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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1919
Page
1
Walter, leading figure in United States railroads, shares nearly identical views with the retiring official on the road’s future under government control. Both emphasize continuity, predict similar long term strategies, and signal cautious optimism for post crisis policy.
President McAdoo announced on a wireless message the appointment of Mr Hines as director general of railroads. Hines, born in Russellville Kentucky in 1870, held key railway law posts and later led lines before joining the government rail service during wartime contro, with salary adjustments likely to reflect added duties.
Washington dispatch reports six additional transports carrying more than three thousand American Expeditionary Forces officers and men sailed from France bound for the United States. General March announced the movement, noting the return of troops as part of demobilization.
In Paris, Prince George Lovoff head of Russia's first provisional government and president of the ambassador's conference urges immediate intervention to restore order and give Russia time to organize for peace.
Prince Lovoff, head of Russia's unofficial government, urges Allied recognition of the Omsk government as the true Russian authority. He calls for full powers at the peace conference and immediate military intervention to unite Russian forces against Bolshevik tyranny. He notes 200,000 Omsk soldiers and warns delay strengthens German Bolshevism.
Jan 11 report outlines the first Allied War Council meeting to coordinate Europe recovery, with Hoover and Paris officials to discuss feeding Balkan states and armistice terms. Wilson, Clemenceau, and Lloyd George expected at pre-conference. Foch to Traves for parliamentary talks. communique procedure unsettled.
President wires Paris and the National War Labor Board to launch an immediate investigation and issue an award regarding the New York Harbor strike. He promises the decision will be enforced promptly.
Washington reports say NY Harbor strikers returned to work but the dispute may trigger a nationwide walkout affecting 16 000 marine workers and 42 000 longshoremen. President Wilson urged an immediate War Labor Board investigation and a fast award within 24 to 48 hours amid warnings of subway fuel shortages.
Democratic leaders threaten to keep the House in session to force passage of the rivers and harbors bill while a food relief measure for Europe faces a separate rule. The Rules Committee voted to report a rule for a $100,000,000 appropriation as urged by the President, with Democrats aiming to push the package through despite Republican filibusteres. Chairman Sherley vows to stay in session to pass the bill on Monday.
Washington January 11 The Senate propaganda investigation committee demanded all vouchers of the New York secret service except those tied to federal prosecutions not yet completed be turned over for its consideration Senator Reed accused officials of withholding documents and claimed payments for securing evidence in the Bolo Pasha case amounted to bribery He charged Deputy Attorney General Becker inspired the withholding.
A government report details World War II era Yanks in Archangel area during January and February. American forces consolidated lines on December 29 and fought Bolshevik counterattacks fifty miles from the front, seizing war materials while casualties were not disclosed.
Stamford Conn Jan 11 John Mason a well known actor who was to star in The Woman in Room 13 is seriously ill of heart disease at a sanitarium here He collapsed in Providence before the play's planned premiere and was sent to Stamford sanitarium four days ago.
The latest forecast from Washington predicts fair weather tonight and Sunday for Western Pennsylvania with colder conditions tonight. Temperatures are expected to dip as the weekend approaches, shaping travel and outdoor plans as residents prepare for a chilly spell.
Alarming reports from Amsterdam indicate Bolshevik spread across Germany with riots in Dusseldorf Augsburg Stuttgart and Hamburg. Municipal halls and newspaper plants seized by the Spartacists as a general strike looms in Munich. Karl Liebknecht reported killed in Berlin street fighting.
Jan 19 dispatch from Berlin via Copenhagen reports another outbreak of violent street fighting. State troops rush to the Berliner Tageblatt building where 300 Spartacides are barricaded. government says the situation improves, but out-of-town reports indicate spreading Bolshevik disorders.
In Montreal on January 11 a blaze gutted Cad illac Motor Company showrooms and spread to nearby auto firms destroying more than one hundred vehicles. Damage was reported at 3,500,000 dollars.
A Tokyo dispatch says the 3039 ton Japanese steamship Nayo Maru en route to Marseilles was sunk off the Japanese coast during a snowstorm with several crew members lost.
Reported uprisings by Spartacists surge through Hamburg Augsburg Stuttgart Düsseldorf and Berlin amid government conciliation and looting. Bolsheviki spread in Austria and Hungary as clashes persist and political offices are seized by Spartacus forces.
Chicago January 11 Win Hays chairman of the Republican national committee was empowered to activate the 1920 campaign plans at his discretion. The committee granted him broad authority to form panels and committees as needed. Two draft planks favored Bolshevikism as treason and echoed Theodore Roosevelt in shaping postwar governance. Governor Burnquist of Minnesota castigated Bolsheviks in a keynote speech signaling campaign tone.
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