Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — German Coal Shortage. [ARTICLE]

German Coal Shortage.

Amsterdam. —The coal famine is Increasing from week to week throughout Germany. Although a large number of miners have been brought back from the front ’and thousands of war prisoners are employed ln the pi ts, even the ammunition factories cannot get sufficient fuel. The use of electric power and gas has been reduced 20 per cent everywhere, but this measure fails to bring relief. * Many cities have been compelled to prohibit cooking and heating with gas, and large numbers of towns had to shut down their lighting plants. The manufacturers of war materials have warned the government that they will not be able to fill their contracts if the present conditions continue.