New York Banking Fight and Socialist Nomination Reform
A report from Washington outlines New York bankers pressing for a regional bank dominating the Eastern States as McAdoo and Houston weigh the plan. The Socialist party adopts a presidential ticket by referendum, detailing nomination steps and timing, while Untermyer criticizes consent decrees and urges business reform. Progressive support for Wilson faces South opposition.
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New York
Wall Street
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Secretary of Agriculture
Houston
Congress
New England
al l
Middle Atlantic
President Hine
Chase National
Cannon
Fourth National
Vanderlis
Hemphills
Guaranty Trust
Europe
J. P. Morgan
Great
Morgan Banking House
United States
Socialist Party
Walter Langfersick
Morgan Firm
Untermyer
Bagatelle
Buck Wilson
Murdock
Kansas
Progressive Party
Wilson
Solid South
Topeka
Seven Days at a Glance Highlights Ford Profit Sharing
The week sees Henry Ford announce a sweeping profit sharing plan in Detroit, pledging workers a larger share of profits as unions and government examine industry dynamics. Other items include Union Pacific cash distributions, lower express rates, copper and miners strikes, Mexican tensions, and rising banking reform.
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Henry Ford
Ford
Detroit
Union Pacific
Parcel Post Service
Michigan Copper
Gov. Ferris
Socialist Party Committee
Moyer
Colorado
Mother Jones
New York
Ohio
Iowa
Barnes
Gov. Walsh
Massachusetts
Socialist Party
Ojinaga
Carden
Brazil
Union
Atlantic
Oklahoma
Miners’ Federation
Hancock
Mich
Ferris
Michigan
Calumet
Congress
Miners’ Union
Western Federation
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Southern Pacific
New York Central
McReynolds
Adj
John Case
Jones
Trinidad
Denver
Houghton
Chicago
Grand
Charles Tanner
Berger
Seymour, Stedman
Charles Edward Russell
National Executive Committee
Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Ford
Ford Company
Beef Trust
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Commerce Commission
San Francisco
California
Government Parcel Post
Municipal
Municipal Railroad
City of
Ford Auto Co launches profit sharing and seven eight hour shifts
Ford Motor Co announces a plan to share last year’s 10 million dollar profits with 26,090 employees, setting a minimum five dollar daily wage and bonuses while moving to three eight hour shifts. The move aims to equalize earnings between capital and labor and keep workers on full time.
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Ford Auto Co
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Ford Company
Ford
Ciuzens
Penn Faculty Members Named in Free Speech Rumor
Early this week rumors circulated in Philadelphia alleging two University of Pennsylvania faculty members, Dr. Scott Nearing and Dr. Clyde King of the Wharton School, were involved in a controversy over free speech.
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Penn
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Scott Nearing
Clyde King
Wharton School of Economics
Disaster in Atlantic gale sinks tank liner Oklahoma
A two day Atlantic storm wrecked the tank liner Oklahoma fifty seven miles south of Sandy Hook early Sunday. Thirty two lives were lost though several vessels arrived to assist. Captain Gunther and seven crew survived aboard a floating wreckage rescued by the German freighter Bavaria. Dr Weir Mitchell, noted author and nerve specialist, died at 84 in Philadelphia.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Jersey
Oklahoma
Sandy Hook
Gunther
Bavaria
S. Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
Villa Rallies Retiring Rebels In Mexican Border Clash
Rebels under Ortega fail to dislodge federal forces at Ojinaga as Villa rushes 3500 troops to aid. Refugees flood across the Rio Grande, many starving. Americans feed and care for the wounded. Britain hints at ministerial reshuffle over Huerta stance. Marines move toward Mexican gulf ports amid border unrest. Haytian revolt grows with governor taking refuge in Cape Haitien.
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Chihuahua
Ortega
Villa
Salazar
Rio Grande
Britain
London
England
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Huerta
Washington
Brazil
Wilson
Carden
Charles Murray Marling
Turkey
Ojinaga
United States
Daniels
Mexican Gulf
Hayti
Haytian Republic
Cape Haitien
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Columbus
James A. Garfield
Bryan
David I. Walsh
Boston
Boston and Maine
Bristow
Taft
West Virginia
Borah
Senate
Iowa Progressives On Warpath. the State Conference of the Iowa Progressive Party
Des Moines
House
Judiciary Committee
Clayton
John Lind
Gulfport
Miss
Treasury Department
Institution of Learning
Nearing
King
Eliot
Eden
Unitarian Society
Harvard
God
Father
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