Senate committee closes hearings on railroad legislation
Public hearings on Wilson suggested railroad bills end as Senate Commerce Committee prepares to mold measures for action. Proposals include banning strikes during investigations, granting presidential power to seize railroads in military need, and letting the ICC set both wages and rates for railroads.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Gompers Opposes Arbitration Measure in Senate Hearings
Samuel Gompers, AFL president, denounces any move to force arbitration between employers and workers. He warns suspending the right to strike during investigation could push toward involuntary servitude. He says he would not interfere even amid disruption if empowered, and questions Adamson law impact. An adjournment move to extend sessions is planned for tomorrow.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Mr. Gompers
Cummins
Brotherhoods
Senate
Horn Case Before Supreme Court Over Bridge Attack
The Supreme Court considered Werner Horn's appeal challenging his 1915 indictment for transporting explosives through Massachusetts after blowing up the International bridge at Vanceboro Maine. Horn's lawyers invoked the laws of nations arguing the act was wartime and connected to destroying the Canadian side.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Werner Horn
International Bridge
Vanceboro
Maine
United States District Court of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Horn
Joseph F. O'Connell
Daniel T. O'Connell
United States
United States Circuit Court
Portland
Held on Arson Charge Hubbard Says He Was Drunk
William L. Hubbard aged 38 faced arson charges in District Court with bail set under 1000. He told Judge C L Hibbard he was drunk and did not know what he was doing. Helen C Lyons reported seeing Hubbard run through a corridor with his coat over his face and then extinguished a closet fire with paper piles.
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Pittsfield
Jan
William L. Hubbard
C. L. Hibbard
District Court
Helen C. Lyons
Shipton Building
Hubbard
Union seeks reconsideration of agricultural pay bill in Congress
The Boston Federal Employees Union affiliated with AF of L aims to pressure H. M. McLarin in Washington to reopen debate on the agricultural bill. The measure would raise pay for lower salaried government workers and carried about 26 million dollars.
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Boston Federal Employees Union
American Federation of Labor
H. M. McLarin
Washington
Boston election officer charges missing voters on 1916 list
Luther Wentworth Bixby, 76, famed as Boston’s oldest election officer, alleges Roxbury voters and residents of his house were omitted from the 1916 voting list. Election commissioners say no remedy since the city election is past.
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Luther Wentworth Bixby
Boston
Roxbury
Bixby
Installation Closes Painters Convention in Boston
The Society of Master House Painters and Decorators of Massachusetts installed officers at Horticultural Hall closing a three day session. Harry B. Kelley urged painters to pursue art courses as a valuable asset while resolutions called for Boston to establish trade and art schools for aspiring painters.
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Harry B. Kelley
Boston
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Archibald
Sunday Post
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