Riker Says Order Is Enemy Aid
Washington telegraph wires flood Washington with protests from Connecticut manufacturers over the fuel administration order to close plants. Andrew L. Riker of Bridgeport denounces the move as aid to the enemy and Senator Brandegee receives telegrams urging action against the order. Continued on Page 13.
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Washington, D. C
Innecticut
Fuel Administration
Wilma
Andrew L. Riker
Idgeport
Bridgeport
Brandegee
Schools to reopen Monday under new fuel ruling
Bridgeport schools will reopen Monday and continue in the regular manner as weather allows. A Fuel Ministry ruling transmitted by New England Administrator J. Storrow states schools are not to be affected by holiday procedures for the next ten Mondays.
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Garfield
New England
Mes J. Storrow
Bridgeport
Eliminate Reception as IBM of Curtailed Lighting Rule
Joseph Dober of Pembroke Street and Miss Chie Milbauer of Bridgeport were to wed at Bomi an Hall with Rabbi William WStstein. An elaborate reception was planned but curtailed by coal crisis orders enforcing lights curtailment. guests limited and reception cancelled to 10 o clock.
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Joseph Dober
Pembroke Street
Chie Milbauer
Bridgeport
William Wststein
Bomian Hall
Hallett Street
Weather forecast for East New York and New England
East New York: Saturday clear and colder. Sunday colder and tidier. South New England: Snow and colder Saturday. disturbance off the middle Atlantic coast moves northward with increasing intensity and northwest storm warnings from Song Hook to Eastport. Snow in lake region Ohio valley mid Atlantic and along Ap mieohians. much colder in Rin valley. snow Saturday on windward shores of the Great Lakes. Sunny Saturday night or Sunday in Ohio valley Tennessee and east gulf states.
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East New York
South New England
Middle Lautic
Song Hook
Eastport
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Lantic States
Rin
Tennessee
Westet Lake
Teinheptares
Rocky Mountains
East Gulf States
President Backing Garfield Fuel Order Amid War Strains
President Wilson declares full support for Dr Garfield's drastic fuel order, saying he was consulted and agrees it was essential to relieve fuel and transportation shortages. He emphasizes necessity to move ships, ease port congestion, ship food, warm homes, and maintain wartime discipline.
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Dr. Garfield
Garfield
Wilson
United States
Men in Class Claimed Put Men in Class Claimed
The Third Appellate District Board reclassified a large number of draftees at Fairfield County Court House yesterday, aligning them with the class claimed by the men. Bridgeport reclassification work continues with daily sessions to finish the process. Local boards prepare new mailed cards replacing blue registration cards to finalize standings. The War department places railway mail clerks in Class Three Division G to prevent demoralization. Bridgeport division boards have begun adding clerks to this class. A police list of delinquents was furnished by loan board number one yesterday, noting Soloman Reichman and others with addresses in Manhattan and Louis Iconomos.
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Third Appellate District Board
Fairfield County Court House
Bridgeport
Third Appelate District Board
War Department
Soloman Reichman
5Th Street
Manhattan
Ladislaig Androscjewski
Ohnes
Louis Itconomos
Place Filled One Hour After AB Appeared
One hour after the advertisement appeared, a Bridgeport notice describes a failed attempt to solicit services. The fragment notes readers were directed to telephone for contact as officials claim the ad drew no reliable responses.
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Bridgeport
Coal Saving Orders Close German Royal Theatres
Basel report states the Royal theatre in Stuttgart is closed by the government of Württemberg to save coal. Soon all royal theatres in Germany are expected to close for the same reason as Germany faces coal shortages.
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Basel
Switzerland
Royal Theatre
Stuttgart
Government of
Wurttemberg
Germany
Devens Camp Soldier Killed by Machine Gun Shot
At Devens Camp Massachusetts a machine gun bullet killed Lieutenant Sidney D. Reynolds of Newport, Rhode Island, and wounded Private W. W. Ward of Milford, Connecticut. Ward’s wound was not serious. Funeral services for Reynolds were held. Promotions announced include Second Lieutenant Howard A. Smith of Bridgeport and First Lieutenants Adrian Q. Morse and Clayton J. Smith of Stamford. The 76th New England division reports complete equipment ready for immediate service, with armament and clothing stockpiled ahead of schedule.
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Camp Devens
Ayer
Mass
Sidney D. Reynolds
Newport
BR. 1
Leutenant
W. W. Ward
Milford
Conn
Ward
Reynolds
Howard A. Smith
Bridgeport
Adrian QO. Morse
Clayton J. Smith
Stamford
War Department
New England
Joy G. M. Peek
Cantonment
Peek
76Th
Desperate fuel famine prompts Bridgeport police aid appeal
Residents crowded Bridgeport Police headquarters last night seeking cordwood and fuel for warmth and cooking as cold, hunger, and deprivation struck families including aged women and children. Officers listened to harrowing tales of hardship, with one woman detailing a cold, empty home and the struggle to feed two hungry children.
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Police
Bridgeport
Beneditti
Dr. Callahan Elected President of Health Board
Bridgeport Health Board reports savings by modifying proposed isolation hospital plumbing. Dr Walter E Brown and William L Zepp note potential costs cut during a Providence hospital inspection with Cross Cross architects. Board refuses request to cut trees on city land and plans to post warnings. Financing for Howland mattress bill approved. New hospital expected to open six months after ground breaking with model standards.
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Bridgeport
Howland Company
Nis
Board of Health
J. Henry Callahan
Pope and Germany planned new peace efforts
Washington January 18 Germany and Pope Benedict XVI in accord with Senator Lewis of Indiana are planning early peace movements. Lewis says he has reason to know Germany intends to withdraw its Bolshevik peace proposals and present new terms reaching Russia and opponents. He also says the pope, with Italy’s acquiescence, is planning another peace initiative.
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Washington
Germany
Benedict
Lewis
Indiana
Senate
Russia
Italy
Over Top drive boosts Knights of Columbus fund
The Knights of Columbus campaign in Stratfield and surrounding towns reported reaching near its $50,000 goal with about 48,778 raised, aiming to beat New Haven and Hartford in Bridgeport's charitable drive. Volunteers continued pushing the effort through Monday night, urging sugar and coal shortages as war conditions.
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Stratfield Hotel
Knights of Columbus
Wen
New Haven
Hartford
Bridgeport
Stratford
Fairfield
All Now Ready for Italian Tag Day Drive
At 7 30 this morning all is ready at the First Methodist Tepiscopal church corner of Tait field avenues and Broad street for workers tagging for Italian Relief. A second depot opens at 40 Middle street for unassigned workers. Receipts from yesterday’s drive were encouraging though exact totals were not learned. Mrs Cenicoia chairs the British committee and will receive a cheque at the Board of Education rooms Monday morning.
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First Methodist Tepiscopal Church
Taitfield Avenues
Broad Street
Irs
Hola
Middle Street
Havens
Slawson
Cenicoia
Bretics
Board of Education
British Army Publicize German Deserters and Hindenburg Accents
British authorities in France report a prisoner statement claiming German unrest. Across towns including Cologne, small busts of General von Hindenburg were reportedly toppled by noon as widespread deserter numbers and captive statuses emerge from the latest wartime dispatches.
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France
Associated Press
Marshal von Hindenburg
Cologne
Parley on Brest Litovsk talks shows fragile progress
Reports say Trotzky agreed to continue Brest Litovsk discussions despite near insurmountable barriers with the Austro German and Bolshevik sides. A Teuton Ukrainian accord signals Ukraine status moves while Russia demands Roumanian releases and free passage for troops. Germany's political unrest widens as leaders defer major speeches amid ongoing fighting.
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Brest- Litovsk
Trotzky
Ukraine
Marks
Russia
Roumania
Petrograd
Revolutionary Committee
Roumanian
Germany
von Hertling
Reichstag
Wilson
Lloyd George
Food Stores Exempt From Fuel Order
Hartford, Jan 18. Retail food stores in Connecticut are exempt from the Monday half holiday rule of the Garfield order. Federal Food Administrator Robert Scoville announced after talks with U S Fuel Administrator Thomas W Russell that to avoid interrupting food distribution, stores will not be affected by the order. Hoover telegrammed Scoville directing that all food industries receive coal and that fuel determinations in the state be made by the Fuel Administrator with acceptation of his rulings.
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Hartford
Connecticut
United States
Thomas W. Russell
Robert Scoville
United Sates
Hoover
Sraville
Washington
Itation
Mississippi River
Fuel Administration
Wilson
Garfield
Gurfeld
Or Bo
Suspect Walter Spoermann Ally Held In Jail
Frederick S. Spoermann, brother of Walter Spoermann alleged German spy, is held in jail. Alarius Asch, arrested with Spoermann in Baltimore after Spoermann was seized near Newport News, Virginia, was released today.
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Storrman
Frederick Fr
Spoermann
Walter Spoermann
Alarius Asch
Baltimore
Walter Spoeraman
Newport News
Confusion Over Authority Halts Bridgeport Plants
Bridgeport plants faced uncertain compliance with the Garfield order as authority disputes cause hesitation. Locomobile and Bullard Machine Tool may close during the five day fuel restriction while Remington U. M. C. and Bridgeport Brass may be exempt. Wilson and Hoover are quoted supporting the move to relieve congestion.
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Bridgeport
National Fuel Administration
Army
Navy
New England
Storrow
Fuel Administration
Remington U. M. C. Co
Bridgeport Brass Company
Locomobile Company
Garfield
Wilson
Locomobile Company of America
War Department
Washington
Bullard Machine Tool Company
Carl F. Siemon
Thomas W. Russell
Say Fuel Order Already Relieving Traffic Tieup
New York on January 18 reports indicate government fuel orders are easing traffic jams in the New York area. Ports focus on coal and fuel movement for merchant ships as harbor ice impedes towing. Despite rough conditions, ship waiting times decreased with more steamers fueling, though over 100 vessels still awaited fuel.
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New York
New York Territory
A. EL. Smith
Trafic
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Naval, Consulting Board
Congress
Appellate Draft Board
Teutons
Devens
R. I
Callahan
C. G
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