State Officials Move To Seize Coal On Ohio Rail Lines
Ohio fuel officials plan to seize coal bound for outside points to supply homes as Homer Johnson flies to Washington for authority to divert interstate coal. Officials say power is needed to clear tracks and return empty cars to mines, with 12,000 loaded cars reported and railroads operating slowly across the state.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
State Fuel Administration
State
Homer R. Johnson
Cleveland
Washington
H. A. Garfield
Mayer
James B. Dugan
Utilities Commission
Dugan
Hocking Valley
Camp Sherman
Drakes
Perry County
Norfolk & Western
Chillicothe
Baltimore & Ohio
Athens
Robin Hood
Unofficial Embargo Affects Eastern Coal Movement
In Washington on January 23 an unofficial embargo restricts freight movement east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers. McAdoo’s embargo targets three Eastern trunk lines, with formal limits set on the Pennsylvania and the Baltimore & Ohio east of Pittsburgh and the Philadelphia Reading. Railroads anticipate continued curtailment for days as milder weather is needed to move accumulated freight from winter storms.
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Washington
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
McAdoo
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Pittsburg
Philadelphia & Reading
Unof
Weather across regions shows snow then warming trend
Ohio and Indiana expect snow followed by warmer conditions with Friday mostly fair. Kentucky forecasts fair in the south, snow or rain possible in the north Thursday, warming for Friday. West Virginia sees snow then warming and Friday fair, snow in mountains. Cincinnati records January 23 1918 show high 18 and low 12 with light precipitation for the day.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
T. Lt. Snow
Dissolution of Labor Standards Board Over Army Clothing
Secretary Baker announced the dissolution of the Board of Control for Labor Standards in army clothing. The board, including Florence Kelley and Louis Kirstein, had monitored conditions in suppliers and contracts, with duties shifting to the Quartermaster General's office. The Oct 31 1917 contract remains, now modified to reflect administrative duties under military oversight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Board of Control For Labor Standards
Baker
Quartermaster General's Office
Florence Kelley
Louis Kirstein
Department
Board of Control For
Secretary of War
Goethals
Quartermaster General
Board of Control
Uncle Joe Cannon Returns to Capitol in Wheelchair
Washington January 23. Former Speaker Joseph Cannon reemerged at the Capitol in a wheelchair with a knee injury and a fractured shoulder from a fall. Doctors said he would be kept in his room only a week, yet he plans to attend committee meetings and may go to the House floor if required.
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Associated Press
Washington, J. Jan
Joe’ Cannon
the Capitol
Oro Ororomororomomomomoromoro
Nova Scotia Mine Disaster Traps 100 Men at Stellarton
Halifax January 23 Nearly 100 men were entombed by an explosion in the Allan Shaft of the Acadia Coal Company at Stellarton Nova Scotia Seven men were rescued alive as rescue crews battle dense smoke and dangerous conditions by 9 30 pm no word on the remaining ninety five men.
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Associated Press
Halifax
Acadia Coal Company
Stellarton
N. S
Chicago Bread To Use 75 Percent Flour After Feb
Bread in Chicago after February 1 will contain only 75 percent of flour. The Flour Merchants Club of Chicago announced the action tonight in response to a plea from the Federal Food Administration. Similar reductions are being made nationwide.
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Chicago
Mer’s Club of
Federal Food Administration
Dr Dewey to Address Four Local Organizations
Dr John Dewey of Columbia University will speak at a joint meeting of the Woman's City Club City Club Woman Teachers' Association and Schoolmasters' Club on Saturday in America and World Organization Luncheon is planned for 12 30 at the Hotel Linton and his recent The New Republic articles have drawn wide attention.
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John Dewey
Columbia University
Woman’s City Club
The
City Club
Woman Teachers’ Association
Schoolmasters’ Club
World Organization
Dewey
New Republic
Linton
Fate Punched Dumb Plotters In German Conspiracy Trial
Testimony in the Franz von Rintelen case reveals insanity and death among missing German plotters who aimed to destroy ships. Ebeling is in Bloomingdale Asylum, Klein died in a hospital, and ties to a $10,000 check seen by Dr. Walter Scheele surfaced as investigators query the plot’s financiers and paymaster. The trial details ruse methods to identify the payment source and the alleged financier interned in England.
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Associated Press
New York
Franz von Rintelen
Barnitz
Herbert Ebeling
Bloomingdale Asylum
Max Klein
Inspector Tunney
Ebeling
Lusitania
Tunney
Otto Wolpert
Wolpert
England
Charles von Kleist
von Rintelen
Walter Scheele
Hoboken
Hanson
Annulled Citizenship of a Former Alien
Federal prosecutors move to cancel the naturalization papers of Frederick W. Wusterbarth, former Clifton Postmaster, for disloyal remarks during wartime. The action, filed in Trenton, is cited as a first in a Federal Court to revoke citizenship for continued allegiance to another sovereign. Wusterbarth, naturalized in 1892, was removed December 1 for anti US statements.
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Associated Press
Trenton
N. J
Lynch
Frederick W. Wusterbarth
Clifton
United States
Wusterbarth
Engine Room Fire Kills Two Seamen
Navy reports an oil engine room fire on a destroyer killed two water tenders Martin O Callaghan of Columbus Ohio and Charles E Bourke of Worcester Massachusetts. Also noted were deaths aboard Hancock and Camden and three American infantrymen killed in action on January 21 with limited details provided.
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Associated Press
Washington
Martin O. Callaghan
Columbus
Charles E. Bourke
Worcester
Mass
Navy Department
Hector N. Menard
Seaman
Bridgeport
Department
U. S. S. Camden
W. F. Allen
Port Huron
Mich
James E. Davis
Daggett
Arthur Willoughby
Springfield
George E. Lamberth
Pershing
Albert Cook
Delbert Coots
West Almond
N. Y
Harry V. Garman
Catawba
Virginia
Leo FE. Radi
Haugh Street
Cleveland
War Department
Denman Sees Ship Production Dream Amid War Losses
In testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee William Denman, former Shipping Board chair, cited 6,000,000 tons as a hopeful loss estimate for allied shipping this year and called 7,000,000 tons a scientific dream. He questioned British reports as incomplete. Joseph A. Sloane, head of Anacordes Shipbuilding, blamed plan changes and lumber shortages for delays in wooden ship construction at Pacific coast yards. A Shipping Board letter indicated the Sloane firm had taken over contracts and merged with Sloane, with Sloane’s role deemed unnecessary.
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Associated Press
Washington
William Denman
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Joseph A. Sloane
Anacordes Shipbuilding Company
Pacific Coast
Sloane Shipbuilding Corporation
Anacordes
Sloane
Anacordes Company
Sloane Company
Miss Helen Cox to Wed Lieutenant Mahoney
Miss Helen Harding Cox daughter of Governor James M. Cox will marry Lieutenant Daniel J. Mahoney of Denver. The wedding is set for Saturday evening at the Governor’s home in Dayton Ohio. Mahoney is stationed at Camp Funston Kansas.
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Columbus
Helen Harding
Cox
James M. Cox
Daniel J. Mahoney
Denver
Dayton
Mahoney
Camp Funston
Kan
Miners Turn Down Plan for Broad Representation
Indianapolis January 23 The United Mine Workers convention rejected a proposal to give all coal industry districts a voice in wage and policy conferences affecting six districts by 958 to 554. Samuel Gompers urged a seven hour day for war fuel efficiency and sparked debate as Frank Farrington argued the change could split the union. District leaders warned that wider participation would strain and perhaps dissolve the organization.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
United Mineworkers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank J. Hayes
Frank Farrington
Illinois Miners
Yeterday
Farrington
Hayes
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
John T. Dempsey
Scranton
Scareddy Cats Mine Restart After German Spy Rumor
Bituminous mines of the New Castle Coal Company near Wichita Falls resume operations after a two day suspension when miners refused to enter tunnels over belief a German agent in the mine planned to blow it up. Guards found no trace of the suspected stranger and workers returned to work.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
New Castle Coal Company
Here
Loot goes wrong ends in suicide in New York hotel
Lt. Charles P. McMichael of the Army Medical Corps killed himself in his Hotel Claridge room after overstaying leave. The 34 year old from Allentown Pa had talked with Army Intelligence Bureau officials before his death. He was connected with the army ambulance service and stationed at Allentown.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles P. McMichael
United States Army Medical Corps
Claridge
Allentown
McMichael
Investigation Department
Army Intelligence Bureau
Intelligence Bureau
Army Ambulance Service
King of the Honduras Faces $1 Million Commission Suit
Washington S. Valentine known as the King of the Honduras testified in New York in a suit by General Manuel Lardizabal seeking half of a $1 million commission. Justice Greenbaum reserved ruling on Lardizabal’s claim of a share for introducing Valentine’s rep to Costa Rican officials. Alfredo Gonzales said a Costa Rican contract was signed without his presidential signature amid a regional upheaval that toppled his government.
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New York
Washington
S. Valentine
Honduras
Manuel Lardizabal
Valentine
Sinclair
Supreme Court
Greenbaum
Lardizabal
Alfredo Gonzales
Costa Rica
Leo J. Cruelish
Frederico Tinoco
Substantial progress in moving troops to France says Baker
Washington January 23 Secretary Baker refused to confirm the Wilson claim of doubling American troops in France but said the department’s program has steadily developed. He noted many difficulties were removed and emphasized substantial progress without giving exact numbers.
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France
Baker
Washington
Wilson
Belgian peace terms define independence and territory
Havre and Rome dispatches report on the Belgian government's reply to Pope Benedicts peace note. Italian clashes describe atrocities by Austro German invaders. Soldiers drive Italian prisoners and civilians ahead as Austrian troops attack and carnage and harsh punishments are reported.
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Havre
Belgium
Benedict
Associated Press
Rome
Codriopo
Piavon
Caserotte
Italian War Office
Monte Spinoncia
Piave
Ornic
Quero
Nervesa
Ponte Della Priula
Adige
Brenta
Sinking of Two Steamers Claims 718 Lives
London reports official tally shows 718 deaths from two steamers sunk by enemy action in the Mediterranean about three weeks earlier. The figure was disclosed in the House of Commons by Thomas J. Mac Namara, with earlier Tokyo dispatch noting submarine attacks against British transports convoyed by Japanese ships and no damage to the warships.
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London
Mediterranean
House of Commons
Thomas J. MacNamara
Admiralty
MacNamara
Tokyo
British Ship Sinkings Fall in Recent Week
London reports a quiet week for British merchantmen with six ships over 1,600 tons and two smaller vessels sunk by mine or submarine. The prior week also saw six large ships and two small ones go down, while fishing craft escaped. Earlier notices had listed twenty one merchantmen sunk, eighteen over 1,600 tons, on January 2 and January 9.
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London
Admiralty
Appointment of Chiefs to War Office Staff in France
London Jan 23 James Ian MacPherson announced in the House of Commons that Lt General Sir Herbert A Lawrence becomes Chief of the General Staff in France Colonel E W Cox will be Brigadier General on the General Staff of the Intelligence Department and General Travers E Clarke becomes Quartermaster General These changes do not relate to the Cambrai operations report to the War Council
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London
James Ian MacPherson
War Office
House of Commons
Herbert Alexander Lawrence
France
E. W. Cox
Intelligence Department
Travers E. Clarke
MacPherson
War Council
Cambrai
Law Reveals Seven-Week National Expenditure Figure
In the House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law announced the daily average national expenditure for the seven weeks ending January 19 was 7,517,000 pounds.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
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