Urban coal shortage sparks heat crisis and price abuse
New York City health and fuel officials plead for more heat for the sick and poor as coal shortages deepen. Dr Haven Emerson links rising illnesses to cold homes and criticizes extravagant electric sign usage. Lehigh Valley Rail runs trains of anthracite to relieve cities. a Long Island City coal sale sparks chaotic crowds and 150 tons sold in 100 pound lots.
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OY Morning Journal
New York
New York City
H. A. Garfield
Haven Emerson
Department of Health
Henry Moskowitz
Corrimeioner
Frank IL. Bowling
Mosko- Witz
Emerson
Dr. Emerson
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Perth Amboy
New England
Long Island City
Embargo Lifted on Gulf Route Shipments to East
In San Francisco on December 13 the Southern Pacific lifted its two month old embargo on shipments east via the gulf route though some restrictions will continue to apply to traffic along this route.
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San Francisco
Calif
Paficic
Secretary of War is Pointedly Criticized
Senate military committee grills Major General Crozier over delays in supplying weapons. Crozier blames Baker for the machine gun holdup and cites June adoption of the Browning type. He says rifle shortages stem from British Enfield changes and factory transitions and notes ongoing production increases while executive session follows.
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Journal ePecia
League Wing
Washington
Senate Military Committee
Crozier
France
Chamberlain
Baker
Tusk
Congress
Krag
National Army
Wilson
Senate
War Department
Hitchcock
Weather Forecast For Denver And New Mexico Line
Denver weather warms for southeast Friday with clear skies. New Mexico days show generally fair and warmer conditions into Friday and Saturday.
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Denver
Colo, Dee
New Mexico
Weather Summary for 24 Hours Ended 6 PM
A local weather recap shows a maximum of 57 degrees and a minimum of 13 with a 44 degree range. The 6 PM temperature was 39 degrees with an east wind and clear skies.
Addison targets free medical aid for all Britons
Dr Christopher Addison the brush minister of reconstruction is named minister of public wealth and aims to push a parliament bill to nationalize the medical profession. The plan would make medical attendance free and remove it from charity.
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Christopher Addison
Brush
Delays in Securing French Artillery Reported by General Crozier
General Crozier blames red tape for delays in obtaining ordnance. He explains that work began before hostilities to estimate appropriations and secure supplies. Senator Chamberlain questions why delays occurred, and Crozier cites government procedures as the reason.
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Crozier
Chamberlain
German plot to destroy bridges outlined in conspiracy trial
Detroit witnesses recount a confessed plot by Carl Kaltschmidt and Gustave Stevens to sabotage the Nipigon Ontario railroad bridge. Canadian officials testified that Kaltschmidt paid $200 to each of Schmidt and Stevens to inspect the bridge for damage. The case involves six defendants and continues with further testimony pending.
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Moaning Journal
Detroit
Mich
Carl Schmidt
Albert C. Kaltschmidt
Kaltschmidt
Port Arthur
Ont
Schmidt
Gustave Stevens
Nipigon
Stevens
James Middleton
Fort Williams
Sugar rationing card urges 103 pound monthly cut
A new household card calls for further sugar reduction with a target of shaving 103 pounds per month from each home’s consumption. The card also emphasizes continued limits on wheat and meat to conserve scarce supplies across households.
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America
Food Rationing Urged as War Demands Sacrifice
Washington reports a three pound per person monthly sugar ration and wheatless and meatless days plus one porkless day and one meatless meal daily to be recommended to households in a new kitchen card. The message stresses equitable distribution, warns against hoarding, and links food restraint to aiding allies and neutrals amid shipping shortages.
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OY Morning Journal
Washington
Food Administration
United States
Fed
Europe
Jury seeks speedy conclusion in Means murder trial
Concord North Carolina trial of Gaston B Means enters the third day as the jury, amid long-continued arguments, asks Judge Cline to speed up proceedings. Prosecutors claim Means killed Mrs Maude King for money while defense argues motive is unproven and Means had financial interest in her alive.
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Cumnal
CaseDline
Concord
N. C
Dee
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Cline
McDuffie
Atlanta
Mrs. King
J. F. Newell
Charlotte
T. D. Maness
M. H. Caldwell
JL. Lee Crowell
Mrve. King
French Captain Recalls Halifax Collision Signal Errors
A French captain recounts how a collision near Halifax occurred. He says wrong signals were given and that he had never been in port before. He asserts there was no liquor aboard for anyone onboard.
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Tme
Mont Blanc Captain Details Halifax Explosion Precautions
Halifax inquiry hears Mont Blanc loaded with T N T, guncotton and picric acid at Gravesend Bay. Captain Lamodee described ship halting for collision with the Imo, ignition of picric acid, and rapid crew evacuation with only one missing. He noted no alcohol aboard and no red flag indicating munitions.
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Morning Journal
Halifax
N.S
Lamodee
Gravesend Bay
N. Y
Tdquor
Mackay
Mont Blanc
Bedford Basin
Dartmouth
Tasmodee
Imo
Fighteen
Britain France and Italy Hold Against Teuton Attacks
Allied lines led by Britain France and Italy resist German offensives from the Slav front with heavy reinforcements drawn from the Russian front. German attacks around Cambrai and Verdun fail with British and Italian forces holding and Haig reporting heavy casualties inflicted. Submarine threats are countered and American engineers suffer casualties from German bombs as air raids strike near allied fronts.
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Britain
France
Italy
Teutons
Slav Front
Cambrai
Bullecourt
Queant
Teuton
Courieres
Verdun
Fraternal Groups Back Government War Loan Support
Washington December 13 representatives of a fraternal insurance society met with Secretary McAdoo and pledged support for government war loan organizations. They agreed to form war savings associations among members and to invest, hereafter, only in United States securities.
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Washington
Fraternal Insurance Society
McAdoo
United States
Two German Attacks Repulsed Near Bullecourt and Riencourt
British official report states two dawn assaults by German forces near Bullecourt were thrown back after heavy bombardment. A subsequent attack along the Riencourt Lez Cagnicourt front breached the trench apex briefly before being repelled with heavy losses. pockets of fighting continued into evening with some enemy casualties and prisoners.
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Bullecourt
Queant
Berlin
von Buelow
Horenta
Piave
Monte Spinancia
Russia
Rostov-on-Don
Black Sen
Bilelgorod
Korniloff
London
Hindenburg
Riencourt Lez Cagnicourt
Gehrmans Claim Only Slight Gains Made
Today's German official statement reports minor advances in the western theater. It says Crown Prince Rupprecht's front at Bullecourt yielded several shelters and 6 officers with 84 men captured, while artillery duels between Moenvres and Venhuile and north of St. Quentin grew more intense.
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Ertin
London
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bullecourt
Moenvres
Venhuile
St. Quentin
British Carry Out Successful Trench Raid
London reports from Field Marshal Haig’s headquarters say British forces attacked a hostile post south of Villers-Claislain this morning and killed or captured the garrison. East of Bullecourt bomb fighting occurred in trenches penetrated yesterday with a few prisoners taken. Enemy artillery activity noted south of the Scarpe and northeast of Ypres.
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London
Pield Marshal Haig
France
Villiers- Claislain
Bullecourt
Scarpe
Ypres
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