Government to seize and run U S railroads
The United States government will take over and operate the railroads starting tomorrow noon with Treasury Secretary McAdoo as director general He will also decide if express companies will be run by the government and seeks congressional funding potentially 200 million dollars for rolling stock Wall Street reacts with sharp stock gains as railroad confidence rises
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Secretary of Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Congress
Explosion at Haifa Leaves 500 Blinded
Halifax dispatch reports a large death toll from a blast at Haifa with the additional estimate that about five hundred people were blinded. The number of wounded and killed is noted as substantial.
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Associated Press
Halifax
German Socialist Party Arrests In London Report
More than three hundred members of the German minority Socialist party were arrested on Christmas Eve, a Zurich report says, in London. The mass detentions reflect a broad crackdown on socialist groups during the holiday period.
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London
Socialist Party
Zurich
Wooden Vessel Program a Failure Revealed by Bowles
Rear Admiral Bowles of the Emergency Fleet Corporation told the senate ship building investigation committee that the wooden ship program was nearly a total failure. He cited three ships launched since Saturday including one at Seattle and noted concerns over profits and the American International Corporation amid the inquiry.
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Washington
Bowles
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate
Seattle
American International Corporation
Objections Protest Eight Hour Law Suspension in Alaska
A telegram from Fairbanks signed by Hiram V. Woodin reports a petition of about five hundred in three days urging Governor Strong to suspend the eight hour law during the war. Alaska councils of defense ask Washington for relief citing wartime resource needs and overtime restrictions harming development.
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Daily Times Today
Fairbanks
Hiram V. Woodin
Strong
Nome
Anchorage
Valdez
Cordova
Christmas Party at Red Dragon Club by Woman's Guild
The Episco pal church Woman's Guild hosted a Christmas party at the Red Dragon Club house last night. Santa greeted guests, gifts went to Sunday school children, and others received candy and fruit. The Bon Ton orchestra played as all ages danced and sang America. A sandwich auction for Red Cross raised $1.50. D. and D. Smoke Shop proprietor Joseph Beach was jailed for six months on bootlegging charges. Zurich reports Germany faces severe leather and shoe shortages for winter with only about one pair per person available.
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Red Dragon Club
Woman's Guild of the Episcopal Church
Santa Claus
Bon ‘Ton
Lake Nancy Named for Secretary Lane’s Daughter Near Anchorage
A picturesque unnamed Alaska lake near the right of way north of Anchorage has been officially named Lake Nancy in honor of Franklin K. Lane’s daughter. The Alaska engineering commission placed a sign at Mile 180, about thirty miles northwest of Matanuska, noting the lake’s trout-filled waters and surrounding hunting country.
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Anchorage
Alaska Rail
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Matanuska
Red Cross drives in Alaska surge as ships sink
The Alaska Red Cross reports strong local participation with 1200 names enrolled in Cordova and Anchorage supplying 576 packets as Christmas gifts for soldiers. Alaska chapters from Ketchikan to Nome send aid and Christmas presents. Metlakatla men search for shipwrecked friends after a gale. one survivor clings to life on a cliff until rescue.
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Alaska
Red Cross
Ketchikan
Nome
Metlakatla
Peter Robinson
Richard
Stephen Ryan
Kaiser's special train leaves Mannheim before Christmas Eve wreck
The Kaiser returns from Verdun front aboard a special train at Mannheim an hour before a British party wrecked the station on Christmas Eve. In San Francisco a Dutch seaman explains high Dutch wages and travel costs, while W Nelson is jailed for assaulting E C Tillman with a head butt at the ocean dock. A card party by the Order of the Eastern Star at Masonic hall aims to aid Halifax sufferers tonight.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Kaiser
Mannheim
Verdun Front
San Francisco
W. Nelson
Ketchikan
Medley
E. C. Tillman
Nelson
Tillman
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Halifax
Czernin Signals Teutons Seek Peace Without Annexations
Austro Hungarian foreign minister Czernin states at Brest Litovsk peace talks that Germany would accept Russia’s terms if Russia and allies honor them. He says peace without forcible annexations is agreeable and that Germany will seek a general settlement now. Return of Germany’s colonies is a core condition.
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Ian
Czernin
Brest Liovsk
Russia
Germany
Alameda Sails for Southwestern Alaska With Passengers
The steamer Alameda departed at 9 this morning for Cordova, Alaska, carrying Mrs J Thirhill and Mrs C J Hosford as passengers. In London the food controller allowed brewers to lift output by twenty percent. Cordova Red Cross Auxiliaries plan surgical dressings sessions at the hospital with Presbyterian, Episcopal, and Eastern Star groups meeting on designated days.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Alameda
Alaska
J. Thirhill
C. J. Hosford
Cordova
London
Cordova Red Cross
Troops Enter Mexico After Christmas Ranch Raid
Marfa Texas dispatch reports American troops crossed into Mexico yesterday pursuing bandits who raided the Brite ranch on Christmas and killed an American mail carrier and two Mexicans. One American soldier and an unknown number of Mexicans were reported killed in a running fight.
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Marfa
Texas
Mexico
Brite Ranch
Masonic Officers Installed at Mt McKinley Lodge No 183
The eighth annual installation of Mt McKinley lodge No 183 F and A M officers was held at Masonic hall last night with many members present. Bartley Howard Meyer assisted as installing officer and the officers named include Meyer as worshipful master and Medley senior warden among others.
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Mt. McKinley Lodge No. 183
Masonic Hall
Bartley Howard
Foreigners Adopt American Names in San Francisco
In San Francisco a surge of name changes is underway as residents with enemy alien cognomens seek to adopt distinctly American names like Lee and Smith. Before the war only a couple of changes per year occurred. now courts handle those requests daily.
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Cupid
Lee
Smith
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