Garfield orders closures amid severe cold wave
The United States fuel administration issues a Monday closing order affecting department stores nationwide while food and drug stores may stay open. Restaurants may operate without liquor, theaters open today only, and public meetings banned as a new cold wave grips Washington and Chicago.
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Washington
Garfield
Fuel Administration
Doctor Garfield
United States Fuel Administration
United States
Fuel order tightens supplies for railroads and essentials
A sweeping executive fuel order tightens controls on coal and other fuels to favor railroads, domestic users, hospitals, utilities, and military needs. The move, aimed at national security, excludes water power and remains uncertain in Congress.
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Garfield
United States
Army
Fuel Order Carried Into Smooth Operation
Washington reports the drastic order from Fuel Administrator Garfield is now in comparatively smooth operation despite a Senate resolution. The development reflects ongoing adjustments in national fuel policy as the administration presses ahead.
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Washington
Garfield
Senate
Senator Stone Attacks Roosevelt War Legislation in Senate
Washington January 21 Senator Stone denounces Theodore Roosevelt as the Kaiser’s agent and the most seditious man of consequence blaming Republicans for politicizing war. Postmaster Burleson and others attempted to deter the senator as his bitter speech opens a charged partisan debate.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
America
Senator Stone
Senate
Burleson
Liberty motor touted as wartime game changer
Maj J C Vincent and Maj Hall highlight the Liberty motor as the most powerful engine yet made. Vincent says it surpasses all others though he won't give horsepower figures. He notes the engine is not for cars but components for airplanes sent abroad, after his prewar role as Packard vice president.
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Maj
J.C. Vincent
Major Hall
Major Vincent
Packard Motor Car Company of
Detroit
Mutiny Rumors Sweep Austrian and German Troops
Reports from Petrograd claim entire Austrian company units were ordered shot for socialist sympathies and Italian front units faced execution for disobedience. Disaffection grows among German troops as efforts to curb Russian propaganda intensify, with 25 000 deserters said to be well armed and organized.
Germany and Ukraine reach basis for peace treaty
Berlin reports an official announcement that Germany has reached an agreement with Ukraine forming the basis for a peace treaty. The accord signals progress toward ending hostilities and establishing postwar terms between the two nations.
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Berlin
Germany
Bolsheviks Dissolve Constituent Assembly in Petrograd
Reports from Petrograd say the constituent assembly was dissolved by Bolshevik authorities at four in the morning. Sailors sealed the hall and a decree will be issued. many wounded and some killed were reported in Moscow as Red Guards fired on demonstrators in favor of the assembly. The Japanese embassy denied any plan to land forces at Vladivostok. Czernin commented that Brest-Litovsk talks must yield peace without territorial gains.
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Fuel Administration
Atlantic
Red Guards
Constituent Assembly
Czarnin
Petrograd
Central Executive Committee
Tauride
Red Guard
Aassembly
Vladivostok
Jaffan
Russia
Czernin
Brest-Litovsk
Count Czernin
Arrangements for Porto Rico Laborers to Aid U S
Washington dispatch reports the labor department employment service plans to transport 60,000 common laborers from Porto Rico to the United States. They aim to cover shortages in railroad and agricultural work forces as soon as possible.
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Washington
United States
Porto Rico
Department Labor
Wreck injures four on Mercantile Express near Harrisburg
The Mercantile tile express from Pittsburgh to the West on the Pennsylvania railroad derailed twenty miles west of Harrisburg. Four enginemen and a mail clerk were seriously hurt. Passengers escaped injury apart from exposure to the cold as the thermometer read twenty degrees below zero.
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Altoona
Mercantile Express
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Miners Oppose Militarism at UMWA Convention
The United Mineworkers of America in Indianapolis adopted resolutions opposing universal military service and warning against saddling militarism on the nation after the war. They blamed the coal shortage on car shortages, not worker refusals, and after an address by Mother Jones urged frequent Red Cross contributions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mineworkers of America
Congress
Mother Jones
Red Cross
Germans Bar Propaganda in Army
German military authorities issue orders forbidding socialist propaganda to be sent to soldiers and banning socialist newspapers for distribution to the German army. A Swiss dispatch reports the restriction applies to all socialist materials.
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Washington
Switzerland
General strike on in Austria leaves 100000 out
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Paris reports a general strike across Austria with 100000 workers quitting in Vienna and Neussstadt affecting war factories. Demonstrations target Berlin over continued war, signaling political and economic demands for peace. In Alicante, three rioters killed as mobs shut factories and attacked shops and homes. civil guards fired, injuring others.
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London
Austria
Paris
Vienna
Neusstadt
Berlin
Madrid
Alicante
Valencia
Guns Active on the Piave
Rome reports lively artillery fighting on the Piave and Mare lines with no infantry operations. Patrol clashes occurred in Puone valley Giudicarie and Suno. a raid into the enemy line captured an officer and crew. British batteries struck south of Sepnagalia as Monte Asolone saw intense duels. Artillery on the Piave dispersed enemy transports near Stabluzzo and Le Grave.
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Rome
Monte Asolone
War Office
Mare
Puone
Giudicarie
Suno
Sepnagalia
Piave
New Vesa
Maserada
Stabluzzo
le Grave
Nurse and Eleven Soldiers Die in France
Washington reports the deaths of eleven enlisted men and one nurse in France. Nine soldiers died of pneumonia. Miss Helen Fairchild of Watsontown Pennsylvania died January 18 from a liver trophy. The list names several fallen servicemen and their home towns.
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Washington
France
War Department
Pershing
Helen Fairchild
Watsontown
Aaron Frazier
Selma
Ala
Claude L. Robinson
A. L. Robinson
Mount Sterling
Tl. W. Farner
Albany
C. G. Trona
Jersey City
N. J
Boyd
Vaden
Miss
G. Lewis
Rhibodaux
W. Vroman
Casper
Wye
W. J. Cumming
Bridgeport
Conn
A. RR
Peter Won
Providence
Sissel
Gazelle
Cal
H. Plummer
Pachuta
Anarchist Network Reported in Buenos Aires Suburb
American detectives say they uncovered an anarchist organization based in a Buenos Aires suburb. They allege large German bank deposits support the group via two prominent German firms acting as intermediaries. The network was active during weeks of labor unrest.
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Buenos Aires
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