Labor Delegates Push Coal to New England Amid White House Talks
Delegates from New England labor leaders met with President Wilson, Director General McAdoo, and Shipping Board Chair Hurley to urge immediate steps to deliver more coal to the region. Officials offered no firm plans but said efforts would continue to speed coal shipments and prevent industrial shutdowns.
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Washington
New England
Wilson
McAdoo
Hurley
Shipping Board
President Hutcheson Urges End of Carpenter Strike
President Hutcheson and his staff, after receiving the President's message, ordered local strike officials to restore carpenters and joiners to shipyard work by tomorrow. He directed wire communications to union leaders in Baltimore and other cities to comply immediately. Hutcheson refused comment, while T. L. Guerin of the executive committee predicted most strikers would return by noon and the strike would end by night.
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New York
Hutcheson
Brotherhood
Baltimore
United States
T. L. Guerin
Germans Try to Electrify U S Patrol Behind Front Lines
Germans attempted to disrupt American operations by wiring a deadly current through field hospital areas behind American lines and tapping telephone networks. They planned to drop bombs on a hospital, sever communications, and use rockets to trigger gas alarms or trigger American barrage fire, but U S observers intercepted the signals in time.
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No Man’s Land
United States
Grave crisis for premier as Robertson dismissal rocks cabinet
The Lloyd George cabinet faces a political crisis following the dismissal of Robertson. With Asquith possibly seeking the premiership, tensions rise over leadership and party control as opposition voices mount.
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Lloyd George
Robertson
Asquith
New Head of British Army An Irishman With the American Army in France
An American patrol in France neared the second German trench but was cut off by a wire line surge of electricity. The men clung to ground to survive the blast and electrocuting fire, then returned to safety when power lapsed. Also notes Lt General Sir Henry Hughes Wilson born in Ireland on May 5 1864 and linked marriage in 1891.
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France
Associated Press
Sir Henry Hughes Wilson
Currygrane
Edgeworthstown
Ireland
Cecil Mary Wray
Ardnamora
Donegal
London
Lloyd George
William Robertson
Cambrai
Labor Endorses War Aims in AFL Declaration
The American Federation of Labor executive council at its seven day meeting in Washington issues a declaration endorsing Wilson war aims. It calls the war a workingman's war and warns that peace talks with Russia and Germany fail until militarists are defeated. It stresses a gigantic upcoming struggle and urges workers to focus on their daily labor.
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Washington
Wilson
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Russia
Germany
Call for Industrial Reform and Labor Protections
A historic plea urges workers to receive decent housing, wage protections, and grievance agencies. It calls for industrial justice and fair labor conditions to ensure workers can live with dignity. The language reflects early labor movement aims for rights and protections.
New England Coal Shortage Sparks White House Conference
After meeting President Wilson, labor delegates urged immediate action to ship 20,000 tons of coal weekly to New England. They warned 360,000 to 500,000 workers could lose jobs within 10 days without relief as winter’s coal shortage worsens supply.
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Wilson
McAdoo
Hurley
E. F. Carey
Shipping Board
New England
Samuel Gompers
J. Frank O’hare
Printing Pressmen’s Union of Boston
J. F. Stevens
Building Trades Council of
Boston
George W. Wrenn
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Martin T. Joyce
Mr. O'Hare
Maine Central Railroad
Storrow
Dainty Rosa Raisa Visits Boston Opera Scene
Dainty Rosa Raisa hailed as a new operatic star tripped down car steps at Back Bay station with the Chicago Opera Company ensemble on tour to the Boston Opera House. It was her first Boston visit and she explored the city by auto two hours later liking it.
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Dainty Rosa Raisa
Rozer Rah-eeza
Back Bay
Chicago Opera Company
Boston Opera House
Mme. Raisa
Boston
Jefferson Davis Provisional Presidency Inaugurated in Montgomery
Today marks the anniversary of Jefferson Davis' inauguration as Provisional President of the Confederate States in Montgomery Alabama. A year ago painter Carolus Duran died in Paris.
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Jefferson Davis
Confederate States
Montgomery
Ala
Carolus Duran
Parts
Boston Area Weather Forecast Grows Warmer Later
Forecast for Boston and vicinity remains fair and cold into Monday and Tuesday with diminishing northwest winds. The national weather summary notes fair conditions for New England with little temperature change, and no major storms anticipated in the near term.
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Boston
Vicinity
Fair
Washington
New England
Wilson intervines in Eastern shipyard strikes rebuking union head
President Wilson issued a sharp rebuke to William L. Hutcheson, head of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, after Hutcheson refused to recall striking ship carpenters pending action by the shipbuilding labor adjustment board. The president’s intervention added pressure on the labor dispute flaring in eastern yards.
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Washington
Wilson
William L. Hutcheson
The
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board
Four Hurt In Skidding Car In Newton Street Crash
A touring car owned by Alfred T. Dean of Wayland skidded and struck a tree on Beacon street Newton at 11 30 last night injuring four occupants. Driver Knox D Brown of Wayland was charged with operating under the influence. Injured were Charles Dean of Wayland and three passengers Mrs Caroline Damon Mrs Mary Frances and Harry Thayer all treated at Newton Hospital or by Dr George L West.
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Alfred T. Dean
Main Street
Wayland
Beacon Street
Newton
Knox D. Brown
Shawmut Avenue
Charles Dean
Newton Hospital
College Girl Deters Burglar With Hot Water Bottle
Dormitory prowlers beware as a college girl from Wellesley College reportedly uses a loaded hot water bottle to deter burglars. Authorities and police keep the secret, but the warning remains public.
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Wellesley College
Intruder Captured After Miss Wellesley Defends Home
At Dr. M C Stone’s residence 148 Bellair avenue off Dover road a man lurked in a bedroom until a maid frightened him with a hot water bottle. She chased him with the bottle and alerted police. Robert Topham of South Natick, 20, was charged with breaking and entering after being identified by two witnesses.
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M. C. Stone
Bellair Avenue
Dover Road
Wellesley
William Armitage
James O’day
South Natick
Stone House
Robert Topham
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