Wilson Appeals To Heads Of Roads Over Eight Hour Day
President Wilson outlined a plan to avert the railroad strike before a 60 member employees committee and urged railroad presidents to attend a White House conference. The proposal centers on eight hours pay for the basic day with overtime at the eight hour rate and a congress created commission to settle collateral issues with employee and public representation. Leaders of the employees signaled willingness to accept, while presidents appeared opposed to conceding the eight hour day though open to arbitration.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Congress
United States
Bond Issue Proposed to Meet Mexican War Expenditures
Washington notes a Senate Finance Committee report urges a $130,060,000 bond issue to cover extraordinary government costs from the Mexican situation. The panel, with Treasury approval, also calls for $80,000,000 more in appropriation to sustain border operations beyond December 31, 1916, and to fund the $205,000,000 revenue bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
Finance Committee
Senate
Villa Leader Zeferino Moreno Slain in Dey Cabridora Fight
Reports say Zeferino Moreno a top Villa leader was killed in the engagement at Dey Cabridora between bandits and Gen Matias Ramos forces. Carlos Flores a former Villa colonel arrived from Torreon to face charges of inciting revolution and will be tried here on similar counts.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Zeferino Moreno
Villa
Dey Cabridora
Matias Ramos
Moreno
Torreon
Carlos Flores
Eagles Elect Officers in Savannah Convention Meeting
Rex HB Goodcell of San Bernardino California was elected land worthy president and Buffalo New York was awarded the 1917 convention at the Fraternal Order of Eagles gathering in Savannah Georgia.
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Savannah
Rex HB. Goodcell
San Bernardino
Cal
Buffalo
N. Y
Order of Eagles
Strikers Sued for Damages in Bridgeport Case
Attachments were levied on about a dozen Bridgeport homes of moulders for damages claimed by the Bridgeport Manufacturers' association. The suit alleges $50,000 in damages caused by a strike and picketing of local plants.
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Bridgeport Conn
Bridgeport Manufacturers’ Association
Soldier Shot On Duty Near Columbus
Private in J Company Second Massachusetts Infantry identified as Mysteriously shot six miles north of Columbus while on ticket duty. Suffered a pistol bullet wound to the left leg and is receiving medical care. Authorities investigating the incident.
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Columbus
Peley R. Penniman
J Company
Second Massachusetts Infantry
Here
Food Shortage Strikes Bo NRA Interior
Americans arriving from Mexico say interior Bonora faces deplorable shortages. The report notes severe hunger and growing distress among residents as supply lines falter and relief options prove insufficient.
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Douglas, Arnt
Bonora
Mexico
Japan Equipping Russians for War Details Front Visit
A military observer returning from a trip along the Russian front reports that Russia is clothed shod armed and provisioned with Japanese goods. He notes Russian soldiers wearing Japanese uniforms shoes belts and accoutrements and carrying Japanese arms including rifles and field pieces. He adds that while Japan supplies many weapons Russia lacks 14 and 16 inch guns as they are immobile. the 12 inch gun is mobile and deadly.
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Paris
Japan
Korea
Russia
Hughes condemns Democratic policy on Philippines
Portland speaker Charles Be Hughes assailed the Democratic party for its Philippines policy before a large ice rink audience. He stressed national obligations and refused to abandon the Philippines, calling it a matter of national honor and a duty the United States must fulfill.
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Portland
Ore
Charles BE
Hughes
Wedensday
Democratic Party
Philippines
Mr. Hughes
Many Merchantmen Sunk
Berlin reports that in July German and Austrian submarines and mines sank seventy four merchant ships of the Entente, totaling about 103000 tons.
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Berlin
Two More German Submarines Reported Departing Soon
London reports two new very large German submarines will depart soon for America. A Central News dispatch from The Hague says the subs have made trial trips off Helgoland.
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London
America
Hague
Helegoland
General Birdwood Commands Anzace at Pozleres Fight
General Birdwood is commander of the Anzace the Australian troops that performed valiantly in the fighting at Pozleres.
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Birdwood
Pozleres
New Mint Director Named Wednesday Nominee
Wednesday nominated WH. J. H. von Hageiken of East Palatka Florida to be director of the mint, succeeding R. W. Woolley who entered the Democratic campaign.
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Washington
Wilson
WH. J. H. von Hageiken
East Palatka, Fla
Mint
R. W. Woolley
Veterans Organize Amid Border Mobilization in Chicago
In Chicago a new veterans organization forms with forty five provisional regiments totaling about 60 000 men from the foreign war veterans. The groups align as state troops are deployed to the border, signaling a broad mobilization among veterans.
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Chicago
United States
Premiership Avoids Franchise Reform During War
Premier Asquith said cabinet decided new franchise and registration reforms are too complex amid war. He indicated any future bill must include women. The house passed the first reading to extend Parliament life eight months while a separate May 21 reform bill would implement current qualifications. Women threatened to withhold support if reforms favored combatant men over their rights.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Edward Carson
Nevada Women’s Civic League breaks with national suffrage group
Miss Annie Martin announces at a conference in Colorado Springs that the Nevada Women’s Civic League, led by her as president, has severed relations with the National American Woman Suffrage Association. The withdrawal aims to focus on the Susan B. Anthony amendment.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Annie Martin
National Woman's Party
Nevada Women's Civic League
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Lightning Strikes Farm Killings and Girl Seared Shoes Furiously
A lightning bolt struck the Skinner farm near Montpelier Idaho fatally striking a cow. Elsie Skinner daughter of John Skinner was milking the animal when shocked unconscious and her shoes burned off. John Skinner was knocked down but not injured and the girl remains in shock.
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Montpelier
Idaho
Noonan
John Skinner
Elsie
Brandels Declines Joint U.S.-Mexico Commission
Associate Justice Louis D Brandels has told President Wilson he cannot join the joint commission to address difficulties between the United States and Mexico due to the mass of business before the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Louis D. Brandels
Supreme Court
Wilson
Joint Commission
Mexico
Church Santa Maria Formosa Destroyed in Austrian Raid
Rome reports the church of Santa Maria Formosa in Venice was destroyed during the Austrian air raid on the night of August 10. Nearly all of the church’s ore works had been removed months earlier.
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Rome
Santa Maria Formosa
Venice
Sherman Attacks Gompers Over Senate Shipping Remark
Senator Sherman of Illinois denounced AFL President Samuel Gompers as a public nuisance during a Senate speech on the shipping bill. The remark framed a digression from the bill discussion.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Sherman
Iinois
Senate
Italian dreadnaught Leonardo Da Vinci sinks in Taranto harbor
Turin dispatch reports the Italian battleship Leonardo Da Vinci caught fire and blew up in Taranto harbor with about 300 crew members drowned.
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Taranto
Italy
Turin
Petit Journal
Congress Adopts Expanded Navy Plan For 157 War Vessels
Congress approved a major naval expansion in the defense bill, authorizing 157 war ships over three years, including four battle cruisers and four battleships for 1917, with enlisted personnel raised to 74,700. The House backed the program 283 to 51, amid Senate approval of personnel and construction sections.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Bacon Announces Run for New York Senate Nomination
Robert Bacon former ambassador to France announces candidacy for United States senator from New York in the upcoming Republican primary. He seeks to win the party nomination and advance to the general election.
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New York
Robert Bacon
France
United States
New York State
Colorado Federation of Labor Denounces State Industrial Commission
The Colorado Federation of Labor passed resolutions condemning the state industrial commission and demanding the repeal of the law creating it, with no dissent.
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Colorado Springs
State Industrial Commission
Colorado Federation of Labor
Senora Castro Travels With Exile Husband in U.S.
Mrs. Senora Castro wife of Venezuela’s former dictator travels with her husband during his current U.S. visit. The photograph was taken shortly after their release from Ellis Island.
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Senora Castro
Venezuela
United States
Ellis Island
War Bill of France at End of July
Paris reports France's war bill at 39 billion francs by end of July with miscellaneous government expenses totaling 10 billion francs.
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Paris
France
Contests With Executioners in Vancouver Tragedy
Vancouver scene recalls C Raceco Ferrante who harmed partner Dick Feracee and dropped his head in a deep well to hide the crime dying in a related incident Tuesday as he fiercely competed with the executioners.
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Vancouver, BH
Raceco Ferrante
Dick Feracee
Fercely
Russians Take Jablonitza Pass as Warfront Shifts
London reports the Russians capture Jablonitza Pass, a key Galicia gateway to Hungary, with continued southern advances. Troops push across the Zlota Lipa, fierce fighting south of Brody, and Brussiloff aims to trap von Bothmer. Italians press Carso Plateau with trench gains and over 1,600 prisoners.
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London
Jablonitza
Galicia
Carpathians
Petrograd
Bukowina
Zlota Lipa
Brody
Brussilloff
von Bothmer
Carso
Rome
Fearful Toll of War Estimated Casualties
Estimates from official data show the second year of war costing over 3 000 000 lives and injuring more than 6 000 000. Early year figures ranged between 2 500 000 slain and 5 000 000 wounded with higher estimates. British deaths and prisoners total 296 184. German casualties cited at 3 000 000 with 1 000 000 prisoners. France 900 000 dead and 300 000 wounded per Deputy Longuet. Austria contemplates enrolling men up to 60.
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Thomas
Germany
France
Longuet
Austria
Submarine Sinks Five Ships After Forcing Crew Escape
A German submarine halted six ships at Havre on Thursday morning. It ordered the Marie crew to abandon ship and then sank the vessel. The Credo and Sero followed, going down in ten minutes. Three other ships were allowed to continue after searches. Survivors from the sunken ships were picked up by the Danish steamer Robert and landed at Havre on Friday.
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Havre
Marie
Credo
Sero
Robert
Toll Mounts After Trolley Collision in Johnstown
A head on crash between two crowded trolley cars on the Southern Cambria Traction line between Echo and Brookvale killed twenty five instantly and left sixty three injured. Rescue and medical workers battled to save survivors as the cause remained undetermined with several in critical condition.
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Johnstown
Southern Cambria Traction Company
Echo
Brook Vale
Danish Parliament Backs Sale of Islands Pending Plebiscite
The folkething the lower house of the Danish parliament voted 62 to 44 in favor of selling the Danish West Indies to the United States if a plebiscite shows public support. One member abstained six were absent.
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Copenhagen
Folkething
Danish West Indies
United States
Envoy Elkus to Transmit Aid Letters for Syrians
Abraham J. Elkus, newly appointed American ambassador, will carry representations to Turkey on behalf of starving Syrians. He received final instructions from the president and will undertake the mission on Monday via the porte.
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Washington
Turkey
The
Porte
Abraham J. Elkus
Plotters Given Life Sentences Over Okuma Bomb Bid
Two ringleaders in the January 12 attempt on Premier Count Okuma were sentenced to penal servitude as part of a widesweeping plot.
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Tokyo
Ife
Count Okuma
Mexican Regulars Fight Bandits Near Chihuahua City
Report from General Cavazos and Colonel Zusasua to General Trejino notes ongoing running engagements with bandits to the north of Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Cavazos
Zusasua
Durango
Trejino
Mexicans warn foreigners must renounce treaty rights
Mexico City declares foreigners seeking public lands mineral lands water rights or exploration must declare renunciation of treaty protections and accept Mexican privileges and obligations. Foreign firms cannot obtain such rights until declaration. permits and titles will include the clause or be void. four month deadline applies.
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Mexico City
Department of Foreign Relations
Tragedy on the Border in Brownsville
In Brownsville Texas Corporal James Clement of the Second Virginia regiment was shot dead by Corporal Duneches a quartermaster corps man. A Mexican girl Sofia Valdez suffered fatal injuries after Duneches fired twice at her and Clement before fleeing and later surrendering at the county jail.
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Brownsville
Tex
James Clement
Second
Virginia Regiment
Sofia Valdez
Quartermaster’s Corps
Regular Army
Duneches
Clement
Dundhes
England Demands Reparations After War Murder
In the house of commons Premier Asquith said Britain will not resume diplomatic relations with Germany until reparations are paid for the murder of Captain Fryatt. He noted allied nations have suffered brutalities, and consultations are under way on the peace terms needed to secure justice.
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Asquith
Germany
London
House of Commons
Fryatt
Villa massing his command near Durango border
El Paso reports private dispatches say Villa is assembling his forces near the Durango border along the Mexican National railway. The move is believed to aim at seizing a train and dashing toward Torreon or other large state centers.
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el Paso
Villa
Durango
Mexican National Railway
Torreon
Submarine sighting near Grand Banks reported
The crew of the War ren Jiner Sachem reported a submarine believed to be the German merchantman Deutschland off Grand Banks Saturday, seen by La Pallace France and Liverpool observers. The submersible moved northeast at moderate speed.
Prohibition Campaign Grants Reported in Indiana
Indianapolis reports a $100000 gift for Prohibition plus an additional $50000 to the National Prohibition party campaign fund from Mr and Mrs John F Coffin of Johnstown Flu la. The Coffins had previously donated $50000 to the campaign.
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Indianapolis
National Prohibition Party
John F. Coffin
Johnstown
American Soldier Kills Carranza Officer at Ca lonia Dublan
An American provost guard shot and killed a Carranza officer at Colonia Dublan after the officer fired on the guard. The soldier was exonerated of all blame.
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San Antonio
Calonia Dublan
Georgia Senate Passes Bill Allowing Women to Practice Law
The Georgia senate approved a house bill granting women the right to practice law in Atlanta. The measure now goes to the governor after years of defeats for similar bills.
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Atlanta
Georgia Senate
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