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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
12
The article notes a proposed charter amendment to raise salaries from 1000 to 4800 for officials and a police commissioner addition. Voters previously approved charter changes in 1918. City council will consider the measure next Monday with provisions allowing charter amendments.
Fry secretary of the No Retail Clothiers association says wholesale buyers will jump 25 percent over prices of men s clothes. Workers are asking a cent increase in wages and this may push prices higher. Prices will not go down to prewar levels, he asserts.
In Spokane on December 13, farmers from Oregon and Idaho organized a new group to unite farmers under a single banner. The plan includes cooperative elevators and a central body to empower the middle man and strengthen wheat sales.
New York December 13. George A Zabuckie president of the sugar equalization board says fear of famine by manufacturers and bakers spurs quick absorption of sugar supply. He describes manufacturers and bakers as poised to release sugar, then quickly buy it back as soon as any quantity appears on the market.
Washington D C December 13 Congress debated sending ministers and consuls to the Irish republic as the foreign affairs committee considered Rep Mason's bill. Mason argued recognition fits past acts but warned no war. Marty Roland and De Valera aides attended, with Sinn Fein and Ulster factions sparring over policy and neutrality amid applause and questions.
San Diego Mayor Louis J. Wilde raises two hundred fifty thousand dollars from local citizens to drill for oil near the city. The plan promises profit sharing by contribution amount with no outside solicitation and warns against lengthy letters or speculative materials.
Thieves target overcoats and valuables across the city as incidents include Mrs. M Sharp at 7115 Sixth Ave and D T Takahashi at the Tourist Hotel reporting stolen coats and a gold watch. Other robberies include jewelry, a fraternal emblem, and a $45 loss of tobacco from Pacific Coast Railway Co. property and a suitcase valued at $45 taken from HM Hotskemp's car.
The Duncan Dancers with pianist George Cope arrive in Seattle for a debut concert you can expect a packed house. The six Paris trained dancers, guided by Isadora Duncan, will perform lively Spanish dances and Chopin Schubert waltzes.
ME TETRAZZINI to appear in Seattle while Booth Tarkington's Seventeen stars at the Met. Gus Edwards leads a large song revue on the new Orpheum bill at Moore. Wilkes Players stage The Three of Us with Ert C Hunt returning to Levy's Orpheum. Pantage showcases a major musical act and a pretty girl headlines Palace Hip bill.
The Wilkes Players open with Tarkington tale Seventeen at the Metropolitan Theatre, while Levy’s Orpheum features Never Again a comedy of love divorce and money. Pan tagha Pantages presents The Corinthians on tour and Pan Am acts headline at Palace Hip with Fashion s a la Carte. Tetrazzini concerts headline at the Hippodrome with Proctor Wadler and a New York style program.
Following a raid on a Chinese store at 701 King Street deputies seized opium and morphine. The proprietor Charley Wing aged 30 was detained in the city jail for federal authorities. Deputy Sheriff J. C. Conner and N. L. Levell conducted the raid.
John Grant longtime Victoria leader and four time mayor died Thursday night in Victoria B C He helped found the Times and is survived by his widow a Seattle daughter and four brothers in Vancouver
The 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. George Stephen Dudley was observed in Washington. He is 85 and part of the 69ers who traveled west by ox team to California, then settled in Puget Sound. she is 76 born in Ohio. Married in 1869, they reside at 4944 Rainier Ave with two Seattle sons and three grandchildren.
The Hippodrome seats go on sale for Mme Tetrazzini’s January 2 concert with mail order sales. regular seating starts December 1. Jane Wilson laments short Seventeen role pay at six dollars and twenty eight cents per minute. Chauncey Olcott to perform in Mecushia at Christmas week. A K E Thomas plans Come Out of the Kitchen. Metropolitan guests include Alice Nielsen Ruth St Denis dancers and Gilbert Sullivan revival. Clyde Cook earns praise after appearing for the prince of Wales in New York and London.
Cupid's Aerie No 1 in Beattie opens at the federal building with Postmaster Edgue Battle and secretary. Mina J. J. Garvin of Bechenectady seeks a husband fitting specific traits and staying home. Royal Rookery members are urged to stamp letters of recommendation to the Bechenectady contact.
Hield on suspicion that he is an I W W organizer 8 F Jordan 35 employed at the Cedar Valley mine was held in county jail pending federal investigation. Deputies Beebe and Jarrett arrested Jordan after a report he was agitating trouble among employees.
John D Rockefeller sr is credited with a taxable personal property value of 1.945 million dollars in New York. The figure comes from a filing by his representatives.
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