Bernstorff Messages Link Calliaux Talks to German Agents
State Department releases intercepted dispatches showing Count Von Bernstorff and Berlin details of French premier Calliaux’s 1916 dealings with German agents in Argentina. One plan proposed sinking the ship carrying Calliaux off the Atlantic to seize important papers, with Germans urged to treat Catalans with courtesy.
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Fuel Administration to Curtail Coal Supplies
The National Fuel Administration plans orders to halt or curtail coal shipments to less essential industries while limiting supplies to major users until shortages ease. Chicago officials suggest suspending industrial activity three days weekly for two weeks in Ohio Illinois Indiana and Missouri to save coal. Des Moines Illinois dispatch notes rail seizure aiding distribution as cars are redirected to transport coal.
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Assassination attempt on Bolshevik leader Lenine
Reports from Petrograd on January 16 tell of an auto attack on Premier Lenine as he rode to a council meeting. Bullets damaged the car and a Bolshevik aide was wounded in the leg while Lenine escaped injury. officials suppress details to prevent spreading word of the incident.
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Texan liner reported safe after mid Atlantic sinking scare
Navy Department announced the liner Texan is safe and bound for an American port after a collision during a North Atlantic storm. Most crew escaped uninjured though several are believed lost when a lifeboat swamped. Prompt aid from nearby vessels helped avert sinking.
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Government labor mobilization campaign launched in Washington
On January 16 the mobilization campaign for American war industry labor shortages began in Washington under Secretary of Labor Wilson. The effort aims to secure a sufficient labor supply for the war industries most affected by shortages.
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Washington
Wilson
Willard resigns from War Industries Board
Washington July 16 Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad resigns as chairman of the War Industries Board in an official statement. He says the move is to devote all his time to the railroad and to its destinies and officials deny a link to a War Department shakeup.
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Helen Holmes at Dream Tonight
At the Dream Theatre tonight the first chapter of the Great Railroad Serial Story The Girl and the Game starring Helen Holmes opens. A second chapter follows tomorrow night continuing the tale of the clever daredevil heroine.
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Helen Holmes
Fierce Fighting Breaks Out in Vosges
Paris reports heavy artillery and frontal assaults as Petain forces breach German trenches in the Vosges, capture prisoners and equipment, but lose gains to strong counterattacks. The rest of the front remains quiet with occasional trench raids and bombardments.
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Women Barred Where Men Are Available
In Washington the new War program conciliation board opposes employers using war conditions to hire women over men. The labor body enforces a policy to prevent women in positions an available man should fill, citing draft limitations as justification.
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Washington
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Kubar
Plot to destroy naval drydock thwarted in Atlantic port
An apparent plot to blow up a major Navy drydock in an Atlantic port was stopped by the discovery of a suspected dynamite device near the dock. A six inch metal tube, wound with string and fuse jigs, bore German markings and the inscription five pounds.
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Atlantic
Jaudso
Navy Yard
Freddes Frigid Finish and See America Show at Nugget
The Nome Daily Nugget notes ongoing performances on Wednesday and Thursday nights with a Vogue comedy Freddes Frigid Finish and an informative See America segment featuring Pittsburg's steel industry. Heralds will provide a synopsis of each chapter to the public. Job printing of all kinds is advertised daily at the Nugget office.
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America
Pittsburg
Haig Not Surprised by German Cambrai Attack
Chancellor Law told the House of Commons there is no basis for claims that British forces were caught off guard by the November German assault on the Cambrai front. He said Haig had ample warning of a major attack and that the British commander repelled the German rush without heavy losses, proving proper dispositions were in place.
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London
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Militarists Gain Ground in Germany Amid Political Turmoil
Reports from the neutral press claim German militarists and non-Germans demand Foreign Secretary Kuhlemann’s dismissal. They criticize his Brest Litovsk peace delegation leadership and failure to press Germany’s war aims, while Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg’s position is questioned amid broader upheaval.
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Kuhlemann
Brest Litovsk
Hungarian cabinet resigns over failed military plan
London reports Copenhagen papers say the Hungarian cabinet has resigned due to lack of support for a military program. The Carmel proposal aimed to create an independent army under Austrian control, causing dissension within Hungarian borders. Amsterdam dispatches from Vienna note Emperor Charles rejected the premiers plan for an independent Hungarian military establishment.
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