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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
5
J H Treat wins a two year legal contest in London securing title to 15000 acres of coal lands on Vancouver Island. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Co challenged the claim, but the British Privy Council ruled in Treats favor.
In Bellingham on July 24 the International Timber Workers' union District No 1 Coast division presented a proposal for a new minimum wage. It calls for unskilled mill and logging camp workers to earn 4.80 a day, up from the current 4.40 after a recent 40 cent raise.
Edward Austin 74 a veteran of the civil war and Titanic survivor admitted forging a check in San Francisco police court. He pledged to repay Frederick Junker and the case was continued for two weeks. Austin claimed ties to Charles M Hayes and William Van Horn and presented pension papers he sought to replace.
Butte Montana July 24 Police Judge Grimes announced higher fines for drunkenness, rising from five to ten dollars. He cited the cost of liquor and the city treasury needs more money as whiskey now fetches twelve to fifteen dollars a quart.
Advertising manager and clothing buyer ER Nisle returns from two month trip through the East. He says demand for men's clothing exceeds supply and prices are rising. He placed heavy orders for full merchandise during the journey.
Warsaw reports Poland prepares to dominate European sugar production with 60 to 70 beet sugar factories and an output exceeding 600000 tons on a prewar basis. Factory development and state planning underscore the anticipated rise of Poland as a leading sugar producer in Europe.
The Gopher club will host a basket lunch at Woodland Park on Saturday July 26 for former Minnesota residents in Seattle. About 10,000 ex Minnesotans live in Seattle with many notable community figures among them. Professor Clarke P. Bissett of the University of Washington will speak on Americanism. All former Minnesotans are invited.
A concise remark notes that some men stay single not from lack of romance but due to shyness about money or lack of courage to pursue relationships. The observation reflects social expectations and personal hesitations.
Ade line Fox owner of 33 percent of the stock sues two other stockholders in superior court for 9000 damages alleging misused earnings and that manager A P Templeton allows persons of bad character to reside at the Hotel Congress. She values the corporation at 30000 and asks for a receiver with show cause set for July 26.
Attorney General Palmer announced that anti trust prosecutions would not be dropped and that trust busting would resume in October where it paused at the war’s outbreak. The steel combine case leads the October Supreme Court docket, with similar suits expected to advance. He suggested a probe into meat packers and noted near completion of a Federal Trade Commission testimony review with a decision likely by August 1.
Senator Phelan of California announced a cable from General Pershing stating the 319th Engineers, largely California troops, are scheduled to return to the United States around August 15. The regiment, part of the Eighth Division, trained at Camp Fremont and served in France, building sanitary villages at Pons and Brest and other French points.
Funeral services for Charles B. Crane 33, a discharged Canadian soldier who died suddenly last Thursday, were held Sunday afternoon at Butterworth undertaking parlors. Crane came to this country on sick leave after being gassed on the Western front and was formerly employed at the New Richmond New Washington and Frye hotels in Seattle. His only relatives live in Bristol England.
Rowell, 68, is jailed on an open charge after arrest by Patrolman J. O. Neal at 3803 Edmonds Street. He allegedly possessed two demijohns partly full of liquor. Firefighters in smoke helmets repaired a burst ammonia pipe at Pacific Meat Co. plant, 803 First Ave., Wednesday night.
A notice warns Genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and include unbroken packages with directions for headache toothache neuralgia and colds. Listing Boldt's French Pastry and Uptown and downtown addresses appears in the ad.
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