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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1916
Page
14
The Adamson bill and the Senate agreed to end debate at 4 p m and vote by 6 p m. The Senate adjourned at 11 01 p m to resume at 10 oclock tomorrow. Employees leaders warn the eight hour law must pass by midnight Saturday or the strike set for 7 a m Monday will proceed.
A heated House debate centers on the Adamson bill and the Underwood wage fixing amendment as representatives insist on an eight hour day without arbitration. Senators and speakers fill the galleries while party leaders and supporters argue outcomes for rail labor rules.
The Senate ended a three hour debate and adjourned after 11 PM as the House bill on the Adamson eight hour standard moved toward President Wilson for signature. The vote tally showed only two Democrats opposed in the House with broad Republican support and a Socialist yes.
Representative Cooper of Ohio testifies on the Adamson bill saying he worked twenty years in the engine cab and knows railroad conditions. He says workers are justified in demanding better hours and that the bill offers the only way to avert the strike set for Monday.
In Washington on September 1 the Adamson eight hour bill faces a pivotal amendment granting the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to fix railroad employees hours and wages. Labor leaders oppose but may accept if Congress backs the measure, while Senator Reed warns it could trigger a strike.
Prominent Catholic women residents of the south shore gathered yesterday at the Pemberton Inn under the Catholic Women's Club of the south shore. It was the first in a series of summer meetings to continue next year with several hundred women in attendance.
Joseph Aselin of Somerville, foreman of Lexington's sewer gang, was badly injured yesterday when a large pipe lowered into a 15 foot trench behind the Buckman Tavern slipped and pinned him to the trench bottom.
A conclusive note from Austria-Hungary on the Petrolite case has arrived at the State Department. The communication will not be released until Secretary Lansing's return next week, but officials say it includes a supplementary statement of facts and explains delays in replying to the U S demand for apology and reparations after an Austrian submarine shelled the American tanker and seized part of its supplies.
Reuters dispatch from Athens says the Greek elections are likely delayed by a fortnight due to the changed situation. An allied fleet from Saloniki has arrived, with ships at Salamis Piraeus and Phaleron. Earlier reports had set elections for October 8.
Athens dispatch reports Bulgarian forces evacuating the town of Sorovitz near Florina after failing to capture Gornitchovo. The move comes as fighting continues on the Serbian front, with Bulgarian efforts repelled at the east Florina area.
German army headquarters reports limited British activity north of the Somme and successful counterattacks near Longueval Delville Wood. French assaults near Barleaux Soye are repelled, with heavy fighting in Estrees Soyecourt. Six aircraft downed in Somme, one in Meuse, another east of Ypres. Eastern front notes Russian gains at Lutsk area then counterattacked. two officers and 407 men captured. Archduke Charles group reports battles on 24 kilometer front near Nosow and Dniester. Carpathians partial gains and steadfast Schopitz position. Balkan front cites Serb attacks breaking down on Ceganska Planina Moglena fronts.
Paris dispatch reports a day of limited ground fighting with an intensive air war. German planes were shot down by French anti aircraft fire and by gunners near Douaumont Manaucourt Peronne and Somme Suippes. Artillery and a surprise trench attack yielded prisoners and minor damage along the Somme Oise and Aisne fronts.
Reports from Saloniki claim King Constantine steps down with Crown Prince George set to ascend, Venizelos backing the new regime. Allied observers note a possible shift toward benevolent neutrality while revolutionary clashes and fort seizures unfold in Saloniki amid wider European war updates.
An Entente allied fleet of 23 warships and seven transports reached the port of Piraeus near Athens on September 1, reported via London at 11 30 p m The arrival marks a significant naval reinforcement in the region.
The British statement notes five attacks on a front of about 8000 yards between Ginchy and High Wood. Four were repelled with heavy losses. the fifth breached our trench line at two points. It adds north of Beauvrains we hit batteries and caused a large explosion, gas was released at Ypres with satisfactory results. No major Mesopotamia developments aside from two bombing raids on Turkish positions on the Tigris.
Rumanian war office reports troops occupy Petroseny and the Tarlunge valley near Kronstadt Brasso, with gains on northern fronts and minimal losses. On the southern front Hungarian monitors bombarded Turnu Magureli and Zimnitza along the Danube.
The official Russian report details fighting along the Western front near Baranovichi and Halicz with aerial combat and artillery exchanges. It notes major captures of 289 officers and 15,501 men, including 2400 Germans, plus Turkish counterattacks repulsed to the west of Gumushkhane and Erzingan and a bayonet assault near Tchorouza.
Rome reports a war office briefing from Sept 1 detailing Allied and Austrian actions. Austrians attacked Sugana and Brenta valleys but were repelled with hundreds dead and 85 taken prisoner. Italian forces captured enemy arms following saps in Monta Cimone. Isonzo fighting saw enemy assault repelled near Gorizia and Oppacchi asella with shelling on Cormons and Gorizia injuring hospital staff.
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