Rail leaders debate plan to set up seven eight hour day solution
Washington Aug 25 rail executives met to discuss a proposed plan by a committee of eight presidents to avert a general strike. They postponed final action as objections surfaced. The draft would grant an eight hour basic day and seek a freight rate increase, with Congress to enact a future labor dispute commission.
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Wilson
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Hale Holden
Judge R. Lovett
Daniel Willard
White House
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wll
congress
mana
gers
interstate commerce commission
Brothers debate strike plan with interstate inquiry option
Warren S. Stone and other union leaders resisted the proposal arguing against it. A counter suggestion from presidents urged leaving strike questions to the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate and report publicly, with any strike held in abeyance pending the inquiry.
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interstate commerce commission
Mediators Meet Sept 4 In New York For US Mexico Talks
United States and Mexican representatives will hold preliminary conferences at the Biltmore in New York on Monday September 4. Mexican delegates likely depart by Saturday with Boal conference planned on the New England coast. James Linn Rodgers of the American side to accompany the Mexican commission and advise on Mexican affairs. Charles B. Parker to oversee American embassy records.
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Mexico City
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Mexico
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New England
Rodgers
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Eagle Pass
Charles B. Parker
Bulgarians Rout Allies Seize Demir Hissar In Struma Push
Bulgarian troops in Greek Macedonia occupy Demir Hissar and capture the entire Eighteenth Greek infantry regiment. Entente forces retreat under pressure along the Struma, as Greeks rush to Salonika and Albanians reinforce. Paris and Sofia reports clash over frontier gains amid heavy fighting and detours.
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Paris
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Lake Ostosvo
Berlin
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Ivel
Sarrail
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Doloudyell
Danish Landsthing Votes on West Indies Sale Timing
Copenhagen August 26 The lands thing sat committee adopted a resolution that if the sale of the Danish West Indies cannot be postponed until after the war the question shall be settled by general elections. The vote was 39 to 7 with three abstentions and thirteen absent. The resolution will be presented to the land at an open meeting. King Christian thanked party leaders for coalition efforts but lamented they had not succeeded.
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Motorboat Hermit a death by own action
New York on August 25 Stephen M Vern Allen a recluse who spent over two years roaming the North river at night and day in a luxuriously appointed motorboat shot himself aboard the craft A note to My Mother said I have no money and no place to live Alice whose past is shrouded in mystery bequeathed his body to a medical college Also a garbled medical advertisement mentions indigestion constipation and a product called rat medicine
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Stephen M. Vern Allen
North river
Alica
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