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Newspaper

Seattle Star

Location

Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1919

Page

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Frame-up charges spotlighted in labor department inquiry

Washington reports reveal special agent John B. Densmore accusing San Francisco trial forces of framing Thomas J. Mooney for bomb throwing. The inquiry cites weak prosecutions, non verifiable alibis, and possible corporate influence while detailing covert dictagraph evidence and calls for a new trial.

Washington Thomas J. Moo San Francisco John B. Densmore Department of Labor Densmore Wilson Frank G. Oxman Mooney Fickert Oxman

Union Disputes Grow as Operators Are Fired

San Francisco talks between J P Downs and Nellie Anson fail to ease tension in San Francisco and Oakland. Local union leaders announce several Oakland telephone operators were discharged after pledging allegiance to the union.

Francisco J. P. Downs Com Nellie Johnson Interna Ccal Union Downs Adjustment Board Johnson The Telephone Girls Labor Temple Co, Mbone Washington Washington, D. C San Franciso

For Sale Real Estate Column Suggests Buying Homes

The column argues that rising rents push readers toward home ownership as a solution. It presents owning a residence as a long term hedge against rent increases and outlines general steps toward purchasing.

Interior seeks funds to fight Idaho forest fires

Secretary Lane asked Congress to authorize 500000 from Interior funds to battle widespread Idaho fires. In Spokane a smoke pall hangs as crews, slowed by labor shortages and high winds, fight dozen new blazes from Newport to Burke. Local towns face danger. Kellogg and Priest Lake areas receive renewed efforts to contain growing fires.

Washington Secretary of the Interior Lane Congress Idaho Spokane Hollywood Thompson Falls St. Regis Mont Newport Wash Enaville Kellogg Mullan Burke Bear Creek Land Creek Priest Lake Round Top Vide Howard Flint Flint Boulder Creek Coeur d’Alene Wolff Blue Creek Coeur d'Alene Jordan Creek Ryan Sand Point Pack River

Ex-Governor in Mex Plot Sparks Diplomatic Fallout

Mexico City reports official publication of captured correspondence from Villa Angeles raid near Juarez. It alleges ex Governor Geo W Hunt of Arizona urged Villa to meet with U S figures in Chihuahua to discuss aiding his campaign against the Mexican government. In New York Manuel Carpio cites a drive to force U S intervention, accusing anti Mexican propaganda and urging restraint amid calls by 4 000 000 Americans to oppose intervention.

Mexico City Mexico United Press Villa Angeles Jua Geo. W. Hunt Arizona Villa Fall Chihuahua New York Manuel Carpio el Heraldo de Mexico Wilson France Congress Carpio United States Germany Rio Grande North State Department Samuel Gompers

Schooner Reported Aground Off Edgemere L I

A four masted schooner was reported ashore off Edgemere L I early today as coast guards proceeded to aid the vessel. The incident occurred near Long Island shore with rescuers en route to assist the stranded ship.

L. I. New York Edgemere L. L Coast Guards

Veterans protest Kuykendall appointment to high office

The piece argues war veterans should oppose Kuykendall’s appointment, faulting Governor Hart for blocking Reconstruction measures, arming armories, and limiting soldiers relief. It suggests protests likely fail but serve as a reminder that politics influenced militia funding and the Lamping bill.

Kuykendall Hart Lamping

City stockade to be vacated and burned on Beacon Hill

Commissioner of Health H M Read declares the Beacon Hill city stockade a public nuisance and unfit for habitation. The 60 prisoners will be moved to the city jail and the stockade will be vacated within three days and later burned, per a letter to Mayor Ole Hanson. Condemnation notices were posted and the council asked to provide new prisoner quarters.

Beacon Hill H. M. Read Ole Hanson Read Hanson

Bulgarians Head to Paris for Peace Commission Mission

Members of the Bulgarian peace commission departed for Paris yesterday to engage in diplomatic discussions aimed at advancing peace efforts.

Bulgars Paris Sofia

Army air service recruitment flight leaves Matherfield

Lieut. E B C Kiel and Sergt Frank McKee fly JN 4 D Curtiss planes from Matherfield on a round trip to Seattle planned with stops in Medford Oregon and Portland Oregon. The mission aims to recruit for the army air service and continues to Seattle on Friday.

Sacramento Cal C. Kiel Frank McKee Matherfield Seattle Medford Ore Portland Army Air Service

Allen Seeks Early Trial In Whisky Possession Case

Superior Judge Clay Allen, led by a grand jury June 28, is slated for trial September 2 on an indictment alleging unlawful possession of five quarts of Scotch whisky. Judge Tallman set the date after attorney John C. Higgins urged an early hearing for the jurist, while Deputy Prosecutor T. H. Patterson pressed for a separate indictment over another liquor possession claim.

Clay Allen Witl Boyd Tallman John C. Higgins Torney Allen Tallman Fred C. Brown T. H. Patterson King County Brown Higgins

Star carrier payments switch to monthly rate

The Seattle Star announces shifting from weekly 12 cent carrier collections to 50 cents per month. Carriers will collect all outstanding accounts by next Saturday night on the weekly basis and then begin monthly billing.

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