Americans in Mexico await State Department note on arbitration
In Mexico City Americans anxiously await Washington's instruction on whether to stay or depart. With 1000s in the capital and refuges in remote areas, relief depends on clarifying guidance amid talks of arbitration under the Guadalupe treaty and possible U S military action. Labor groups urge peaceful settlement and cabinet unity to meet the crisis.
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Mexico
Robert H. Murray
Albuquerque Journal
New York World
Mexico City
Americana
Washington
United States
State Department
Federal District
Republic
Vywork World
Carranza
Railroad Men In Angel City Fail To Resume Work Traffic
Striking switchmen yardmen shopmen and trainmen in Los Angeles hold as orders from union chiefs fail to end the four day walkout. More than twenty five mail cars accumulate at Southern Pacific station as rails halt all movement. City officials and union leaders insist no settlement yet. mediation commission notes the stalemate and possible conductors and motormen renewal.
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VY Momning Journal
Los Angeles
Calif
Big Pour’ Railway
California
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pacific Electric
Pacific Electric Company
Bantu Fe Railroad
Barstow
Southern Pacific
San Angeles
Ruliway
Boiyders
All Officers Killed He Led Company to Victory
Forty four New York regiment members received high war honors at New York City Hall. Serjeant Thomas J. Haynes of Jersey City was ordered made Knight of the Order of Leopold by Belgium. After his captain and three lieutenants fell in the Arkonne, Haynes, wounded, took command and led a successful mission.
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Atlantic
New York
City Hall
Thomas J. Haynes
Jersey City
Arkonne
Haynes
Public Uni Hearings Schedule Adopted for Two Weeks
The committee on public unity adopted a schedule of hearings that may not conclude for two weeks. The inquiry aims to be thorough and broad in scope as it examines the peace pact.
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UNI
Postponement of wage rate policy decision by administration
The administration defers adjusting wage rates until normal economic conditions return. Wilson announces the postponement as the guiding decision.
French Fear Secret Treaties Behind British Policy
French political circles react to the Anglo-Persian treaty and fear more hidden agreements. Reports from the peace conference note Britain may sway near east affairs while French interests worry. Additional unsettled issues in Silesia Hungary and central Europe threaten League of Nations progress as Allied parliaments ratify the Germany treaty.
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William Cook
Albuquerque Journal
N. ¥. World
the Presa Publishing Co
New York World
Great Britain
Inia
Lemerceau
France
England
Near East
Silesia
Poland
Miesia
Matterea
League of Nations
Inettouse
League
Woking
Weather Brief Forecast for Arizona and Tuesday
A two day weather note says Tuesday will be fair and warmer. Arizona outlook predicts Wednesday mostly clear with warmer conditions and general pleasant skies.
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Arizona
Industrial Workers of the World members face federal judge
The passage notes IWW members from Rast lake City and Multnomah appearing before a federal judge in Leavenworth. The terse item mentions bonds and a teed event regarding state and political actions linked to Pitt and Charlies.
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Pitt
Leaven- Worth
Charlies
M Kinnon
Foodstuff Licensing Likely to Raise Prices, Warns Witness
Washington reports hear testimony that passage of the Kaneyon bill to regulate and license the meat industry would increase food prices. L D H Weld of Swift and Company defended practices and argued against overstated profit figures while senators pressed for transparency.
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Iby McAwnin SD Journal
PEC AL Lesneo Wiee
Washington
Kenyon
L. Db. H. Weld
Commercial Research Department
Swift and Company
Senate Agriculture Committee
American Institute
Capper
Kendrick
Department of Agriculture
Weld
Tineher
Kansas
Senatorendrick
Henry Veeder
Swift and
Compan
Gronna
Veeder
FASHIONS CONDEMNED BY BRITISH CLERGYMAN
London clerics denounce the winter fashion display as contrary to proper morals. The Nonconformist leader H. F. H. Miver argues that flirtatious, nearly naked attire attracts men but cannot win marriage. He warns that extreme styles tempt the young and erode decency during the war era.
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Pres Publishing Co
New York World Special Cable Disputch
London
H. F. H. Miver
America
Raid on Chicago saloons nets scores of arrests
Federal agents and deputy marshals raided four downtown saloons and cafes in Chicago and arrested about twenty owners and workers for violating the wartime prohibition act by selling beer and whiskey since July 1. All suspects were released on bond.
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Pittey
Chicago
de Partment of
Histice
German Labor Grows Angry Over Strike Wave Across Empire
Berlin dispatch reports widespread labor unrest as strikes hit dairies and coal mines across Germany. Workers demand wage increases and end tipping, while Spartacists plan outbreaks in October to exploit the disruption and trigger broader upheaval.
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Berlin
Germany
Neukochne
Iawipsig
Upper Silesia
Ianipsig Weiters
Bavaria
Sparta
Steamer Chaudiere Strikes Rock Reaches Dock Safely
The steamship Chaudiere struck a rock in Two Fock Passage near Hermy- Ga today tearing a hole in her hull but she made dock safely. Water entered the hold and she cannot continue to Barbadoes or Demerara.
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Halifax
Ammunition and arms shipped to Mexico from New York
Ten trunks of arms and ammunition were sent from a Broadway hotel to Mexico on the Morro Castle, with detectives tracing 17 000 rounds and 940 rounds of talcum powder to a sporting goods house. Agents of the Mexican government and intercept plans were noted as possible.
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IRY Mopmin
Journal 5
New York
Mexico
Morro Castle
Havana
Preveno
Vera Crug
Broadway
Department of Justice
Navy Department
Ben
Eunboata
Pangage
Morra Castle
Hearings Set on Peace Treaty Questions at Senate Panel
The Senate foreign relations committee outlined two weeks of hearings on the peace treaty. Disputed topics include Fiume disposition, Aland Islands, and German colonies. witnesses span Halans Greeks Irish Lithuanians and others. President Wilson met with Senator Swanson as Egypt War case argues Britain seized Legitimacy in Paris.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fiume
Aland Islands
Africa
Ireland
Lodge
Senate
Wilson
Capitol
Swanson
Virginia
Mwithen
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Egypt
Joseph W. Polk
Paria
Great Britain
Rioting in Pittsburgh halts streetcar service. cars wrecked
Two cars wrecked and numerous injuries reported as mobs attacked streetcars in Pittsburgh after a strikebreak attempt. Troops and mounted police dispersed crowds. cars were driven back to barns amid bricks, clubs, and gunfire in the business district.
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Vittaburgh
Pittsburgh
Carmen
Ritles
Pobece
Fifth Avenue
Wilson postpones rail wage demands amid price stability push
President Wilson and Director General Hines announce a policy to delay wage settlements for railroad shopmen until normal economic conditions return. They reject freight-rate hikes to fund higher wages and urge a truce until costs of living can be calculated. A committee of union representatives was briefed on a plan to base pay on ten hours for eight, raising pay from 8 to 7.5 cents per hour, amid ongoing union pressure and a pending strike vote.
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JOY Morning Journal
Eaced Wine
Washington
Wilson
Hines
Wis
Jowell
Railway Empoyes Department
American Federation of Labor
Railroad Administration
Tiret
Therm
Wilson Proposes Four Cent Hour Increase for Railroad Shopmen
President Wilson submits to six railroad shop crafts a plan to pay shopmen four cents more per hour, basing pay on ten hours for eight, retroactive to May 1. Some classes would rise from 63 or 68 cents to 67 cents per hour, while unions consider the proposal and weigh a broader wage demand.
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Washington
Wilson
Crafta 4
Colorado War Hero Ordered to Pay Wife Alimony
A Colorado veteran, awarded the Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre, was ruled to provide his wife $35 monthly alimony. The case notes his wartime honors while addressing a civil financial obligation.
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Colorado
Alerad
Alorada
Anna Leonines
Pont Aleres
LY Funk
Congression
France
Belgi
Ig Bn
Southern Pacific Switchmen Strike at Yuma Arizona
Southern Pacific switchmen strike disrupts yard operations in Yuma Arizona with workers picketing and halted switching duties as night shift faces delays and yard congestion. Widespread labor action prompts yard crews to walk off and affect train moves late at night.
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Southern Pacific
Yuma
Arizona
Printing price aid eyed by agriculture department
Officials from the agriculture department told the House appropriation committee that a proposed $950,000 appropriation could help reduce high food prices by printing and distributing notices on retail feed prices and storage stocks. The funding would support a publicity effort related to commodity prices.
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Washington
House
Department of Agriculture
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