Political alliance talked to unite miners and labor in France
Tension grows as Allied leaders await a response while plans for a railway farmers and labor political alliance intensify. State Federation officials parade potential candidates including McCabe, Russell, Short, and Miller as they mobilize for the 1920 election. Page sixteen continues.
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France
Matum
Edgar Wheeler
Bellingham
Farmers Ord Railwaymen
Federation of Labor
Fenere Cis Ieee Ke Toe
State Federation of Labor
H. Forest Hudson
Railwaymen's Political League
Railwaymen
Organized Labor
William Beck
State Grange
Fred Chamberlain
Puyallup
The
Grange
McCabe
United States
Tom Russell
Tacoma
William Short
Russell
Short
United Mine Workers
A. E. Miller
Seattle
Miller
Grand jury begins whisky theft inquiry after airshaft find
Prospective witnesses, including unnamed figures, were kept confidential as the grand jury case on whisky thefts proceeds. Prosecutors Brown and John H. et A staff conferred long after a June 4 incident at the county city building, with one recovered case of 26 quarts used as demonstration before jurors.
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Witnever
Fred ©. Brown
John BH
Wit. Nesees
Ernest Lister
Tacoma
Brown
Grand Jury
County City
Frank T. Gordon
Clay Allen
Speeders face jail as city clamps down on fast driving
Judge John B. Gordon announced harsher penalties for speeders in police court Tuesday morning. A sliding scale fines offenders $5 per mile over the limit with aggravated cases possible jail terms. Motorcycles will be held for 15 days, and three bikes will be parked in the police garage. Thirty three arrests were reported from Monday afternoon to Tuesday noon, including a mayoral arrest by Ole Hanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gordon
Gordon
J. A. de Rousse
de Rousse
A. Mort
C. A. Purcell
Ingwald Newgard
G. F. Reynolds
Ole Hanson
Carl
Peace or war looms as German peace delegates head to Versailles
Paris dispatch notes tense mood as Count Von Brothdorff Rantzau travels with 73 delegates to present the allies' reply to the German counter proposals. Berlin signals no agreement without major treaty changes and observers fear a potential Allied invasion plan across routes from Dusseldorf to Ulm if peace fails.
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Fred L. Ferguson
United Press
Paris
Count von Brothdorff- Rantzau
Weimar
National Assembly
Versailles
Hotel Des Reservoirs
France
United B
Vance
Germany
Marshal Foch
Swiss
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Minden
Westphalia
Allied Forces Hit Petrograd Near Capital
Allied forces breach Petrograd outer defenses and advance on the city. Kronstadt naval base shelled and set afire. Bolshevik warships surrender to the British squadron. Krasnaya Gorka fortress and several forts hoist white flags as 22,000+ Bolshevik prisoners are reported along with gun and equipment captures.
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Stockholm
United Press
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Kronstadt
Krasnaya Gorka
Summer Has Come Says Weather Man
Weather forecaster Salisbury reports a full consignment of sun rays arrived Tuesday for Beattle consumption with another cargo due Wednesday. The Leatherwright notes the arrival as a bang announcing summer.
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Weather Man
Offlal
Salisbury
Leatherwright
Boy Hurt in Crash Is Much Improved
Bradford Ripley an 18 year old messenger at 415 Bellevue Ave N is listed in the city hospital with a severe concussion from a motorcycle collision with a heavy truck driven by F Hofferberger of the American Express Co at Second Ave and Pineast Monday afternoon His condition is not believed serious
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Bradford Ripley
Bellevue Ave. N
Second Ave
Pineast
F. Hofferberger
American Express Co
Phone Operators to Meet Tonight in Seattle
All Seattle telephone operators urged to attend an open mass meeting at Norway hall 2015 Foren Ave at 8 p m Tuesday in an appeal by May Duffy business agent of the local hello girls union. The company posted notice of a new association of employees and May Duffy called it bad faith in Burleson’s order recognizing the unions. A strike remains uncertain.
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Seattle
Norway Hall
Foren Ave
May Duffy
Hello Girls Union
Burleson
Mies Duffy
It’s Fun It’s Easy Jingle Contest Teases Prizes
A rhyme contest promises cash prizes and Clemmer Theatre tickets. Start with the line IT tried to find a furnished flat and add three more lines to make a jingling verse. See particulars on page 3.
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Clemmer Theatre
City Raises Bricks for Mother Ryther Home
Seattle launches a fundraising drive to build a new brick and stone home for Mother Ryther, guardian of destitute children and homeless mothers. A parade on Wednesday will honor volunteers and invite $1 brick donations to cover 150,000 bricks. The plan culminates at Stoneway and 42nd Ave to break ground.
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Lorraine
Germany
Ulm
Ryther
Seattie
Hyther
Mother Ryther
Seattle
Stoneway
Parade
Liberty Loan
Second Ave
Cherry St
Mother Ruther
Blanchard At
Chad Ballard
Firet
Second Aves
Hello Girls Strike Shuts SF Telephone Exchange
Thousands of San Francisco workers walk off the job as telephone operators demand a wage scale of 2 to 4 dollars daily, union recognition, and protection from retaliation. The sympathy strike spreads to Sacramento San Jose Vallejo Santa Rosa Merced Stockton, with 400 Pacific Telephone linemen included.
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San Francisco
United Press
Hello, Central
Hello Girls
Los Angeles
Preas Association
California
Sacramento
San Jose
Vallejo
Santa Rosa
Mrcano
Stockton
Pacificelephone & Telegraph Company
Charles Catrleon Arrested In 116 Case Faces Court Tuesday
Charles Catrleon was arrested on a builder's fraud charge and to appear in court Tuesday morning. Federal Judge Neterer ordered a $25 forfeiture as part of the proceedings.
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Charlies Catrleon
Neterer
Winnipeg Raids Strike Leaders Force Deportation Act
United Press reports wholesale arrests of general strike leaders in Winnipeg Manitoba as Royal Northwest Mounted Police raid the Labor temple and seize literature. Prominent leaders are held at Stony Mountain penitentiary under tight guard while Ottawa-backed deportation powers are invoked against aliens and British-born trouble makers.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
United Press
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Labor Temple
Ottawa
All Street Cars Stop One Minute to Honor Lister
Street cars in Seattle halted for one minute at 1 30 p m Tuesday to pay tribute to Ernest Lister 22d governor of Washington whose funeral occurred in Tacoma Business leaders paused work for 15 minutes at the request of the Chamber of Commerce and many firms held brief memorial observances from 1 90 to 2 30 p m The pattern is likely to come off in a patched up quarrel.
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Tacoma
Ernest Lister
First Methodist Church
Washington
Muale
Orpheus Club of
Lister
Seattle
Mimploves
Chamber of Commerce
House Committee Favors Prohibition Repeal Vote Falls
The House judiciary committee rejected repeal of war time prohibition as it affects light wines and beer by a 10 to 3 vote. The action leaves wartime alcohol rules unchanged pending further debate in Congress.
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House Committee
Washington
United Press
House Judiciary Committee
Prohibition Repeal as Rider in Senate
Senator Phelan of California plans to attach repeal of war time beer and wine prohibition to the agricultural appropriation bill in the senate He will seek suspension of senate rules to take up the proposal.
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Washington
United Press
Phelan
California
Senate
Still Seek Robber Who Shot Woman in Seattle Robbery
Police continue search for three men involved in a robbery and shooting at 1600 Seattle Bird on Saturday morning. Mrs David Westman died and William Engelke, house proprietor, was robbed of 300 dollars. Charles Turner, 26, was arrested but released after Lila Wayne identified him as not being one of the trio.
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Seattle
Bird
David Westman
William Engelke
Charles Turner
Lila Wayne
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Hans
Berlin
Foch
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Henry Wood
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By Blehnell
S. F
Gov. Lister
Press Association
Henry Suzzallo
RR. H. Shuett
B. F. Brooks
Sedro-Woolley
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Julius A. Zittell
Spokane
James Allen
Olympia
James W. Brislawn
Frank M. Lamb
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
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