Embargo Ordered on Freight East of Pittsburg to Ease Coal Shortage
Director General McAdoo approved Garfield's request for a temporary embargo on all freight east of Pittsburg except fuel food and war supplies. The move targets New England and New York harbor shortages caused by cold weather and train disruptions. The order may last only a few days if conditions improve. A plan to divide the country into mine zones could aid distribution with a study group including mine operators workers and representatives Hal liott and Gutheim.
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Learning To Build Defenses Under Fire Photo
French instructors at an American training camp in France demonstrate trench fortification by lying on their backs and passing soil sacks for strengthening trenches under fire. The image shows two soldiers’ loggins at the trench top. readers may request a photographic copy for ten cents from the Washington DC Committee on Public Information.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
D. C
School term may run to July amid holiday extension
Schools face a dilemma as the Monday holidays ordered by Fuel Dictator Garfield would push the term ten weeks longer, potentially delaying closing to early July. Owing to last fall’s infantile paralysis, the term is already extended, and a ten day addition could extend the season by about a month.
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New Castle
Miss Sankey to Sing at Rescue Mission Service
Miss Margaret Sankey the renowned contralto soloist will perform several numbers during the Thursday evening service at the Rescue Mission.
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Miss Sankey
Margaret Sankey
Who's Knitting Champion Here in New Castle and Lawrence County
The News seeks records of knitting from readers across New Castle and Lawrence County. Report how many sweaters or other articles you have made for soldiers since the war began and submit details of your work.
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President Wilson Confident on War Cabinet Defeat
President Wilson expresses confidence that bills for a war cabinet and minister of munitions are defeated in the House, with Senate fate uncertain. Administration aides work to rein in Democrats and defend wartime actions as troop and supply levels rise.
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Fourth Soldier Dies of Wounds in French Front Trench Fighting
Pershing reports three more American deaths in action and one from blood poisoning as U S troops appear to have permanently occupied parts of the front line trenches in France. Names listed include Privates Albert Cook Harry B Garman Leo B Radi and Ovid Herrick with next of kin details. Casualties stem from Monday fighting linked to Sunday skirmishes and trench raids.
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Frankfort
Floods devastate Germany as rivers burst banks
Heavy damage spreads across Germany with snow followed by warm rains. Many streams overflow, farms submerged, bridges washed away, and industries forced to close. Rail traffic disrupted, and telegraph and telephone services crippled. In the Rhine valley the munitions industry's losses are greatest as soldiers toil to clear wreckage and salvage property.
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German Attack Repulsed At Nieuport Front Flourish
Strong bombardment and assault east of Nieuportville by German forces gained a foothold in a first line trench before being repelled. On the Verdun front, Avocourt saw lively cannonading as reported by the war office this afternoon.
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Three ships sunk with 750 lives lost in World War I
In Parliament the sinking of three ships was announced. Two steamers were attacked by German submarines in the Mediterranean on December 31 and destroyed, a third was sunk at the mouth of the Mersey. About 708 perished in the Mediterranean and 40 at the Mersey. The Mersey flows into the Irish Sea at Liverpool.
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Joe Huston Leads Street Car Parade From East Side
Joe Huston a former city police member opposed the six cent fare and halted a street car by walking the track from Arlington avenue to Croton avenue East Washington street delaying passengers. He blocked traffic and forced cars to wait as a bridal party missed a train while a district attorney awaited him downtown. Huston had previously ridden in a patrol wagon with the DA.
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Compensation Refused for Pennsylvania Coal Company Death
Harrisburg January 23 The workmen's compensation board refused compensation to Thomas A Mulvehill of St Michael for his son killed while employed by the Maryland Coal Co of Pennsylvania The board held the deceased contributed to the family purse and there was no evidence the parents were dependent on him.
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Workmen's Compensation Board Today
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St. Michael
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Women Lead Hungry Mobs During Riots
Berne reports say hungry mobs in Austro-Hungarian industrial towns are led by women amid the general strike unrest. Austrian Socialists grow bolder and show possible direct ties to Russian Bolsheviks as Bolshevik influence spreads to the Austrian workforce. Bread and peace emerge as the dominant demands.
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International News Service
Berne
Russia
Bolsheviki Seek Separate Peace as Frontline Tensions Rise
Reports from Petrograd say Bolsheviki hope for an Austria-Hungary independent treaty if Brest Litovsk talks fail, while bitter hostilities flare on the eastern front with fighting breaking out between Bolsheviks and Austro-Hungarian troops. A dispatch notes Bolshevik influence fueling revolutions in Roumania and holds Moscow responsible for the Austria-Hungary crisis.
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Washington
Air and Sea Attack on Hun Works
A British air and sea assault struck German military works along the Belgian coast on Monday. British ships and planes bombarded eastern positions, with reports of substantial damage to targets on the coast from Amster dam.
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Toda
Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim wrecks at Dardanelles
The Turkish cruiser Sultan Selim, formerly the Goeben, ran aground off the Dardanelles and was too damaged to salvage, per the German admiralty. The British admiralty said the Turkish cruiser Midulla, formerly the Breslau, was sunk in the same engagement.
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