Sympathy strike mostly fails to swell New York walkout
The New York Times reports fewer than 500 workers out yesterday with claims of up to 200,000 in sympathy and an estimated 17,000 may join today. Hebrew Trades remain largely loyal. Bohm Frayne and Fitzgerald excluded from the new 35 member Board of Strategy as organizers await broader walkout.
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Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Your«x Times
Cloak, Sulit and Skirt Makers’ Union
Dress and Waist Makers’ Union
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
United Hebrew Trades
International Longshoemen’s Union
International Teamsters’ Union
United Building Trades
Machinists’ Union
Brewery Workers’ Union
John Sullivan
Joint Labor Conference Committee
Timee
Uie
Tota
Ite Stone
Discarded Woman Kills Graveur in Philadelphia Hotel
A jealous wife, Mrs. Margaret Belzer of East New York, shot and killed Joseph C. Graveur in the Walton Hotel Philadelphia while he was with Mrs. J Le Duc of Chicago. Graveur, a former chief probation officer, was tied to the Rockefeller white slave probe but was discharged in 1911 for falsifying court records. Mrs. Le Duc was wounded. her husband, LeDuc, left for Philadelphia and was expected to recover.
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Philadelphia
Margaret Belzer
Euclid Avenue
New York
Joseph C. Graveur
J. ©. le Duc
Chicago
Graveur
Walton
Alhambra Garage Company
West
Belzer
South America
le Duc
H. Mann
East 120Th Street
Joe
LeDuc
F .He Rockefeller
Danish plebiscite set before sale of West Indies
The Parliamentary Committee in Copenhagen decides a plebiscite must precede any sale of the Danish West Indies to the United States. After a long session the Joint Committee agrees to expand the Cabinet by three non portfolio members from Conservative, Socialist, and Left Parties. No general elections will be held.
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Copenhagen
London
German American votes shape New Jersey results in 1912 primaries
In New Jersey Democratic and Republican primaries, James E. Martine leads with a 20 700 statewide plurality, 16 000 of which come from Hudson County where German American voters backed him solidly. Edge defeats Colgate for Republican governor, Frelinghuysen wins Republican Senate nomination by 5142, while Capstick holds renomination amid German American backing. Wittpenn loses in Hudson surrogate race and Osborne wins State Senate in Newark area.
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Wilson
New Jersey
White House
James E. Martine
John W. Wescott
Martine
Hudson County
Hoboken
Jersey City
Essex County
Nugent
Frank M. McDermit
Newark
McDermit
H. Otto Wittpenn
Port of New York
Wittpenn
James F. Norton
Walter E. Edge
Atlantic City
Austen Colgate
George L. Record
Sussex County
Colgate
Edge
Carl Lentz
Joseph
Frelinghuysen
Franklin Murphy
Murphy
New York
Senate
Essex
Richard Boardman
J. Emil Walscheld
John J. Eagan
Eagan
Eugene F. Kinkead
Bayonne
Kinkead
State Senate
Edmund Burke Osborne
Osborne
W. Clive Crosby
Robert Spencer Terhune
Cone
Crosby
Vittpenn
Cornelius A. McGlennon
Witt
Ready to Reopen Lusitania Case Tests Berlin Pledge
Rail to reopen Lusitania probe as new evidence surfaces and Berlin pledge cited. Officials indicate renewed scrutiny targets maritime wartime responsibility and postwar treaties. The move follows archival reviews and diplomatic discussions amid historical memory debates.
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Lusitania
Kuhn Loeb to Lend 50 Million to Paris
Kuhn Loeb & Co announced a $50,000,000 five year six percent bond loan to the City of Paris to finance war relief and municipal needs. The issue, guaranteed by the French government, pays principal and interest in francs with a fixed exchange rate and may yield a profit from currency movements.
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Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Paris
France
French Republic
New York
New Yor City
New York City
Perene
Bank of England
Ottawa
Berlin Celebrates Arrival of Bremen As Submarine News Roils
Berlin newspapers hailed the Bremen as it neared New London while New London and authorities denied any arrival. Reports traced the German submarine’s route, sparking maps and town histories as tension eased then lingered over supposed sightings and searches.
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Berlin
Bremen
New London
London
Connecticut
Germany
United States
Deutschland
Chinese Minister Dr Koo Resigns Over Ill Health
Dr Vi Kyum Wellington Koo, minister to the United States, has sent his resignation to the Foreign Office citing ill health. The move surprised Peking as Tang Shao Yi opposes Koo for monarchical leanings but has not accepted the resignation. Koo, a Columbia alumnus, was appointed in 1915 by Yuan Shi kai and was noted as the youngest diplomat to Washington.
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Germany
United States
Wilson
Sussex
Lusitania
Lansing
Count von Hernatorff
Washington
Berlin
Peking
Vi Kyum
Wellington Koo
Foreign Office
Koo
Tang Shao-Yi
Viryum Wellington Koo
Columbia University
Yuan Shi-kai
Reichstag Opens With Political Manifestation Tone
Berlin reports the Autumn Reichstag session will be chiefly a political statement by the Chancellor, outlining his political faith and handling of imperial affairs, rather than major legislation. The session begins tomorrow and continues on page 4.
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Berlin
London
Reichstag
Greek King Yields and War Entry Looms
Paris dispatch reports King of Greece yields and signals entry into war as rebel warships join the Entente. Poincaré calls for Belgium to regain all and warns Europe faces eternal disgrace if Belgium loses independence. he recalls the Aug 2 1914 night cabinet session and notes the German ultimatum response.
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Entente
FLERT
Somme
Paris
Poincaré
Baron de Gaiffier D'Hestroy
France
Albert
Haron de Gaiffier
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Belgium
Europe
Germans Stiffen the Russian Front as Central Powers Press Advance
Petrograd dispatch reports Hindenburg reshaping strategy with emphasis on the eastern front. German forces bolster Austrian troops with German methods, aiming to blunt Brusiloff's advance and delay Russian gains in the Carpathians and Balkans. Advancing troops and Turkish support strengthen defenses. Russian counterattacks struggle near Zloczow and Leitsk while snow slows high ground fighting. Minister Forgett plans Arctic visit to Kola region with Duma members Shingareff and Dobrovolsky.
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New York Times
London
Daily Chronicle
Petrograd
Hindenburg
Rhine
Balkans
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Brusiloff
Hurmania
Carpathians
Vladimir Volynski
Halicz
Leitsk
Sereth
Zloczow
Lemberg
Letchitsky
Brustloffa
Dobrudja
Transivania
Forgett
Kola
Arctic Ocean
Archangel
M. Shingareff
M Dobrovolsky
Duma
British Push Toward Bapaume on Somme Front
British troops push north of Flers on the Somme capture German trenches over a mile long and advance toward Eaucourt l Abbaye. French forces extend positions near Rancourt and seize ground in the St Pierre Vaast Wood as Paris reports major gains and a large number of prisoners.
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Flers
Somme
Eaucourt l'Abbaye
Haig
Thiepval
Grandcourt
Ancre
Rancourt
St. Pierré Vaast
Combles
Bouchavesnen
Bois l'Abbé
Vermandovillers
British War Office
Paris
Bouchavesnes
St. Pierre Vaast Wood
Mont St Quentin
Allalres
Mont 8T Quentin
Péronne
Artois
Champagne
Eaucourt L’ Abbaye
Cambrea
Bom
King Turns 10 Deser tions Shake Perplexed Monarch
The report notes Admiral Condouri’s departure as a severe setback for the already troubled king. Venizelos is said to be impressed by the desertions, marking a major political blow to the monarch.
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NEW Board OF Strategy
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Frayne
Fitzgerald
Ted
New Managing
Tote
May
Beigs
Brogery
Haat
Nese Semen
MG Ksi
York Building Trades
Eereee
Emer
Pat
Wotel
Allied Eating Trades
Pebecsieceauaen
Mirer
Mrs. le Duc of
Rockefeller Vice
Fulton & 1
Nassau Sts
Jersey
Wes
Cott
Capstick
Charles N. Fowler
Sheriff Kinkead
State Department
Kuhn
Loeb
Bornstorff
Luusitania Cane
Vaid
Count von Bernstorff
Lensag
Schwartzkopf
Loyd Steamship Company
Wilhelm der Grosse
Conn
England
Portsmouth
Sheerness
North Sea
Caithness
Scotland
Lizard
DR. Koo
Poincare
Bapaume
Eaucourt L’abbaye
Raucourt
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Beaumont-Hamel
Loos
Council of Greek Ministers
Constantine
Reuter
Athens
Venizelos
Saloniki
M. Venizelos
Yanakitaas
Hydra
Spetsal
Pears
du Fourmet
Mediterranean
Canea
Crete
Greek Macedonia
Epirus
Chios
Mitylene
Samos
Daily Mail
Gerondas
Kelkis
Moschopoulos
Matthalopoulos
Condourtotis
Greece
Tatol
Germanophiles
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M. Streit
Sophia
Kalogeropoulos
Iena
Intentes
London Daily Chronicles
M. Yanakitsas
National Defense Movement
Yanakitsas
Admiral Condouri
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