Director General Hines Succeeds McAdoo Over Railroad Control
Assoc press report states Walker D. Hines named director general of railroads by President Wilson to replace William G. McAdoo. Hines will assume duties immediately and has served as McAdoo’s assistant since government control began. The White House confirmed the appointment. Also noted Wilson asked the War Labor Board to revisit the New York marine workers strike and seek a finding to stabilize wartime industry relations.
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Associated Presse
Los Angels
Cal
Aiker D. Hines
Lson
William G. Medoo
White House
Ilson
McAdoo
Winslow
Ariz
Los Angeles
Wen
Atker Daines
Ines
Washington
Send
Pusat
Hines
R Hines
Tan
Heral
Demobilization Rates Outpace British Figures in France
American demobilization proceeds rapidly with 693,859 discharged by Jan 10, over double Britain's 352,668 by Jan 7. Officers returning total 47,465 for the US versus 3,828 for Britain. The Goethals, Hampden, Wilhelmina transports carry cadres and units to Camp Grant for discharge, amid broader Allied talks on peace and food exports.
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T Press
Washington
de Denhi
March
Civil Fe
France
Meni Wat Anno
War Department
New York
Fellows
Goethals
Divinional
46Th Infante
Camp Grant
S4th
Camp Tavier
Hampden
South Dakota
Wilhelmina
R6th
159Th Field Artillery
Camp Taylor
Mercy
French Pick Hall of Mirrors for Signing of Peace
PRAIS January 11 reports peace terms conferences will be held in the cloakroom of the French foreign office at the Quai dOrsay. French delegates expect the peace treaty to be signed in the fall at Versailles where Germany dictated terms in 1871.
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PAHS
Georges Clemeneau
France
Pertiahen
Wilken
Clemenceau
Leon Bourgeois
Arkest
Presse
PRAIS
Quai d'Orsay
Versailles
Millionaire Broker Forged Bonds Then Confessed to Darrow
Millar Cutter admitted to forging bonds worth about half a million dollars and planned to surrender after meeting with Clarence Darrow. He told the Chicago Tithe and Trust Company and awaits arraignment in a police cell, saying he is ready for punishment and now a "happy pauper" with no rich luggage. He had invested much in Missouri iron mines that failed.
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CINCA
Millarc
Wen Hix
Cutter
Chicago Tithe and Trust Company
Harrison Street
Post
Darrow
Missouri
Liebknecht Reported Killed in Berlin Street Fighting
London January 11 Dr Karl Liebknecht German Spartacist leader was said killed during Thursday evening clashes in Berlin according to Copenhagen dispatches to Associated Press. Dispatches indicate confusion over events with reports of continued combat in other German cities and claims of Spartacan attacks on printing plants and government targets.
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Associated Press
London
Karl Liebknecht
Itacan
Germany
Copenhagen
Kachange Telegraph Company
Berlin
Liebknecht
Amsterdam
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Muenster
Anzeiger
Muelheim
Angeiger
Lee Stinnes
Spartacans
Tageblatt
Vossische Zeitung
Brandenburg Gate
Hagen
Westphalia
Ebert
Vorwaerts
Washington names Hines as new railroad head
President Wilson appoints Walker Hines assistant director general railroads to succeed William G. McAdoo. Hines backs the five year continuance plan and favors returning the roads to private management if Congress delays new railroad legislation. Announcement came from the White House via cable as McAdoo retires.
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Ashington
Hines
Washington
Walker Hines
Wilson
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Congress
Senate
Nic McAdoo
Los Angeles
White House
Strikers Ready to Accept War Labor Board Ruling
The Marine Workers Affiliation officers said they would abide by any War Labor Board decision on the harbor strike in response to President Wilson’s request. President Delahunty urged arbitration and enforcement, while Boat Owners’ Association counsel indicated they would refuse to submit to the board’s authority.
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New York
Marine Workers Affiliation
War Labor Board
Wilson
Delahunty
Boat Owners’ Association
Campbell asks new regents to file oaths and bonds
Governor Campbell instructed the five newly appointed university regents to file oaths and bonds immediately to prevent interference with university administration. Rev Dean Scarlett is among the appointees. The call was issued from Phoenix on January 11 by the Citizen's Capital Bureau.
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Gov. Campbell
Citizen's Capital Bureau
Phoenix
Ariz
Campbell
Dean Scarlett
Harbor boatmen urged to return to work in Washington
An official request was made to the striking harbor boatmen of New York to return to work pending war actions. The War Department will decide the controversy now, with officials expecting the strike to end by night. President Wilson was said to have no other official appointments today.
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Associated Press
Nee Ishington
NEW Aega
SOARD
Wilson
Hut for Yanks in Berlin Opened by YMCA
Conrad Hoffman a YMCA secretary who stayed in Berlin during the war opened a hut in a principal Berlin street. He is selling supplies to American prisoners who have wandered into Berlin.
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Berlin
Y.M.C.A
Associated Prese
Paris
Conrad Hoffman
Young Men's Christian Association
Yankees Under Heavy Fire on Onega Front in Russia
Archangel dispatch reports American, Reesian and Polish positions along the Onega sector subjected to heavy Bolshevik machine gun fire. Allied lines pull back eight miles from their farthest advance to obtain billets amid unusually warm weather and fresh snowfall.
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Archvangel
Onega
Russia
Washington
Archangel
Kadish
Russian and Bolshevist clash near Krasnoyarsk in January
Trains carrying allied forces reach Krasnoyarsk on the Yenisei as Russian troops engage Bolshevist contingents ten miles south. About 1,200 Bolshevists held villages with cannon and machine guns. 800 Russians attacked and 30 men lost. Indecisive result, with aims to harass rail communications along the Trans Siberian.
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Krasnoyask
Yenesei River
Siberia
Ural
Skursk
Semenoff
Verkhne Udinsk
Misavaya
Omsk
Vladivostok
Irkutsk
Baltimore Prelate Monsignor Fav Dies in New York
Monsignor S gourney W. Fav of Baltimore dies at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes rectory in New York from pneumonia after influenza. A 47 year old prominent convert from the Protestant Episcopal ministry to the Roman Catholic Church.
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Baltimore
New York
S'gourney W. Fav
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Two More Transports In With U S Troops
Two American ships arrive with troops and support units. The Tolon brings 153 men of the 495th aero squadron 693 of the fifth battalion trench artillery and 174 casuals. The Thé_name arrives with 72 naval personnel including sailors from the Buffalo and mine sweeping units.
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U.S
New York
Tolon
495Th Aero Squadron
Trench Artillery
Thémiste
Cette
France
Buffalo
37th Engineers Ordered Home From Coblenz Post
The Sith engineers a 1600 strong unit of electrical and mechanical specialists from all states under Col. Albert Pierce of Eau Claire Wis are ordered back to America on the first available transport. Company E of the 37th crosses the Rhine at Coblenz on December 7.
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37TH
Coblenz
Sith
Albert Pierce
Eau Claire
Wis
America
Rhine
General Stephens Dies in France of Pneumonia
Word reached New York that Brig. Gen. John Edmondson Stephens died January 4 in France from pneumonia. The obituary notes his service and rank as a general officer in the U.S. Army.
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Stephens
New York
France
John Edmondson
Stephens, Ca
Ammandarna Destat
Dealers Reap Harvest From American Troops
In Coblenz Germany on January 11 German shopkeepers sold helmets iron crosses and other WWII era souvenirs to American soldiers who bought them for low prices. The AP reporter noted such items were readily available and cheap as soldiers sought mementos from the occupation era.
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Associates Press
Coblenz
Germany
Rhineland
Associated Press
Caillaux In Prison Declares Candidacy For Office
Paris January 11 reports say Joseph Caillaux former premier now in prison on treason charges will announce his candidacy for election to public office. The news notes his imprisonment and anticipated political move drawing 관심 from newspapers and observers.
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Paris
Today
Joseph Caillaux
Rioting in German cities escalates with Spartacan clashes
Reports from Copenhagen say serious rioting broke out Friday in Dresden Hamburg Augsburg and Dusseldorf with Hamburg bearing the worst fighting. Government troops in Berlin have not crushed the Spartacans who still hold a newspaper row as cannon and flame throwers are used causing many fatalities.
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Copenhagen
Dresden
Hamburg
Augsburg
Dusseldorf
Berlin
German Troops Guard Allied Commissions at Adlon Hotel
German soldiers guard American British French and Belgian commissions at the Hotel Adlon near Unter den Linden and Pariser Platz. Twenty four government soldiers armed with rifles remain on duty for protection.
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Berlin
Adlon
Unter den Linden and
Pariser Platz
Eiflac Weal En
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B. M. Manly
William H. Tait
Monadey
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India
Andres Httonar Law
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Great Britain
Nlain
England
League of Nations
Brazil
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Pyyrus
General Pershing
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Koke
Marseilles
House Rules Committee
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ST. Wee
MREC
Federal Ball Oper
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Ove Merly
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