Chicago Faces Coal Famine as Big Plants Shut Down
Amid a record blizzard Chicago endures coal shortages that halt blast furnaces at South Chicago and close the city’s two largest meat packing plants. Railways cancel trains to save fuel while a new storm looms. Illinois Steel shuts furnaces as Union Stock Yards report many livestock losses from freezing.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Armour and Swift Packing
Gero
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Ilinoig Steel Company
Morris and Company
Union Stock Yards
Hertling Ill May Resign the German Chancellorship
London Jan 15 Telegrams from Berlin say Count Von Hertling the German imperial chancellor is ill and will probably resign shortly. A prior Berlin report had suggested an intrigue to replace him with Prince Von Bulow, though Hertling later addressed the Reichstag and was expected to speak again this week on negotiations with Russia.
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London
Berlin
Count von Hertling
Prince von Buelow
von Hertling
Reichtag
Russia
Reichstag
Lloyd George
Wi'son
Advertising as a core part of The Whig paper
Mr Herman Jochem notes advertising funds the newspaper and serves readers by linking buyers to merchants. He argues ads support the paper’s services from news to features and merchandising, reaching over 7200 daily homes.
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The
Whig
Major Augustus Gardner Dies in Army Service
Major Augustus P. Gardner of Hamilton Massachusetts died at Camp Wheeler base hospital after pneumonia following a cold at the rifle range. He had resigned from Congress after fifteen years to join the army and had served in the Spanish American War. Gardner was reduced from colonel to major to serve in France, reflecting his belief in universal military service.
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Augustus Gardner
Congress
Army
Washington
Augustus P. Gardner
Hamilton
Mass
Camp Wheeler
Gardner
Senator Lodge
Boston
Massachusetts
United States Army
James H. Wilson
Harvard
William H. Moody
Eugene Noble Foss
Foss
National House
France
German Pilots Impersonates Ship Quartermaster in Spokane Wreck
Federal agents say a German pilot using the alias William Swanson boarded the Spokane at Alaska's edge and steered her onto Idol Point rocks on November 11 1917. He vanished. other crew members Carl E Else and Carl Wiltsche were arrested but released. No lives lost.
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Seattle
Wash
Germany
William Swanson
Alaska
Spokane
Idol Point
B. C
Hefe
Swanson
United States
Idol Point Rocks
Few Developments War Report Says
Washington Jan 15 The weekly war department review notes only minor developments at battle fronts with wintry weather slowing actions in Italy France and Flanders and peace negotiations in Russia clouding the outlook American forces in France continue preparing for battle with General Pershing reporting high health and fighting spirit Supplies and equipment in training camps at home show general improvement despite abnormal cold with adequate heating and blankets for comfort.
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Washington
War Department
Italy
France
Flanders
Russia
Department
Pershing
No Corn in New York Shocks Market Report
New York on Saturday recorded no corn cars at any railroad terminals in the district per the New York Produce Exchange. The prior year’s supply was a fraction of a bushel and two years ago 464 carloads were received.
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New York
New York Produce Exchange
New York District
Peabody outlines plans to fix coal crisis in senate hearing
Francis Peabody director of the coal production bureau tells a senate investigating committee that zones for producing and shipping coal would curb chaos. He calls for government price policy clarity priority control by experts and a premium for clean coal to boost output by about 20 percent.
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Ashington
Senate
Francis
Peabody
Council of National Defense
Mr. Peabody
Ten Mexican officers executed for plot to kill state leaders
Mexico City report says ten army officers including General Leocadio Harra were executed in Toluca after a plot to kill General Alfredo Novo, commander of the military district, and Governor Augustin Millan was uncovered last Thursday. Summary court martial preceded the death penalty. 35 others were released.
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Mexico City
Leocadio Harra
Alfredo Novo
Mexico
Augustin Millan
Toluca
Tolucb
December ship losses and completions in December
In London on January 15 the house learned that thirteen standardized merchant ships were completed by year end, one of which was sunk. Sir Leo G Money, parliamentary private secretary to the ministry of munitions, said December results did not maintain November’s completion-to-sunk ratio, noting poorer outcomes in December.
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London
House of Communal
Leo G. Chiozza Money
Theinistry of Munitions
Railroads Move Coal and Food Amid Blizzard Disruptions
Washington reports Director-General McAdoo issued limited priority orders to move coal and food for New York and vicinity as rail traffic in the midwest remained blocked by snow. Railroads were urged to clear main routes and prioritize fuel shipments to relieve fuel shortages while awaiting normal conditions.
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Washington
McAdoo
New York
Middle West
Railroad Administration
Mr. Smith
Sto
Tencantty
Chambers of Commerce
Smith
A. H. Smith
East
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Central West
Chicago
St. Louis
Artillery Actions Reported in Northern Italy Front
Rome reports moderate artillery activity along the northern Italian front on Sunday with scattered fighting. Italian patrols east of Capo Sile and north of Cortellazzo drove back small enemy posts, destroyed defenses, and captured material.
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Rome
Italy
War Office
Capo Sile
Cortellazzo
Caillaux Former French Premier Arrested in Paris
Paris dispatch reports former French premier Caillaux arrested at 22 Alphonsa De Neuville street by Police Commissary Priolet with a warrant from Capt Bouchardon. He was escorted to the Sante prison after a brief court appearance, with the event triggering huge newspaper sales and speculation about new evidence.
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Caillaux
France
Paris
M. Cailaux
Priolet
M. Priolot
M. Caillaux
Capt. Bouchardon
Sante
Bouchardon
Temps
Bolo Pasha
Mme. Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
the Figaro
Verite
Maximum prices urged for cash grain by Chicago Board of Trade chief
A. Stamford White, newly elected president of the Chicago Board of Trade, calls for maximum prices on cash corn oats rye and barley and futures. He says no minimum is needed given strong markets and warns of a world wheat crisis requiring drastic government action to conserve supplies for the Allies. He stresses reducing present consumption to avert famine and notes meat supply danger as the U S cannot meet postwar demand without boosting livestock, especially hogs, with prices high but not far above current levels.
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Chicago
A. Stamford White
Chicago Board of Trade
United States
War Talks and Front Updates From Early 1918
Unofficial whispers persist of a possible final break in peace talks with the Bolsheviks as the Brest-Litovsk armistice extends to February 18. Reports detail haggling over territorial terms and a disputed peace clause, while Trotzky calls the German formula decorative. Internal strife grows in Russia with Cossacks driven from the Don river basin and Ekaterin oslav seized. Kilin looted and Ukrainian regiments compelled to surrender. Petrograd's garrison grows unruly as soldiers roam, taking food to sell in the capital. Cold weather slows front-line fighting to patrols and artillery duels. British casualties rise to 24,979 for the week, with Germans shifting troops from Russia to France, Belgium, and Italy, prompting a pledge by Britain to boost manpower and sustain Allied and American strength against the Central Powers.
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Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Trotzky
Russia
Kaledine
Don River
Ekaterinoslav
Sebastopol
Kilin
Petrograd
France
Belgium
Italy
Great Britain
America
Embargo on Kansas Coal Bound for Missouri Declared
Emerson Carey Kansas administrator announced a three day embargo on coal shipments from Kansas to Missouri effective immediately. The Southwest Interstate Coal Operators' association was ordered to divert Kansas output to inside state cities, interrupting fuel to Kansas City Missouri St. Joseph and Iowa towns. Railroads to run solid coal trains if needed and coal to be prioritized amid storm related delays. Carey's telegrams urged shipments to about a hundred towns in Kansas.
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Hutchinson
Kansas
Emerson Carey
Missouri
Carey
Livestock Leaders Send Pershing Greeting
The American National Livestock Association sent a cable to General John J. Pershing in France declaring hearty greetings to him and the boys in France and stating they stand back of them in winning the war. Patriotism dominated the convention opening and shaped every address.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
American National Livestock Association
John J. Pershing
France
Jury Chosen for Dallas Murder Trial in 1917 Case
The jury to try Mrs. Kate Aplers, alias Mrs. Katherine Travers, for the killing of broker Phil E. Tucker on Oct 81, 1917, was completed. The defendant faces a separate charge for killing Miss Myrtle Cunningham of Indiana, Pa. Defense questions suggest self defense and temporary insanity based on alleged wrongs by Tucker.
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Dallas
Texas
Kate Aplers
Katherine Travers
Phil E. Tucker
Myrtle Cunningham
Indiana
Aplers
Tucker
No infantry action on Champagne front says war office
Paris bulletin reports artillery activity along the Champagne front and on the Meuse right bank near Louvemont with enemy concentrations under fire. The war office states there was no infantry action.
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Paris
War Office
Champagne Front
Meuse
Louvemont
Ice Floes Lock Seven Steamers In Kanawha Gorge
A flotilla including seven river steamers and the Enterprise and Point Pleasant dry docks were swept from the Kanawha River by ice floes and jammed in an ice gorge before the Gallipolis Ohio wharf boat.
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Huntington
W. Va
Kanawha River
Enterprise
Point Pleasant
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Gallipolis
Ohio
Firebug Suspect Arrested in Jersey City
William Merscheimer, reportedly son of Germanys inspector general of prisons, is jailed in Hudson county awaiting DOJ charges for having knowledge of recent water front fires in Brooklyn.
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Jersey City
N. J
William Merscheimer
Inspector General of Prisons
Germany
Hudson County
Department of Justice
Brooklyn
Dallas Firemen Reinstated After Strike
Seventy seven Dallas Fire Department members filed formal applications for reinstatement and were rehired after a strike began January 9 involving 150 members.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas Fire Department
Allied daylight raid hits Karlsruhe railway, factories
British officials say Monday night’s daylight attack targeted Karlsruhe’s railway station and munitions plants. Over one and a quarter tons of bombs caused fires at central junctions while anti aircraft fire was heavy. several enemy planes were downed and our aircraft returned safely.
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London
Karlsruhe
Germany
Roulers
Rouler
Menin
Ships With Coal Put First In Garfield Plan
Washington Jan 15 The Fuel Administration under Garfield places ships transporting supplies to Europe ahead of war industries for coal allocation amid a eastern coal famine. A five class plan prioritizes households utilities ships food war materials and then industries. State admins will help enforce with possible three day shutdowns for less essential industries if relief fails.
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Washington
Europe
Garfield
The
Fuel Administration
New York
P. B. Noyes
Conservation Division
New England
Mississippi
Mississippi. Industries In the Fifth Class Named By Dr. Garfield
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Herman Jochem
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Paris Bulletin
Baden
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