President Wilson urges federal rail takeover and half billion fund
President Wilson asked Congress to authorize government operation of railroads with an investigating board to report recommendations. The plan includes compensation to owners equal to average net income of the past three fiscal years and a $560 million fund for maintenance during federal control. He argued unity and rapid mobilization require centralized control, with safeguards for stockholders and minimal disruption to existing railroad organizations.
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Washington,d. C
Wilson
Congress
Fallowa
Weightler
America
Railroad Bill Details President's Rail Control Plan
Washington January 1 1918 the administration bill for government operation of railroads outlines compensation to railroads at an annual rate near their net operating income for three years ending June 30 1917. It preserves depreciation maintenance within expenses, creates a standard return, provides a board of auditors for unresolved claims, limits dividends, funds a 500 million revolving account, allows securities issuance, extends workmen compensation, and preserves legal liabilities for carriers under federal control.
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Washington, D. C
IA Administration
Court of Claims
Interstate Commerce Commission
Yankee Airmen Finish Training for Battlefront
The first group of young pilots and observers at the American flying school near the Woevre completed training. After a rest they will be sent to the front for finishing under battle conditions guided by veteran French aviators. The squadron excelled in aerial photography and observation despite snow covered fields, with only one trainee not meeting all standards.
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Associated Press
Franca
Janu
Woevre
Giant profits to nipping firm in U3 deal
Washington, Jan. 4. Senate commerce committee testimony cited profits of about 420,000 from Clinchfield Navigation in a shipbuilding contracts case. The firm sold four ships to the government at Seattle yards with high profit and later secured 12 more ships for a 5 percent gain. Theodore E. Ferris, chief constructor for the emergency feet corporation, and a Shipping Board official described the arrangements. Ferris said he knew nothing of the financial deal but said he recommended Clinchfield to Goethals in a letter.
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Washington, D. C
Clinchfield Navigation Company
Senate Commerce Committee
Theodore E. Ferris
Emergency Feet Corporation
Shipping Board
Clinefield Company
Sloane Shipyard Corporation
Seattle
Sloane Corporation
Ferris
Clinchfield Corporation
Goethals
Little Girl Travels Alone Across Sea to Join Father
Lizzie Leigh five years old traveled alone from Lee England to Cedar Rapids Indiana to join her father Paul Leigh whom she has not seen since birth. Her mother also she has not seen since she was a few months old. Officials and railroad and steamship staff aided the child guiding her along the journey with vigilant care.
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Chicago
Hlizzie Leigh
Ilee
England
Cedar Rapids
Paul Leigh
Lizzie
America
Mrs. Leigh
Newlyweds Routed by Fire in Home
Fire at 3 20 today in a house owned by Mrs Anna Cooper of Allison and occupied by Mr and Mrs Ernest Roberts who were recently married and settled in their new home. The couple woke to smoke, alerted others, and saved the furniture. The blaze started in the walls and was extinguished with little building damage though water caused some loss. El Tovar Broadteat Havana de Cigar.
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Clarksville
Anna Cooper
Allison
Ernest Roberts
Russia and Germany peace talks spark major shifts
London reports and Brest Litovsk discussions show Russia proposing complete evacuation of occupied lands pending a self-definition referendum. German officials debate shifts in policy as Hertling faces possible replacement, while Entente may recognize Lenin’s government if Bolshevik stance persists.
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Russia
Stockholm
London
Brest Litovsk
Entente
Aldles
Daily Chronicle
Trotzky
Germany
Lenine
Maxim Litvinoff
Brest-Litovsk
Petrograd
Daily News
von Hoffman
von Knaehlmann
Czernin
Berlin
Kuehlmann
von Hoffmann
Senate Bill Proposes Cabinet Head for Munitions
Washington Jan 4 A bill by Senator Chamberlain would create a secretary of munitions with full power to control arms ammunition food cloth ing equipment and materials the president designates as munitions of war. The department would operate during the war and one year after and coordinate all war supplies to speed munitions delivery.
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Washington, D. C
Chairrman Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Senate Committee
M Munitions Administration
Department
Mural
Chamberlain
United States
Congress
Department of Munttions
America
Officers Training Camp Opens At Camp Dodge Tomorrow
Camp Dodge prepares to receive 290 selected national army men for the officers training camp starting tomorrow. Candidates from the University of Iowa Dubuque Ta college Iowa State Ames St Thomas St Johns will compete for second lieutenant commissions. Lieut Col R B Parratt to command the program through April 5.
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Camp Dodge
National Army
Fort Snelling
Minn
University of Iowa
Dubuque
College
Iowa State
Ames
St. Thomas College of
St. Paul
St. John's of
Delafield
R. B. Parratt
Don’t Throw Rice At Weddings: New York Paper Urges Action
A New York hotel blocks rice throwing at weddings as a food saving wartime measure. A notice in the hotel urges guests to “Don’t throw rice save food and help win the war.” Readers are asked to call in misdelivered copies by 6:30 p.m.
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Kaiser
New York
Pershing Thanks U S Women and Children for Good Wishes
Pershing replies to New Year messages from the United States and women’s groups. He expresses gratitude for the support of American women and children and pledges to uphold courage and resolve as the AEF advances in France. The messages from suffragists and Red Cross women are cited with his responses.
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Pershing
U.S
Associated Press
France
United States
America
Anna Howard Shaw
American Red Cross
Adel Fis
Hoboken Plant Fire Destroys Six-Story Mill Building
Hoboken N J January 4 Firemen United States soldiers and civilians aided by New York fireboats and railroad men contained a stubborn blaze after hours of combat in the heart of the industrial waterfront. A Gattil McQuade six story mill building housing paper and supplies burned with an estimated loss of 250000. Soldiers and civilians patrolled the district while firemen fought through low water pressure and several crews were overcome by smoke and cold. Firefighting efforts prevented flames from reaching ships loading war supplies as about 1000 soldiers guarded the area.
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Hoboken
N. J
Jao
United States
New York
Tiga
Gatltl-McQuade Company
Gaiti-McQuade
President Seeks Quick Action on Waterpower Bill
President Wilson calls White House talks with key House leaders to speed a waterpower measure. Participants include Ferris, Sims, Poll, Garrett, rules committee members, and other officials as they aim to reconcile differences and avoid last session’s deadlock.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
House
White House
Ferris
Public Lands Committee
Sims
Interstate Commerce Commission
Poll
Rules Committee
Garrett
Tennessee
Prisoners Parley Faces Obstacles in Talks at Petrograd
The prisoner issue talks progress slowly as Russian delegates seek direct telegraphic links with Socialist representatives in enemy nations and special inquiry into Polish worker deportations. German delegates say they are not authorized to decide these points. The council of people's commissioners is asked for further instructions.
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Petrograd
Germany
Council of People's Commissioners
Tragic 11 Year Old Hangs Self While Playing Cowboy
In an apparent suicide at 3224 Fourth Street West, Harry Howard 11 was found dangling from a strap tied to a door hinge by Tallie Marion a family friend. A toy pistol and wild west books lay nearby while his father and aunt note he mimicked scenes from books and films. The body was taken to Petersen Bros for funeral arrangements.
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Harry Howard
Fourth Street West
J. W. Howerd
Mason City
Harry
Tallie Marion
Daisy Duncan
Palmotor Ussless
Marion
Tie
Explosion at Russ plant kills 2000 in Don district
Dispatch reports munitions depot on the Russian southwestern front blew up destroying all buildings within two kilometers. Two trains loaded with Cossacks en route to the Don district were wrecked, causing about 2,000 deaths.
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Stockholm
Fidningen
Don
Ice and fuel crisis cripples New York as coal runs dry
New York faces a severe coal shortage as ice blocks harbor waters trap barges with thousands of tons aboard. Public schools and industries close while oil and gas supplies dwindle. Long Island Sound partly frozen and temperatures plummet across the Northeast. Coal trains gain priority to the east as officials struggle to relieve the city.
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New York
New York Harbor
Hundreth Street
Harlem
Que Hundred
Fortieth Street
Long Island Sound
New Rochelle
Execution Light
Reeve Schley
Inel
Bcarce
Quater City
FRIGM
Philadelphia
Lund
Columbus
Union Station
Labor Unions to Aid Government Labor Distribution Plan
Washington Jan unions linked to the American Federation of Labor agreed to cooperate with the U S public service reserve program. The department of labor announced that thousands of skilled workers had joined the reserve and unions urged further enrollment to prove conscriptions of labor unnecessary.
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Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
United States Public Service Reserve
Department of Labor
Drafted Aliens Seek Release From Service
Washington DC January war department opposes discharges for aliens. Several men in national army camps sought writs of habeas corpus for release. Judge Advocate General's Office ruled local boards' citizenship decisions final and conclusive, Adjutant General McCain said they would pursue the matter in court.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
National Army
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