Brotherhood Leaders Claim Victory In Rail Strike Settlement
The Weston conference committee of railroad managers and mediators announced the strike would be off after midnight talks. Brotherhood leaders won concessions by gaining pro rata overtime on the eight hour day and keeping present pay for ten hours for eight, closely mirroring what Adamson law would grant if constitutional.
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Weston
New York
Wilson
Elisha Lee
Lane
Brotherhoods
State of War Admitted in Public Debate
Washington reports unofficial admission that a de facto state of war exists between the United States and Germany after the sinking of three unarmed American merchant ships. The White House weighs an emergency session for authority to take aggressive submarine actions and to arm ships for defense and patrols.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Congress
Wilson
Three U S Ships Sunk Reported By Consul Frost
Consul Frost at Queenstown told the state department a German submarine sank the City of Memphis. Forty nine surveyors were saved and an admiralty vessel searched for eight missing. Dispatches from Consul Skinner in London said the City of Memphis the Illinois and the Vigilance were sunk without warning. Some Memphis crew landed and a patrol boat retrieved the crew of the Tinos.
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U. S
Washington, D. C
Frost
Queenstown
State Department
City of
Memphis
Admiralty
Department
Skinner
London
City of Memphis
Illinois
Vigilancia
Ne Tinos
Filibuster Senator Norris Seeks Recall Election
Lincoln Neb says Norris asks Governor Neville for a special recall vote to test public support for his stance on armed neutrality. Norris would resign if the majority approves. Neville opposes the idea citing lack of demand and unnecessary cost.
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Lincoln
Neb
Neville
Norris
Nebraska
Czar Abdicates as Revolts End Russian Monarchy
Simultaneous uprisings in Petrograd and Moscow lead to Nicholas II's abdication and the end of the Romanov dynasty. A duma backed provisional government forms with a twelve member executive committee and a new cabinet led by Prince Georges E. Loouis. Empress Alexandra's influence dimmed as troops defect to revolutionists.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Nicholas II
Russia
Czarevitch
Michael Alexandrovitch
Romanoffs
Alexander Protopopoff
Interior Department
Imperial Council
Prince Lyoff
Menu
Duma
Czatr
London
Tsarskoe-Selo Palace
Nicholas
Alexandra
Alix
Hesse-Darmstadt
Dumna
Committee of the Duma
Reuter
Sars
Pstrogrea
Szoth
Shewtional
Georges E. Loois
Paul N. Milloukoff
Manuiloff
Moscow University
Aa. J. Guchkoff
M. Schinareff
M. Tereschtenko
Kiev
Kerenski
Saratoff
N. V. Nekrasoff
M. Godneff
Kazan
Rodzianko
Duma Council
Empire
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
United States refuses to embargo supplies to allies. A German submarine sinks the Algonquin with four bombs. crew saved. A U S soldier in El Paso linked to a German plot involving Mexico. New England governors pledge support to protect ships at sea. Navajo reaches New York after submarine blockade. seven lives lost off the Irish coast aboard Folio. Consul Frost at Queenstown reports to Washington.
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United States
Carranza
State Department
Washington
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Germany
Seventh Cavalry
J. C. Stephens
Plymouth
A. Nordberg
New England
Boston
Navajo
New York
Liverpool
Cunard
Frost
Queenstown
New York Athletic Chief Weney Removed by Governor Whitman
Gov Whitman discharged Fred A Weney chairman of the New York state athletic commission after dropping extortion charges brought by three boxing promoters. Judge Landis in Freport NL sentenced George Reitzell to sit 30 seconds in a chair before acquitting him on Mann act violations. W D Carliles nomination as Chicago postmaster won Senate confirmation. Dean Shaller Mathews of the University of Chicago said the school will become the world’s largest divinity institution costing 35 000 000 for the buildings. Eggs in carload lots to northern markets to be shipped from southern states announced by Gulf Coast Produce exchange at Mobile Alabama.
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Fred A. Weney
State Athletic Commission of New York
Whitman
Weney
George Reitzell
Landis
Freport
Shaller Mathews
University of Chicago
Divinity School
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast Produce Exchange
Land Pays for 160 Acres From One Wheat Crop
The article cites Western Canada farmers paying for 160 acres from a 53 acre wheat crop. John Larcome, a Holden settler, bought land in 1915 and produced a 53 acre yield yielding 2970 dollars while land cost 2640 dollars, leaving profit to cover operating costs. It notes many districts report land sales and rising values postwar.
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Canada
Holden
Grand Trunk Pacific
John Larcome
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
What Shakespeare Did in Stratford Jubilees
An American tourist questions the fame of Shakespeare in Stratford during a jubilee. An elderly villager explains that Shakespeare wrote for the Bible, noting the flood of Shakespeare branded stores and goods and clarifying the writer’s true work.
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Shakespeare
Stratford
California Syrup of Figs Ad Targets Mothers
An advertisement advocates California Syrup of Figs as a safe child laxative. It promises gentle cleansing of stomach and bowels, easing feverish or upset children, with dosing guidelines for infants to adults and a 50 cent bottle size.
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California
Farmhouse Quip on Terms and Boarders
A rural exchange plays on wordplay about relations and boarders. The speaker jokes that taking relatives as boarders has altered their terms and relations in a humorous rural scene.
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Mr. Hayseed
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Czar
Republic
Itussia
Brussiloff
Nicholas V. Ruzsky
Supreme Military Council
M. Rodzianko
M. Chteheglavitoff
Council of Empire
Navy Department
Chicago
Great Lakes
Europe
Mexico City
Adjt
Louis W. Stotesbury
New York National Guard
War Department
W. D. Carlile
Senate
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