War Time Fuel Priority Plan Re Established
The article reports on a broad federal response to a miners strike led by the United Mine Workers, with Palmer and the fuel administrator taking control under the Lever Act. It details wartime fuel distribution priorities, troop mobilization, railroad coal handling, injunctions against the union, and potential open negotiations for a settlement amid President Wilson’s veto on dry enforcement.
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International Labor Conference
Owens—Congress
Statoes of
America
Unb Fog Pine
Hail & Imillion
Urp
Diesandi
Presti
Suman Fae
Dhe
Saaroffam
Palmer Uo
Doug Sieddea Reig
Hophlein
Tyerberg
Criush
War Department
Grnard
Eplines
Wilson
Wold Corinil i Net
Satardias
Aeree
Tndiangapolis
John Barteycorn
Burt
Hellan
Nenaie Ate
International labor conference opens in Washington with delegates
Secretary of Labor Wilson opens the conference in Washington as 31 foreign countries field 83 delegates. The organizing committee invites Germany and Austria to participate early. The International Congress of Working Women also meets with 40 delegates led by Mrs. Raymond Robins, demanding equal protection in industry.
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International Labor Conference
Wauehington
Wilson
United States
Federation of Labor
United States Chamber of Commerce
Germany
Austria
International Congress of Working Women
Washington
Raymond Robins
Belgian King and Queen Visit Washington Brighten Interlude
The Belgian royal couple, King Albert and Queen, visited Washington with enthusiastic congressionally backed welcomes. Addresses before the senate and house expressed gratitude to America for the warm reception. The royals also called informally at the White House.
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Washington
Albert
Congress
Senate
House
America
White House
King Adbert Honors Roosevelt Tomb During Departure
King Adbert paused before leaving the United States to pay respect at the Theodore Roosevelt tomb and laid a beauti...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Adbert
Theodore Roosevelt
Ratification fights and Baltic fronts stretch postwar news
The article reports Senate struggle over a treaty with Austria and party shifts on ratification. It notes wartime seizures deemed invalid by a Louisville court, ongoing liquor stock seizures, and hopes for milder reservations. In Europe the Red Army recaptures towns near Petrograd while Yudenitch’s offensive regroups. Finland aids with tanks, Denikin’s Moscow advance stalls, and Petlura and Makhnо join the Reds amid Caspian unrest. Allied naval reinforcements lash Riga and bombardments continue along the Baltic coast as Kronstadt remains a focal point.
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Petrograd
Yudenitch
Finland
Denikine
Moscow
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Baltic
Kronstadt
Holsteve
Tussar
Ah Mied
Dr Petersen of Haamburg Heads New Democratic Party
Doctor Petersen of Haamburg serves as president of Germanys newly formed Democratic Party. The emergence signals a major realignment in national politics and party leadership.
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Doctor Petersen of
Haamburg
The
New Democratic Party of Germany
Meteorites of Great Age Found Near Dawson Klondike
The Newark News reports the British Museum has acquired a slice of meteoric iron weighing under a pound from an ancient fall. Discovered January 1905 near Dawson in the Klondike, the two similar masses lie in the district's oldest gravels and are believed to have rested there since the Pliocene age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Museum
Newark News
Dawson
Klondike
Plowshares Steady, Swords Beat Hired Help on Farm
Karmer Corntossel notes the swords will be beaten into plowshares but laments the hired help cannot keep up with the plowshares. The exchange reflects struggle in turning weapons into agricultural tools.
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Karmer Corntossel
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Webster Hall
Stepavovka
Maximovia
Dartmouth University
Lemberg
Onde
Galicia
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Haner
Louisville
Committee On Foreign Relations
Marysville
Cab
King Albert
Belgium
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
the Hague
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