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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1919
Page
13
Union vote shows 98 percent backing demands for the 8 to 85 cent an hour raise with retroactive effect from January 1. Rail Director Hines may issue an answer after talks with the Federation of Labor leaders as shopmen prepare for potential strike if rejected.
J J Donovan testifies before the congressional committee praising Disque for spruce forest operations and recounts wartime sabotage by the I W W. He defends the spruce production division and criticizes delays and costs while detailing a proposed Blodgett tract purchase and its value to the railroad.
Firemen investigating storage sites report enormous quantities of food including half a billion eggs five million pounds of butter eight million pounds of meat poultry and fish discovered in warehouses and brew eries. Mayor Hylan says the find will be turned over to federal authorities.
Patrolmen Krueger and ONeill confronted four men holding up a club. The gunmen opened fire, killing gamekeeper Alex Smith. Officers pursued to the Pantages building roof. Krueger was wounded while climbing down a fire department ladder.
Mrs J J Beauregard fired at the floor during a quarrel in her jewelry shop in Vancouver. The bullet struck her husband on the right side and he died later in hospital. She was arrested on assault with intent to kill, to be upgraded to murder.
President Wilson and his party will not visit San Francisco on September 1 as reservations at the St. Francis hotel were canceled on instructions from Washington. The fleet welcome event is thus unlikely to occur this trip.
Deputies watched the home of Mrs. John Rosewarne at 2147 Laurelshade Ave all night for her arrest on manslaughter charges connected to an illegal operation that claimed the life of 20 year old bride Mrs. Eggen. A vigil at a daughter’s home near Hothel yielded no trace of the suspect or her missing husband as Coroner Tiffin plans an inquest at 9 am Monday.
The Pathfinder airplane under Lieut. Leggett, held in Altoona by bad weather since Wednesday, was burned yesterday afternoon as it prepared to proceed to San Francisco. Leggett and Lieut. Guenther were trapped in their seats but narrowly escaped death after the aircraft touched a high power line during ascent.
Washington August 23. The house chaplain is allegedly barred from mentioning the league of nations in prayers by Republican leadership. Representative Heflin accuses a high Republican of warning the chaplain after prior remarks on the league.
At a Chicago meeting August 23 actors vote to continue the strike indefinitely while movie producers defer any walkout until receiving orders from New York.
Washington August 23 The House extended the federal food control act granting the attorney general authority to prosecute rent profiteers nationwide. An Huddleston Ala amendment links landlord abuses to other profiteers and may urge the fair price committee to add reasonable rent scales.
The foreign relations committee will report the peace treaty to the senate within a week. Senator Lodge assured administration leaders that hearings for Greeks, Egyptians, Irish and others may be deferred to avoid delay. The committee met in executive session to begin voting on treaty amendments.
Washington officials expose a nationwide propaganda campaign to block packer regulation. Reports detail fake telegrams signed by district residents, lobbyists persuading groups to send opposition telegrams, coordinated clipping campaigns, and paid advertisements. Senator Harris cites Wilcox correspondence and Western Union involvement.
In Stockton California a man believed to be Rene Hervelle of Seattle wandered a field for two days. He now sits in a sanitarium answering I don't know. A card shows discharge from the marine corps at Mare Island four days ago. Hervelle's name does not appear in the city directory and no Marine Recruiting Office record could be found.
Paris dispatch reports French patrol boats found the bodies of three men off the African coast. They are believed to be crew members of the missing airplane Goliath, which vanished en route from France to Dakar after failing to return since last Saturday.
Police learn Hop Sing tong gave Ong Yk tong notice of war if $3,000 is not paid for Wong Lung murder. Wong Lung applied for Hop Sing membership but was slain before joining. Detective work continues as authorities request more manpower.
The House Rules Committee approved a special rule to rush passage of a $17,000,000 appropriation to complete the government railroad project in Alaska.
Regulations for the trans Pacific flight offer a $50,000 prize by Thomas F. Ince of Los Angeles. The route runs Venice California to a finish point in Australia or Asia with a 288 hour limit. If no finish, $10,000 goes to the first to reach Hawaii. The Pacific Aero Club, San Francisco, directs the contest.
Milwaukee brewers hailed a federal judge's ruling dismissing six Glidden saloonkeepers case after prosecutors failed to prove 2.75 percent beer was intoxicating. Brewers had produced substantial quantities of the 2.75 per cent beer.
Rome reports Signor Schanzer the Italian treasury minister says Britain promised half a million tons of coal to Italy to relieve the coal famine and would ship it as soon as possible after returning from London.
The Senate without a record vote adopted Senator Smoots amendment to the oil leasing bill. It allows aliens to acquire rights to public oil lands and authorizes the president to commandeer oil for government use and the interior secretary to prohibit exports during shortages.
Dr S H Newell former reclamation service head and current Columbia University dean of engineering called for higher pay for engineers. He spoke Thursday night before the Engineers club in the Arcade building.
City authorities clash over site for the new fire station replacing the Third and Pike location sold to Bon Marche for 375000. Public safety favors Fourth Ave Battery corner at 55750, finance backs two lots at 36000, Fire Marshal Bringhurst and Fire Chief Stetson push downtown location.
SAN FRANCISCO August 23 The army transport Dix with 1500 troops for Siberian replacement is idle at the docks due to a crew strike demanding wage parity with shipping board sailors. The Sheridan carrying 1000 troops will be laid up for repairs after harming a propeller 1700 miles out. Troops were put on short rations as a precaution and threatened to raid storage but arrests prevented a mutiny.
Berlin August 22 delayed report says Polish delegation resents lack of American representation on the inter allied commission handling German Polish relations. The Polish spokesman notes French British and Japanese attended, while the United States is absent, urging greater U S interest in Poland's welfare. American mission in Berlin cites jurisdiction limits and Warsaw says authority to act rests with Saw fit.
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