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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1919
Page
5
Berlin dispatches report March 6 that the German cabinet agreed to constitutional recognition of the soviets as economic controllers of labor and production. A concession was also made for immediate socialization of industries as part of efforts to end the revolution crisis.
The Seattle Central Labor Council endorses a reconstruction plan for the American Federation of Labor. The measure proposes a referendum to reframe the federation constitution giving executive powers to 12 international representatives and allowing industry wide voting on strikes.
All Minnesotans are invited to the midwinter frolic of the Gopher club at the W. O. W. hall Fourth and Marion at p.m. Saturday. Entertainers from the Gopher state are urged to send in their names to hate Nash, 1200 Recond ave. Elliott vs Music dancing and refreshments are on the slate.
In Olympia a Senate debate opened over Myers bill to regulate strike voting and place county facilities under union control. Proponents say the law protects the public and helps workers, while opponents warn of costs and delays and question study sufficiency. Workers plan mass meetings Friday in Oakland and Monday in Golden Gate Park.
Hundreds of people welcomed the 69th as they marched from the station with a silk banner reading We’re Glad You’re Back. The Knights of Pythias band led the parade while locals like Josiah Collins and Frank Gates organized a lively reception.
In Olympia March 6 a quarrel between Senator Dick Hutchinson and the house rules committee endangers substitute senate bill No 6 for statewide quarantine of vice disease preachers. The bill sits in rules after Hutchinson demanded calendar placement and leaders blocked a vote. Government officers urge enactment to shield the public from vice disease ravages.
Los Angeles police search the city for a man described as the man with the tin dinner pail posing as a working man who has received a job completion check. Dozens of small groceries have cashed his counterfeit checks.
Special Assistant to the Attorney General Reames reports over 29,000 draft law violators in Washington. Most violations are technical, with many willful cases to be prosecuted. Hinman Folsom and Capt Irvin Zieghaus review files in Olympia as KJ. The sentence for a conviction on willful violations is up to one year in county jail.
City officials predict Puget Sound Traction system will be operated by April 1. Forty four days left before turnover. company faces 400 dollar daily fine for delay. Supreme Court upheld the transfer ordinances in detail, including bond interest priority on gross earnings.
London dispatches report a grimmer German scene than official notes show. Chancellor Scheidemann’s forces are described as limited to 36,000 under War Minister Noake, while Munich is said to be controlled by Russian Bolsheviks aided by demobilized soldiers and troop mobs.
County commissioners plan a trip to Kitsap county Saturday to seek resident views on ferry terminal site. Some favor Southwick or Harper, others Colby, citing wind shelter. Starting point disputed between Seattle waterfront and Fauntleroy district. New ferry will carry 25 to 26 autos and about 500 passengers.
If you value your watch, let Haynes repair it. Near Liberty theatre.
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