Plan to Import Chinese Coolies Faces Labor Opposition
Secret State Jordan's trip to Oregon and Washington aims to gauge sentiment on importing Chinese coolies to ease farm labor shortages. Labor leaders denounce the plan as slavery and oppose any Asiatic labor admission. They warn against returning to serfdom and vow to boycott such labor if allowed.
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Secre
Jordan
Oregon
Washington
Jor
San Francisco
Bina Wateravion of
Secretary of State
Murphy
Federation of Labor
United Press Today
Icer
Scharrenburg
State Federation
California
Actor Hero Nominated for Diamond Medal in World War I Heroics
Leonard N. Vannell of 1536 18th Ave earned Croix de Guerre and Distinguished Service Medal for two World War I exploits. He led seven doughboys at St Mihiel, capturing 28 Germans and three heavy guns, then crawled from a shell hole with a wounded officer under fire before suffering a lasting arm and leg injury.
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Washington
Leonard N. Vannell
18Th Ave
Elmer J. Noble
American Legion
Vannell
161St
St. Mihiel
France
Labor Leader Opposes Importation of Cheap Labor
Coates, former vice president of the state's Federation of Labor, spoke today against importing cheap labor including Chinese or Japanese workers. He warned admission would lead to attempts to keep them out and endanger American workers' living standards.
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Coates
Federation of Labor
Japanese deny manor charges in Pacific wireless dispute
Tokyo based Oriental Steamship Company refutes charges that the Siberia Maru willfully blocked wireless lanes while a disabled American ship sought to reach the coast. A letter to the U.S. customs radio inspector claims Manoa failed to relay the situation promptly and that Siberia Maru's operator, an Imperial government staffer, acted within standard practice.
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San Francisco
Nov
United Preas
Toyo Kisen Katsha
Oriental Steamship Company
United States Custom House
Manoa
Siberia Maru
Lowden for President Booster Group Forms in Dinola
In Dinola a booster organization of 1,000 Republicans supports Governor Lowden for president though his consent is not sought. The group says they intend to “put him over” for the nomination.
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Chicago
Lord Loves cheerful givers across all people
A universal affirmation praises generosity with no specific events or entities named.
Japanese Wireless Hogs Prevent S O S From American Ship
San Francisco dispatch reports that Japanese liner Siberia Maru blocked urgent distress calls from the freighter Diablo for three days. Major Dillon says high powered Japanese wireless, tied to ambassador Shidehara's traffic, jammed sea air and ignored international law, crippling U S. signals and risking disaster.
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S.O.S
Ban Francisco
Pacific
A. Bt. Dillon
U. S
Washington
K. Shidehara
United States
Manoa
Shidehara
Edgewine
Dillon
Seattle
Honolulu
Realty Market Lively Says Halloran on Demand Rise
William Halloran of Carter MacDonald Miller notes a renewed realty upswing with higher demand for vacant lots in Queen Anne and affordable homes on easy terms. He cites rental pressures, growing suburbs along Lake Burton car line, and Southwest Seattle as a favorable center for small-mean buyers.
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William Halloran
Carter, MacDonald & Miller, Inc
Queen Anne
G. Kinnear Company
Seattle
J. W. Wheeler
West & Wheeler
Lake Burton
16Th Ave. S. W
Henderson St
Goodfellow
H. A. Goodfellow
West Side
Thirty Fifth Ave
Wilhelm's Picture Offends in School
In Germany, protests over removing Hohenzollern portraits from schools lead the ministry to order only portraits of the ex-plainer and ex-crown prince removed. Icons of historic importance such as Hindenburg Wedding en, the submarine commander who sank Hogue Aboukir and Cressy, Frederick the Great and the Kaiser will stay.
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Tmerlin
Griefawald
Stettin
Hohenzollern
Ministry of Public Worship
Hindenburg
Weddingen
Hogue
Aboukir
Cressy
Frederick the Great
Kaiser
Japanese Driver Strike Shuts United Dye Works
The United Dye Works at 1316 Eighth Ave faces a strike after it allegedly insists on employing a Japanese driver. American drivers withdrew and a director reportedly said the firm would favor Japanese workers if forced to choose between Japanese and union men. The move echoes labor tensions across many cities in the state.
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United Dye Works
Eighth Ave
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