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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
10
Classified ad fragment notes housing to rent including a 3 room flat and furnished housekeeping rooms at 1810 Ninth Ave, plus miscellaneous items and services. Also lists safes wanted and various business ads including piano and cabinet shops, cars for sale, and realty offers in Seattle area.
Regional notices advertise multiple houses for sale including a 3-room new house for 900 dollars at 8842 19th Ave W and a 5-room bungalow with hardwood floors at 76 West Seattle with monthly payments. Listings also promote farms from 20 to 10 acres and solicit buyers and sellers through local real estate firms Van Arsdale & Co and Kiefer West Seattle.
A montage of real estate and business opportunities including 5 acre tracts near Seattle Everett with low cash down, 60 acre waterfront Whidbey Island property, hundreds of acres timber land in Southwest Washington, several Alaska ventures like Petersburg laundry, and various securities and loan offers. Also mentions Liberty Bonds and War Savings stamps.
William G. McAdoo urged the league of nations at the Methodist centenary in Columbus, arguing it would secure future peace and enable withdrawal with notice. He warned without it Germany would rearm. he contrasted allied power with resistance from uncompromising foes. In Alaska, moonshine arrests rise as Thomas O Neill of Ketchikan faces federal liquor violations.
N E A Washington Bureau reports how the senate will handle ratification. President Wilson may deliver the treaty copy at the capitol and ask for ratification. Lodge will move to refer the treaty to his foreign relations committee for open hearings with international law experts and Peace Delegation members.
The sequence begins with the president delivering a draft treaty and asking for ratification. It moves to foreign relations committee, includes expert conferences, and ends with a two thirds vote and presidential proclamation ratifying the treaty and ending the war.
The Seattle Star directory lists attorneys at law offering general practice with free consultations at 215 Burke Building 905 Second Ave Main 7305. Also notes IT Schoff Downs Bik 769 Indav offering consultation and moderate fees. Chattel loans available from 10 to 100 dollars, confidential on furniture planos livestock. Sanders & wnAR-4 TLCO Smith Ride Ryanee.
In Washington on July 4 the discussion over ratification of the peace treaty centers on a 10 Republicans and seven Democrats committee and potential amendments requiring agreement by all signatories, including Germany. Delays loom as floor debates and multiple reports emerge, with a two thirds Senate vote needed for ratification and possible new peace conferences if rejected. The piece notes political maneuvering and the potential Supreme Court interest in powers of the Senate.
Berlin July 2 United Press reports rail workers in Berlin were voting secretly to decide resuming work. Government talks had stalled and officials planned Thursday to mobilize workers who refuse to work. The strike worsens the food situation as independent socialists prep a cabinet slate. Weimar weighs extending land holdings and thinning urban population. Gotha duchy may see a soviet.
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