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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1919
Page
4
Washington Jan 4 Director General McAdoo recited gains from federally controlled railroads and argued for a five year continuation to test unified direction. He read a long prepared statement before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, citing reforms, rate uniformity, terminal expansions, and cost savings, with a possible rate reduction later in 1919.
Washington January 4 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts introduced a resolution proposing an investigation by the senate naval committee into the awarding of contracts to the Ford Motor company for the construction of Eagle boats and into the character and construction of those boats.
New tunnel type towboats for the Government River Service will arrive after April 1. Each 200 foot boat with twin screws will operate in six to nine feet of water, offering 50 percent more propulsion and greater towing capacity. Six boats and forty steel barges will greatly increase annual tonnage and allow biweekly sailings if freight remains high.
The 41st division and attached units including the 161st 163rd 164th and 162nd regiments plus support and trench mortar batteries are listed for early convoy from France. The movement affects over 500 officers and 16,000 men from Washington Oregon Montana Idaho and Wyoming. Also aboard the Seattle and Matsonia transports are numerous anti aircraft sectors batteries trenches and trains, with hundreds of officers and thousands of men returning to the United States.
Benjamin M. Kauff, center fielder for the New York Nationals, signs for the 1919 season becoming the first major league player to commit. On furlough in New York, the sergeant expects to be mustered out before training begins. The report notes Iceland women recently marked the third year of enfranchisement.
Captain J. Robertson and Lieutenant A. A. Adams arrived in Indianapolis on a cross country airplane testing flight from Texas to Detroit. They covered 260 miles from St. Louis in one hour and 46 minutes, marking a rapid non stop leg.
Washington reports Secretary Baker told the house military committee that no permanent military plan will be sent to congress until after the peace conference. He outlined a temporary 500000 man force by voluntary enlistment and said most cantonments would be sold or kept for training centers while not planning to keep a large force in Europe beyond a short period. Baker noted 700000 soldiers had been discharged since the armistice with another million to be discharged in five weeks. He avoided endorsing universal military training, saying the war department has no policy on it and no premature decisions before peace talks conclude.
The report lists American war losses by category and region, with totals and a roster of fallen and missing soldiers from Illinois Missouri and Iowa. Names include Walter Birresingham Union Mo Samuel Miron Unionville Mo and Henry Rohlfing Fayette Mo among others, highlighting wartime casualties and widows ratio noted at end.
In a Paris address, the speaker urges friendship as the world’s bond beyond force and calls for a new international psychology. He argues there can be no balance of power, proposing a thoroughly united league of nations to sustain peace and justice. He expresses optimism that a new age of statesmanship will elevate humanity.
Washington Jan 4 Railroads under federal control received advances totalling 689 034 759 dollars from the railroad administration during the first year of government operation ending December 31 Director General McAdoo announced Of this sum 153 454 510 came from the 500 000 000 revolving fund for by congress The reshaimer 235 579 949 came from surplus operating receipts of certain railroads and from receipts from the express companies The total amount deposited with the director general up to December 31 from surplus receipts of all railroads and transportation companies under federal con
The total toll reached 270,574,961 dollars, with 46,916,416 dollars from express companies. Only fourteen roads deposited sums over 1,000,000 more than amounts returned by the director general.
In Aurora Wisconsin on Friday the temperature fell to 16 below zero. Stock suffered as trains struggled to run and interurban service was delayed due to the extreme cold.
An advertisement asserts a non poison drug system, claims long practice, success in chronic and acute diseases, and unusually high influenza treatment efficacy with no pneumonia or deaths. It invites all in need of medical services to seek treatment.
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