Commission probes Colorado coal strike sites in Trinidad visit
Frank Walsh chair of the Federal Commission on Industrial Relations opened the inspection of the Colorado coal strike during a Sunday visit to Southern Colorado coal camps. He talked with mine superintendents and workers at camps including Ludlow, noted the tent colony scene, and recalled the 1914 militiamen clash in which fourteen people died. Mrs Harriman and J F Welborn's testimony continued as the strike fate loomed at district No 15 meetings.
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Denver
Colo
Dec
Colorado
Frank ©. Walsh
Federal Commission On Industrial Relations
Sacan Waen
Walsh
M. McCusker
Thomas Wagon
Trinidad
Mr. Walsh
Ludlow
Mr. Walsh Rylewad
Sub committee meeting on strike held in Indianapolis
The sub committee of the international executive board recently met in Indianapolis and will present definite recommendations to delegates regarding the strike.
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International Executive Board
Indianapolis
Defense funding requests for forts and coast defenses rise
The article reports Wilson opposing a defense inquiry while detailing proposed budgets for insular fortifications, canal fortifications, and sea coast defense needs. It cites large increases for fortifications, ammunition, and related construction in Hawaii, the Philippines, and the canal zone, including hundreds of thousands to millions in new appropriations and plans for rapid fire batteries and searchlights.
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Tornedo
Philipping
Hawaii
Henry
Insular
Fongma Canal
Secretary of War
Mobile Army and Canal Artillery
Canal Zone
Panama
Philippines
Wiley Gets Six in West Liberty Raid
Six West Liberty men were arraigned before Mayor Mackey on charges from a raid on an alleged bootlegging joint Sunday night. A man named Simpson was charged as proprietor of the place.
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Jjournal's Special Service
Waste Liberty
West Liberty
Mackey
Simpson
Funeral services for Mrs Josephines White Miller announced
Funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs Josephines White Miller will be held at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon at Trinity Episcopal Church. The Rev Webster Hakea will officiate with interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Mra
Josephines White Miller
Trinity Episcopal Church
Webster Hakea
Greenwood Cemetery
Baptist Mission Circle
MI6 MARGARET WINN ELECTED HONORARY PRESIDENT
The Wrauen Verein of the German Lutheran Zion church held a meeting yesterday afternoon to elect officers. Margaret Winning, longtime president, declined to serve but was unanimously elected honorary president. New officers include Acting president Mrs Carl Radlois, Vice president Mrs John Wofrum, Secretary Mrs Hermann Koever, Assistant Secretary Mrs O J Kindler, Treasurer Mrs Nellie Criner, Assistant Treasurer Mrs Hermann Brunow. A Christmas benevolence distribution and a supper fundraiser yielded a neat sum.
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MI6
Margaret Winn
Wrauen-Verein
German Lutheran Zion Church
Margaret Winning
Carl Rad
John Wolfrum
Mra
Hermann Koever
Mra. O
J. Kindler
Nellie Criner
Hermann Brunow
Treasury
Frauen Verein
Unil
Better Paid Than Freight Engineer
Engineers staged lower wages than many trades across 1913 rankings, with bricklayers and plasterers earning top wages. Carter of the Brotherhood cites 1907 to 1913 shifts, noting engineers dropped from fourteenth to sixteenth while firemen fell from thirty-seventh to thirty-eighth among forty five trades.
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Associated Press
Dhigages
Chicago
Denver
Kansas City
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Portland
Seattle
Salt Lake
Dallas
San Francisco
Carter
Vinol Restores Strength After Grippe in Canton
Mrs Lizzie Baldwin of Canton Mississippi reports she grew weak after La Grippe but Vinol rebuilt her strength. The ad touts Vinol as a cod liver and iron tonic without oil aiding digestion enriching the blood and creating strength. It promises a money back guarantee if not satisfactory through A W Morgan, Druggist, Muscoting.
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Lizzie Baldwin
Canston
A Vinci
A. W. Morgan
Muscoting
Victory to Germans in Lodz fight continues
The report notes German forces again driven back by Allied lines around Lodz while a Balkan rapprochement rumor grows. A Petrograd dispatch delays official Russian comment, saying yesterday’s fighting showed no change and German attacks were repulsed.
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Lodz
Giolitt
Servia
Balkan
Petrograd
Yasterday
Berlin
Harriman Shopmen Vote to Continue Strike
Four of five unions in the Harriman lines strike have voted to keep walking out, says A O Wharton of the AFL railway department. The International Association of Machinists, Blacksmiths and Helpers, Brotherhood of Railway Car Men, and Union of Sheet Metal Workers all affirm the strike. Roller makers union vote not yet received.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Harrimean
A. 0. Wharton
Railway Department
American Federation of Labor
Wharton
The
International
Brotherhood
War on Gambling Sparks City Clean Up Ordered by Mayor
Mayor Kern launches a general cleanup campaign with police raids on alleged bootlegging and disorderly premises. Two arrests made at 126 West Second street, while gambling restrictions threaten two Oregon Street pool halls. Viola Wolkert and H. E. Decker arraigned for maintaining a disorderly house with next hearing set for Monday.
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Kern
West Second Street
Tha
Te City
Jas
Oregon Street
Viola Wolkert
HE. J. Decker
Second Street
Rowan
Modify Not Lift The Quarantine Promptly
A Quotation shows local officials insisting no lifting of the foot and mouth disease quarantine until livestock movement from Muscatine County is allowed. State buyers and raisers face uncertainty while shipments may resume in coming days. Washington released eight counties for interstate shipments to slaughter starting December 7, per an order prepared by Dr. Melvin at Senator Kenyon’s urging.
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Nicholson
Muscatina
Sybarty
Washington
Melvin
Kenyon
E. H. Rankin
Houston
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Deleware
Counties Released By Federal Order In Iowa
Secretary Houston announced a federal order releasing thirteen Iowa counties after recommendation by Dr. Melvin. The counties listed include Dubuque Linn Poweshiek Stott Tama Muscatine Louisa Washington Keokuk and Benton with several others still withheld pending further action.
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Linn
Poweshiek
Stott
Tama
Muscatine
Louisa
Washington
Keokuk
Benton
Jones, Towa
Clinton
Jackson
Cedar
Johnson
Mitchell and Greene
Houston
Melvin
Gilson
Is Action
Swedish Steamers Luna and Everilde Sunk by Mines
An Associated Press dispatch from Stockholm reports that the Swedish steamers Luna and Everilde hit mines off the Finnish coast and sank. The Luna crew was saved, while all on Everilde perished except one survivor.
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London
Stockholm
Reuter’s Telegram Company
Luna
Everilde
Everilda
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