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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
2
Sixteen word line announces price of two dollars and six cents per year in advance for The Echo. Back issues not current month offered at twenty five cents each. FRIDAY OCTOBER 25 1918 date indicated.
The article argues Australia moved to end wartime strikes by passing an industrial arbitration bill. It bars strikes in war industries for 14 days notice, makes picketing illegal, bans boycotts, and prohibits unions from funding political causes. It critiques labor leaders for undermining national effort and urges loyalty to soldiers and country.
A Seattle newspaper reports the arrest of G M Butterworth an elderly wealthy undertaker charged with defrauding families of soldiers. His firm allegedly wrote parents letters claiming government charges for certain services and that items would be paid for by the government, leading to extra costs. Also notes unusually mild winter so far with a few frosty mornings and white caps on peaks.
A vivid plea urges voters to elect Judge J Stanly Webster to Congress over Dill in the Fifth Washington district. The writer argues Dill is out of touch with his party and dangerous to war effort and world freedom, while Webster represents liberty and patriotism. Voters are urged to duty and to turnout on election day.
A editorial condemns graft among both rich and working men arguing graft by higher ups is likelier to corrupt government. It cites a Seattle undertaker profiting from dead soldiers’ relatives and warns that punishment of such graft would curb corruption by elites and deter misguided worker graft.
In last week's Echo it should have stated Merritt Hegler was rejected for admission to Washington University military school due to rheumatism. He recovered, was later accepted, and is now enrolled in the university school.
The Scientific American notes a new reinforced rubber fabric made by combining India rubber with a valueless by product. The by-products engineer is highlighted as turning waste into stronger, tougher, more elastic material, illustrating a trend of transforming worthless by-products into useful substances.
A inventor found waste fish-scale to be a cellular tubular mass as resilient as rubber but tougher. He rubberizes scales, vulcanizes them with sulfur, and yields a hard, elastic fabric. Patent protection is pursued as tire tests boost optimism for stronger rubber without losing resilience.
The piece argues voters must decide whether public ownership or private enterprise should run major industries and services. It warns socialism would expand state control, tax losses, and payrolls, leaving ordinary people with little to do beyond farming while officials govern.
The army quartermasters corps requests civilians avoid khaki worsteds to conserve fabric for soldiers. Backed by the American Association of Woolen and Worsted Manufacturers, officials say civilian use of soldier cloth is in poor taste.
The article argues the United States will alter postwar policy on large corporations and railways, with Britain following similar lines. It notes plans to return transportation lines to private owners, possible government-private re‑adjustments, and Secretary Daniels predicting permanent postal service use of telephone and telegraph despite 21 month postwar restoration. It warns against a socialistic threat to private property.
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