Railways Show No Gains in Last Year Say Railway Age
Chicago Jan 2 Statistics compiled by the Railway Age show 1920 starts with rail development near a standstill. In 1919 only 686 miles of new lines were built and 689 miles of main lines were abandoned. Since 1916 more mileage has been abandoned than added, giving an actual net decrease of 933 miles from 1917 to 1919. Locomotives and freight car orders hit new low records, with 21,894 freight cars ordered in 1919 and 100,416 built, leaving builders with few orders for American railways.
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Pershing Dined in Lincoln New Year's
Lincoln Nebraska January 2 General John J Pershing concluded his ten day visit with a New Year reception by the Woman's Relief Corps thanking them for ambulance aid to France. He attended an old fashioned Missouri New Year dinner hosted by Governor and Mrs McKelvie and was guest of honor at a Lincoln dinner hosted by Former Senator Elmer J Bennett. His final event is a dinner dance Saturday with Lincoln and Nebraska guests.
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France
Relief Corps
Missouri
French Officers In U S To Learn Efficiency
New York dispatch reports several young French officers arriving aboard La Savoie to study big business and efficiency in America. They will tour United States Steel and Bethlehem plants and some will train in banking at J. P. Morgan & Co. They plan to stay about a year and most have wartime aviation and engineering backgrounds with injuries. Toronto note adds boxing results from the same era.
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la Savoie
United States
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
J. I. Morgan & Co
Electrician Albert Schmid Dies After Long Illness
Albert Schmid 62 a widely known electrical and mechanical engineer and longtime Westinghouse associate died in a New York hospital after several months of illness. He was noted for his work in electrical engineering and involvement with Westinghouse through the years.
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New University Head Named in St. Louis
Rev William J Robinson of this city has been appointed president of St. Louis University succeeding Rev Bernard J Otting.
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W. J. Robinson
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Colonel House Falls Out With Wilson Over Ireland Fiume
New York January 2 Col Edward M House longtime personal adviser to President Wilson has broken all ties with the President and will not back Wilson or any Wilson choice for the Democratic nomination. He favors Senator Oscar Underwood or another conservative Democrat and seeks support for Underwood and Hitchcock as minority Senate leader. The split stems from House promises to back Irish independence and the return of Fiume to Italy and Wilson’s resistance to those aims. House, once pivotal in Paris peace talks, grew tense after snubs and policy disagreements and is now recovering from illness while preparing a report for Secretary Lansing.
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Bernard Baruch
Conservative Voice Shapes Presidential Nomination
The colonel opposes radical ideas and backs a conservative for the presidential nomination. He admires Thomas Jefferson over Hamilton and aims to restore old-fashioned democracy under the present regime.
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Alexander Hamilton
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Ifence
Harvard Beats Oregon In Far West Scrimmage
Harvard defeated Oregon in a hard fought Pasadena scrimmage 3 000 miles from home. Coach Fisher praised his team for pluck while Oregon coach Huntington commended the effort and clean play noting Harvard’s strong team.
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Yale
Smith Stops Oklahoma Pug In Third Round
Jeff Smith of Bayonne New Jersey stopped Art Magers of Oklahoma in the third round. Magers was outclassed and his seconds were forced to throw in the sponge to save him from a beating. George Chaney defeated Frankie Brown, and Johnny Kilbane won a close decision over Al Shubert.
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Bayonne
N. J
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Oklahoma
Magerl
George Chaney
Baltimore
Frankie Brown
New York
Johnny Kilbane
al Shubert
Skater Reels Off 50 Yards In Record Time
In Chicago on January 2 Bobbile Mclean prepares to meet Oscar Mathisen in Norway for the world championship after an exhibition 50 yards in 34.5 seconds. The Sleipner Athletic club Derby saw William Steinmetz win the one mile Class A in 3 minutes 18 seconds, with R. J. McQuirter second and G. Lib of Milwaukee third.
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Norway
Sleipner Athletic Club
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R. J. McQuirter
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G. Li
Washington Park Skating Club
Milwaukee
Charles Jewtraw Wins Eastern Amateur Skating Honors
Charles Jewtraw of Lake Placid seized the mile half mile and quarter mile titles in the Eastern Amateur Skating championship at Newburgh N Y His sweep came despite poor ice from early rain and late warm sun making conditions difficult.
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Charles Jewtraw
Lake Placid
Germany Gains Army Of One Million
London reports the British war office estimates Germany's armed forces at about one million. It breaks down into regulars 400,000, land forces 12,000, armed constabulary 40,000 to 50,000, temporary volunteers or reserves 150,000 to 200,000, and civic guards 300,000 to 400,000. The treaty requires cuts to 100,000 regulars by March 31.
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Four Die as Train Hits Buggy at Crossing
Milwaukee January 2 four killed and two injured when a buggy carrying Gertrude Rudolph eighty four Ce Ha fifteen and Joseph Rudolph with two sons Robert eleven and Clarence nine was struck by a Chicago and Northwestern fast train at a crossing. Witnesses say crossing clear and trains visible for half a mile. The buggy was enclosed.
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Ce Ha
Joseph Rudolph
Robert
Clarence
Chicago and Northwestern
Pictures Today Belasco Theater Features Mabel Normand
Colonial Theater presents Alice Joyce in Cambric Mask while Star Theater shows Zaza Pitts in Pool Relations and Belasco Theater features Mabel Normand in Pinto in a round of portrait screenings and star showcases.
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Keokuk Middie Shot by Classmate at School
Reported in Annapolis Maryland a Keokuk Midshipman died from a wound received during a target shooting accident with a classmate. The incident involves Joey Janik Carroll of Keokuk and G Thompson as a fellow student. Also note England’s old prohibition on alcohol with many ale houses closed since Saxon times.
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Janik Man Carrol Joey
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Naval Academy
G. Thompson
England
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