25 Mar 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1919
Page
1
The Star invites Seattle schoolchildren to write about what makes them glad and compete for 25 prize seat pairs to the Pollyanna show at the Metropolitan for a five day run. Entries must include name age address and school and be received by 10 a.m. Friday.
Seattle estate dealer William Gottstein appeared in court for his second trial on murder charges in the Des Moines woods case. The long juror examination continued under Judge Calvin S Hall as Gottstein showed composure between his attorney and wife, greeting friends and kissing his daughter during a recess.
Clearings total 85,618,726.75 with balances of 1,223,608.77. Regional figures show Spokane Tacoma Portland with respective clearings and balances. figures include 1,222,727.00 and 348,384.00 for clearings and 1,112,794.00 and 427,289.00 for balances. A final line lists 4 ANT 27200 707 599.00.
Far Eastern bureau releases Shanghai cable saying the Japanese American clash has been settled though soldiers may still fight if they meet. The message was relayed through San Francisco dated March 19.
In Los Angeles on March 25 the ongoing influenza recurrence is described as growing more serious, signaling rising illness in the city.
President Wilson pressed peace delegates to hurry the conference in response to Bolshevik expansion westward. British monitors arrived at Budapest after being fired on, martial law in Hungary bans liquor with steep fines, and ex-prisoners fleeing Russia reportedly spread Bolshevik propaganda among peasants.
London editors warn that central and eastern Europe inch toward division and Bolshevik influence as peace talks stall. A Moscow-Russia rapprochement rumor follows Germany’s mission to Moscow, while The Times notes the league of nations is the conferees’ main, flawed vehicle for postwar terms and criticizes non essential elements slowing progress.
Merlin March 23. The Russian and Hungarian soviet governments call for a world wide uprising of the proletariat. Lenin reportedly objects to an armed Bolshevik crusade, preferring propaganda and money with foreign proletariat support.
Americans in Budapest, Capt. Nicholas Roosevelt and Professor Philip Brown of Princeton, are reported in official roles. Advices indicate Roosevelt may be en route to Vienna while Brown remains in Budapest.
A Seattle mother recalls her son Nevile in France where he writes of building roads for the French under soldiers pay. The piece argues veterans deserve honorable discharges as mothers and families grieve and question why their boys are not home after the war.
Spartacans in Berlin vow a third revolution before April first aided by Russian Bolsheviks. They seek a general Bolshevist uprising across Central Europe and are stockpiling weapons and food in secret rendezvous. A minority favors delaying until after the Soviet congress with hope to win workers to their side.
American and Allied troops must be rushed into Hungary at once to avert Bolshevik spread into Western Europe. The peace conference notes Hungary’s collapse and alliance with Russia, urging heavy reinforcements and faster talks with Germany to ease the blockade.
Dr R K C Swinburne naval medical adviser testifies he inspected bodies of sailors but not coffins in a breach of government contract case against G M Butterworth. Witnesses include undertaker M H Wallace and Navy personnel as defense seeks proof of government inspection of metal lined hermetically sealed caskets. courtroom sparsity noted as testimony proceeds in Seattle federal court.
Ruth Garrison, a juvenile held on a murder-related charge, is denied candy and flowers after she confessed to placing poison in a fruit cocktail. Sheriff Stringer and Judge Dykeman restrict visits and orders to keep the prisoner separate, with limited contact and no celebratory gifts. Dudley M. Storrs, husband of the murdered woman, arrives amid custody questions.
Paris reports a crisis in Siberia as railway employes strike over wages. The government has allied military law and mobilization of workers is feared. A general strike is threatened with eighty five percent of men unemployed due to lack of trials.
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