Garfields order to close factories sparks broad protest
Washington January 17 news from the senate coal committee shows lawmakers moving to suspend Garfields five day factory closure order amid calls that reform in government is running wild. Hitchcock urges a five day delay for protests and investigations while both houses consider actions to halt or delay the order as leaders stress national urgency and potential war cabinet reforms.
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Give Us Cars We’ll Dig Coal at Miners Convention
Indianapolis January 17 delegates at a coal miners convention read of Washington five day shutdown due to coal shortage. International president F J Hayes urged production rise, saying hire cars to boost output while miners complain of not working full time. Convention moved to consider resolutions and reaffirmed opposition to private guards and strikebreakers.
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Nation Amazed at Dragtig Tep of Fuel Director
Chicago reports a chaotic scene from the federal coal retrenchment order. Illinois officials seek modification while industry leaders demand clarity. About 400,000 Chicago area workers are affected with 8,357 plants to shut down, as stores and theatres expect Mondays off during the fuel emergency.
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Vital War Plants Exempted Says Fuel Situation Demands Action
Fuel Administrator Garfield testified before the Senate coal investigation committee that vital war industries would be exempt from the coal order due to weather and transport constraints. He named shipbuilding and airplanes among possible exempted sectors and said the list is being prepared by Baker and Daniels. The measure aims to avoid disruptions to war activity while supplying private consumers and utilities.
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American Sailor Ship Monitor Sunk Near Canary Islands
A United States sailing vessel named Monitor sank after a submarine attack near Tenerife, one of the Canary islands. The crew were saved, according to wireless dispatches from Las Palmas.
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Fureteventure
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Las Palmas
Waterloo Citizens Debate Fuel Edict Impact and Alternatives
A historical notice warns of a proposed fuel shipping ban and Monday factory shutdowns that could paralyze Waterloo. It calculates potential losses to workers, merchants, and banks, then urges savings and community action to avert federal edicts.
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Mississippi
Waterloo
Fiy
Labor leaders seek federal takeover of packing industry
Fifteen representatives led by John Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Federation of Labor travel to Washington to urge President Wilson to nationalize all packing plants. Negotiations between packers and workers collapsed after mediation efforts failed, with each side blaming the other for the breakdown.
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Organized Labor
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Chicago Federation of Labor
Washington
Wilson
United States
Paper delivery notice requests caller verification
A delivery error message states the paper should not be delivered to the home by 6 o’clock and asks readers to phone 3330 for a replacement copy. Calls must reach the office before 6:30 p m for service.
Munition Plants and All Industries Except Food Manufactories Affected
Beginning Friday the government orders disruption to munition plants and all other industries excluding food manufactories due to wartime measures. Officials say production shifts will affect output and labor allocations nationwide.
Fuel order halts industry east of Mississippi for five days
Protests flood the White House and Congress as the fuel administration moves to enforce a five day industrial shutdown east of the Mississippi and in Louisiana and Minnesota. The order excludes natural gas wood and water power and favors critical operations while the government buys coal to distribute via state administrators to food plants and other permitted industries.
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Berlin Rejects Auseess for Separate Peage
Berlin reports an official statement outlining that Austrian and German troops cannot withdraw from occupied territories while war lasts. It says the central powers will not impose a fixed form of state on disputed regions and reserve freedom to pursue treaties, while still rejecting Russia’s Brest Litovsk terms as unacceptable. The note clarifies self-determination is not a prerogative for parts of nations and that occupied lands will not be absorbed into Austria Hungary or Germany.
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Russia
Blizzard Halts Coal Movement Across Regions
Washington report says bad weather curbed coal movements from Appalachia to the Mississippi, with fresh snows burying trains and rails. In the Midwest, mines opened but empty cars scarce, delaying loading in Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana for days. Fuel Administrator Garfield assigns a special assistant to handle port bunkering to relieve Atlantic port congestion and ensure coal supply.
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Plan to Speed Congress Set to End by June 1
A plan to accelerate congressional work aims to finish all business by May 15 and adjourn by June 1. The agreement, reached in a conference between Speaker Clark Democratic Leader Kitchin and top committee chairmen, seeks to speed appropriation measures with minimal hearings and delays.
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Six Sailors Die as U S S Michigan Mast Fells in Gale
Washington Jan 17 Six men were killed and three injured when a mast toppled on the U S S Michigan during a heavy sea gale. The dead include O G Belyha Chipley Fla Carl F Marahrens New York G B Book Denver Frank P Prints Calef Camp Mo J S Bell Kress Tex John H Chico New York fireman The injured are B T McDouala Bayonne N J arm injuries and leg break Farmer Weldon Ia arm break V V Biggers Mary Ark thigh head and ankle injuries All injured were seamen.
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Chipley
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New York
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Cale Camp
Ua Ava
John H. Chico
Phora Wool
Pneumonia Strains Camp Pike Hospital to Capacity
Washington D C Jan 17 Camp Pike Ark reports rising measles and pneumonia cases filling the camp hospital to capacity. Transfers to Camp Logan Roots four miles away and extra nurses summoned as heating plant breakdown threatens conditions. Dr Paul W Van Metre returning to Tipton Ia with his wife from Siam to aid Mrs Van Metre’s health.
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United States
Theft of brass from railway facility reported
About 73 pounds of brass belonging to the Illinois Central railway was stolen last night. The ad-like line Smokes Diamond Inc. Good to the last pull appears as an advertisement fragment with unclear attribution.
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U S Population and Money in Circulation Report
The treasury estimates the continental U S population on January 1 at 105,006,000 with per capita money circulation of 48.76 dollars. Population rose by 1,719,000 from last year and per capita circulation climbed 5.76 dollars. The 1879 population was 48,231,000 with per capita circulation 16.92 dollars. Total money stock stood at 6,256,198,271 dollars, up 2,244,152,754 from the prior year, and money in circulation reached 5,120,424,908 dollars, up 679,492,274.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Treasury Department
Mutiny at Kiel Mutinous Uboat Crews Kill Officers
London reports a mutiny among Uboat crews at Kiel begun January 7. Thirty-eight officers said killed. Dispatches claim mutineers, some from the Kiel mutiny, spread to other crews. Indicates German naval dissatisfaction, especially in the submarine service, as ships return to ports decline. German peace talks at Brest Litovsk lack confirmation. Hertling to address Reichstag. Western front raids continue. Italians repulse Austro German attempts. British merchant shipping declines. Uboat tolls lower. rain raid near St. Quentin reported.
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Ypres
Billy Sunday Loses Voice in Washington
Evangelist Billy Sunday briefly paused his national crusade in the capital as doctors ordered 24 hours of absolute vocal rest. About five thousand people were turned away from the tabernacle, and Sunday offered marriage questions to young women while delivering advice to would be brides about virtue and lifestyle.
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