Nine Additional Holidays Decreed Amid Coal Crisis
The fuel administration led by Garfield announced a five day shutdown of all factories east of the Mississippi including Louisiana and Minnesota, with ten successive Mondays as holidays to conserve coal. He aimed to save 30 million tons, but the plan drew fierce protests while Congress debated and the Navy praised by contrast for steady supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuel Administration
Garfield
Mississippi
Louisiana
Minnesota
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate Committee On Manufacturers
Senate
House
Democrate. Oy
Bolshevik Moves and World War I Fronts Race Across Europe
Reports describe Bolshevik advances in Siberia including Irkutsk and Orenburg, the escape of the former czar from Tobolsk, and tensions with Roumania after Russian forces abandoned the Roumanian front. Britain endorses self determination, while Germany plans a west front offensive as Italy and France clash with Austrians. Submarine activity is limited but mutinies and sinking cases persist. Caillaux scandal in France deepens with treason charges and alleged plots to influence peace and dictatorship.
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Baker
War Department
Senate
Daniel Willard
Willar Rfs
War Industries Board
Europe
von Ludendorff
von Kuehlmann
Sand
von Kuehlimann
von Ludensdorff
Sby
Troteky
Princele
Lloyd-George
Wilson
Hoffman
Lenine
Russia
Turkey
London
Turkestan
Petrograd
Irkutsk
Siberia
Orenburg
Tobolsk
Cezarina
British Labor Party
Middle East
Africa
India
Central Europe
Miliitariem
West Front
France
von Hindenburg
Karlsruhe
Italy
Monte Asoloné
Caillaux
Lansing
von ‘Luxburg
Argentina
Foreign Office
Berlin
A New Neighbor and Southland Prospects in 1918
E C Stockdick of Katy Texas recalls the 1896 move from Iowa to South Texas and 1899 floods. He notes steady growth due to rice and Spanish goobers, with yields of 400 bags of rice sold for 3600 dollars and peanut crops yielding up to 1000 pounds per acre. Oil interest rises as Gulf Production Co tests nearby acreage and leases fetch five dollars per acre yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Telegraph
Sidney, Nebr
F A. Gapen
Telegraph
South
Texas
Katy
Iowa
Southland
Gulf Production Cd
Operation Oil Co
E. C. Stockdick
Rioters Shot as Disorder Hits Valencia Seaport
In Alicante official telegrams report violence at Alcame port area of Valencia where a mob forced factory closures and attacked shops and homes. Civil guard fired on rioters, killing three persons and wounding four others as women from the middle class were compelled to join the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Alcante
Valencia
Alicante
Celivil Guard
Russians in KC raid uncover I W W paper trail
Kansas City police and federal agents raid the Group of Free Russia clubroom in Kansas City Kansas. Thirty one Russians, mostly draft age, were arrested and I W W literature seized. All but two were released after the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Group of Free Russia
Kan
Chicago
Nebraska to establish 13000 War Savings Stamp agencies
Ward M Burgess Nebraska state director announces by February 1 there will be 13000 agencies selling War Savings Stamps. One agency per 100 people in each of 93 counties, with in-bank purchase and a state issued sign. No government permit needed for businesses. no profit expected, just patriotic service. Job work neatly and promptly done at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Ward M. Burgess
Carda
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Theodore Roosevelt
Chester
America
Nation
Edward W. Pickard
United States
Canada
England
Marine Corps
George Barnett
Navy Department
Roumania
Ferdinand of
St. Peter and St. Paul
Yarmouth
Kilien
Geneva
Kiel
ED Stockdick
Spain
Russin I. W. W
AIG
Story’s Stock Co
Tobin Opera
Sidney
Nebr
Kaiser
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