President Wilson Signs Eight Hour Bill in Private Car
President Wilson quietly signs the Adamson eight hour measure aboard the Federal at Union Station to avert a nationwide rail strike. Four pens bear his name as the bill becomes law. signings and celebrations are noted by Mrs Wilson and railway leaders.
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New York Times
Washington
Union Station
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Long Branch
N. J
Brotherhoods
W. P. Wilson
Elisha Lee
National Conference Committee of Area Railways
Philadelphia
Congress
Texro
Four Brotherhoods
Conference Committee
A. B. Garretson
Labor Chiefs
Garretson
Union Press Interboro Demand May Trigger Strike
Union leaders denounce Interborough proposed contract as a sharp trick to bind workers as individuals for two years with a new pay scale. A conference with Frank Hedley is set for Tuesday morning to decide if the plan risks a subway and elevated line strike, as the Amalgamated Association contends the contract undermines union rights and collective bargaining. The issue arises after the company circulated agreements among employees last week claiming legal and fair terms.
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Frank Hedley
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Amalgamated Association
Interborough Rapid Transit Company Committee
Hedley
Broadway
Mr. Hedley
Mitchel
Oscar S. Straus
Public Service Commission
New York Railways Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Second Avenue Railroad Company
New York & Queens County Railroad Company
Richmond Light & Railway Company
Interborough
Interborough Rapid Transit Committee of Organized Employes
Robbers murder lawyer in auto at Van Cortlandt Park
Dwight Dilworth a Montclair New Jersey lawyer was shot to death in his car at Van Cortlandt Park after a stalled vehicle prompted two or three highwaymen to emerge from bushes and order him to surrender Miss Mary McNiff a stenographer riding with him fainted as the attackers fled police searched the park and three suspects were detained for questioning none identified by witnesses in the immediate investigation
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van Cortlandt Park
Dwight Dilworth
Montclair
N. J
Searchl Park
Mary McNiff
West Seventy-fifth Street
Dilworth
William J. Flynn
Bronx
Kingsbridge
Golf Link Road
Mosholu Parkway
Mr. Dilworth
North Fullerton Avenue
Broad Street
New York
Crook
Miss McNiff
Guy Scull
Quigley
Cray
Aring
Captain McKeon
Captain Wines
Rey 6Kifth
Aveng
Nudak Company
Fifth Avenue
New York Times
N.J
J Flworth
Manhattan
Five Merchant Steamers Sinked by Submarines
Lloyds ship ping agency reports five British steamers sunk by submarines, naming the Duart Strathalian Kelvinia and Mascotte as sunk with crews saved. A Amsterdam dispatch via Reuters notes the Dutch steamer Zeerarend torpedoed. her crew was saved.
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London
Lloyd's Shipping Agency Today
Kelvinia
Leith
Reuter
Amsterdam
Zeerarend
French Airmen Raid Ten Locations Around Metz
Paris reports wholesale air raids by French squadrons on stations and depots around Metz. Bombings hit Metz Sablons Maizières-les-Metz Conflans Sedan Audun le Roman Ham Mesle Guiscard Athis Manchy Lagache and other depots. A total of 210 bombs were dropped with fires reported.
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Paris
Metz
French War Office
Dieppe
Verdun
Somme
Otr
Metz-Sablons
Maiziéres-les-Metz
Conflans
Sedan
Audun-le-Roman
Ham
Shackleton Rescues Marooned Antarctic Expedition
Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton has rescued the members of the Antarctic expedition marooned on Elephant Island. He returns to Punta Arenas with all men safe and well aboard the rescue ship Yelcho, after enduring delays and half rations.
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New Yorks Times
London
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Elephant Island
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Arenas
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Punta Arenas
Chic
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Company of Adventurers of England
Hiudson Bay
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Iendurance
Huenos Aires
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South Pole
Weddell Pea
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Endurance
Antarctic Circle
South Georgia
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
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Chile
Frank Wild
James Wardle
George Marston
Clark
Leonard H. Hussey
R. W. James
F. Hurley
Iby. Macklin
Ivr
Milroy
Orde Lees
Jiudsen
Diektanen
Kerr
Greenstreet
Hief
London Millions Saw Zeppelin Fall
Thirteen Zeppelins raided tonight but only three neared London. one reportedly hit and drifted out to sea. Eyewitness accounts describe a fireball descent over London and near Potters Bar, with two dead and eleven injured.
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NEW York Times
London
England
North Sea
Charles Inigo Thomas
Admiralty
Zeppelin
Allies smash German Somme front in three towns
Allied forces strike the Somme front taking three towns and over 2000 men while seizing 62 guns. The Greek king aligns with the Entente as German ministers flee and a trap blocks a German minister in his home with 30 men and grenades. A fleet explosion sinks an U boat near Phaleron as talks of an army navy base at Piraeus continue.
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Somme Front
New Allied Demands on the Greek Government
London reports the text of a note from France and Great Britain to the Greek government. The Allies demand control of Greece’s posts and telegraphs including wireless systems, expulsion of enemy agents, and action against subjects implicated in espionage.
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Entente
Greece
London
France
England
Great Britain
Aften
Bulgar Teuton Army Invades Rumania Across Dobrudja Frontier
Berlin dispatch reports German and Bulgarian troops crossing the Dobrudja border into southeastern Romania between the Danube and the Black Sea. Romanian frontier guards retreat with losses. no major activity reported on the Macedonian front. An Austrian Army Headquarters bulletin notes fighting in Albania. Shipping losses also cited in the Lower Danube. Paris War Office adds artillery actions on the Saloniki front and recognises Bulgarian attacks near Kukuruz repulsed with heavy enemy losses.
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Dobrudja
Berlin
Vila London
Danube
Black Sea
Balkan
Dobrudia
Albania
Aviona
Vagusa
Lower Danube
Paris
War Office
Saloniki
Struma
Lake Doiran
Kukuruz
Zborsko
Lake Ostrovo
Allies Break German Front on the Somme in Major Attack
British and French forces launched a strong assault along a six kilometer front from Ginchy to Cléry on the Somme. The operation secured Forest and Cléry for the French, gained Guillemont and parts of Ginchy for the British, and captured about 2400 German prisoners with twelve guns and fifty machine guns. Aircraft supported artillery as fighting continued near Mouquet Farm and Thiep.
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London
Somme
Ginchy
Cléry
Forest
Camblies
French War Office
Mauripas
Maurepas
Cléry-sur-Somme
Combies
Clery-Sur-Somme
Forrest
Meure
Verdun
Clermans
Vaux and
Chapitre
Fleury
Thiaumont
British War Office
Guillemont
Nomely
Mouquet Farm
Thiep
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Daily Chronicle
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Potters Bar
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God Save the King
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