Wilson Rejects Shopmen Wage Demands Amid Cost Crisis
President Wilson rejects railroad shopmen wage demands saying wage boosts would worsen living costs and threaten national stability. He offers a 4 cent per hour parity adjustment tied to factory price control and urges patience as government fights inflation. Labor leaders plan a ballot among 676,060 shopmen to accept a wage commission or stick to original demands.
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Federation of Labor
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Wilson Urges Rail Shopmen to Reconsider Wage Demands
President Wilson, in a statement to railroad shopmen, appeals to reconsider their stance rather than seek wage increases. He warns that higher living costs must be reduced first to prevent inflation while government steps to curb profiteering and boost production begin to bear fruit. He pledges executive support to ensure fair treatment and future cooperation between employers, workers, and the state.
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Erinia
Intervention Urged as Mexico Crisis Deepens in 1910
The piece argues that U S intervention in Mexico is inevitable within months due to growing chaos and foreign debt losses. It notes Carranza’s weakness, British French and Italian officials’ stance, and U S preparations for land and sea force deployment.
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Albert W. Fox
Washington Post Co
United States
Rio Grande
Mexico
Cuba
Wilson
Carranza
Ars Oficiala
Vladivostok Cut Off and Red Cross Women Sent From Omsk
Reports from London and Siberia say Vladivostok is surrounded by insurgents and a Japanese squadron arrived there. In Omsk, about 60 American Red Cross women were ordered to Irkutsk to prevent panic. a few nurses were retained to prevent demoralization of a hospital and refugee relief work.
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Omak
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Irkutsk
Roland Morris
Japan
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Kolchak
George H. Emerson
William S. Graves
Siberia
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Maj. Slaughter
Graves
Col. Wmerson
Yekaterinburg
Cheliabinsk
Dr. Manget
Maj. MacDonald
Morris
Harris
Omek
M. Soukine
Mine Weat
Senate in eight day plan to widen treaty hearings
The foreign relations committee outlined an eight day schedule to probe the peace treaty. Witnesses include Italians Jugoslavs Hungarians Americans Greeks Irish Lithuanians Ukrainians and others. Topics cover Fiume the Aland Islands and German colonies in Africa with emphasis on Egypt and league council rights.
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Fiume
Aland Islands
Africa
Ireland
C. & Williams
Indianapolis
Monroe Trotter
National Equal Rights League
American Mid-European Association
Eugene Piyany
Chicago
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Washington rent inquiry widens as profits tales heard
A Senate subcommittee hearing on Washington rents examines profiteering and private property use during the war. Witnesses describe extortion, unjust gaps in the Baunbury proposal, and housing hardships for war workers, including women lodging with shared facilities and high room rates.
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Senator Ball
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Thaly
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Senate
House
Loyers
Wington
Wael
Seiburg
Ing
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Henangham
Miss Hesangham
War Workers's
Amberger
Mien Honaugham
Misa Henangham
Oklahoma
Ashe
J. W. Braguete
Nate York
Army to Cut Strength to 225000 by September 30
The War Department announced the Army will be demobilized from about 461,000 officers and personnel on August 19 to 225,000 by September 30. The move follows the present rate of demobilization and signals a major reduction in force.
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