Volunteers Run the City Light Plant Amid Seattle Strike
Seattle will operate light, heat, and gas for the city during a sympathy strike set for 10 am. The street car workers union voted to strike, exemptions were granted for hospital and public service needs, and volunteers from engineers and electricians will staff power stations and sub stations under guard. Picketing is avoided as officials push to keep city services running despite the walkout.
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First
Columbia
Ballard
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Third Ave
Colling Building
Thomas Murphine
City Traction
Henry White
Federal Conciliation
Commissioner of Immigration
Mrs Roosevelt sails to France to visit Quentin's grave
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt widow of the former president departed on the steamer Lorraine for France on Wednesday to visit the grave of her son Quentin Roosevelt who was killed in an air duel with a German.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Lorraine
France
Quentin
German minister appointment to Hungarian republic
The Official Journal of Budapest reports Johann Junker appointed German minister to the Hungarian republic.
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Basle
Official Journal
Budapest
Johann Junker
Three Dead In Lodging House Fire In Tokyo District
Fire traced to the Tokyo lodging house on Wel ler Street near Sixth Avenue trapped residents as flames burned through walls. Three men killed at 3 am and fourteen injured with many unaccounted for. Buildings Tokyo Paris and Russell lodgings described as ramshackle crowded with men of diverse nationalities. Names of the dead and injured list including Olson Forest and several unidentified or foreign workers.
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Paria House
Weller St
Sixth Ave
Tokyo House
Paris House
Russell House
Governor Lister Proclaims Readiness for Tacoma Strike
Olympia reports Governor Lister says he is in close touch with the Tacoma and Seattle strike situation. He hopes state authorities need not act to protect life and property, but warns protection will be immediate if necessary as the general strike commences at 10 o'clock.
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Olympia
Tacoma
Seattle
Listér
Rotary club backs strike to aid law and order in Seattle
The Rotary club at the Wednesday luncheon pledged 100 percent support for maintaining law and order during the general strike in Seattle. George Orvis Relf called the city a focal point for world attention and potential future events. Speakers included H. K. King and Hugo Winkenwerder as the club adopted resolutions for shorter hours and higher pay while opposing radical elements.
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Masonic Club
Seattle
George Orvis Relf
Salt Lake City
Rotary
H. K. King
Hugo Winkenwerder
Forestry
The
University of Washington
Rioting Report From Lintz Capital of Upper Austria
London dispatch says serious rioting occurred in Lintz the capital of upper Austria according to a Vienna report filed by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent.
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London
Lintz
Upper Austria
Exchange Telegraph
Vienna
Major Seattle Stores Announce They Will Remain Open
Rumors about closures for dry goods and department stores circulated, but Frederick & Nelson MacDougall Southwick Bon Marche The Rhodes Co Fraser-Paterson Co and Graham confirm they will stay open. News item notes continued operations despite rumors.
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Macdougall
Southwick
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Rhodes CO
Fraser-Paterson CO
Graham
Britain threatens penalties for power workers strike
London reports a new defense order making it a crime to quit work for any power company or government contractor. The rule bans urging others to strike and threatens six months imprisonment or fines up to 500 pounds. Rail and utility hubs show disruption as workers refuse duty.
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London
Power House
Defense of the Realm
Royal Army Service Corps
Associated Society of Engineers
Belfast
Forty Britishers Rescued From Sunk Perth Crew
Forty crew members of the British sloop Perth were rescued off the Tyne by two trawlers after the ship was sunk by a mine. Copenhagen reports say two more ships, a Norwegian fishing steamer and a Swedish steamer, were sunk with 25 lives lost.
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England
Perth
Tyne
Copenhagen
Spartacans Lose Bremen Struggle
COPENHAGEN February 6 government troops occupy Bremen town hall and stock exchange after heavy fighting the Spartacans retreat to Grosphingen according to latest reports.
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Copenhagen
High Spots in Strike News
Carmen vote at 3 a m to join Telephone operators. Lack of electric power may render service impossible. City to have limited lighting. hospitals to be accommodated by union sanction. City will run plant by volunteer workers. Milk depots and public eating places designated. About 70 000 workers would be thrown out of work. Strike supports shipworkers out two weeks, seeking a $6 minimum wage, Macy award at $4 60. Skilled labor to get $7 and $8 a day.
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Carmen
Macy
Alien strike advocacy made a felony, Olympia bill
A bill to be introduced by Representative Robert Grass of Seattle would make aliens who advise or advocate strikes guilty of a felony. The measure aims to curb foreign involvement in labor troubles while not banning aliens from striking.
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Olympia
Robert Grass
Seattle
Graas
Read The Star want ads for daily good home and auto buys
The Star highlights profitable daily opportunities in its want ads featuring good buys on homes and autosienes.
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Star
Small Nations Press for Privileges at Peace Conference
Paris Feb 6 Representatives of smaller nations demand greater privileges in early peace terms. Commission members warn that full equality would minority the larger powers, while they proceed cautiously. Greece and Italy territorial issues are handled by expert commissions as the supreme council weighs bigger questions.
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Commission
Greece
Supreme Council
Society of Nations
Italy
Demands Probe of Charges Against Army Officers
Rep. McCullough of Ohio urged a congressional investigation into misconduct by army officers with a view to their removal. He cited a letter alleging Ohio troops in Dalmatia are ill fed and ill clothed and said action should follow if the secretary of war does not remove them after findings.
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McCullough
Ohio
Dalmatia
Central Labor Council Rejects Seizure Plan in Seattle Tacoma Vote
Conservative labor leaders defeated a proposal to seize all industries if shipyard talks fail. A substitute backed by H McGill urged a cooperative wholesale food warehouse instead. The council unanimously supported the food plan and pledged labor support for police and salary cuts to fund the strike.
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Cit
Thement
Seattle
Tacoma
McGill
Labor Council
Daring Bandit Robs Sorrento Hotel Quietly
A well dressed thief masked with a white handkerchief robbed the Sorrento Hotel in Madison at dawn. He terrified night clerk A Tomkins, compelled him to raise his hands, then took cash from the drawer and the cigar stand register before slipping away with only a small sum.
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Madison , St
Terry Ave
A. Tomkins
Seattle starts mass deportation of aliens to Europe
Forty two aliens gathered parts of the Nor, begun on the first lap of a journey toward deportation by Seattle officials. They will be sent to the Atlantic seaboard and then to Europe, marking the first large movement out of the West during the war.
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Nor
Seattle
Hollanders to Damage for Lost During War
Washington reports unsettled relations with the United States and the Netherlands over ships lost at sea under requisition. Eighty one Dutch vessels were affected. three have returned to Holland and will depart soon for relief missions. The rest remain available as they dock and are placed at the disposal of their owners.
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Washington
United
Machinists Return to Work After Macy Award Dispute
About 600 machinists in San Francisco and Oakland ended a strike after rejecting a compromise on the Macy award. Two hundred boilermakers remain off the job in the city. The Iron Trades Council met to consider expulsion of striking boilermakers as a result of the walkout.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Macy
Iron Trades
Council For Striking
Ders
Launch Fight on Burleson Rates
San Francisco reports a suit in superior court to stop Pacific Telephone and Telegraph from enforcing long distance rates called the Burleson Rules. The petition claims the higher charges would cost telephone users about 800000 dollars and mirrors a federal case filed recently.
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San Francisco
Pacific Telephone Telegraph Co
Oneae
Announcement on The Star During Strike
Notice advises readers that during the strike period they should not call unless official use applies and directs using Main 600 for official matters only. The guidance emphasizes preserving essential communication channels amid disruption.
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T& Star
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