Railroads Placed Under McAdoo Control In War Mobilization
Washington date line reports Secretary McAdoo assumes director general duties to run a continental railroad system with pooling of traffic and terminals and retention of current officials. Congress may back wage cuts for executives and a $200 million rolling stock fund, while workers’ wages are boosted.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Wilson
Railroads’ War Board
Bette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
General Duport Named New French Chief of Staff
General Duport born 1864 in Alsace rises to head of major staff. Early in the war he led the Nintha French infantry in the Champagne fighting and aided Verdun defense earning decoration for repulsing Crown Prince Germany troops. Salary savings will fund higher rail workers pay and aid railway brotherhoods and other staff.
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General Duport
Alsace
Champagne
Verdun
Germany
Wilson
Bolsheviki Seize Private Banks Including American Branch
Petrograd reports the Bolshevik government has seized all private banks, including the American branch bank, and arrested bank managers.
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Petrograd
Teuton Bombs Kill Three Americans and Rail Wage Talks
Paris dispatch reports three U S soldiers killed by German bombs while British and French forces discuss the impact of government operation on railroad wages. McAdoo, director general, weighs whether to let managers negotiate 40 percent wage demands or to centralize talks. Congress to consider dividend rules and express company status under government control as McAdoo plans a policy outline.
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Brotherhood
White House
McAdoo
Crowder
Paris
General Pershing
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. McAdoo
Peace terms spurned by Britain and France
Premier Lloyd George states that Great Britain and France reject Germany's proposed peace terms in a December telegram from London.
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London
Lloyd George
Great Britain
France
Germany
Jules Cambon Named Leader of New American Department
Jules Cambon former French ambassador to the United States is appointed director of the new American department in the French government. Formed to aid Premier Clemenceau with American expeditionary force needs and other American activities. He will represent the premier in dealings with top American representatives even though not a cabinet member.
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Jules Cambon
United States
Clemenceau
M.,. Cambon
U S Troops Kill Mexican Bandits After Border Raid
U S cavalry pursued bandits who raided Candelaria Texas on Christmas morning. They crossed into Mexico to pursue, killed ten bandits, wounded twenty, and scattered the rest in the mountains south of the Rio Grande. Twenty five horses were recovered, abandoned at the river after being forced into quicksand. Eleven Mexicans slain.
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Marfa
Tex
Little River
Candelaria
Mexico
Rio Grande
George T. Langhorne
Fiske
Anderson
T. T. Neill
John Kelly
Fl Paso
Big Bend
Texas
Peace Without Annexations in Central Powers Proposals
Central powers propose immediate general peace without forcible annexations or contributions. Czernin says terms must be accepted with guarantees from Russia's allies. Russian delegates seek a recess to consult allies. insistence on self determination and minority rights within a treaty framework.
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Russia
Petrograd
Czernin
Brest-Litovsk
Count Czernin
Germany
Deputy Warden Killed in Atlanta Prison
Atlanta December 28 Deputy Warden Dr James R Brock was shot and killed by a prison operator during an incident at the Atlanta federal prison. The event marks a deadly breach within the facility as authorities investigate motives and capture the assailant.
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Atlanta, Ga
James R. Brock
Atlanta
Federal Prion
Prie Oper
Eleven Austro German Planes Shot Down in Italian Front Clash
Rome reports eleven Austro German airplanes were shot down by British and Italian forces in a major aerial battle near Treviso, 16 miles north of Venice. Italian war office states Monte Tomba attack repulsed as artillery activity continues between Asiago Brenta and Piave rivers.
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Rome
Teutons
Treviso
Venice
Italian War Office
Berlin
Monte Tomba
War Office
Asiago
Brenta
Piave
Four Soldiers Die in France from Natural Causes
General Pershing reports four American Expeditionary Force deaths due to natural causes in France. Private George E. Truax, pneumonia and scarlet fever, with father B. F. Truax of Des Moines. Private Ralph H. Lashua, meningitis, mother Amelian Lashua of Lowell. Private Herbert Schroeder, pneumonia, mother L Schroeder of Dubuque. Private John L. McDonald, meningitis, brother Duncan P. McDonald of Dorchester.
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Washington
Dee
Pershing
George E. Truax
B. F. Truax
East Seventeenth Street
Des Moines
Ralph H. Lashua
Amelian Lashua
Moody Street
Lowell
Mass
Herbert Schroeder
L. Schroeder
Washington Street
Dubuque
John L. McDonald
Duncan P. McDonald
Norwell Street
Dorchester
Birth of Baby With Tooth at Birth in Oneida
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Louis R North of Madison Street Oneida New York arrived with a single tooth already present at birth. Dr N O Brooks removed the tooth making history as the citys first known case of a newborn displaying such dental hardware.
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Oneida
N. Y
Louis R
Madison Street
N. O. Brooks
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Marshal Crowder
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