Capital and Labor Unite For Service
Atlantic City dispatch reports a conference where business leaders push for industrial cooperation. They advocate joint employer and employee committees, voluntary self regulation, and peaceful resolution, aiming for democratic evolution within industry without government arbitration. The article emphasizes partnership over conflict and outlines six core principles for fair labor practices and wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore M. Knappen
Atlantic City
United of Indus
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
America
Plea Ends Clothing Strike For Returning Soldiers
The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America won a strike yesterday with a plea to employ returning soldiers. J. Samuels & Bros at 122 Fifth Avenue agreed to wage reductions, bringing 1,500 workers back. The strike involved the men and boys' clothing industries and led to four Teen members leaving the American Men's and Boys' Clothing Manufacturers' Association. Leon Mann of the employers' association declined to discuss details.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
J. Samuels & Bros
Fifth Avenue
Amalgamated
Boys’ Clothing
American Men's and Boys’ Clothing Manufacturers’ Association
Leon Mann
Employers’ Association
Crowd urged burning German dolls at New Yorker Staats Zeitung
A crowd gathered at the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung building in New York as Mrs. Oliver Cromwell Field and Mrs. McAllister Smith led a raid urging the burning of so called German toys. Police intervened as onlookers watched a man from the newspaper offices purchase dolls. The episode ended with arrests and apologies at Oak Street station.
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New Yorker Staats-Zeitung
William Street
Oliver Cromwell Field
American Relief Legion
McAllister Smith
Women's Committee
The
American Defence Society
Germany
Field
Mrs. Smith
Staats Zeitung
Staats Zeitune
Fritz
Herman Ridder
Zeitung
Oak Street
Brazil
Milnenberger
Terman
Ten Men Die In Munition Plant Explosion At Du Pont Caps Works
Special Correspondence from Pompton Lakes New Jersey reports ten workers killed and twenty injured when a detonation at the Du Pont Caps Works destroyed buildings. The first blast occurred about 4:30 PM with successive detonations shaking nearby homes. Relatives gathered at the gates seeking information as guards kept onlookers away.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
du Pont Caps Works
du Pont
Germans Plead Hunger to Win U S Sympathy
Report from Treves dated December 3 describes German civilians expressing admiration for President Wilson and the American army during the occupation. They deny Prussia ties, condemn the Kaiser, and hope Wilson’s peace talks will lessen indemnities while criticizing Entente demands. The narrative notes hunger and a desire for humane terms, as continued on page four.
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New York Tribune Epecial
Consright
New York
Tribune One
Treves
Germany
Wilson
Europe
Lloyd Mencema
Orge
Prinsia
Prussia
Rhineland
France
Edith
Lusitania
Veteran Soldiers Will Be Last to Sail From Europe
Secretary of War Baker said none of the veteran divisions in France will return before peace is declared. The Rainbow Division and several famous units were expected to come home first, but most seasoned troops will stay in Europe. Discharge of 20 percent of wartime personnel, about 100000 men, is authorized and naval releases aim to permit youths to return to civilian pursuits. Naval students will finish training and be discharged or commissioned in the reserve. Private craft taken for the war are being returned. By February 70 craft will be struck from the navy list.
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Shor
Capial
Washington
Baker
France
Europe
Daniels
Paymasters
Princeton
Ensigns
Annapolis
Navy
Germany Abusing Captives in Saxony Prison Camp
Paris reports serious incidents in a Saxony prison camp holding Allied prisoners. Echo de Paris says Allied governments plan not to restrain action and express protests across all Foxes against the German treatment of Kronek and other captives. Marshal Foch and Allied powers intend to take all necessary measures.
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Paris
Dec
Saxony
Echo de Paris
Iit
Conte
Kronek
Foch
President Wilson Aboard George Washington 450 Miles At Sea
President Wilson sails 450 miles from shore aboard the George Washington at 17 knots. He works with a stenographer on clemency messages and speeches for France. A mail pouch for the Azores will be sent Sunday and returned by destroyer.
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Wilson Peace
United States
George Washington
Associated Press
Wilson
Azores
France
Wilson for League of Nations President Suggested
A New York Daily News dispatch reports European circles debating whether Woodrow Wilson, nearing end of his second term, should head a League of Nations. The piece notes pacifist leanings and broad political implications.
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Europe
Wilson
League of Nations
Tribune London
Courrigny
New York
ONDON
Daily News” Dispatch
Reading
Daily News
Outbreak in Berlin Amid German political Chaos
Berlin faces violence as mobs clash with police and stores are looted while Dr Liebknecht leads a Radical Socialist thrust. Reports describe a fragile Bavarian unity and push for a National Assembly amid disputes between Berlin's military authorities and the Berlin Executive Committee. Elections planned for February 16 amid a chaotic political landscape.
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London
Liebknecht
Berlin
Zurich
Paris
Fond
Cologne
Copenhagen
Kurt Isner
Bavaria
Wartemburg
Saxony
Lican Gw
Alsace- Lorraine
Germany
Geddes Calls For Trials For War Leaders
Sir Auckland Geddes, president of the Local Government Board, urged that the Coalition policy seek justice for the enemy leaders. He named the former German Emperor, Enver Pasha, and former Bulgarian and Austrian rulers as to be tried, with death for those found guilty of atrocious acts and wartime orders. He warned atrocities at sea would be punished if linked to commanders’ orders or personal actions.
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London
Sir Auckland Geddes
Local Government Board
National Service
Enver Pasha
Bulgaria
Austria
German Physician Called From Berlin To Treat Ex Kaiser
A German physician summoned from Berlin arrived in Holland by special train to treat the former German Emperor. Three staff members left Amerongen for Berlin carrying papers on the ex-emperor’s private property. Discussions in London with Britain France Italy on peace were reported to Wilson. A Berlin delegation of the Soldiers and Workers Council reached The Hague about negotiations on William. Netherlands deputies suggested inviting the ex-emperor back if his presence caused trouble abroad.
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Londua
Berlin
Holland
Amsterdam
Luse
Amerongen
London
Great Britain
France
Italy
Wilson
Europe
Reuters Limited
William
Ding
Workers’ Council
Hague
Copenhagen
Netherlands
Germany
National Assembly
Bedy
Io the
Pper
Marechland
Rule Seas and Peace Aims Across Alliances
Wireless dispatches report Churchill demanding sea supremacy and abolition of conscription as Britain, Wilson, and allies align on postwar terms. They insist Kaiser and co conspirators must stand trial. Geddes announces allied unanimity on the former Kaiser and Clemenceau’s return to London.
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Great Britain
England
Winston Spencer Churchill
Churchill
Europe
Wilson
France
Sir Auckland Geddes
Presion Clemenceau
London
Britain to Demand End of Conscription in Europe
In a London address, Winston Churchill called for abolition of conscription across Europe and denied any future restraints on British naval defense. Sir Eric Geddes praised the navy’s WWI role, noting its transport of troops and munitions, sea power that forced Central Powers to seek grace.
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Britain
Europe
Dunder
Dec
Brit the Peas
Winston Spencer Churchill
London
Helgoland
Great Britain
Germany
Dundee
Churchell
Eric Gedies
Admiralty
Evie
Italy
France
Mesopotamia
Macedonia
Palestine
Hulgaria
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Democracy of Business
Oliver C. Field
U. S
Rhine
Kaiser
Wilbur Forrest
All Praise
IND Congress
Americas
Prlot
Bavarian Soldiers’ and Workers? Council
Munich
Kurt Eisner
Hisner
Daily Press
Socialist Party
Peeture
Geddes
Onver Pacha
Wilhelm
Seas
Kieddes
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