Labor Executives Seek Veto of Bill by Wilson
The executive committee of the AFL denounces the Winslow Townsend Bill as unjust to railroads and urges President Wilson to veto. It vows to pressure Congress to block any override that would force immediate $600,000 payments to railroads under the Transportation Act. The meeting also backs Porto Rican workers and calls for applying U S protections to them.
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Washington
Wilson
National and International Trades Unions of American Federation of Labor
Congress
Raoad
Resolution Aid
Porto Rico
Uited
Conress
Weak Liverpool Influences Market on Cotton Prices
In New York on February 24 the cotton market opened steady to lower due to weak Liverpool cables and unfavorable Manchester advice. Southern and local selling pushed prices down with the active months slipping from last night, March at 12.50 and May at 12.41, while the overall tendency remained weak.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
Lawyer Jailed For Fist Attack
Columbia attorney Barney Evans was arrested by South Carolina lawmakers for assaulting Representative Claude N. Satt, spent the night in jail, and apologized before the house. he was released. The report also cites quotes on education, gender roles, and economic views from public figures and mentions Dr. R. V. Pierce and his Golden Medical Discovery with sales near a million bottles last year.
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Columbia
D. C
Barney Evans
South Carolina House of Representatives
Claude N. Satt
Evans
Pennsylvania
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Golden Medical Discovery
United States
Railway prompts patronage with freight service details
The company lists contact numbers for information on embargoes routes and rates and promotes next morning delivery for freight moved between High Point and Thomasville. It names stations at Thomasville Winston Salem Roanoke Norfolk Hagerstown Florence Atlanta and urges freight to be at the station before 4 46 PM for morning delivery.
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High Point
Thomasville
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LABOR
Winslow-Townsend
Prof
Howard W. Nudd
Public Education Association
Sir John Cockburn
London
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Germany
Great Britain
Y. R Railway CO
N. C
Winston-Salem
Roennoke, Va
Norfolk, Va
Hagerstown, Md
Florence
Atlanta, Ga
Aroa
Tfird’s
Efird’s
York
Pateice
Lonsdale Middie
Lonsdale
Wearwell
Renfrew Ginghams
Bian Warten Hanes
Hanes
B. V. May
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