Gen Wood May Become Editor at Roosevelt's Job
New York report states Major General Leonard Wood has been offered the Metropolitan Magazine contributing editor post once held by Theodore Roosevelt. Editor Henry J. Whigham notes no reply yet and stresses negotiations are indefinite. Wood has written one article and has two other pieces in preparation. Wood remains in the army, with no clear plans to retire, and any move would require War Secretary approval.
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Leonard Wood
Metropolitan Magazine
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry J. Whigham
The
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Whigham
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Europe
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Wilson
France
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Rail Officials Report Large Savings From Unifications
Chicago district rail operations show major efficiency gains under government operation. R H Alshton, regional railroad director, reports total annual savings of 333 282 46 dollars from unifications and economies. Outer belt lines used more, reducing unnecessary passenger trains and saving 23 280 400 train miles, cutting operating costs by about one dollar per mile.
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R. H. Alshton
Northwestern
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Indiana Harbor Belt
Bushels of Dollars Melted for Export to India
Washington, D. C. February 10. More than 125 bushels of silver dollars were shipped from treasury vaults to the Philadelphia mint to be melted into bullion for export to India. The daily treasury statement notes current assets in silver dollars down by 1,118,000 dollars since yesterday as part of about 205,000,000 dollars removed from the vaults in recent months for melting and export to allies.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Philadelphia
India
Treasury Financial Statement
Not Accuser of Dickinson as Spy Says Lester
Associated Press reports prints an official transcript showing Capt. G. Lester did not allege Dickinson spied for Viereck after February 1917. Lester testified Dickinson was employed in 1916 and there is no link to the letter incident. Dickinson testified he was hired in 1916 to write for the Fatherland and cut ties when the U S relation with Germany broke.
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Army Intellige Service
Senate Committee
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J. J. Dickinson
Washington
G. S. Viereck
United States
Dickinson
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Germany
Ritchie to Have Chance at Benny Leonard
San Francisco February 10 Willie Ritchie will meet Benny Leonard in a four round bout at the arena February 22 James W Coffroth promoted the match If Ritchie wins he continues fighting if he loses he retires from the ring
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Willie Ritchie
Benny Leonard
James W. Coffroth
Ritchie
Last Night's News in Brief Bustle Advices from Vilna and Paris
Paris reports forces of the Portuguese Republic around Oporto. Weimar caucuses favor transferring the nation assembly to Berlin after Easter. Davis notes twelve American soldiers injured in a croop train collision on the Bordeaux line. Cologne ends the strike by city workers in Düsseldorf. Paris says the supreme war council favors harsher Germany terms for a renewed armistice. Roosevelt memorial service attended by Wilson and Lansing in Washington. Greece’s wartime maritime losses total 200,000,000 dollars per the foreign ministry. The Chicago fruit trade recalls the Western Fruit Jobbers’ association origins, 16 years ago in the Sherman house with Sam Wall of Waterloo. The current convention in San Francisco draws nearly 1,000 attendees. Hoxie to preside.
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Weimar
Nation Assembly
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Bordeaux
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Supreme War Council
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Wilson
Lansing
Theosdore Roosevelt
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D. C
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Greece
Foreign Ministry
Bers
Packer
Chicago
Old Sherman House
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Sam ‘Wall
Waterloo
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Company
San Francisco
Hoxie
Railroads of France Overburdened With Return of Soldiers
A letter from Corporal J. J. Parks in Paris explains why soldiers are slow to return from France. Mrs. J. E. Ferguson received the message noting the long, hard task ahead to bring the boys home as rail networks struggle to move personnel safely.
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France
J.E. Ferguson
J. J. Parks
Paris
Bors
Waterloo Man Again Honored at Fruit Show Presidency
The Waterloo man Ralph J. Hoxie, secretary of the Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co., was elected president of the National American Fruit Show in Chicago last week and named president of the Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America. The annual convention followed horticultural society meetings with 1,800 fruit jobbers noted in coverage.
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Chicago
Ralph J. Hoxie
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Company
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association of America
Chicago Packer
Hoxie
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Paris Postwar Struggles Highlight Rail and Supply Crises
The account describes postarmistice France facing severe rail congestion, scarce food, coal, wood, and clothing. Paris is barely livable with strict hours and closed cafes, while troops and returning POWs must be moved. Corporal Parks, once a St. Paul News reporter, has been overseas 17 months.
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