Railroads under new terms urged by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission urged that private owners not regain prewar control of railroads. It outlined possible policies including public ownership or regulated private operation, urged consolidation and inland waterway development, and called for legislative study on rates, governance, and coordination between federal and state authorities. The report emphasizes adequate, low cost service during national stress and preserves public safety in transportation.
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Washington
United States Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Commission
Bolshevism Had Origin in America
New York December 5 United States Senator Charles S Thomas 9 Colorado told the Association of Life Insurance presidents that Bolshevism began in New York Chicago and Philadelphia immigrant colonies he called national plague spots He warned that Lenin’s leaders studied here and returned to Russia to foment atrocity He on the national debt of the war said it may reach 35 billion dollars and urged thrift enforcement as a cure for discontent He claimed ordinary efficiency in public administration could save about 600 million annually and that thrift is the war’s lasting lesson.
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New York
Russia
Chicago
Philadelphia
United States
Charles S. Thomas
Colorado
Association of Life Insurance
Thomas
Movey
Superior Court Trial of Martin Penczak Prolonged
The Martin Penczak assault trial in Superior Court was not finished yesterday and was continued to today. He had previously been fined $50 and costs and jailed two months in the city court. Prosecution by Bertrand E. Spencer and Ernest A. Inglis followed by Judge Donahoe, with a verdict expected late today. Other cases involving East Hampton Trust Co. will not be heard this term, and Cavanaugh’s absence delays proceedings. The Penczak case may be the sole trial this term.
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Martin—Penczak
Martin Penczak
Alexander Novak
Penczak
Bertrand E. Spencer
Ernest A. Inglis
Daniel J. Donahoe
Segar
Cavanaugh
East Hampton Trust Co
Cavanwigh
Then and Now
Philadelphia Bulletin reflects on historical American diplomacy from Silas Deane to Jefferson and comments on a modern peace commission at Versailles, praising democracy and denouncing self-promotion in public life. The piece invokes past envoys and Horace of the Sabine Farm to celebrate modest, anonymous leadership serving the popular will.
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Philadelphia
Silas Deane
Paris
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin
George Washington
Palace
Versailles
Will
Horace
Sabine Farm
Creel Accused of Censoring Paris Peace News
Senate critics claim all Paris peace conference dispatches entering the United States must be submitted to George Creel. Senator Hiram Johnson says the aim is to ensure full discussion by the American people and protests Creel rationing or censoring news.
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Washington
Senate
Paris
George Creel
Hiram Johnson
California
Thinks Kaiser Will Come Back In Germany’s Royal View
Washington diplomats read a dispatch from Prince Henry of Prussia to the Prussian royal family swearing allegiance to the ex Kaiser, saying he expects William Hohenzollern to regain the throne as king of Prussia and emperor of Germany.
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Kaiser
Washington
Prince Henry of
Prussia
William Hohenzollern
Germany
High Commission
Prince Henry
Gen Edwards Brother Recovering From Illness in Cleveland
P R Edwards brother of Major General Clarence Edwards and head of a large wholesale grocery house in Cleveland is on the road to recovery after six weeks of influenza and pneumonia. A serious setback Tuesday gave way to an announcement today that he is much better.
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Gen. Edwards
Cleveland
Ohio
P. R. Edwards
Clarence Edwards
House Healing Signals London Conference Returns
Paris dispatch reports Baron Sonnino and Lord Derby meeting Col. E M House to brief him on the London Allied conference results. House has recovered enough to travel to Brest next week for a meeting with President Wilson.
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Col. House Better
Paris
Baron Sonnino
Lord Derby
Col. E. M. House
London
Col. House
Brest
Wilson
Flanagan Family Returns Home From Visit
Mr and Mrs A J Flanagan and their children have returned to their Rockville home after visiting Mrs Flanagan s parents Mr and Mrs Dunn of Main Street. The trip extended their stay with relatives in the area.
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A. J. Flanagan
White House Guarded As Usual In December News
Washington December 5 The White House guard kept 24 hour duty with soldiers patrolling the grounds saying President Wilson is in the White House for now and the guard will remain strict until any change is confirmed, despite small number of special watchmen inside.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Executive Mansion
Lovett May Head Railroads
Robert S. Lovett, director of capital expenditures on the Railroad Administration staff, is regarded as the likely pick to succeed Secretary McAdoo as director general of railroads. Lovett previously led priorities for the War Industries Board and chaired the Union Pacific executive committee before the war.
Wage increases for trolleymen at Bay State Street Railway
Washington reports war labor board award raises Bay State Street Railway Company wages. Motormen and conductors gain 41 cents first three months, 43 cents next nine, 45 cents after one year. other staff wages adjust similarly. Retroactive to October 22. Fare considerations urged to cover higher operating costs. Baksa murder charge dismissed in New York. Elizabeth Baksa freed. Regan’s confession cited as basis. Paris reports no decision on freedom of seas or league of nations. fate delayed until Wilson arrives.
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Washington
Bay State Street_Railway Co
Boston
United States
National War Labor Board
War Labor Board
Paris
League of Nations
London
Wilson
Fire Destroyed 16000 Bags Sugar in Philadelphia Blaze
A large sugar fire in Philadelphia destroyed sixteen thousand bags and other refined and unrefined goods. The Franklin Sugar Refining Co. valued the loss at $300,000. The blaze occurred along Delaware avenue and Reed street with unknown causes.
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Philadelphia
Delaware Avenue
Reed Street
Franklin Sugar Refining Co
Fire sweeps five story building in Boston market district
A four alarm blaze drove seventy five women and girls and as many men from the second and third floors of a five story stone building at Commercial and Richmond streets in the market district this afternoon. Fire officials reported swift evacuations as flames raced upward through the structure. Continuous smoke and emergency crews delayed reopening of nearby avenues as investigators began assessing damage.
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Boston
Commercial
Richmond Streets
Market District
Ex-king of Bulgaria mocks vaudeville comeback claim
Louisville Courier Journal notes a former Bulgarian monarch, after the war, faces ridicule as he seeks a stage return, described as a nerveful attempt to join vaudeville amid public mockery.
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Bulgaria
Louisville Courier-Journal
Guard Against Influenz With Foley's Honey and Tar
A Texas man from Sandy Point praises Foley's Honey and Tar as relief for a severe cough. He says four to five dollars spent on different remedies failed, then Foley's offered the best medicine ever used with no opiates and is sold everywhere.
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Henry Willis
Sandy Point
Texas
Bette
Dry Republican Speaker Bid Draws Prohibition Support
Hartford reports prohibitionists plan to back a dry Republican for speaker at the upcoming Republican legislative caucus. Orville H Ripley and Fred C Strong, Winchester representatives, are named as possible candidates. Prohibition leaders see strategic value in seizing chair control to shape committees and influence five months of session.
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Hartford
Capitol
Orville H. Ripley
Fred C. Strong
Winchester
Stipley
Stong
General Assembly
Stock Market Ends Opening Promptly Mixed In New York
New York stock trading opened without the expected fuel from loosened loan rules. Marine preferred and tobacco issues rose early, then faded. Steel common dipped as traders shifted to limited outside interest. In Chicago, corn and oats closed mixed while futures for beans and pork slipped slightly. notes on prices and near-term outlook followed.
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New York
Commission House
Marine Preferred
Baldwin
American Sumatra Tobacco
United Cigar Stores
Utah
Southern Pacific
United Weigh Stores
Cuba
America Bopper
For Rent Sign Sits Empty on Willow Street House
Trend of the Times notes a Waterbury house on Willow Street displaying a For rent sign in the window waiting for a potential occupant to claim it as the war winds down.
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the Times
Waterbury
Willow Street
German Situation In Chaotic State
London reports from December 5 describe Germany as profoundly unsettled with factional quarrels across the socialist camp. Bavarian separatists led by Kurt Eisner threaten to form a southern republic, while Berlin’s radical military soviet clashes with the executive committee. The government struggles to call elections set for February 16 across the old German territory, amid calls for a preliminary peace with the Allies in January. The piece frames a nation craving order yet spiraling toward anarchy.
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London
British Wireless Press
Germany
Amsterdam
Daily Express
Socialist Party
New Republic
Kurt Eisners
Bavaria
Berlin
Wurttemburg
Saxony
Bismarck
National Assembly
Alsace-Lorraine
The Figures Explained
The quartermaster general says contracts with Britain total 1,800,000 trousers and 1,400,000 coats for the American expeditionary forces. The coat shortfall likely reflects American troops fighting with coats off, unlike the Scots who remove their trousers.
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Kansas City Star
The Eleventh Hour in a World Drama
The piece rails at Wilhelm Hohenzollern as a religious man exposed to superstition. It notes the historic 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month and cites 11th verse of 11th chapter of the 11th book as a possible prophecy. It laments war's end and the Kaiser’s doom.
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New York Tribune
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Holland
Number Eleven
Solo
Wilhelm Zollern
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