Labor Leaders Plan Union Affiliation Talks at AFL Convention
Baltimore November meeting previewed possible affiliation of the American Federation of Labor with the four major railroad brotherhoods. W. G. Lee urged unity while Samuel Gompers forecast future integration though official affiliation would wait until after the convention. Lee said eight hour day issues would stay with the brotherhoods.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
W. G. Lee
Great Brotherhoods
Themerican Federation of Labor
Lee
Federation
Queerness in Her Head and a Woman's Cure for Monthly Pain
Mrs M D McPherson of Chadbourn North Carolina testifies to chronic monthly misery with headaches and fainting. She credits Cardui a 6 bottle cure and continues to take it as a tonic claiming it saved her life and strengthened her for childbirth. Her sister also benefited and she urges others to obtain Cardui from their druggist. It is described as a vegetable remedy believed to help and not harm.
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Cardui
Cardus
D. D. D. Laboratories
Chicago
Merchants Urged To Arm Ships Against Submarines
Liverpool MP Robert P. Houston head of the Houston line calls on the Times for sea law to be ignored and ships to arm against submarines. He offers 2000 pounds to any British captain for each German sub sunk, up to 50 by May 31. He previously warned about shipping scarcity and neutrals using interned German ships.
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London
Robert P. Houston
Liverpool
Houston
The
Times
British Mercantile Marine
Labor Leader Urges Peaceful Push for Arbitration Reform
Lee urged unity to influence arbitration legislation and praised President Wilson while defending workers rights. He argued congress cannot force labor to work and highlighted the eight hour day as a sign of courage. He credited labor gains from the election and urged maintaining power.
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Wilson
Congress
Mexico
Former Trenton bank official is given five years
David King, a former official of Broad and Market Street National Bank in Newark, was sentenced to five years in Atlanta by federal Judge Rellstab for misappropriation of funds. The report lists other regional items from New York to Tennessee and Mexico.
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Trenton
N. J
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Broad and Market Street National Bank
Newark
Atlanta
Rellstab
Digestion Aid Ad Promotes Chamberlain's Tablets
An advertisement advises that fullness after meals signals overeating and recommends taking Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion. The notice frames the product as a practical remedy for stomach discomfort.
Convicts Re Captured In Alabama and Other Lapses
Reports from Montgomery mention Louis King an escaped white convict from Jefferson county and James Coleman an African American convict from Lee county were recaptured Sunday and to be returned to the Alabama penitentiary. Other items note Alabama archives board meeting delayed for quorum issues and FCC suspension of rate hikes for carload blocks to Jacksonville. An earthquake near Georgetown was recorded overnight with a center around 2,100 miles from Washington, and Atlantic Coast Line declares a semi annual dividend of 3 1 2 percent restoring to 7 percent.
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Ala
Louis King
Jefferson County
James Coleman
Lee County
Alabama
Washington
Lincoln
Columbus
Jacksonville
Fla
Interstate Commerce Commission
Georgetown Observatory
New York
Atlantic Coast Line
Rappahannock Sunk by German U Boat
Report from London states the Furness liner Rappahannock was sunk by a German submarine. Captain Garrett and forty crewmen are missing, last heard from after departing Halifax for Liverpool on October 19.
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London
Furness
Garrett
Rappahannock
Liverpool
Norwegian steamer Joachim Brinch Lung torpedoed report
A Copenhagen telegram to the Exchange Telegraph Company states the government has received word that the Norwegian steamer Joachim Brinch Lung was torpedoed. Details on the attack or casualties are not provided in the available text.
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Associated Press
London
Navy
Copensen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Joachim Brinch
British steamer Siamese Prince torpedoed off Brest
The Siamese Prince returning from Brest after delivering horses to the French government was fired on without warning by an unseen attacker 200 miles at sea. A lifeboat with the body of seaman Joachim Brinch Lund was found in Falmouth Bay. The ship carried 42 crew and 54 horses, no passengers, and pursued by a likely German attacker in rough seas. Monroe Singleton jailed for one year and one day for grand larceny.
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New York
Brest
Joachim Brinch Lund
Falmouth Bay
Hestlers
Furness, Withy & Co
Monroe Singleton
Railroad men prepare to present case before joint committee
Washington November 21 Railroad workers prepare to present their side as a joint congressional committee begins hearings on transportation problems. Preliminary sessions were held yesterday after an executive meeting decided rail men would testify first due to readiness.
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Washington
Congressional Committee
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