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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1919
Page
5
An old advertisement Claims kidneys suffer from uric acid crystals and pain in the back, urging immediate use of GOLD MEDAL OIL Capsules imported by Ho oy laboratories. It promises almost immediate relief and a money back guarantee if not cured, touting three or sixes boxes as genuine.
Plans move to apply industrial welfare commission to all workers, not only women tellers, with a 65 retirement fund funded by 5 percent employer contributions. A free public employment office would aid public works at lower wages. Fines rise to 1000 dollars for welfare act violations, and a permits system would curb underselling. Senator Fairchild heads the labor committee. Nichols outlines the plan.
Charles Carver and Frank la Forge joined Ernestine Schumann-Heink as she prepared a new program for Saturday. The writer, a plain man, raves about her human singing and warm stage presence, noting the wet crowds and devoted fans who return for another concert.
Senator Borah of Idaho declares that the $100,000,000 food appropriation bill and Herbert Hoover risk voter backlash if the Republican party remains under the influence of big interests. He accuses Hoover of enabling five great packing companies to reap five times their wartime profits, urging careful oversight.
Unions debate a nationwide general walkout as February 1 is set tentatively for the strike. Leaders urge rapid ballots, while T H Bolton argues for more time to conduct referendums amid a crowded council hearing and restricted access. Metal trades carpenters show sympathy with craft factions amid tensions.
F L Wilson, 25, a painter, attempted suicide in his cell at the city jail amid a burglary case. He tied a blanket to the cell top and leaped, but the rope broke. He declared innocence and was found by Jailer Dick Hoesler with the knot at his neck.
Portland reports 21 deaths from influenza as 118 new cases emerged yesterday. Officials blame a shortage of nurses for the high death rate amid the outbreak.
Sheriff Stringer and deputies intensify the probe into the murder of Raymond Ostrom, Blue Taxicab driver, after new leads from Wednesday. Witness Billy Brown, 14, gave conflicting statements about a soldier uniform suspect seen near the Des Moines Auburn county road, with a potential lead involving a Tacoma boarding. Ostrom was shot near the Jack Peasley road by his for hire limousine, while Brown bicycle witnessed the struggle and gunfire Tuesday night.
Antonio Texas January 23. Army officers believe a sweeping censorship on all mail between the United States and Mexico signals a broader Allied move to curb Bolshevik propaganda. No official word from censor offices, but the action is seen as stopping Bolshevised material from reaching Mexico and beyond.
Allied powers urge all organized groups fighting in Siberia or European Russia to send up to three representatives to Princes' Islands Marmora Sea for talks with the allied powers. A truce and withdrawal of armed forces are requested. Prompt reply by February 16, 1919.
Officials monitor King county floods as damage escalates in Tacoma and along the Milwaukee bridge over the Puyallup. Washouts cut power, trains reroute to Tacoma and Portland, and slides disrupt service while rivers rise and weather worsens.
The Chehalis and Newnukum valleys flood for miles with two landslides north of the town covering street car tracks and toppling power lines. Electric service, repaired by night to avert darkness in Chehalis Centralia and Tenino, was threatened Wednesday night.
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