Nation to observe coal crisis Monday holiday
The United States will pause as coal shortages bite. Retail stores except food and drugs to close. offices to observe the spirit of the order. Coal transport hampered by severe weather. many plants exempted only if needed to prevent further shutdowns. Secretary Lane announces surveying and leasing plans for Nenana coal field in Alaska, area about 19,000 acres with lignite coal of fair grade.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Planta
Fet
Wastin
Nenana
Laska
Lane
Tage
Butte and Montana News Roundup From War to Local Bits
A compact summary reports on regional happenings including Montana mineral regulations, Butte notes with Sova beans, and sport items. It mentions a Thompson Falls wedding notice and local schedule shifts. War and foreign affairs receive brief mention alongside factual local items.
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Tussia
Austria
One Possibility for Ending War
Amsterdam dispatch quotes General von Stein premier of war saying he does not know Americans or what they can do in the war. The war minister notes Central Powers are ready to meet America and cites American engines and plans. Stein says Anty desires peace but, as a soldier, sees only victory as the path to end the war. He argues enemies seek to push them from occupied territory and will admit defeat when they cannot drive them out.
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Amsterdam
Vor Stein
Stein
Anty
Noes
Kidnaping Conspirators Prepare Guilty Plea Agreement
Springfield Mo January reports lawyers for the defense and prosecution announced an agreement in the kidnapping case of CA Clements jeweler. Taylor Adams and son Cletus would plead guilty when called in court. Claude Piersol Lloyd Keet cases to be dismissed except murder charge in Keet. Adams to receive 15 years and Cletus 10 years.
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Paul Orbay
Taylor B. Adams
Cletus Adams
CA. Clements
Claude Piersol
Huby Lloyd Keet
Keet
Clement
Piersol
O'Day
Taylor Adams
General strike sweeps Austria amid protests in Vienna
London reports a general strike across Austria with about 100,000 workers quitting in Vienna and Neustadt. Factories close as the movement, led by armament workers, seeks peace. Demonstrations condemn Berlin for pressuring continued war and demand political and economic change.
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Austria
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Famous German ships destroyed at Dardanelles action
British and Turkish forces attacked at the entrance to the Dardanelles sinking the German Breslau the Turkish Goeben was beached. The Goeben has not been engaged since, while the Breslau and other German units fled from the Mediterranean to safety in the straits.
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Jan
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Breslau
Goeben
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Seeadler
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Severe cold hampers work at big terminal
New York January report says extreme cold and high winds slowed rail traffic and unloading at eastern terminals. Barge coal transfers to steamships were difficult as vessels and yards faced stiff winds and five below freezing conditions. 321 coal bunkers required movement vs 24 hours prior.
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New York
Jan
Pope Benedict Chosen Holy Shrines Protector
In a Notre Dame Academy address Mee Arthur Stapleton Burnes, Catholic rector of Oxford University and British army chaplain, stated the British government selected Irish Catholic regiment guards for sacred sites in Palestine. He said the pope would safeguard holy shrines amid the life and death of Christ.
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Mee Arthur
Stapleton Burnes
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Academy of Notre Dame
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Weather forecast for Washington region
The message indicates a generally fair Monday with slightly warmer conditions east of the divide. It mentions Washington but the fragment is incomplete and lacks a specific date or full forecast details.
Pan-Germans Triumph Amid Turmoil in Europe
Fragmentary dispatches reveal pan-German factions in Germany celebrating the emperor’s secret removal and criticising rival authorities. Reports mention Rudolf von Valentini, Prussia, and ongoing tensions across Vienna and Austro-Hungary tied to flour ration cuts and rising political strife.
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von Bers
Prussia
von Water
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Greal Beltalt
Vienna
Austein
Socialist rhetoric clashes at Industrial Workers of the World event
A Minneapolis area speaker linked to the Socialist movement argued that government takeovers of railroads are a victory, while also contradicting himself during an Industrial Workers of the World gathering. The speech, promoted by a pamphlet, touched on draft obstruction charges and included a note about an upcoming appeal hearing.
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Minneap
Wwetall
Forfernor
Irkers
Bentall
Additional Wheatleaf day likely to be ordered
Spokane Washington January 20 The people of the United States provably will be asked to observe an additional Wheatleaf day each week under new files formulated by the federal food administration. Charles Hebberd federal food administrator for Washington announced tonight upon his arrival from Washington DC where he has been attending a conference of state food administrators.
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Wash
United States
Federal Food Administration
Charles Hebberd
Washington
D.C
Constituent Assembly Ousted Amid Turbulent Russia Crisis
Reported in Prograd that Bolshevik authorities closed the constituent assembly at 4 am with a decree dissolving it. Telegrams say sailors and guards suppressed the body as tensions rise over leftist opposition and calls for a new government. Moscow confirms forcible dissolution. statements defend noninterference in Asian affairs. Japanese cruiser presence denied connection to the upheaval.
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Constituent Assembly
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Moscow
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Teusel
Staten
Bolshevik Premier Attends Opening of Assembly
Petrograd reports Bolshevik premier Lenin and other government officials attended the opening session of the constituent assembly. Former secretary to Keres Sky and other social revolutionary members, released from guard, joined. Interior minister Teeretelli, ill, took a seat with the radical left as about four Bolsheviks watched from Tauride palace grounds, with ticketed access and tight guard.
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Nikolai Lenine
Jin
Keres Sky
Guar
Lloyd George Appears to Have Carried Day
London January 20 The first month of the war proved trying yet the nation seems to have weathered doubts and accepted the watch word we must go on or go under Labor unions demanded more men in khaki but insisted on a clear war program. The government spoke freely and Lloyd George is credited with carrying the day boosting his authority for now. The labor party looks to a Labour Liberal coalition as it contemplates reform and a broadening of party ranks under the banner of the hand and grain movement.
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