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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY NEW YORK December 0 The announcement from London that Great Britain would nationalize her railways is of much interest in view of the current discussion of the trend of American railroad ownership There is a strong feeling among Ameri ¬ can bankers that the arm of the government must in some way be put around the railroads if they are going to be able to finance themselves on satis ¬ factory terms in the future John J Mitchell of Chicago thinks there should be a board of control in Washington and recommends that the railroads be handled in a way similar to the Federal Reserve System He believes that as matters have de ¬ veloped no power except the government will be able to handle the situation situationWITH WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPA ¬ TION IX GERMANY December Increasing op ¬ position against the German workmens council is being encountered by the Americans in occupied ter ¬ ritory At Treves citizens in various walks of life charge that the councils are composed of professional agitators who are trying to foist their pet hobbies and ideals upon the public at the expense of the elements that they do not represent The farmers are opposed to it also alsoATLANTIC ATLANTIC CITY N J December C That the United States will be the most powerful financial nation in the world and as such will share with England the domination of world commerce and world polities was the prophecy made here today by Paul M Warburg the New York banking author ¬ ity and former member of the Federal Reserve Board before the convention of the United States Chamber of Commerce CommerceLONDON LONDON December 5 Counterrevolution is flam ¬ ing up throughout Germany with great rapidity says a dispatcli from Stockholm to the Post today Rioting accompanied by serious casualties was reported from many towns and cities German officers who served under former Crown Prince Rnppreclit of Bavaria are attempting to launch a counterrevolution iu Bavaria BavariaWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December C Warning the Senate of a possible conflict between the United States and the allies growing out of the execution of the treaties of peace Senator James Hamilton Lewis declared on the floor this afternoon that President Wilsons plans tfor a league of nations are designed to guard against such a catastrophe catastropheLONDON LONDON December 0 The new socialistic gov ¬ ernment tit Berlin is apparently more seriously menaced by counterrevolution today than at any other time since it was set up less than a month ago A counterrevolution is scheduled to break out in Berlin tonight according to reports sent out from Zurich ZurichWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 0 It was the ossip in railroad circles yesterday that C A Prouty formerly of the Interstate Commerce Com ¬ mission and now the director of the division of supplies and nciouiits of the Railroad Administra ¬ tion would be the next director general of rail ¬ roads roadsPAUIS PAUIS December The interallied peace pre ¬ liminaries will commence on December 17 and the initial peace conference proper with German dele ¬ gates in attendance will begin on January 15 said Marcel Hntin writing in the Echo de Paris He writes that the conference will not end until May MayLloyd Lloyd Ropp slayer of Policeman Herman Mallow was hanged for his crime at 1005 oclock yesterday in the Cook County jail Bopp who killed Mallow June 14 IJlt figured in a recent spectacular jail break in which Earl Dear another condemned mur ¬ derer and two otlier confederates participated participatedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December G Petrograd is like n deserted city with probably onehalf of its population gone through starvation and terrorism according to Swedisli press reports forwarded to ¬ day to the State Department No details were made public publicWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December C Generally fair weather will continue over the greater portion of this forecast district for the next two or three days and the temperature will be considerably higher in the middle states Saturday No low tem ¬ peratures are in prospect at present presentNEW NEW YORK December 6 The appointment of Carter Glass as Secretary of the Treasury has been j well received as he is understood to have been in close touch with Secretary McAdoos administra ¬ tion and well qualified to carry through the hit ¬ ters policies policiesNEW NEW YOK1C December i PostmasterGeneral Biirlesons recommendation in favor of permanent government ownership of telephone and telegraph lines is likely to have an unfavorable effect on the stocks of the companies which have been taken over overLONDON LONDON December Private documents con ¬ taining evidence that William Hohenzollern urged and planned the war have been found by the Berlin government in its search of the archives of the Berlin castle u onling to an Amsterdam dispatch dispatchWASHINGTON WASHINGTON 1 C Deiember G The food ad ¬ ministration today removed all restrictions ou trad ¬ ing iu corn oats rye and barley
