President Wilson Seeks Railroads Pact On Eight Hour Day
President Wilson asks railroad presidents to meet in Washington to avert a strike and settle the eight hour day. The plan aims to institute the eight hour workday with a possible trial period and to address overtime methods, with a board for investigation if needed. The talks include leaders from the railroad brotherhoods and major managers as crowds gather at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Chambers
Wilson Fegarde Asair
Physicians Meet to Fight Baby Plague and Spread
Washington reports a national conference on infantile paralysis with delegates from nearly all states. officials discuss federal health certificates, local quarantines, and the spread with 10,000 plus cases. New York is linked to transmission with a Wisconsin case at Shawanee Lake. Sixty-five Wisconsin cases, seven deaths, and a turn for the better in New York are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shawanes Lake
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Congress
McAdoo
United States
New Jersey
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
New York City
Canes
Oraine
Alabama
Nia
Colorado
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Madison
Wis
Charles H.’Putnam
New London
Shawanee Lake
Seth
Putnamis
Menopolis
Wausau
Wauseu
Mexicagy
Laredo
Tex
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Chicago
Presidents to Confer With Wilson on Rail Strike Issues
United Press reports a list of railroad presidents summoned by President Wilson for a conference in Washington to resolve the issues threatening a nationwide railway strike. The roster includes Daniel Willard of Baltimore & Ohio, Samuel Rea of Pennsylvania, A H Smith of New York Central, D Underwood of Erie, William Truesdale of Lackawanna, Howard Elliott of New Haven, Hale Holden of Chicago Burlington and Quincy, L F Loree of Delaware & Hudson, W J Harriman of Seaboard Air Line, B F Bush (receiver) Missouri Pacific, E E Colvin Union Pacific, William Sproule Southern Pacific, George W Stevens Chicago & Ohio, Samuel M Felton Chicago & Great Western, Fairfax Harrison Southern Railway, C P Ripley Santa Fe, R H Aishton Chicago & Northwestern, A J Earling St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
United States
Trme
Dolly Madison
General Committee
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Washington
Employes
National Hotel
W. J. Chambers
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
New York
Wilson
Chicago
E. L. Lovett
Tnion
Pacific
Julius Krutchnitz
Southern Pacific
Hale Holden
Burlington
W. W. Atterbury
The
Pennsylvania
W. J. Haraharan
Seaboard Air Line
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
A. H. Smith
New York Central
F. D. Underwood
Erie
William Truesdale
Lackawanna
W. J. Pierson
New Haven
G. W. Stevens
Chicago & Ohio
B. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific
United Press
Washington, D. C
St of
Samuel Rea
D. Underwood
Wiliam Truesdale
Howard Elliott
Puget Sound Battleship Yard Wins Fight in Final Bill
The final bill grants a Puget Sound battleship construction yard after a long battle, while dropping submarine and torpedo boat Danse on the Columbia River. Yards for Boston Philadelphia and Norfolk are approved. a $500,000 channel deepening item for New York navy yard is removed. The bill, the largest naval program in US history, awaits President Wilson's signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Boston
Philadelphia
Norfolk
New York Navy Yard
Wilson
United States
New Strike Now Likely as Street Car Men Clash With Employers
An ongoing dispute between street car workers and management edges toward settlement. Mr Hedley says only company presidents and directors can handle grievances, provoking union leader Fitzgerald to threaten escalating the issue to Mayor Mitchel and Public Service Committee chair Straus if officials do not meet. Hedley vows to mediate and reunite company officials with the workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oclated
Newal
Hedley
Wil- Mam
Bo Fitegerald
Orgarccst
Amergameted Association of Street and Electric Railway Embroyee
Mitchel
Straua
Public Service Committee
After Automobile Thieves Two Men Arrested at Davenport
Chicago police sent detectives to Davenport Iowa to bring back Eta Bond a Minneapolis investment broker and R F Hawley Bond acted as a fence for a gang of automobile thieves who operated across the west and middle west five cars were found in Bond's possession Hawley was his partner and both were charged with directing the gang of thieves
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Tay
United’ Press
Chicago
Til
West
Middle West
Eta Bond
Minneapolis
R. F. Hawley
Bond
Expressions of Regret That La Follette Not President
Madison Wis Aug 17 It is the people of Wisconsin who are on trial Senator La Follette s reelection is not a local question because La Follette is a national character and far above that he has given to the people of the United States the greatest impulse for popular and upright government With these words greeted by cheers Senator Wi S Kenyon of Town opened his address here before a large audience tis noon I wish Senator La Follette was president of the United States right now declared Senator Kenyon There would be no back door to the White house
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senator la Follette
la Follette
United States
S&s Kenyon of
Negro criminal captured after three hour marsh battle
Opelousas La August 11 Hilario Garriero a Negro escaped convict was arrested after a three hour engagement with a sheriff posse in marshes. He was wounded in the shoulder and will be jailed. The gang has killed six persons in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Opelousas. la
Hiario Garriero
Garriero
Desperado Held At Bay Near Wiggam Field
United Press reports an unidentified gunman who shot Walt Davis, sheriff of Lyon County, killing him and wounding three deputies during an attempted arrest. Officers surrounded the suspect in a corn field southeast of Emporia, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prems
Emporia
Kan
Walt Davis
Lion County
Wan
Wiggam
Todaay
Unique Incidents Spark Unusual News Across Cities
United Press reports a string of odd items from New York to Wilmette. A candy maker’s slogan stirs divorce talk, a Jamaica druggist promotes paper from rubble, a wolf hound star is missing with a cash reward, a Chicago saloonkeeper claims Sunday closing, loan sharks are ordered to back off, a beach rule charges bathers, and Mayoress Martin orders clerical enforcement at the beach.
Miss Ida Rennert Alive After Death Report Mixup
Relatives of Miss Ida Rennert of Oshkosh learned today that she is alive and in good health, despite an earlier report that she had been killed in Milwaukee. The misidentification arose when a locket bearing the Oshkosh woman’s name led authorities to conclude she was the victim. the error was not discovered until later. The friend who owned the locket remains unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh
Ida Rennert
Milwaukee
Miss. Rennert
Miss Rennert
Russians Repulsed In War Office Report
A General Statement from the War Office dated Aug 17 reports fierce Russian attacks repulsed by Austro German forces north of the Dniester and near Capul. The statement notes 154 prisoners taken and gains at Straracipezyia height in the Carpathians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber Iim War Office
Bertin
Zaloc
Fhce
Batkow
Francis
Dniester
Hear
Tustobaby
Koneczanl
Carpathi
Petrograd
Sakharof
Sakharoff
Convention Notes Power and Progress at Wisconsin Municipalities Meet
Delegates at the Wisconsin League of Municipalities session heard Burt Williams former Ashland mayor and governor candidate discuss municipal needs and moral welfare. City engineers and attorneys held informal morning conferences on paving asphalt and concrete specifications and municipal legal duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin’ League of Municipalities
Burt_ Williams
Ashland
New York
John ‘S. Crandell
University Pee Wisconsin
Macedam
Milwaukee speaker delays as city plans on unemployment aid
The article notes a speaker from Kansas City praising a city department that helps every man support his family and a loan fund for poor families with $300,000 loaned in a year and only $1,000 unpaid. An address on street lighting by Arthur I Sweet of Milwaukee was postponed to this afternoon, with plans for an address by Mayor H W Adams of Re.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Arthur “I. Sweet
Milwaukee
H.w.adams
Inter Play Center Tennis Tourney At Oshkoah Playcenters
Thirty three entries come in for a citywide doubles tennis tournament for Oshkoah Playcenter youths. Enrollment rose after a slow start with players from six playgrounds, led by South Park courts. Entries close Saturday noon via Ralph Erdman by mail or phone. Matches use two out of three sets with finals next week, refereeing by players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkoah
South Park
Éuroll
Ralph T. Erdman
Southpark
Governor Philipp to Speak at Armory on Tastes of the Day
Governor EB L Philipp, a Conservative Republican candidate for reelection, will address state issues and refute claims of extravagance at Armory B in the evening. State Senator W M Bray will serve as meeting chairman as a large Oshkosh crowd is expected despite prior Oshkosh appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philipp
Armory
EB. L. Philipp
Armory B
W. M. Bray
Oshkosh
Weather Forecast Fragments For Wincessia-Loesl Area
Fragmentary weather note reads about thunder showers expected Sunday and Monday. Forecaster hints warmer tonight, Friday probably fair, cooler in the north portion. Specific place names and details are garbled but imply a brief storm threat and mild to warm trend with cooler conditions later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wincessia
Eight Deaths on Border In Weekly Military Report
The War Department reports eight deaths among Hexalars Gaara and guard units on the border the week ending August 12. Medical officers call the death rate exceptionally low for a total force of about 140 000 in field companies. An examination of Fort Benjamin Harrison is ordered to assess potential for a general hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Washington, D. C
National Guard
War Department
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Racine Society Shocked by Seattle Death Telegram
Racine Wis August 17 a Seattle telegram shocked local society announcing the violent death of M S Field who was instantly killed when his car was struck by a street car. Field spent his declining years in Seattle with his daughter and ran a fanning mill business here for forty years. He was active in politics and served several terms as president of the city council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse
Racine
Wis
Racine Society
Seattle
Wash
M. 8
Field
Woman Occupant Killed In Auto Crash Near Milwaukee Ave
Miss Maude Baker, 29, died and two men were hurt when their car overturned two miles south of the House That Jack Bent near Milwaukee avenues. Chauffeur Fred Alsworth escaped by jumping. City Assessor John C. Voss announced today in the city clerk’s office that assessment rolls are open for public inspection and taxpayers may appear before the board of review starting next Monday to address real estate and personal property assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
John C. Voss
Board of Review
Voss
French score big gains in Somme region and now
London reports the French have secured a three mile front in the Somme region north and south of the river and are consolidating advances. They captured over a mile of trenches near Guillémon and pushed toward Peronne while facing increased German resistance. Russia announces 406 more prisoners taken by General Sakharoff with total captures nearing 95,754.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somme
Associated Press
London
Parla Bulletin
Maurepas
Indie
Guillémon
Peronne
Eppo
Guillemont
Paris
Galicia
Petrograd
Gatian
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jetton
Eiisha Lee
Railroad Brotherhoods’ Executive Committee
A.B Garretson
White -House
Lee
Carter
Stone
Elisha
Les
Judge Chambers
Western Railroad
E. P. Ripley
Santa Fe
Ripley
A.di Eatling
Chicago, Milwaukee
St. Paul
California
R. H. Aishton
Chicago & Northwestern
Samuel Felton
Chicago Great’ Western
John M. Glenn
Manufacturers News
Aishton
WEW
Desperado
Frank C. Page
Walter Hines Page
Great Britain
Garden City
L. I
Katherine Sefton
Frank.c. Page
William Benzel
Charles P. Thornton
Don
Gustave Hoppe
Landis
H. 5
Smith
Nelson
Gonzales
Wilmette
Sil
George L. Martin
Ida Fen Bert
Wat Williams
Convention ‘Index
Wansai
Thunde
FERS
Vas
Balkans
Cotean
Rome
Isonzo
Berlin
Forrneaux Wood
Maurenas
Belloy-en-Santerre
Wstrees
Ovillers
Pozieres
Fourneaux Wood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!