President Wilson amid Northwest tour encounters boat collision
President Wilson's Pacific coast review in Elliott Bay nearly collided a naval launch with a whale boat, causing little damage but drawing attention during a busy stops in Tacoma and nearby ports. He aboard Mayflower greeted crowds in Pasco and shared light stories about the dry weather and a golfer's miscue.
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Seattle
Wash
Wilson
Elliott Bay
Elliott Jay
Foote
Pershing Returns to War Department Headquarters
Gen John J Pershing reestablishes headquarters of the American expeditionary forces at the war department in Washington DC He is welcomed by Secretary Baker Gen March and Vice President Marshall in a public display of gratitude signaling the completion of Americas wartime leadership in Europe and the return to national service duties
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Washington
John J. Pershing Tonay
War Department
Union Station
Gen. Pershing
Baker
Gen. March
Marshall
Wilson at Assouan Dam Crowd Echoes Peace Pact
The scene features President Wilson in Georgia where a dam is cited as a grand project, with a supporter urging action to prevent wars. A crowd cheers as Wilson waves from the train, noting a humorous exchange with a man chasing the car who says he kept his last look at Pasco.
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Pasco
815
Wilson
Assouan
Georgia
Mr. Wilson
Goodby
Quakes Wreck Villages in Spain injuring Hundreds
Severe earthquake shocks hit seven to twenty villages across Alicante and Murcia provinces over three days. Madrid dispatches reports indicate widespread damage with hundreds injured and ongoing tremors. Authorities assess aftershocks and mobilize aid.
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Madrid
Alicante
Mursin
Allies predict peaceful Archangel surrender as evacuation ends
Y M C A secretary Baker from Archangel says fighting will end with evacuation, Russians likely to surrender to Bolsheviks. He notes food relief improved, Americans mostly gone, and allies expected out by November. Baker returns to London after 11 months with allied forces.
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London
Russia
Archangel
Baker
M. C
Atlanta
Europe
Boston Police Strike Divides as New Force Prepares
Boston reported a police strike with 7000 troops patrolling main streets and 19 union members tried and dismissed. John F. Melanis led the strikers urging unity with the AFL while Commissioner Curtis vowed a new force, with machine guns on standby and roving squads in all stations.
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Boston
Curtis
John F. Melanis
Melanis
Sald
American Federation of Labor
McInnis
Rinecipal Streas
Staon
Roxbury
Curtix
Walkout Vote Discussed by Central Tab or Union
Officials from the Central Tabor union and the police men's Union faced a scheduled vote on a potential walkout amid job losses for policemen. Little talk of a broad sympathetic strike emerged, and action remains uncertain as promoted officers train new personnel.
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Central Tabor Union
Policemen's Union
Lout! Police
Wer
Johnson rests on Sunday during anti League swing
Senator Hiram Johnson, traveling with Senator Borah, left Kansas City for Des Moines to continue his campaign against unreserved acceptance of the League of Nations covenant. He said audiences show growing opposition to ratification while addressing about 30,000 people on the Middle West tour.
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Tacoma
Great
Tacoma Stadium
Tacoma Auditorium
Wilson
Hippodrome
League of Nations
Tortland
Kansas City
Hiram Johbnnson
Des Moines
Borah
Chicago
Johnson
Middle West
Steel Workers Plan Nationwide Strike on September 22
Ohio organizers say twenty five thousand steel workers will quit on September 22 as part of a nation wide steel strike. Wiewling district reports indicate fifteen thousand affected. Union leaders in Pittsburg express confidence the strike will proceed and circulars in seven languages are being distributed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
H.W. Rassie
Wiewling
Pittsburg
Iron Ane Steel Industry
Jews envision new nation as Zionist meeting draws 4000
Four thousand American Jews gathered at Chicago's Auditorium for the twenty-second Zionist Organization of America convention. Celebrating Palestine as a future Jewish commonwealth, leaders praised Wilson and Brandeis while pledging allegiance to a political and geographic realization of Zionist aims.
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The
Zionist Organization of
Chicago
America
Joey
Palestine
Zionist Organization of America
Crandels
Pam
Mack
de Haas
Wise, Lipsky
Miss Szold
Four former German liners eyed for South American trade
Washington reports four former German passenger liners Aeolus Baron De Kalb Huron and Princess Matolka turned over to the United States Shipping Board are under survey for inclusion in South American routes. Possible ports include Rio Janeiro Santos Montevideo Buenos Aires and Pernambuco with New York as the starting point. Bull related tragedy follows as Mike Corrie Howell, fifty eight, is gored to death by a bull in Savoy on Sept 1.
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Washington
United States Shipping Board
Naval Transport Service
Aeolus
Baron de Kalb
Huron
New York
Rio Janeiro
Santos
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Pernambuco
Savoy, ML
Mike Corrie Howell
Premier Lloyd George Urges Britain To Honor New World
London reports Premier Lloyd George declares the future must honor sacrifices of millions who fought and died for a new world. He contrasts a world of poverty, unemployment, and slums with a hoped for era of shared prosperity and progress.
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London
Sept
Lloyd George
Great Britain
17 Prisoners Escape From Ft Douglas
Seventeen inmates escaped from Fort Douglas and are at large following a disturbance. Authorities warn residents to remain vigilant as search teams comb the area for the fugitives.
Seventeen escape Fort Douglas prisoners by tunnel
Seventeen enemy alien prisoners held at Ft. Douglas war prison in Salt Lake City escaped last night via a tunnel under the barbed wire enclosure. The tunnel was not found until dawn, and the men remain at large.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
War Prison
Ft. Douglas
Sublime Duty to Build a New World Amid Hard Times
Fragmentary proclamation urges collective effort to sustain a town and prevent collapse. It calls for nonpartisan help to build a new order where labor earns reward and idleness loses support, warning households face ruin if action falters.
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Vuin
Insurance Death Claims Rise in 1918 Epidemic
Insurance officers reported 120,442,469 dollars paid for influenza grippe and pneumonia death claims from October 1 to March 4. Tarbell of the Connecticut department presented the figures to the insurance commissioners showing illness rates higher than the prior year across many sickness and accident companies.
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Trartford
Conn
Pneumona
Tne
Patienst Convention of Insurance Commissioners
T. S. Tarbell
Connecticut Insurance Department
Lenith and Accident Companies
U S Flag On 25 HM Ships
Lloyds Register lists 43 former owners of over 10 000 tons each. Vessels are allocated to United States Shipping Board 16 percent Navy Department 9 percent British control 2 percent and others. Of 44 former German liners over 10 000 tons, American holdings exceed 25 and the British over eight.
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London
Lloyd's Legister
United States Shipping Board
United States Navy Department
Maly
Graal
Americking
American phones in Europe bring US system to Denmark
Washington reports that an American telephone system will enter northern Europe for the first time, after the Donen Copenhagen advisory notes that a Copenhagen exchange purchase by Western Electric marks a major step. Germany and Sweden previously held trade monopolies.
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Washington
Sept
Donen Ae
Copenhagen
Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Europe
Germany
Borrowed Trouble and Happiness in Thought
A reflective note on how chasing happiness by borrowing troubles can mislead. The piece contrasts worry with contentment, urging steadier focus on present joys and healthier mindset rather than amplifying imagined difficulties.
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