Washington laws take effect as new measures kick in
Washington voters inch toward blocking national prohibition with a referendum on ratification while 161 laws pass, including felony penalties for flag insignees, auto theft, and anti discrimination in salaries, a required American history course, extended mothers pensions, municipal rail expansions, and new state boards.
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Woman's Industrial Home
Aberdeen
Everett
Walla Walla
Centralia
Washington
Grand jury to probe local booze theft named by judges
Sixty jurors were drawn for a Washington grand jury to investigate the booze theft. Judge Boyd Tallman will oversee sessions with Fred Brown and John Hart leading the inquiry behind closed doors as witnesses are summoned. Coroner C. C. Tiffin replaces Sheriff Stringer owing to interests, while officials deny broader city involvement.
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Boyd J. Tallman
Tallman
John Doe Wi
Attoc
Washington
Fred Brown
John J. Hart
Superior Court
Thomas H. Patterson
Fred C. Brown
Agnes Anderson
46Th Ave
Mamie Behnke
33Rd Ave. N
William Bethierem
N. 76Th St
Julia H. Blaine
W. Highland
Ruth Boag
32Nd Ave
EK. M. Braden
W. 58Th St
Ae W. Brown
3Th Ave
S&s
B. F. Burger
14Th Ave
O. B. Cage
Roanoke St
Peter Desmore
Seneca St
Flora C. Doig
Seventh Ave
Pearl Blackburn Dutton
N. Broadway
Margaret J. Campbell
Fourth Ave. W
Mary Carmody
Ninth Ave
N. BE
Mary Eckard
Howell St
Lottie E. Evans
Eastern Ave
W. C. Farrow
Fremont Ave
Nina M. Follett
Miller St
W. Follett
Gale Place
Margarite M. Gallagher
31St Ave. S
Wm. Gallie
Yester Way
Ferdinand St
James M. Galeni
Matilda C. Hall
40Th Ave
FE. Howell
J. A. Leach
Cherry St
Hattie Lind
Eastlake Ave
J. H. Marshall
Brooklyn Ave
Dennis Mason
Martin Nielaen
22Nd Ave
Baril K. Nutt
First Ave
R. C. Oates
Rainier Ave
Ella Paddock
Richmond Beach
Prater
W. M
Eddy St
Roxie Priga
20Th Ave
S. W
John Reamy
Seattle
Hudbah Risdel
Othello
Marie V. Roberts
13Th Ave
Mayme A Schaefer
Walnut St
L. A. Shaffer
Chas. G. Swanson
Burton
Viola Trick
Franklin Ave
Geo. M. Vass
18Th Ave
Stringer
Altho
Tiffin
Elks
Elks’ Club
Arctic Club
Cutor Brown
Hart
C. C. Fin
Nesses
Telegraphers Strike Sparks Conflicting Claims Across U S
Reports from New York Chicago Philadelphia and Memphis describe a nationwide telegraphers strike with union leaders claiming widespread walkouts at Western Union and Postal offices while company officials deny lasting disruption. Strikes affect main offices as operators walk off, with varying counts and official statements expected.
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York
Western Union Offi
Western Union
Postal
Reynolds
The
Carlton
Chicago
Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphy Union
Chicago Western Union
Philadelphia
Miller
C. R. Horton
Pittsburg
Washington
Taft
Memphis, Tenn
Atlanta
Wire strike swells as Seattle workers walk out
Seattle unions report a 100 percent postal telegraph strike nationwide with 30 workers out locally. Federal Telegraph grants a 20 percent wage increase, avoiding a strike in Seattle as Western Union nonunionized staff remain at work and see no walkout here.
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Federal Telegraph
Western Union
Postal
J. J. Rohan
Seattle
The
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Federal Telegraph Company
W. R Powell
Labor urges action to thwart Burleson at AFL convention
Postal workers press the AFL convention in Atlantic City to demand Burleson’s removal and defend employee rights. A typographical union pledge seeks to condemn Burleson, while Sinn Fein’s Harry Boland may speak. California delegates deny secession rumors and reaffirm loyalty to the AFL.
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Alvin EF. Johnson
United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor Convention
Burleson
Postal Workers
Wilson
Tee
Congress
Edward J. Gainor
Navnal Association of Letter Carriers
Thomas F. Flaherty
National Federation of Postal Employes
Edward J. Ryan
Railway Mail Association
Typographical Union
Republic of Ireland
Harry Boland
Sinn Fein
Rena Mooney
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
George A. Tracy
California
A. F. of
American Federation of Labor
Tracy
Trades Unions of California
A. F. of L
Plans Peace in Industry by Basil M Manly
Basil M Manly argues that labor and capital should jointly frame basic principles for governing industry. He proposes a small council of about 20 Americana, chaired by the president with Commerce and Labor secretaries, to democratize industry and implement president’s message.
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Basil M. Manly
U. S. War Labor Board
Atlantic City
N. 4
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
United States
The Booze Scandal in City Hall as Read by a Poet
A Seattle city booze scandal is staged as a dramatic epic with Judge Tallman and officials recast as chorus and actors. The piece laments civic shame, recounts liquor flowing through courts and offices, and hints at arrests and court actions amid public uproar.
Root says he had copy of the treaty for weeks
Washington June 11 Elihu Root testified before the senate treaty leak inquiry that he received a copy of the peace treaty from Henry F Davison of New York and had held it for several weeks He defended Davisons right to possess and report on the document noting it was published by Germany and thus public property and not secret
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Washington
Elihu Root
Senate
Root
Henry F. Davison
New York
American Red Crows War Council
Germany
Henry T. Davison
War Council of the
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Mr. Davinon
J.P. Morgan
Henry P. Davison
Morgan
Frank A. Vanderlip
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Jacob Schiff
Mess
Schiff
League
Taft
Mipak
Knox
League of Nations
Seonsid
Man in Jail Pays Taxes for President Wilson
A Los Angeles county jail inmate paid delinquent taxes on President Wilsons Indio ranch after a telegram from Secretary Tumulty to G A Fox serving time for fraud sent a personal check to Riverside county tax collectors. Fox explained that while Wilson was in Europe, the payer ensured taxes were kept straight.
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Angeles
Wilson
Indio
Riverside County
Los Angeles County
Joseph P. Tumulty
G A. Fox
Emma G. Walters
Anaheim
Europe
Widow Nets $6000 Verdict for Bus Fatality
Flora Naviet, a widow, was awarded a $6000 verdict by a jury in Superior Judge John Jurey’s court on a Wednesday morning. The defendants are Alvin M. Schoenfeld and wife Fred J. Cole and wife and the Republic Casualty Company. Emile Naviet, the husband, was killed in a fall from a jitney bus at Third Ave and Union St on December 3, with negligence charged against the driver.
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Flora Naviet
Johbn’s. Jurey
Alvin M. Schoenfeld
Fred J. Cole
Republic Casualty Company
Emile Fr. Naviet
Third Ave
Union St
New Chairs for Old
There is a ready market for used furniture. You can sell the discarded pieces stored in your garret and use the money to purchase new furniture to harmonize with your home. Let The Star help you find buyers by telephone as a Want Ad to Main 600.
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The
Star, Main 600
Governor Lister Suffering Apathy and Stable Pulse
Governor Lister's condition remains about the same with increased mental apathy, said his personal physician Dr. Edward P. Fick on Wednesday morning. Vital signs show a pulse of 116, respiration 24, and temperature 99.
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Lister
Edward P. Fick
School Teachers Threaten Strike in San Diego
San Diego, California. June 11. The teachers’ association threatens a strike if new contracts are not offset by a $300 annual salary raise.
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San Diego
Cal
Teachers’ ‘Association
Railroad Men Oppose Reds Say Locomotive Engineers Chief
Des Moines Iowa June 11 24 Wyren Stone grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said American railroad men will not tolerate the I W W and similar fanatical organizations they believe there is no room for enemies in this country while he attends the national meeting of the brotherhood and asserts their opposition to radical groups
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Des Moines
Iowa
Wyren
Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood
Noted Cartoonist Held by Military in Paris
Robert Minor, former New York World cartoonist and writer, was arrested in Paris on Sunday and is now in the custody of American military authorities. Details of the charge and Minor’s location remain under investigation and are not released.
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Military
Paris
Robert Minor
The
New York World
Minor
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