Austria Hungary Aug 28 and to cease economic relations with enemies. It confirms territories, bans separate peace, and outlines military co operation with Russia and France. The military convention includes Bukowina action, Constanza use, and Transylvania aims. The document also notes indemnities to Banat émigrants.
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Associated Press
Paris
Rumania
The
Temps
France
Great
Britain
Italy
Russia
Kingdom of Rumania
Austria-Hungary
Great Britain
Belgrade
Banat
Romania
Saloniki
Bukowina
Rumanian
Havin
O Constanza
Krustendje
Dombrudja
Budapest
Transylvania
Louis L. Klotz
M. Klotz
William M. Hughes
M. Vandenheuvel
Belgium
Wilson
Eague of Nations Commission
Col. House
Council
League
United States
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Herbert Corey
Quincy Whig
U. S. Control
Kolchak
Dr. Rumely
Teuton
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