39 IN JAM NOW GREEN IN HIDING ARRESTS IN SEATTLE
Police and federal officers crackdown on radicalism in Seattle arresting 39 men and seeking seven IWW leaders for criminal anarchy. Key figures include John J. Axtell and Walker C. Smith as bail set at 5000 dollars. Green evades capture amid general strike tensions and threats.
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Seattle
Fred €. Brown
John J. Axtell
Secre
Propaganda Committee
William
I. W. W. Defense Council
Walker C. Smith
City Printing Company
F. J
City
Green
No. 77
Civic
Harvey O'Conner
A. W. Rockwell
L. W
John Larson
Hulet M. Wella
J. Green
Disappearance of 14 Year Old Girl Deep Mystery
Police and parents search for 14 year old Elsie Killian who vanished Sunday afternoon between her sister’s Second Avenue residence and her father’s home at 613 Third Ave North. Neighbors report no trace despite prompt notice and intensive inquiry. Killian, a Warren Avenue pupil, is described as quiet and studious with dark hair and eyes, last seen in a green silk dress with red fringe and a green sweater.
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Elsie Killian
May Miller
Third Ave
Second Ave
Thomas St
Bixie Kilian
Altho
L. L. Killian
Elaie
Warren Ave
Boilermakers Split Over Shipyard Strike Tactics
The Metal Trades council discussed potential disruption from the shipyard strike as Acting President Louie Weyland of the Boilermakers urges 14,000 members in Seattle to return to work while a petition seeks a new local union. Local leaders doubt new charter approval and warn of negotiations shifting to international officers.
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Altho
The
Metal Trades Council
Louie Weyland
International Boilermakers’ Union
Seatthe
Work of Love International
Boilermakers
A. E. Miller
M . Teades Council
Cnove
Ofl
Miller
International
Charles Piez
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Tacoma Metal Trades Jendera
Tacoma
Portland
City worker hiring bill calls for 100 percent American payroll
Mayor Hanson urges the Seattle Board of Public Works to require a 100 percent American payroll for city contractors. He cites charter and ordinance provisions that preference be given to U S citizens head of families as the city sets an example for others.
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Seattle
Board of Public Works
Hanson
Public Works
United States
Man Shot During Car Theft Attempt at Salmon Beach
Charles Latta a shipyard worker was shot in the legs during an attempted motor car robbery at Salmon Beach. Charles A Ziegier awoke to the disturbance and fired as Latta and accomplice Andrew Frank fled. Frank was captured.
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Tacoma
Fetf
Charles Latta
Salmon Beach
Charles A. Ziegier
Latta
Andrew Frank
Seattle
Frank
Tacoma to Oust Red Agitators
Tacoma immigration officials prepare deportation of a large number of undesirable aliens under orders from Immigration Commissioner Anthony Caminetti. The majority are now in custody.
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Tacoma
Red” Agitators
Anthony Caminetti
Seattle Reds Pack Meeting of Metal Men
Tacoma locals accuse Seattle radicals of packing a meeting where a referendum on ending the shipyard strike was proposed. Acknowledged moves aim to form a new Seattle union and bar old officers as canvassing begins for signatures among boilermakers iron shipbuilders and helpers opposing the strike.
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Co. L. van Winter
W. A. Croft
Tacoma
Heds Croft
van Winter
Seattle
Hall
House
Seattle Reds
Croft
Reeves Aylmore
L. C. Smith
Helpere
Auton
Aytmore
Montana Solons Move to Thwart Reds in State Action
Helena lawmakers urge Secretary of Labor to use federal power to shield Montanans from Reds. The move comes as editors W Dunn RB Smith and Leon Daly of the Butte Bulletin, detained on sedition charges, seek a writ of prohibition in the Montana Supreme Court to halt district court proceedings.
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Helena
The
House of Representatives
Montana
Labor Wilson
W. Dunn
RB. Smith
Leon Daly
Butte Bulletin
Supreme Court
Mothers Picket to Reopen Denver Schools
Mothers formed a new picket line in Denver to press for reopening public schools closed since Monday by engineers walkout protesting wages. The Parents Teachers Association ordered the action after strikers persuaded strikebreakers to quit their posts.
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Denver
Parent Teachers’ Association
Greece to Send Army to Thrace
Paris reports Greece, with peace council approval, to dispatch troops into Thrace the Smyrna district and nearby coastal areas. The move follows tensions in the region and aims to assert control amid unsettled borders and custody of territory.
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Greece
Thrace
Paris
Peace Council
Smyrna
Veterans urge Lamping bill for cash bonus
In Olympia a coalition of veterans labor leaders and service members pressed the Lamping bill to grant a 2 1 2 million cash bonus to ex soldiers. They said returning troops lack funds for civilian clothes food and a short layover, urging immediate action rather than charity.
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Lamping Bath
Chas, Winder
Seattle
4. C. Hazlett
A. KE. F
G. A. Lombard
Congress
T. J. L. Kennedy
F. W. Harris
William Short
State Federation of Labor
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
General welfare court proposed to settle labor disputes
Olympia February 14. A sweeping bill by Roth of Bellingham requests a general welfare court to settle industrial disputes. The court would include a supreme court justice and chairmen from three commissions with an outside labor investigator, relying on cost of living and profiteering findings to guide compulsory arbitration.
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Olympia
Roth
Bellingham
Supreme Court
Industrial Insurance Commission
Public Service Commission
Labor
Sid Roth
Chief Butler Says Los Angeles Won't Entertain Reds
Los Angeles police ready for possible agitator influx from Seattle as I W W and other groups head toward the city. Several suspects were stopped at Santa Barbara by authorities. Chief Butler warned that Los Angeles will not tolerate troublemaking tactics in the harbor yards or elsewhere.
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Los Angeles
Seattle
Santa Barbara
Butler
February Cuckoo Month Noted by Oakland Police Chief
Captain Neddermann says February is a policeman’s cuckoo month and cites the Zodiac and phrenology. Six Oakland policemen have already been suspended this month for various reasons, yet the chief assigns blame to the stars rather than the men.
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Oakland
Cal
Neddermann
Exodus of Miners Starts at Jerome
The Jerome district sees a continuing exodus of miners after a mine shutdown. Four more arrests were made by department of justice agents bringing to eleven the number of alleged alien agitators held for possible deportation. Troops guard the mine approaches.
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Jerome
Ariz
United Verdemipea
Department of Justice
Scheidemann Defiant On Negotiations With Allies
Berlin Feb 14 Philip Scheidemann newly elected German chancellor asserts Germany will break off negotiations with the associate powers if terms fail to suit Berlin. He vows firm stand in the face of Allied demands and notes continued bargaining remains on the table.
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Berlin
Philip Scheidemann
Germany
A Tip to Marconi on Wireless to the Stars Idea
Gene Ahern offers a humorous take on Marconi s idea of communicating with stars by wireless The column ridicules and toys with the notion while warning of universal misunderstandings and possible space age mischief.
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Marconi
Gene Ahern
Mathematica
President Wilson Reads League of Nations Constitution in Paris
Wilson read the League of Nations constitution at the peace conference, outlining arbitration options and no immediate international police force. The measure to create a world peace structure faced defeat on a proposed international force, with the full covenant released and ratification in progress.
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Fred S. Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Wilson
League of Nations’ Organization
League
Bourgeois
Ee Seence
League Constitution Committee
League of Nations
Executive Council
Kimono Bath Robe Parties Spark Divorce Case
Los Angeles February 14. Rhe cause of testimony involved boudoir breakfasts with guests in kimonos and bath robes as Lewis M. Turner wins a divorce from Mrs. Jennie Walx Turner, a noted member of the Los Angeles musical colony. Prominent musical artists were cited during testimony.
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Los Angeles
Lewis M. Turner
Jennie Walx Turner
Blizzard Paralysis Cuts Denver Coast Line News
Denver reports a vast blizzard disrupting communication with the East as wires fail across Nebraska and Kansas. Snowbound trains block routes. Canada and Southern detours offer rare dispatches while Western Union wires strain under congestion.
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Rocky Mountain
Nebraska
Kansas
Canada
Transpaanal
North Platte
Neb
Dodge City
Santa Fe
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Western Union
Chicago
Japanese Prince Yamagata Ill With Influenza
Tokyo report says Prince Yamagata a marshal of Japan and elder statesman is seriously ill with influenza and has developed pneumonia. He was president of the privy council and played a noted part in the restoration era. He commanded the First army in the Japan China war before illness forced him home. He later became chief of the general staff after the Russo Japanese war.
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Tokyo
Yamagata
Yamataga
Japan
Privy Council
Marshal Oyama
Aviator Carries Flu Across Country on Flight
Feb 14 report from San Diego says influenza travels by air as Maj. Albert Smith and a former New York police dog named Flu fly from New York to San Diego in a transcontinental trip. Their lone surviving plane of five is expected to reach Rockwell Field tomorrow.
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San Diego
Flu
New York Police
Maj
Albert Smith
New York
Rockwell Field
McAdoo's Son Returns From France
Santa Barbara reports W G McAdoo Jr arrives with his father former secretary McAdoo. He came direct from France where he served in the army aviation section since early in the war.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
W. G. McAdoo, Jr
McAdoo
France
Army Aviation Secton
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