Settlement Near on Seattle Telephone Strike and Hello Girls
Seattle strike leaders report possible settlement of the Seattle telephone operators strike with wage gains and union recognition tied to a San Francisco mediated agreement. Officials foresee a Northwest wave of action ending once Northwest delegates or Seattle telegraphic approval arrives.
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San Francisco
Wilson
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Hello Girls
California
Northwest
Medi
Girls’ Union
Itiow
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Raid on bunkhouse nets I W W arrests at Camp Lewis
Military police arrested three men at the Hurley Mason Co bunkhouse near American Lake after infiltrating the workers with civilian officers. A mass of documents and radical clippings were seized as authorities vow further raids to break a spy ring suspected in the camp vicinity.
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American Lake
Hurley-Mason Co
Ea Ct
Wilson
Mag
No Coal Prices Fixed Yet by King County Officials
King County fuel administration members debate a just coal price in executive session. Retailers accept the $2.21 handling and delivery charge as reasonable, but officials struggle to set an equitable statewide scale for all yards. Some yards border rail lines with bunkers, others must haul coal twice to load and deliver.
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King County Fuel ‘Administration Committee
Arcade
Pope Appeals to Kaiser to Spare Italian Women
Vatican dispatches sent through papal representatives in Vienna and Munich urge potential appeals to the Emperor and Kaiser to ensure Austrian troops in Italy respect civilians. Emphasis is on sparing women, children, clergy, hospitals, and churches from attack during wartime.
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Preas
Rome
Vatican
Vienna
Munich
Emand Kaiser
Italy
Berger Charged With Disloyalty and Mutiny in Mail Suit
Victor L. Berger former congressman is charged with disloyalty and mutiny in the post office department response to a suit to deny the Milwaukee Leader second class mailing. The filing accuses Berger of interfering with wartime success and aiding enemies. Also notes a church speech by Rev. E. Sutton on Sunday at 12 30.
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Victor L. Berger
Conan
Post Office Department
Milwaukee Leader
Perger
United States
America
District of Ja
Supreme Court
Burleson
Er. B. Sutton
Christian Science
Firetresbyterian
Five thousand Mexicans die in battle in Morelos mountains
United Press reports 5,000 government troops marching against Zapata and Feliz Diaz forces were trapped in a mountain pass and nearly annihilated by machine gun fire. Carranza sources claim the government faces a coalition of factions amid reports of forces moving toward Juarez and Chihuahua City.
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Diaz
United Press
EL Paso
Morelos
Mexico
Feliz Diaz
Mexico City
Carranza
Vile
Okinaga
Juarez
Jane Flores
Juares
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Francisco Margula
Villa
Ojinaga
la Mula
City of Victor Approves Car Extension Plan
Judge Calvin Hall denied a temporary injunction blocking the street car extension. The 1917 street car fund is solvent due to $40,000 bond income, with $3,150 subscriptions between Nov 13 and 15 bringing total to $54,250. Danworth & Todd had challenged the project. Chamber of Commerce trustees opposed the suit. T. N. Haller sought to halt further bond sales but was denied. John W. Kelly testified on bond subscriptions in Seattle municipal railroad finance.
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Hall
Caldwell
Danworth & Todd
Chamber of Commerce
Kent wins case over wife jail for picketing
Washington reports ex Congressman Kent of California paid his wife's $25 fine to block her 15 day jail term for suffrage picketing. Judge Mullowney ruled the payment justified preventing imprisonment. Elizabeth McShane of Philadelphia faced 15 days, while Mrs Kent plans an appeal to defend her right to picket the White House.
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Washington
Kent
California
Mullwolny
White House
Harvey W. Wiley
Joy Holliday Moves Next to Ralph Sunday at Lewis
Joy Holliday of the 166th depot brigade is bunking beside Ralph Sunday at Camp Lewis in Tacoma. The note confirms the two servicemen share adjacent quarters, a small personal detail from the base.
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Joy Holliday
Lewis Camp Lewis
Tacoma
166Th Depot Brigade
Ralph
U S S Kansas City Reported Lost at Sea
The navy department announced the American steamer Kansas City is believed lost at sea after separating from convoy on September 5. Only signalman J H A Muir was aboard, his father John Allison Muir of Roland Park Md.
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Navy Department
Kansas City
J. H. A. Muir
John Allison Muir
Roland Park
Clemenceau Forms French Cabinet
Georges Clemenceau completed forming a new French cabinet to succeed the Painleve ministry in Paris as of the afternoon of November 16. The move marks a shift in leadership during the interim of postwar governance.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Painleve
Three Die in Ax Murder at Virginia Home
Police found the bodies of Paul Adarm his wife and boarder Peter Trepich in their Virginia Minnesota residence with brutal head injuries. The killings occurred in the home, investigators describe a grisly scene as they begin inquiries into motive and suspect.
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United Prena
Virginia
Minn
Paul Adarm
Peter Trepich
Women Jump From Burning Home In Fire
A fire of unknown origin at 2002 North 60th in Mrs. Mary Smith’s residence started Friday at 3 o clock. Mrs. Smith and her daughter sleeping in an upper room jumped to the ground and escaped injury as the house burned to the ground with a loss of 1000 dollars before the fire department arrived.
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Mary Smith
Ford to Join U S to Rush Ship Building
Henry Ford will move to Washington to join the United States Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation. He offers Detroit and other plants for war work, aims to speed production, and will work with Pier while not replacing Admiral Capps. Ford meets Baker and Daniels and pledges full support to Uncle Sam.
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Henry Ford
United States
Detroit
United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Ford
Frank Lord
Hurley
New York
Admiral Capps
Corporation
Pier
Capps
Baker
Sam
Daniela
Howard Coffin
The
Aircraft Board
Meatless Day Pressures Mexican Cattle Market
Francisco reports 50,000 head of Mexican cattle 2,000,000 pounds of beef and 10,000 hides have no market. Eastman, a Mexican cattle broker, says U S buyers refuse 6 cent cattle and 11 cent frozen beef due to meatless days and high shoe prices.
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Han Francisco
Ie DD. Eastman
San Francisco
Rec
Ord
S Am
Sos Angeles
Eastman
Northcliffe Criticizes Lloyd George as U S War Control Threat
London dispatch notes Lord Northcliffe's sharp letter to Premier Lloyd George accusing the government of weaknesses and warning that the United States may take over much of the war effort if Britain fails to improve. The piece cites interallied council talks and discusses Seattle’s proposed police commission charter amendment to create an elected three member body with power over police administration and chief’s salary.
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Admiralty
Robert Cecil
Geddes
Buil News
Cecil
Politcal
Northcliffe
Lloyd George
Paria
Commons
Civil Service Commission
Fitzgerald
Seattle
Asquith
United States
Bar Committee to Talk With Green Over Ethics Inquiry
The Gill Hoyt Frye Raley firm asks Seattle Bar Association to investigate its conduct linked to Merchants Protective Corp. A conference with Maj Gen Greene is planned to consider charges for unethical practice and an open hearing may follow. Nine men arrested in pool halls were released for lack of evidence.
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Seattle Bar Association
Merchants’ Protective Corporation
Greene
Walter Fulton
J. J. Sullivan
C. K. Poe
Charles F. Riddle
F. T. Merritt
G. H. Rummens
Vice
H. 8. Frye
Frank Hammond
Tom Kennedy
P.M. Davis
Harry Morrison
Jed Smith
James Durkin
Charles Larson
I. Cochran
H. Adams
Dumitreson
Rail Tie Up Averted as Railroads Seek Settlement
Washington reports a possible end to looming strikes as four railroad brotherhoods accept any Wilson proposed wage settlement except arbitration. The Interstate Commerce Commission weighs an early decision on a 15 percent rate increase and reviews railroad credit needs for government loans. In other news, J D D Kearney was arrested in Everett for robbing Edgar Vandever of the New Richmond hotel.
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United Preas
Washington
Four Brotherhoods
Wilson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank A. Vanderlip
Paul Warburg
J. DD. Kearney
Edgar Vandever
New Richmond
Everett
Americans Repel Raid With Cannon Fire At Roche Front
American artillery unleashed a roaring barrage near the Roche front to stop a German raid. Night clashes continued as patrols reported reconnaissances and exchanges of fire, with no American casualties and dawn revealing no bodies.
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No Man's Land
Germans Report Taking of Cismon River Positions
Berlin via London reports the capture of Cismon and several hill positions along the Brentna river in today’s official statement. Cismon lies at the Brentna and Cismon rivers junction about seven miles south of Ponmano.
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United Press
Berlin
London
Cismon
Brentna River
Brentna
Ponmano
Italians Repulse Teuton Flanking Attacks On Piave
Rome reports heavy Austro German attempts to circle the Piave line were repulsed with Italian positions holding along the Asiago plateau. Venice evacuation completed amid optimism that the Piave line will remain unbroken as rains hinder enemy advances toward the coast.
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Italy
Piave
Asiago
Venice
Vecchia
French Break Up German Attacks In Flanders
Paris Nov 16 German troops failed to force relinquishment of recent gains in Flanders according to the war office. An assault north of Veldock collapsed under French artillery and machine gun fire. Another German air raid over Nancy caused no civilian casualties while Meuse right bank homes endured lively shelling.
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Paris
Flanders
War Office
Veldock
Nancy
Meuse
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