President Plans Government Rail Control War Finance
Washington dispatch details the U S plan to take over railroads at noon, with President Wilson seeking 200 million dollars for equipment and four percent securities. The move could extend to telegraph and telephone networks, with the director general empowered to decide further government operation and guarantees of railroad income.
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Senate
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President Takes Control of Nation's Railroads
President Wilson announces federal takeover of U S railroad systems to unify administration and boost wartime mobilization. He cites private management failures and explains McAdoo will direct operations with Congress to guarantee railroad property maintenance and fair net income.
Rail Chiefs Pledge Full Cooperation With Government
Leading bankers and railroad executives in New York approve President Wilsons plan to take over the nations rails. Officials foresee compensation guarantees steady security values and authority to guide policy while experts run operations. St Louis leaders and other officials express support for government control as a fair, prosperity-promoting measure.
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New York
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Snandal
Wall Street reacts to Wilson railroad takeover guarantees
New York stocks soar on news of President Wilson's pledge to guarantee railroad earnings, ending uncertainty and lifting shares across rail, utility and war related issues. Major gains occur early, with declines after profit taking, as Canadian Pacific and subsidiary stocks rise on higher rates.
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Reading
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Union Pacific
Southern Railway
St. Paul
Atchison
Delaware & Budean
Canadian Pacific
Norfolk & Western
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Delaware & Hudson
Canadian Pacifics
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Dominion
British ships losses drop in Prltich week
London reports a material decrease in loss of British vessels for the week. The Admiralty lists 11 merchantmen of 1600 tons or more sunk by mine or submarine, plus one smaller merchant vessel and one fishing boat. Total sunk since the weekly report system began reaches 1,154 vessels.
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London
Admiralty
Cavalry crosses line after bandits in Van Horne Canyon
Two American cavalry troops pursue about 50 Mexican bandits toward interior Mexico after raiding the Brite and Fitzgerald ranches. One trooper is wounded. several bandits killed or wounded. Villa followers dressed as Carranzista troops created confusion. U S and Mexican forces coordinate to end the raid.
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J. P. Kelly
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Chihuahua
Big Bend
Villistas
German Escapes War Prison Plays Priest
A young German newspaper man escaped two French prison camps and, two weeks on the loose, was captured near Paris. Disguised in a long black beard and cloak worn by French clergy, he carried a prayerbook inscribed in French claiming a pilgrimage to Lourdes and vowed to travel on foot without speaking. Peasants, taken by his priestly disguise, sheltered him.
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Ey Mail
France
Lourdes
Young Roosevelt Is Made Captain
Washington D C Dec 27 Among 47 officers of the expedition ary forces recommended for promo tion by Gen Pershing in a list roade public by the war department is Sec ond Lieut Archibald B Roosevelt son of Theodore Roosevelt who is proposed for a captaincy of infantry Besides Lieut Roosevelt one other second lieutenant of infantry Mah jon O Bradley is proposed for captaincy and Capt Emmett W Savage infantry is recommended for promotion to lieutenant colonel Buy Martins Cigars for New Yeara
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Emmett W. Savage
Basis for general European peace proposed to Russians
At Brest Litovsk Count Czernin announced the central powers seek an immediate peace on just terms without annexations or indemnities. They support the Russian proposal as a basis, while insisting all belligerents honor terms and self determination. Russia seeks guarantees for minority rights and restoration of violated rights for oppressed nations.
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Czernin
Brest Litovsk
Russia
Tpasian
Czlernen
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Teu
Teuton Proposals as General Peace Basis
Proposals call for no forcible annexation of territories occupied during the war and insist that no nation lose its independence. Involved governments and peoples would decide subject territories fate, minorities’ rights must be protected, and belligerents should cover war prisoner costs and civilian damages. Russian allies must accept these terms for effectiveness.
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Th- Fitaries
Po Halead
No Final Call for Camp Dodge Quotas in New System
Des Moines reports that final increments of the national army assigned to Camp Dodge will not be called under the old quotas. Washington orders place men under new classification with no normal calls before February 15. About 22,009 men at Camp Dodge are affected by the shift to the new system and experts may be called under Section 149.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Washington
Crowder
First Army
National Army
Teuton Proposals Hint at Veiled German Military Moves
Washington officials believe proposals from Germany may mask planned military actions in the western theater. Analysts scrutinize the language for hints of escalation while diplomacy continues amid rising tensions and strategic posturing.
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Washington
West
U S Determined to Take No Part in Peace Talks
Washington reports reveal U S stance against any peace agreement not reflecting free will of the governed. Czernin terms face US rejection over Alsace Lorraine, guarantees, and Polish state questions. Germany seeks plebiscites and colonial aims while Russia trade gains loom. An advertisement for Martin's Cigars closes the notice.
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