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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
3
City Carm en workers vote on strike after seniority dispute with Superintendent Murphine. If approved, walkout could begin Monday night. ballots to be secret in car barns, with international union consent noted.
A range of neckwear including vests of pique madras linen corded silk and ette in apron and high neck styles with novelty stripes and checks and plain white fabrics. Prices now range from 65 cents to 2 dollars 50 cents.
A catalog note advertises neckwear in crepe and organdie with Valenciennes lace and embroidery. Styles include flat and roll collars with tucks and picot edges, now reduced to 65 cents. Firmen Firat Fleer.
An Army officer criticizes border camps in Texas and New Mexico arguing sites like Camp Cody and Camp Ronte expose troops to extreme desert conditions and vice epidemics. He notes Camp Cody’s isolation and Camp Ronte’s proximity to Fort Worth’s vice districts, citing 1918 vice disease rates among draftees.
The Pacific fleet arrived in Ban Difgo with Admiral Rodman declining to enter the harbor with six dreadnaughts due to a mud flat. San Diego residents lobbied Congress for harbor improvements to welcome the fleet, buoyed by Secretary Daniels remarks endorsing harbor dredging and a stronger merchant marine alongside naval strength.
Seven thousand miners in the Terre Haute area were idle as the Chicago and Western Indiana railroad strike halted operations along the C and W lines. Mines in the district suspended activity due to the stoppage.
Bloodhounds from Beattie sheriff's office traced the missing 10 year old near Dieringer to Lake Tapps shore on three occasions over two days. Deputy Herbert Beebe received the borrowed hounds Thursday night with another on the way to scent and begin lake dragging. Philip was last seen near a moored rowboat after his brother Joseph, crying, returned home unable to explain Philip's absence.
Roy E F Taylor a Northern Pacific switchman is under arrest in South Bend and tied to the July 9 murder of a young woman buried near Olympia. Police link the victim to Taylor's missing wife, with inconsistencies in his alibis and no proof of her whereabouts in Albuquerque or Oregon hospitals. He is regarded as possibly insane as investigators pursue the case and await the wife’s appearance.
Advertises washable chamois gloves in all sizes with a special price of 2.75. Fiber silk socks in black white and gray with spliced heels priced 65 cents per pair or 3.50 for six pairs. Outing flannel pajamas in all sizes priced 2.25 per suit.
Rail workers who struck without authorization began returning to their posts after President Wilson’s letter directing the wage dispute be handled without new congressional authority. AFL official Jewell urged resumption to avoid delaying settlements, while unions press for government ownership of railroads and a congressional probe into railroad practices.
City officials offered a market plan totaling 2500 dollars as volunteers rushed to dispose of six tons of bacon and 100 cans of tomatoes plus five cases of corned beef by 6 pm. Hundreds waited in line as exhausted salesmen paused, while Dixon promised extra staff. Officials explained the bacon is army supply for overseas and barrack use, heavily salted and smoked, not breakfast bacon. Local butchers defend the price as fair given quality and storage needs.
About 3000 shopmen across transcontinental lines west of the Rockies have walked out since last Tuesday joining Interbay and Everett shopmen. Car cleaners at Kingst station and Auburn Ellensburg workers join the walkout amid embargoes and claims of illegal strike conduct by railroad executives.
Funeral services for Charles A. Corning aged 69 were held at Bonney-Watson's chapel in Seattle. He lived at 1024 Fifth Ave N and was buried in Lakeview cemetery. Corning born in Iowa came to Seattle 29 years ago and served 18 years on the police force before retirement eight years ago. He leaves his widow Mrs. Sarah A. Corning, four daughters and six sons.
A short, peculiar note describes a small boy who enjoys getting his hair cut. The fragment hints at a quirky habit and a child’s distinct preference observed in a schoolyard setting.
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