Eight Hour Day Granted to Switchmen in Railroad Ruling
The federal arbitration board awards an eight hour day with pro rata overtime for switchmen across 13 eastern railroads, increasing wages by five cents per hour for foremen and helpers. Dissenting views cite disagreements over overtime pay and overall impact. The decision notes gradual implementation and considers family time and health, with most crews likely staying at ten hours or more.
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New York
Federal Arbitration Board
Swi
James B. Connors
W. A. Titus
E. F. Potter
T. W. Evans
Charles B. Howry
Jeremiah W. Jenks
Howry
Jenks
Switchmen Award Sparks Adamson Law Debate
A New York conference committee spokesman says the Switchmen Arbitration Board decision affects the Adamson act. The award grants nine hours pay for eight hours worked, a 13 to 16 percent wage rise, not the ten for eight proposed by Adamson, and the railroads praise the board’s liberal stance.
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New York
Conference Committee of Managers of the Railroads
Switchmen’s Arbitration Board
Adamson Act talks resume after Christmas
Railroad officials say the Adamson conferences will be resumed after Christmas once the abeyance with road managers and brotherhood leaders over switchmen demands is resolved. They expect the status quo to hold until the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Adamson law.
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United States Supreme Court
Yu Yucatan delegation urged rent for churches in Queretaro
Reports from Mexican journals say the Yucatan delegation to the constitutional congress will demand that religious denominations pay rent for all churches and temples used. They also propose banning confessional, appointing a donations commission, forbidding clergy from owning property, restricting priests under fifty, and limiting ministry to native-born Mexicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Yucatan
Constitutional Congress
Queretaro
Mexico
Congress
German Raider Prinz Friederich Wilhelm Floated Off Samsoe
A Copenhagen dispatch reports the North German Lloyd liner Prinz Friederich Wilhelm, stranded near Samsoe, was floated on Friday evening. Earlier Berlin said she broke the British blockade after leaving Odde near Bergen and reached Stavanger escorted by a Zeppelin and two submarines before being reattached off Samsoe.
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London
Copenhagen
Reuters
Samsee
Prinz Friederich Wilhelm
Berlin
Odde
Bergen
Stavanger
Zeppelin
Samsoe
Governor Urges Miners to Keep Kansas Coal Moving
Governor Arthur Capper appeals to Kansas coal miners and operators to avoid holiday production cuts. He warns the state faces an alarming coal shortage and urges mines to run through Christmas and New Year’s except for those two holidays to ease the crisis.
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Topeka
Kan
Orer
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Rockefeller Gives Gold Ten Dollar Piece to Estate Workers
John D. Rockefeller disperses a $10 gold piece to each employee on his Tarrytown estate. The coin comes enclosed in a case bearing the message the season's greetings from John D. Rockefeller. The gift was reported from New York on December 23.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Mail By Submarines Could Carry US Letters Soon
Berlin reports a news service claim that ordinary mail to the United States may soon be forwarded by commercial submarines. The route would also carry mail to other neutral countries.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
United States
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Forecasts by The Light report Saint Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington temperatures ranging from 6 to 28 with clear or cloudy skies and varying wind speeds. Sunday prospects include fair conditions in several cities and potential snow in Saint Louis.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Gales and Snow Sweep the East Coast Cities
A 72 mile gale crippled telephone and telegraph lines across New York city and surrounding regions. Winds toppled signs and shattered plate glass while pedestrians dodged debris and rescuers watched over skyscrapers. Boston reported widespread wire damage with 85 mph gusts on the southern New England coast. Weather forecasts predict warmer but unsettled Christmas conditions nationwide.
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New York
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Washington
Flatiron
Boston
New England
Montreal
State Department Welcomes Stock Market Probe
Secretary Lansing said the State Department would welcome a congressional investigation into whether any government officials or relatives profited from stock market fluctuations tied to President Wilsons peace note. Representative Wood of Indiana introduced a resolution calling for the inquiry, which was referred to the judiciary committee.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
State Department
Wilson
Wood
Indiana
Judiciary Committee
Soldiers threaten boycott on border borrows row
Soldiers from San Benito camps threaten to boycott local merchants after the town’s school board bans dancing by school teachers during contracts. The order aims to keep teachers from dancing in term time, and efforts to lift the ban failed.
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Brownsville
Tex
San Benito
Voltaire Overdue Lamport and Holt Liner Feared Lost
The 11,000 ton Voltaire sailing from Liverpool on November 28 with a crew of 140 including many Americans is eleven days overdue in New York. Grave fears are expressed that the vessel has been lost.
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New York
Lamport and Holt Line
Voltaire
Liverpool
Commerce minister seeks to cultivate all idle land
Paris December 23 The Minister of Commerce introduced a bill empowering the Agricultural Department to put into cultivation all unoccupied land. The measure follows a precedent in farm land policy.
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Paris
Minister of Commerce
Agricultural Department
Denison Mills Distribute $5000 Bonus to Workers
Denison Texas December 23 192? The cotton mills paid out five thousand dollars as a ten percent bonus to employees for the last six months of work. The distribution reflects profits and payroll incentives for workers.
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Denison
Tex
Denison Cotton Mills
Christmas Mail For Frontline Troops In Northern France
From Paris to London reports describe a festive yet grim frontline mail run across the British, Canadian and Australian forces. Despite busy war logistics, many parcels go unclaimed or delayed as a steady stream of holly decorated trucks conveys gifts while shellfire and duty press on.
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Associated Press
France
London
Australia to float 18 million pound war loan
A Reuters dispatch from Melbourne reports the commonwealth plans a new war loan of 18,000,000 pounds sterling on terms similar to previous issues.
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London
Reuter
Melbourne
Commonwealth
Air yacht wrecked at hangar in Long Island gale
The America, a $20,000 flying yacht of the American Trans-Oceanic Company, was wrecked at its hangar off Washington on Long Island during the 70 mile per hour gale that swept the area last night.
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New York
America
American Trans-Oceanic Company
Washington
Long Island
Car Crash Kills Churchwell in Texas Area
In an early Friday morning crash on the post road near Kyle, a Honda car driven by Churchwell and Ditlinger overturned. Churchwell died at the scene. A local taxi driver took the body to Kyle, and it was later shipped to Hondo.
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San Marcos
Tex
Kyle
Post Road
Messrs
Churchwell
Ditlinger
Honda
Hondo
Holland Faces Food Shortage Crisis
A special report from Frank W. Mahin, American consul in Amsterdam, warns Holland is facing a serious shortage of food, coal and other essential supplies. The alert underscores growing hardship for residents amid disrupted imports and rationing pressures.
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Washington, D. C
Holland
Frank W. Mahin
Amsterdam
Stocks Near Normal at New York Market Open
Irregular changes, mostly fractional, accompany the opening. United States Steel was offered in a block of 10 000 shares at a slight gain.
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New York
United States Steel
Suffragette Memorial Planned for Capitol Hall
Memorial services for Inez Milhollang Boissevain, a noted suffrage leader, will be held in Statuary Hall at the Capitol on Monday. It marks the first time a woman without a monument in the hall is honored there. A memorial resolution will read Mrs Boissevain's last message to Western women.
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Washington, D. C
Inez Milhollang Boissevain
Statuary Hall
Capitol
Gifts to Pershing's Force Reach 10000 Packages
Field Headquarters Mexico December 23. The committee overseeing the Christmas celebration reports more than 10 000 packages with an average value near 3 each to be distributed to Pershing's punitive expedition troops. Many gifts come from Red Cross headquarters and individuals. Large consignments include 41000 cigars 11000 pounds of candy 300 pounds tobacco 6000 comfort bags 2000 Christmas packages and barrels of home made jellies plus two complete sets of baseball equipment. General Pershing hopes the event will be the most enjoyable in the ten months with the troops in Mexico.
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Mexico
United States
Red Cross
Pershing
American Binder Twine In England
London reports that Ramage binder twine will be used mainly for next year’s British harvest. US mill agents secured orders despite calls for buying English, with claims of $1,250,000 savings and 10,000 tons of cargo space if purchased domestically. English farmers and dealers thus favored American twine, despite higher local stocks and export bans.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Atlantic
Rescue of Gustave Nelson On Edward J. Hines Wreck
Acting Secretary Sweet reports the rescue of Gustave Nelson, an American sailor from the steamer Edward J. Hines, which sank in a Caribbean storm on October 13. Nelson endured nine days at sea, found help with Carib natives near Tela, and sailed to New Orleans to join family in Boston.
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Washington, D. C
Robinson Crusoe
Sweet
Gustave Nelson
Edward J. Hines
Caribbean Sea
Nelson
Honduras
Tela
J. Rivers
New Orleans
Boston
Frederick Troutman
Atilla Island
F. J. Dyer
Ceiba
Edward Hines
Colon
Aviator H R Deighton Simpson Killed in England
H R Deighton Simpson son of Henry W Simpson of New York was accidentally killed while flying in England on December 19. He served as a lieutenant in the British flying corps.
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H. KR. Deighton Simpson
New York
London
H. R. Deighton Simpson
Henry W. Simpson
England
British Flying Corps
Ten indicted in Illinois medical license fraud case
Ten people including two Chicago physicians and several Davenport College of Chiropractic affiliates were indicted on charges of conspiracy to obtain medical licenses by fraud. The scheme allegedly collected about $50,000 from 41 students and caused 36 to take exams without securing passing results. Dr. St Clair Drake and Farr testified, with Drake promising broader investigations beyond Illinois.
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Chicago
Illinois State Board of Health
St. Clair Drake
State Board
Farr
Drake
Texas
Illinois
Fred Fellows
Frank Achatz
John Sharp
I. O. Bennett
J. B. White
Davenport College of Chiropractic
Davenport
Iowa
Charles Williams
R. D. Moore
Phillip Gregg
Princeton
Ill
Silas Wesley
Attilla Judd
Waterloo
Illinois State Board
Achatz
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Fellows
Williams
Grand Jury
Moore
Springfield
Christmas liquor demand swamps express companies
Baltimore reports that dry states in Virginia West Virginia and the Carolinas caused a flood of liquor shipments with 35 000 to 40 000 packages daily. Two companies embargoed liquor shipments from noon to nine this morning to relieve congestion. Packages ranged from quarts to several gallons during the week.
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Baltimore
Virginia
West Virginia
Carolinas
Express
Chicago Trains Run Late Amid Storms and Cold Wave
Chicago reports widespread train delays from a half hour to eleven hours due to storms and cold weather. Freight trains struggle to move large freight as terminals at St Louis ease to near schedule with more workers handling baggage and mail.
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Chicago
ST. Louis, Mo
St. Louis
Union Station
Denmark ratifies sale of Danish West Indies
American Minister Egan at Copenhagen informed the State Department Denmark ratified the treaty selling the Danish West Indies to the United States. The action formalizes the transfer of the islands to U.S. control after decades of negotiation.
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Washington, D. C
Egan
Copenshagen
State Department
Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
Torreon Capture Reports From Villa Forces Unconfirmed
Untested reports from El Paso claim Torreon fell to Francisco Villa's troops after fighting began early yesterday and ended with a city capitulation at 1 PM. Carranza officials deny battles at Torreon and Chihuahua City while Murguia confirms no Torreon capture.
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EL Paso
Tex
Torreon
Francisco Villa
Washington
Jose Ynez Salazar
Chihuahua City
Villa
Jiminez
Carranza
Eduardo Soriano Bravo
Francisco Murguia
Trancisco Villa
Murguia
Santa Rosalia
Peace Letter From Russell Reaches Wilson Aims to End War
A special committee of the American Neutral Conference Committee leaves New York for Washington to present President Wilson with Bertrand Russell's peace letter. George Foster Peabody Paul A Kellogg and Miss Emily Greene Balch accompany the messenger girl from England who evaded the censor. Russell urges the president to conclude the war with a just peace to save European civilization.
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New York
Washington
Wilson
Bertrand Russell
Europe
George Foster Peabody
Paul A. Kellogg
Emily Greene Balch
England
Abraham Lincoln
Russell
President Wilson Begins Christmas Early at White House
President Wilson started Christmas celebrations with all married White House staff receiving turkeys and gifts arriving by express and mail from across the United States. Admirers sent mementos, holly and mistletoe filled the rooms, and a large Christmas tree was placed for the children. The president plans to spend tomorrow and Monday with his family.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
White House
United States
Cotton Up Three Dollars A Bale In New Orleans Trade
In New Orleans on December 23 the cotton market rose with an advance of 3 per bale for the strongest months. Futures offerings were light as shorts attempted covering, bid prices higher, aided by bullish weekly statistics, mill demand, and foreign exports, with a late gain of 55 to 60 points.
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New Orleans
Christmas carols lack Christ child in Chicago schools
Christmas programs in Chicago public schools omit the Christ child due to a directive from the superintendent of schools citing a state law that forbids religious content in classroom exercises. The policy affects holiday observances across city schools and alters traditional carol selections.
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Chicago
Congress adjourns for Christmas with multiple bills advanced
Congress ends a three week session for the Christmas recess and reconvenes January 2. The House passed urgent deficiency and other government supply bills, while the Senate moved ahead on rail road and immigration matters. The District of Columbia prohibition bill and a national prohibition amendment see continued debate. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill totaling 5 165 746 dollars was approved, with a contentious amendment tying to withheld a diplomat's salary.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
District of Columbia
Senate
Wilson
House Commerce Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Newlands
Joint Commission
Judiciary Committee
Bennett
New York
Robert W. Bliss
Paris
Charles Edward Russell
Union Pacific replaces Missouri River bridge at Omaha
The Union Pacific announces removal of the old cold steel bridge across the Missouri River between Omaha and Council Bluffs today. A new bridge weighing 11,200,000 pounds, twice the old, will be installed after being built on a false work south of the old structure.200 workers will shift the new bridge into place and move the old one to a north side false structure. The operation is expected to take two hours with no major traffic disruption.
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Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Steubenville Urges Gas Curtailment to Avert Shortages
Steubenville merchants and domestic consumers are urged by the Chamber of Commerce to cut gas usage to ensure enough supply for mills and factories. The gas shortage has forced several thousand workers out of employment, and households are advised to switch to coal for heating.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Steuville
Steubenville Chamber of Corn
Deming Soldier Dies of Pneumonia
Private Charles Broadwater of Company A Second Arkansas Infantry died at Camp Deming on Friday from pneumonia. He enlisted at Springdale Arkansas.
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Arbitration Board
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Prinz Wilhelm
John D
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Seervae
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Midis
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Weather Bureau
North Pacific
Grit Nma
Gale
Great Machine
U. S. Steel
Virginias
Christ Child
Bunbhton
UA Aoliday
Omy
Missouri
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