North State Telephone adopts uniform monthly billing plan
Directors announce a shift to mailing bills on the first of each month with itemized toll statements. A collector's office on College Street will accept payments 9 to 12 and 1 to 3, plus Saturday evenings. If unpaid, arrears carry to the next bill and may suspend service after 40 days. May request full settlement this month.
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North State Telephone Co
College St
Central
North Carolina Corporation Commission
Interstate Corporation Commission
Observations of the Mexican border and allied actions
Reports from Ellington field Texas describe six planes ferrying to the Mexican border for observation with a second group to depart later and 150 troops to reach El Paso by rail. The piece notes unrest around Villa's movements north of Mexico and U.S. troops crossing into Juarez to safeguard Americans.
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deHaviland
Ellington Field
Houston
Texas
el Paso
Gordon Fawcett Hamby
J. B. Allan
New York City
Brooklyn
Huntsville
Ala
Nashville
Tenn
Howard Moore
Mobile
Moore
115Th Infantry
Mexico
Villa
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
Colonia Dublan
Parral
Manuel Diguez
Edward A. Dow
Cabell
Senator Simmons Takes On War Curb On Cotton Trade
Senator Simmons denounces executive overreach aimed at stabilizing cotton prices. He warns any department actions restricting Germany’s planned cotton imports or freight rates will be scrutinized. He cites possible discrimination against South Atlantic ports and vows accountability.
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Washington
Simmons
War Trade Board
Senate
Germany
Fletcher
Florida
South Atlantic
Simmons’ Dander
Appeal for Protection Against Secretary Daniels
President Henry Breckenridge of the Navy league appeals to Sherman Butler of the house naval affairs committee for protection against Secretary Daniels. He says the league seeks redress under the right of petition and asks to be shielded from unjust use of executive power by a public servant.
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Washington
Henry Breckenridge
Navy League
Sherman Butler
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Daniels
League
Breckenridge
German Delegation Instructed To Sign Treaty
Officials in Washington welcomed news that the German delegation had been instructed to sign. Reports of internal German dissensions and strong anti-treaty forces raised fears that negotiations could fail and lead to an entente occupation of Germany.
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Washington
Germany
German sailors shot by officers at Thurso port
Lieut Nuttall of the steamer Alouette reports that German sailors at Scapa Flow were shot by their own officers for trying to obey British commands to return to their ships and seal the seasacks at Thurso Scotland.
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Thurso
Scotland
Nuttall
Alouette
Scapa Flow
Senate Adds Forty Million to Air Service Appropriation
Washington senators tentatively approved an $55,000,000 appropriation for the army air service, an increase of $40,000,000 over the house vote, during overnight consideration of the army appropriation bill. Delays and deferred committee amendments limited progress.
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Senate
House
France
England
America
Joseph H. Choate, Jr
The
Chemical Foundation, Incorporated
Ways and Means
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
League of Nations
Mexico
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Mobile
Ala
South America
Taylor
Shipping Board
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
New Orleans
South Atlantic
War Department
Washington
Army Air Service
44 Hour Week For Workers Is Present Mecca Of Labor
Atlantic City New Jersey delegates at the closing session of the American Federation of Labor convention pledged to press a general forty four hour work week for all crafts and government employees in the United States to curb unemployment, seen as a prime cause of industrial unrest.
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Washington
Wilson
American Federation of Labor
Atlantic City
Fuchow
Shantung
N. J
United States
Germans Agree to Sign the Treaty and Endure Kaiser’s Rule
Reportedly, German negotiators agree to ink the peace treaty outlining terms for postwar governance and consequences for the Kaiser’s stance. The developing draft signals a shift toward reconstruction, accountability, and a new political framework.
Invasion plan looms as 100000 Americans could advance
Paris reports the council of four rejected German peace changes while Germany’s government signals agreement to the treaty but rejects responsibility for the war. Coblenz notes over half a million Allied troops await orders for a Rhine advance with Marshal Foch prepared to issue directives. Civilians face strict orders and infrastructure requisitions as 100000 Americans stand ready to move forward.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Council of Four
Wamar
Wilson
Lloyd George
Coblenz
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Marshal Fori
Knox Resolution Postponed As League Accord Favored
Washington lawmakers shelved a immediate vote on the Knox resolution and shifted to backing Bilbu Root’s proposal for a league covenant with reservations. The move signals a quiet week ahead until the treaty reaches ratification. Senator Hitchcock called the Knox plan a disaster, noting it split the Republican party and disappointed supporters.
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Washington
Senate
League of Nations
Bilbu Root
League
Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
Life of New Cabinet Declared Precarious
London reports the new cabinet’s life is precarious as peace is signed and a Reuters dispatch from Berlin notes that accidents or abstentions could topple it. The centrists and socialists, whom it depends on, hold only two of 423 deputies.
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London
Ocr
Reuter
Berlin
Enbloc
Fleet at Scapa Flow Composed of Seventy One Vessels
London reports the German fleet, returned after the surrender of the Tet meer est, gathered at Scapa Flow. The flotilla includes nine battleships, five battle cruisers, seven light cruisers, and five destroyers. Names such as the Kaiser and Kronprinz Wilhem are mentioned among the hulks at the anchorage.
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Scapa Flo
London
Tetmeerest
Scapa Flow
Kaiser
Kaiserin
Koen Atherte Bayern
Markeraf
Kronoring
Prinzregent Luitpold
Grosser
Furst
Frederich der Gros
Gompers Re elected Head of Federation of Labor
Atlantic City Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor at the convention and awarded a 10000 dollar yearly salary. One radical opposed the reelection as delegates rose to cheer their leader who framed the vote as organized labor s answer to List ucers and opponents.
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Samuel Gore
Am& Jcan Federation of Labor
Gompers
Organized Labor
Ucers
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