Railway unrest as eight hour move boosts rail wage talks
The Railway Employees' committee shows unrest over Wilson negotiations with rail executives. Fears rise they cannot restraint workers much longer. The president pressed Senate action on an interstate commerce bill to speed hearings on increased rates if eight hours are granted, aligning with railroad concessions.
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Washington
Railway Employees’ Committee
Wilson
Railway Executive
Francis G. Newlands
Nevada
William C. Adamson
Georgia
Senate
House Interstate Commerce Committees
House
Railroad Executives Report To Committee On White House Talks
Three railroad executives told a congressional committee about the latest White House conference with President Wilson regarding the Brotherhoods demands. The executives summarized the substance of the President’s meeting and the panel’s efforts to craft a railroad position in response.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Daniels Goes to Maine for Campaign Speeches
Secretary of the Navy Daniels started for Maine in the afternoon to participate in the campaign. He will make sixteen speeches in various parts of the state.
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Washington
Als
Daniels
Maine
Dough for Militiamen at Texas Border Camps
Three quarters of a million dollars were received at the border camps in Texas today to pay the soldiers.
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San Antonio
Texas
Eureka Quake Triggers Panic Across City
Eureka California August 23 The most violent earthquake felt here since San Francisco’s disaster rocked the city at 6 55 this morning. Sleepers fled panic stricken from their homes as tremors were felt across the coast region of Northern Humboldt County with no material damage reported.
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Eureka
Calif
San Francisco
Humboldt County
U S to Use Pigeons Along the Border
Fifty carrier pigeons transported from the east passed through Colus O in the afternoon en route to the border. They will be used for military service coordinating movements of American border patrols.
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Colus.bus. O
Bryan Glynn to Lead Wilson Stumpers Campaign
The Democratic National Committee assigns William J. Bryan and former Gov. Martin H. Glynn to headline the campaign against Hughes. Bryan plans September and October stops in Ohio and the Middle West, while Glynn heads west after Maine to mirror Hughes’ route. Also, McAdoo Lane and Sen. James Hamilton Lewis announce Pacific Coast campaigning with Lewis visiting Seattle.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
William J. Bryan
Martin H. Glynn
Hughes
Bryan
National Committee
Ohio
Middle Western
Missouri
Michigan
Glynn
Martin
Pacific Coast
Maine
Government to prosecute Standard Oil after Supreme Court decree
Washington officials indicate the Standard Oil Company will likely be prosecuted by the United States government for failing to comply with the Supreme Court dissolution decree. The Department of Justice and Commerce cite a federal trade commission report on rising gasoline prices as the basis for action.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
United States Supreme Court
United States
Department of Justice
Department of Commerce
Jifu
Federal Trade Commission
Stock Quotations From New York August First
Alaska Gold closed at 16 percent and Alaska lineau at 77 percent. American Zinc at 14 percent. Butte and Superior at 68 percent. China at 52 percent. Ray at 24 percent. Utah Copper at 535. Copper mittal quoted as 2746.
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New York
Alaska
Alaska Lineau
American
Butte and Superior
China
Ray
Utah
Copper
Mittal
White Ribbon League to Convene Annual Alaska Convention
Tomorrow night the second annual convention of the W. C. T. U. of Alaska will be called to order by Mrs. Cornelia Templeton Hatcher in the Methodist Church. Delegates from Southeastern Alaska and interior and westward towns are expected, with about 25 delegates present. Officers including Aire Hatcher president and Mrs. Thompson vice president will attend, with Sitka recording secretary Mrs. Georgeson possibly present. Delegates arrive from Ketchikan Petersburg Douglas Sitka and Skagway aboard the City of Seattle and the Jefferson. The convention begins organizational work Friday morning, with a gold medal contest for Alaska children on Saturday night. The chestnut gavel from Evanston once used by Frances Willard will be used to open proceedings. Continued on Page Six.
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W. CG. TU
Alaska
Cornelia Templeton Hatcher
Methodist
Hatcher
Aire, Hateher
Mra. TD. OH. Thompson
Vicw
Pederdon
Famons
Algo
Evanston
Francis Willard
Boys Kill Teacher After Cabin Robbery at Idaho Ranch
Lynn and Harold Lovelace, brothers aged eleven and twelve, confessed to shooting and killing Thomas F. Hamill, a Twin Falls school teacher, after robbing a cabin on an Idaho ranch. They fled with Hamill's horse and wagon and were found with money as authorities investigated the incident.
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Boise
Idaho
Aug. Y
Lynn
Harold Lovelace
Hleven
Thomas F. Hamill
Twin Falls
Hamill
Roosevelt not to visit coast during campaign year
Portland August 2 Roosevelt will not come to the Pacific coast during the presidential campaign. A letter received by E B Baldwin secretary of the state Republican Central committee confirms the decision. Roosevelt replied to Pendleton invitation for the Round-Up celebration next month.
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Portland
Theodore Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
E. BD. Baldwin
State
Republican Central Committee
Col. Roosevelt
Pendleton
British Premier States Germany Has Shown No Peace Offer
London Aug 23 Premier Asquith said in the House of Commons Germany has not shown any disposition to make peace. He noted no terms have been offered and that terms would humiliate some British Allies if peace were pursued.
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London
Asquith
House of Commons
Germany
Wickersham’s Alaska bill effort mocked in Juneau letter
A Juneau letter by Deletanto Jammer Wickersham to Mayor B De Stewart scolds locals for not aiding passage of a bill to fund the Alaska Capitol building. It details that initial appropriation came from Gov. Walter E. Clerk and Senator Warren, with subsequent requests for more funds spurring Wickersham to press Congress. The piece portrays Wickersham as overpromising with limited influence and portrays him as a failed connector to Washington officials.
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Deletanto
Jammer Wickersham
B. de. Stewart
Juneau
Juneau Capitol
Alaska Capitol
Walter E. Clerk
Warren
Wyeiing
Alaska
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Wickershim
Congress
Department
Wickersham
Washington
United States
Committee On Territories
Committee On ‘Territories
Coal expert investigates Nenana coal field trip to report progress
George Watkin Evans, Seattle coal expert, sails to Alaska aboard the Princess Alice to study the Nenana lignite field and Tanana valley coal resources. He will assess mining methods, storage challenges, and fuel utilization options for Yukon and Tanana regions, with six weeks to two months in the territory.
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George Watkin Evans
Seattle
Teading
United States
Princess Alice
Nenana
Tanana
Fairbanks
Yukon
Evans
Thomas Riggs, Jr
Alawka Railroad Engineering Commission
Bureau of Mitten
Bering
Mantanuska
Alo
Pacific Coast
Mr. Evans
Bureau of Mines
van Jr. Manning
Akasha
Manning
Mr.Evans
Evana
Alaonkat
Matanuska
Epidemic Grows in East as Infantile Paralysis Cases Rise
New York August 23 report shows 118 new cases of infantile paralysis and 42 deaths. Health officials say a newly developed serum has no effect on stopping the epidemic.
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New York
Labor Shortage Hits Pittsburgh District Mines
Pittsburgh reports a regional labor shortage with unskilled workers and coal miners in short supply. Authorities seek 12,000 miners for the Pittsburgh district and 4,000 in eastern Ohio, plus 10,000 coal fold workers and 12,000 laborers in Alleghany county. Expansion efforts slowed by the shortage.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Fairmont
W.va
Coal Folds
Alleghany County
Wilson says he will veto immigration bill if sent to president
President Wilson stated at the White House that he would veto the immigration bill again if it reaches him soon. Senate panel voted 22 to 23 to proceed with the revenue bill, a move seen as pushing the immigration measure to the December session of Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Whitehouse
Plague Outbreak Reported in Bristol England
A Bristol cable reports three cases of bubonic plague in the southwest English port, traced to rats. Health officers say the patients were inoculated inadvertently and there is no evidence linking the infection to ships or to America. The introduction route remains unclear and is under investigation.
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New York
Bristol
England
Saya
Davies
Prt
Ratte
America
Austrian Forces Suffer Heavy Losses in War Estimates
London reports based on Colonel Gatlaicky’s calculations that Austrian losses in June and July total approximately 830000 men with about 400000 casualties. Colonel Gablonsky projects Austrian losses against Russia and Italy reaching about one million by month’s end.
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London
Gatlaicky
Gablonsky
Great Britain to Starve Out Germans Reported
An apparent Stockholm report says Great Britain plans a blanket embargo on all goods to Sweden and will allow exports only if Sweden guarantees no reexport. The warning is considered sensational and potentially larger than the American blacklist in the neutral economic war.
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Sweden
Dealin
Stockholm
Great Britain
Turks Start Offensive in New War Zone
London reports that Turks pressing Russians in southern Turkish Armenia attempted a Black Sea coast offensive but were foiled and driven back with help from the Russian Black Sea fleet. Italians gain ground on wide battle fronts as General Movement continues in war centers.
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London
Italians Drive Deep in Alpine Front Action
Rome reports a strong and successful thrust by Italian forces against Austrian lines in the Alpine region on the extreme northern front. The war office confirms notable gains and intensified fighting in the high mountain theater.
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Rome
Alpine
War Office
War fronts flare across Europe as British, German signals shift
From Petrograd to London reports piece together a widening war picture. German forces resume southern advances near Brody while Russians claim heights on the Hungarian front. British units push toward Thiepval on the Somme as Balkan actions intensify with Serbian forts taken. The Balkans see the most general engagement as the Entente navies report heavy losses and German admiralty cites naval leases to Britain and France.
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Petrograd
The
Ger Wittis
Brody
Lemberg
War Office
London
Macedonia
150 Mile
Balkans
Steamers and Mail Movements Reported for Alaska
Steamer arrivals and mail movements noted for Alaska with ships due in Juneau tomorrow Prince George and Admiral Evans, Spokane, and Jefferson to arrive next day and Friday morning. Seattles outbound sailings include City of Seattle and Humboldt while Princess Sophia and Prince Rupert head from Vancouver Seattle. Admiral Barragut also due southbound tomorrow.
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Jefferson
Spokane
Juneau
Prince George
Admiral Evans
Alaska
Seattle
Humboldt
Princess Sophiaa
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
City of Seattle
Admiral Barragut
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