Seattle Carpenters Vote for General Strike Over Lumber Hours
Seattle building carpenters vote to back a general strike against 10 hour lumber. About 3000 carpenters resist the master builders and Building Trades allies after rejecting an eight hour compromise. If unresolved, all city construction faces a near standstill by midweek.
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Seattle
Building Carpenters
Building Des Council
Building Trades
American Federation of Labor
James Duncan
Central Council
Carpenters
Carpenters’ Hall
C. H. Wicks
Ad Carpenters
J. G. Brown
Shipworkers Refuse Arbitration Amid Wage Strike Warning
Leaders declare shipyard workers will not arbitrate now and threaten a 12 000 strong strike next Saturday unless wage demands are met. Secretary A F E Miller of the metal trades notes arbitration would have occurred but Eddy now operates a powerful waterfront, urging others to hold out. This statement follows reports about Louis P Wehle.
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A. F E. Miller
Miller
Shipping Board
Adjustment Committee
Eddy
Aglt
Louis P. Wehle
Boilermakers Reject Temporary Shipyard Accord
San Francisco reports a temporary shipyard strike settlement was rejected by the Boilermakers union. Strikers are set to return to work tomorrow or Friday, but prolonged absence could hinder a swift resolution to the labor dispute.
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San Francisco
Portland Strikers Demand Closed Shop Policy
Portland union leaders declare in a formal announcement that workers in the shipyards will not return until all shops adopt the closed shop policy. The Portland Metal Trades council says unions reject the offer from 11 port and shipyards pending federal government terms.
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Portland
Portland Metal Trades Council
AWAKE to Help Win the War
A mother's striking pledge to support soldiers and the tobacco fund after witnessing sons march to Camp Lewis. She renounces selfish comfort, vows Red Cross service, and urges women to work, sacrifice, and stay awake for victory.
Tobacco fund aids 12,000 French soldiers via The Star
The Star reports steady donations to the Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund nearing $3,000. Each 25 cent gift buys a tobacco kit valued at 45 cents for an American soldier in the trenches, with donor postcards included for replies. An all-night Dreamland dance Friday supports the fund.
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France
Star
Our Boys In
Star's Fund
Star’s Tobacco Fund
Sammy
Dreamland
Star's Tobacco Fund
Joe Schermer
Army league calls to amend draft law for 19 and 20 year olds
United piece dispatch from Washington reports the Army league claiming backing by the War Department General Staff urged immediate amend ment of the select draft law to include youths of 19 and 20. The group, with officers and notable members, argues calling younger men reduces wartime costs and can defer active service until age 21.
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United Piece
Washington
Army League
War Department General Staff
Joseph Leiter
Taft
Perry Belmont
William T. Hornaday
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Clark Howell
George W. C. Drexel
Thomas Nelson Page
George Truesdell
John A. Johnston
Executive Council
League
Congress
Williams District Attorney Hears of Wilson Inquiry into Mooney Case
San Francisco, Sept 26 A.D. Fickert says he is glad the government will investigate the conviction of Thomas Mooney in the preparedness parade bomb murder case after President Wilson asked Attorney General Gregory to review the case.
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United
San Francisco
Fickert
Wilson
Gregory
Thomas Mooney
Draft resisters found guilty in espionage case
Daniel O'Connell and five co defendants were found guilty in Federal Judge Van Fleet's court after about an hour of deliberation. They were convicted on two counts of obstructing the draft and violating the espionage act.
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United Prese
San Francisco
Daniel O'Connell
van Fleet
Escapee Baldwin Captured After City Chase in Shedd Oregon
In Shedd Oregon on September 25 Jeff Baldwin an escaped convict broke from Deputy Sheriff Joseph Frum during a transport in the main street. Baldwin as the bound prisoner grabbed the deputy’s unloaded revolver and snapped it toward Frum before being recaptured and returned to the state penitentiary in Salem.
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Shedd, Or
Shedd
Jeff Baldwin
Salem
Joseph R. Frum
Albany
Baldwin
Germany pledges Belgium damages share under Vatican guarantee
Foreign Secretary Kuehlman assures the Vatican Germany will bear its share of damages to Belgium if Belgium guarantees to cease menacing Germany. Dispatches from Berlin report the official pledge received in Berne.
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United Press
Berne
Kuehlman
Vatican
Germany
Belgium
Menac
Berlin
Argentinian wartime choice looms as general strike grows
Argentine leaders debated neutrality or war as German agents back a nationwide strike. Reports from Buenos Aires say Irigoyen may sever relations rather than drift to neutrality, while Paraguay and Uruguay move toward action against Germany. Chile stays neutral as the German consul at Santa Fe backs strikers.
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United Press
Buenos Aires
Irigoyen
Paraguay
Uruguay
Germany
Chile
Santa Fe
Argentina
Deny Report That Strike Is Settled
Officials of the Metal Mine Workers union deny reports the copper strike is settled. George R. Tompkins says no copper is being produced and the industry will be crippled until the strikers' demands are met.
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United Preas
Butte
Metal Mine Workers’ Union
George R. Tompkins
Thief Steals Overalls Hidden $28.35 Inside
Mike Thomas of the U and I hotel reported a theft Tuesday night. The thief took his overalls containing $28.35, and police were asked to locate the culprit.
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Thief
Mike Thomas
U and I
Thomas
Sub Attack on U S Troops Reported
Atlantic port dispatch says two submarine assaults on a steamer with 3,000 American troops off Fastnet were repulsed within two weeks, and an attack on a ship with 2,500 Canadian soldiers was defeated. Two U boats are believed sunk, German sailors were seen afloat, and survivors were picked up by a destroyer.
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United Press
Atlantic
Fastnet
England
Russia Has No Flag After Revolution Says Root
Helena report states Russia has no flag since the revolution. A citizens committee asked Elihu Root for information on the emblem and Root replied that Russia has had no flag since the revolution.
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Root
Russia
Helena
Elihu Root
Bennett Gains On Mayor Mitchel In Primary Recount
William M. Bennett, claimant of the Republican mayoralty nomination, gained steadily on Mayor Mitchel in the recount of votes from the New York primary. The lead was reduced to 219 as the 11th Assembly District was half counted.
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New York
William M. Bennett
Mitchel
Bennett
Women Gardeners Sail for France
Twenty women gardeners sailed to France to tend graves of British soldiers behind allied lines. Other contingents are in training and will follow to take up the duty in the newly assigned mission.
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London
France
Gerard W W All Invited To Hear Diplomat James W. Gerard
Former U S ambassador to Germany James W Gerard arrives at King Street station Seattle at 8 10 p m Wednesday and speaks Thursday at the Arena with no admission charge. City officials Chamber of Commerce arrange welcome guard details and secrecy about a planned naval station address.
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James W. Gerard
Germany
United States
Seattle
King Street
Arena
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club
Berlin
Rhodes
Chamber
J. W. Spangler
Washington
Gerard
United States Naval Training Station
U. S. War Bill to Be Eighteen Billion This Year
Washington reports America’s war bill for the first year will be at least eighteen and a half billion dollars. Treasury experts estimate government spending at about 1.5 billion monthly, 50 million daily, and over two million hourly. The United States has loaned to the allies roughly 2.43 billion to date, at about 13.48 million per day. Also note a local crime item: burglar leaves with $18 and silverware from Sam McCoy’s home.
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United Press
Washington
America
Treasury
United States
Sam McCoy
14Th Ave
S&s
Haig Drive Bloody But Victorious In Zonnebeke Push
British and Anzac troops reach first objectives near Zonnebeke in a renewed offensive along the Ypres sector. Descriptions say close combat and hand to hand fighting as gains stretch near Polygon Wood and east of Gouzeaucourt margins. Haig notes several dugouts destroyed and a machine gun captured amid heavy resistance.
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Zonnebeke
Polygon Wood
Menin Road
Gheluvelt
Ypres
Ypres-Menin
Haig
Gouzeaucourt
Russia Rejects Berlin Reply in Cold Consensus
Petrogad Sept 26. German reply to Pope Benedict is warmly repudiated by Russians of all classes. Maxim Gorky and Bolsheviki join in attacking the reply as unacceptable to the allies. The military section of the Soviets calls for dissolution of all Russian battalions of death.
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United Press
Petrograd
Germany
Benedict
Maxim Gorky
Soviet
Council of Soldiers and Babes Men
Go-When Attacked by a Bayonet Snake and Other Oddities
A quirky roundup from American towns reports Henry Hemp killing a bayonet snake that pierced its mouth with its own taillike stab. Other items note feuding Siamese twins near Baraboo, corn silk skirts in Indiana, a lost mine cipher in Nevada, a watermelon scam story in Louisiana, a divided kitchen built for a one legged wife in Michigan, a temperate horse in Wyoming, and a drunken arrest in Minnesota with a Hamburg joke.
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Mrs. I. May
Tobacco Fund
Ditor the
American Lake
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Camp Lewis
U. S
Astho
U.S
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Henry Hemp
Hemp
Baraboo
Wts
George
Karl
Carbon
Ind
Alma Jenkins
Fey Farm
Bullion
Nev
Arlington Bye
Rye
Uncle Sam
Hammond
Dall
Omer
Mich
Eliphalet Jones
Aspen, Wyo
Jeff Broad
Broad
Andrew Hemrich
Tworoger
Your
Hamburg
Heinrich
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