Long Hours in Government Work Spark Overtime Controversy
The article describes overtime concerns in federal agencies including the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, with calls for a nationwide inquiry led by Miss Jeannette Rankin. It notes Secretary McAdoo's eight hour work day order, potential printer shortages, and possible congressional action to set overtime policy. The piece also covers related political turbulence in Peking and miners’ war measures.
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LIS
Peking
Congress
Rendon Fale II
North China Day News
Gen Chang Hsun
Aterm Shanghai
China
Syeyman Bank of
Tuan Chi Ju
Imoney
Bureau of Engrassins and Printing
State, Treasury, War and Navy
Jeannette Rankin
House
Ctty
MclAdoo
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Government Printing Office
Navy Yard
Bureau
State
Treasury
War and Navy
American Federation of Labor
Federation
McAdoo
Ralph
Engraving
Miss Rankin
House Labor Committee
United States
Washington
Government Hospital For the Insane
Post Office Department
German Political Turmoil Shapes Submarine War Debate
London reports two rival German views on the crisis with Ersberger seen as probing policy and submarine warfare. Some newspapers question his stance while others defend him. Central powers may offer peace moves within weeks, aimed at pressuring the Allies, with American export embargo viewed as a heavier war-length factor. Dr Ersberger dominates the Bohemische Volks Zeitung coverage.
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Braazberger
Remhstag
Wolff
Tageblatt
Ersberger
Kolmische Volks Zeitung
Wreberger
Volks Zeituns
London
Vienna
Vassar
Germany
Ttig
Berlin
Times
Boelhmische Volks Zeitung
Eroberger
Birthday Gift Husband Wed In Quick Court Ceremony
Miss Agnes Campton, 18, of 90% Seventh street southeast, chose her own birthday present by marrying traveling salesman Avery Mullen, 26, of Detroit. They met Friday at her aunt's home, pursued a fast courtship, and married last night after securing a license from Col. Kroll. The couple kept the romance under wraps from family and employers until the courthouse ceremony and rapid church nuptials followed.
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Agnes i Campton
Seventh Street
Miss Compton
Avid W Mullen
Crawford Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Mr Mullen
Mig Compton
Col. Kroll
Mr. Mullen
George J. Bryant
Immaculate Conception Church
Colonel Green and His Bride Shy of Receiving Visitors on Honeymoon
Colonel Green and his bride arrived at Pennsylvania Station from Chicago shortly before 3:30 PM, smiling amid a media scrum while his wife posed briefly. Officers report the couple will make New York their home after a honeymoon voyage on Green’s yacht, with plans to travel the Hudson and unnamed destinations.
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Frank B. White
Chicago
Texas
Florida
Hot Springs
S. C
Colonel Green
Washington
New York
H. R. Green
Pennsylvania Station
Cireen
Mrs Green
Gol. Green
Pri Morcy
Hudson River
Green
Col. Green
Spies Mail News at Mexican Ports
Special to The Washington Post from El Pass Texas reports German notes in the United States moving via Vera Cruz to agents in Spain then to Berlin. German spies cross at Juarez and Redo to Vera Cruz mail letters on liners to Barcelona. Authorities tighten border ports as ships sail Vera Cruz to Barcelona.
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Washington Post
el Pass
Tex
United States
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Spain
Berlin
Juarez
Laredo
Barcelona
Mexico City
Washington
Spanish Transatlantic Steamship Company
Montevideo
Regina
Chilean Cabinet Resigns After Neutrality Debate
Santiago reports the Chilean cabinet that took office in 1915 with Hiass Balmaceda as premier has resigned. No internal trouble was noted, though neutrality stance between the United States and Germany may have pressured the government. Rumors say Chuapang may have favored abandoning strict neutrality.
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Santiago
Chile
Hiias Balmaceda
United States
Germany
TWO ARRESTED AS SPIES NEAR JAMESTOWN NAVAL BASE
Two alleged German spies were arrested near the Jamestown naval base in Norfolk Virginia by military authorities and handed to the Department of Justice. One purportedly posed as a sailor and carried a small satchel containing high explosives. Captain C F Mitchell refused to release details.
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Washington
Norfolk
Jamestown Naval Base
Department of Justice
Hampton Roads
C. F. Mitchell
Suspect Held in Mare Island Navy Yard Blast
In Woodland California on July 11 J Kozlowski KL a Russian Pole arrested near Esports is held by local police as a suspect in the Mare Island navy yard explosion that killed six. Kozlowski says he was in Vallejo but left last Sunday and is 22. he was previously refused admission to the marine corps several weeks ago.
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Woodland
Cal
J. Kozlowsk KL
Esports
Here
Mare Island Navy Yard
Kozlowski
Vallejo
Marine Corps
U. S. Fleet Arrives in Montevideo Receives Warm Harbor Welcome
A United States fleet arrived at Montevideo today and was greeted with enthusiastic reception by harbor officials and harbor craft. The welcoming ceremony occurred as the ships entered the harbor on July 11. The event showcased cordial relations between the United States and Uruguay.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Officigla
Tear Up Stamps Plan Aims $2 Million Daily Benefit
An elderly California veteran proposes tearing up postage stamps as a way to raise about $2 million daily for disabled soldiers and wartime relief. He urges President Witcon to adopt the scheme, suggesting tearing three stamps into pieces as proof of the idea.
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California
Witwon
Brown
Strike for Lemberg Continued From FigaT Page
Berlin reports no large scale actions on the eastern front between the Baltic and Black Sea with movements south of the Dnieper executed as planned. Bulgarian raiding detachments wiped out a British post east of Lake Boiran and British artillery set several villages on fire on the Struma plain.
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Berlin
London
Wireless Preas
Baltic
Black Sea
Lake Boiran
Struma
Lemberg Galicia’s Capital and Strategic Aim in War
The city of Lemberg, Galicia’s capital, has been central to the eastern front offensive since 1915. It changed hands from Russia to Teutonic allies on June 22, 1915, after a seven week march, and its railway links to Kiel, Odessa, Petrograd, and Warsaw gave Moscow strategic reach.
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Chang
Imperial
Peking
China
Leasler
Republic
Cty
Catholic Organ of
Berlin
Reichstag
Mathias Erzberger
Germany
Tageblatt
Crown Council
Lemberg
Galicia
Kiel
Odessa
Petrograd
Warsaw
Lwow
Count Bobrinsky
Cracrow
Przemysl
New Congressman's Youth Mirrors Bold Fargo Victory
Fargo July 11 O B Furness head of Grand Forks GOP conceded John M Baer of Fargo won by about 1500 votes with 212 precincts missing He is 26 barely above the constitutional age a Lawrence University graduate civil engineer former Democrat and Wilson appointee who drew cartoons for the nonpartisan Fargo paper He is nephew of the late James Whitcomb Riley
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Fargo
N. D
Grand Forks
O. B. Furtness
Congress
John M. Baer
Baer
Lawrence University
Appleton
Wis
Beech
N. C
Wilson
James Whitcomb Riley
Plot to Destroy Factories Leads to Multiple Arrests
Chicago today reports Herman Barecka arrested by Federal agents in East Chicago charged with involvement in a plot to destroy steel and munitions factories. Earlier Karl Kaufman was taken into custody for alleged German agent activity. Translated correspondence linked Barecka to the scheme with broader ramifications and more arrests expected.
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Chicago
Herman Barecka
Karl Kaufman
Kaufman
Barecka
Calls for a Free Quebec Sparks Catholic Editorial Outcry
A sensational L ideal Catholique editorial urges Quebec to secede from Canada and form a new republic on the St Lawrence River. The attack follows opposition by Catholic church organs including LaCroix against conscription, with authorities not restraining the confrontation in Montreal.
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L'ideal Catholique
LaCroix
Roman Catholi
Montreal
Quebec
Dominion of Canada
St. Lawrence
L’i[Deal Catholique
Defeat of Villa Claimed in Parral Attack
Mexico City reports Pancho Villa and his forces were defeated in an attack on Parral as announced by the war department. The dispatch dated July 11 details the setback for Villa in the ongoing Mexican conflict.
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Parral
Mexican War Office
Mexico City
Pancho Villa
War Department
Tidal Wave Follows Quake After Fiji Dispatch
A Fiji transmission reports severe earthquake damage in the Samoan Islands and a tremor affecting the Friendly Islands. The alert notes a tidal wave following the quake and confirms earthquake activity across the region.
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Melbourne
Suva
Fiji Islands
Avas
Samoan Islands
Extradition urged for Cocchi in Ruth Cruger murder case
New York July 11 District Attorney Swann released details of Alfred Cocchi s confession in the Ruth Cruger murder. Ruth spurned a plea for silence as Cocchi struck her three times, buried the body in his bicycle shop cellar, and covered the site with a wooden box. Arthur Woods urged Secretary of State Hull to press Italy for Cocchi s extradition to the United States for trial, saying a U S trial offers better chances to probe accomplices. Woods planned to seek President Wilson s help after discussing with Secretary Tumulty. Cocchi had left New York February 27 on the Manchester to Havre, landing at Havre after claiming Italian reservist status.
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New York
Ruth Cruger
Alfred Cocchi
Swann
Cocchits
Arthur Woods
Ussioner
Poth
State Department
Alfredo Cocchi
United States
Italy
Tumuity
Woods
Wilson
Coccht Cocchi
Manchester
Havre
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Republican Army
Henan Tung
Chang Hsun
Legation
Feng Kuo Chang
Wu Ting-fang
Aup
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Solous
Frank K. White
B. B. Herbert
Minneapolis
Federal Trade Commission
National Editorial Association
Mission of Schools
P. Kirkwood
University of Minnesota, Ionight
Benjamin B. Herbert
Association
Red Wing
Minn
FIRSC
James M O'Brien
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Mullen
William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Council
Amsterdam
von Retamann-Hollweg
National Liberal
Herbert
David
Zimmermann
Helfferich
Gernstert
Zimmerman
Copenhagen
Count von Bernstorff
W. & Solf
Colognie-Gazette
Helfferleh
Hollweg
Whip
Zurich
Vony Bethmann-Hollweg
Center
Erzberger
Pole
Mare Island
Lemburg
North Dakota
New Republic
Villa
Zepalais
Ae As
Sunday Post
Mertz & Mertz Co. Inc
F St
Jerry
Cejeatia
Next Sunday
Sergt. McClintock
McClintock
Robert Ferguson
America
Lloyd George
Kerensky
Count Terauch
Alexander Ribot
Mansea
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