Dock Strike Nears Crisis Amid Navy Move and Talks
Five hundred soldiers were mobilized in New York to unload ships for the United States Shipping Board as a dock workers strike looms. The conciliation commission and Labor Secretary Wilson pressed talks in Hoboken and Philadelphia, with union leaders and officials delaying full return to work as meetings continue.
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New York
United Prees
United States Shipping Board
United States Army
Hoboken
Conciliation Commission
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Linda
12Th Infantry
Washington
Austrian-born Rudolph Swarowsky in jail after grand jury visit
In Oregon on October 20 PD reports Rudolph Swarowsky, Austrian by birth, is jailed after a grand jury visit. He is to be questioned about his wife Nellie a half Indian graduate of a Salem training school in Alaska whom he allegedly choked and threatened with a dangerous weapon.
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Ore
Preas
Rudolph Swarowsky
Grand Jury
Nellie
Waty
Salem
Alaska
Tokyo Foreign School Opens With Large First-Day Attendance
The Tokyo foreign school opened Monday reporting total enrollment of 4, with 63 in primary grades and 721 in the high school section. Parents attended the opening exercises where H. B. Benninghoff presided, and speeches were delivered by F Struthers, acting chair of the board of trustees, and W. E. Hoffsommer, chairman of the educational committee.
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Ed Press
Tokyo
H. B. Benninghoff
F Struthers
Board of
W. E. Hoffsommer
Round Table Fate Wavering at Industrial Conference
Washington observers report the national industrial conference in gridlock as delegates wrestle over collective bargaining. Employers resist outside labor representation while labor and public groups push for approval. Judge Gary of United States Steel returns with a strategic statement.
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Washington
Lane
Think
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Advice to Vera on self support and career independence
A mother writes to her daughter Vera urging independence beyond marriage. She endorses pursuing acting writing teaching stenography or office work with thorough training and strong effort to ensure future financial security and self reliance. The letter emphasizes choosing a demanding path, avoiding half hearted effort, and aiming for success.
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Vera
Kitty
Roosevelt Memorial Drive Raises Seattle Toward National Fund
Seattle teams with other cities to raise part of a 5 million dollar fund to honor Theodore Roosevelt. Seattle seeks 40000 dollars, Washington 100000, campaign ends October 27 with a Metropolitan Theatre meeting. Funds may buy the Toonevelt home, Sagamore Hill grounds, and support an educational endowment to promote Rooseveltian Americanism. Committee includes B. Pinneo and several judges and civic leaders. The King County executive group lists Loren Grinstead as chairman and Mayor J. P. Smith among others.
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United States
Seattle
Theodore Roosevelt
Seatle
State of Washington
Laula I. Mart Han
Roosevelt
Metropolitan Theatre
Toonevelt
Sagamore Hill
Oyster May
National Park
BK. D. Pinneo
Henry Surzalio
Frank B. Cooper
KR. H. Parsons
Jeremiah Neterer
Alfred Battle
J. K. Chilberg
James W. Reynolds
George J. Walker
A. Ti. Stewart
J. ¥. C. Kellogg
Thomas ¥. Murphine
Carl B. Closen
Daniel Landon
Clark Nettleton
Thomas Burke
Harold Preston
Mra
W. H. Lyon
King County
Loren Grinstead
W. J. Coyle
H. O. Stone
Ralph FP. Loomia
A. A. Hisedolph
Kent
C. M. Hall
Auburn
J. P. Smith
Inaa
Hobo Claims World Record On King Albert Train
Jack Wallace a 26 year old hobo rode the king of Belgium's special train from Albuquerque New Mexico to five miles out where he was set off He says he beat his way on a king's train in the United States and notes detectives rode the top to Albuquerque He was not arrested King Albert drove the engine from Lamy New Mexico toward the Colorado line with two locomotives pulling the Santa Fe train for the first time in the railroad's history
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Albert
LA Junta
Col
United Press
Jack Wallace
Hobo
Wallace
Belgium
Albuquerque
N. M
United States
King Albert
Lamy
Colorado Line
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Santa Fe
State campaign leadership named for association
Quabh Lafromboise Enumclaw Harold Weeks Renton and W R Nichola of Snoqualmie are listed with the state campaign headed by W H Cowles of Spokane and Frank C Jackson of Seattle as state director C B Willa as state vice chairman and J P M Richards of Spokane as state treasurer for the association.
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Quabh
Lafromboise
Enumclaw
Harold Weeks
Renton
W. R. Nichola
Snoqualmie
W. H. Cowles
Spokane
Frank C. Jackson
Seattle
Willa
Association
Beewax and paraffin Cubettarte From Chinese Wax Deposits
A cubettarte for beeswax and paraffin is obtained in China from wax deposits of an insect living on ash trees.
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China
Donaldson Second in Mineola to San Francisco Flight
Capt J o Donaldson piloting a single seat 8%5 airplane arrived at Roosevelt field Mineola at 1030 a m completing the Mineola to San Francisco endurance flight returning. He is the second aviator to finish this route after Lieut B W Maynard who arrived Saturday afternoon. Rawlins Wyoming reports Lieut Queens arriving on his westward return at 847 20 a m and leaving at 917 40 a m with Capt L H Smith also arriving and departing shortly after.
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New York
J. O. Donaldson
Roosevelt Field
Mineola
San Francisco
B. W. Maynard
Distance walked by New York City population in a day
A historical note estimates that if the entire New York City population walked for 24 hours non stop the total distance would reach from Earth to Mars. The comparison highlights the vast scale of collective human movement across a single city.
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New York City
Earth
Mars
Indifference at Florence Upstairs Store Ad
Public customers faced with indifferent service are urged to seek better treatment. The Florence Upstairs Store at Second and Union highlights promises to please shoppers and save more on fall suits coats dresses and hats.
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Florence
Bolsheviks in tight hole as Petrograd siege deepens
Dispatches report Petrograd under heavy Bolshevik pressure with Yudenitch’s forces near the city and a destroyed Tosna railway bridge cutting Moscow links. Ligovo reportedly captured nine miles from Petrograd as Bolsheviks prepare strong defenses in ten sections. Kolchak seizes Liski railway hub while Shkuro takes Grafskaya junction.
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Petrograd
Yudenitch
Helsingfors
Gatchina
Tosna
Moscow
Copenhagen
Ligovo
Copenhagen Tidende
Heval
Admiral Kolchak
U. S. Seeks Confirmation on Russ Fate Reports
The state department works through its agents in Russia to confirm or deny conflicting reports on the fall of Petrograd and Kronstadt. A brief Finnish army dispatch claimed their capture by the Northwestern government, but American sources near Petrograd reported no corroboration.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Viborg
Vatican Stands on Nero’s Garden Site
The statement places the Vatican on land once part of Nero era gardens where Roman decadence and wild debauches were held, noting a historic association between sacred space and ancient excess.
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Vatican
Nero
Boldt's French Pastry House Adopts Uptown Downtown Address Swap
A brief classified note indicates Boldt's French Pastry Shop lists locations at Uptown 1414 3d Ave and Downtown 913 2d Ave as the business adjusts its addresses.
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Boldt
Uptown
Aha Lucky 25 Co ed Mystery Berkeley
Berkeley October 20 UC girls check freshmen’s looks to find physically perfect men The unnamed professor in charge of the men's gym refused to publish names citing war training brought more physically fit students at campus Victoria Nyanza noted as Africa’s large freshwater body after Lake Superior
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Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Kleeberger
Kleebebrger
Victoria Nyanza
Africa
Lake Superior
Middleton and Swengon Lumber Exchange Ad
Muck and Co at 905 Third Ave advertises services for Middleton and Swengon Lumber Exchange Building Nichol the Tailor on Third and Columbia with location cues and shop references.
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Middleton & Swengon Lumber Exchange Bldg
Muck & CO
Third Ave
Nichol the Tailor
Columbia
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First Ave
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Oxford Tailoring CO
N. M. Pinella
S. B. Pruchansky
EB. Pine St
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Marion St
Seren & Baldridge
Stetson System
Stone Brothers
Cherry St
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J. D. Tracie
Union Tailors
United Tailors
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L. C. Smith Bide
Wold & Co, Seaboard Bldg
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University St
J. M. Cunningham
Everett Natela CO
Leary Bldg
Frost & Seynes
Louis Gross
House OF Irving
Columbia St
Imperial Tailoring CO
Cc. H. Kalmans
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WM. Kuist Leary
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D. M. McCartney & Son
Fourth Ave
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