Banquet Set as Rail Unions Clash with Managers
In New York on March 15 the eight hour day dispute between four railway brotherhoods and managers stalled after an hour with no firm agreement. An adjournment to 4 p.m. gave time for a possible counter plan while both sides eyed broader wartime factors. A ban on strike until court rulings on the Adamson law looms, with 466,000 workers affected. Separately, Travelers' Protective Association locals approve an April 10 banquet with Dan W. Sale among out of town guests.
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Railway Brotherhoods
Brotherhoods
W. G. Lee
Wilson
Railway Brotherhood
Supreme Court
Travelers’ Protective Association
Dan W. Sale
Lynchburg
O. E. Wilson
C. D. Smith
G. W. Clark
C. F. Tomlinson
J. F E. Marsh
Rail unions near eight hour day with nine hours pay
Chicago March 15 A report from a knowledgeable source says railway brotherhoods compromise calls for an eight hour day with pay for nine hours rather than the ten hours originally demanded. It would set a proportional rate based on mileage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Rail unions pledge support for eight hour day talks
A 1917 Cleveland letter to President Wilson from leaders of the Order of Railway Conductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen states they will reassess the eight hour controversy on March 15 with the national railroad conference. They express willingness to negotiate and pledge full support to the president if the nation enters war.
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Wilson
Cleveland
Ohio
National Conference Committee of
L. E. Sheppard
W. G. Lee
W. S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. 8. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Bickett Names Men for Positions
Governor Bickett recommended to the prison board several appointments including J. R. Collie of Louisburg as superintendent, E. F. McCulloch of White Oak as chief clerk, Warden S. J. Busbee of Raleigh, and physicians for the prison and insane department Dr. Carl W. Bell and Dr. E. Judd of Raleigh. Halifax county farms appoint Capt. C. N. Christian and Capt. J. Khem, with Dr. F. M. Register of Halifax as physician.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Bickett
Prison Board
J. R. Collie
Louisburg
E. F. McCulloch
White
Professor blamed in death wound claim at VPI
Roanoke Va March 15 Stockton Heath Jr died after a death bed statement attributed to Professor Charles E Vawter of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The statement reportedly made at the Vawter home in Blacksburg was witnessed by relatives but details were unspecified at Heaths bedside.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Stockton Heath, Jr
Charles E. Vawter
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Vawter
Blackburg
Heath
Rex Lumber Company Receives Charter in Raleigh
Raleigh March 15 The Rex Lumber Company of Lenoir Caldwell County capitalized at 25000 was chartered by the secretary of state. The firm plans to manufacture and sell lumber and mine and market ores and metals.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Rex Lumber Company
Lenoir
Caldwell County
Secretary of State
Senate approves resolution on ships entering American registry
Washington March 15 Senator Stone introduced a measure asking the secretary of commerce to provide the Senate with a list of ships that have entered American registry in the past fifteen months and all related details. The resolution was adopted by the Senate today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Stone
Secretary of Commerce
Senate
Hallsboro Plans New Presbyterian Church Building
Wilmington reports Charles H. Rankin a millman will donate all timber for the church at Hallsboro and John Hall a site for the Presbyterian congregation that currently lacks a church. Rev J S Crowley announced the plan yesterday.
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Hallsboro
Wilmington
Charles H. Rankin
John Hall
J. S. Crowley
Captain Boy-Ed Leads Greeting for Count Bernstorff
Berlin reports Captain Boy-Ed former naval attache to the German embassy at Washington was among the first to greet Count von Bernstorff when the special train from Warnemünde pulled into Stettiner Bahnhof.
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Count Bernstorff
Berlin
Sayville
Count von Bernstorff
Warnemmende
Stettiner Bahnhof
Captain Boy-Ed
Washington
Cotton Futures Open Steady Then Firm In Cotton Market
Cotton opened steady in Cotton, New York, with May at 17.61, July 17.49, Oct 16.75, Dec 16.89. It moved from a slight decline to a firmer tone with old crop rising 7 to 9 points and new crop 9 to 11 points, May reaching 7.90 and Oct at 16.87.
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New York
Wheat Prices Rise on Lighter Railway Strike Fears
Chicago wheat markets showed strength as strike fears eased and light offerings supported gains. May futures edged up to 1.77 5 8 per bushel and July moved to 1.52 5 8, reflecting the improved outlook and firmer demand.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cotton consumption and stocks in February report
Washington reports February cotton consumption in the United States reached 547,203 running bales excluding linters. On hand at consuming establishments February 28 totaled 2,167,288 bales, up from last year, while public storage and at compresses stood at 3,435,273 bales, down from the prior year. Active spindles in February were 33,117,090, compared with the previous year.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Gerard Heads to New York for Reception After Germany Report
Washington March 15 Former Ambassador Gerard prepared to amplify his Germany conditions report at the state department before leaving for New York to attend a reception there tomorrow. He is expected to return within a few days.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gerard
State Department
Germany
New York
Soldier of German birth arrested at Fort Bliss over border activities
El Paso March 15 a soldier of the seventeenth United States cavalry is under arrest at Fort Bliss while investigators probe his links to German activities on the border. Authorities say important papers were found in his possession.
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el Paso
Tex
Seventeenth United States Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Germans withdrawing faster than anticipated on Somme front
Brigadier-General Frederick B. Maurice, chief director of military operations at the war office, told the Associated Press that German withdrawals on the Somme were proceeding faster than expected and that the entire new line could soon lie on the reverse side of the Bavarian ridge.
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Associated Press
London
Frederick B. Maurice
War Office
Somme
Bapaume Ridge
Embargo Ordered by Chesapeake and Ohio Officials
Lynchburg Virginia March 15 local freight representatives of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway announced an absolute freight embargo effective at midnight for all destinations except fuel coal. The action is said to be due to an impending strike.
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Lynchburg
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Bonar Law Proposes £64 Million Credit for Current Year
London reports that Andrew Bonar Law chancellor of the exchequer introduced a supplementary vote of credit totaling sixty four million pounds for the current year. The measure aims to provide additional funding to the government programs and finances.
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Associated Press
London
Andrew Bonarlaw
Grayson Confirmed as Navy Medical Director and Rear Admiral
Grayson was confirmed by the Senate today as medical director and rear admiral in the navy.
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Washington
Carey T. Grayson
Senate
Navy
North Carolina Cavalry Heads Home From El Paso
The ambulance corps field hospital and troops A and B of the North Carolina cavalry left El Paso last night to be mustered out of the federal service and return to home stations.
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North Carolina Cavalry
el Paso
Tex
Revolution Stirs Russia Said by Berlin in Dispatch
Reports via Berlin claim a successful Russian revolution with a provisional government led by the Duma president after dissolution orders were rejected. Imperial ministers were dismissed and detained as about 30,000 people and troops seized Petrograd, with order nearing restoration on the third day.
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Russia
Berlin
Petrograd
Duma
Ganized
Alleged negro charged with marrying white woman in High Point
Charles Crews a 40 year old man testified he did not know his race claiming his mother told him he was white. He married a white woman after leaving Lenoir and later wed a black widow in High Point. He admitted to both marriages and to passing as white while a member of the Red Men. He was found guilty of miscegenation and bigamy. Bond set at 500 dollars pending appeal.
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Charles Crews
Lenoir
W. L. Teague
High Point
Crews
Teague
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Welch
Norman
Sarah Fry
Red Men
Baptist
Herbert Dooley
Marrial
Dooley
Peacock
Cmes
Superior Court
Greensboro
Western Persia Front Brims with Activity Amid Turkish Retreats
News from the West Persian front shows Turks withdrawing after defeats at Kut ey Marda and Baghdad. Russian columns push from Persia toward the Mesopotamian line, capturing Kermanshah and nearing Mosul while Turkish forces retreat under British pressure. In France and Belgium, aside from British actions, few new details emerge.
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Associated Press
Persia
Mesopotamia
Kut- Ey-Mara
Bagdad
Kermanshah
Baneh
Mosul
Tigris
Samara
Kermashah
Sagamore Sunk Off British Submarine Battle
Boston dispatch reports Warren line agents received word that the British steamer Sagamore sailed February 21 for Liverpool and was sunk by a submarine. The vessel carried 50 crew, no Americans aboard, and a $1,500,000 cargo of general goods and munitions.
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Associated Press
Boston
Warren Line
Sagamore
Liverpool
England
Arming of Merchantmen May Have Grave Result
Rome reports Signor Scialoia warns that arming American merchant vessels could have grave international legal consequences. He says the move will lessen the submarine threat to Allied supplies from the United States and notes impressions of British naval strength after a Petrograd trip.
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Rome
Paris
Signor Seialoia
Boselli
Associated Press
United States
Signor Scialoia
Petrograd
Italy
England
Weather Outlook for Interior and West Regions
Fair tonight and Friday with light frost possible tonight in interior areas. Warmer Friday in the west portion with moderate north and northeast winds.
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Recetpion
C. F. Long
J. E. Kirkman
W. D. Brooks
A.S. Parker
W. F. Norman
J. T. Weaver
J. E. Marsh
R. B. Terry
R. R. Ragan
Frank Wineskie
L. C. Petrie
RER Lumber Company
New Credit For
Britain
Grayson
Eich
West Persian
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