Railroads Demoralized by Nationwide Train Strike
West and Midwest rail traffic crippled as Big Four brotherhoods strike spreads. Transcontinental service on Santa Fe nearly halts. unions threaten walkouts on Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Illinois Central. Evensville Evansville Joliet Chicago services disrupted. coal and ore shipments halted. officials anticipate wider shutdowns and possible shopmen walkouts.
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West
Middle West
Big Four Brotherhoods
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Illinois
Indiana
Brotherhood
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Joliet
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Evansville
Ind
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Illinois Central
Louisville & Nashville
Kentucky
Cleveland
Tulnets Central
Rock Island
Chicago & Northwestern
Untitled excerpts from Ballard Tribune scribbles and notices
A collage of stray lines from local columns and letters mentioning Salisbury Seattle Ballard Star and Alaska travel. It references a mystery man in a murder case a mayoral trip a Arctic Bar and various social quips with scattered names and phrases.
Ardent Count Defies Briton in Love Scandal
Aug 11 report says an ardent count, reputed Spanish, defied Scotland Yard by remaining in England amid a scandal tying him to wealthy titled women. Authorities demanded he leave after disclosures of romantic letters to Lady Diana, daughter of a duke, complicating a personal affair with courtly ties.
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Scotland Yard
England
Scotland
de Luzarrago
Diana
Boycott Calls Target German Bagpipes in Glasgow
Germans bagpipes face boycott call as patriotic Glasgow residents urged to avoid products from Germany. A large shipment recently arrived, prompting this response from local authorities and citizens amid wartime tensions.
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Germany
Glasgow
McCormick Weds Ganna Walska in Paris City Hall
Harold F. McCormick the American millionaire married Polish opera star Ganna Walska in a Paris city hall ceremony witnessed by Dudley Field Malone and his wife. The couple, recently divorced, left for an unknown honeymoon route after a luncheon at the Rits.
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Paris
Harold F. McCormick
Ganna Walska
Dudley Field Malone
16Th Arrondissement
Malones
McCormick
Ganna
Rits
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Chicago
Ganna Waleska
Paria
Alexander Smith Cochrane
Nas
Victor Dd
Switzerland
Secon
Max Oser
Zurich
Mathilde
Ganna Weleka
Chicago Grand Opera Company
Passengers marooned in hot desert by railroad strike
Los Angeles reports a railroad shopmen strike blocking freight and passenger trains in Southern California deserts. About 400 passengers were stranded at Needles and barred by armed guards, with trains returning to Barstow. Officials consider bringing them to Los Angeles or providing relief if trains cannot resume service.
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Los Angeles
Great Deserts
Sierras
California
California Limited
Santa Fe
Needles
Barstow
Mrs McCormick Silent on Wedding in Paris
The daughter of the world's richest man, Mrs Harold F McCormick of Chicago, learned of her former husband Harold McCormick's marriage to Ganna Walska in Paris from a servant with a note from reporters. She appeared secluded at her Gold Coat home and did not respond to inquiries. The marriage had been a long discussed topic in Chicago society since the couple's divorce.
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McCormick
Chicago
Harold F. McCormick
Ganna Waleska
Paris
Switzerland
Paria
Harold ¥. McCormick
Ganna Walska
Over 87,000 Seattle Voters Registered for County Election
More than 87,000 voters are registered for the county election in Seattle. Registration books close August 22 and up to 100 new voters register daily. County offices are open weekdays until 5 pm, Saturdays until noon. Those registered since January 1 or for the last mayoralty campaign need not re register this year or next. The county primaries are on September 12 with finals on November 7.
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Seattle
K. R. Coffin
Forest Fires Threat Fueled by Rain Delay
By Friday noon Seattle had 0.6 inches of moisture since Wednesday night ending a dry spell. The weather forecast calls for rain Friday night and Saturday with light south winds. Rain is expected across the Northwest but will barely improve crop conditions as the damage is done. Forest rangers report aid from the rainfall and King County fires are nearly extinguished with suppression expected within three days except rainless areas.
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Seattle
Northwest
Snequalmie Forest Service
King County
Rain Adds Millions to Farms and Timber in Northwest
Steady rainfall since yesterday afternoon has been worth several millions to timber owners and farmers in the Northwest. Rain totals of .68 inch in Portland and similar amounts in Western Oregon and Washington refreshed pastures and aided fall plowing while fires were smothered and late crops improved. Eastern Oregon saw no rain and Eastern Washington only a trace. additional showers were forecast tonight and tomorrow.
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Portland
Ore
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Weather Office
Salem
Tacoma
British Columbia
Rocky Mountains
Arizona
Tacationiata
Four Boys Die in Barn Fire at Campbell Farm
Campbell Minnesota August 11 four boys aged between 3 and 9 perished in a barn fire that gutted the Stevens farm near Campbell. Victims named John Ralph and Albert Stevens and Edgar Wray were all reported among the dead.
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Campbell, Minn
Ralph Stevens
John
Ralph
Albert Stevens
Edgar Wray
Fire alarm hootch raid leads to $100 fine
Jacob Kalina, acting police judge, fined Emery Emery $100 in police court for turning in a false fire alarm to hinder a raid on a soft drink joint at 1220 Jackson St on July 23. Emery slipped out during locking, called the fire department at Gilen Drug Store, and aimed to remove contraband while officers and patrons were distracted. He was identified while bailing out his partner George Bakie, also charged with liquor violations.
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Jacob Kalina
Emery Emery
Jackson St
Emery
Gilen
George Hbakie
Northcliffe Fights For Life Amid Public Awe
Viscount Northcliffe, famed British publisher, clings to life as doctors term his condition hopeless. A roof shelter is added to his bed chamber to improve air, while messages of cheer flood in from around the world. He remains delirious, giving orders to editors via an adjoining secretary, as physicians consider throat cancer the likely cause of his perilous health.
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Northcliffe
Fleet At
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Robert B. Bermann
Lord Northcliffe
Northwest
London
Germany
Viscount Northcliffe’s illness linked to depression in travel visit
The article reviews London reports that Viscount Northcliffe’s death may stem from a lifelong pattern of depression and temperamental highs and lows. It recalls a Vancouver interview where he appeared disheveled and distracted, declining most topics yet discussing cricket vs baseball with his secretary and delivering a disarmament conference speech later at a formal luncheon.
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Germany
Vancouver
B. CC
Northcliffe
Foreign Office
Lord Curzon
Ater
Mayor Denies Vice Charges in Seattle Case
Mayor Brown rejected Rev. Philip B. Bauer's accusations that vice is rampant in Seattle. He cited officials from the Pacific fleet who say the city is cleaner than any other coast city and invited Bauer to present his information for a full investigation. Bauer cited an incident near the Lumber Exchange building involving repeated solicitation.
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Philip B. Bauer
Green Take Congregational Church
Seattle
Brown
Pacific Fleet
Bauer
Optimist Club
Lumber Exchange
Fuel famine grips nation survey shows $20 percent normal coal stock
United Press reports a perilous fuel shortage with coal supplies about twenty percent of normal in coal consuming areas. If mine to distribution shipments resume immediately a catch up may be impossible. The fuel administrator group was asked three questions on supply on hand and related issues.
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United Press
Washington
Rai
Public Service Commissions
Coal Strike Nearing End As Wage Plan Outlined
Definite steps to end the nation wide coal strike were taken in Cleveland with a sub committee drafting a wage scale for miners and operators. President John L. Lewis said coal would flow back within a week if the plan based on the 1920 scale is adopted and the check off system continues.
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Harry G. Baker
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Bombs Explode in Santa Fe Yards During Strike Turmoil
In San Bernardino California twenty three bombs exploded in Santa Fe railway yards injuring Deputy U S Marshal A G Alverson who was carrying a suspected dud to a chemist. Damage was limited to power lines as yards remained surrounded and the strike disturbances have troubled the Santa Fe shops with over four thousand workers employed.
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San Bernardino
Cal
Santa Fe
United States
A. G. Alverson
Southern California Edison Company
California
Railroad Executives Draft Reply to Harding Plan
A seven member committee led by Robert Lovett drafts a reply to President Harding on the rail strike settlement. The draft will go to 148 members of the American Association of Railway Executives before being sent by special wire to Harding. The executives did not indicate their stance on sending seniority rights of 400000 striking shopmen to the labor board.
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New York
Harding
Robert 8. Lovett
American Association of Railway Executives
United States Railroad Labor Board For Settlement
Rail labor chiefs meet to halt worsening shopmen strike
Washington August 11 heads of 16 labor organizations including the Big Four meet to decide on a united action program. Leaders threaten to quit if equipment deteriorates and armed guards shoot workers, with recent strikes causing trouble in California and Arizona.
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Washington
Brotherhood
Notable Personal Statement Amid Global Interest
The article notes a rare personal remark given on the topic of base ball and cricket, the lone statement from a prominent figure in British Columbia as the world awaited his views on international politics.
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British Columbia
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