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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY NEW YORK N Y December 19 One of the important railroad contracts to be signed this mouth is that of the Rock Island Agreement has about been reached on the question of compensa ¬ tion As the situation now stands the company will liavc about 510000000 per annum from the govern ¬ ment with 10000000 additional from other reve ¬ nue This would provide sufficient to pay the two preferred stock dividends and leave a balance equal to 4J4 per cent oil the common commonWITH WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPA ¬ TION IN GKUMANY December 17 By Courier to Nancy The American Third Army had advanced iiwirlv twenty miles east of the Rhine by Monday night without a single hostile action The move ¬ ment of both troops and supplies across the Rhine has iMeu carried out with much spwd The Fourth ind Seventh Corp however are still on the west IT side of the river riverWASHINGTON WASHINGTON I P December 19 In lino with the navv general boards policy of a navy second to none in the world a bill was submitted today to the House naval affairs committee by Capt Harris Laning acting chief of the Bureau of Navi ¬ gation providing for an increase in the active jHrsonnel of the navy from 131000 to 211000 mon monPARIS PARIS France Decemlier 19 When President Wilson visits the American army he probably will review the largest parade of United States troops ver held anywhere Thirty divisions each totaling 7000 men are located in the area the president ill visit and it is believed they will all pass in review before the chief executive executiveWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 19 The in ¬ creased wages granted during the war to employes of the railroads will not be lowered now that hos ¬ tilities have ceased and they must not be decreased when the railroads go back to private ownership if such a transition takes place Director General McAdop declared today todayWASHINGTON WASHINGTON D C December 19 The gov ¬ ernment now is considering plans for taking over the Hog Island shipyards for operation during peace times under federal ownership Charles Piez general manager of the Emergency Fleet Coriwration told the Senate commerce committee this afternoon afternoonATHENS ATHENS Greece December 19 Uulgarians at ¬ tacked Greek outposts at Kroussova and in the fighting that followed a number of Bnlgars were killed it was officially announced here today The Greeks rushed the Bulgarians and in addition to killing a number of them three were captured ZURICH Switzerland December 19 Sanguinary fighting is in progress in western Russia between the Bolshevik forces and the aiitiBolsheviki according to information received here today The Bolshevik troops have crossed the Dwina River and are marching on Mittau MittauPARIS PARIS France December 19 The total war damage to France was 14000000000 francs ex ¬ cluding the loss of commerce and imports and the damage incurred by individuals it was announced in the chamber of deputies today by M Dubois head of the budget commission commissionWASHINGTON WASHINGTON I C December 19 General Weather Forecast Moderate temperature will con ¬ tinue for several days longer and the area of rain ¬ fall will doubtless now advance eastward by Friday over the middle Mississippi Valley and reach the Lu ke Michigan region by Friday night nightAMSTERDAM AMSTERDAM Holland December 19 Count Kessler German ambassador to Warsaw upon his arrival in Berlin reports that he was mobbed robbed and expulled from Russia according to advices from the German capital today todayZURICH ZURICH Switzerland December 19 As a result of yesterdays events at the Soviet congress in Berlin the Kbert government will retire according to advices from the German capital today
