Veterans rally to urge Lamping bill reconsideration
Veterans groups meeting at the Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Seattle urged the senate to reconsider the Lamping bill, opposing the Veterans Welfare act as beggar- favoring and pressing for fighter entitlement to civilian life. The jeering crowd backed a resolution calling for reconsideration and condemned the act as pauperizing veterans.
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State Senate
Russ Simonton
Naval Reserve
Veterans’ Welfare Act
Lfe
Vote as a Citizen to Choose Seattle Council Members
The Star urges voters to judge candidates by merit, not union status. It argues Proctor is closest to citizen standards, while Moore Thomson and Fitzgerald deserve consideration for their proven service, urging unity and square dealing for all Seattle interests.
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Proctor
Levi
Gallant
Thomson, Moore and Fitzgerald
Seattle
Moore, Thomson
Fitzgerald
Star
The
Hesketh
Bolton
Portland to Round Up Radicals and Propagandists
Portland March 4 Chief of Police Johnson announces a vigorous campaign to round up all L W W and dangerous propagandists. Officials will deport noncitizen radicals. The drive follows H M Wicks former local Soviet president who said I am a first class revolutionist and many such men were here during the war but too cowardly to carry out plans.
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Portland
L W. W
Johnson
H. M. Wicks
Largest Northwest audience listens for your message
Publication notes a broad Northwest audience and offers advertising terms with a base rate of 9 cents per line, plus lower rates available on contract.
New York Harbor Shut by Boatmen Strike
New York harbor and river craft halted as 16 000 Marine Workers' Affiliation members quit at 6 a m. Ferries stopped and tube train service quit in sympathy while government craft were exempt. Strikers demand eight hour day 30 percent wage raise and time and a half overtime leaders reject war labor board award.
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York Harbor
Marine Workers
Jersey
Hudson
War Labor Board
Ford Eagle boats cleared in government contract probe
Washington March 4 senate committee investigating the Ford Eagle boat contracts reports no charge against the government or the Ford company is sustained by the inquiry. The statement signals a clear record for both sides as the panel concludes its review.
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Washington
Senate
Ford Eagle
Ford Company
Wilson says 37 senators pledge to defeat league plan
President Wilson denounces obstruction by a group in the Senate and says 37 senators vow to block the league of nations in its present form. The count, four more than needed to defeat ratification, follows bitter talks as Lodge reads the signatories and Democrats refrain from protest.
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L. C. Martin
United Press
Washington
Maron
Wilson
France
Senate
League of Nations
At & A.m
League
United States
Lodge
Swanson
Virginia
Trammer
Florida
Congress Dies Amid Filibuster Ended by Wilson
Washington March 4 The 65th congress ended at noon as a Senate filibuster collapsed after a speech begun at 7 30 am Sherman Illinois led a long night of obstruction. President Wilson signed last minute appropriations and faced a looming extra session while bills on army navy and other major programs stalled.
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Senate
Sherman
Ilinois
Capitol
American Congress
Wilson
District of Columbia
Army
Navy
Mexico Allows New Oil Law With Damages Payment
Mexico City March 4 The government favors paying all just damages from the revolution and settling foreign debts. It also aims to amend the confiscatory oil law. A banquet to American newspaper men disclosed that Luia Cabrera authorized Robert Pesquira to say the state will recognize ownership rights of subsoil in properties bought before the new constitution.
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Mexico City
Robert Pesquira
Luia Cabrera
The Largest Audience in the Northwest Reads Star Want Ads
Star newspaper notes draw the region’s biggest readership to classified ads. A growing number of buyers and sellers rely on the Star for timely notices from households, jobs, and goods. Community readers engage with local listings daily.
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Northwest
Star
President Wilson Still Not Calling Extra Session
Washington officials state President Wilson remains firm against dissolving Congress for an extra session. Secretary Tumulty reiterates the president has not altered his stated intentions despite the Senate Republicans action.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
White House
Tota
Tumulty
Want 42nd Men to Help Put Over the New Victory Loan
Secretary Glass asked Secretary Baker to speed the return of the 42nd Rainbow division to enable participation in the Victory Loan campaign. The return is now set for April 26, with a request to move it up at least ten days. Homecoming days are planned in Rainbow regiments' native cities during the loan drive. Loan speakers from the division are to tour the country.
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Glass
Baker
Rainbow
The
Treasury
Rainbow Division
President Wilson to Sign Recess Appointments
President Wilson will sign recess appointments for A. Mitchell Palmer as attorney general and John Skelton Williams as comptroller of the currency in Hoboken New Jersey tonight before boarding the George Washington. Senate had not confirmed them before adjournment.
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Wilson
A. Mitchell Palmer
John Skelton Williams
Hoboken
N. J
George Washington
White House
Senate
Teutons Continue Anti Government Movements
In Copenhagen on March 4, reports say the anti government movement in Germany persists despite government nationalization propaganda. Disputed notes from Berlin today describe ongoing unrest and public discontent.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Dis
Senator Thomle and the Lamping bill at Olympia
Everett senator Thomle faced the fate of a crucial vote on the Lamping bill as thousands of veterans gathered at the Soldiers and Sailors club. The American Legions of Liberty urged Thomle to stand firm against fake reports and to support soldiers relief measures, stating their pride without begging.
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H. H. Murray
Thomle
Everett
Senate
Magnus Thomle
Olympia
Lamping
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Club
American Legions of Liberty
Seattle
Senator Thomle
Youngest State Senator Moenee Thomle Faces A Downcast Day
STAR BUREAU reports Olympia March 4 where the youngest state senator Moeneo Thomle arrived smiling then became dazed and unhappy as the scene in the capitol revealed harsher realities. Once dubbed The Baby Senator by older colleagues he laughed and joked through weeks in the back row but today the mood turned somber amid the chamber’s politics and pressures.
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Olympia
Star Bureau
State Capitol
Canitesx
Lengthy State Legislature Deadlock Over Soldier Bonus Bill
The happiest man in state politics appears dazed as the envote on the Lamping soldier compensation bill failed to pass. After weeks of partisan fighting and the longest legislative debate, the senate reached a deadlock on Monday, killing a measure that would have compensated every returned service member in cash.
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Thomle
Senate
Thomle May Move on Olympia Lamping Bill
Sen Thomle signals possible move to reconsider the Lamping bill as March session advances. Sen Magnus Thomle, under pressure from Joe Smith and a political ring seeking to defeat the bill, contemplates voting to pass the Lamping measure. Smith says plans aim to raise 5 million dollars via a poll tax on ages 21 to 50 to fund veterans welfare and repay prior appropriations.
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Olympia
Magnus Thomle
Ton
Joe Smith
Appropriations Committee
Thomb
Smith
Veterans’ Welfare Commission
Sion
Union Leaders Meet McBride Over Shipyard Strike
International union chiefs and shipyard locals met Henry McBride at the Richmond hotel to discuss ending the shipyard strike and expediting a back-to-work vote. Dr. J L Marshall, federal wage mediator, may be involved in arranging a Sound conference.
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International
Iivol
Henry McBride
Shipping Board
Richmond Hotel
Fourth Ave
Main St
McBride
JL. Marshall
P Sound
Train Collision Kills Three In Los Angeles
A Beach Pacific Electric train struck an automobile early today in Los Angeles. Three people died Louis M. Libbey W B Sa and George Richards all shipowners employed at San Pedro and living in Los Angeles. Two others were self injured.
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Los Angeles
Beach Pacific Electric
Louis M. Libbey
W. B. Sa
George Richards
San Pedro
Storm warnings ordered as Southeast braces for gales
Weather officials ordered storm warnings to be displayed at 8 a.m. Tuesday as a system moves rapidly from the north Pacific Ocean. The storm is expected to bring moderate to fresh south easterly gales across the Southeast.
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North
Pacific Ocean
Whisky Heist Ties to Spring Weather Debate
A theft at Springfield involves a box car robbery where 64 quarts of whisky and 14 raincoats were stolen. The incident occurs amid a national dry or wet weather discussion, noted by a local preparedness fan.
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