Gompers Reacts to Labor Pact Amendment News
NEW YORK April 12 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor cabled President Wilson protesting against reopening the labor covenant drafted by the inter allied labor committee. He condemns the British amendment noting Orient conditions prevent absolute uniformity in labor law and emphasizes the covenant supports an international labor conference with a governing board and annual sessions to be hosted in Washington next October with him as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
International Labor Legislation Committee
Wilson
Gompers
G. N. Barnes
Paris
Inter-Allied Labor Commission
Washington
Labor Committee
United States
Interallied Labor Committee
Mr. Gompers
Berne
Germany
Junkers
Permanent Board To Handle World Labor Problems Is Created
Paris April 11 report of the commission on international labor legislation recommends a permanent organization to regulate labor conditions worldwide and an international labor conference. Fifteen members from the United States Great Britain France Italy Japan Cuba Poland Czechoslovakia served on the commission with Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor as chair. The report urges maximum working hours, living wages, social protections, and freedom of association to prevent postwar unrest and uphold peaceful international labor standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Commission On International Labor Legislation
Perent International Labor Bureau
United States
Great Ria
France
Italy
Japan
Cuba
Poland
Samuel Gomer
American Federa of Labor
Clair
Street Car Inventor And Engineer Is Dead
Antoine B. DuPont street car expert inventor and engineer died of pneumonia in Cleveland after influenza. He led the Cleveland Street Railway company under the three cent fare plan and was brother to T Coleman DuPont of New York a former president of DuPont powder. Born Louisville April 26, 1865 he mentored improvements to car trucks and other railway technologies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Antoine B. DuPont
DuPont
Cleveland Street Ralway Company
Mr. DuPont
T. Coleman DuPont
New York
The
J. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company
Wilmington
Del
BE. M. DuPont
Johnston
Louisville, Gas
Thousands of Jews Arrested in Buenos Aires Report Doubtful
New York April 12 The Zionist Organization of America denied it ever stated that thousands of Jews were martyred in Buenos Aires as reported March 38. It said the atrocity report cited could not be verified and claimed only that over one thousand Jews were arrested and a death toll could not be estimated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ztomiat ‘Organization of America
Buenos Aires
Mak
Ita
Spain to Seek Crediting Deals Under New Government Plan
In April reports indicate Spain aims to secure credits and funds through government backed accords. The plan, linked to alcohol and fugue conventions, seeks a later date for execution and outlines possible funding avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Nureday
Queen Mary Probes London Slums For Better Worker Homes
Queen Mary summoned British housing and health leaders after shocking unofficial visits to East London slums. Delegates including Dr Christopher Addison discussed immediate improvements as the queen sought unfiltered insight into squalor and unsanitary conditions in workers housing.
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London
Mary
George
Christopher Addison
Col. W. J. Lewis
East Side
Bethnal Green
Lewis
United Press
Debs Ready To Begin Serving His Sentence
Eugene V. Debs said at his Terre Haute home that he would begin serving his espionage sentence with no delay. He asserted he would not seek a pardon, claimed his comrades would remain true, enemies satisfied, and rejected claims of a general strike as false.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Poincare Testimony Taken by Judge in Humbert Trial
In Paris this morning Judge Andre of the appellate court went to the Elysee Palace to take President Poincare's testimony in the Humbert case. Humbert is on trial charged with commerce with the enemy.
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Poincare
Paris
Havas
Andre
Eylsee Palace
Humbert
Polish Premier Paderewski Meets Lloyd George and Orlando
Polish Premier Paderewski conferred Thursday with British Premier Lloyd George and Italian Premier Orlando in Paris. He also called on Herbert Hoover during his diplomacy run in the capital.
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Paris
Havas
Paderewski
Poland
Lloyd George
Orlando
M. Paderewski
Herbert Hoover
Man Accused Of Forming Brick Industry Combine Summoned
CHICAGO April 12 R C Penfield president of the American Equipment company is to testify before the executive committee probing high building material prices. Subpoenaed in New York he will be questioned on a contract with Chicago Brick Manufacturers fixing a $7 maximum price later raised to $9 in 1917. The present Chicago price is $12 per thousand. Frank C Layer of Builders' Brick company denies knowledge of the change and says the 12 dollar figure was set by the Washington war board in 1918.
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Chicago
R. C. Penfield
American Equipment Company
New York
Frank C. Layer
Builders’ Brick Company
Illinois Brick Company
War Board
Washington
Central Sales Agency
John Dailey
Dailey
Peace That Fits Fourteen Points Demands German Treaty
London April 11 A German wireless message reports the Weimar national assembly has accepted a resolution backed by all parties except the independents. It calls for a peace treaty in line with President Wilson's fourteen points and warns against any territorial changes contrary to that program. The assembly expects the government to seek only a peace of understanding and reconciliation and reject any treaty sacrificing Germany's present and future.
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London
National Assembly
Weimar
Wilson
Paris Debating War Damages Bill Reopens Peace Costs
In the chamber of deputies Louis Kiotz the finance minister refused to release details of the peace conference work. He urged restraint and said a plan within a fortnight would propose financial reorganization to rebuild all devastated regions and restore France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Havas
Chamber of Deputies
Louis Kiotz
France
Appeal To Employes On Prussian Roads
Berlin report states the Prussian government warns officials they have no right to strike and may face penalties. It appeals to officials to avoid actions that would disrupt food delivery, citing concern for the sick, children, and women. The message expresses confidence officials will stay loyal during hard times and need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Ask Lansing To Lift Censorship Of Cable
NEW YORK April 12 Despite denial by Lord Reading in Washington that British censorship of commercial cables has been used to promote British trade at the expense of America the council of foreign relations cabled Secretary of State Lansing in Paris asking that the censorship be removed Mark Prentiss manager of the council said that the censorship no longer a war measure was hurting American business interests and aiding British
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New York
Lord Reading
Washington
America
Council of Foreign Relations
Lansing
Paris
Mark ©. Prentiss
Council
Michigan Man Taken Prisoner In Russia
Corporal Arthur France of Oneida Michigan, previously listed as missing, is now reported wounded and taken prisoner in Russia. His injuries are not believed serious. Corporal Hiram A. Dunfield of Otsego Michigan is believed killed or captured after machine gun fire on patrol on October 5, 1918, with no trace found.
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Washington
Arthur France
Oneway
Mich
War Department
Russia
Hiram A. Dunfield
Otsego
Veteran Preference Seen as Menace to Merit System
Resolutions adopted by the National Civil Service Reform League in Philadelphia declare the veteran preference in civil service as the most dangerous threat to the merit system. The motion accuses proponents of weaponizing patriotism to aid politicians seeking soldier votes and betrays the spirit of merit-based hiring.
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Philadelphia
National Civil Service Reform League
Presidents cable on steel prices stalls industrial board
Washington April 12 The industrial board of the commerce department awaits President Wilson's decision after conferences with Peek Sweet and Thurman over the railroad administration's refusal to accept board set steel prices. Hines says prices are too high and the board should not force purchases. The board will stay quiescent until a policy is clarified and no decisions will be made with industry reps.
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Washington
Industrial Board of the
Department of Commerce
Wilson
Redfield
Peek
Sweet
Thurman
Railroad
Hines
Industrial Board
Railroad Administration
Cone
Millers Fail to Agree on 1919 Wheat Crop Plans
In Chicago on April 12 the Millers National Federation hosted a major meeting with 160 mills and 400000 barrel daily flour capacity. No consensus emerged on 1919 wheat crop handling, with 1.23 to 1.50 billion bushels anticipated. A 15 member special committee was assigned, and six plans were proposed, including government guaranteed price, market-based guidance, or a $1.50 minimum with government covering the shortfall to $2.26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Millers’ National Federation
Editors Of Seventh Pledge Aid For Loan
Chicago April 12 editor delegates across the Seventh Federal Reserve district pledge aid to the Victory Liberty loan. A mass meeting featured James B McNougal and Mayor Thompson with Gen Leonard Wood and others while Illinois editors vow to oversubscribe its quota and honor editors who fell in France.
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Chicago
Seventh
Federal Reserve District
James B. McNougal
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
William Hale Thompson
Leonard Wood
Grace Dixon
Ben McCutcheon
Ilinois
France
Iowa
Former Mackensen Officers Join Hungarian Red Army
A Berlin wireless dispatch reports a group of former officers from Field Marshal Von Mackensen's army have entered the service of the Hungarian Bolshevik government. They will aid in forming a red army.
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London
Field Marshal
von Mackensen
Berlin
Opening of the Kessell Store Draws Big Crowd
Hundreds attended the Thursday night opening at 617-19 Hampshire street for C. Kessel and Son. The store showcased new stock in clothing and haberdashery, with mahogany fixtures, carnations, and live music by Dickson's orchestra. Visitors saw the old willow basket from 27 years ago and heard how Kesell rose from hardship to own the shop.
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Kessell
Hampshire Street
C. Kessel and Son
Dickson
Charles Kessell
Quincy
Sunday Whig
Personal notices from Clarksville area
Dance Saturday night. N S B C Jesse A Denny of Clarksville Mo is a new student in G C B C. Ernst Plumbing & Heating Co moved to 615 Hamp St phone 606. D L Musselman confined to home by illness. Miss Alice Fry goes to Macomb for a Rushville Presbytery conference. Eye Ear Nose and Throat Dr E F Stannus 2014 Hampshire St. Winnie Derner improved after Blessing hospital stay. Mrs Clair Hayes of Milwaukee and daughter Joanne visiting. Judge McUarl moved to suite 623 Illinois State Bank Bldg. Mrs J Dennison called to Carthage by illness of daughter Mrs Brant Willams. Mr and Mrs J H VandenBoom home from Hot Springs. Otto Helm still ill. Julius Kespohl left for New York on Kespohl Mohrenstecher trip. Glasses fitted by Dr Stannus. Mary Heinze and Amy Juette visiting Palmyra. Edward Miller in France taking aerial mechanics course. He hopes to return home. Miss Bessie Durant went to St Louis for summer. William Golden spent day shopping. William Sanders returned from England after eight months in service. Herbert Murphy of Simmons Hardware visiting. P H OBrien Tren Biscuit company visiting local office. Mrs J W Wells recovering from Blessing hospital operation. Miss Esther Ely Mendon and Miss Maude Dunbar weekend visit.
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Jesse A. Denny
Clarksville
G. C. B.C. Ernst Plumbing & Heating Co
Hamp
D L Musselman
Alice Fry
Macomb
Rushville Presbytery
E. F Stannus
Hampshire Street
Winnie Derner
Blessing Hospital
Clair Hayes
Milwaukee
Wis
Joanne
Hayes
Henry Pryor
Locust Streets
St. Louis
Judge McUarl
Illinois State Bank
J. Dennison
T O Carthage
Brant Willams
J. H. VandenBoom
South Sixteenth Street
Hot Springs
Otto Helm
Julius Kespohl
New York
Kespohl
Bessie Durant
William Sharrow
Golden
William Sanders
England
Herbert Murphy
Simmons Hardware Company
P. H. O'Brien
the Tren Biscuit Company
Great Lakes
J. W. Wells
Novinger
Esther Ely
Mendon
Maude Dunbar
Miss Dunbar
Ireland Parliament Attacks The League
Sinn Fein members debate the League of Nations in Dublin as Prof. Edward De Valera urges equality for Ireland within a new constitutional unit. Critics call the covenant undemocratic while one speaker brands Wilson as Machiavelli of the new world and Ireland backs him against Britain France and Italy.
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Associated Press
Publin
Sinn Fein
League of Nations
Edward de Valera
Ireland
Wilson
League
Machiavelli
New World
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein Organization
England
France
Italy
More Births Than Deaths In March Reported
March reports from the board of health show 56 births and 53 deaths. Of births 33 were boys and 23 girls, all white except five. Deaths included diphtheria, influenza, typhoid, tuberculosis, heart trouble, bronchitis, pneumonia, liver trouble, and other diseases.
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Office of the Board of Health
St. Mary Hospital
Blessing
St. Vincent Home
Old People's Home
Local Fishermen Discuss Forming Casting Club
W J Newman urged the creation of a fishing casting club at Teak T Hardware. a committee including Dr E F Koetters Frank Tenk and J L Hase was chosen to recruit members. R F Miner of the Dowigac Co promised water targets and instruction. next meeting set for April 21 at Tenk’s at 8 PM. several anglers attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Newman
Izzak Walton
Teak T Hardware Co
Newman
Dr. Koetters
E. F. Koetters
Frank Tenk
J. L. Hase
R. F. Miner
Dowigac Co
Miner
Quincy
Baldwin
Highland Park Lake
Golden Woman Dies After Hour Illness
Mrs. Bertha Ihnen of Golden Til died Friday night at 8 30 of apoplexy after an hour illness. She was born in Morgan county Missouri 52 years ago and spent most of her life in Golden. Survived by husband Benjamin G Ihnen two sons IT B and George B Ihnen and two daughters Joanna and Alva, plus two brothers and two sisters in Nebraska. Funeral arrangements not announced.
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Golden, Til
Bertha Ihnen
Benjamin G. Ihnen
Ihnen
Golden
Trinity Lutheran Church
IT. B
George B. Ihnen
Peoples’ Exchange Bank of la Prairie
Board of Supervisors
Johanna
Alva
Want Market Abroad For Big Coal Surplus
Frank J. Hayes president of the United Mine Workers of America and Robert Harlan sailed for France aboard the George Washington to urge President Wilson to seek a foreign market for a quarter of the coal surplus of 1000000 tons. Hayes and Harlan would meet British miners on the British union policy committee six hour day and nationalization plan. Two banks representing American interests were established in Bhangiai last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Frank J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
Robert Harlan
France
George Washington
William Green
Wilson
United States
Hayes
Harlan
Plenary Session Of The Peace Conference Opens
Paris April 11 The peace conference met in a fourth plenary session with a distinguished personnel and the International labor report as the sole topic of discussion This was the first meeting since President Wilson left for the United States and drew attention to the leaders Wilson Clemenceau Lloyd George and Orlando gathered at the head of the table as the conference's power centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
International Labor Report
Wilson
United States
League of Nations
Council of Four
Clemenceau
Lloyd George
Orlando
Flying Circus with Six Aces and 17 Planes in Forest Park
Forest Park hosts a Monday afternoon inter allied flying circus featuring six aces from the United States France and Britain among 17 aircraft. Major George Statemeyer calls the Fokker the greatest flying machine as Capt. William P. Erwin and Maj. Edgar G. Tobin perform in the Victory loan showcase likely to run 1 30 p m to 5 p m with planes including Spad Sopwith Curtiss and five captured Fokkers flying over the spectators.
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ST. Louis
Forest Park
New Orleans
Memphis
Little Rock
Jefferson Memorial
George Statemeyer
William P. Erwin
Chicago
First
Aero Squadron
Edgar G. Tobin
San Antonio
D. S.O
Sedan
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Queen Mary
Combine For Brick
Michigan
President
Seventh Pledge Aid
RED Army
Bong Wed
Casting Club
Golden Woman
Bhangiai
Peace Conference
Helland
Bellans Vnde
Bellans
Bell- LA Ins
John G. and
Charles L. Both
Clough-Reihm CO
A. E. Prince
Newcomb Hotel
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