08 Sep 1916
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
1
International News Service reports severe rioting spreading in New York amid a great street car strike. A downtown mob attacked strike breaker cars, throwing stones and missiles with police dispersing the crowd using clubs. No arrests or serious injuries reported as police and reserves contend with frequent riots and line service threatening to halt city transit.
Ambassador Spring-Rice of Great Britain held a long conference with Secretary Lansing and planned a future meeting with President Wilson. Details were not released, but observers believe the talks are preliminary to a formal protest by Britain over retaliatory legislation targeting British firms blacklisted in the United States.
International News Service reports Queen Victoria of Sweden confined to bed with dangerous illness. Condition described as precarious but royal physicians hold out hopes of recovery. Albert Matson will leave Tuesday for a fishing camp, with regular trips every Tuesday and Friday. information available at Streeten's office.
Gas Engine Cushman four horsepower jump spark ignition crank drop forged Schebler Carburetor inch pulley with friction clutch water pump non chokeable weight 190 pounds with bose fed only 15 days W. J. ROWE.
London dispatches report Russians allied with Roumanians along the Dobrudja frontier have opened a wide offensive against German and Bulgarian forces. Fighting covers nearly a hundred miles south of the Danube with rapid Balkan developments anticipated as Russians enter the field.
Washington D C Sept 8 The American Federation of Labor renews plans to hold a World Labor Congress with the projected World Peace Congress to aid ending the war Frank Morrison says the federation has presented the idea to trades union bodies abroad seeking favorable time conditions He notes British trades union consent is mainly needed and opposition may be withdrawn to advance the effort
International News Service reports Athens and its outskirts are preparing to join Allied forces against Bulgaria. Trainloads of Greek troops have left for the front as revolutionaries in Ionika are seized and handed to allied authorities amid a government seeming acquiescence.
International News Service from London reports General Sam Hughes arranged for British Columbia soldiers at the front to vote on September 14 as in Canada. The entire Canadian contingent in France Belgium and England will vote at the front as if at home. Notice. Wanted Beer bottles quarts bought at 18 cents per dozen Nome brewery
Berlin confirms extensive ground lost to French forces at Souville, noting gains are not vital to defense. British efforts to push lines in Guillemont are repulsed, while French stalls along Vermandovillers and Bernay fronts frustrate attackers. Turks, Bulgarians, and Roumanians engage across a vast front with heavy casualties reported.
President Ripley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe announces that his road and major lines will defy the new eight hour railroad law until the United States Supreme Court rules on its validity. He says the law will not be recognized as valid pending court interpretation, and most large companies plan to test the measure in the Supreme Court. Railroads prepare to challenge the law with added counsel while launching a denunciatory campaign.
Washington reports both houses closed in rapid order with the Senate adjourning at 9:59 and the House at 10:02. President Wilson signed the emergency appropriation bill at 9:30, and major bills including the deficiency appropriation eight hour and currency measures were disposed of during the closing hours. A sale notice for the Art Garland store appears at the old post office building.
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