Wilson's State of the Union Message On Rail Rules
President Wilson urges swift action on rail labor issues and expands the Interstate Commerce Commission. He supports an eight hour day for railway workers, prompt rate review, public arbitration, and wartime rail control powers. Also calls for broader foreign commerce freedom and reforms for Porto Rico and election spending laws.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Execu’tive
House of Representatives
Senate
House of Ee
Porto Rico
Bound to Make Good at the Local Drug Store
A well dressed stranger enters a drug store and politely asks to consult the proprietor’s directory. The exchange highlights reliable service, the store’s reputation, and offers stamps and railway time tables among goods available.
Franklin the county seat boasts mills and railways
Franklin, a county seat with a college, factories, flour mills, railways, interurbans and a Masonic home, considered a strong town. A Methodist conference in town overlapped with a session at Hopewell church when a Presbyterian delegate mistook the location and asked if this was Hopewell.
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Franklin
Methodist Churches
Indianapolis
Embarrassing Moment At Authors Banquet With Cobb
War correspondent Irvin Cobb, home from Europe, attends a New York authors banquet. A deaf man at the table applauds a funny story loudly and calls for the speaker to recount the tale, prompting a resumption of the same story.
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Irvin Cobb
Europe
New York
Cobb
Charlie
Undertaker Opens Grave Silence for Remarks
At a funeral the undertaker invites tributes from mourners. A young man asks if any remarks are allowed and then offers to speak about southern California and its climate, drawing a light from the moment’s pause.
Bath Congress in Second Session
The Sixty fourth Congress opens with routine business as the Senate convenes, honors Senator Clarke, and the House introduces about 250 bills. Lawmakers push measures to curb the high cost of living, including provisions on food in parcels post and regulated cold storage and interstate food transport.
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Senate
Washington
House
Champ Clark
Spea
Congress
Marshall
Senator Clarke
Arkansas
Fltzgerald
New York
Fitzgerald
US Navy Proclaims Military Government in Santo Domingo
Captain S. Knapp reports the United States has proclaimed military government in Santo Domingo at 4 p m on November 29. Arms rules are enforced, salaries for government officials resume, and the proclamation is well received. About 1,800 marines are in Santo Domingo with 900 in Haiti and Secretary Daniels believes the force is ample to handle the situation.
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Washington
Navy Department
4. S. Knapp
United States
San Domingo
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Daniels
World News Condensed: Boldt Death and Political Trends
George C. Boldt dies at 65 in his Waldorf Astoria hotel suite. The Republican Congressional Campaign Committee reports 346 031 spent with 308 800 raised and a 34 700 balance. An estate of 3 189 965 is left by Thomas L Shevlin. Henry van Dyke resigns as minister to the Netherlands and John W Garrett is named likely successor. Also Thaddeus A Thomas and William Hornibrooks resignations are announced. A universal military service bill will be introduced with War Department backing.
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New York
George C. Boldt
Philadelphia
Washington
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Minneapolis
Thomas L. Shevlin
Yale
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
John W. Garrett
Baltimore
Argentina
Garrett
Thaddeus A. Thomason
Colombia
William Hornibrook
Siam
Congress
War Department
Germanic Armies Close On Bucharest In Major Advance
Berlin reports three Germanic formations under Field Marshal von Mackensen unite near Bucharest and push from north west and south capturing 8000 prisoners and 85 cannons. Bucharest bombarded eleven miles distant as Rumanians fall back to the Arges. Mackensen to command combined forces. Falkenhayn loses northern army command. Allies pledge decisive action against King Constantine.
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London
von Mackensen
Bucharest
Theorth
Berlin
Copenhagen
Mackensen
Serbia
Rumania
Falkenhayn
Constanti
Athens
Robert Cecil
Constantine
Acropolis Clash Sparks Greek Crisis With French Sailors
Firing between French sailors and Greek troops near Athens triggers a panic as crowds flee, shops close, and the Athens Army Corps mobilizes under King Constantine. Two French cruisers enter Phaleron harbor after Greece rejects Allied demands to surrender arms and ammunition.
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London
Daily Mail
Athens
Acropolis
Piraeus
Thesse
Phaleron Harbor
Promises To Germans Hinted Before Christmas
London reports mysterious promises offered to the German people about paid tidings to be received before Christmas. The dispatch notes a Bulgarian premier hint tied to acceptable news and says the Reichstag president suggests the body may convene earlier than planned.
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London
Reichstag
Belgian Workers Claim Slavery Under German Rule
An appeal to American workers from Belgian laborers in Belgium declares fifty thousand Belgians are enslaved by the German occupation. It says Germany has idled 500,000 workers through seizure of materials and machines and has plundered Belgium of 1 billion francs.
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Paris
Belgium
Asquith Out as British Premier
London reports Herbert H. Asquith resigns as Prime Minister after cabinet split over the War Council plan. King invites Andrew Bonar Law to form a new government as coalition tensions and Lloyd George allied efforts unsettle Britain amid likely political upheaval.
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London
Herbert H. Asquith
War Council
Andrew Bonar Law
Asquith
Treasury
Bonar Law
Lloyd George
Northcliffe
Northcline
Admiralty
Britain
Carranza Forces Enter Chihuahua City in Battle with Villa
General Ozuna and General Murgula lead Carranza troops into Chihuahua City after Villa is driven from the state capital and retires westward. Mirgua’s unit moves north from Torreon, while reports say many Villa followers are captured or killed and foreigners chiefly Chinese suffer. Juarez dispatch notes remnants of Carranza army camp south of Juarez after four days of intense fighting and a grim evacuation.
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Juarez
Mexico
Carlos Ozuna
Francisco Murgula
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
Chihuahua
Mirguia
Torreon
Rumanians’ Fate in War News and Allied Air Victories
The report notes Romania’s crisis beyond Bucharest as German and Russian statements dispute the outcome for Romanian forces. Sub-Lieut Nimger shot down two Somme aircraft, totaling 20. British advance east of Albert-Warlencourt failed, while German bells marked a Kaiser-ordered triumph on the Arges river. Trevelyan urges Wilson to speak for peace.
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Rumania
Bucharest
Teuton Vise
Numgesser
Somme
Paris
German Empire
Arges
Argesul
Germany
Romania
Great Britain
Charles P. Trevelyan
Wilson
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Dept. of Labor
Dept. of Justice
Knapp
World’s News
Teuton Cannon Shell
Entente
Piratus
Greece
du Fournet
Danube
Stokhod
Kovel
Guerrero
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