Boston Coal Special Delivers First Relief Train
The Storrow Boston Coal Special carrying about 1100 tons of anthracite arrived in Boston at 6 30 am. From Maybrook to Readville the run involved 39 cars with 27 coal cars and two freight cars. Government control of railroads moved this supply to Boston quickly, with 13 cars dumped in Readville and others routed to Forest Hills Quincy Wollaston Harrison Square and Neponset.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James J. Storrow
New England
New York and
Ontario Road
New Haven
Maybrook
Central
Danbury
Shelton
Conn
Readville
Boston
Mr. Storrow
William G. McAdoo
Forest Hills
Quincy
Wollaston
Harrison Square
Fireman Germain Handles Record Coal Train As Crew Praises Effort
Fireman Germain kept No. 2005, the New Haven’s largest locomotive, running for over six hours with full capacity and minimal delays. He shoveled 14 tons of coal in a single run, handling two tons per hour with an ordinary shovel. Conductor Kelsey and the crew hailed the operation as first class and noted the unusual reliability of the steel coal train.
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New Haven
J. O. Holiday
Hast Haven
Maybrook
Midway Junction
East Haven
Ike Davis
Jack Jones
FE. P. Scribner
Harry Mack
Dwight H. Tefft
E. Vanderlyke
J. G. King
Harry L. Murray
Charles Hanson
New London
Germain
Bo Stone Yards
Kelsey
Coal shipments resume as 1100 tons arrive in Boston
The first coal train reached Boston yesterday with 1100 tons and two more loads are due today. Under U S government orders 58 cars or about 2400 tons will arrive today and be handed to dealers to distribute in small lots for relief of the distressed.
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Boston
Angelus
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Tom” Groff
Maybrook
N. Y
The
Fuel Administration
United States
Sloan's Liniment Relieves Aches For Continuous Duty
Sloan's Liniment offers quick relief from after effects aches pains and rheumatic twinges without rubbing. It penetrates to reduce stiffness and fatigue, keeping men and women fit for continuous duty and it will not stain the skin. Sold by druggists everywhere.
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Sloan
Ice blasting frees vessels as relief coal arrives in Boston
Ice from 18 inches to three feet thick was broken by dynamite blasts with electrical detonation near the Fore River bridge, releasing a coal carrier two tugs Dolphin Minnie and a lighter. Two coal trains, 26 and 32 cars, bring second relief coal to Boston as Fuel Administrator Storrow returns to oversee allocations and prioritize warmth and hospitals.
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Fore River
Quincy
Dolphin
Minnie
Labor union urges Wilson to remove fuel administrator
Boston Central Labor Union passes a unanimous resolution calling on President Wilson to remove the fuel administrator and Priority Board members. President McGrady cites mismanagement and personal fights in Washington as the cause of the coal shortage, noting coal shipped incorrectly between regions and rail benefit. John F. Stevens discusses Washington trips to ease the crisis and names several officials involved.
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Lution
Wilson
Priority Board
Bicker
Edward F. McGrady
Boston Central Labor Union
Garfield
McGrady
Washington
Pennsylvania
Atlantic
United States
Priory Board
Atlantic Coast
Coal Dispute Halts Transport Across District
Critics say local coal boards act like ward aldermen delaying shipments. Workers report only three days a week, with rail cars scarce and 25,000 tons of coal stuck on Pennsylvania tracks as boards refuse clearance papers to favor their own districts.
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New England
Priority Board
Forty Families Receive Coal in Somerville Effort
About forty families were supplied with coal in small amounts in Somerville yesterday. City teams carted coal to homes, four teams assisting, with residents paying for the coal at city hall.
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Somerville
Maine Receives Fifty Coal Cars From New England Route
Portland Mo January 6 State Fuel Administrator Hamlen announced fifty carloads of soft coal secured through New England Administrator Storrow are en route to Portland. The coal was diverted toward Western points and redirected to Hamlen for statewide distribution in Maine.
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Portland
Hamlen
New England
Storrow
Maine
Brookline Churches Convene to Save Coal
In Brookline yesterday vestries of local churches held services to save coal. A meeting is scheduled today with all denominations to discuss a union Sunday service going forward.
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Brookline
Oldest Rotarian in the World Dead at 95
Charles Woodward aged 95 and reputed world’s oldest Rotarian died in Indianapolis. Born November 3 1822 in Fairfield Ohio he was Civil War veteran and the 16th of 19 children. He joined Rotary four years ago as a charter member of the San Francisco club.
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Indianapolis
Charles Woodward
Fairfield
Rotary Club
San Francisco Club
First Parish Concord Holds Service in Vestry
To conserve coal the Sunday morning service of the First Parish Unitarian Church of Concord was held in the church vestry yesterday and will continue in the vestry while the cold weather lasts.
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First Parish Unitarian Church of Concord
Three Boston Yegg Men Jailed in St Lambert Robberies
Three Boston yeggmen James Murphy Laland Cameron and James Copeland were arrested in St Lambert Quebec for blowing open a safe in a local store. They are suspected of a series of robberies from Boston to the Canadian border with evidence including nitro glycerine drills fuses and revolvers. Napoleon Gravel St Lambert police chief arrived in Boston seeking evidence while Canadian and Maine authorities review connections to other robberies.
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Boston
St. Lambert
Montreal
Napoleon Gravel
R. E. Pakin
Maine
James Murphy
Laland Cameron
James Copéland
Gambling Raids Net Twenty Arrests in City
Officers from the La Grange street station arrested twenty men in gambling raids at 365 Washneton street and 36 Hudson street. An opium raid at 26 Oxford street netted a small quantity of the drug and twenty one men were taken into custody.
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la Grange Street
Washneton Street
Hudson Street
Salvation Army Band Concert At Suffolk County Jail
The Salvation Army band directed by Brigadier Shephard entertained inmates of the Suffolk County jail yesterday afternoon with a concert program.
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Salvation Army
Shephard
Suffolk County
Food Shortages Deepen in Allied Countries
Anxious over food in England, France, and Italy, allied nations face grave shortages. U S government officials express deep concern as war strains tighten continental supplies.
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Washington
Europe
England
France
Italy
Grim food outlook across Europe triggers rationing fears
A cable from Lord Rhondda to the British food administration warns of grave anxiety as England faces compulsory rationing and long queues in severe weather. France reports bread cuts and seven ounce rations for all but the very poor, while Italy also plans tighter control as all main staples are slated for rationing by April.
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Germany
Austria
England
France
Food Administration
Lord Rhondda
Italy
Mistake May Cost Her Life In Fatal Kerosene Incident
Mrs Patrick Devlin of 40 Park Street Stoneham was badly burned after seizing a kerosene can thinking it water as her clothing caught fire near a stove. Neighbors smothered the flames and she was taken to Winchester Hospital in critical condition. She is 48.
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Patrick Devlin
Park Street
Stoneham
N. D. Sheehan
Winchester Hospital
Devlin
Escape from City Hospital by 20 Foot Dive
Whitfield Lovell of Dartmouth Place a former delirium ward patient escaped City Hospital by leaping through a ward window. He fell 20 feet onto a granolithic sidewalk then climbed a 12 foot wall and fled through streets including Concord Harrison Canton Newland and Ivanhoe. He wore a hospital gown and carried $700.
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Whitfield Lovell
Dartmouth Place
City Hospital
Lovell
Concord Street
Harrison Avenue
Canton Street
Newland
Ivanhoe Streets
Ivanhoe Street
East Dedham Street
Germany Breaks Off Russian Peace Talks Amid Frontline News
A Berlindespatch says Berlin halted negotiations with Russia after Moscow sought to move talks to Stockholm. The decision follows a crown council attended by Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Reports note unrest among Reichstag parties, continued fighting on the Western Front, and renewed artillery duels as crews battle through snow and cold.
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Shevik
Brest- Litvosk
Berlin
Stockholm
Zurich
von Hindenburg
von Ludendorff
Brest- Litovsk
Russia
Reichstag
Socialist
France
Arras
Flanders
Moselle
Bullecourt
Piave
Brenta
New England Coal Supply Boost as Ships Added
Storrow reports a surge of traffic with expectations of 500 more coal cars daily to New England. The Shipping Board chairman Hurley revoked an earlier order removing the 7500-ton collier Newton and added six more steamers to the New England service.
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New England
Shipping Board
Hurley
Newton
New England coal supply hopes hinge on icebreakers and shipments
Officials warn it will take about two to three weeks before remedial measures ease New England’s coal shortage. The 14,000-ton Panama collier Achill es docks in Boston tomorrow with 7,500 tons more en route. Icebound Delaware River bars movement, while Norfolk crews abandon barges as harbors stay nearly ice-free. Piers at Hampton Roads show minimal daily loading, and thawing sheds aid limited rail unloading in New York and Philadelphia. Steamers to haul hard coal to New England are being dispatched as ice permits, with trains planned to Providence Portland and Portsmouth. Households should expect continued use of soft coal during the interim.
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Back Bay
Coal Committee
Fuel Administration
United States
New England
Lan
Uncle Sam
Seaboard
France
McAdoo
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. H. Smith
New York Central Railroad
Mr. McAdoo
Garfield
Achilles
Boston
Delaware River
Providence
Portland
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
The
Washington
Portsmouth
WIFE HELPS IN ESCAPE OF DESERTING CAVALRY SERGEANT
Chester McLean alias John Carroll a stable sergeant in L Troop of the 18th Cavalry Fort Ethan Allen Vermont is accused of desertion and impersonating an officer. He allegedly fled as a provost sergeant tried to arrest him in Dorchester while his wife reportedly restrained the officer. Police later arrested him at 127 Spencer Street Dorchester and he was turned over to military authorities for court martial.
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Chester McLean
John Carroll
18Th Cavalry
Fort Ethan Allen
Torrey Street
Dorchester
McLean
Mattapan
Spencer Street
Warship Aids Breakup of Chesapeake Ice
Baltimore January 6 The Navy Department sends a large warship up the Patapsco to release ice bound ships carrying government supplies and to reopen harbor traffic as city iceboats fail in what officials call the worst ice season in 66 years. The move follows a suggestion by Mayor.
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Baltimore
Patapsco
Uncle Sam
Chesapeake
Newport News
Navy Department
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Medway Junction
Teffi
Tom” ‘Groff
E. O. Germain
James Kelley
William Start
Charles C. Hummerville
Kelley
Lesegers
Ann Ae
State House
James Fitzgerald
John F. Fitzgerald
Tremont Temple Brotherhood
David M. Lackrow
Central Labor Union
Reso
John F. Stevens
Fabor
Massachusetts State Committee On Public Safety
Want Deadwood
Church Saves
Hub
Canada
Rhondda
Bedford Street
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