Strikes Tremor Sweeps San Francisco Shipyards
Riots and walkouts halt 28 000 iron workers delaying naval and merchant vessel production. Marines landed at Union Iron Works as unions press for wage hikes and federal action while port cities face widespread plant shutdowns and clashes with police.
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San Francisco
United States
Union Iron Works
Mare Island
Pacific Coast
U. S
Washington
Oakland
Tron Works
Bay District
Hall & Scott
United Railroad
Union Ironworks
Labor Temple
Iron Trades and Shipbuilding Industry
Tron Trades Council
Hurley
Shipping Board
Seattle
Portland
Spon
Baseball standings and results across major leagues
National League and American League results with team records and standings. Entries include New York Chicago Philadelphia Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis Boston Washington Cleveland St Louis Detroit Philadelphia and other clubs with win loss percentages and league notes. Western and American associations show Des Moines Joplin Wichita St Joseph Omaha Lincoln Denver and others with final tallies.
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W.L.P.C
New York
Chicago Philadelia
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Leage
Cleveland
Detroit
Philadelia
American Association
Indapolis
Milwaukee Iy
Min'apolis
St. Paril
Louisville
Kan
Columbus
Toledo
Western League
Hitch
Baseball Scores Across Leagues and Cities Revealed
Summary of scattered baseball results shows New York routing Boston 6 to 1 after a 5 1 score. Other notable games include Louisville beating Kansas City 4 3 in 0 innings and Columbus defeating St. Paul 6 to 4 in 10 innings. Western League notes Hutchinson 4 Joplin 2 in 0 innings.
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Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Chicago
New York
American Association
Louisville
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Minneapolis
Columbus
St. Paul
Hutchinson
Joplin
Swedes Back Neutrality After Cipher Telegram Scandal
At a large Stockholm liberal meeting Professor Eden urged the government to deny forwarding cipher telegrams in ignorance of their contents. The resolution passed expressed Swedes’ abhorrence at the lapse and demanded immediate steps to prove Sweden’s neutrality toward all belligerents.
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Stockholm
Eden
Liberal Party
Germany Sends Note Over Swedish Telegram Phraseology
Germany has sent a note to Sweden expressing regret over the wording used by its representatives in Argentina when transmitting telegrams. The note says Germany appreciates Sweden's transmission of messages but laments the phrasing that caused a dispute.
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London
Germany
Sweden
Stockholm
Central
Argentina
German Papers Suspended Over Luxburg Incident
The Hague report states several German newspapers including Deutsche Tages Zeitung were suspended for not backing the government regarding the Luxburg affair in Buenos Aires. A Berlin dispatch confirms the action and cites press support as the cause.
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The
Hague
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Buenos Aires
Berlin
Clemenceau Attends U S Field Day in France
American infantrymen held their first field day in France since landing, with Georges Clemenceau as guest of honor. The event featured machine gun and bayonet demonstrations, a full athletic program, and an address praising liberty and the allied cause.
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France
Expeditionary Army
Georges Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Sibert
America
Plymouth
Plymouth Rock
Wheat price talks with Wilson to fix rate
Washington reports Representatives from Oregon Washington and Idaho will meet President Wilson on Thursday to set a fixed wheat price linked to railroad rates. Tristate grange says farmers sell 30 cents below Chicago standard. Cold-storage interests seek expanded facilities and warehouse licensing rules. An untrue rumor of government seizure of canned and dried foods prompted an official denial distributed to county agents.
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Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Wilson
Tristate Grange
Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Federal officer probes Fort Bliss impersonator
Federal officers in El Paso examine Richard von Dohlen also known as T von Miller bound over to the federal grand jury in 2500 dollars on a charge of impersonating an army officer. Von Dohlen a former Villa captain worked as an army shop mechanic at Fort Bliss and appeared in US army captain uniform without explaining.
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el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Richard von Dohlen
T. von Miller
Federal Grand Jury
von Dohlen
Villa
United States Army
Big Ship Strike Settled After Eight-Week Walkout
New York reports mediator James L. Hughes of the labor department secured a settlement between Standard Ship building Corp on Shooters Island and 2000 employees. Members of the Marine Trades council will receive a substantial wage increase.
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New York
James L. Hughes
United States Department of Labor
Standard Shipbuilding Corporation
Shooters’ Island
Marine Trades Council
Wwiges
Organization of a National Federal Employees Union
Washington Sept 18 Organization of a national federal employees union began with delegates from across the country. It is expected to reach 15 000 members upon completion. Speakers included Samuel Gompers Miss Jeannette Rankin of Montana and other prominent labor leaders.
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Washington
Federal Employees’ Union
Samue Gompers
Jeannette Rankin
Congress
Montana
British Raid Success on German Trenches in Arras and Somme
British war office reports raids by English and Scottish regiments on German trenches in the Arras and Somme sectors Sunday night. Many Germans killed in dugouts and prisoners taken.
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Arras
Somme
London
Battle
France
British War Office
German Textbooks Censored in Cincinnati Schools
The Cincinnati German censoring committee advised Superintendent Condon to remove the books Fm Vaderland and Von Grossen Koenig immediately, and indicated several additional titles would likely be banned, though no meeting was held.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Public Schools
Condon
Fm Vaderland
von Grossen Koenig
Food Will Win the War Billboard Plan Launches
Public buildings in nearly every American city will become billboards as the food administration rolls out a nationwide campaign. The slogan Food will win the war don't waste it will shine in electric lights on post offices city halls and government properties. Advertising firms and electric companies will help erect the signs at no cost to the government.
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Washington
The
Food Administration
Kerensky Marries Actress Amid Russian Turmoil
Premier Kerensky wed a second time a few days after Riga fell as Russia faced the Kornilov revolt. The bride, Mile Timmet, is an actress at the Alexandra theater, in a ceremony reported from London.
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Russia
Riga
London
Kerensky
Mile, Timmet
Alexandra Theater
German Envoy Declines Argentine Settlement Over Luxburg Affair
Buenos Aires reports Dr Lius B Molina says Germany regrets Count von Luxburg actions and seeks his return. Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen calls for Luxburg to explain personally, while Argentina questions the offer as insufficient. Foreign Minister Puyrredon decries Luxburg statement as a gross lie amid ongoing railway disruptions and troop reinforcements to Rosario.
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Buenos Aires
Lius B. Molina
Berlin
Munich
Count von Luxburg
Germany
Molina
Bilbao
Spain
Peyrredon
Baron von Dem Bussche-Haddenhausen
Arxentina
Pueyrredon
Rosario
Germans Stage Violent Woevre Attack at Apremont
Paris reports a renewed German cannonade on the Woevre plain followed by an infantry assault. French counter attacks recaptured ground as fighting focused on Apremont forest. A surprise German move in the Vosges was repelled with artillery clashes continuing elsewhere.
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Paris
Woevre
War Office
Apremont Forest
Vosges
Ardennes
French War Office
Creonne
Massiges
Strikers Riot as Argentina Railway Strike Spreads
In Buenos Aires on September 18 disorder erupts as strikers dynamite bridges and destroy tracks to block troop trains. The walkout accelerates and leaders threaten to halt rail service nationwide.
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Buenos Aires
Bomb Strikes Dunkirk Consulate and Belgian Coast
Destruction of the American consular agency at Dunkirk on Sept 7, with archiv es saved and no injuries to consular agent Benjamin Morel. British seaplanes bomb British coast vessels near Zeebrugge while French and German fighting continues in the Ardennes and Arras sectors.
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Kaiser
Zeebrugge
Washington
Dunkirk
France
State Department
Benjamin Morel
Germain
Secon
Morel
United States
Evitte
London
Ostend
Blankenberghe
Kerensky Tops Last Rebel Faction in Russia
Dispatches from Petrograd say Kornilov rebels have surrendered to Kerensky. General Kal edines, Don Cossacks ataman, telegraphed support to the provisional government as it reorganizes under a directorate led by Kerensky. Al exieff named to supreme command signals broad army reorganization.
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London
Petrograd
Remier Kerensky
Kaledines
Don Cossacks
M. Kerensky
Don Cossack Grand Council
Novo Teherkask
Washington
Alexieff
Shablovak Named Head of Special Commission
Petrograd reports Attorney General Shablovak has been appointed president of the new commission to investigate General Korniloff's mutiny. He heads to the front as the government seeks to thwart Bolshevik and Maximilist interference. Suppressed papers include Novaya Jisu and Rabichky.
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Shablovak
Special Commission
Korniloff
Front
Bolsheviks
Maximilista
Pepers
Novaya Jisu
Rabichky
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Count Luxburg
Argentine
Baron
Woevre Plain
Teuton
Drumtire
Flanders
Kerensky Downs
Russ Army
Navy
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