Fuel shortage forces factory closures in major cities
New York officials urged President Wilson to declare a Monday legal holiday for up to ten weeks to conserve fuel as coal deliveries dwindle. In New York state hundreds of plants have closed and New York City deliveries fell to half a day’s need while Chicago reports one hundred fifty thousand workers idle and three packing plants suspended due to coal access issues. Rail traffic resumes and domestic coal supply improves amid held contracts. A northeast snowstorm threatens Evansville with heavy snowfall.
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Egg shortage grips Ottumwa as cold weather stalls supply
Ottumwa faces an egg shortage with no shipments for weeks. Wilson & Co. and Swift & Co. report no expected deliveries due to freezing conditions. Restaurants and dealers lack stocks and may run out, leading to eggless days after current supplies deplete.
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Wilson & Co
Swift & Co
German Schools Closed In Page County War Measure
Following a county defense meeting the Page county school board ordered three German schools closed and decreed that all church services in the county be conducted in English. The move reflects wartime language policy in Clarinda dated January 16.
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County Council of Defense
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War Insurance Campaign Now On
Washington Jan 15 A national drive to extend government war risk insurance to all soldiers and sailors began under Secretary McAdoo. Military camps like Wadsworth Dixon Custer and Grant posted large totals as of early January with weekly camp reports to follow and a competitive standings feature.
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Factional Fighting Looms as Nanking Debates Parliament
In China, southern leaders plan to reconvoke the dissolved parliament at Nanking. Military positions split by ten miles threaten key cities Ichang Han kow Wuchang with the southwestern army advancing. Acting Premier Wang Chin-Chen resigns verbally but the president rejects the move.
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Destroyer Racoon Founders Off Ireland With Heavy Losses
London January 15. H M S Racoon struck rocks off the north coast of Ireland at two am during a snowstorm and foundered with nearly 100 men aboard. Lieut George Napier commanded. Nine crew were left behind as survivors. Seventeen bodies found by patrol craft, buried at Rathmullen. Five more bodies washed ashore and buried locally.
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Train wreck near Hammond claims ten to fourteen lives
Houston dispatch reports a Houston and Texas Central northbound passenger train from Houston to Dallas derailed after splitting a switch at Hammond. Ten to fourteen people were killed including five soldiers a woman two girls and a boy. One more casualty among the injured was recorded as officials briefed Bre mond word.
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Hammond
Southern Pacific
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Navy Ordnance Bureau Praised by Representative Oliver
Representative Oliver of Alabama, chairman of the House Naval Investigation subcommittee, says the Navy Ordnance Bureau has performed its work satisfactorily and is prepared for war, summarizing the ordnance phase of the inquiry for his colleagues.
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Navy
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Oliver
Alabama
House Naval Investigation Subcommittee
Supreme Court Upholds Draft Conspiracy Sentences
Washington January 15. The Supreme Court ruled that jail sentences must be served by Jemma Goldman Alexander Berkman Louis Kramer and all others convicted of conspiracy to obstruct the selective draft. The decision waives constitutional points raised by draft opponents on appeal.
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Jemma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Louis Kramer
Supreme Court
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Confiscation of Harden Paper in Amsterdam
The German government confiscated the January issue of Dr. Maximilian Harden's Die Zukunft in Amsterdam after publication praised President Wilson and stated that the road to peace lies through Washington. The Berlin dispatch reported the action.
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Die Zukunft
Wilson
Washington
Berlin
Ships Added to Essential Coal List for Europe Supply
Washington January 15 Ships transporting supplies to Europe are added by Fuel Administrator Garfield to the essentials that must receive coal. They rank ahead of war industries due to a million tons of shipping awaiting bunkers in New York. Garfield outlines a priority plan: households, public utility lighting and heating, ships carrying food and war materiel to U S and allies, war industries, then all others. The program will be enforced with state fuel administrators upon P B Noyes return to Washington.
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New Address for Soldiers Parcels from Washington
Washington D C Jan 16 parcels for American troops in France weighing seven pounds or less may be addressed directly to the soldier no longer to be forwarded via the commanding general port of embarkation as previously practiced This change was announced by the post office department.
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France
Post Office Department
MEAT QUIZON AT ST. PAUL
The federal trade commission inquiry into St. Paul meat industry began despite delayed trains. Joseph Davies will preside after traveling from Chicago via Ashland. Investigator N. M. Barrett reported to Heney that he left Chicago and would arrive in time to start the probe.
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Texan S 14 000 Ton Ship Rammed At Sea
Reports from naval authorities say the American steamship Texan, a 14 000 ton vessel, is sinking at sea after a collision. Location of the distress not disclosed and causes unspecified, with shipping circles citing an amidships ram.
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American trawler lost in European waters
The United States reports a small trawler operating near Europe was sunk after striking a rock. All crew members were saved. Admiral Sima conveyed the news to the navy department.
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Sima
Navy Department
Turkey Breaks Armistice on Armenian Front Reports Say
Reports from Brest-Litovsk indicate Turkish forces violated the armistice by landing 20 000 troops near Trebizond and a submarine sinking a Russian transport. Bolshevik and German delegates face pressure as negotiations appear near rupture.
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Bolsheviks Kill Offic ers in Black Sea Fleet Massacre
Copenhagen reports a two day bloodbath as Bolshevik sailors slaughter Russian Black Sea Fleet officers in Sebastopol. At least sixty officers including four admirals died during the spree after a general was executed for attempting to halt the killings. An entire ship's officer corps was shot at Tulakoff Tower and streets were strewn with bodies.
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Militarists Lead Berlin Row Over Fatherland Party Collapse
Amsterdam dispatch reports strain over war aims in German press. Leipzig Volks Zeitung notes a Jena Fatherland Party meeting was broken up by independent Socialists after a vote for general peace by understanding. A Frankfort meeting formed a “free citizens’ committee” backing conciliatory peace. Dr Bernhard Dernburg warned annexations endanger Germany, urged disarmament and opposed long term payments to Allies. Munich Post criticizes the Fatherland Party and backs Wilson’s autonomy stance for Slav peoples.
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Butte Stages 3 Executions in Silver Bow County
Three men, Frank Fisher John O Neil and Sherman Powell, were executed at the same time in Silver Bow county Montana. Powell a negro Fisher and O Neil had been convicted of killing Thomas Higgins in October 1916 after Higgins tried to aid a robbed man. Higgins died from a gunshot wound. Powell was convicted of murdering J A Montgomery a fellow Great Northern railway dining car employee found with throat cut.
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Great Northern Railway
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German officer seized in Norfolk in American uniform
Walter Sperman, a German lieutenant aboard the submarine U-53, was arrested in Norfolk on January 15 while attempting to load a magazine at the aviation station. He wore an American captain’s uniform at the time and officers found letters from former German Ambassador von Bernstorff and Captain Boyd in his possession.
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Walter Sperman
Corman
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Boyld
Railways Lose Fight Over Two Cent Passenger Fare
The Illinois Central railroad and 28 other lines lost their bid to strike down the two cent passenger fare law. Federal court decrees sustaining the Illinois Public Utilities Commission decision blocked the railways from enforcing the higher rate.
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Milinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court
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Ilnois Public Utilities Commission
Sinn Fein Initiates Ireland Independence Referendum Call
London January 15 Sinn Fein executives vote to launch a referendum as part of lobbying an independence appeal to the peace conference.
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London
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