Lumbermen clash with Baker over eight hour day profits
A Seattle era column rails at lumbermen who resist an eight hour workday for war time needs. It quotes anonymous workers and the West Coast Lumbermen's Association dismissing Baker's plea as mere rhetoric while praising current profits and defense demands. The piece condemns profiteering and shields patriotism as a cover for greed.
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United States
Washington
Uncle Sam
Seattle
Baker
West Coast Lumbermen’s Association
Baker's plea to lumbermen turned down
Lumber employers refuse to adopt an eight hour day in the Northwest trade war, saying patriotism and government orders would be required for any shift. Secretary Baker urged mediation via a telegram to federal mediators. White says no new policy will be set until a new angle emerges.
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United States
Northwest
Baker
Council of National Defense
Newton DO. Baker
Seattle
Henry M. White
Department of Labor
White
Henry Suzzallo
Edgar CC. Snyder
Carleton Parker
Capt. Plain
Shipping Board
Pacific
Washington
Jay G. Brown
International Shingle Weavers’ Union
Allies Bar Socialists At Peace Meeting
United Press Leased Wire reports in London that Allied governments agreed to withhold passports for socialists attending the Stockholm peace conference next month. Foreign Minister Balfour announced England would not issue passports to trade unionists, while Bonar Law said the United States France and Italy joined in the decision. Premier Kerensky reportedly opposes the session, and Arthur Henderson criticized Lloyd George for backing the boycott.
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United Presse
London
Stockholm
England
Arthur J. Balfour
Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Exchequer
House of Commons
United States
France
Italy
Kerensky
Yeater
Arthur Henderson
Labor
Lloyd George
Five Americans killed as City of Athens sinks off Cape Town
United Press Leased Wire reports the American vessel City of Athens struck a mine near Cape Town and sank. Five Americans died, including Sumner and four missionaries. a British man, his American wife, and six children were also lost. Nineteen missionaries aboard were saved. The piece also notes Japanese imperial ambitions and predicted conquests across Asia and the Pacific with a map reference to a rising empire.
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United Preee
Washington
Cape Town
South Africa
Brooklyn
New York
Duckworth
Denver
Robinson
Methodist Board Missions
Pointer
Summer
Meadowhill
Pritchett
Philadelphia
David Astoria
South Dakota
K. F
Bath House Raises Rates by 100 Percent
Bath house proprietors hike bathing suite rents by a full hundred percent citing wartime costs including higher water rates and the impact of seven foot tides seen most days.
Cynthia Grey Shown in Star Movies at Liberty
The Liberty theatre adds an extra feature to the Star-Liberty weekly film bill. Cynthia Grey of The Star appears at her office, with other pictures including the Washington battalion in Seattle, Des Moines clambake for the new highway opening, Alki beach bathing record, Seattle Tennis Club tournament scenes, and allied aviators visiting Seattle. The program runs through Wednesday night.
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Star-Liberty Motion Picture Weekly
Liberty Theatre
Cynthia Grey
The
Star
Miss Grey
Des Moines
Seattle
Alki Beach
Japan's Pan-Japanese Plans Cast Shadow Over U.S. Shores
An August report argues that Pan-Japanese ambitions threaten world peace, outlining a 7,000,000 square mile Asiatic empire including India, China, Siam, the Philippines, Hawaii, and more. It notes Japan's naval buildup, expansionism, and ties to German militarism amid World War I.
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Japan
Pacific
United States
Kian-Chau
China
Bismarck
New Guinea
Manchuria
Mongolia
Selwyn Brown
Philippines
Hawaii
British India
Borneo
Kingdom of
Siam
Annam
New Hebrides
Sumatra
Java
Islands
Portugal
Junkers
America
Australia
New York
Thibet
Duis
South Sea Islands
Mitteleuropa
Asia
Korea
Hindenburg
Germany
Affidavits Required for Occupation Exemption Claims
Proctor outlines that men claiming industrial or agricultural exemptions must submit affidavits with their claims. The district appeal board directs claimants to obtain employer affidavits proving work necessity. The first district board meeting in Room 216 of the public safety building opened with no claims considered.
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District Appeal Board
R. L. Proctor
Proctor
Public Safety
Slacker Hunt In Seattle Opens With Special Detail
The Seattle slacker hunt begins Monday with a five member police detail appointed by Gill to check more than 100 alleged slackers. The federal action prompted Mayor Gill to direct further investigations and possible arrests. The detail operates under the mayor's office.
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Seattle
Gan
Gill
Local Furniture Ads Highlight Best Store Offers
Today's newspaper features a spread of furniture ads from Standard Furniture Co. Grote Rankin Co. MacDougall Southwick Colestre Woodhouse Grunbaum Furniture Co. The Rhodes Co. M A Gottstein Furniture Co. Frederick Nelson, and others. Readers are urged to compare prices as Seattle's fastest growing paper presents the best offers.
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Standard Furniture Co
Page- Grote-Rankin Co
MacDougall - Southwick Colestree Woodhouse
Grunbaum Furniture Co
the Rhodes Co
M. A. Gottstein Furniture Co
Frederick & Nelson
Fon Marche
Seattle
Pear
Star
Seattle Aid Prompted for Sammies Tobacco Fund
Louis R. Smith writes to pledge support for the Sammies tobacco fund, enclosing a check for 1 and promising to send 1 monthly if he avoids service at the front.
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Louis R. Smith
Reporter Love and Tobacco Fund Appeal
A Seattle Star appeal urges readers to fund tobacco for Sam mies in France. The coupon campaign, run by The Tobacco Fund and Seattle Star, lists donors and addresses to insure smokes for troops, noting tobacco’s aid against hunger weariness and pain.
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Seattle Star
Star
Seattle
Sammy
W. BE. Cox
First Ave
E. W. Charlesworth
Joseph A. Sloane
Colman
Touls R. Smith
Queen Bag
Rimick's
Scea Wees
C. B. Hall
W. 57Th St
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State Department
Star Movies At Liberty
Washington Battalion
Field and Signal Corps
Lafe Hamilton
U.S.A
Arthur J. Selwyn-Brown
Great Britain
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