Washington debate over last heatless Monday ends near
Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director General McAdoo predict abandonment of the workless Monday program after next Monday. They will meet Tuesday to decide if suspending the Monday closing is feasible, with rail embargoes and preferential coal transport still in force to curb the coal shortage.
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French Lose Three Ships Off During Week
Paris reports three French ships each under 1600 tons were sunk in the week ending January 25. The losses reflect ongoing naval peril as authorities tally wartime maritime setbacks.
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Wilson Warns of Crisis This Year
President Wilson states the European war outcome will be decided in the coming year in a letter to the Urbana Farmers Conference. He urges sacrifice and unity to prevent German control of economic life and defend American liberty and self government against imperial rule.
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Wilson presses Democrats for speed on war bills
President Wilson met with Democratic leaders including Martin and Underwood to urge rapid action on war measures and to propose greater presidential power to reorganize executive departments. He denied plans to modify his war conduct and rebuffed calls for a formal war cabinet.
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Rail wage demands reach 40 percent average growth
Washington reports wage commission considers requests totaling nearly 500 million this year. Unions seek to cover all workers in trades, with many demands exceeding 40 percent and aims to parity with other industries plus cost of living raises.
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American Army Takes Over French Front Line
Secretary Baker announced American forces have formally taken over a section of the front in France. A German raid on American trenches left two Americans dead, four wounded, and one captured. Pershing praised the troops as training accelerated and battle routines intensified under fire.
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Kaiser Orders Strike Chiefs into the Army
Berlin reports that twenty strike leaders have been drafted as authorities intensify efforts to break protests. Munich joins three day strike. police seize a union building in Berlin and arrest leaders while public meetings are banned across Germany under tightened siege rules.
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