Open Letter to Secretary of Labor Wilson on Labor Commandeering
An open letter urges Secretary Wilson to examine Seattle labor tensions and the Northwest lumbermen’s push to use troops to run camps and mills. It argues commandeering labor mirrors the telephone industry dispute and warns against selective patriotism while calling for fair eight hour days and wages.
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Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Northwest
Washington
United States
Baker
Uncle Sam
Arizona
Seattle
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
Citizens demand impeachment of Seattle mayor at mass meeting
Five thousand residents including many women packed the Hippodrome to call for Mayor Gill's impeachment over protective certifica ties and alleged city vice. Speakers blamed Gill for tolerating vice and failing to support Camp Lewis troops, urging council action and a full clean up of Seattle.
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Seattle
Gill
Hippodrome
Gill, Hoyt & Frye
Merchants? Protective Corporation
Camp Lewis
Fitzgerald
Hesketh
Lane
Hanna
Walker
Gen. Greene
Deportations at Bisbee Called Illegal by Commission
The federal commission found that about 1200 miners were deported near Bisbee in a process not legal or justified. It cites suppression of news by wires and censorship, obstruction of draft calls, and calls for state prosecutions where Arizona laws were violated. The report also criticizes the July 12 roundup and notes new dispute machinery has been added.
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Tnsted Press
San Francisco
Wilson
Bisbee
Alegal
Esso
Dent
Arizona
Star-Liberty weekly features cinema and war era scenes
Frank Jacobs travels to Aberdeen to film the launch of the first wooden vessel of the United States emergency fleet corporation. The issue highlights University of Washington Washington State College football, Thanksgiving turkeys, Red Crows Christmas work for Sammies, Camp Lewis scenes, and local court items amid wartime labor tensions and deportation debates impacting industrial peace efforts.
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Frank Jacobs
Star-Liberty Weekly
Aberdeen
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
Star- Liberty Weekly
Liberty Theatre
University of Washington- Washington State
Red Crows
Camp Lewis
Spokane Begins War Vice Cleanup
United Press reports Spokane launches an anti vice crusade as war demands sweep the city. Seventeen houses were raided and shut down yesterday with daily raids planned until the effort is finished.
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United Press
Spokane
Arrest Kerensky? Dispatch Reports Premier in Dispute
A United Press leased wire from New York reports the arrest of Premier Kerensky at Vladimir. The dispatch follows earlier cables that said he was safely in hiding in Finland.
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United Preas
New York
Kerensky
Vladimir
Haparanda
New York Times
Finland
Lumbermen Back Baker in Seattle War Labor Push
About 150 lumbermen from the Lumbermen's Protective League and the Washington Employers' Association voted at the New Washington hotel to urge Secretary of War Newton D Baker to recruit and expand Col Brice Disque's spruce production force. The group urged government price guidance, rapid rather than gradual action, and broad executive control to accelerate aircraft and ship material output in the Northwest. They also weigh electoral contests for Seattle port and school boards.
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Lumbermen's Protective League
Washington Employers’ Association
New Washington Hotel
Newton D. Baker
Col Brice Disque
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
United States
Germany
Seattle
Col
Brice Disque
United Sates Army
Pacific Normh
Pacific Normh Went, Immediately To Recruit His Force of Troops To Tte
Brice
Audi
Pacific North
Newton DC Baker
Col. Brice
Message of Confidence to Pacific Northwest Production Leaders
A formal United States Army proclamation expresses full confidence in the Disque-led price production division and all leaders, pledging sincere cooperation to accelerate victory in the fight for liberty and the preservation of freedom with allied nations.
Lloyd's Bureau Increases Seattle Surveyors Staff
Lloyds Bureau expands Seattle surveyor team from three to twelve with more assistants as shipbuilding activity rises. The English shipping bureau conducts independent surveys and maintains records of all ships built, regardless of registration.
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Lloyd’s Surveyors
Seattle
British Halt German Breakthrough in Cambrai Fight
British forces repelled a major assault by Crown Prince Ruprecht on a nine mile Cambrai front. German divisions pressed to within 2,500 yards before British tanks and infantry counterattacked, recapturing Gouzeaucourt Lavacquerie and nearby villages and restoring momentum.
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William Philip Simms
Preas
France
Crown Prince
Kepprecht
Dyng
Cambrai
Byng
Rup- Prech
Groun
Coureaucourt
Thupprecht
Laleau Wood
Lavacquerie
Gunnelieu
Villers
Guislain
Gouzeaucourt
Chlouzeaucourt
Gauche Wood
Villere Guislain
Germans Capture 4000 Near Cambrai In Allies Defeat
Berlin reports via London that German forces seized Gonnelieu and Villers Guulain with about 4000 prisoners after strong attacks in the Cambrai sector. Allied counterattacks against Gonnelieu and Gustain failed and several enemy batteries were captured.
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Berlin
London
Gonnelieu
Villiers Guulain
Cambrai
Gustain
Final pleas in De Saulles case near verdict
The trial of Mrs Blanca De Saulles placed the fate of the Chilean beauty in the hands of the jury as final pleas were delivered after both sides rested. State witnesses challenged defense insanity claims and argued she knew her act was wrong. Judge Manning scheduled closings and instructions before the jury deliberates tonight.
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United Preas
Mineola
L. Lb
Dee
Blanca de Saulles
Moon
Bolshevik Repression Spurs Rumors of Russian Revolt
A Stockholm report states Russian provinces near revolt against Bolshevik rule as commissaries resign in protest. Lenine Trotsky and ministers Kamenev Zinoviev push for a separate peace with Germany, risking a Russia-wide civil war.
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Stockholm
Trotsky
Lenine
Petrograd
Germany
United Press
Nagin Miliutin
Tara
Lunacharsky
Courier
Kameneff
Zinovieff
United States urged to restate war aims for Russia aid
Paris dispatch reports Russia's envoy Maklakoff urging U S leadership to press allies to restate war aims in clear terms to counter Bolshevik propaganda. He says three steps: help military effort, back sane Russian elements, and resume material aid when Russia forms government. Americans reportedly favor Maklakoff plan.
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Russia
Col. House
American Commission
M. Maklakoff
Kerensky
France
United Press
America
U. S
Maklakof
McCourt Cards Plans at Mass Meeting Appearance
McCourt, induced at the last minute to speak, told the crowd he appeared only to state plans. The report continues on page 8.
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McCourt
Mayor Gill Defends Position at Hippodrome Meeting
Mayor Gill rejects calls to impeach and accuses Griffiths supporters of political maneuvering. He notes no new speeches were made and mentions George S. Walker and Erastus Brainerd as recently exposed campaign figures during the roll call.
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George H. Walker
Erastus Brainerd
Helen Norton Stevens
C. J. France
E. J. Brown
M. A. Matthews
Jackson Silbaugh
Robert S. Boyns
John McCourt
Mary G. O'Meara
Seattle
Griffiths
George 8
Walker
Organizations to Name Appointees to Committee
A civic coalition states the committee of 25 will appoint Saturday its 17 representatives from civic groups. C J France notes formal charges or an appeal to the council may follow Monday. City council members say action hinges on the committee request. Erickson Fi Hanna Hesketh and Haas deny impeachment offers. remaining members were unavailable.
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anti-Gill
Cording
C. J. France
France
Erickson
Fi Hanna
Hesketh
Haas
Bearoilia Falls to Freezing Fall Cold
In Bearoilia the season turns cold as fall freezes. A couple’s dialogue ends with them collecting and melting speech fragments to reveal the conversation’s meaning.
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Bearoilia
Still Wandering Round in a Circle
A mass meeting denounces Mayor Gill as he remains at city hall. The city faces a prolonged quarantine and indecision over resignation. The Hippodrome resolutions, recall prospects, and impeachment are all considered unlikely while focus shifts to lifting the quarantine and cleaning up. The Minute Men are questioned about continued resistance.
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Gill
City Hall
Hippodrome
Seattle
Moses
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