President Wilson Cancels Kansas Appearance Amid Illness
President Wilson on the train near Wichita reveals he will cancel the Kansas visit due to nervous indigestion. Dr Grayson and aides observed his illness as 15 000 gathered, with secret service enforcing silence while crowds waited for a speech. The White House announces remaining tour dates are canceled.
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Cary T. Grayson
Wichita
Secret Service
Carey
Wichita National Bank
Hotel owner dies after hotel shooting in Seattle
Mrs Edna Siliana 34 proprietor of the Clarendon hotel died at 11 15 Friday after a masked gunman shot her in a room at the La Chad hotel 22193 First Ave Her driver companion John Loback was wounded and the attacker fled Police doubt the whisky tale and hunt the suspected thief Tony Anderson is held for inquiry Siliana came to Seattle from Butte and leaves two children and a brother The body rests at the public morgue
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la Clead
First Ave
Edna Siliana
Clarendon Hotel
Fourth Ave. S
John Loback
For Hire” Auto
Liliana
la Chad
Loback
Anderson
Siltana
la Clad
Gypsies and Trains on the High Road to Tacoma
A traveler notes gypsy camps now traveling by large touring cars and compares their abandoned wagons to a modernization of itinerant life. Observes farmers and families moving houses on trucks, envisioning a nation of highway dwellers with portable schools and mobile work.
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Tacoma
Twelve Hurt As San Francisco Street Car Collides
Thirty injured in two United Railways street cars on Fillmore and a second car in San Francisco. A hot box on a Fillmore Street car burst, forcing the motorman from the vehicle. three blocks later the cars crashed into another street car. Fractured skull injuries reported among the injured.
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Gan Francisco
St. Francis Tespital
Fillmore
United Railways
Gompers Sees Steel Strike Battle Move to Bethlehem
Gompers reports flagging gains in the Pittsburg district as the steel strike edges toward Bethlehem Steel. Cantons Ohio votes to return to work, Clairton Pa clashes occur as police fire on workers. Gompers testifies in Washington urging labor’s right to be heard.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Company
Steel Workers’ National Committee
Canton
Ohio
Clairton
Samuel Gompers
Senate
Washington
Strikers Plan Invasion Reported Across Ohio River
Governor Cornwell of West Virginia warned Governor Cox that 5,000 men near Steubenville were believed to be crossing into Hancock county to compel workers to quit. He said such action would threaten West Virginia sovereignty. Cox instructed sheriff W G Baker to avoid conflicts with Ohio authorities and keep the peace.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cornwell
West Virginia
Cox
Steubenville
Ohio River
Hancock County
W. G. Baker
Jefferson County
Commonwealth
Judge Gary Upholds Moral Stand in U S Steel Talks
Judge Gary, chairman of U S Steel directors, reaffirmed that the company would not meet with union representatives. He said questions of moral principle cannot be arbitrated or compromised and are part of the ongoing conflict.
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New York
Gary
U.S. Steel Corporation
Labor sees right to day in court as steel strike issue
Samuel Gompers testifies before the senate labor committee about workers' right to hear through their own representatives. He accuses steel interests of denying association for 25 years and urges arbitration as a path to end the strike and return workers to plants. Continued on page two.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Senate Labor Committee
Gompers
Senate
Employers’ Office
John Fitzpatrick
British Rail Men Ready to Strike
London authorities announce that British railway workers are prepared to strike tonight after union leaders cautioned that no agreement had been reached. Officials and union representatives had failed to resolve disputes.
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British Rail
London
United Press
Great Britain
Canton Steel workers vote to return to work
Canton Ohio September 26 twelve hundred men employed by the Canton Steel company are reported by plant officials to have voted in favor of returning to work Sunday.
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Canton
Ohio
Canton Steel Company
Gas Blast at Pike Street Incites Pie Prank and Alarm
An air gas mishap in a Lotus Kitchen at 309 Pike Street caused an explosion sending a custard pie into John Yamamoto who was mopping the dining room. The blast toppled items in Conner & Clark’s barber shop at 306 Pike. No injuries reported. Gas workers on strike and main retorts at the plant remain shut.
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Lotus
Pike St
John Yamamoto Porter
Yamamoto
Conner & Clark
Pike #1
Charles Koyama
the Lotus
Lake Union
Comparey
Sugar Shortage Blamed on Packers by Seattle Grocers
Seattle market managers and grocers claim big packers like Armour Libby McNeill and Libby hoarded sugar causing a countywide shortage since August. They say wholesalers miscredit the San Francisco longshoremen strike and note farmers trim fruit shipments as canneries buy fruit at cut prices.
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Seattle
Armour, Libby
McNeill & Libby
San Francisco
Pentines Market
D. McKenzie
Althe
McKenzie
Frisco
Star
Bitter attacks on German army officers emerge in 1918 reports
Germany's military machine was breaking down by June 1918 as soldiers who had learned to obey officers began to question and attack their superiors. The officer corps, long the ruling caste enforcing harsh discipline, faced challenges to its authority as abuses and coercive methods were highlighted.
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Germany
My Thoughts and Actions by Von Ludendorff
Excerpt from 1919 publication notes complaints against army officers in June 1918. Generals accused of living better than soldiers while meals shared from field kitchens. Describes billets, mess committees, and officers’ conduct, with continuation noted.
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Eric von Ludendorff
The
Star
McClure
Harper and Brothers
Hutchinson & Company
London Times
Spain
Mens Sein and Bartel
Italy
Fratelli Treves
Canada
Austrailia
France
Belgium
Holland
Russia
Beanainavian
Althe
Senator Johnson Heads to Coast to Debate League Pact
Washington dispatch reports Senator Hiram Johnson traveling to the Pacific coast to present his views against President Wilson on the League of Nations. He travels to oppose the president's stance as the nation debates the international pact.
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Washington
Hiram Johnson
Pacific Coast
League of Nations
Wilson
Ludendorff recalls Bolshevism trap in Russia
The article notes Ludendorff warns German support of Bolshevism in Russia helped disintegrate the Russian army and threatens German military efficiency. The Star runs two installments of the Ludendorff book starting on pages 1 and 13.
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Russia
Ludendorff
The
Star Today
Youth Accused in Nighttime Attempted Choking Incident
Henry Semmern Jr. 20 faced an open charge after allegedly breaking into his father’s locked bedroom at 819 15th Ave and choking him. Relatives claim a family quarrel led to a confrontation, with the youth later detaining by authorities while denying choking.
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Henry Semmern, Jr
15Th Ave
W. Warner
EB. C. Scully
Young Semmern
Acid attack on Mrs Larson prompts city search for suspect Rath
Mrs Ione Larson was burned by acid in an assault near her Columbia Street apartment while police hunt a man named Rath. She described being followed all afternoon and attacked after ducking a hatpin and cork from a small bottle. Helpers at the gas works provided first aid before she returned home.
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Rath
Ione Larson
Columbia St
Ave. N. E
Fort Lawton
Lawton
Mercer St
Denly
Wilson
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