Pan American labor group backs eight hour day and child law
Samuel Gompers unveils a plan by the Pan American Federation of Labor at a conference in Laredo. The resolution calls for a league of free peoples to secure justice and peace, no punitive reprisals, and no forced territorial changes. It includes an eight hour work day and a child labor law, aimed at shipping facility control and code manufacture by under 16s.
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Laredo
Texas
Samuel , Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
Gompers
League of Free Peoples
Renial
Organized Labor Movement
League of the Free Peoples of the World
Row re Ii police dragnet. Federal court decisions in county area
The itemized clipping mentions police dragnet actions, new federal court decisions, and local courthouse notes. It references Butte figures and health board doctor conference, with notes on Vienna and Austrian food conditions and Protestant church movements in New York.
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Foch
Thomas J. Mitchell
Butte
Austria
New York
Barnes-King Quarterly Report
Anaconda News
Anaconda New
Hoover Will Cross Atlantic With Hurley to Study Food Aid
Food Administrator Hoover and Shipping Board Chairman Hurley plan a Saturday air trip to Europe to review the inter allied program for feeding Northern France Belgium Central Europe and the Near East. They will discuss diplomatic issues and tonnage for relief, while Hoover aims to identify urgent food needs and reconstruction materials.
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Washington
Hoover
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Europe
France
Belgium
Near East
Lansing
Great Britain
Acton
Food Administration
Argentine
Huscope
Alonzo J. Taylor
War Trade Board
Mr. Hoover
Will
Balkans
United States
Holeland
Switzerland
Sweden
Norway
Spain
Denmark
Quarantine Tightens in Custer County With Guarded Roads
Boise, Nov 14. Judge J F Cowen appeals to Gov to send state troops to force entry into Custer county where a Spanish influenza quarantine keeps residents from leaving. Citizens have barricaded highways and armed guards patrol with shotguns. Attorney General says quarantine legal and court dates do not justify troop intervention.
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Boise
Idaho
J. F. Cowen
Custer County
New Parliament to be Summoned in Britain
London reports that a proclamation will be issued November 25 summoning a new parliament. Nominations are set for December 4 with polling on December 14. Ballot counting depends on a forthcoming bill. if it passes, counting could be moved to December 28. Prorogation is expected by Wednesday or Thursday next week, with an address to the King on Monday in both houses.
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London
British Wireless Service
Andrew Bonar Law
Lancellor
Exchequer
House of Commons
Germans Begin Massive Ammunition Dump Explosions
Allied dispatches report German withdrawal accelerating on the French front as explosions reverberate near Muzeray Etain and Merles. More than 500 Italian laborers who had worked the roads return to the German lines as prisoners are freed. Germans are said to be destroying dumps and ammo before turning them over to the Allies.
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Associated Press
France
Jean Lines
Muzeray
Etain
Merles
Former crown prince interned not interred in Holland
Washington reports from neutral sources confirm the former German crown prince has arrived in Holland and been interned. The empress is expected to join husband and son there. Also noted is a San Francisco tale of a large swindle netting over 1 million dollars via mail fraud charges against Ethel J. Cayce, and a Victoria report of gold bullion valued at 130000 recovered from the Princess Sophia wreck by salvagers arriving from Lynn Canal Alaska.
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Washington
State Department
Holland
Endless Chain
San Francisco
Endless Dial
United States
Ethel J. Cayce
Los Angeles
Victoria
British Columbia
Klondike
Princess Sophia
Amer Tees
Lynn Canal
Alaska
Valean Board
First Meeting Peace Congress at Versailles Conference
Col Edward M House, U S special representative, to present American views at the peace congress near Versailles. Delegates from Greece Serbia and Germany discussed the interallied program, food questions in Germany and Austria, amid uncertain German delegation names. Officials note the supreme war council may precede the conference with little public comment on timing.
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Congress
Halfour
Orlandond
Sonnino
Uly
Pre Venizelos
Greece
Forel Ch
Serbia
Edward M. House
United States
Versailles
Germany
Austria
Council
America
E. M. House
Europe
Allies Welcomed in Evacuated Alsace War Report
Geneva dispatch says Basel reports French and American troops occupy Alsace evacuated by the Germans. Allied soldiers greeted by locals. Prussian officers shot after trying to dominate troops. South German states see peaceable revolution. Berlin Essen and Danzig report further disorders. Tyrol famine worsens in Vorarlberg. Swiss aid continues as Vienna powerless. Weather: unsettled Friday. colder nights. Saturday colder.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Basel
Alsace
Ger
Berlin
Essen
Danzig
Tyrol
Voratberg
Austria-Hungary
Vienna
German Austrian republic to be proclaimed tomorrow
London dispatch reports that a German Austrian republic will be proclaimed today as Emperor Charles I is refused permission to reside in Vienna as a private citizen.
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London
Charles I
Vienna
Republican meetings held in Madrid and Barcelona
Madrid reports that republican meetings were held in Madrid and Barcelona last night following demonstrations. Radical leader Alejandro Lerroux spoke in Madrid addressing the crowd. Some gatherings formed as a result of the events in the two cities.
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Barcelona
Associated Press
Madrid
T Publican
Alejandro
Lerroux
Request for Fish by the Germans
London reports Sir Albert H. Stanley says steps to relax prohibitions on imports and exports have begun to meet Germany’s food needs. Germany seeks fish and pickled varieties. Britain could supply herring in large quantities, though no immediate prospect of white bread. The Allied and neutral demands will guide supplies.
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London
Albert H. Stanley
Board of Trade
Daily Express
Germany
Intersani Juneil
Great Britain
German cruiser aground near Malmo Sweden
A German cruiser is reported aground near Malmo Sweden while guiding a dispatch from Copenhagen. The war commander is said to request assistance as the situation is being reported.
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London
British
Malmo
Sweden
Copenhagen
New Germany Leans Toward Real Liberty and Democracy
An article notes a shift toward genuine liberty in Germany, urging old fashioned democratic economy and politics. It outlines a convocation of a national assembly and an organized cabinet under Ebert as premier.
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NEW Germany
Real Liberty
National Assembly
Ebert
Proclaimed German policy aims at democracy and liberty
From Berlin a dispatch says the new government published its program advocating democracy and economic liberty, with guarantees for free speech and political rights. The report notes upheaval in Berlin and mentions cabinet tensions after a stormy meeting leading to resignations.
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Berne
Berlin
Greater Herlin Shu
New German government to push business program after order
Swiss report notes Berlin and Stuttgart updates on the new cabinet. The Brankfort Zeitung says the government will address the national assembly once its business program is settled, aiming to keep order and avoid anarchic movement. Copenhagen dispatch lists cabinet posts with Scheidemann, Lansberg, Haase, and Barth among socialist appointees. The piece mentions trials, sentences, and labor unrest affecting politics and press.
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Heme
Switzerland
Herlin
Brankfort Zeitung
National Assembly
Vorsische Zeitung
Stuttgart
Boardgeolse
Ert
Scheidemann
Lansberg
Haase
Dittman
Barth
Herr Dittman
Berlin
Richard Tarth
Vorwanets
Io A
Enormous Task Of Provisioning Amid Allied War Efforts
New York reports the United States and allies face a vast provisioning task as they coordinate to disarm Germany. Major Henry Emery, former tariff commission head, returns after months abroad. He notes German admissions last October that defeat was near and comments on President Wilson’s possible role in shaping postwar autocratic mandates. Emery was captured on the Aland Islands last March while returning from a mission.
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New York
United States
Germany
Henry Emery
Foremer
Tariff Commission
Wilson
Major Emery
Aland Islands
Mite
Polish Officers Run Affairs In Warsaw Occupation
Berne reports Polish soldiers have seized royal palaces and Belvedere in Warsaw, taken over military command quarters, and controlled German demobilization and transport networks. Polish forces occupy key telephon stations linked to Vienna as German police are disarmed. Count Lerchenfeld-Moefering seeks protection from Brig. Gen. Joseph Pilaudakt of the Polish legion.
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Berne
Belvidere
Warsaw
Vienna
Count Lerchenfeld-Moefering
Joseph Pilaudakt
Polish Legion For Protecti
Enthusiasm Surges in Alsace-Lorraine as German Powers Shift
Geneva dispatch reports widespread popular enthusiasm as crowds push German authorities from Alsace Lorraine. French and American troops stand ready as raids occur and a German-Austrian power shift unfolds. Vienna notes a state council resolution declaring Austria a democratic republic with a January 1 constituent assembly.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Lorraine
Rhine
State Council
Vienna
Austria
Women of Germany Appeal to Mrs Wilson and Miss Addams
Appeals from the women of Germany ask to modify armistice terms to avert disaster. Messages dated Berlin and signed by Ortrude Baumer and Alice Solomon urge resumption of feeding stock for moving food and foretell famine and mutiny.
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Germany
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Jane Addams
Chicago
Nauen
Berlin
Ortrude Baeumer
Alice Soloman
National Council of Women of
Mise “Adams
Anita Augsburg
Pomander Gate
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Robison
Naval Commission
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Senlis
John J. Pershing
Marshal Foch
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Republic
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Marion Place
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Prussia
Isone
Tevanns
Wittelsbach
Havania
Peace Congress
Zurich
Sera Earn
Aianage
Telstar
Tha Med Command
Attad
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Bolshegid
Independent Socialite
Copenshagen
Alsace-Lorraine
Badennhagen
Bereingske Tidende
Wurttemsburg
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