Jailbreaker George Smith Near Capture After Escape
Following the surrender of John Angerson another King County jail escapee, George Smith, was surrounded by deputies and cornered toward Granite Falls. Angerson and Woods had fled Renton, slept in a freight car, and hid through fog. Angerson claimed work at Swift & Co but the firm denies any sausage plant employee with that name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
King County Jail
John Angerson
Smith
Arlington Granite Falls
Matt Starwich
Scott Malone
Arlington
Granite Falls
Anderson
Norman Schellberg
Mr. Schellberg
Seattle
Arthur Woods
Renton
Woods
Hughes
Swift & Co
Frank Worth
Persuasive Peggy Mon Day Hotel Butler Breakfast Ad
An old advertisement promotes Persuasive Peggy as a featured breakfast option at Hotel Butler. The club breakfast begins at 30 cents, inviting patrons to call their taste and pocketbook into the venue.
U.S. to Stop Shipbuilding Strikes Amid Copper Mine Shutdown
In Butte on August 25 officials predicted government control of all copper mines within a week as 12 000 smelter workers walk out. The Metal Mine Workers union led the strike that closed most mines, halting production in the region. Federal mediator W H Rogers returned as miners fear prolonged stoppage.
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United Press
Wire Butte
Great Falla Amettera
Anaconda
W. H. Rogers
Anaconda Mining Company
Peace Board Named by Labor and President
The first peace treaty between organized labor and the United States was signed. It creates a three member commission to adjust wages hours and conditions in private shipbuilding. President Wilson named W Everett Macy as the public representative. Government shipping board and President Gompera of the AFL have not announced their choices. Macy is a New York captain and banker and treasurer of the National Child Labor Commission. The board's decision is final and binding but may be reopened by either side after six months.
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United Preas
Washington
United States
Wilson
W. Everett Macy
Government Shipping Board
Gompera
A. F
Macy
New York
National Child Labor Commission
Plan To Stop Strikes In U K With A F L Plan
Government and the American Federation of Labor agree on a three party small commission to settle labor disputes in munitions and war supplies before they become strikes. The plan replaces the nine member defense council labor panel and excludes compulsory arbitration. It aims to curb labor unrest during and after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Labor Commission
National Defense Council
Local Unions Plan Big Minneapolis Meeting Delegates
Sevvile unions may send delegates to a loyalty convention in Minneapolis overlapping with the People's Council conference opposing Wilson and the war. Samuel Gompers and Charles Edward Russell lead the American Alliance for Democracy and Labor which called the patriotic Minneapolis meeting. Seattle labor unions are likely to send representatives.
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Sevvile
Minneapolis
People’s Council Conference
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Charles Edward Russell
Root
Russia
American Alliance For Demoocracy and Labor
Seattle
Cornelia Glass to Stay Another Week in Seattle
Miss Cornelia Glass, a popular university co ed, will remain in Seattle another week due to the illness of Phoebe Hunt. Glass has played Kitty Constable in Sauce for the Gander since Wednesday and pleased audiences. She was slated to travel to Salt Lake City to join Wilkes Stock company.
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Cornelia Glass
Salt Lake City
Wilkes Stock Company
Seattle
Phoebe Hunt
Wilkes Players
Miss Glass
Kitty Constable
Conference on Phone Strike Situation Teased by Talks
A San Francisco conference between union reps and Pacific Telephone officials aims to agree on new wage scales and hours for electrical workers linemen and telephone girls. Outcome may determine whether a coastwide electrical workers strike occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
San Francisco
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Four Quarters Plan Debuts at University of Washington
The four quarter plan will be inaugurated at the University of Washington when the college opens on October 1. Classes will run continuously from opening through August 21, 1918.
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University of Washington
Men at Local Yards Vote on Possible Strike
Workers in the shipyard metal trades council cast secret ballots amid a looming walkout by about 12,000 men. Yard owners hope to avert the general strike, arguing the August 1 wage raise was blocked by government commandeering of yards. The final ballot results will be known Tuesday as reports reach the Central Labor Council.
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Dunne
Frank Little
W. W
R. F. Dunne
Metal Trades Council
Joe Shannon
Tom Campbell
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
Finlander Hall
Little
Campbell
Shannon
Liberty Bond
Central Labor Council
Draft rule stir as exemptions collapse amid affidavits
A surge of withdrawal claims hits the draft exemption process. Bowles cites Sherret as indispensable to the yard. Recorder Conner reports many men dropping exemption requests this week. Names like F J Ring and Thomas Nelson Trimble surface in claims and withdrawals, with several tied to wartime service and residency questions.
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Bowles
Sherret
Slacers
Conner
F. J. Ring
Rosames Ring
Howell St
Thomas Nelson Trimble
Seward Hotel
Col
J M. Clapp
Jake
Ralph A. Wiggins
Middle West
New York
American Lake
Leslie T. Turner
Leamington
Exemption claims in dispute as men seek discharge
Officials report push to discharge married men under new orders and a wave of withdrawals. In division No 4 and division No 6, few cases will be discharged. most exemptions remain contested or withdrawn by the men and their families. Local boards note many wives support their husbands, with one widow offering patriotic speech to keep her son from enlisting.
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R. J. Proctor
District Appeal Board
Western Appeal Board
Daniel B. Trefethen
Huebanda
Trefethen
Indivision No. 6
Conner
Albert Rhaugnessy
Archie Delbert Seed
Edward Sultan
16Th Ave
Edward
Plans for Big Loyalty Meet Completed in Seattle
Saiiors and soldiers and all drafted men are urged to attend a mass loyalty demonstration Monday night at the Arena. Many soldiers from American Lake are expected along with Spanish war veterans, G A R members, and women auxiliaries. The program includes bands, vocal solos, and patriotic addresses by Rev J D O Powers H C Henry Homer Campbell and Will H Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
American Lake
Theo Earle Johnston
Longwood
O. L. Willett
Knickerbocker Quartet
J. D. O. Powers
America
H. C. Henry
Homer Campbell
Will H. Thompson
G. B. Donworth
Star-Span
Catholics Meet in Kansas City for Federation Conference
In Kansas City Missouri on August 26 the American Federation of Catholic Societies opens its annual five day convention. Ten archbishops and twenty four bishops lead the gathering along with heads and instructors from Catholic universities and representatives from each U S diocese. Nearly two thousand lay delegates attend the event beginning tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
United States
American Federation of Catholic Societies
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