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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
7
The Echo will charge regular rates for condolence cards and fund raising notices and any business promoting schemes. Free space remains for moral or beneficial community welfare events. Back issues are available at 25 cents each.
Yakima leaders await word from John A. Gellatly, Wenatchee’s favored son, on a potential run. He lacks Hartley, Lamping, Coman funds and statewide ties, and no machine backs him. Rumors say if he enters, a new campaign style may unfold with his aviator son, a former UW football star, helping cover the state.
The Minneapolis Journal notes Emma Goldman’s unexpected patriotism as she fights deportation. After decades preaching free love and anarchy, she relies on marriage citizenship and free speech to stay in the United States, challenging the government she once condemned.
The New York Herald notes Brigadier Robert Lee Bullard succeeds Thomas H. Barry as commander of the department of the east with headquarters on Governor's Island. Bullard is dubbed The General of No Retreat for his bold actions at Fay's Wood and the Meuse river.
The passage lauds a conductor of a career from West Point ties to John J. Pershing, noting promotion to lieutenant general. It highlights seasoned service in Mexico and hero status in the great war, underscoring public esteem and national regard for the officer.
Prominent Republicans in California telegraphed the national committee chair urging immediate ratification of the peace treaty without reservations. The move is described as encouraging and a call for other states to follow suit.
The attorney general holds that black brown and cinnamon bears are game animals making killing likely unlawful except in season. The state game warden warns against selling bear hides and asks district deputies to inform prosecuting attorneys of the holding.
The coal strike is settled and many miners have returned to work. The public is urged to support full production while acknowledging possible grievances and the risk of profiteering. Government investigation and prosecution should follow if necessary to ensure fuel is moved to meet winter demand.
A columnist asks whether American misdeeds in Mexico justify Mexican retaliation or if Mexico acts out of stubbornness. The piece argues that American ventures have suffered from outlaws and government bans and calls for government clarity, cessation of Mexico’s actions if unjust, and reparations or a proper settlement.
The Centralia Typographical Union No. 694 adopts a resolution at a November meeting condemning the Seattle Union Record and all similar publications. It calls on unions and patriotic groups in Washington to urge government action against I. W. W. and foreign agitators, supporting the American Legion to cleanse labor ranks and launch a state wide campaign. Copies are sent to major unions, publications, and lawmakers.
The writer urges multiple publications to print full resolutions to prove an American founded union upholds principles and expresses rank and file support. It warns organized labor cannot survive under enemies of the U S government and asks rapid passage of similar resolutions. Signed by 604 C S Fischer president and Henry A Dunckley secretary treasurer.
Peshastin reports include a well attended chicken pie supper raising eighty five dollars, several fires destroying homes and barns, a baby’s death from burns, and local visits and meetings. Interment for Ruth Christine McCoy was at Wenatchee Home of Peace, with a Christmas Eve service planned.
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