Miners Seek $1 Daily Increase Across Three States
Tri state anthracite miners convention at Shamokin Pa backs a one dollar a day wage raise for all day miners and a two year limit on new contracts. The group also seeks uniform wage scales overtime rates and a check off system while considering a suspension of mining if no agreement is reached by April 1.
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Pope Benedict in critical condition amid pneumonia
Rome dispatch reports Pope Benedict lay between life and death as pneumonia worsened. Doctors described high fever and breathing trouble while a large group of cardinals, diplomats, and clergy waited outside the sick chamber.
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Associated Press
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Raffaele
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Payroll Reduction Sparks City Debate Over Salaries
Mayor Atwater signals a 20 percent payroll cut and urges department heads to trim through job eliminations, salary reductions, or both. He aims to reduce debt while hoping layoffs are avoided, urging swift, efficient actions and clear notices to affected workers.
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Guilt Is Placed On Wife In Federal Court
In Hartford a man named Tony Rojewsky accused in Bridgeport federal court of operating a still blamed his wife for the crime. The court heard her plead guilty as she asked forgiveness for her husband. She received a brief sentence in Bridgeport jail while he appeared unfazed as the judge condemned his attempt to shift guilt.
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Anthony Street
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Eawin S. Thomas
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Lloyd George Fights Rebellious Liberal Wing Over Lords Veto
London Jan 20 Indications from the Liberal conference show Premier Lloyd George plans to oppose the revolutionary unionist wing pushing for restoring the Lords veto. His exact policy to be stated tomorrow, as Churchill is named president of the new National Liberal Party. Churchill’s speech omits Lords reform while Hewart urges retrenchment and reform against unlimited veto.
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President Wilson Attends Public Concert in Washington
President Wilson attended a public concert today with Mrs Wilson. The event featured Toss Masters and a prominent American drum troupe as part of a disabled veterans program at a Washington venue on January 20.
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Wilson
Six New Smallpox Cases Reported in City
Six new smallpox cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total to seventy. One family at 284 Lafayette Street accounted for several cases, with two vaccinated members spared. The health department noted missing vaccination attendance and said actions for those absentees are undecided. One patient was discharged. several others are set to leave by Monday. State Health Commissioner John T. Black conferred with Dr W I Cann, health officer, yesterday.
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Versailles Pact Halts Arms Parley Progress
Senator Lodge told the Senate that the Versailles treaty, rejected twice, blocks Shan tung restoration talks. He said six powers signed to hand Shan tung to Japan, leaving the others unable to adjust the settlement, while Senators Johnson, Borah, and Brandegee challenged his claim and pressed for clarity on Wilson and Harding era policies.
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Wall Street Runaway Market Lifts Steel and Iron Shares
Wall Street opened the year on a runaway note led by steel and iron stocks. Gains surged as merger talks and consolidations fuelled momentum. Gulf States Steel and Replogle led with 8 1/2 and 4 5/8 point advances while Bethlehem, Cru, Sloss Sheffield, Republic, Wandham and others followed with solid early gains before closing mixed.
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Yvenadham
Republic Wand Iron
Atwater Eyes Tax Rate Cut as City Auditor Predicts
City officials debate tax burden as Mayor and Burnham push for economy. Auditor Keating's 23.6 mill rate may drop by about two mills after department salary cuts and reduced wartime spending. Board of Apportionment members pledge to pursue efficiency while preserving essential services.
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Benedict XV Shaped Vatican Diplomacy in War and Peace
Pope Benedict XV, a shrewd diplomat and scholar, steered Vatican policy since 1914. He urged belligerents to seek peace during World War I, welcomed Wilson’s Allied stance, and backed the League of Nations plan while opposing Communism and Bolshevism. His wartime diplomacy echoed in postwar hopes for world peace.
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Ireland Joyous as British Troops Sail
Dublin witnesses the first major British troop evacuation in 730 years amid a bitterly cold day. Thousands watch as troops march to Dublin Bay, with carriages and trains bringing troops away to England. Officials vow to quell disorder as evacuation signals a real start to the exit.
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Chamberlain Reveals Plan to Subdue Ireland
In a January meeting in Angier Chamberlain outlined British plans to raise 100000 extra Tatn to intensify the Irish struggle with martial law. He stated the government has mobilized every spare soldier, yet efforts remain insufficient to end the fight.
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Capital Regrets Pope Illness and Cardinal Away
Washington reports deep regret over Pope Benedict's serious illness with Monsignor Bonamano unable to confirm details beyond telegrams. News notes potential delays for Cardinal Daugherty and mentions 1914 conclave parallels with O’Connell and Gibbons arriving late.
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Prayer for Pope Perseveres Amid Dense Church Fire
Thick smoke filled St Frances of Assisi Church in New York as a fire burning celluloid blankets the area near 2nd Avenue and 32nd Street. Worshippers prayed for the Pope's recovery while smoke and wind swirl through Berard Square. Streetcars were blocked by the dense smoke and debris.
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Pope Benedict Leaves Will to Cardinal Gasparri
Rome January 26 Associated Press Pope Benedict entrusted his pontifical will to Cardinal Gasparri Papal secretary of state and his private will to his nephew Marquis Della Chioga Earlier the Pontiff expressed a wish to write a few words to Cardinal Merry Del Val
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Associated Press
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Trolley Riders Face Five Cent Fare Hike Probe
Norwalk reports show Connecticut company receipts rise $142.44 during the five cent fare test as the city moves toward March 2 approval by the Public Utilities Commission. A proposed shift would raise five cent rides while lowering ten cent fares, with four times as many riders on the five cent line as on the ten cent line. Opposition grows as figures suggest net changes and service adjustments.
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