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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1918
Page
4
The opening night of the season draws a glittering audience in ornate costumes reflecting oriental influences. Veils, turquoise plumes, and violet chiffons frame gowns of heavy brocades and velvet, with gowns and basques showing Eastern silhouettes and monastic belts in vivid beadwork.
William H. Barr of the National Founders' Association rejects wage dispute rhetoric in response to Gomper’s claim. He argues cooperation should drive constructive energy to sustain industry and world trade, noting manufacturers are key in solving shared industrial problems.
A Japanese farmer was awarded 11600 by the Utah Idaho Sugar Co for beet crops raised on a 56 acre tract near Yakima.
The European war clarifies a link between socialism and autocratic rule. Government ownership breeds centralized power, while republican democracy relies on people through delegated authority. Critics cite California's autocratic health plan and the Non Partisan League as examples of centralized control bypassing voters.
Seattle plans to cover a 875000 deficit in electric lighting by shifting funds from general accounts and selling Skagit river power bonds. Politicians seek home rule to remove utilities from the public service commission, risking a return to municipal political control and diverging rate effects between big cities and smaller towns.
The writer warns organized labor against allying with bolshevik elements while urging adherence to free speech and peaceful assembly. He argues workers must purge bolsheviks from unions or risk being swept into bolshevik movement, noting soldiers and sailors have disrupted meetings and flags torn down.
Editorial questions organized labor’s claim to uphold law while debating strikes for Mooney’s freedom. It contrasts support for legal order with protests that ignore judicial rulings, urging consistency in maintaining legality amid labor disputes.
Editorial praises a judge who denied citizenship to foreigners who offered to surrender claims to citizenship rather than serve. It argues these men should be barred from citizenship and sent back to their birth country, denying them privileges of a free nation.
Druggists may sell alcohol only to physicians and dentists for professional use under a $1,000 bond. Violations threaten license forfeiture. Bootleggers committing liquor sales face felony charges and penitentiary terms. Washington moves toward strict dry enforcement.
A farmer urges Jones and Smith to exchange unused and needed farm machinery and tools. The idea is to publish a small inexpensive want advertisement in the Echo so both parties reveal their desires and benefit from a simple swap.
The piece urges loyal support for enterprises that profited workers during war, noting the delicate shift to peace industries. It emphasizes employers face risk under established rules and urges workers who benefited to stay loyal to the enterprises that provided prosperity.
The speaker argues prosperity hinges on labor stability and cooperation to advance a rebuilding program. Labor’s interests align with supporting the plan, not hindering it, to unlock greater opportunities.
James A. Duncan of the Seattle Central Labor Council condemns the failure to carry the Mooney strike on December 9. He says if called in Seattle the strike would have tightened city affairs, as leaders vow to press their power despite the setback. The piece draws parallels to Caesar and Kaiser Wilhelm.
A bee martin in Mexico uses a feathered head crest to resemble a flower. Bees sip nectar from the faux bloom and are captured by the bird.
Chicago bankers predict peace will usher in years of the greatest prosperity the United States has ever known, though they warn that readjustments will require a short period of stagnation.
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