Roosevelt Honored as Possible Candidate for Vice President
Seattle citizens urged Theodore Roosevelt Jr to consider a run for vice president. A national movement would launch if he approves. The appeal, signed by War Parents Association leaders Wil m F. Bickel, Livingston B. Steep, and George F. Danz, cites his war service and family ties. The trio include a lawyer and a steel firm president, all citing Roosevelt’s wartime leadership and public service.
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Seattle
United States
Roosevelt
Washington
Wilm F. Bickel
Livingston B. Steep
George F. Danz
Lyon
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Hoflus Steel and Equipment Com
Roosevelt Jr Declines Comment On Vice President Boom
Lieut. Col. Roosevelt Jr. said there is nothing to say about the vice presidency boom. He has not received the telegram and will respond when appropriate. He just returned from Europe and was discharged from the army and is tending to personal matters.
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Ore Roosevelt, Jr
United Press
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Europe
Price Declines Expected This Week In Key Commodities
March 26 In Washington the government board says prices of basic commodities may fall this week after talks with industries. They aim to reduce costs of coke lumber glass cement hardware and brick through conference outcomes and policy measures.
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Ington
Government Board
Czech forces seize Raab near Budapest amid Hungarian unrest
A Vienna dispatch reports Czech forces occupy Raab on the Danube 67 miles west of Budapest as Hungary forms a Red army for the bourgeoisie. Wekerle is said to have been arrested and all foreigners interned. The revolutionary government tightens control as elections are postponed. Fritz Adler signals worker support for Bolshevism if food can be obtained from outside the Entente. Czecho mobilizes an army at Ostrava to march against Hungarians under General Picconi.
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Raab
Danube
Budapest
Vienna
Frankfurter Zeitung
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Wekerle
Workers’ Council
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Copenhagen
Ostrau
Picconi
Rudolph Kommer
United Press
Berne
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Karl
Rumania
Galicia
Windisch Craetz
Why Leave Clothes to Moths in War Refugee Drive
Mrs. E. T. McCann heads a Red Cross Old Clothes drive at 315 University Way, collecting warm durable garments for seven war ravaged countries. Donors include a discharged soldier and Seattle residents, with a goal of 120 tons to ship overseas, aided by the Seattle chapter's C B Critchton remarks and appeals to help now. Call Elliott 795 or leave at local fire stations.
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University
Beattie
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McCann
Marseilles
France
Belgium
Paris
Seattle
C. B. Critchton
Italy
Serbia
Poland
Greece
Armenia
Alaskan Donation Sparks Sympathy Note to Prisoner
A donor sent a ten dollar bill with a sympathetic note to Ruth Garrison, an 18 year old detainee at the juvenile detention home on Broadway. She awaits a plea in murder charges tied to the Storrs case and hopes to see Dud, while legal moves seek her presence at the Storrs trial in April in Okanogan.
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J. Thomas Teets
Broadway
Ruth Garrison
Miss Garrison
Sheriff Stringer
Grace Storrs
Defendant Is Grilled by Moore at Butterworth Trial
Attorneys for the defense moved for a directed verdict of not guilty on all counts. U S Prosecutor Moore challenged the motion as he grilled Bert Butterworth, the undertaker, who admitted telegrams to families of dead sailors and discussed steel caskets despite a war board order. He described company troubles during the influenza outbreak and his own work as embalmer and coffin trimmer. the case continues.
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Neterer
Bert Butterworth
U. S
Moore
Hert” Butterworth
Ben L. Moore
Ames
Butterworth Company
War Industries Board
Butterworth
Webster Names in American History
The piece highlights Dan Webster as a statesman Noah Webster as the dictionary author and H T Webster as a famed American cartoonist whose work appears daily in The Star. It notes subscription rates 12 cents weekly in town 50 cents monthly in the country and mail rates 1 50 three months 2 75 six months and 5 a year.
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Star
Entente Urged to Act Now to Halt Bolshevism Spread
Prince Windisch Graetz warns that Hungary and Romania form a dam against Bolshevism, urging immediate action by the Entente. He says the Hungarian communist bloc is weak, the dictatorship is of despair, and middle classes shift from Paris to Moscow as danger grows.
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Lord Milner
Budapast
Count Karolyi
Bolsheviet
Hungary
Rumania
Galicia
Europe
Karolyi
Czecho-Slovakia
Serbia
Paris
Moscow
No Jury Yet Obtained in Trial of Wmr. Gottstein
A second trial of Seattle real estate dealer William Gottstein for the murder of John Murray proceeds with jury selection, as peremptory challenges exhaust and several jurors dismissed for cause. Gottstein’s wife and daughter attend, sharing moments of support amid a tense courtroom atmosphere.
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William Gottstein
Seattle
Johnj Murray
Des Moines
Ludwig Jeppason
Eighth Ave
Lida Willason
49Th Ave
Dr. S. Wynn
Hiawatha
Fairmount Ave
Mounday
Bangor Ave
Agnes J. Thompson
Harrison St
FH. P. Hanson
21St Ave
FB. J. Brown
S4th
Albin F. Sundberg
Vashon Island
John J. Burns
U. S, Army
B. L. Dickson
Barber
45Th Ave
S. W
E. T. Evenson
Boylston Ave
Gottstein
Agenot Gottstein
De Valera Skips Dublin Reception Today
Dublin reports indicate Professor Edward De Valera will not attend the public reception planned for him. He has been in hiding since his Lincoln prison escape and was expected to assume duties as head of the new Irish government. In Bern, Hungary, Col. Vix, head of the French mission in Budapest, was slightly wounded during an arrest attempt.
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de Valera
Dublin
Edward de Valera
Lincoln Prison
Berne
Col. Vix
Budapest
Tacoma and Portland Financial Clearing Totals Report
The report lists Tacoma clearings totaling 418,454.00 with 68,832.00 another figure, while Portland shows 1,138,992.00 and 733,774.00 in separate balances. It highlights regional banking balances and intercity cash flow figures.
Egyptian Mob Riots and Looting Across Egypt
State Department advices report peasants uprisings in Egypt with burning crops and buildings. Railways in Minufia destroyed, land company buildings torched, and police overpowered at Zifta where a Turkish flag was raised. Banks, crops, and state property targeted as Bedouins roam countryside.
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Washington
Egypt
State Department
Minufia
Zifta
Department
Saff
British Troops Move to Occupy Assuan in Egypt
London March 26 British troops from the Soudan have been sent to occupy Assuan site of the great Nile dam. Advices from Egypt say troops are now widely distributed across the provinces. War Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Egypt is virtually in a state of insurrection and a large British force must be maintained.
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Soudan
Assuan
Great Nile Dam
Egypt
Churchill
House of Commons
Karolyi Reported Assassinated in Prague Dispatch
Prague dispatch reports former Hungarian premier Count Karolyi assassinated. A Vienna dispatch claimed Karolyi had been arrested by communists. The item reflects a conflict era political drama and likely shifting power in Central Europe.
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London
A_ news
Prague
Count Karolyi
Daily News
Vienna
Karolyi
Bloody fight in Budapest shocks Europe
Berlin dispatch reports brutal street fighting between communists and anti Bolshevik forces in Budapest with many casualties. Guards tightened, nobles reportedly shift support to communists as British and French prisoners concern raises tensions. Central soviet unity questioned amid German opposition and Ludendorff rhetoric draws condemnation.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
Berlin
Budapest
Tevicc
Com
Central Soviet
Ludendorff
Decrees Prohibit Evening Movement and Business in Budapest
Budapest dispatch reports the new Hungarian government orders a 7 p.m. closing hour for theatres and amusements and a ban on liquor sales. Restaurants close at 7 p.m. Bank deposits are restricted and lodging seized for those inadequately housed. Departure from Budapest limited except by special permit.
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Zurich
Budapest
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