Mediators Conclude Day Amid Rail Labor Talks In New York
National conference of railway managers and labor brothers meet as mediators press for a 10 day truce or until the Adamson law decision. Secretary Wilson says talks with both sides to continue, Gompers absent, sessions resume near 10:30 PM with no overtures reported.
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New York
National Conference Committee of
Brotherhoods
Supreme Court
Lane
Wilson
Department of Labor
Council of National Defense
Washington
Department of the Interior
Samuel Gompers
Presient
American Federation of Labor
Daniel Williard
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Gompers
Brotherhood
British Capture Bapaume Amid Flames In War Front News
London reports Bapaume on the Franco Belgian front has fallen to British forces after stiff fighting. The town was in flames as German retreat plans to set it afire were carried out. Our troops are said to be beyond the town. Separately Washington warns that the Adamson law dispute could trigger a major U.S. railroad strike if mediation fails by 6 p.m. today, detailing costs, scope, and potential regulatory shifts.
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Bapaume
Reuters
White House Says No Reports From Mediators
Washington reports on March 17 that no messages had reached the White House from Secretary Lane or other mediators and it remained unknown what proposition had been presented to the two sides.
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Associated Press
New York
Lane
Washington
White House
Federal Bill Seeks Preven tion of Pennsylvania Strike
In Philadelphia on March 17 a bill in equity was filed in a federal district court by attorney Leighton P. Stradley representing railroad brotherhood members. The action seeks to prevent a walkout, but no judge was present to sign an injunction. The suit claims the current ballot is invalid as it was obtained eight months ago and cancelled last fall with the Adamson Act.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Brotherhoods
Leighton P. Stradley
Adam Mo
Loyal Louisville and Nashville Employees Seen Staying Loyal
Louisv ille March 7 Seventy five per cent of the Louisville and Nashville employees are expected to remain loyal in a strike. About one half of the road's 25 000 men belong to the four brother hoods. Confidence was expressed that the road could continue practically uninterrupted operation.
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Louisville
Nashville
Ceneral Otrces
Railways Face Possible Strike As Courts Rule Looms
New York reports say railway presidents adjourned without statement as the Adamson eight hour law ruling looms. Clerks in Wilmington pledge service if needed as Coast Line readies for possible strike. Chicago receivers seek protection of limited properties and staff. National defense committees fail to avert a 6 p.m. strike with mediators continuing talks.
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New York
Council of National Defense
Wilson weighs options as mediation on rail strike stalls
President Wilson had not received a report by 10.30 from mediators in New York meeting with railway union leaders and managers. He began a study on how to halt a strike if mediation fails. Government legal experts say no specific law limits him, yet in national crises he can act in the public interest.
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Washington
Wilson
New York
Ralway Brotherhood
James York Caught at Pittsburgh
Chief of Police Gray received a Pittsburgh telegram announcing the arrest of James York for the summer murder of Fred Turner during a Wallace crossroads meeting near the city. The warrant will go to Lexing ton solicitor J C Bower for papers from Governor Bickett. A local officer expects York’s transfer next week barring rail disruption.
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Gray
Pittsburgh
James York
Fred Turner
Wallace Crossroads
J. C. Bower
Lexington
Bickett
Prize Money Granted to Lance Crew for 1914 Action
Prize money totaling 4650 dollars was awarded to officers and crew of the destroyer Lance for firing the first shot of the war and sinking the German mine layer Koenigin Louise on August 5, 1914.
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Lemion
Maren
Lance
Strikes Press On As Mediation Fails and Courts Step In
The Dispatches summarize a day of limited talks and unclear outcomes in the railway strike. Mediators reported an unpromising outlook after meetings with managers and brotherhoods. Railroads signaled refusal to yield amid a pending Adamson law decision, while a Pennsylvania court issued an equity bill to bar a strike. Louisville and Nashville said 75 percent of workers would stay loyal and operations would continue.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Pennsylvania
Brotherhoods
Lousville and Nashville Railway
Express Company A Sermon to Men Puts on Embargo
Manager Yost of the Southern Express company announced an absolute embargo on all freight and express shipments to New England states served by the New York New Haven and Hartford lines. No livestock or poultry will be received after today and shipments are allowed only under a non responsibility for delays agreement. Notices at the freight station indicate embargoes and limited shipments with no delivery guarantees.
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Yost
Southern Express Company
New England
New York
New Haven
Hartford
Special Sunday Men’s Service at Wesley Memorial Church
Sunday special services for men will be held at 3 30 PM at Wesley Memorial M E church. Bishop John C Kilgo, conducting a revival, will deliver a sermon. He has preached two sermons daily and the discourses grow stronger. Simplicity of old time religion marks the services. It is hoped many city men will attend tomorrow afternoon.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
John C. Kilgo
Zeppelins Shot Down Near Paris
Lomion March 17 reports the first raid by Zeppelins in months near Paris. The air attack, aided by a dark moonless night, caused little excitement and no major damage or casualties.
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Paris
Lomion
Attempts to Sink the Lapland Twice Reported
New York officials say two attempts were made to sink the White Star liner Lapland on her last outward voyage from Liverpool. A submarine near the Irish coast was sunk by a patrol boat, and hours later a torpedo passed the vessel near the Mersey river.
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New York
White Star
Lapland
Here
Liverpool
Irish
Mersey River
Zeppelin shot down near Compeigne with all crew lost
A Zeppelin was shot near Compeigne at dawn and set ablaze. Anti air craft guns reached it at height over two miles. The airship caught fire and wreckage with the crew's burned bodies fell outside Compeigne.
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Paris
Compeigne
Campeign Near Paris Crowded with Battlefront Proximity
Campeign lies 45 miles northeast of Paris and remains close to the front lines, drawing military activity and traffic as forces maneuver in the region.
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Campeign
Paris
Battlefront
Governor Bickett Proclaims April 5 Planting Day
Raleigh March 17 Governor Bickett designates April 5 as planting day urging all soil workers to meet and discuss increasing food crops. Mayors of towns are asked to mobilize residents to plant on every lot with grains grass peas or potatoes. It is his first proclamation.
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Raleigh
Bickett
Fair Weather Forecast For Southeast Next Week
Fair and cool weather is forecast for the southeastern states during the first half of the week beginning tomorrow with frosts expected except in Florida. The latter part of the week should be warmer and generally fair with possible local showers around Friday.
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Washington
Florida
Wheat price changes in Chicago market on March 17
Wheat prices in Chicago opened mixed with gains and losses as trading was restricted pending strike developments. Mary at 31.85 declined to 31.83 while July moved from 1.64 to 1.55 amid narrow fluctuations and a general setback.
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Chicago
Mary
Weather outlook with coast rain and frost patterns
Fair tonight with rain near the coast and colder conditions inland and at the coast. Frost likely in the interior. Sunday expected to be fair with frost at night and colder temperatures in the east. Fresh southwest to west winds.
Rumor Claiming Grand Duke Alexis Is Dead Circulates
Reports from Petrograd via London circulated tonight that Grand Duke Alexis, the emperor's young son, may have died. No official confirmation was provided.
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Petrograd
London
Grand Duke
Alexis
Grand Duke Michael Accepts Russian Throne on Plebiscite
London reports Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch accepts the throne on the condition that the Russian people consent via plebiscite. He states a new form of government and fundamental laws should be established by popular vote.
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London
Michael
Russia
Michael Alexandrovitch
Abdications end Romanoff dynasty as Nicholas II quits throne
Dispatches from Petrograd report Emperor Nicholas II abdicated in favor of the Grand Duke, who then abdicated, ending the Romanoff dynasty. Grand Duke Michael reportedly accepts the throne pending a plebiscite. Meanwhile German forces retreat on multiple fronts as French pressure grows in Monastir.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Michael
Nicholas II
Somme
Lyon
Limes
Paris
Berlin
Monastir
Foreign trade falls in February as German submarine warfare hits
Washington reports American foreign trade declined by about 190 million dollars in February. Exports fell 147,032,659 dollars and imports dropped 42,239,685 dollars as Germany's submarine warfare began.
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Associated Press
Washington
Germany
Department of Commerce
Exhibition of Miniatures Opens in New York
The eighteenth annual exhibition of the American Society of Miniature Painters under the National Academy of Design opens at the American Fine Arts Galleries in New York and runs through April 22. It features original miniature paintings never before shown publicly in the city.
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New York
American Society of Miniature Painters
National Academy of Design
American Fine Arts Galleries
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