Labor Defies Injunction Ruling in Northwest Conflict
Buffalo November 24 The American Federation of Labor reaffirmed its stand against government by injunction and denounced court rulings that treat labor as property. The convention condemned the Washington Supreme Court decision blocking strikers from picketing and backed effort to aid affected workers amid internal clashes over a national charter for clerical locals led by M M Pollock and Secretary Frank Morrison. The adjustments committee highlighted machinists’ jurisdiction over all mould makers for glassware as a key ruling.
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International Association of Machinists
Hindu plot trial witness to testify in India conspiracy case
Jodh Singh, a principal witness in the Chicago sealed Hindu plot trial, will testify Tuesday in San Francisco in the trial of 70 persons charged with conspiring to overthrow British rule in India. Sukummar Chatterji testified, detailing a voyage through the Orient to Bangkok and Singapore, and his arrest by British officers who warned him of possible treason charges. The defense introduced excerpts of Chatterji's Chicago testimony.
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Chicago
India
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San Francisco
Sukummar Chatterji
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Orient
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Singapore
Chatterjiin Chicag
England Desires to Decorate U S Sailors
Washington reports the British Admiralty offered to decorate two American destroyers for anti submarine actions but Secretary Daniels said U S law bars foreign decorations. Nominees included Lt Cmdr Blakeley and Lt Cmdr Neal for the distinguished service orders and Lt Frank Loftin Ensign Hens Fallon for the distinguished service cross plus QM W H Justice and CM M E Norton for the distinguished service medals. Ship names withheld for military reasons.
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Daniels
Charles A. Blakeley
George F. Neal
Frank Loftin
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W. H. Justice
Accused Wirt Valued Victim Of New Brainstorm
Wirt accused of new brainstorm theory to justify Blanca DeSaulles murder trial in Long Island. Attorneys portray hypotyreosis as cause of mental impairment tied to skull fracture and domestic history. Prosecution rests after letters reveal custody dispute over Tokn DeSaulles Jr. with inconsistent witness accounts indicate differing remarks upon entering the home before the shooting.
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John L. DeSaulles
Long Island
Henry A. Uterhart
de Saulles
American Troops Land Safely for France Phase Says Baker
Secretary Baker said American soldiers are arriving in France in pace with War Department expectations. He refused to give troop counts or timing, citing training, equipment, and ship availability. Baker noted possible easing of censorship if no military harm, and referenced British disclosures.
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London
President Praises Capps as Health Forces Retirement
Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, head of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, is relieved at his request due to ill health. President Wilson expressed deep regret and a successor is not yet named. Hurley favors a trained naval engineer or constructor, with Bowles and Ferguson among considered names, as a shift in the shipping board’s leadership unfolds while construction drive continues.
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
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Denman
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Wurley
Fleet Corporation
Tolstons Sok Says Russia Is War Weary
Count liva Tolstoi, son of the late Leo Tolstoi, traveling east, says Bolshevik rule will be short once a strong leader appears. He notes Moscow opposes the tactics of Petrograd and that Russians nationwide are weary of war, facing a choice between continued war or German domination.
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Leo Tolstoi
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Byng Promoted General for Frontline Service
London reports King George promoted Lieutenant General Byng to general in recognition of his distinguished field service. General Sir Julian Byng commands the Third British army on the western front, which routed German forces along a thirty mile front between Arras and St Quentin, driving them from the Hindenburg line after their strategic retreat. Byng, 55, is the seventh son of the second Earl of Strafford.
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Trotzky Says Universal Peace Possible If Allies Back It
In Petrograd Trotzky, Bolshevik foreign minister, rejects a separate peace with Germany and vows a revolutionary war if universal peace is not supported by allied governments or peoples. He claims the working class supports peace and condemns bourgeois opposition while mobilizing for action. London notes oppose Leninist armistice and warn it could breach treaties and Russia’s alliance.
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Associated Press
Leon Trotzky
Germany
Russia
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Trotzky
London
Robert Cecil
Nikolai Lenine
Europe
Haig's Men Halt and Push of Cambrai Gains
British forces in France report rapid progress in the Cambrai sector with overrun ground comparable to Verdun’s early drive. Hand to hand fighting erupts on open ground as civilians, prisoners, and refugees stream toward British lines amid dramatic scenes of relief and surprise at the advancing forces.
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Marshal Haig
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Hindenburg Line
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Tormy
M. Leslain
British Hold Ground After Night of Cambrai Fighting
British forces renewed pressure along the Cambrai front near Fontaine and Cantamg, with several score German guns reportedly captured. Irish infantry and tanks pressed at Mucavres, Tadpole copse, and Bourlon wood as fighting continued around Fontaine Notre Dame and Crevecoeur.
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Cambrai
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Ladpole Copse
Bourlor Wood
France
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Moeuvres
Tadpole Copse
Canal du Nord
Crevecoeur Vilaye
London admits loss of several tanks in grand fleet
London reports that the number of tanks in Tuesday's advance exceeded previous battles, with casualties described as inevitable in such vast operations. Dispatches vary, noting some tanks knocked out by German guns others overturned or bogged but most continued forward despite mishaps.
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