10 Nov 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
1
A bustling old city vignette notes signboards urging sugarless cubes, cafe crowds against cube sugar trends, and diners at lunch palaces. It laments dry French pastries shipped far from Paree, praises the sea serpent taxidermy window crowds, and muses on advertising's reach and irony.
About 40 to 45 percent of Seattle tailors return to work Monday under terms offering a $40 minimum for a 4 hour week, up from $36 for 44 hours previously. The Seattle Merchant Tailors' association, with 43 firms, planned reopenings on an open shop basis.
A brief note promotes a weekly contest offering free tickets at Clemmer. It urges readers to think up rhymes and visit the Classifieds page for contest details. The message says the classifieds reveal real farm bargains and invites daily scanning for the exact listing.
In Spokane at the First United Presbyterian church last night Mormons disrupted a service aiming to turn it into a debate. Pastor Dr. W A Stevenson condemned the invaders as profane and adulterous and accused them of polygamy. A congregant shouted that they deny it. Stevenson's safety escort home followed.
Walter P. Cockrill, 21, accused of desertion from Camp Lewis and abducting his 15 year old sweetheart, was arrested on Western Ave by Deputy Sheriff C. H. Beebe. The girl’s father may drop the abduction charge to seek annulment. Cockrill to Camp Lewis for court martial. Father believed to be in Tacoma.
The author argues postwar optimism faded as labor and capital clash over hours wages and collective bargaining. He warns injunctions and repressive laws fail to resolve strikes, urging an American approach with the public as a decisive voice to settle disputes affecting all citizens.
A casual kick at a package along a wood path near Fort Lee led a police sergeant to uncover a stash worth about 35000 dollars. Federal agents opened the package and found 165 bottles containing heroin codeine and other drugs.
Ed Easton slept in room 29 at Hotel Forest on Sunday night and awoke to find his trousers missing with $125 in the rear pocket. Police were notified Monday morning.
Jack Dalton pleaded guilty to stealing 31 chickens from Patrolman J. Byers. The incident occurred June 18 before Superior Judge John Jurey. Sentence was deferred and Dalton was fined 150 dollars last spring for stealing rabbits.
Federal and city raids target radical HQs and 74 alleged radicals. Half held for deportation, others face state and federal charges. James Larkin arrested for weapon possession. Lusk says John Reed aided the Chicago communist party and is en route to Russia.
Seattle plans a large Armistice Day parade and post events to honor fallen servicemen. Governor Hart and Mayor Fitzgerald back a paid tribute at 11 am, with a veterans procession on Third Avenue and a Crystal Pool smoker and vaudeville program hosted by Roosevelt post. Notables include Charles Winders, Col. Inglis, and Navy personnel among the featured participants.
Striking coal miners gathered in Indianapolis to decide whether to recall the nationwide strike by 6 o clock tomorrow night or defy the federal injunction. A F of L endorsed full support for the miners, including funds, amid a confrontation with federal authority and debate over court actions.
In Indianapolis a meeting of executive council and district presidents weighed compliance with a federal injunction vs defying it. Supporters argued railroads would return to private control and Lever act would not bind post peace, while opponents warned a withdrawal could spark lawlessness without strike leaders restraining action.
A November blizzard disrupted telegraph links from San Francisco to the East and cut coast to eastern connections. Denver reports seven inches of snow as storms rage near Sherman Hill between Rawlins and Cheyenne. Portland also loses Eastward lines with only one southern route remaining to San Francisco.
Dents who served during the war will have a place in the parade led by Dean John F. Condon. Every school in Seattle will be closed Tuesday in honor of the day. University classes will be dismissed for the day at 10 30 o clock Tuesday. The Broadway evening school will remain closed Tuesday night.
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