Wilsons Price Attack Praised as Voice to Fight Hoarding
A editorial lauds Woodrow Wilson for urging Congress to curb profiteering and high prices. It notes existing laws failed to stop the cycle of rising wages and costs, and hopes his push will mobilize public sentiment to crack down on extortion and reform food distribution. Seattle’s price efforts are cited as part of a nationwide shift.
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Wilson
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Seattle
Congress Yestern
Government to seize hoarded foods to ease shortages
Washington reports plan to take over hoarded food stocks and place them on the market as part of a Wilson administration campaign against profiteers. Attorney General Elmer is coordinating nationwide efforts while district attorneys prepare arrests and submit evidence. Congress to begin immediate consideration of cost of living relief measures and potential extension of the Lever Food Control Act.
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Washington
Elmer
Palmer
L. C. Martin
United Press
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
Representative Mondell
Mondell
Lodge
Servate
City Council Eyes Halt to Street Car Tieup
A special 4 p m meeting was called to prevent a street car strike planned for Monday after failed talks. Union officials accused Superintendent Morphine of backing down on seniority rulings, prompting a ballot among workers if two thirds vote yes. Fred Hoover of the union and Mayor Hanson urged firm action, with a city council session slated to seek settlement.
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Hanson
Utilities
Morphine
M. J. Murray
J. A. Stevenson
E. H. Davey
Street Car Man’s Union
Municipal Street
Stone-Webster Traction
City Counci
Fred Hoover
Stevenson
Fstone- Webster
Japanese Laborers Charged by Oriental Trading Co
A Star informant from Interbay yards claims the Oriental Trading Co. supplies Japanese workers to Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads across several states. He says checks go to the company in St. Paul, with 10 cents a day deducted from each laborer’s pay, and that the company has handled about 56 000 workers in ten years, collecting about 5 000 dollars daily.
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Great Northern
Oriental Trading Co
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Utah
Star
St. Paul
Takahashi Concern
Northern Pacific
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
Co. T. Takahashi
The
Film First Scenes of Seattle Is Here Sunday Afternoon
A Seattle photoplay project invites the public to watch filming of scenes labeled A Of Seattle. The schedule covers Sunday Monday and Tuesday with locations across the city including Seventh Ave, Henry Building, Woodland Park, Flymouth Congregational church, Liberty Theatre, the post office, Skinner and Eddy shipyards, Pine Street and the Frank Waterhouse department.
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Mr. Public
Mrs. Public
Seventh Ave
Union
Univer
M—Bscenes
Woodland Park
Flymouth Congregational Church
Sixth Ave
Liberty Theatre
Third Ave
Union St
Skinner & Eddy Shipyards
Pine
Frank Waterhouse 1
Second Ave
Pike
David Rodgers Quits Post at Skinner & Eddy Shipyards
David Rodgers resigns as general manager of the Skinner & Eddy shipyards after a San Francisco wage scales conference. D B Skinner cites no statement to explain the action as worker walkout threats arose during Rodgers' absence over the revoked postwar pay bonus.
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Skinner & Eddy
David Rodgers
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
San Francisco
D. B. Skinner
Rodgers
Skinner
Takahashi Away From Office Long Absence Cited
In the absence of Charles T. Takahashi president and treasurer of the Oriental Trading Co no statement from company officials could be obtained today. Takahashi was out of the city on business and will not return for a month, it was said.
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Charles T. Takahashi
The
Oriental Trading Co
Takahashi
Japanese railroad laborer and wage dispute described
A Star informant notes that a Japanese railroad laborer remains employed by the railroad with five cents daily deduction for a hospital assessment unless the individual agrees to a ten cent daily assessment by Oriental Trading Co. The piece outlines restrictions on work for Great Northern or Northern Pacific.
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THE
Oriental Trading CO
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
STAR
Want Ad Rhyme Contest Teaser Line
The kickoff line hints a playful entry for next week's Want Ad Rhyme Contest. A repeated phrase suggests a theme about renting or empty spaces and wordplay.
Inners In the Want Ad Rhyme Contest
Classified Page prints entries for the Want Ad Rhyme Contest as the week closes.
Japanese workers flow into Northwest railroads under a Gentlemen's Agreement test
About fifty thousand Japanese have been imported over the last decade to labor on American railroads in the Northwest. They reportedly pay five cents daily to the Oriental Trading Co for the right to work and five cents for a hospital assessment. The practice continues, with workers listed as students to bypass the Gentlemen's Agreement, per Great Northern at Interbay yards.
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Northwest
Oriental Trading Co
United States
Japan
Great Northern
Interbay
Mass Meeting Monday Night Discusses Japanese Infiltration
Governor Hart ears Eastern Washington. Attorney General Thompson says he has not yet received an invitation to the mass meeting. The Mutual Business club committee urges enforcement of laws barring alien ownership of property and majority stock in Northwest corporations. Miller Freeman of the Veterans Welfare Commission proposes immediate immigration checks and stronger enforcement. Thompson notes possible escheat of alien property if evidence suffices. Members of the club and American Legion are compiling data on the Japanese presence in the Northwest.
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Ae Wessels
Hart
Washington
L. Li. Thomp
Northwest
Comson
Olympia
Mutual Business Club Committee
UMATL
Miller Freeman
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Thompson
Seattle
Mark A. Matthews Heads East to Washington Visit
Pastor Mark A. Matthews of the First Presbyterian Church travels to Washington D C. It is unclear if he goes to present arguments against restricting Japanese immigration.
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Mark A. Matthews
Capital
First Presbyterian Church
Washington, D. C
Portland Bread Price Rise Reported by Bakers
Portland bakers announce bread prices will rise from 10 to 11 cents per loaf within a few days. The notice appears in the Portland report dated August and quotes no further price details.
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