Railroads urged to be operated as a unit by U.S. president
The Interstate Commerce Commission calls for conscription of American railroads to speed WWI efforts. It proposes pooling all lines under a central body or government seizure and operation by President Wilson, with government financing and protections for current investors. Representative Sabath adds the idea of government control extending to coal mines.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S
Washington
Congress
Commission
Wilson
Sabath
House
Illinois
Ministers of Marine
Council
Europe
United States
Japan
Inter-Allied Naval Council
Ministry of Marine
Allied conference seeks tonnage freeing for American troops
Paris accord outlines coordinated inter allied program to restrict imports and free shipping space for transporting U S troops. Committees discuss war conduct details not released, while measures on finance imports and naval coordination aim to avoid duplication and use resources efficiently.
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London
Germany
Paris
Fuind
Liners chased by mystery raider off Pacific port
Twenty United States senators and congressmen on an American liner returning from Tiawali reported being pursued by a mystery ship believed to be a German sea raider. The liner, convoyed part way by a Japanese cruiser, zigzagged and distanced the pursuer after sighting it Sunday night.
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Pacific
United States
Tiawali
Congressman Treadway
Massachusetts
Bulgarians Open Peace Talks with Russia
Sofia reports Bulgaria will begin negotiations with Russia as part of allied agreements. Premier Radoslavoff announced in parliament that Sofia sent a reply to Russia confirming the move toward peace talks.
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Russia
Sofia
Amsterdam
Bulgaria
Gays
Radoslavoff
Eight Die in Pittsburgh Explosion at Aetna Plant
Eight men were killed and two missing after a blast at the Y. T. N. Z. plant of Aetna Chemical in Fleidelberg suburb. More than 25 injured, many seriously, as a trinitro toloul boiling operation in eight 48 000 gallon tanks caused heavy damage estimated at $250000. Grace Lyons, a telephone operator, summoned aid. Bodies of five workers identified.
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Pittsburgh
Grace Lyons
Daylight bank robbery nets $10,000 in Chicago
Five young men robbed Stockman's Trust and Savings Bank on South Halsted Street in daylight. Employees were herded into a rear room at gunpoint as cash and coins were scattered on the floor. No masks were worn and the bandits warned each other to stay calm as crowds gathered outside.
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Chicago
Chicagea
Stockman’s Trust and Savings Bank
South Halsted Street
P. J. Harmon
E. J. Alex Gold
Harmon
British ships sunk in week of naval losses
London reports sixteen British merchant ships over 1,600 tons sunk by mines or submarines in the last week. One vessel under 1,600 tons and four fishing boats were also lost according to the admiralty statement.
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London
Admiralty
Indictment Charges Army Contract Fraud Partners
An indictment charges William R. Thom John J. Slattery Joseph Ives Edward Slattery and associates with defrauding the United States on contracts for over 1,000,000 army hats. Related parties include Thom & Bailey Corp Peekskill Hat Mfg Co and H D Parmlee Co with inspectors Arthur Wilson and Peter J Duffy named as co conspirators.
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New York
United States
William Rb, Thom
John J. Slattery
Joseph Ives
Edward Slattery
Thom & Bailey Corporation
Peekskill Hat Manufacturing Company
H. D. Parmlee & Co
Arthur ©. Wilson
Peter J. Duffy
Quartermaster's Corps
Embezzler Sentenced To Ten Years In East St. Louis Case
Belleville HL reports Stephen T. Lepage pled guilty to embezzling 42000 while treasurer of an East St. Louis school district. He received a ten year prison term.
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Belleville
Stephen T. Lepage
East St. Louis
Iil
British Ship Maple Leaf Lost At Sea
The Maple Leaf a British three masted schooner built and owned in Nova Scotia was lost at sea. Eight crew members were rescued by a Russian schooner and transferred to a British freighter after being found adrift.
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Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Massed forces and mixed gains in Italian front
United States and Allied dispatches report Austro German concentrations on the Asiago plateau and Setti Communi front with limited Italian gains. British and French aviators arrive in Italy while American engineers and troops participate. reports cite captured Americans near Cambrai but lack confirmation and casualty details.
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Rome
Asiago
War Office
Gutneck
Berlin
Setti Communi
Italy
Conrad von Hoetzendorf
Astago
Flanders
France
Cambrai
Lysis
War Resolution in the House on Austria Declaration
The foreign affairs committee led by Chairman Flood approved a declaration of war against Austro-Hungary. The Senate is expected to act Saturday with efforts to pass the measure promptly and authorize the president to use all U S. forces to wage war and bring about a successful termination.
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Austria -Senate
Foreign Affairs Committee
Germany
Austria
Henry Allen Cooper
Wisconsin
Porter
Huddleston
Shackleford
Senate
Flood
United States
United States of America
House of Representatives
Congress
Aod
Coutitet
Congress of the
Eight men electrocuted at Anheuser Busch building site
In St Louis eight workers were electrocuted and three severely shocked when a wire cable broke during demolition at a Gilsonite Construction site on the Anheuser-Busch building. Fourteen men were present as they wrecked a tower used to hoist concrete to upper floors. the power was cut after the switchboard was alerted.
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St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch
Union Electric
Gilsonite Construction Company
TO RESTRICT GERMAN WOMEN
Attorney General Gregory urged an amendment to the alien enemy act to include women over fourteen years old. Officials say wartime needs and war declarations could raise the number of enemies in the United States to about 1.8 million, with many from Hungary Croatia Slovakia and Czechlands in war industries potentially exempt from alien enemy classification.
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Washington
Dec. S
Gregory
Department of Justice
Wilson
Congress
Austria
United States
State Department
California Schools Drop German in Many High Schools
California report shows 86 high schools have dropped German this year representing about two thirds of the state's such programs. The shift affects Sacramento and Cal campuses with broader nationwide discussion on language study.
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California
Sacramento
Cal
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George P. Scriven
Austro-Germuiab
Switzerland
Inter-Allied Commission
Berne
M. Leygues
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Aetna
Inter-Allied Conference
Yankees
Cilgago Bank
Army Contractors
Navy
Will Allen Druimegoole
Nashville
Tenn
United States Navy
South
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Piave Front
Teutohs
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