Wilson to Start Tour in Two Weeks
President Wilson plans a 45 day Speaking tour starting in two weeks from Washington. A corps of assistants arranges the itinerary and the trip may proceed before the peace treaty clears the senate. Possible stop in San Francisco to preview the journey. The plan includes a September 1 or 9 meeting with General Pershing in New York and a September 16 First Division review by the President.
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Washington
United Press
Wilson
White House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
San Francisco
Per Shing
New York
Senate
Hitchcock
Shaw
Hitch
Grocery Proprietor Reports Missing Deposit
Mrs John Snyder proprietress of a grocery at 5001 Sixth Avenue reported a missing sum of 121 81 on Wednesday She said she was preparing a deposit slip and a bank book when a customer assisted and she later found her checks missing.
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John Snyder
Advertising Spotlight From The Star
A brisk call to think of The Star when considering advertising options. The note emphasizes The Star as the place to reach wide audiences with clear messages.
Prosecution of Shipyards Becomes Focus of Probers
Testimony before investigators shows potential criminal action against Seattle and Sloan yards over war contracts. Howard G. Cosgrove cites advances of 872000 to Sloan’s Olympia and Winslow contracts, plus subcontracting violations, while G P Deane faces questions on Skinner & Eddy audits and profit handling in the emergency fleet era.
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Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
Sloan Yard
Olympia
Anacortes
Shipping Board
Winslow
W. A. Magee
Fleet Corporation
Howard G. Cosgrove
The
Cosgrove
Skinner & Eddy
Examiner Kelley
Deane
Kelley
Skinner
Skinner & Kiddy
Ince Skinner & Eddy
Waleh
Dane
Feet Corporation
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Capt. Magee
Winslow Yard
H. G. Cosgrove
Sloan
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Altho
Sloans
Joseph
Richard
Sloan Company
Gary Refuses To Meet Union Committee Over Steel Strike
New York Aug 1 United Press reports Judge Elbert Gary refused to meet the United Steelworkers committee sent in writing after Youngstown meeting. John Fitzpatrick announced the nationwide strike vote and committee to press demands. Officials said workers are not united enough to strike effectively and no action was announced.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
John Fitzpatrick
Steelworkers’ Committee
Youngstown
Omid
Gary
Pitepatrick
Builders Turn Down Demands Amid Mediation Board Proposal
The Master Builders' Association, after a mediation board recommendation, declined wage demands from Carpenters, Plasterers and Fathers for ten dollar daily pay. The Building Trades Council has yet to act, while the union seeks to prevent work stoppages and warns of rising costs and rents in Seattle. A committee was appointed to press action by the council.
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Muilding Tradea Council
Master Builders’ Association
Building Trades Council
C. W. Carkeek
Beattie
Seattle
F. R. Singleton
Huilding Trades Council
Girl Slayer Must Report Each Month
Althe Mint Faith Colby, convicted December 6, 1916, of murdering A C Thomas, Montana Republican county chairman, has been paroled. She must report monthly to the state board of Prison Commissioners until March 14, 1924. Colby, formerly of Spokane, was serving 10 to 12 years in the Montana penitentiary and then returned to Franklin New Hampshire.
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Spokane
Althe Mint Failth Colby
A. C. Thomas
Sanders County
Montana
State Board of Prison Commissioners
Mias Colby
Franklin
N. H
They Insist That Nick Is Dead One
Nick Adama of 712 Terry Avenue reports being shot in the legs by a German sniper in Epononville. He says a postman announced his death at home and that the War Department was trying to kill him off.
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Nick Adama
Terry Ave
Epononville
Adama
War Department
Portland Printers Threaten Strike Over Wages
Commercial printers of Portland threaten to strike September 2 unless paid $1 more per hour. They had proposed a 44 hour week with an eight hour day and half Saturday holiday. Employers rejected the modified demand and a strike, starting next Tuesday, appears likely.
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Portland
Ore
Fourteen Year Old Cash Thief Detained In Portland
A 14 year old boy is held in the city jail charged with stealing 469 dollars from a department store cashier. He allegedly tripped the clerk as she entered an elevator with receipts and fled with the money. He was arrested in Portland.
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Portland
Questioned official ties in Sloan yard during Emergency Fleet action
Cosgrove described a tripartite arrangement among Clinchfield Navigation Sloan and the Emergency Fleet corporation. He said the government held a mortgage on the Sloan yard from May 1, 1919 and that Sloan could visit only on Sundays after the Emergency Fleet takeover. Kelley challenged the efficiency and cooperation of the yard operations.
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Sloan
Fleet Corporation
Wisconsin Timber Co
Shipping Board
Cosgrove
Washington
Clinchfiel Navigation Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Kelley
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Coffin
Shantung
G. P. Deane
U. S. S. Boston
Skinner & Eddy Yard
Kankaskia
Bromela
Brompton
Grays Harbor Motorship Corporation
Deine
Magee
Winslow Company
Seattle Construction & Drydock Company
Dean Wan
Todd Deal
Todd
Tacoma
Todd Company
Record
Aberdeen
Ume
E Bon Marche Oy
Norfolk
Nick
Bon Marche
Bloomer
Little Sister
Columbia
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