Warner Concedes as Strike Continues in Garment Shops
Workers press demands with threat of ongoing strike after Warner and union officials report concessions. A protocol of peace is accepted at Warner's shop while wage increases vary from 19 to 60 percent in other corset factories, and talks resume at Eagles Hall as union leaders seek broader terms.
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Vietory
Awatr Ots Brothers
Ast
Warner
Itvre
Crown-Batcheller
Idseyé- Somers
la Resista
Brothers’ Company
Bridsep
Eagles’ Hall
H. Warner
Warner Company
PeaceyDe Ver
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Parker Haseen
Right to Brew 2.75 Beer in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard appeals from federal decrees quashing indictments against the Standard Brewing Company under the food control act of 1917. The case centers on whether brewers may manufacture beer containing 2 3 4 percent alcohol, a question key to wartime prohibition enforcement. The government seeks expedited consideration to avoid delay beyond constitutional amendment timelines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Baltimore
Standard Bowing Company
Do Not Leave Town This Summer Notice
Instruction to arrange The Standard Telegram to follow readers to vacation homes. Ad offers daily mail subscription at 50 cents per month.
Bridgeport Workers Walk Out Over 44 Hour Week Demands
Bryant Electric workers quit en masse to press a 44 hour week and higher wages. Remington Yost employees rejected a 48 hour compromise. Graphophone plant employees prepared demands for a 44 hour week with 20 percent pay raise, equal pay for women, and overtime and holiday time rules. A meeting at Colonial Hall heard plans to present these demands to management.
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Remington-Yost
Bridgeport
Bryant, Eléctric
Graphophons
Colonial Hall
Fairfield Avenue
Tre M. Ornburn
Federation of
Federa 'Vaneral “Increise
Ing S
State Funds Ample for Soldiers Aid in 1913 Plan
Hartford July 28 Treasurer G Harold Gilpatric announced the department is prepared to advance funds under the 1913 act to aid discharged soldiers sailors and marines. He said money will be available for distribution as soon as the organized structure forms and the board of control is approached. He anticipated a Connecticut American Legion branch in August to secure authorized funds for the men in service.
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Hartford
Harold‘Gilpatric
Gilpatric
Board of Control
Connecticut
The
American
Legion
President Wilson Sees Senators and Officials in Busy Conferences
Washington July 32 The bedridden president Wilson shows signs of recovery and spent a busy day in conferences with Republican senators on peace and treaty matters and with other officials. Admiral Cary and Dr. Grayson say he must take care for several days but shows no major concern.
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Washington
Wilson
Cary
T. Grayson
Bridgeport Manufacturers Oppose the Closed Shop
Bridgeport manufacturers at a meeting of their association last night voiced unqualified opposition to the closed shop. The statement praised the open shop as fair to all workers and declared that employment should not require joining a union, urging continued opposition to any preferential union shop.
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Bridgeport
George, S. Hawley
Manufacturers’ Association
Manufacturers’ Association of Bridgeport
Ory
Giants of Pacific Fleet Near Collision on the High Seas
Aboard the flagship USS New Mexico the Pacific fleet faces a near collision as Admiral Odman orders speed to avert danger. Officers note the tense atmosphere and compare the command style to British fleet leadership, amid a critical waterway canal dispute and a high seas standoff.
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iMéw
Mexico
Issippi
Rodman
Panama
S. S. New Mexico
Associated Press
Odman
Coli Ion
Lertau
Qnartey
Mississippi
Oine
Memow
Motorcycle Crash Injures Local Brewer in Bridgeport
Arthur Buell 51, a brewery clerk of 759 Colorado Avenue, is in Bridgeport hospital with a broken ankle and bruises after his motorcycle sidecar collided with an automobile driven by Hunyold Sears of Brookfield Massachusetts on Wallfield Avenue near Grove Street. Witnesses say Sears turned suddenly, causing the crash that threw Buell from the cycle.
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Arthur Buell
Colorado Avenue
Bridgeport
Hunyold
Sears
Brookfield
Mass
Wallfield Avenue
Grove Street
Buell
Buel
Bridgeport Hospital
Robinson Circus Shifts Location to Fairfield Avenue Lot
The Robinson Circus announced it will perform on the regular Fairfield avenue lot beyond the viaduct instead of Boston avenue. Parade routes remain Fairfield avenue to Main, to State and back, with changes to the morning schedule.
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John ‘Robinson
Bridgeport
Fairfield Avenue
Boston Avenue
Main
Chamber declines to finance surplus government stocks
Seward B Price, executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber will not undertake to finance the purchase and distribution of surplus government foodstuffs now sold to cities. Mayor Wilson noted the city cannot act under charter provisions, suggesting the chamber take up the matter with possible assistance. The executive committee deemed such a move hazardous given local retailers’ readiness to bid for the goods. The issue awaits organization willing to fund the effort or philanthropic backing.
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Seward B. ‘Price
Chamber’ of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Noty
Wilson
A.A. Stewart
New York City
Price
Deportation Plan for 612 Enemy Aliens Voted In House
Washington July 22 The House Immigration Committee unanimously reported a bill to deport 612 enemy aliens for violations of war statutes. The aliens are interned at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia and Fort Douglas Utah. They would receive hearings by the Department of Justice before deportation.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Douglas
Utah
Department of Justice
Ukrainian Red Army Captures Konstantinograd
Telegram dispatch from Moscow reports Ukrainian Red Army troops have captured Konstantinograd. The British press notes strategic Soviet coverage while Paris coverage cites a chamber vote of confidence andPoland's occupation of Tarnepe amid cabinet changes in France.
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London
Jay
Moscow
American Citizen Held Captive by Menigan Bandits
Lawrence L. Shipley, an American citizen, was kidnapped by Mexican bandits near Fresnillo, according to a state department report. Henry Fletcher, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, told the House Rules Committee that about fifty Americans have been killed or outraged in Mexico since 1917 with no prosecutions, and he warned withdrawal of recognition would worsen tensions.
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Washington
Lawrence. L. Shipley
Fresnillo
Mexico
State Department
Shipley
Yeringto
Nevada
Ite
Department
Rence
Henry
JP. Fletcher
United States
House
Gould
Congressional
Atttacks
Fletcher
United
Henry Fletcher
House Pules Committee
Chiairin Campbell
Plstcher
Campbell
Columbus
Ypress
Wletehergald
Senate Committee Rejects Provisional Treaty Powers
The Foreign Relations Committee voted no power exists to execute treaty provisions before ratification. Senator Knox introduced the resolution. by an 8 to 7 vote it expressed no opinion on the President's power. President Wilson pressed for provisional appointment of a representative to the reparations commission amid ongoing treaty discussions.
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
White House
Nppower
Knox
Pennsylvania
Moses
New Hampshire
Committee
Lodge
Germany
McNary
Oregon
Teouchi
Dakota
Kentucks
Ison
Edge
New Jersey
Calder
New York
Cummins
Iowa
Hase
Shantung
Rhode Island company men reply to governor Beuskman
Receivers of the Rhode Island company sent a letter to Governor Beuskman in response to his request for arbitration over a street railway strike. The receivers did not disclose letter content, reaffirming their view that arbitration authority rests with them as appointees of the four trustees and cannot be delegated to others.
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Rhode, Island Company
Mrhode
Island ‘Company
Beuskman
Race riots erupt in Washington as guardsmen fall
Washington scenes of violence erupt after white women are attacked and three nights of rioting leave several dead and many wounded. Home guardsmen Isaac Halbfinger killed by a shot to the heart, another guard mortally wounded, and attackers fled. Troops from Camp Meade and local forces reinforce the district as President Wilson and Secretary Baker consider martial law measures.
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Washington
Horme-Defen
Eighth
M Streets
Isaac ‘Halbfinger
Halbfinger
Rainton Panion’s
Shervitt
Prince County
Maryland
District
Columbia
Hyattsville
Palice A
Camp
Meade
Wilson
Baker
Seer Baker
Camp Meadecongi
A William
Daniels
Clark
Florida
Embrson
Ohio
Valle
Curse Rests on Gotham Commuters as Rain Delays Railways
New York July 22 St Swithin the long rain snarls hit New Yorkers for eight days. Tonight the downpour tied up parts of the Long Island and Pennsylvania railroads delaying more than 19,000 homeward bound commuters for nearly three hours. A sagging transmission cable between the Long Island City power house and Newark broke its fastening causing a general fuse blowout.
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New York
St. Lwithin
Long Island
Pennsylvania
Long Island City
Newark
Tiger Launches Confidence Fight In Chamber Of Deputies
Paris July 22 The vote of confidence debate opened in the Chamber as Clemenceau and all ministers sat on the government bench. Francois-Fournier criticized the economic policy behind Boret's resignation and warned of a serious economic situation. Noulens outlined policy to boost wheat and sugar and vowed to prosecute food speculators. Clementel urged world wheat and sugar control and announced allied conferences with neutral nations to address the global economic crisis.
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Paris
Havas
Clemenceau
Chamber ‘of Deputies
Francois- Fournier
M. Clemenceau
M. Francois-Fournier
M. Boret
M. Prancois-Mournier
Italy
Cchamber
M. Joseph J
BE. Noulens
St. Clementel
Ino
Chinese Delegate in Capital To Discuss Shantung Question
Dr. Chao Chu Wu arrived in Washington to confer with Senators and officials on the Shantung settlement. He said China will submit the Shantung issue to the League of Nations when formed and will not sign the peace treaty yet seeks freedom to act in the future. Wu criticized Japan for promising political rights while keeping economic control, citing South Manchuria as an example.
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Washington
Chao Chu Wu
Shantung
China
League of Nations
Hina
Wihattever
Japan
Shanlung
Dr. Wu
Manchuria
Must Support Family Or Face Jail Sentence
Lawrence Deletro of 277 Hampton Avenue was arraigned in court yesterday morning on a non support charge involving his wife and three minor children. The judge ordered him to pay weekly or risk a full sentence, with a two week continuation to allow Celebro to arrange payment.
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Lawrence Deletro
Hamton Avenue
Bartlett
Vase
Celebro
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