Hirito Authorized To Deal With Men In Rail Labor Dispute
President Wilson authorized Director General Hines to negotiate over wages for railroad workers amid a looming strike. He said the vast 450,009 employee base could ballot on a walkout if no accord is reached and criticized workers for repudiating their leaders. The White House letter notes no decision until employees return to work and recognize their union.
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Washington
Wilson
Pines
Chinitas
Eluate
White House
Hines
SCHOONER GALLIA SINKS AFTER FOG SHADOWS WRECK
Halifax reports a schooner collision near St Pierre between the Gallia and the War Witch. About twenty perished, with at least fifteen crew and possibly passengers. Seven survivors named, amid fog and wireless updates. War Witch bound from North Sydney to Wabana. Gallia from France to St Pierre.
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Halifax
St. Pierre
W. B. Bennett
North Sydey
Wabana
N. F
France
Negro on train ends in lynching in Cochran Georgia
An unidentified African American passenger claimed to be from Chicago and sought to aid Georgia blacks. After a complaint, he was removed from a Southern Railway train and jailed, later found dead hanging outside a tree. Nebraska grants Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway permission to raise single fare to seven cents and four-ticket price to two fifty as emergency measure pending final decision.
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Cochran
Southern Railway
Chicago
Georgia
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska Railway Commission
Omaha & Connell Bliffs Street Tramhway Camepany
Omabh
Cornell Platts
Free Ireland Urged By K PCs Congress Resolution
Knights of Columbus convention delegates adopted a resolution calling for full recognition of an independent Irish nation. The meeting continued from the previous night with no session extending into Thursday.
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Free Ireland
K. C
the Knights of Colmibus Lhs Y
Brakeman Killed by Own Engine at Nampa Siding
Oregon Short Line brakeman Frank B. Stippits died at Cleft siding after signaling the train to halt and being struck by his own locomotive. The tragedy occurred as he moved to clear a switch on the right of way near Nampa.
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Nampa
Frank B. Stippits
Oregon
Cleft Siding
Huilding
Ile
Suva
Mount Baker Disabled at Sea Requesting Assistance
The American motor ship Mount Baker bound from New York to Liverpool is disabled at sea and seeking rescue and guidance from the marine intelligence office.
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U. S
Halifax
Mount Baker
New York
Liverpool
Marine Intelligence Office
Profiteering Bill Opens in Commons Amid War Pressure
London Parliament moves a profiteering bill with penalties for violators as debate unfolds in the Commons. In Washington, President Wilson asks Congress to raise wages for post office workers by a set percentage to mitigate cost of living.
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Commons
London
P. O
Washington
Wilson Wile Eoked
White House
Congress
Labor Leaders Warn Lawmakers Over Rail Labor Plan
Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers warned the House Interstate Commerce Committee that labor could mobilize sentiment to push its railroad plan if Congress fails to solve the high cost of living soon. Frank Morrison of the AFL said a successful plan could be extended to other industries, while lawmakers found the Plumb plan too radical.
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Washington
House Interstate Commerce Committee On Labor
Warren S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Laconmeotive Engineers
Congress
America
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Stone
House Committee
Chinese Merchants Fined for Mexican Employee Rule
Six Chinese merchants in Nogales Sonora across the border from Nogales Arizona were fined 500 dollars each for not meeting the new Mexican law limiting alien workers. The rule requires 80 percent of a business staff to be Mexican. Chinese merchants say Mexicans are opposing them as they dominate the general merchandise sector.
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Nogales
Ariz
Sonora
Nggales
Montana Senate Bill Promotes Drought Relief Spending
A bill introduced Monday in the Montana state senate calls for ten million dollars for drought relief in Montana and funds an administration akin to Governor Stewart’s proposed welfare commission.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Stewart
Welfare Commission
Senate
Viscount Burnham and U S Ambassadorship Rumor
Report from Lincoln Nebraska states a mob forced several black workers from Lexington to flee the town. The item notes Viscount Burnham of the London Telegraph is linked to rumors about a U S ambassador post for a prominent press figure amid national interest.
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Viscount Burnham
The
London Telegraph
England
United States
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Lexington
London to Try Ex-Kaiser Trial Despite Delay
Allies insist on trying the former German emperor in London. Andrew Bonar Law, the wartime prime minister, announced in Parliament that delay remains unlikely to change the decision and that the trial proceed in London as planned.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Howe
Seventeen Held In Riot Hearings In Chicago
A special grand jury voted indictments charging seventeen African Americans with rioting and murder after five days of disturbances on Chicago's south side. Police, state troops, and guards kept the area quiet as officials aided affected residents. The coroner fixed 33 deaths and hundreds injured with many more unreported. Packing plants ordered workers kept at home amid continued unrest.
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Chicago
West 59Th Street
Reward for Coast Bombers Targets Lawler Home
Rewards for arrest and conviction of bombers who destroyed Oscar Lawler's home and burned him and his wife rose to 11,000 dollars as of Monday. The Lawlers remain in critical condition per their physician. Los Angeles officials consider adding 10,000 more to the reward following a city council advisory from Mayor Snyder.
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Oscar Lawler
Los Angeles
Cal
United States Attorney General
Mra. Lawlor
M. P. Snyder
Certificates for Wounded Soldiers Decree by War Department
The War Department adopts a special certificate for soldiers wounded in the Germany war. It bears the line Columbia Gives to Her Sons the Accolade of the New Chivalry of Humanity and lists the soldier’s name rank unit and the action in which he was wounded.
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Washington
Germany
War Department
Columbia
Yorkshire Miners Vote on Strike Endorsement
Yorkshire coal miners vote Monday on endorsing their leaders action in refusing government terms to end the strike. More than 200,000 men remain out.
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London
Yorkshire
London Plans Return to Prewar Trade Policy
The government announced a shift back to noninterference in industrial disputes, as reported by the Daily Mall. Employers and workers are expected to adjust their relations and concerns autonomously under the new approach.
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London
Ers
Thes
Bomb Plot Aimed at Oscar Lawler in Los Angeles Home
Police link blast at the home of Oscar Lawler former assistant attorney general to a deliberate plot possibly tied to his earlier prosecution of dynamiters. Mrs Lawler and Lawler Jr were rescued as flames trapped the family. two children were away at Pebbly Beach ranch.
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Los Angeles
Middle West
Oscar Lawler
United States
Lawler
Newhampshire Street
Wilshire Boulevard
Mr. Lawler
William Iacy
Ed Pulford
Oscar Lawler, Jr
Forest fires still raging in Idaho and nearby states
Forest fire conditions in the Pend Oreille and Coeur d Alene forests of northern Idaho were worse Saturday, while the St. Joe forest showed little change. Three hundred men fought Bear creek near Kellogg Idaho with new crews sent to the Heron Montana fire forcing some crews to withdraw.
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Spokane
Wash
Pend Oreille
Coeur d' Alene
Idaho
St. Joe Forest
Bear Creek
Kellogg
Heron
Mont
Rising costs spark labor strikes across Japanese cities
Strikes spread in Japan due to rising living costs and rice prices. Women join actions in Tokyo Yokohama Osaka and Nagoya as labor unrest grows.
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Tokyo
Japan
Yokohama
Osaka
Nagoya
American Tobacco Declares Five Percent Cash Dividend
The American Tobacco Company announces a five percent quarterly dividend to be paid in cash after satisfying all prior eighteen months of dividends. The move comes as the company completes a period of consistent distributions.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
Plunder Plan Arguments Heard Before House Committee
Glen B. Plumb of Chicago testifies for railway labor groups that systematic plundering of U S transportation highways exists across major rail lines including New Haven and Rock Island. He links Wall Street, Morgan and Rockefeller banking interests to wrecking, looting, and private control schemes and calls for a full congressional investigation. A national conference on railroad control is summoned in Washington by fourteen affiliated railway labor organizations.
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Washington
Wall Street
Morgan
Rockefeller
Railroad Brotherhoods
United States
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Glen B. Plumb
Chicago
Plumb
New Haven
Chicago & Alton
Rock Island
Frisco
Congress
Plumbs
Railway ice houses burned in Utah blaze
Ogden sees a major fire that destroyed five Union Pacific ice houses and the Utah Ice and Cold Storage plant leased to Pacific Fruit Express. Authorities estimate a $75,000 loss and call the blaze incendiary after a run of twelve fires in thirty days. The fire department battled the flames for ninety minutes.
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Union Pacific
Ogden
W. H. Wattis
Utah Destruction Company
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah Ice and Cold Storage Company
Pacific Fruit Express Company
Utah
Subsidies Urged to Back U S Merchant Fleet
Homer L. Ferguson urged government support for American shipbuilding and loans to fund American made ships to export goods, arguing cheap money is needed to compete with cheap labor. He spoke at a Newport News Shipbuilding and Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Oakland. Spain weighs entering the League of Nations as Madrid debates reality before action. An injunction in Los Angeles allows the sale of 2 3/4 percent beer after lawsuits by restaurateurs.
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Oakland
Homer L. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Ferguson
Spain
League of Nations
Madrid
Los Angeles
Iran
Superior Court
Skillful in use of poison by South African bushmen
The bushmen of southern Africa are described as adept at making and using poisons for hunting. Special tribe members prepare toxic brews by heating ingredients from caterpillars, snakes, and plants. The hunters drum up suspense, then strike with fatal arrows before collapsing in simulated agony, ending as the poison work concludes.
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Africa
Children of the Woods
Sermon Preached at White-Chapel in Virginia Auction Text
An old sermon by Rev. William Symonds titled to benefit the colony is noted by the Christian Science Monitor. It portrays Virginia as a land unmatched by England in pride yet cites a hungry immigrant audience with past failings.
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White-Chapel
Virginia
Wiliam Symonds
Christian Science Monitor
Tobacco Prohibition Through Early Massachusetts Laws
The 1638 general court banned tobacco within 20 poles of houses and a 1708 act limited carrying tobacco in streets, allowing only covered vessels and smoking with a penalty range of five to one hundred dollars, with ropewalks carrying harsher fines. The prohibition was not repealed.
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Massachusetts General Court
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