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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1915
Page
3
John P. White argues in The Star that wage earners deserve fair living wages and security. He warns that true labor supremacy cannot tolerate millions working long hours for less than living wages. The piece emphasizes dignity of labor and opposition to wage suppression.
The article argues that true American supremacy must rest on fair wages and worker security. It urges organized labor to act, organize, and shape policies to ensure well being at home before pursuing global prestige. It warns supremacy bought by depressing labor costs harms national strength and freedom.
The Liberty shows Countess Iva Ivanoff in The Winged Idol while The Clemmer features A Soldier’s Oath with William Farnum. Melbourne, Grand and Alhambra offer Mr Grex of Monte Carlo, Italy at War with Austria, and The Melting Pot among others. The Colonial and Melbourne showcase Verdi drama and a travelogue with The Cave Man at the Clemmer.
University of Washington alumni call on regents to stop ongoing changes to the Metropolitan Building Co lease tied to the Arena rink. They warn the university may lose the property while arguing the arrangement shifts taxes and tuition burdens onto the state and students.
Due to heavy trade between here and San Francisco, the steamship Admiral Farragut will be taken off the Alaska run for two voyages south. Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. announced Saturday.
Dr Linda Burfield Hazzard, once famed as a fast specialist, was paroled by the state board of pardons after a 60 day fast and a manslaughter conviction. The board approved 17 paroles and pardons in a vote supporting her release in Walla Walla on December 18.
Deputy sheriffs search for two men who abducted 16 year old Grace Salmon near Kenmore. The girl, gagged and bound in a gray car for about three hours, was left near her grandmother in Bothell after bruising and a cut inside her mouth. She described one assailant as wearing two large diamonds.
In Chicago a couple, Steven MecBett and Mrs. Marie Alphonso, went for a marriage license. As McBett bolted for the street, Mrs. Alphonso cried stop thief claiming her pocketbook. A patrolman detained him. she admitted the plea was mistaken and he was not a thief.
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