Strike paralyzes Pacific coast industries in 25 000 iron workers walkout
In San Francisco on September 18, a widespread strike by about 25 000 iron workers halted plants at Union Iron Works and disrupted shipbuilding, can manufacturing, auto repair shops, gas pumps, boiler and pipe works across San Francisco, Oakland, and Alameda. Employers and workers failed to reach a wage demand agreement for a 50 percent increase, intensifying a historic regional disruption. The strike, tied to broader wartime protection, also affects government contracts valued at around 150 million dollars, though workers retain draft exemptions.
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Hurley appeals to Somes to stop IG Pacific strike
WashingtonSept 18 Chairman Hurley of the shipping board appealed to President Gompers of the AFL to halt the strike crippling Pacific coast shipbuilding A conference was planned with Gompers and Secretary Daniels It reports wage settlement talks and a government stance on exemptions and a wage increase offer from employers amid ongoing labor unrest and riotous conditions in Portland and at United Railroads sites.
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Somes
IG Pacific
Washington
The
Shipping Board
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Pacific Coast
Myr Gompers
Chaimian Hurley
Daniela
Shell
United Railroad
Jenee W. Lilienthal
White
United Railroads
Hoodoo Span of Big Quebec Bridge Again Being Put In Place
A fragmented report describes the Hoodoo span of the Quebec bridge project, noting it is being bolted into place over the St Lawrence River. It mentions engineering challenges, a planned two foot elevation and an elevated structure, with tentative negotiations and safety concerns surrounding the construction effort.
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Quebec
Bt. Lawrence
oMelat
Natinen
Arrests Overload Local Character Causes Crisis
Guy Norrig known as a local figure faced a personal crisis after two arrests in one day. While en route to Glasgow with a deputy sheriff he invited his captor to a saloon and consumed carbolic acid from a vial, dying within minutes. He had been detained on a mortgagee property sale charge and released on bail, with another warrant for grand larceny prompting a move to a higher court.
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Guy Norrig
Glasgow
Norris
Opheim
Grind
Ginagow
Suprema Tribanal
Trench Life Gives Snelling Cadets Night Work Trial
Student officers at Fort Snelling's second training camp dug trenches on the Blooming-ton road from 9:15 am to 4:30 pm with no shelter tents. Night life in trenches is planned for Thursday with inter-communication systems and guard posts. Captain L. Whitfey commands, while Captain Paul H. Chef Snud conducts bayonet and grenade instruction.
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Snelling
Bloomington Road
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Korniloff Under Guard Amid Arrests in Petrograd
Twenty generals and other officers arrested with General Korniloff are closely guarded in Petrograd. Korniloff, leader of the revolt against the provincial government, is imprisoned in a Mohiley hotel where he is drafting a statement due to be completed today.
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Korniloff
Korniloft
Mohiley
Reward Offered for Captured American Soldier by Germans
Paris dispatch reports American headquarters in France informed by French authorities that a prize of 100 marks and three weeks' rations is promised to the first German who captures an American soldier. The claim comes from a recently captured German whose statements allege such an order exists throughout the German army.
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Paris
Star
France
Ners William
Gerfran Beane
Safe Conduct for Luxburg Demanded in Berlin Gap
Berlin voices regret over the Luxburg affair and demands safe conduct for the German envoy. The dispute centers on protective measures and neutral handling of the incident.
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Luxburg
Painleve Firm Demand for Full Victory and Reparations
Buenos Aires reports Argentina asks Spain to secure safe passage for Count Ivan Luxburg as protection and escape from German ministerial expulsion. Sweden notes German minister to Stockholm expresses regret over the Swedish Argentine telegram incident. Paris reports Painters government declaration to continue the war, annex Alsace Moselle, and intensify war material, while boosting alliance trade and civic policies.
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Associated Press
Spain
Ivan Luxburge
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Paris
Paul Painiers
Chamber of Deputies
Frahm
Alsace
Mong
Big protest meeting in St. Paul opens for wartime aid
A thousand farmers and workers from Minnesota and North Dakota attend the opening of a producers and consumers convention in St. Paul. A C Townley urges government restraint on big business, pledging loyalty to the war effort and urging laws to lower prices. Governor Franier of North Dakota notes grain grading hardships under expected wartime price controls.
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BtPaul
Trving
Minnesota
North Dakota
Producers’ and Consumers’ Convention
A. C. Townley
Jonn
Tia
Frazier
Food Administration
Franier
Costa Rica Breaks With Germany Amid Turmoil
Costa Rica reports a split with Germany as unrest grows. German residents here face internment, and leaders Gonzales and Tinoco figures amid calls for congressional action. U.S. stance remains nonrecognition of Tinoco despite repeated plots tied to Germany.
Wheat minimum price questioned by master bakers
Chicago report on Sept. 18 notes F. McDonald of Memphis objects to a $2.00 minimum for the 1918 wheat crop. He warns a high or fixed price without a cap could inflate bread costs and discourage farmers from producing modest crops.
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Chicago
F. McDonald
Memphis
Tenn
National Association of Master Baker's
Ford
Germany Denies Communicating Peace Terms to America
Berlin reports deny that Germany has sent peace terms to the United States or launched a trial balloon to gauge US sentiment. The foreign office says rumors are false, noting there is no need to address Washington over terms. Clerical leader Mathias Hraberger also said Germany’s note to Benedict is not on the way to Rome.
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London
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Associated Preas Today
Washington
Wihelinntase
Associated Praxt
Germany
Mathias Hraberger
Aet
Benedict
Rome
Wurttemberg
Roosevelt in War Banner as Sons Go to War
A service flag hangs in Sagamore Hill showing Colonel Roosevelt’s four sons Quentin Archie Kermit and Teddy Jr. have gone to war for Uncle Sam. The former president stands beneath the banner as the banner proclaims their service.
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Roosevelt
Quentin
Archie
Kermit
Teddy, Jr
Uncle Sam
Typhus Kills Thousands in German Camps
Paris reports via Albert Champion that 8,700 French and British soldiers and 1,400 Russians died of typhus in German concentration camps at Chassel. Weather notes: North Dakota fair with cooler temperatures and probable frost tonight. University readings show 85 maximum, 60 minimum.
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Paris
Albert Champion
Germany
New York Herald
Chassel
North Dakota
Capper urges delay in calling draftees to maximize wheat crop
Topeka Kan Sept 18 Governor Arthur Capper urged Secretary Baker to postpone mobilization of Kansas troops for at least fifteen days. He warned that calling out 40 percent of the draft quota this week would cripple the state's effort to sow the largest and richest wheat crop in its history in the next two weeks.
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Arthur Capper
Newton D. Baker
Kanana
Americans Apt at French Gunnery First Graduates at Artillery School
Americans at the Artillery School, including Henderson, Torrey, and Jackson, match French students in gunnery marks. Two graduates, Stephens and Ganson, pursued a finishing course in France. The program covered techs on various calibers and fielded many strong performers despite frail beginnings.
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Artillery School
Henderson
Torrey i Jackson
Theiaitars
Ford
Jess Ard
Stephens
Ganson
TRY TO FIX SUGAR PRICES
Washington September 18 sugar refiners and brokers opened conference to outline a plan for a central distributing agency to cooperate with the food administration and fix standard prices. About 10 percent protested some contracts with beet growers at high rates. Hoover urged voluntary service as the democratic path in war times.
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Boet
Conferencea
Food Administration
Inistretor Hoover
Nearing Named Chair of People’s Council Executive Board
Announcement from New York states Professor Scott Nearing has been chosen chairman of the executive committee of the People’s Council of America. The move places Nearing at the helm of the organization’s leadership, with duties to guide policy and actions.
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People’s ‘Council Executive Board
New York
Scott Nearing
People’s Council of America
Seerar IE
Horse Goes Over Steep Bank and it Killed
A horse suffered a fatal accident after plunging from a steep bank. The incident occurred near a rural area with limited witnesses. local authorities were notified and will review the circumstances surrounding the death.
Picture of Camp Dodge on Display at Hoff's Studio
Christ Stern of this city who went to Camp Dodge with the first eleven drafted men from Grand Forks has been assigned to Company E 313 Engineering Corps and states in a letter to O L Hoff of the Horn Studio that he likes the new life. Stern sent a birdseye view of the camp showing barracks and the progress after two months of work at the Iowa cantonment. The picture is on display in the window of the Hoff Studio, 200 South Fourth Street.
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Christ Stjern
Camp Dodge
Grand Forka
Engineering Corps
O. L. Hoff
Horn
Hoff
South Fourth Atreat
Hospital Under Fire: Harvard Unit In France Bombing
Washington reports a detailed Red Cross cable on the German bombing of Harvard university base hospital in France. The attack killed Lieutenant William Fitzimons and wounded several, with 22 patients and a number of British wounded treated as the hospital faced rapid explosions and countermeasures.
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Harvard
France
Henry P. Davideon
American Red Cross War Council
Grayson M. Murphy
Red Cross
Europe
Paris
United States Army Base Hospital
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American Red Cross
William T. Fitzimons
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Uni Redegtatee Army
Clar
Joe A. McGuire
Thaddeus D. Smith
Rea W. Whidden
C. B.C. Vos
Ajaix
Lhes
Ubattine
Cain
U S War Effort Urges Industrial Duty and Opportunity
Secretary Lane told a national chamber gathering that business leaders must seek the nation’s duty in war by asking for opportunity. He urged obtaining answers from American service members crossing the ocean as the United States commits to fighting Germany with high explosives and war power.
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Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Neek
Germany
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