Wilson's 5 000 Word Food Message Outlines Price Curb Plan
Cabinet reviews message direc ting Hines to begin pay negotiations with unions. DOJ prepares civil and criminal suits against big packers under food control law. President to urge Congress to curb prices via supply and demand and anti hoarding measures. Publicity on fair prices, FTC stock hoarding report, and continued wheat embargo noted.
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Wilson
Hines
Department of Justice
Trade Commission
Congress
Mitchell Malmer
Watson
Wales
Clyme
United States
Misthiel Itorney
Chicago
President Wilson letter authorizes rail wage talks with shopmen
President Wilson directs Director General of Railroads to consult with duly accredited shopmen representatives on wage concerns. He citesSenator Cummins’s letter as freeing action and urges workers to return to duty, stating strikes hinder a fair settlement and heightened living costs. He emphasizes government fairness and regular channels through organized unions.
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Board of Railroad
Railroad Administration
Ite Mnerita
Cummins Letter on Interstate Commerce Power to Hines
Senator Cummins argues the director general of railways holds plenary authority over wages and rate changes. The committee urges action aligned with public interest, noting ICC lacks power to suspend director initiated rates. A comprehensive reorganization bill is under preparation for directed regulation. CONTINUED ON FH: PaGR.
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Wilson
Albert B. Cummins
Senate’ Committee On Interstate Commerce
Committee
Senate
Cummings
Cummins
Hhe
Hines
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wilson Ultimatum Forces Rail Workers Back to Jobs
President Wilson issued an ultimatum to about 80,000 striking railway shopmen and up to 100,000 affected workers, demanding return to work while wage demands are reviewed. The move follows congressional hearings on wage increases and a push for a wage commission, as labor leaders warn of a broad railway tie-up unless relief is granted.
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Wilson
Interstate Commerce Committee of the House
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Wales
Warren S Stone
Brotherhood of Engineers
Glenn E Plumb
Congress
Committee On Interstate Commerce of the House
J J Forrester
Brotherhood of
Hines
Broadhurst
Forty-fourth Street
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Booth
Shubert
Astor
Republic
Lyric
Selwyn
Cohan and Harris
Playhouse
Knickerbocker
Producing Managers’ Protective Association
Tom
Actors' Iqutt Association
Rail shopmen urged to return to work as talks with railroad administration progress
The piece reports mixed views among railroad workers about a return to work while wage disputes are unresolved. Radical leaders fear prolonged delays despite President Roosevelt’s assurance of fair treatment through official grievance channels, while conservative factions anticipate prompt action aiding future negotiations.
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Railroad Administration
Endeover
Sherimen
J E Addicks Dies Noted Financier and Politician
John Edward Addicks a famed financier and political figure who sought the U S Senate from Delaware for thirteen years died at 328 West Seventh Street in New York. Heart disease was listed as the cause. Born in Philadelphia November 31 1841 he rose from a dry goods start to gas stock wealth and led the Bay State Gag Company in 1884 amid much controversy over his business and political ventures.
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New York
John Edward Addicks
United States Senate
Delaware
West Seventh Street
Rita Dunnevy
Addicka
Philadelphia
Aving
Bay State Gag Company
Boston
Chicago
Promi
Ind City Coun
Poincare to lay Lafay ette monument stone in France
President Poincare will lay the flat stone of a monument in September at Pointe de Grave near Bordeaux to honor the arrival of American troops. The date marks the birthday anniversary of Lafayette and the site is near where Lafayette sailed for America in 1777.
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Poincare
France
Lafayette
Pointe de Grave
Gironde
Bordeaux
America
Warn Japanese in Peking amid rising tensions
The Associated Press reports in Peking that Japanese residents are urged to stay indoors at night due to mounting ill will in China after the clash between Japanese and Chinese troops at Kwang Chang Tsu Manchuria, which caused numerous deaths.
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Associated Press
Kwang
Chang-Tsu
Manchuria
Stock Market Falls As Trading Week Ends
New York observers report a sharp one day drop closing the session with a near 20 point loss. Market anxiety grows amid Wilson administration talk and Justice Department actions while French exchange hits historic lows and money remains readily available at low rates.
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Stock Exchange
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Department of Justice
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Wall Street
Paris
Fiie
REVOLT CLIPS LOOM OVER SHANGHAI THEATERS LOOT FEARS
Prominent men called as jury to study evidence of plundering as Plumb warns of revolt over wages and industrial conditions during five hours on the stand. He says 264,000 miles of railroads suffer from systematized pillage and calls for a national conference on railroad control.
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Plumb
Memebre
Congress
Fle
Congresa
United States
Mumb
United States States
New Haven
Rock Island
Riots Leave Dozens Injured In Brooklyn Street Car Strike
On the second day of the Brooklyn street car strike, shootings and beatings wounded three and left seven in critical condition. Over fifty hurt, more than a hundred riot incidents were reported, with service halted at 8 pm. Mayor Hylan sought federal arbitration as Gerrison refused union recognition.
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Brooklyn
Major Hylan
Lindley M Gerrison
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Twenty Believed Dead As Schooner Gallia Sinks
Halifax Aug 7 Twenty persons are believed lost when the schooner Gallia sank after a collision with the British steamer War Witch off the coast. The Gallia carried a crew of at least 15 and possibly 30 passengers. Only seven passengers were named in wireless messages from the War Witch. The collision followed heavy fog in the area. War Witch was bound for North Sydney from Wabana. Gallia was en route to St Pierre from France. Saved listed include J Hoapia C L Nay H Y Castela and J Cavelier, passengers J Crequat A Bonlas and M Lecorre seamen. Captain W B Bennett of War Witch is noted as master.
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North Brdney
Wabana
St Pierre
France
J, Hoapia
C. L. Nay
H Y Castela
J Cavelier
J. Crequat
A. Bonlas
M Lecorre
W. B Bennett
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