Rail Strike Crisis Nears End After White House Talks
Washington Nov 23 The four railroad brotherhoods and President Wilson held a two hour conference with the federal mediation board and agreed to seek accommodations without halting transport. Demands will not be presented until Dec 1, and a definite issue is unlikely before the new year. The government may take over if deadlock occurs.
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Washington
Four Brotherhoods
Wilson
Four Brotherhood
Federal Mediation Board
Rail Strike Prevented After White House Talks
Washington November 23 railway brotherhood chiefs after a two hour conference with President Wilson said transportation would be kept running and they would discuss any proposed solution. The statement, signed by Stone Lee Carter and Garretson, says pay raises are needed to meet rising costs but they will cooperate to avoid war disruption and seek an equitable patriotic settlement. Wilson then echoed the view, noting workers aim to maintain living standards while remaining willing to consider reasonable proposals to avert a crisis.
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Railroads’ War Board
White House
Brotherhoods
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Warren WS. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. BR. Garretson
The
Order of Railway Conductors
WS. Carter
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemem
William J. Chambers
Martin
Knapp
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
Brotherhood
Federal Board
Garretson
America
Washington
Railroad Brotherhood
Messrs Stone
Lee
Carter
Railway Brotherhoods
United Miners Lose Big Damage Suit in Fort Smith
Fort Smith Arkansas November 23 jury in the Babe Denman syndicate case against the United Mine Workers and others awarded $200000 in damages. Under Sherman act plaintiffs may seek triple damages totaling $800000. Suit claimed $2250000 in damages from union violence at Prairie Creek mines Sebastian county in July 19d after operators tried to run with nonunion workers. Several lives lost. two U.S. cavalry troops were sent from Fort Sheridan to maintain order. Miners will appeal. Indianapolis November 23 United Mine Workers will seek higher courts to overturn the Fort Smith ruling. Leaders plan to present questions at the AFL convention in Buffalo.
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Ark
Babe Denman
United Mine Workers
Nun
Prairie Creek
Sebastian County
United States Cavalry
Fort Sheridan
United States Marshal
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Bache- Denman
Mine Workers
Danbury Hatters
American Federation of Labor
Buffalo
Frank Hayes
William Greene
Duquoin Policeman Shot After Train Confrontation
Duquoin Illinois police patrolman W B Campbell and Earl Kirkpatrick were shot on Thursday night as they confronted Jim Lewis a Negro aboard an Illinois Central train passengers panicked when officers attempted to eject him from the train in Duquoin Illinois November 23 1923.
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Duquoin
W. B. Campbel
Earl Kirkpatrick
Illinois Central
Jim Lewis
Man Confesses Bombing at Auditorium Theater
Reinhold A. Faust, a naturalized German, confessed to placing a bomb at the Auditorium theater during a grand opera last Friday. He also admitted writing blackmailing letters to First National Bank of Chicago leaders James B. Forgan and Frank O. Wetmore, blaming government treatment for his actions.
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Chicago
Reinhold A. Faust
Schnettler
Auditorium Theater
Faust
James B. Forgan
Frank O. Wetmore
First National Bank of Chicago
Italians Hold Foes Though Outnumbered The Fourth Italian Army fights near the Piave and Brenta fronts as Austro-German forces strike with three to two superiority.
Italian commander Robilant's fourth army resists a concentrated assault between the Piave and Brenta rivers with fierce battles and counterattacks. West of the Brenta Pecori's and the Duke of Aosta's wings hold firm while delays and reformation follow aggressive enemy drives. Reports of atrocities surface as observers near Bassano and Monte Mentella describe heavy casualties and shifting lines.
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Presa
Italy
Robilant
Piave
Hrenta
Brenta
Pecori
Duke of
Zensen
Bassano
Monte Mentella
Frenzela
Valstagna
Lenine's Order Denounces Armistice Decree
From Petrograd via London November 23 Lenine and Ensign Krylenko announce that Gen Dukhonin refused to offer an armistice to any nation and has been deposed. Krylenko named new commander in chief and directs soldiers to elect plenipotentiaries to negotiate peace terms while the council of commissaries must approve any final armistice.
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Lenine
Dukhonin
Krylenko
Liberty Loan Money Hits Highest Yet in Treasury Balance
Washington November 23 The net balance in the U S treasury reached a new high of 1 921000000 as inflows from liberty loan payments taxes and profits taxes flood in Officials predict the peak may hold for months as new certificates of indebtedness await December 1 receipts and large redemptions are anticipated while more than a billion and a half dollars poured into the treasury in a week Meantime a Lake Huron storm drove 60 mile winds sweeping freighters to shelter at Port Huron with the weather easing later in the day
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Washington
United States
Treasury
McAdoo
Asles
Lake Huron
Port Huron
Mich
Herbert Corey to Bring War Updates From Swiss Border
The Whig will publish a series by Herbert Corey detailing conditions in Germany. He has been on the Swiss border for a month gathering facts and plans a multi part feature starting next Sunday with eight additional installments. Readers are urged to follow the coverage.
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Germany
The
Whig
Herbert Corey
Swiss
Quincy
Mr. Corey
Chauncey Sinking Slated By Rose Collision in War Zone
Washington reports the American destroyer Chauncey sank after a collision with the transport Rose in the war zone. Twenty one men died, including Commander Walter Reno, as the after section sank while the forward part stayed afloat briefly before rescue. The Rose carried seventy survivors to port, delay obscuring ship identity.
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Washington
Chauncey
Rose
Navy Department
Sims
Walter &. Reno
Roundup of IWW agitators arrests in Butler county oil fields
Kansas City November 23 100 alleged IWW members were rounded up in Butler county Kansas oil fields with over 50 detained by federal authorities. O E Gordon Alfred Barr and Samuel Forbes national officers remain in custody while others who proved non involvement were released. Most detainees face a new Kansas vagrancy misdemeanor law. Leaders Eastman Haywood with others faced Chicago indictments for hampering war prosecution. Raids at Augusta El Dorado Towanda slowed as IWW members began leaving.
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Kansas City
Butler County
Kansas
Fred Robertson
United States
O. E. Gordon
Alfred Barr
Samuel Forbes
Phineas Eastman
Chicago
William O. Haywood
Robertson
Augusta
Eledorado
Towanda
White Rats Order Wins Union Backing
Buffalo November 23 The American Federation of Labor moved to reorganize actors after recall of prior charters. The adjustment committee proposed local unions apply for six months and form a cross branch national body. Two White Rats officers opposed recall. Fitzpatrick and Montford led the defeat of the recall. The federation would urge all actors to join the White Rats and assist organizers. Jurisdictional disputes were sent to President Gompers.
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Buffalo
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
White Rats
Alternativenu
Harry Montford
James W. Fitzpatrick
Fitzpatrick
Federation
White Rats Actors’ Union
Committee On Adjustments
Gompers
War Port Board to Expedite Allied Material Movement
Government plans a war port board for each principal Atlantic and gulf port to speed the movement of men and materials to Europe. New York already has a board chaired by Hurley with war and navy secretaries. others to be named in Boston Baltimore Philadelphia Hampton Roads New Orleans and Galveston.
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War Port Board
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf
Europe
New York
the &Ecretaries of
War and Navy
Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
New Orleans
Galveston
British Army Breaks Enemy's Last Defense at Cambrai
London dispatch reports Major General F B Maurice says British casualties were lower than 8000 prisoners taken after a record 24 hour advance of six and a half miles at Cambrai. He credits Ypres fighting for Cambrai success and notes Palestine operations near Jerusalem continue with distant prospects.
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London
Cambrai
F. 8
Maurice
War Office
Ypres
Venice
Palestine
Jerusalem
Judea
De Saulles Murder Trial Opens In Mineola
The trial opened with Julius Hademek, Austrian valet to John L. De Saulles, testifying that Mrs Blanca De Saulles sought her former husband’s home to see their son before the fatal shooting. Chauffeur James J Bonner and other witnesses followed as District Attorney Weeks outlined the case.
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Meadow Brook Country Club
Son
Weeks
Transports Fight Through Submarine Zone to Port
Nov 23 at a French port the latest American transports reported an eventful voyage through a submarine zone. One ship was slightly damaged and another had a bow hole with some guns damaged. Temporary fixes were made and the convoy pressed on. A later attack showed a torpedo wake near a vessel while the conning tower was visible, but all ships reached port and damage was repaired.
Cavalry and Tanks Advance as Cambrai Front Pushes
British forces in France drive toward Cambrai after breaking German defenses at Anneux and Cantaing. Cavalry, tanks, and infantry sweep from west of Cambrai to south of the town as Bullecourt gains press the line. about 8,000 prisoners held, with 700 captured at Bullecourt amid heavy fighting.
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Associated Press
France
Cambrai
Anneux
Cantaing
Bourton Wood
Bullecourt
Novelles
Rumilly
Red Cross in War Front Reports From Norton Visit Abroad
Charles D. Norton of the Red Cross war council spoke to Red Cross workers at headquarters on his return from tours of the British French and Italian fronts. He praised Italian troops potential to regain lost ground and described relief efforts for Venetian refugees, noting the 100 million dollar fund's pivotal role. He emphasized morale as essential as fighting spirit and highlighted Red Cross canteen service and wartime aid near the front.
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Red Cross
Cave
Venetian Plains
Mr. Norton
Milan
France
Santa Fe Railway
Union Pacific
Rel Cross
Prefer Army To Prison
Five prisoners in Chicago were offered a choice by Judge Ste in the court of domestic relations. Convicted of non support desertion and similar offenses on the complaint of their wives they chose military service and were sent to a recruiting station for examination.
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Pere
Judge
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