Labor policy urged to unite workers and war aims
The Mediation Commission urged President Wilson to mobilize all labor for the war effort and to educate the public on American war aims. It called for government action to establish collective labor relations, an eight hour day with overtime, unified labor administration, and measures to curb profiteering and hostility in industry.
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Greece to wage ruthless war on Teuton plotters
Washington report on Greece under Prime Minister Venizelos pledging drastic action against Teutonic plotting. Mutiny at Lamnia to be punished, former Premier Skouloudis banished, parliament adjourned, and measures to mobilize manpower for the Entente outlined. Venizelos asserts allies can trust Greece will act to restore unity and victory.
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Teutonic
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Venizelos
Lamnia
Constantine
Stephan Skouloudis
Athens
Berlin
Lamia
Talk of a Drive Against Salonika and Balkan Terms
Diplomats warn a Teutonic push against the Salonika front could force Allies from the Adriatic while Bulgaria seeks to modify terms with Serbia and Romania. King Ferdinand signals a Balkan peace based on 1913 borders, risking Rumania and Greece as the Eastern Front shifts.
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Germany
ArHen
Balkans
Salonika
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Rumania
Serbia
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Austria
Bulgaria
Greece
Guillaume
Adriatic
Romania
Ferdinand
Macedonia
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Danube
Moldavia
Bessarabia
United States
Germans reveal American position in France near St Mihiel
Berlin announced that American prisoners were taken at Xivry a small French town about eight miles east and slightly south of St Mihiel and 15 miles from German territory. The statement fixes the American sector as cast of St Mihiel clarifying earlier vague references northwest of Toul.
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London
France
Berlin
Xivry
St. Mihiel
United States
Toul
Point Musson
Americer
Ely St. Mihiel
Argentina in Clutch of Nationwide Railroad Strike
Buenos Aires reports a sudden nationwide strike with dynamited tracks and burned foodstuffs and munitions. Troops mobilize to quell disorders as authorities fear heavy casualties and drastic government action to restore transportation and prevent starvation nationwide.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Lord Reading Arrives as War Ambassador to U S
An Atlantic port reports Lord Reading, new British high commissioner to the United States, arriving today to assume duties in Washington. He is noted as successor to Spring-Rice and is seen by Russian officials as likely to seek terms with Germany and foresee Russia’s disintegration and Bolshevik collapse as the outcome of the current crisis.
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Gautama
Atlantic
Lord Reading
Great Britain
Spring-Rice
Washington
Russia
Flood Threat Looms As Ohio River Gorges Rise In Wheeling
Wheeling West Virginia faces potential worst flood as the Ohio River swells eight feet and gorges block the river for 40 miles from Duck Hill to Wheeling. Brownsville Pennsylvania gorge broke loose, sinking coal tipples. dynamite blew a Wheeling Creek gorge. B&O trains rerouted to Pittsburgh over Pennsylvania Lines. bridge piers swept by ice and water. Rosiclare Illinois reports $50,000 worth of small vessels sunk by an Ohio gorge.
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Brownsville
Wheeling Creek
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Lines
Rosidlaire
Ills
Sinking of Tuscania Accelerates War Recruitment
The Tuscania sinking triggers a surge in enlistments across the United States. Chicago reports fivefold applications while Minnesota lumberjacks rush to the 20th Engineering HQ for revenge gains of up to 500 percent. Ohio and Detroit show double to triple digit increases. Oregon small towns up 20 percent.
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20Th Engineers
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Oregon
Loyal Legion of Lumber Men
Eureka
California
Ascania
San Francisco
Columbus
Ohio
Détroit
American sector in France signals potential new offensive
Analysis cites German war office on the American sector near St Michiel and the Vosges front. It argues Pershing protects the trench line near Xivry, while Berlin may seek to threaten Metz. Disturbances in Germany are rising as martial law threat persists and Ukraine peace moves split Central Powers.
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Metz
Xivry
Pershing
Brest- Litovsk
Russia
Berlin
Ukraine
Ukraine Republic
Brest-Litovsk
Bourgoise
Teutons
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Number of Tuscania Victims Still Unknown
Washington reports 2,000 American survivors named with 177 still unaccounted for as war officials compile lists. The process hinges on cross checking ship crew and passenger names with addresses, while the total dead and missing near 200 as labor to speed shipyard work intensifies nationwide.
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Statistical Bureau of the War Department
Tuscania
War Department
Statistical Bureau
Son
United States
London Admiralty
United Press
Ireland
Scotland
Paien
France
Baker
Colonel Roosevelt Improves Quietly after Crisis
A New York bulletin reports Colonel Roosevelt’s condition improving with temperature 32.5C, pulse 80, and notes he will be watched closely. Miss Josephine Lyker, Roosevelt’s secretary, says the colonel will need quiet and no visitors for three weeks as his recovery proceeds amid abundant flowers circulated to the wards.
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Velt
Rkoosevelt H Pital
Rosevelt
Martin
Roosevelt
Josephine
Yker
Colom Roosevelt
Iss Ace
Roosevelt Hospital
Heavy Artillery Shelling Reported on Paris Front
Paris dispatch reports heavy artillery along the right bank of the Seine during the night. The French War Office announced the bombardment, noting substantial shelling with limited infantry involvement.
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French War Office
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