Western railroads face engineers demands in Newlands board
The arbitration of disputes between 96 western railroads and 55,000 locomotive engineers opened before a five-member board appointed under the Newlands act. The engineers seek 16 demands with two minor exceptions, backed by 1x volume of testimony and a 5 hour opening, as Stone argues productive efficiency and rising burdens on workers.
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Chiongo
Western
Newlands
Peter C. Pritchard
Charles Nagel
Pritchard
Bere
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
M. W. Cudle
A. W. Trenholm
Conference
Western Association of General Managers
James M. Sheehan
Stone
Transportation ‘Service
War talk and political notes shadow today’s Standard
In Today's Standard age a tense mix of war causation views and political notes appears. Rate increases suspended while engineers press cases. Reports touch on eastern battle, copper aboard suspicions, Mexican bullets, and envoy losses. Also crime and local items including a Butte highwayman, a Seattle plan, and divorce notes.
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Tano
S-Anaconda
S-Dennis' Driscoll
Seattle
Green
Butte
French View of Causes of War
A compact summary of French perspectives on the diplomatic events leading to war, detailing how political and international tensions escalated through alliances, negotiations, and strategic moves by states, with emphasis on the role of diplomacy in the buildup.
Yellow book cites causes of war from 1913 to 1914
Paris reports French foreign minister releases a detailed yellow book on the war’s origins. It traces German military planning from 1913, cites Austria Hungary and Germany pressuring for war, and notes Kaiser William’s shift toward bellicose aims, with Belgrade ultimatum triggering the conflict. Continued on page 12.
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Paris
France
Berlin
Aginst
Russia
North Africa
Belgium
Holland
Austria
Germany
Servin
Belgrade
Vienna
English Residents Protest Arizona 80 Percent Law
British Consul J T Paxton announced plans to protest Arizona's new 80 percent law restricting employment of non Americans. A meeting of British subjects, Boyer Tollroad work and mining will be affected. The measure passed 3 to 2 and awaits gubernatorial proclamation. Foreign groups vow further protests citing treaty rights.
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Tollroad
Ensul Paxton
Caim
United States
Liquor Dealers Challenge Washington Prohibition Law
Olympia ising the first attack on the statewide prohibition law. Seattle wholesalers M and K Gottstein obtained a temporary writ in Thurston county superior court restraining the governor from proclaiming the bill as a law. The writ is returnable tomorrow.
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Olympia
Wash
Washington
K Gottstein
Seattle
Thurston County Superior Court
French orders fuel Chicago canning surge for beef and hog backs
Chicago dispatch reports the French government placed further orders for 10,000,000 cans of corned beef and 280,000 fat hog backs with Chicago packers. Announcement noted today by officials.
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Chicago
Eastward focus shifts as war reports praise German leadership
The Hague and London report the war center moving from France to the eastern theater. Emperor William visits von Hindenburg, awards the Order of Merit to General Mackenzen for the Lowicz victory, and praises the Ninth Army Corps while noting no major western front updates.
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Hague
London
France
William
von Hindenburg
Poland
Flanders
Aisne
von. Hindenburg
Order of Meriton
Mackenzen
Lowicx
Ninth Army Corps
Tam
Ninth
Mackenzen Long
von Schieiffen
Peror
Danzig
West Front
Norwegian Ship Sandefjord Seized as War Prize at Halifax
The Norwegian steamer Sandefjord sailing from New York to Copenhagen with a cotton cargo was brought to Halifax as a prize of war. It is suspected to carry contraband and reports say balloon silk and copper may be stored under the cotton. A prize crew was placed aboard and the ship ordered to dock, with the captain protesting the course change. The ship, formerly active in the Sydney ore trade, anchored in the harbor tonight.
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Nova Scotia
Sandefjord
New York
Copenhagen
Sanderford
Sydney
Dangerous mine adrift near Fire Island, Atlantic
New York reports a mine with five contact points drifting about six miles west of Fire Island light. Captain Davies of the steamship Etontan said he passed the mine this morning while en route to New York. The danger lies along the lane used by transatlantic vessels leaving and entering the harbor. Officials denied recent navy yard loss reports and promised further inquiry.
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New York
Island Light
Davies
Etontan
London
Davies Maid
New York Harbor
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Supreme Court Finds Oklahoma Jim Crow Proviso Unconstitutional
A majority of the U S Supreme Court ruled the Oklahoma law barring railroad sleeping dining and chair car service to non whites unconstitutional though not by full assent due to imperfections The case involved five petitioners seeking an injunction to stop enforcement The Oklahoma federal court had dismissed the petition indicating the law was unconstitutional The high court reversed and remanded the dismissal highlighting constitutional concerns without issuing a decree of full unconstitutionality
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Federal Courte
Christmas parcels resume to war countries via parcel post
Washington November 9 Postmaster General Burleson announced the return of parcel post service between the United States and Germany and Austria Hungary. The lift of wartime restrictions enables thousands of Christmas remembrances to reach Europe, though Belgium Turkey and parts of northern and eastern France remain unavailable due to military operations.
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Washington
United ,States
Germany
Ausria-Hungary
Burleson
Europe
United States
Belgium
Turkey
France
Mexican bullets keep on killing Americans
Naco Sonora siege reports add five more American casualties with four dead and one blind. Private Caine of the 1B US cavalry was fatally wounded. Stray bullets from Maytorena Villa forces and Carranza-aligned troops caused the injuries as Mexican military actions unfold across the border region.
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Arts
Aiege
Naco
Sonora
Caine
Ninth
United States Cavalry
Maytorena Villa
Hill
Nace
States Custom House
Capital Punishment Abolition Passes In Oregon
In Salem Oregon on November 30 officials announced the final tabulation of county vote returns from the recent election. The measure to abolish capital punishment carried by a majority of 150 with 100 395 against and 95 052 in favor.
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Salem
Ore
Investigation Ordered as Western Tariffs Postponed
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended new western carrier tariffs set to take effect tomorrow, ordering an investigation into railway freight rates across western and central territories. Many schedules and regulations are postponed to March 31 1915, amid changes tied to eastern carrier advances and emergencies reported from Europe.
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Middle Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ther Commission
Avnona
Ungara
Kanaan
Crete
St Paul
Pointe
Cheng
Lous
Atlantic
Seaboarda
Chicago
Ater
Commission
Gang Leaders Duel In Brooklyn Street Kill Two Leaders
Two rival gang leaders fought a pistol duel in the congested Brooklyn foreign quarter. The exchange left both men dead after seven shots, one Italian merchant among the victims, with further violence nearby as Willan Davie and Barnet Batt had been murdered earlier by gunmen who fled in a car.
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Brooklyn
Willan Davie
King George in France Owed Report On War News
London dispatches from Petrograd describe German forces driving a wedge between German and Austrian lines near Cracow and heavy reinforcements shifting from the western front. Russian gains north of Lanta are noted while Berlin reports no major news from Po land. Churchill’s birthday tributes appear as Dutch indemnity talks surface.
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Cracow
Vnz
Darkehmen
Raat
Prussia
Petrograd
Ant
Lanta
Holland
Brunssit Reion
Zeebrugne
England
Frans
Winston Spencer ‘Churchill
the Samiraity
Alexandre
Anwar Levy
Grand Duchy
Not Time to Inquire of Readiness for War
Washington November 30 President Wilson not seek to mold Congress on Gardner resolution for investigation of U S military strength. Administration says no time for war readiness talks, aims to avoid appearing to target Germany, Gardner to meet White House soon for interview.
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Wilson
Congress
Gardner
Che Monteary
United States
White House
Fess
Salatoni
Vance
United
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