Strike leaders seek aid from out-of-town unions
Up-State and New Jersey unions were urged to join a looming work stoppage as Labor Leaders announced broad support beyond New York City. Sixty unions with about 1200 members pledged to stay away Wednesday, joining already ratified actions by the B.40 Wake Carriers and others as tension grows between organized labor and capital.
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New York State
New Jersey
Bute Longshoremen
Butchers’ Union
Longshoremen’s Union
Nan
Teeters
Horseshoers
Jersey
Carmen
Ernest Bohm
New York City
Rovers
Congress
Isalem
New York
Transportation Service
Carranza Criticizes Republican Press Over New London Reports
Mexico City dispatch reports First Chief Carranza charging Republicans with steering American media to publish false accounts of New London conference talks. The circular to Mexican governors says talks were secret and focus was on withdrawal of U S troops. Felix Diaz was nearly captured as government forces rout Felicistas near San Geronimo. Commissioners head Zacatecas to probe mine work stoppage. concessions may be annulled. Finance circular allows reopening of National Bank and Bank of London and Mexico under state examiners.
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NEW York Times
Mexico City
New London
Carranza
Mexico
Oaxaca
Felix Diaz
Diaz
Luis Gutierrez
San Geronimo
Zacatecas
Finance Department
National Bank
Bank of London
Dutch Batavier II Seized by German Warships
The Batavier II of the Batavier Line was seized by German warships and taken to Zeebrugge. The line, operating London to Rotterdam for 36 years, runs six steamers about 1500 gross tons each. The fleet started with 45 freight carriers, later carrying passengers both first and third class.
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Batavier II
Batavier Line
Zeebrugge
Batavier
London
Rotterdam
Rooterdam
Tilbury
Gravesend
Prins Hendrik Damaged Near Zeebrugge Bomb Near Miss Wounds Dutch Passengers
The Dutch mail steamer Prins Hendrik, seized by German forces en route from Flushing to London, was bombed near Zeebrugge. One Dutch passenger wounded as an allied aeroplane dropped a bomb intended for a German destroyer. American passengers Hoover and Polak remained aboard under escort.
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Amorican Columiselen
Helgian Rejes
Zeebrugge
Isador Polak
Worman
Baron de Andrient
M. Beniot
Schran
Ger
Ww. Irwen
Fish Commission
Prins Hendrick
Mans
Germany Faces Crisis Over U-Boat War Policy
A London Morning Post dispatch reports German political turmoil as Bethmann Hollweg faces pressure from conservatives and Pan-German groups to intensify submarine warfare against England while Socialists push for peace. Secret conferences and letters between Bethmann Hollweg and Admiral Tirpitz influence stance amid calls for no confidence in Bassermann.
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Cussmann
Bethmann Hollweg
Berliner Tageblatt
Koerting
Hanover
Ernst Bassermann
National Liberals
Germany
Bassermann
Deutsche Volkszeitung
Bethan Hollweg
England
Union of
Reichstag
German War Loan Publicity Denounces Rumors in Berlin
A Berlin meeting of the economic general staff including Helfferich Roedern Havenstein and Battocki is aired to counter rumors about the war loan. Count Roedern asserts the government never planned to seize savings and deposits and that 36 billion marks have been raised voluntarily. He warns against rumors of reduced interest and warns such actions would amount to a harsh income tax on capital.
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New York Times
Berlin
London
Interior
Helfferich
Finance
Count von Roedern
Reichstag
Herr Havenstein
Herr Battocki
Senaelens
Revolution in Crete claims complete success amid Greek unrest
Dispatches report Crete fully falls under revolutionary control with Caneas occupied and defenders aligning with rebels. In Candia and surrounding villages, thousands join the movement as police and gendarmes side with the uprising and planning strengthens for dawn entry.
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London Daily Chronicle
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Kandia
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Terapitia
Corone
Vamons
Alikinds
Candamos
Castelli
Recovered Dennison Couple Rescued After Wilderness Ordeal
Joseph A Dennison former Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County and his wife were found exhausted but alive after four days lost in the White Mountains near Dixville Notch New Hampshire. They found shelter in a logging shack and were brought back to their hotel after a long backcountry trek.
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Joseph A. Dennison
Suffolk County
Mads
White Mountains
Dennisons
Diamondmouth College
Maine
Earl Gould
Daniel H. Coakley
Boston
James J. Curley
Wentworths
Dennison
Mr. Dennison
Scott Copp
Could
Copp
British Zeppelin Raid Kills and Injures Dozens in England
official statement says last night’s air raid left two killed and eleven injured in an East Midlands town with further casualties in hidden ruins. London reports twenty eight killed and ninety nine injured after two airships attacked the metropolis. other districts saw limited damage.
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London
British Press Bureau
East Midlands
Fle
Avroplanes Lost in France In Though Low Front Activity
London reports on Somme front quiet except for fruitless German attacks near Abbé Wood Farm and west of Lesboeufs. Despite calm infantry fighting, air war accelerates with 28 German planes and 24 Allied planes reported destroyed. French pilots bomb Essen and Rombach Thionville districts. raids behind German lines continue.
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Abbé Wood
Bouchavesne
Lesboeufs
Combles
Somme
French War Office
Berlin
Senne
Essen
Krupps
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Thiaumont-Fleury
Meuse
Thionville
Alsace-Lorraine
de Beauchamps
Daucert
Westphalia
Calais
Paria
The
L’abbé Wood
Russians Battle on 400 Mile Front in World War I
Reports from Petrograd and Berlin describe stubborn fighting along the Russian front from the Pripet Marshes toward the Romanian border. The fighting yields hundreds of prisoners as Austro German forces and Russians exchange heavy attacks and counterattacks along the Sereth Stripa and surrounding regions.
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Sereth
Galicia
Manasuv-Kharbuzov
Berlin
Sayville
Zborow
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Ludova
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Kirlibaba
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London
War Office
Archduke Charles Francis
Kirilbaba
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Leopold of Bavaria
Serpelmika
Zeppelins Strike England Two Destroyed Over Essex
London reports two large Zeppelins fell in Mangold Essex after an air raid last night. One crew killed, the other captured. thirty dead and 110 wounded in London and surrounding districts. Casualties rise outside the city with two killed and eleven injured in an East Midland town. Authorities praise defenses and note morale impact.
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Great Britain
Tronmibe
Mangold
Egnex
Permons
East Midland
England
Lonilen
Thay
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