Landis Aims to Fix Wage Fight Across Trades
Federal judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis outlined a set of arbitration principles for resolving building trades wage disputes. The move follows years of failed efforts to settle Chicago builder labor tensions as multiple juries and commissions sought solutions. Landis’s plan envisions nationwide basis for wage peace between the Chicago trades council and two major builders groups.
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Eee Gene
Federal
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Chicago
Dailey Commission
Landis
Chicago Trades Council
Three Women Seated on Pilings Smoking Pipes At Atlantic City
In Atlantic City on the beach a trio of women wearing near one piece bathing costumes were found sitting on pilings in the water smoking briar pipes. Beach surgeon Charles Bowett ruled the scene informal while a beach policeman Westcott noted the scene as unlike a drawing room.
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Atlantic City
N. J
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Charles Bowett
Atlantic City Strand
Westcott
Employers Associations and Monopolistic Trade Rules
The text discusses restraints on employers associations and unions, outlining conditions under which monopolistic elements are tolerable. It argues public benefit, open membership, apprenticeship, efficient work rules, higher wages, hazard level, and skill requirements justify restrictions or allowances.
Adam and Eve Case Sparks Labor Debate in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on August 5, a police matron cites that 99 of 100 women commit crimes due to a man, while labor notes discuss wage scales and efficiency. The fragment cites weather affected demand and calls for better use of machinery and productivity.
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Philadelphia
Mary C. Moore
Occupation of Haiti and San Domingo Probed
Oswald Garrison Villard and Morace Knowles testified before a special senate committee on the American occupation of Haiti and San Domingo begun in 1915. They alleged that the occupation caused murders and criticized naval defense of the action, calling Maui a biot on the navy.
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Fraser Edwards
United Press
Washington
Haiti
San Domingo
Oswald Garrison Villard
Morace Knowles
Senate
Villard
Knowles
Maui
United States
Pastor warns against smoking woman in 1920s sermon
The Rev Frank Macdonald of Paterson New Jersey urged young men in his First Baptist Church to avoid marrying a smoking girl calling it unwomanly though not leading to perdition He outlined seven traits for an ideal wife and six for an ideal husband highlighting heredity education and character as key factors
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New York
Frank Macdonald
Paterson
N. J
Perdition
Mr. Macdonald
Macdonald
Rose Blackman Sued For Abusive Language In Court
Emma Johnson accused Rose Blackman of 90 minutes of abusive language. Blackman admitted the charge and claimed she endured taunting. The court fined Blackman $1.25 for the offense.
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Larne Rose
Sean England
Boxing theme fills Steeplechase Club with 6000 worshippers
In New York on August 5, Father Joseph P. Brady led overflow services in the Steeplechase Boxing club arena. About 6,000 attendees unable to attend regular church services gathered as banners proclaimed Boxing every Friday evening and Baseball every Sunday at Arverne on the walls.
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New York
Joseph P. Brady
Arverne
London Divorces Rise Amid War and Reform
London officials report a sharp rise in divorce suits from 789 per year in 1895 1899 to 2589 per year in the five years before 1900, indicating substantial changes in marriage stability since the war era.
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London
London Drunkenness Declines in First Quarter
London reports 19 854 drunkenness cages in the first quarter, down 4 159 from the same period last year. The shorter total reflects a continuing drop in recorded intoxication cases across the capital.
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London
Spiritist to Take Census of Fairies in Canada
Vancouver reports that a man named Taylor, a spiritist and theosophist, declares fairies exist in British Columbia and plans a census of Southern cotton mills in 1919 while noting Canada’s elf population areas. He asserts British Columbia is the elfin spot.
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Vancouver
Canada
Taylor
British Columbia
Southern
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