Plan for Seattle Street Car Strike Draws City Blame
The carmen demand an eight hour day with time and a half for overtime matching Puget Sound Traction. The city refuses and plans to revisit the issue in June with the new budget, risking a strike if workers are left with fragmented hours and no pay for overtime. The piece warns Seattle would blame council members if a strike occurs.
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Seattle street railway workers plan potential strike vote
Street railway union officials predict a vote by all Seattle Municipal Railway employees on Wednesday to authorize a strike over overtime pay. The carmen's union grievance committee will meet Tuesday to decide actions after the city council refused overtime concessions, despite prior lobbying and a mass meeting authorizing a referendum if necessary.
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Union Head On The Way To Seattle
The Pacific coast telephone and electrical workers threaten a coastwide strike on Monday affecting Washington Oregon California and Nevada unless wage demands by the telephone girls are met The union plans to install Julia O Connor on arrival to lead talks and the beginner wage is $12 weekly rising to $24 after two years with current wages at $11 weekly after six years of service
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United Press
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New England
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Hello Girls
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Pacific Coast
Meat Holdup Arouses Wide Protest by Packers
Washington and Chicago reports detail opposition to War Department plans to unload surplus meat abroad. Senator Kenyon of Iowa seeks a Senate resolution. National Consumers League leaders criticize the move as hurting the poor. experts and dealers doubt domestic price impact, urging overseas sale.
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United Press
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Iowa
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Foreign Relief Commission
Chicago
Booze in Chicken House Is Captured
Deputies raid Nick Pieti hog ranch two miles east of Medina near Lake Washington and seize two 100 gallon barrels of mash and 16 quarts of finished liquor from a hen house. Pieti held in jail as a complaint is prepared. Sam Nick kept on the farm to feed swine and fowls.
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Matt Starwich
Stewart Campbell
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Sam Nick
Charges of abuse at Agnew state hospital headline
Dr Frederick Webster seeks release from Agnew state hospital claiming nine years imprisonment and asylum confinement. Horace Willson, an asylum director, says lack of support from other directors prevented action on alleged cruelties to inmates.
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United Press
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Wilson
Denial Vows No Meeting Between Ministers and Wilson
Paris May 13 official denial from the Foreign Office refutes a L Intransigeant report that Brockdorff Ranteau sought a personal interview with President Wilson. The ministry states no such request was made and no meeting is planned.
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United Press
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Wilson
Carroll Named Seattle Official Destroys Trout Angling Plans
Jack Carroll, 41, elected to Seattle city council, later served as major in the Washington National Guard. He practiced law, was justice of the peace for five terms, and headed government property in Everett during World War I before being sent to France and serving at Teawurtille.
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Slow Court Delays Harrison Nuptials
Reports that the marriage of Francis Burton Harrison to Betty Wrentmore has been postponed. Friends say the delay stems from California courts slow to issue Harrison's divorce decree.
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United Press
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Philippines
Betty Wrentmore
Berkeley
Cal
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Harrison
California
Major Carroll Elected to Seattle City Council on Second Ballot
Maj John E Carroll a Seattle attorney and former justice of the peace, elected to complete the term of Roland W Cotterill after arriving from overseas service with the A E F He won on the second ballot with four of seven votes amid a field of more than 30 candidates Proctor Taylor Stevens and others received scattered votes on the first ballot
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Germans Likely To Sign Peace Treaty Says British French
Reported sentiment among British laborites and French socialists favors Germany signing the peace treaty. They foresee a future labor government in Britain and a socialist government in France that could push for liberal revisions within a year or two.
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Yankees Die in Explosion Near Dijon
In Is-Sur-Tille, ten miles north of Dijon and 40 miles south of Chaumont, several American quarry workers were killed and about a dozen injured in a dynamite blast. The incident was reported by United Press.
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United Press
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Germans Seek St Germain Conference With Austrian Delegates
At Versailles on May 13 United Press reports German peace delegates aim to hold a conference with Austrian delegates at St Germain the following day. A courier will depart Versailles tonight with a note from Foreign Minister Brockdorff-Rantzau for transmission to Vienna.
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Bomb explodes on Chicago contractor leader home steps
Chicago May 13. Police hunt suspects in bombing on the steps of Michael Ready, president of the Chicago Contracting Team Owners' association. The homemade bomb caused little damage and police think it may be linked to the Sunday killing of William Marchand, a teaming union worker.
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William Marchand
Navy Officers to Be Released Around Mid May
Acting Secretary Roosevelt announced that practically all navy officers with temporary commissions will be released within the next six weeks if they wish. Washington reports detail the early step in personnel reductions.
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United Press
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Germans Split Over Terms as Leaders Call for Revision
Berlin reports indicate Chancellor Mann declares terms unacceptable while others in the government push for a peace Britain and the Entente can accept. German leaders including Scheidemann von Gerlach and Stresemann express fears of sovereignty loss and demands for coal and mineral guarantees amid debates on signing the treaty.
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Portugal Ruined by Treaty Says Former Premier
In Paris on May 13 former Portuguese premier Cagas warned the peace treaty will ruin Portugal. He cited war costs 400 million dollars and economic losses over 1.5 billion, noting debts remain and recovery unlikely. In New York on May 13 striking American Railway Express workers returned to work after action by the railroad labor board.
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