There'll Be a Fight at St Louis on Equal Suffrage
Suffragists press for an equal rights plank at the Democratic National Convention in St Louis June 12 as leaders from the National American Woman Suffrage Association and Congressional Union mobilize speakers. Mrs Arthur Dodge of New York leads anti suffrage efforts while Senator Borah signals strong GOP support. Field and other suffragists urge Wilson and Hughes to back enfranchisement, promising active campaigning and speeches to sway pivotal 12 states.
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St. Louis
Lord W Ith
Arthur Douge
New York
McCombs
Rational American Woman Suffrage Sociation
Congressional Union
Ite
Woman's Party
Brom Borah
Nationals
Senator Borah
Borah
Mra
Carrie Chapman Cat
The
National Association
Democrats
Nevada
Ida
Finney Mackille
California
Maude Younger
Sromen
Wilson
Democratic Party
Pacific Coast
Eastern Front Battles Keep World on Edge, Soldiers Report
From Iga to Bukowina heavy fighting rages on the eastern front as German and Austro German forces push against Russian defenses along a 600 to 700 mile stretch. Russians claim successes north of the Thul marsh and in East Galicia while Austrians close on Czernowitz. In France Verdun front sees repeated German assaults near Tiaumont repulsed with losses, and Italians push back Austrians in the Arsa valley and Asiago sector as Turkish forces quell Caucasus fronts.
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Associated Press
Iga
Bukowina
Jasielda
Pripet
Grive
Germany
Botivites Galieta
Verdun
Tiaumont
Thiaumont
Fort Vaux
Fort Souville
Trent
Rome
Arsa
Posina-Astico
Asiago
Sugana Valle
Maso
Victor Emmanuel
Scurelle
Lagarina
Zugna
Caucasus
Mesopotamia
Constantinople
Mediation Attempt Begins In Pacific Coast Strike
San Francisco reports say the longshoremen’s strike mediation moved to Los Angeles as Water Front Employers unions of San Francisco and Seattle meet with strikers under mediator Henry M. White appointed by Secretary of Labor William E. Wilson. The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce seeks federal help to prevent a coastwide strike threatening Pacific ports.
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Water Front
Seattle
Henry M. White
William E. Wilson
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Pacific Coast
Fire at Standard Oil Wharf Destroys Seattle Dock
A fire at the Standard Oil wharf near Seattle’s St Fitchmond Beach destroyed the structure late today. Loss estimated at 60000 dollars. An oil beam explosion sparked the blaze. three workers, including James Farmer, fled into the water and Farmer drowned. Fire officials suspect spontaneous combustion in the storage plant.
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Seattle
Standard Ol Company
St Fitchmond Beach
Sitch
Werd Works
James Farmer
Prisoner in Jam Housed After Butterly Jail Search
Flaherty, jailed at Butterly, was found with 20 items on his person after a search. A companion alias Barnes known as Dao Fee tune is mentioned amid the confusion. Det. Gerry later intervened as Brung tried to resist arrest.
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Flaherty
Butterly
Nly
Dao Fee Tune
Alias Barnes
Tone Aher
Murphy
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Ontana Actress and Furniture CO
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Belgium
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Goodrich
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McFarlann Ordyke & Marmon
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Peugeot
Pierce -Arrow
Stanley
Electric Carl
Anderson Electric
LANG
Ohio Electric
Cord Tires
Silver Bow Automobile CO
Pierce Arrow Pleasure Cars
Pierce Arrow Trucks
Silvertown Cord Tires
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Bano
Plains Srothes Department
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