Shipworkers Strike Heads Toward Showdown in 1919
A foreman-studded dispute moves toward action as shipyard unions threaten a work stoppage and conflict with management over open shop rules. Telegram exchanges between C W Wiley and Charles Piez reveal plans to shift wage talks and possible government mediation after March 31. Shipyards including Ames, Seattle, Todd, and Skinner & Eddy urge workers to act with caution while seeking a swift settlement.
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Association of Northwesters
C. W
Tadd Dry Dock Construction Co
Chartes
Emergency Corporation
A. J. Berres
Metal Department
Washington, D. W
Metal Council
Seim
International
Wiley
Charles Charles Piez
Ed States Shipping Board
Ohio
Tacoma
Macy
Is She a German Spy Is Arrested
Federal authorities arrest Mrs M H Vittori on arrival in San Francisco from Guatemala amid questions about her motives during the war. Her husband held a senior bank position in San Francisco while she remained in Guatemala. Vittori, a German native, is at the center of a spying inquiry.
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M. H. Vittorf
San Francisco
Guatemala
Uncle Sam
Vittori
Germany
Askren Probing Extortion Charge
Prosecuting Attorney William D. Askren is investigating charges that the general strike committee extorted Tacoma businessmen and their employers to pay a percentage of profits and wages to keep operating during the failed general strike.
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Tacoma
William D. Askren
University of Washington to send seven delegates to league congress
Seven representatives have been appointed by the faculty and students of the University of Washington to attend the Northwest Congress for a League of Nations in Portland on Sunday and Monday February 16 and 17.
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University of Washington
League of Nations
Portland
Master Acquitted of Ship's Sinking
Capt Nile Libnoth, master of the Pacific Mall steamship Pennsylvania, was acquitted by investigators of all blame in the loss. Evidence showed the ship sank while attempting to save the vessel from a fire in the cargo of nitrates.
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Nile Libnoth
Uhe Pacific Mall Steamship Pennsylvania
Soap Boiler Shop Found in Ruins of Pompeii
Chicago February 14 A soap bath er's shop was among the discoveries in the Pompeii excavation. The city was buried by the eruption in A D 79. The soap found in the shop still retained some efficacy after 1400 years. Soap making was a thriving business in several Roman cities at the time Pompeii fell.
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Pompeii
Chicago
Seattle schoolteacher’s bid to pass day nurseries bill fails
An elderly Seattle teacher spent days at Olympia lobbying the House Committee on Education for a modest day nurseries bill. She spoke passionately of aiding working parents and children, but the committee rejected the measure, leaving her hopeful moments and many questions about who sits on the committee.
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Olampia
Seattle
Capitol
Women’s Legislative Council
House
Fenate
Women's Legislative Council
House Committee On Education
Olympia
Woman's Legislative Council
Veterans and civilians speak on Lamping bill
Citizens and veterans gather at a Seattle meeting urging passage of the Lamping bill with a proposed minimum lump sum of at least fifty dollars and prorated additions. Speakers warn that without aid many men will struggle to rejoin civilian life while urging swift state action.
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WM. Hick
Moore
Seattle
Lamping
Winders
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Conner
United States
Saunders
Washington
Will Erect School for Sea Training in West Seattle
Seattle merchant marine training station has graduated 2,000 men since its inauguration last summer and ranks second as a training station in the country. Toston leads the field. An appropriation has been set aside for the construction of a merchant marine building at West Seattle for the school. Work will be started soon through the West Seattle community service.
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Seattle
Painting Exhibit at 1117 Harvard Ave Gallery
The private gallery at 1117 Harvard Ave N at Prospect St opens to the public from 1 to 5 p m on weekdays starting Saturday Feb 15 and continuing until further notice. This shows a rotating collection of paintings available for viewing during weekday afternoons.
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Harvard Ave. N
Prospect St
Fire causes $325 damage at Dalnarden home
A fire started in a defective furnace at the residence of Mrs. C. H. Dalnarden 1066 East Lane on Thursday afternoon, resulting in estimated damages of $325. No injuries were reported.
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C. H. Dalnarden
East Lane
Shipboard Move to San Francisco Shaped by Board
The United States shipping board's vessel departed for San Francisco yesterday morning after a past week of planning and movement, signaling ongoing logistics operations and regional port activity.
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United States Shipping Board
San Francisco
Legislative Notes on Lamping Bill and War Veterans Aid
The piece critiques the Lamping bill proposing 2.5 million dollars and a state veteran reward funded by a 12 percent property tax. It covers Dr. Henry Suzzallo's opposition and support, Taft’s invite to speak, Senate leadership changes, and widespread auto license protests. It notes Capitol construction plans and a push to site a new state normal school and retirement fund bills.
Probe proposed into Chehalis boys school conditions
Olympia February 14 sweeping charges of congestion insanitary conditions inadequate food and general neglect at the state training school for delinquent boys at Chehalis were filed in the state house of representatives today. A memorial by Representatives Anderson Allen and Hutford calls for a five member probe. Legislators toured Chehalis last week and the memorial says the state board of control views conditions with utter indifference.
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Olympia
Chehalis
House of Representatives
Anderson
Alien
Hutford Callin
House
Senate
State Board of Control
Thomson to push railroad terminal plan in Olympia
Public hearing on the proposed public railroad terminal to aid industrial development will be held in the senate chambers Friday evening for supporters. Opponents will be heard Monday evening. R R H Thomson who did the survey for the public service commission will speak Friday night.
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Olympia
Senate
R.R. H. Thomson
Public Service Commission
Washington bill seeks survey for reforestation of logged lands
Olympia February 14 Vast areas of logged off lands in Washington may be reforested for future generations Senator Judd of Lewis County introduced a bill directing the state land commissioner to survey lands not fit for other purposes and provide a report to the legislature in 1921.
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Olympia
Washington
Henator Judd
Lewis County
65th Artillery Men to Stop in Olympia
The 65th artillery, Coast units from Puget Sound, will likely stop in Olympia Monday on their return from overseas service. Senator Fairchild is arranging the details. The regiment arrives in Portland Sunday morning.
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Olympia
65Th Artillery
Puget Sound
Fairchild
Portland
Death of Denver hotel pioneer Wallace W Doty at 78
Wallace W. Doty, Denver's first hotel operator, died yesterday at his daughter and son in law Captain Charles J. Hutchinson's home at 965 20th Ave. He was 78 and had spent his declining years with his daughter and grandchildren.
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Wallace W. Doty
Denver
Col
Indow
Charles J. Hutchinson
20Th Ave
Mr. Doty
Alaska Chamber Official Heads to Washington for Law Reform
J I McPherson Alaska bureau manager of the Chamber of Commerce travels to Washington on Friday to press Alaska legislation before Congress. The measures urged include navigation aids improved mail and steamer service wagon road construction and government railroad improvements.
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J. I. McPherson
Chamber of Commerce
Alaska
Washington
Conrtessa
Warrants Out For Reds Front in City Uprising
The article notes 39 arrests on warrants issued by Judge John H. Gordon as prosecutors in Beattie and King counties press charges related to an industrial workers movement. It identifies seized individuals including Mert Lewis and Henry Goveran, and quotes officials accusing the IWW of using a general strike to push a revolution while pledging vigorous action to curb sedition and support the government. It highlights Green, alias Leon Butourtaky, as a highlighted suspect described as a Bolshevik.
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Mert Lewis
Morano Kalich
D. & Deltz
Hlaynes Jonen
Charles A. Smith
C. J. Coberland
Lawrence Gross
Henry Goveran
Amon Herring
Fred Arndt
George Glenart
John H. Gordon
Frown
United States
Clarence L. Heames
Department of Justice
Brown
Industrial Workers of the World
Reams
Beattie
King County
Reames
Stara and Stripes
Green
Leon Butourtaky
Ethical Dentists Fight Locke Bill
Fifty ethical dentists crowded the senate chamber to urge defeat of the Locke bill. They say it would give advertising dentists representation on the state examiners board. Proponents claim the measure is aggressive toward dental practice.
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Suzzallo
Lamping
Olympia
Senate
State Examiners Board
Ethicala
Small craft warnings issued for strong winds and shifting winds
Small craft warnings were ordered displayed at 7 20 a m Friday for strong northeasterly winds shifting to southwesterly.
Seattle Stranger’s Rise and Fall as Unpopular Figure
A figure named varied or Cheen came to Seattle from San Francisco in 1917 amid attempts to reach Russia during the Holabeviet uprising. He publicly demanded that strikers keep Seattle in darkness including hospitals and then vanished, leaving a marked impression as an unpopular, comet-like presence.
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Cheen
Putoustaky
Seattle
San Francisco
Russia
Anti-Slacker Bill Passes Unanimously in Senate
Olympia Feb 14 Men who surrendered citizenship to dodge the draft would be barred from state, county or city payrolls if the bill passes the house. Violators would face misdemeanor charges under the act. The bill, debated after reference to committees, cites prior court rulings and cautious passage to avoid hastiness.
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Olympta
Senate
House
Conora
Clary Committee
Judiciary
United States Preme Court
New York
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Beattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company
Skinner & Eddy Corporaory Docks, Inc
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Askren
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Seattles
America
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H. D. Hanover
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France
Frank W. Hull
Jerry Kennedy
W. W
Children’s War Savings Stampa, T
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Parents’ Association
A. F. Haines
Maj
Maurice Thompson
Iris Sails
Henry Suzzalio
Dr. Suzzallo
Dr. Suzzalio
State Capitol
Suzzalio
State Defense Council
Taft
Howard Taylor
Dr. Carlyon
Louis F. Hart
Taylor
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Bldridge
Renick
State of Washington
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State Auditor
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R. R. Terminal
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REDS
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Busoni
Grainger
Sherman
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Spokane
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Yesler
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