President May Confer With Britain and France on War Measures
Washington reports the President plans talks with Great Britain and France to discuss con cration for protection of shipping lanes and possible mobilization. Secretary Daniels orders sixty submarine chasers built at New York Navy Yard, deliveries in 60 to 80 days at $30,000 each.
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Washington
New York Navy Yard
Danivis
France
Navy Department
Daniels
Ain
United States
Annapolis
See
Railroad Strike Settled Eight Hour Day Agreement Reached
The railroads and their employees settled after a year of dispute over hours and wages. The eight hour day with pro rata overtime pay is now in effect, with back pay to be determined. Franklin Lane praised mediation. W G Lee said overtime will shrink with faster schedules. The final agreement sets overtime rules for road and yard service and specifies pay scales under the new plan.
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New York
Fay
Www
Lee
Bromade
Lane Express
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Brotherhood
the Council of National Defense
Kendrick Leaves for Sheridan Ahead of Congress Opening
Senator Kendrick and Gen Stor John B Kendrick depart for Sheridan Wyoming as the congress session nears its opening. The journey marks a brief homeward pause before the term begins in Washington.
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Washington
John B. Kendrick
Sheridan
Wyo
Supreme Court Affirms Adamson Wage Law 5 to 4
The Supreme Court, in a five to four decision, upholds the Adamson Act as constitutional and enforceable. It declares interstate commerce public and that Congress may fix eight hours and wages for rail workers, with broad impact on railroads and trainmen starting January 1. Justices White McKenna Holmes Brandeis Clarke form the majority. Day Van Devanter Pitney McReynolds dissent.
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Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Congress
White
MecKenna
Holmes
Brandeis
Clarke
Day
van Devanter
Pitney
McReynolds
Edison Plant Threatened. Police Guard Surrounds Site
A squad of policemen patrolled the streets around the Thomas A. Edison plant after Mr. Edison received letters threatening the dynamiting of the plant. Police were placed on guard to prevent any attack.
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Orange
WN. J
Thomas A. Whison
Edison
Murder Trial Set at West Side Court in Denver
Denver March 19 The doors are to be locked at the West Side court as Mrs Gtella Emwirth faces murder charges. Crowds have stormed the sessions and their curiosity is to be restrained when she testifies in her own behalf.
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Sahijwahte
Peter Olf
Weparioent
Wil Motor Boats
Denver
Old West Side Court
Gtella Emwirth
Whole Country United by Long Fight for Americanism
By J. C. O Mahoney veterans of the Confederacy plan an encampment in June in Washington to reaffirm unity and enduring republican principles. Fifty years ago under Robert E Lee they sought to encircle the capital by force during four years of war. Now the nation is at war and the United States faces a global conflict.
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J. C. O'Mahoney
Washington, D. C
Robert KE. Lee
United States
Relief crew of Dutch steamer Selein killed by submarine
A Dutch steamer chartered by the Belgian Relief commission was shelled by a submarine near Stavanger. The boat carried the first, second and third mates and five seamen, all of whom were killed according to Stavanger reports.
Interned German Sailors Try to Escape Philadelphia Yard
Sailors from German commerce destroyers interned at the Philadelphia navy yard attempted an escape tonight. Local guards repelled the effort with minimal disturbance and no injuries reported.
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Teuton
Philadpelpiua
Conmmerce
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Court Decree Duts Utah Power Bodies Across Federal Lands
Washington March 1 The Supreme Court sustained injunctions ousting Utah Slydro Electric Power from federal forest lands and upheld federal and limited state sovereignty to resource development in western public land states. Regulations from Agriculture and Interior departments’ conservation policy and decrees forcing removal of property with federal permits were maintained, affecting companies in several states.
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Washington, D. C
Utah
Allied Troops Pursue Homebound Germans Along West Front
Allied forces press the German retreat along the western front from Arras to the Solombres region. Forty more villages were captured, with about a hundred more taken in three days, as the Rt. Quentin Laon line nears St Quentin. German evacuations leave the land devastated while British advances accelerate and wells tainted by poison are reported in one instance.
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West Front
CT. Quentin
Associated Press
France
Arras
Nouthust
Solacons
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Zilbon
Great Britain
Cabinet
Wilson
Germany
Plymouth
Sen. Kendrick
White Gives
Smith
Utah Power Bodies
Saveduy
Rt. Quentin Laontine
St. Quentin
Astin
Marek St
Boghind
Somme
Wells
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