French Gain At Verdun Front In Recent Action
Paris reports on Verdun front last night as French troops advance near Thiaumont Work and repulse German assaults around Fleury and Vauxfort. A French note asserts continuing offensives on the Somme and Verdun, with enemy defense increasingly ineffective.
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Paris
Verdun
Thiaumont
War Office
Fleury
Vauxfort
Somme
Hungary
Roussett
la Liberte
Letchitzky
Galicia
Bystritzag
Ratailow
Shipwreck tale sparks club memory by Smithkins
One detail, Smithkins recited to a circle of his club friends a long shipwreck story in which he nearly lost his life. As he described his peril a dramatic moment emerged with Jones interrupting to recall a different glimpse from the past.
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Smithkins
Jones
Rochester Post-Express
Love at Five to Eight: Henrys Confession to Richard
A brief exchange features Henry admitting a lingering attraction and near marriage, while Richard questions the delay. Henry clarifies he encountered the woman again on several occasions, revealing the social tension in their liaison.
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Henry
Richard
Puck
Congress Asked to Prevent Strike and Reorganize Oversight
A proposal urges Congress to enlarge the Interstate Commerce Commission and to set an eight hour day for interstate railway workers. It also calls for public investigations of labor disputes, possible freight-rate adjustments, and wartime transport measures to ensure national defense flexibility.
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Brotherhoods
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
SnaeneTney
United States
Oppose Canadian Plan Said To Enslave Workers
Washington August 29 The heads of brotherhoods Garretson Stone Lee and Carter issued a statement opposing any legislation modeled on the Canadian industrial disputes act They argue it would bind workers and force wage demands through compulsory investigations citing a 1910 incident where eastern railroads sought higher pay but faced disjointed talks after Canadian involvement.
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Grand Trunk Railway
Canadian Railways
Washington, D. C
Brotherhoods
Garretson
Stone, Lee
Carter
Canadian Commission
United States
Labor leaders seek eight hour day as rail strike looms
Washington August 29 direct negotiations between railroad executives and the employes through President Wilson nearly closed. The unions ordered a strike to begin Labor Day at 7 am unless a settlement is reached. Wilson planned to address Congress at 2:30 pm to push a legislative program including an eight hour day and a wage dispute commission. The eight hour plan faced strong union opposition to compulsory investigations, while railroad leaders favored arbitration as the sole path to settlement.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Congress
Committee of Railway Presidents
Capitol
House
Senate
Newlands
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Adamson
House Commerce Committee
Clark
Chambers
Federal Mediation Board
Ci Clee
White House
Committee of Eight
Brotherhood
A. B. Garretson
Brotherhoods
Whison
Cummins
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Kitchin
Urge Arbitration Protest by Midwestern Employers
State manufacturers associations and industrial groups from the middle west gathered in Chicago to plan a protest to President Wilson against abandoning arbitration in the escalating railroad labor dispute. The meeting aimed to uphold arbitration as the guiding principle in negotiation between railroads and their workers.
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Chicago
Middle West
Wilson
Immaterial Barbs on Drinking and Treatment
A Tit-Bits quip reflects on drunkenness as a disease and the idea of treatment by a physician. The remark notes a counterpoint that many drinkers may not care who treats them, highlighting attitudes toward alcoholism in social discourse.
How does your wife like the new neighborhood
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a man asking about his wife adjusting to a new area. The wife reports she is not yet well enough acquainted with the other married women to discuss them, highlighting social adjustments after moving.
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Detroit Free Res
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