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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
1
Seattle Housing Crisis Demands Public Action
Four years of soaring rents have left Seattle with a severe housing shortage. City residents report skyrocketing costs and few availabilities for families and singles alike. The Star calls for public comment on how to solve the rent and housing gap and avert irreparable growth harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Star
Man slashes wife then self in city street
J M Cavalli of 737 Monroe street attacked his wife Anna near Ninth Avenue and John Street, slashing her throat before attempting suicide. Witness W B Brandin saw Cavalli cut his own throat twice. a farewell note referenced a brother and an insurance claim. Both victims were taken to city hospital in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J M. Cavalli
Monroe St
Anna
Ninth Ave. N
John St
City Hospital
Cavalli
W. B. Brandin
Elka Club
Ninth
John
Tony Cavalli
Blaine
Dillingham Bill Would Ease Asiatic Exclusion
The Dillingham immigration bill introduced by Senator Dillingham proposes adopting the Gulick plan starting July 1, 1920. It would limit new arrivals to five percent of current aliens and relatives, permit Japanese naturalization, and open paths for students and other classes while critics warn it could boost Japanese population and voting power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillingham
Pacific Coast
Japan
Vermont
United States Immisgration Commission
Gulick
United States
U. S
Asia
Ental
Europe
W. S. McClatchy
The
Sacramento Bee
McClatchy
Albert Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Remarkable Seattle Rural Graces and Goats in Town Yard
Vivid prose sketches a rotund man with a diamond tie pin and a hatchet-faced wife dining in a Seattle parlor. The piece then shifts to a Canyon-of-hotels gardener who nurtures a squash vine amid junk from hotel window trophies and a host of yard farm animals providing milk meat and eggs in a front yard goats and chickens flourish, offering a rustic contrast to urban life.
U S Agents Target Profiteers in Sugar Case in Chicago
John F Campbell and John E Bunker of the Campbell company were arrested on food control act charges for alleged profit on $40,000 worth of Arbuckle Bros sugar sold to retailers at 13 per hundredweight. Federal officials signaled seizures in Seattle area and other cities with possible no-charges if no criminal intent. A Seattle protest movement by the Homekeepers League urged boycotts on dairy products and meats, planning a monster parade and meetings to address rising market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United Press
John F. Campbell
John E. Bunker
John F. Campbell Company
Arbuckle Bros
New York
Federal
Seattle
Tacoma
Myerett
Homekeepers’ League of Seattle, Inc
Western Ave
League
Mra
Eleanor Redington
Ing
Chance to Help Wounded Soldier Get Jobs
Twenty seven wounded soldiers listed with the veterans welfare commission have not yet obtained jobs. They are permanently disabled but capable of light work, and while their government compensation claims are processed, they face hardship unless suitable employment is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
San Diego Seizes Hoarded Egg Butter and Cheese
United States Marshal William Carse seized a large quantity of egg butter and cheese in San Diego. G L Richards, president of the San Diego Ice and Cold Storage Co ordered his men not to release any of the produce to owners. Assistant United States Attorney Thomas Green said cold storage houses in Los Angeles and San Francisco are bulging with hoarded products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
United States
William Carse
G. L. Richards
Ships Wage Talks Reach Agreement in San Francisco
Officials of the shipping board and officers' representatives from Local 12 concluded discussions in San Francisco. An effort will seek a similar wage schedule between private ship owners and marine officers. Capt. J. E. Brinker and Capt. G. W. Kenney spoke for Local 12. In Detroit butter and eggs valued at 442 762 were seized as alleged hoard at Detroit Refrigerating company. Fox River Butter and H. L. Brown Co. Chicago linked as owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
San Francisco
J. E. Brinker
G. W. Kenney
Masters, Mates and Pilots’ Association
Detroit
Mich
Detroit Refrigerating Company
Central West
Fox River Butter Company
H. L. Brown Company
Chicago
Jap Hotelkeeper Weds White Girl in Tacoma
H M Salo a 29 year old Japanese hotel keeper of Seattle married Pearl Stackhouse 22 employed in Salo s hotel in Tacoma today by Justice Frank A Magill. Stackhouse says her home is in Montana and she called Salo a cute little brown fellow and so nice that it couldn t resist him. They obtained the license locally. Salo s Tacoma address not listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
H. M. Salo
Seattle
Pearl Stackhouse
Salo
Justice of the Peace
Frank A. Magill
Stackhouse
Justice Magill
Montana
Seattle to open public market with $50,000 start
Seattle council to vote Monday on entering the produce business. Finance committee approves the ordinance and a $50,000 appropriation though produce merchants protest. Captain Gill of the Seattle Produce Association cites price comparisons from 1914 to 1918 to argue market effects. Federal authorities in Birmingham investigate undertaker profiteering complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Ies
Gill
Birmingham
Ala
Prettiest Legs in Paris Arrival Hailed in New York
New York hosts Mile Mistinguett the dancer hailed as the prettiest legs in Paris arriving tomorrow aboard the liner La France. The American verdict hinges on her theatrical offers as reported by United Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press
Paris
la France
Mile Mistinguett
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DEATH
Rainier Valley
U.S
Seattle Produce Association
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