Fuel order suspends many plants for ten Mondays
Washington January 17 Senator Hitchcock proposed five day delay to the fuel order and a plan to observe a holiday Monday across industries for ten weeks to ease coal shortages. The order restricts operations except food, essential services, and government needs with limited newspaper fuel use and potential penalties.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Minnesota
The
Fuel Administration
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Ginter
P. Wuest
Industrme
Ontus
Garfield explains why he ordered mills to stop
Fuel Administrator Garfield told the Senate coal investigating committee his order was driven by the coal and transportation crisis. He said the plan kept certain war industries, including shipbuilding, on a strict preferential list to avoid protests and disruption.
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Garfield
Senate
Coal Investigating Committee
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Fuel Administration
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Reed
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Property Transfer From Moore To Anders and Others
A deed filed today records the transfer of the lot at the northeastern corner of Highth and Dawson measuring 67 by 82 with a consideration of 3000 dollars. The grantee is James Anders and others.
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T. W. Moore
James Anders
Highth and
Dawson
Unclear Fuel Administration Order Delayed Publication
Report says the order had not been drawn when Mr Gar field announced it and the Fuel Administration issued an abstract. Full text expected later this afternoon with doubt about timely publication in today’s evening papers.
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Garfield
Fuel Administration
Six Killed in Storm on U S Steamship Michigan
Six seamen died and three were injured when the United States steamship Michigan weathered a heavy gale at sea. A cage mast collapse caused the fatalities. injured crew members sustained multiple fractures and head injuries as the vessel endured the storm.
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United States
Michigan
Osben Capers
Belyeu
Carl Frederick” Marahrens
Clarence Eugene Book
Frank John‘ Prinz
Julian §. Bell
John Bimgellio Chico
North Carolina Firms Exempt From Fuel Order On Hydro Power
State Fuel Administrator A W McAlister says North Carolina plants using hydro electric power are not bound by the five day fuel shutdown and Monday restrictions starting January 18 1918. He argues heating needs and sprinkler protection keep steam usage, and that workers would burn coal if factories closed, so power providers will cut only the portion produced by fuel.
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A. W. McAlister
United States Fuel Administrator
North Carolina
Washington
McAlister
Senate moves to suspend Garfield fuel order
A movement in the Senate seeks to suspend Fuel Administrator Garfield's order until its necessity is shown by investigation. Senator Gal linger prepared the resolution after talks with Republican leaders who fear coal orders may go into effect, prompting Garfield to hurry to the capitol.
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Hitchcock
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Capitol
American Ship Monitor Sunk Near Canarias
Las Palmas dispatch reports the American sailing vessel Monitor has been sunk by a submarine near Fuérteventura. The crew were saved. The Monitor, a polisher built in 1901, originated from Gloucester Massachusetts.
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Canary Islands
Las Palmas
Gloucester
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Mutiny Reported Among Kiel Submarine Crews
London reports a mutiny at the German Kiel base starting January 7 with casualties among officers and sailors. The Geneva dispatch says the unrest began with submarine crews and spread to cruiser crews, reflecting growing dissatisfaction as returning U boats decline monthly.
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London
Geneva
Basel
Switzerland Recognizes Finland Independence
Berne reports the Swiss government has formally acknowledged Finland as an independent sovereign state. This recognition marks a diplomatic milestone between the two governments and solidifies Finland’s status on the international stage.
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Finland
Berne
Fin
Central Powers Reject Bolshevik Proposals at Litovsk Talks
Berlin report states the Central Powers find the Russian proposals at Litovsk unacceptable as written. They offer to present a clear formulation to seek a compromise while noting that peace with Russia would not end the wider war. They reject self-determination as applied to entire nations and oppose annexing occupied territories. A broad local vote on citizenship was deemed impracticable.
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London
Litovsk
Russia
Central Powers
Government to Buy Coal Consignments
Protests and support flow as the administration moving to seize coal consignments for suspended factories is debated. The plan, via the Fuel Administration, would cost about 25 million dollars to take over coal reserves and redistribute tokens to affected industries, prompting concerns from business leaders and questions about impacts on the war effort.
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White House
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Estel
Council of National Defense
Charles Eisenman
New York Reacts to National Fuel Order Amid War Efforts
New York officials and business leaders react to Washington’s fuel conservation order as unions call emergency meetings. Estimated wage loss reaches 102 million dollars with thousands of workers affected. Baldwin Locomotive Works cites a potential loss of seventeen locomotives per day of idle time. Philadelphia and other cities anticipate widespread impact on 200000 workers and 10 thousand establishments.
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Frank J
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Tselves
Eana
Phia Willing
Philodenhia
Ran. Am Indust
Garfield
Albn B Johnson
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin
Philad
Lloyd-George's Son Plans American Visit
Liverpool report states Major Richard Lloyd George, son of Prime Minister David Lloyd George, will travel to America aboard the Ed Earl Reading, acting as high commissioner in the United States, while the trip is to begin soon.
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Liverpool
Richard Lloyd-George
America
Earl Reading
United States
U S Population Estimated at 105 Million on Jan 1
Washington reports that the population of the continental United States on January 1 stood at 105,006,000, an increase of 1,719,000 since January 1 last year, according to Treasury Department estimates.
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Continental
United States
Treasury Department
Untitled Romanian Incident Report From London
Fragmentary item describes a Romanian ministering and surrounding forces in London on January 17. Mentions Russians and a Sinai line with unclear details. The readable text is garbled and lacks concrete events or outcomes.
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Corve
Daily News
Aeian
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