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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1919
Page
7
Williams alias Frank Burns a youthful criminal with a 1918 Seattle arrest for robbery and a six to two year sentence at Walla Walla. He is charged with the murder of J Downey a Lone Angeles detail and with prior convictions for robbing the Rosalia Hard ie company and drawing a revolver on Alexander Prown. His trial moved from Walla Walla to Los Angeles.
Following many Seattle servicemen returning from overseas Col Roosevelt Post 24 VFW launches a push to recruit eligible men. Interested applicants should contact assistant adjutant Irving Brown at Roosevelt Veterans hall 1616 Third Ave between 3 and 5 pm. In New York the jury remains out on Prof Scott Nearing charged with editorials.
Catarrh is a systemic disease, not cured by local sprays. The piece promotes S S S as a blood purifier that removes the germ from the blood, claiming it has helped thousands for over fifty years. It advises readers to mail their case to the Medical Director at Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga, for instructions.
Olympia February 18 public sentiment favors Senator Lamping as the military committee backs a bill to pay veterans a cash service reward via a $5 annual poll tax and $5 per $100 property levy. The plan would tax all men 21 to 50 with exemptions for paupers and imbeciles and sheriff collection with seizure power if unpaid.
Olympia reports timber barons pressuring small holders to sell at low prices via autocratic control of logging railroads. The House Bill 95 proposed by Hastings would place logging lines under the public service commission as common carriers. Advocates from small timber owners push for reform. operators oppose, warning of disrupted development.
In Olympia on February 19 Sen Len Johnson sought a Colville armory and urged halting armory funding. Colville measure failed 28 to 12. Johnson vowed support for repealing all armory appropriations this session if bill passed. Lamping attacked armory pork as waste amid Guardia status uncertainty.
A bill in Olympia proposes a $5 annual poll tax on every citizen to raise $5 million for distribution to ex soldiers and sailors. It would replace the Lamping bill and pay eligible veterans $100 each for two months or more served during the war period. Lamping opposes taxing soldiers directly.
The Cham ber of Commerce hosts the second of three legislative dances this season at the Turn Water Club in Olympia. The event is styled by the executive committee as semi formal with evening gowns dress suits or uniforms in good taste and not restricted to conventional costumes.
Modeled after the Four Minute Men plan, a Seattle Methodist Minute Men group will deliver five minute talks within the church and at public gatherings. They cover current topics of interest to members and the general public, broadening patriotism and civic engagement.
In a tense session the senate killed armory bills for Wenatchee Colfax and moved to repeal measures creating armories in Everett Walla Walla and Aberdeen. The House debated school directors salaries and a Camp Lewis officers training station memorial while reform measures and anti nepotism bids faced resistance.
London dated report says the allies forced a Holovhevik retirement on the Archangel front. Official Moscow wireless confirms the withdrawal in the Pinega region toward Unstiega, with the communique noting retreat occurred Monday.
Pallard High School Class Teachers Association schedules a meeting Thursday at 3 10 P M in the Adheel Building. A reception is planned for incoming freshman clans.
United States war department casualty roster lists names of Seattiee men and next of kin. Sergt Paul Parker previously reported dead from wounds is now listed as died from accident. Sergt John L Leatherman and several others are wounded severely or lightly with next of kin details.
The Senate adopted an amendment to the river and harbors bill authorizing a joint probe with Canada into opening the St. Lawrence River to ocean going vessels. The move aims to assess feasibility and shared benefits for maritime traffic.
An advertisement from Ack Nartell Drug Co touts Hyomel as a pure antiseptic inhalant that soothes inflamed membranes and kills catarrh germs. It urges readers to consult their druggist for a Mycemel outfit and avoid sprays or douches while claiming rapid relief and danger of untreated catarrh.
New York on February 19 Detective Slatery found John Milligan in tattered clothes with 426.58 dollars, including 80 in cents, in Yorkville court. Milligan pleaded for “the price of a bed” before his arrest amid the odd episode.
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