Americans Win Sharp Fighting on Vesle Line
American forces and German units clashed along a five mile stretch east of Flames from Basoches to near Veale. US troops advanced around Bazoches amid fierce street fighting while repelling assaults on Fismette and Bois du Diable. Aerial battles overhead and heavy artillery supported infantry in persistent daylong combat.
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Fred
Ferguson
France
Basoches
Bazoches
Fisnette
Bois du Diable
Altho
Bowie
Flamette
Veale
Pismette
Ally Troops Engage Bolsheviks on Russian Front
Delayed official dispatches from Archangel report Allied forces in contact with the Red Guards. A Bolshevik river convoy unit was dispersed amid the fighting on the Russian front.
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London
Archangel
Red Guards
Molla
Shipyard Labor Shift Urged As War Needs Rise
A telegram to Lawrence Wood of the Seattle employment bureau from N A Smyth of the U S employment service urges shifting unskilled labor to shipyards and allied industries to meet shortages. The shipbuilding labor adjustment board in Washington anticipates a general wage increase within six months. Skilled mechanics have asked President Wilson through the board for a $1 an hour raise in straight time.
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Lawrence Wood
Seattle
Federal Employment Bureau
N. A. Smyth
U. S. Employment
Washington
Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board
Pacific Coast
Delaware River
Wilson
Ames Shipyard Launches Eighth Standard Ship
The Westmead, an 8,800 ton steel government ship, was launched at the Ames Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co plant on Tuesday afternoon. Completed in 69 working days, it is the eighth vessel produced by the Ames plant. Sponsor was Mrs. Mary Ames Cushman of St. Louis, sister of Edgar Ames.
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Westmead
Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Ames
Mary Ames Cushman
St. Louis
Edgar Ames
Stefansson Reaches Alaska on Way Home
Vilhjalmur Stefansson the famed Arctic explorer arrived in Juneau Alaska on August 2 announcing a several day layover before continuing toward the Yukon and beyond on his journey.
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Stefansson
Alaska
Juneau
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Yukon
Japanese Consider Everett Terminal
Ito representative in New York of the Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha Steamship company reports Everett harbor and shipping facilities to Japan for consideration. Montreal city council proposes taxing bachelors ten dollars per annum.
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Everett
Ito
New York
Mitsubishi Gochi Kaisha Steamship Company
Pacific Northwest
Everett Harbor
Japan
Montreal
Quick Quota campaign aims for $3 million war stamps
In Seattle and King County the Quick Quota drive targets a $3,000,000 deficit to be raised by Saturday night. Charles H. Clarke says results from Tuesday show the effort will succeed. Commanders report rapid progress as squads urge every business to buy $1,000 in war savings stamps. Police officials will audit firms able to meet quotas. Prosperous employees who do not invest will be investigated. There are 3,000 solicitors in residential areas and 500 downtown.
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Seattle
King County
Charles HH. Clarke
Warren
Montenegrins Oppose King’s Envoy in U.S. Ties
At a special Montenegrin Organization for National Union meeting Tuesday night a resolution urged President Wilson to recognize only Lioubomir Machailovich the Serbian minister and Milos Ivanovich the Montenegrin envoy as Montenegro’s representatives, opposing An to Grondenovich.
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United States
Anto Grondenovich
Montenegro
Montenegrin Organization For National Union
Wilson
Nicholas
Lioubomir Machailovich
Milos Ivanovich
Traction Dispute Draws City Officials and Press
City officials including Mayor Hanson and officials from Puget Sound Traction face a closed meeting with reporters barred as talks over fare increases transfers and franchise relief unfold. Weat of the Emergency Fleet Corporation advised expansion of the shipyard-linked system amid wartime financing doubts. Extended wage assurances for traction workers loom to Thursday evening.
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Hanson
Traction
Seattlee
Charles M. Schwab
Edward A. Weat
Pacific Coast Housing and Transportation
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Pratt
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power comp@y
A. W. Leonard
Weat
Canadians Urged to Report for Service at Seattle Station
With the close of the British Canadian recruiting station approaching under a US treaty, Seattle officers urge applicants who passed medical tests to report for final attestation. Many volunteers failed to report after the physical. A list of men who do not report will be given to US draft boards after the mission closes.
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United States
Seattle
Samuel Gompers Reaches England
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrived in London today. The dispatch urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps stating it is their duty. Ady F. L. Haynes signs the notice.
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Samuel Gompers
England
London
American Federation of Labor
F. L. Haynes
Ady
No clear events or names in a fragmented poem
Fragmented verse discusses wheat prices and war profits with lines about farmers, competition, and modern rapid world. No identifiable people or organizations, offering a reflective critique rather than a specific news item.
Refusal to Sell Hearst Papers by Eugene Dealers
Eugene news dealers vote not to offer Hearst newspapers and magazines for sale after September issues. They cite Hearst's war stance as unpatriotic and decide on this action at a meeting.
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Eugene
Ore
Wm. R. Hearst
Deaiers
Hearst
Gen Nick Senn Zogg Convicted In Draft Conspiracy Trial
Gen Nick Senn Zogg was convicted on three counts of conspiracy to defeat the draft after a trial before Federal Judge Trippett in Los Angeles. Edgecombe Pinchon was convicted on two counts, Berthold C. Huber was acquitted.
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Los Angeles
Nick Senn
Zogg
Trippett
Edgecombe Pinchon
Berthold C. Huber
Mexico
Discharged Canadian Army Papers Sought After Wallet Loss
Theo H. Deichert, veteran of the Canadian ambulance corps, appeals through The Star to recover his discharge papers lost with a wallet on downtown streets Tuesday. He was mustered out due to illness after two years at the front and values the papers highly. Please return to room 316 Y.M.C.A.
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Theo. H. Deichert
Canadian Ambulance Corps
The
Star
Y. M. Cc
Mayor Hanson Endorses James A. Johnson for County Commissioner
The letter from Mayor Hanson to James A. Johnson lauds his qualifications as a practical builder and employer of labor. It highlights his university building projects including Denny, his government work in the Spanish American War, and a progressive outlook. Hanson pledges to vote for Johnson and to work for the community’s interests.
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Hanson
James A. Johnson
East
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