Public Utilities Arbitration Plea Over Street Car Chaos
The Federation of Citizens Associations urges District Commissioners to secure early enactment or amendments to require compulsory arbitration of labor disputes affecting the public utilities company. They demand the Washington Street Car service be controlled to meet its charter, with penalties for noncompliance. A North Washington Citizens Association statement condemns chaotic streetcar conditions and backs third‑party involvement in strike talks.
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Publ Utilities Committee
Federation of (Ctizens Associations
Federation
North Washaonitizens Association
Pil Coutlines
Fed
Washington Street
Wash
Cominas
Nub Utilities
Commiaion
WilHam
Clayton
14A Edwards
J. Holland
Pol A R Bryan
New Haven Restores Parlor Car Service Amid Strike Postponement
New Haven lines restored parlor car service after strike postponement news. Knickerbocker and Merchants Limited adjustments noted as New York advised delay ended. Absolute freight embargoes on New England railroads loosened. connections, government freight, and in transit loads allowed with caveats. Boston and Albany and Boston and main lines to accept freight to certain points with possible delays.
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Boston
Hasen
Hartford
New York
Merchants’ Limited
Knickerbocker Limited
Whs
New England
New Haven
United States
Boston and Albany
Boston and Mains Railroad
Ines
Eat What You Like Iria Dyspepsia Spells Relief Tablets
An advertisement highlights Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion and weak stomach, claiming to supply the digestive relief lacking in the body. The copy promotes the product as a solution to digestive discomfort.
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Stuart
Dragnet Sought Nicely Dressed Car Stoner
Police issued a citywide dragnet for a man about 30, six feet tall, 150 pounds, wearing a black overcoat and patterned suit with a derby hat and nose glasses. He hurls rocks at streetcars of the Washington Railway and Electric Company and then vanishes, posing a public safety risk.
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Queen Tien
G Feet & Inchea
Washington Railway and Electric Company
President presses for more talks amid rail crisis
President Wilson pursues mediation as New York conferences continue. Justice Gregory coordinates federal safeguards for railroads under receivership to prevent a nationwide shutdown, while Supreme Court rulings on the Adamson law loom and court observers await tomorrow's decision.
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Supreme Court
Wilson
National Guard
Calline
New York
Juaticea
Chicago
Rock Island
Department of Justice
Gregory
Department
Richmond Diamond Ring Theft Shocks Store
Charles W. Davis known as C. W. Morris, 21, stole a tray of six percent diamonds valued at 316 000 from J T Allen Co at 1323 Hast Main Street Richmond. He attempted purchase then fled with rings but was arrested minutes later by Patrolman Reams and the haul recovered. Police say the crime was planned and that other robberies occurred during the day. Davis claimed his ill mother in New Orleans forced the act.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Charles W. Davis
C. W. Morris
J. T. Allen & Co
Main Street
Davis
Strikebreaker Jailed After Court Admonition in Washington
In police court Judge Mulloway fined James Paddelly 100 dollars and ordered four months jail for gross misbehavior toward Maggie Bettiker, 17, on a Georgetown streetcar. Bettiker and deputy Sheriff Stanley Jenkins testified, with Bettiker’s sister Maude supporting the account. Paddelly, a New York strikebreaker, admitted nothing and claimed guilt would ruin his family.
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Miss Bettiker
Maude Bettiker
Stanley Jenkins
Montgomery County
Paddelly
Jenkins
Scrivener
Misa Bettiker
New York
China Proclaims Severance of Relations with Germany
A proclamation from President Li Yuan Hung announcing China’s severance of relations with Germany was received by cable at the Chinese legation. The message says Chinese departments are empowered to devise measures for the protection of German residents in China and take other steps. The proclamation is dated March 14, the day the German minister was handed his passports.
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Li Yuan Hung
China
Germany
Lewis warns aliens at St Patrick banquet
Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois told the annual banquet of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick at the Bellevue Stratford Philadelphia that aliens who try to defeat the government against foreign foes invite national prejudice and a ban on immigration. He said loyal foreign born citizens must not be penalized for the actions of a few.
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St. Patrick Society
U. S
Washington
Philadelphia
J . Hamilton Lewis
Inois
Society of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick
Bellevue-Stratford
Ita
United States
Uncertain World Powers Discuss War Alignments
S., Japan and China are cited in a March report from London via Maximilian Harden as discussing a potential alliance between the United States China and Japan to intensify anti German actions. The piece notes Britain and Russia’s stance and hints at broader imperial reach from New York to Petrograd and Kamchatka to Trebizond.
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Turkish Asia
United States
China
Germany
Bert Harden
Japan
Great Britain
Pewera
Australia
Africa
New York
Petrograd
Kamcchatka
Trebizond
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