President Takes Over Railroads in War Measure
President Wilson uses war authority to seize all U S railroads and related properties appointing McAdoo director general of railways He will run them from Treasury while remaining secretary profits guaranteed to stockholders at prewar averages and bonds kept intact to support expansion and war needs
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Presistent i
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Pullman ‘Company
Pnnior
Pickers
Congress
McAdoo 8
Flese
Perio
Secretary of War
Sibways
Atlas
Treasury Department
Department
Hit
Mr. McAdoo
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wir Baker
Ines
the Treasury
President Wilson Asserted War Time Transport Consolidation
President Wilson states he has used congressional authority to place the national transportation system under unified federal control for war mobilization. He cites private management limits, promises fair treatment for railroads, guarantees net income, and endorses William G. McAdoo’s leadership to coordinate financial interests and ensure government efficiency.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Pacific Coast
Wilson
Railroads' War Board
Hug
Gall
Railroads’ War Board
McAdoo
War Board
McAdoon
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
William G. McAdoo
Iiberty
Belgian Forced Labor Decree Sparks German Atrocity Critique
The article condemns a German decree of October 1915 forcing Belgian workers under military administration with penalties for refusal. It cites Cardinal Mercier and Major figures, details deportation of Belgium workers starting in Ghent and Bruges, reports on Brussels seizures, and notes German aims to replace Belgian labor with forced conscription for front and supply duties.
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Committee On Public Information
Germany
Sender
Hindenburg
Ludendorf
Whitlock
Staté Department
von Hindenburg
Supreme Command
von Wissing
von Bissing
Berlin
Belgium
F. C. Walcott
England
France
von Sissing
Europe
Mesopotamia
Frederick C. Walcott
National Geographical Magazine
Ghent
Bruges
Hainault
Charleroi
Brabant
Brussels
Etapes
Party of
Western
Flinders
Manders
Regiow
Tournai
Eigil
Gare du Mid
Commission For Relief
Nfe
Tax Returns Due March Under New Income Law
Government officials will tour every county from January to March to assist taxpayers in filing 1913 income tax returns. Unmarried individuals with net income of 1000 or more and married or head of family with 2000 or more must file. Penalties include fines up to 1000 plus 50 percent of tax due. false returns carry up to 2000 fine or year’s imprisonment.
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Washington
Collector of Internal Revenue
United States
Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Aybo
John
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