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PRESIDENT TAKES
OVER PAILROADS
Operation to Be Controlled
Through Present Management,
INCOMEISGUARANTEED|
Net Operating Revenue To Equal
Average Of Three Years Preceding
June 30, 1917—New Security Issues
To Be Given Government Backing
And Condition Of Properties To Be
Maintained.
Washington.— President Wilson by |
proclamation has taken possession and
operation of the nation’s railroads for
the war, William G. McAdoo, retain.
ing his place in the Cabinet as Sec
retary of the Treasury, is placed In
charge as Director-General! of Rall |
roads,
Every railroad engaged
transportation with its
including steamship
over, and
ated one
eral.
In a statement
proclamation, the
nounced that as soon
dssembles he will
lation guaranteeing
and maintenance of
ties in good repair
Government
to new issues railroad
that a ready market may be found,
The President's move, although
forecast for weeks, came at this time
as a great surpri
body in Washington,
road It
believed he would
sembling
in
ppurtenances,
lines taken |
is
all systems will be
as under the
accompanying hi
Presiden
as
legis-
earnings
recommend
pre-war
railroad
backing will be
of
nearl
inclu
been
await
befor
officials nad
Congress
any step. He acted
tary of War Bake:
conferred in the
of
act
Direct
‘son, who,
lared the roads gone as
far as they could and already
some systems
earnings in
Although
to all electric
were endangering their
attempting unification
the proclamation
in general
urban
applies
lines engaged
transportation, loc
tems exempted,
To Cost $100,000,000 In Year.
Congress will be asked to
earnings equ valent
net operating income
al inter YS
are specifically
to the average
of each
in the three-year period
30, 1917
that this
next vear in the
000 0600. whict
Railroad expert estimate
ronment
neighbor of $104,
can be
part by increased fre
terstate Commerce Com
the roads’ application
cent (
erwis
rnment
Commerce
lovernment
x hich
will
tions
will be
heretofore
ublect
rector of
Railroads
Fhe President make
his decision was
any fail
roads to perform their whole duty
ure on th art of
the rail
in |
hampered
. by legal restrictions
Express Companies Too
Boome was felt
#0 far as they while
conld
as they were
doubt as to whelher |
President's proclamation. They were
not mentioned but the
President ref system of
specifically,
erred to every
- thereof.” This was
preted including
whose business Is so closely
locked with that of the
It is presumed that
apply direct the
merce Commission
commissions,
generally
aa these companies,
Jtere
railroads
rafiroads
Interstate
or to the
will |
to Com.
atate
a8 in the without |
referring question of rate increases to
the Director-General, although the
procedure will depend largely on the
scheme of contro! to worked out
by Mr. McAdoo
past
be
RUSS RELEASE AMERICAN,
Charles 8. Smith, Of St. Louis,
tained Only A Few Hours.
Petrograd. Charles 8. Smith, of 8t
fouls, a member of the American
Rallway Commission in Rusela, who
was arrested recently at Tehita, Si
erin, was released after a few houry’
detention, aceording to advices reac’:
De-
sng the American Embassy here,
c—
Committee of Program.
‘Wil Add Total Of 8,252,03) Tonc—
Refusal Of
Goethals’ Contracts
Two Monthe'
Capps To Approve
Caused
Delay.
Dowles,
Washington Rear-Admiral
Fleet told
Commerce
the shipbuilding
are 1,388 ships of all
Emergency
the Senate
vestigating
that
gonder
the Fleet
those ships have a
Corporation,
Cormmittee In
ther
constriction
or al
by Corporati
deadweight
Admiral Bo
first time
relative
nr
after them
onene Bees
explosion
asline tank »
Two
an
wide and then a
chaser fire into the
the gasolin
ie
submis
tank releasing
101 LOST WITH SHIP.
British Armed Steamer Stephen Fur
ness Torpedoed In Irish Channel,
London “he Britich armed steam
eas hb been tory
$
sunk by
Irish ¢
a Germon subma
)
iannel. Six officer
50 men Ww lost
The
chantman of 1.712 tons pros, bul)
1810 at West Hartlepool and
by the Tyne Shipping Company
fad.
ore
Stephen Furne
owned
Tees
AMERICAN PROPERTY SEIZED.
Under Trustecchip OF Berlin Govern.
ment-—Not To Be Confiscated.
Berlin (via London) ~The property
of Americans in Germany has been
placed under the trusteeship of the
German government. There is no in
tention, however, to confiscate prop:
sity of to infringe on the personal
rights of the propertybolders,
sna
—en
| —
{1 wont)
if) 1AM
vi
tl
(Hanet
fags hs FO
TE
suPpne
DANSE Bask |]
i HE VER |
WEAR EF
(
SECRET TREATY
But It May Not Be Against
England and America.
RUSSIAN RUMOR SAYS IT IS
Celieve it To Be A Convention
The Rights Of
Russia In The
East.
Safeguard
pan And
Far
esis lance
by the =«¢
the possible confiiet™
nee tated
Not Against The U8.
Wa
ud thes
called pecvet
officials
had no knowledge of the =o
American
trezty bet= Russia
Petmograd
that
iting “joint
i demonstration against America
Great Britain in the Far Bast”
& oul by the the
of There a pos-
treats to i
vention conc.uded be
at]
and Japan, d
but ti
seribhe it
escribed in the
dispatohes, ey ronsidered
to de contemp!
arme
bor: text of
fs
retorrpt
about the
et
and Japan
the
at
ocalled sed
LAST GERMAN PAPER SEIZED.
Costa Rica Acts When Wilson And
Lloyd Goorge Are Libeled.
San Joge, Conia Rien.—~Nueva Era,
the last German paper in Costa Rica,
was seized by the Government on nce
count of libelous articles against Pres.
ident Wilson and the British
Mintster, David Lloyd George. It pub
ished also a violent protest ngainst
the recent blucklUat
fat UN L. & N.
[HIRTY-EIGHT DIE
Fast Train Piles Into Rear End
of Accommodation.
THREE CARS IN SPLINTERS
Mos: Casualties
Train, Which
On
is Hit Just After
Pulling Out From Way
Occur Slow
Station.
motive
and ir
from Lou
baggage Car
wen! on a
was cleared
sundered by
POWDER MILL BLOWN UP,
Sixteen Workers Escape At Shame
kin Factory.
Pa
unhurt
Shamokin, Sixteen employes
when the chaser mill
of Shamokin Powder Company,
two miles north of here, blew up, fol
lowing a fire The plant is manufac
turing black powder for ammunition
end mining purposes. After the ex
plosion ewept building but
heroic work on the part of workmen
and firmnen prevented the flames
from 1 hing other buildings of the
origin of the blaze is un
ercaped
the
fire the
plant. The
deterniined
SPY LETTERS SEIZED,
Customs Oficir!s Find German Com.
munication System.
Washington Operation of a
tem of regular communication be
tween the United States and Ger
many, Austria and European neutrals
wae disclosed by announcement
castoms officials that within the last
two weeks they have found scores
of letlers containing inseriptions in
EVR
— —
in Connt Lux-
burg's Telegrams.
State And Argentina
Simultaneously Publish Forty Ad-
ditional
Department
Meesages EBetween
Buencs Aires and Berlin,
{ wi, >
the richest
and
South
Washington Argentina
ME
most democratic of
the
4
republies, is momentarily
expected to break with Berlin. A dex
a re i f wa . : 1
yration of war ill follow.
. top % 44
nie decls he Argentine
if with Pan-J
iea and the forces of démocracy ag
Germany
was marked by the gimuitane
publicatic
Les Zimmerman
Minister
Germans
from
Foreign
of
DeEricns
ceremonial
owing our
t Germany
negotiations to
sntly referred
he Argentina =
il & MesEARY
- 181%
July fy APA
On that day Luxburg wired
Lin Taro
17
Laux-
almost every 4Aay
erber 1
that he
Presi
5
after tis that the
fro: up 10 Sep
was seldom allowed 10 see Lhe
dent It was shortly
was 0
and
ipriog versaenkt” message ache
in the United jax
siie in } ni Siutles
2's recall asked for
Jixberz
Cermany’s foreign
that
warfare 1
admitied the exigencies
ade is
impossible for her to observe pro-
vigions of international law requiring
the mere identification of a veszel be-
sinking. He admitted that Ger
not dare to take this atts
formally or openly on account
submarine x
t} »
fore
many
tude
did
Argentina be lulled with fair
words, while the fou! work went on
The revelation of this policy, it i=
expected hers, will have a distinct
effect on Germany's relations with
the other Northern neutrals. Norway
has suffered disastrous sinkings twice
within two months and has received
game sort of explanations from
Berlin as were handed to Argentine
it romarked that the Swedish
Government has changed since the
last Luxburg revelations and it is
predicted that the new ones showing
the further nefarious use of Bweden's
the
is
SUNK BY THE FRENCH,
i
The Bottom.
Athens French destroyers have
sunk two enemy submarines in the
Gulf of Tarsnto. 4
MILLING ON SUGAR
Cent's
wis
a Pound, Says Hoover.
PRICE-FIXING 1S JUSTIFIED
Ctatement
Which
Turned Down
Baved Public $200,
000,000,
Washington
period Cuba
132 tons of
dec]
Ared, is
GREETINGS FROM PERSHING.
Sacred Cause From AH Ranks.
GENERAL BLISS REPLY.
Bt chief of stall
sent
he and Secretar
War send to the
Army in
greeting and
Christmas
the Your
in Camp
ment send you greet
you and
the
withes
the
Atte fioan
France most ordial
from people
United comrad
ang cs
« Tom
arms in ever:
NRK,
home today goes
fare and success
France and persona
ery mag of them Th
in you and them its full
that in God's greod time and with God's
blessing ite trevoms in France, aide
side with gallant Allie
bring victory and abiding peace to all
the world"
a prayer for the wel
Our troops n
for that of
¢ nation reg
of
"
y oy
gon
confidence
hv
+3 £ i
Tater wii
TEA LEAVES IN WAR,
After They Mave Steeped They Are
Used For Munitions.
London. — Instructions have , been
sent to all Armay and Navy canteens
to save all used ten leaves, which are
to be carefully kept in muslin bags
snd forwarded to central depots