Government urged to seize coal mines to avert strike
The article argues coal operators and miners seek more than wage changes and warns that a prolonged strike threatens railroads and food supply. It advocates presidential control to operate coal mines and even railroad work by military power if necessary, warning the radicals risk overthrowing American liberty and calling for swift government action.
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Wilson
Publi
United States
Laboc
England
America
Congress
Trade With Australia Promising for U S Export Growth
The piece argues for expanding trade with Australia, noting Australia buys more U S goods and sells more to U S markets. It highlights a new trade mission, favorable labor and housing conditions, and vast resources, urging American manufacturers and exporters to pursue a balanced, steady partnership.
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Sheldon
Australia
Alien Slackers Prompt U S Draft Reform Debate
A House immigration hearing on the Kelly bill exposed alien slackers in World War I. Statistics show 734,139 aliens aged 21 to 31 refused service, while draft law aimed to bind citizens and declarants, exposing inequities for nondeclarants. Gen Crowder calls for duty from aliens. rhetoric frames the day as the time to end alien slackers and strengthen allegiance.
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House Committee On Immigration
Kelly
Alison Slackers
United States
Selective Service Act
Ote Department
Great Britain
France
Italy
Greece
Crowder
Congress
Crowder Defends Army Trials Before Senate Panel
Maj Gen Enoch H Crowder defended army trials to the Senate committee, rejecting charges by Samiel Ansel and Senator Chamberlain. He acknowledged some excessive sentences but argued the public misled. He cited 1900s disciplinary cases and Hoboken absence cases to justify strict punishments to maintain discipline.
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Senate Military Affairs Committee
Samiel Ansel
Chamberlain
Oregon
Enoch H Crowder
En Crowder
Hoboken
Death claims only Quaker in British House of Lords
The death of Lord Peckover leaves England without a male heir and ends his hereditary honors. The Quaker peer, a Cambridge sheriff and lord lieutenant, avoided military dress by royal dispensation. His Cromwellian ancestor and family banking ties to Gurney and Barclay are noted, with the piece touching on Golden Grove and Cawdor Castle connections and Shakespearean lore surrounding Macbeth’s setting.
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House OF Lords
England
Lord Peckover
Society of Friends
Cambridge
Lieutenant Werancatst
Scarjet
Edmund Peckover
Col Cleetwood
Bank House
Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
Oliver Cromwell
Hamond Peckover
Fakenham
Norfolkshire
Gurney, Birkbeck, Peckover & Co
Barclay & Co
Gurney, Birkbeck & Peckover Bank
Sir Walter Besant
James Rice
Lord Cawdor
Golden Grove
Carmarthenshire
Jeremy Taylor
Richard Vaughan
Earl of
Carbery
Milton
Charles
Campbells of
Cawdor Castle
County
Nairn
Macbeth
Duncan
Cawdor
Shakespeare
Castle Tower
Thim
Lady Macbeth
Samuel Johnson
Sir Walter Scott
Stull
Andrew
Campbell Marquse DE Fontenmoy
Proceedings of Congress and Committees In Brief
Met at noon and adjourned with many items. Reports on peace treaty reservations, Johnson amendment debate, deportation bills, and naval appointments. Committees advanced costs, wartime reforms, and a proposed national World War triumph arch in Washington with $20,000 sought.
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Proceedings OF Congress
Committees
Edith C Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Elections Committee
Victor L. Berger
Milwaukee
House
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Thomas McDonald
Bureau of Public Roads
War Department Expenditures Committee
United States
Col &.S Gorrell
General Staff
American Expeditionary Forces
Interstate Commerce Committee
Immigration Committee
Pubhc
Washington
America
Parcels for Austria Accepted by Post Office
Postoffice Department announces parcels for Austria will be accepted at eleven pounds weight with postage at 12 cents per pound or fraction. Postmasters have been instructed to send parcels for Austria via steamship routes directly to Germany.
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Postoffice Department
Austia
Msi
Austria
Sailineg Direst
Germany
Condensed Washington to Principal US Cities Train Timetable
A compressed rail timetable lists departures from Washington to major cities including Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Detroit Indianapolis Jacksonville Louisville Memphis New Orleans New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Richmond St Louis and others with multiple daily options and through lines by PRR B&O C&O. It notes varying daily changes and time specifics from railroad administrations and street-level departure points.
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Washington
Chicago
Renner Tin
Points West
Railroad Administration
Atlanta
Iran
Frydl Street
Newbark
C&o
Cleveland
B&o
Columbus
Detroit
R. BR
Indianapolis
Ser
Jacksonville
Florida
Louisville
IB & O
Memphis
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
PF BR
Pittsburgh
Richmond
ST Louis
Americans to feed Vienna in winter relief plan
Vienna authorizes Dr Hermand Geist of the American Relief Administration to run public feeding for the coming winter. With fuel shortages, about 1,000,000 people daily will be fed in public kitchens. Geist becomes effectively food dictator for this phase, organizing kitchens and credit operations. The program runs alongside child relief work led by Geist.
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Vienna
Associated Preas
Hermand Geist
American Relief Administration
Geist
Tum
Work For Child Relief
Dr Gelst
Sherwood Demands Pershing Frontline Role in War History
Ohio Democrat and Civil War brigadier general Sherwood pressed the House military affairs committee to disclose when and where General Pershing was at the front in past wars. He argued that 122 generals died in the Civil War and cited soldiers returning from France who said they never saw Pershing at the front.
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Representative Sherwood
Ohio
House Military Affairs Ecommittsee
Pershing
Sherwood
House
France
Foolishness Behind Air Program Critique Emerges
Col E Gorrell told a House committee that the army air program failed due to the foolishness of the French estimate relayed through Premier Ribot. He cited acceptance of a plan to produce 12 008 combat planes as demonstrating American foolishness and questioned aviation expenditures.
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Army Air Program
Premer Ribot
Col E . Gorrell
Air Service
American Expeditionary Forces
House C
America
Whipple Named Sanitation Chief for Red Cross League
Prof George C Whipple of Harvard University is appointed director of the division of sanitation in the bureau of hygiene at the International League of Red Cross Societies. He will leave Harvard in February to Geneva, headquarters of the league. Associate director will be Col Francis Longley, 1 S&S A, former colonel of the Twenty-sixth Engineers in France.
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George C Whipple
Harvard University
Bureau of Hygiene
International League of Red Cross Societies
Harvard
Geneva
League
Francis Longley
S&s A
France
Census aids service men in fourteenth district drive
Sixty five former soldiers and salora have been appointed supervisors of the fourteenth district census division. Announcement yesterday detailed the new roles and the scope of supervision across Texas Nevada and New York areas as part of the nationwide effort to streamline census operations.
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Salora
Texas
Nevada
Voices on Work Hours and Bolshevism in France
An excerpt discusses eight hour work days, costs, and production as remedies. It argues shortened hours raise living costs and that stability requires higher productivity. It dismisses Bolshevism, citing Russia as a cautionary example. It contrasts labor and employer interests and suggests moderation in reforms.
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Fran the Amerie
Ine Ofaed
Tomer
Prange Wawe
Wiewsr
Russia
Wei
Trade With Japan Unprecedented Says Consul General
Tokyo born K Kumasaki says trade between the United States and Japan has reached unprecedented scale and will grow. He notes fourfold rise since the war and predicts Japan will supply cotton steel and iron as trade expands. Farmers union leader S S Barrett predicts strong farmer influence and a “square deal” for next President as cotton prices rise toward 49 cents a pound.
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United States
Japan
K Kumasaki
New York
Washington
America
Lie World
Stre.s
S&s
Ateady
South
Gifts Made to Galloway by Civil Service Delegation
A delegation from the United States civil service commission visited the offices of former Commissioner Charles Malloway in the Sambian Building and presented him with a gold watch and a large bouquet of flowers. The watch bore his monogram Mia and noted the date September 7 1313, the anniversary of his retirement. A card praised Mr Malloway with warm sentiments as friends in the civil service.
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Civ
Illeway
Prince's Visit Shortened Amid President's Illness
Fragmented OCR text notes illness of President Wilson leading to shortened visit plans. Mentions inspectors or aides within unclear context. otherwise shows disrupted schedule and scheduling shifts.
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