McAdoo Takes Command Of U S Railroads In War Time
Secretary McAdoo becomes director general of all U S railroads under a continental system. He will pool traffic and facilities, retain current officers, and push a $200 million plan to buy rolling stock while cutting executive salaries and boosting worker wages. Congress debates authority and speed of reforms.
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Washington
Dee
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Railroads’ War Board
Rairoads
Baltimore & Ohio
New York City
Pennsylvania Station
Wilsop
A. B. Garretson
Congress
Jemimins
Bette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mr. McAdoo
General Duport Appointed Chief of French Army Staff
General Duport born in Alsace in 1864 led the Ninth Infantry in Champagne and helped defend Verdun. He earned decorations for repulsing Crown Prince Germany forces and later served in senior roles as the war progressed.
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General Duport
Alsace
Champagne
Verdun
Germany
Bolshevik Seizure Targets Private Banks in Petrograd
The Bolsheviki government has seized all private banks including the American branch in Petrograd and arrested bank managers.
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Petrograd
Teuton bombs kill three Americans in raid
Paris dispatch reports three U.S. soldiers killed when German bombs hit near Pershing’s forces in a German air raid. Other casualties and details not specified.
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Paris
General Pershing
Peace Terms Rejected by Britain and France
London report states Premier Lloyd George declares that Britain and France spurn Germany's so called peace terms.
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London
Lloyd George
Great Britain
France
Germany
Peace Without Annexations
Petrograd reports from Brest-Litovsk that the central powers offer a general peace without forcible annexations or indemnities, contingent on allied adherence and a common guarantee to honor terms. Czernin outlines six clauses addressing annexations, independence, minorities, and colonial possessions, with Germany insisting on retaining its colonies.
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Petrograd
Czernin
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Count Czernin
Germany
Jules Cambon Given an Important Post
Jules Cambon, former French ambassador to the United States, becomes director of the new American department in the French government. He will aid Premier Clemenceau in addressing American expeditionary force needs and other American activities. Though not a cabinet member, his role is as influential as a minister. He will represent the premier with top American officials.
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Jules Cambon
United States
Clemenceau
M. Cambon
Draft Call Classification Delays Indefinite For First Draft
Washington dispatch notes first quota men held back until February 15 as new classification takes effect. Crowder issues order to governors delaying calls under old rules while final class one determinations are made and re assignments occur.
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Washington
Marshal Crowder
Crowder
United States Troops Kill Mexican Bandits in Big Bend Raids
U S cavalry pursued raiders from Candelaria into Mexican mountains and across the Rio Grande. Ten bandits killed, twenty wounded, 25 horses recovered, and 11 bandits now counted as slain. Three Americans killed, two wounded. German involvement alleged in Big Bend raids with investigation underway.
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Marfa
Tex
Little River
Candelaria
Mexico
Rio Grande
George T. Langhorne
Fiske
Anderson
T. T. Neill
John Kelley
Paso
Big Bend
Texas
Deputy Warden Killed in Atlanta Prison
Atlanta December 28 Deputy Warden Dr James R Brock of the Atlanta federal prison was killed by a pistol shot in an incident described as a fatal attack. Investigations into the motive and assailant are underway.
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Atlanta, Ga
James R. Brock
Atlanta Federal Prison
Eleven Austro German planes shot down in big air battle
Rome reports eleven Austro German airplanes were brought down by British and Italian forces after Teutons attempted a bombing raid on Treviso north of Venice. Berlin says Italian attack on Monte Tomba on the northern front was repulsed.
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Rome
Teutons
Treviso
Venice
Italian War Office
Berlin
Dee
Monte Tomba
War Office
Asingo
Brenta
Plave
Four Soldiers Die in France from Natural Causes
General Pershing reports four American Expeditionary Force deaths from natural causes in France. Privates George E. Truax Ralph H. Lashua Herbert Schroeder and John L. McDonald are named with their listed next of kin in Des Moines Lowell Dubuque Dorchester and Dorchester addresses.
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Washington
Cleneral Pershing
George E.truax
B. F. Truax
East Seventeenth Street
Des Moines
Ralph H. Lashua
Amelian _Lashua
Moody Street
Lowell
Mass
Herbert Schroeder
L. Schroed
Oneida Baby Born With Tooth at Birth
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis R. North of Madison Street. She had a tooth at birth, the first such instance in the city. Dr. N O Brooks removed the tooth.
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Oneida
Louis R
No. 118
Madison Street
N. O. Brooks
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