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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY WASHINGTON December 10 General weather forecast Conditions will continue unsettled tor the next twentyfour hours in the western lake region and upper Mississippi valley but no precipitation of consequence is anticipated while most gener ¬ ally west of the Mississippi River the weather will clear The temperature will be lower in the middle states but nevertheless quite moderate for the sea ¬ son of the year There is no cold weather in sight sightWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 10 To insure free competitive markets and to open a free channel of commerce for the meat packing industry is the purpose of a bill introduced in the House this afternoon by Representative Sims of Tennessee chairman of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce Sims explained the measure was aimed directly at the elleged monopoly of the meat packing industry enjoyed by the Big Five FiveWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 10 The resignation of Luther Walter as assistant director of the Bureau of Public Service of the Railway Administration was announced this afternoon He will return to Chicago to resume His law practice It was ru ¬ mored that ho would be chief counsel for the Na ¬ tional Association of railway security holders in their legal battle to wrest the roads from federal control controlWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 10 In a statement addressed to the American peonle DirectorGen ¬ eral McAdoo of the United States Railroad Admini ¬ stration this afternoon promised that under no circumstances will wasteful and extravagant prac ¬ tices common when railroads were under private control be permitted to be revived no matter what the government decides to do with the proper ¬ ties tiesWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 10 A two days em ¬ bargo on the shipment of hogs to the Union Stock Yards at Chicago was ordered by the railway ad ¬ ministration today No hogs will be received today and tomorrow in Chicago The order was issued at the request of the Bureau of Markets Department of Agriculture to prevent the overloading of the Chicago markets it was stated statedWASHINGTON WASHINGTON December 10 Appronriations ag Tegating 359657577 for the post office depart ¬ ment for the fiscal year beginning July 1919 a de ¬ crease of 2000000 are recommended in a report of the house committee on postoffices and post roads submitted to the House this afternoon The department had asked for 368782577 from which the committee cut 9125000 9125000WITH WITH PRESIDENT WILSON ABOARD THE GEOUGE WASHINGTON SOMEWHERE AT SEA December 10 By wireless to New York It is President Wilsons desire to make the proposed League of Nations the capital question at the peace conference and get it out of the way before taking up the other big problems according to indications indicationsBALTIMORE BALTIMORE December 10 The entire day force of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation num ¬ bering 8000 men refused to go to work today when they appeared at the shipyards of the com ¬ pany Sven Anderson manager of the plant says that the men have made no formal demands on the company companyLONDON LONDON December 10 A republic is to be set up by the German province of SchleswigHolstein within the next few days it was reported from Amsterdam today todayCORLKNZ CORLKNZ Rhenish Prussia Sunday December 8 Coblenz tonight is under the complete military control of the Americans with the municipal author ¬ ities cooperating cooperatingNEW NEW YORK December 10 Several transports and hospital shins are expected to reach here to ¬ day with a total of 237 officers and 9539 soldiers aboard
