German plants seized by workers amid Berlin unrest
German workers seized a metal factory in Berlin and took control of a gas plant in the north, forming a Soviet at the site. Police surrounded the factory as fires were extinguished and production halted. The move followed government ultimatums and reflected growing radical influence among labor groups in Germany.
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Berlin
Simul
Planta
Italy
Thies
Germany
North Side
Hal
The
Soviet
Altho
Girls and Dope Slavery from Seattle Star Text
A 24 year old woman recounts three years of drug addiction starting with dope and opium. She describes early experimentation for fun, moral decline, prostitution of herself, hospital confinement, and resolve not to take a single shot for money. She notes a sister will publish her story.
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Ters
Seattle Star
San Francisco
Dora Mtella
Talks With His Hands New York Fight Subdues Suspect
Emanuel WDesta, accused of fighting, used sign language during arraignment. Nine patrolmen, detectives, and two other men restrained him. The incident in New York and Nevada highlights the struggle to manage the defendant.
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New York
Nev
Emanuel Wdesta
Armistice Parade Breaks Up as Sinn Fein Faction Fires
An Armistice day parade in Bely Art was disrupted when alleged Sinn Feiners opened fire on flag bearers. Shots were exchanged, wounding several people on both sides. The incident disrupted ceremonies and prompted authorities to review security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Business Partners Wanted for Desirable Partnerships
The Star offers an unusual opportunity for reliable people seeking partnership arrangements. The Want Ad column is a clearing house of demand and supply for business connections read daily by thousands of men seeking cooperative service and profit through confident, harmonious collaboration.
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Ccredit
the Star
The
Star
Red Cross Membership Roll Call In Seattle Campign
Armistice day marks a city wide Red Cross drive led by Mrs David J Grant. The Seattle chapter with 65 000 members targets 100 percent renewal through mail in the business district and a city wide effort by 4 000 women. Union labor backs the push as dues fund health work veterans and visiting nurses.
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Mre
David J. Grant
Red Cross
Roll Call
Seattle
Grant
Bualnege
Ite
Red Crone
Red Crome General
University St
The
Red Crown
Great Humanitarian Institution
NED
Seattle Central Labor Council
Labor Council
William H. Utter
War Heroes Decorated in Seattle
Six Marines and one machine gun battalion member received the fourragere for gallantry in World War I. Names include William M. Canty Eatonville Ralph Newton Raymond Carr Mercer Island and others from Fifth and Sixth Marines. They earned citations for bravery in Belleau Wood Chateau Thierry the Champagne and Argonne. Carr and Canty survived brutal frontline action October 1918 and 1914-18 battles.
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Prange
United States Marines
Belleau Wood
Chateau Thierry
Champagne
Argonne
William M. Canty
Batonville
Ralph BE. Newton
Latona Ave
Raymond F.,carr
Mercer Island
John RE. Dillon
Corlia
Clyde Brandon
Xedam
Claude BE. Smith
Yakima
Carr
Canty
Eatonville
Fifth Regiment
Blanc Montridge
St. Bilenne
Meuse
St. Etienne
Blanc Mont
8&T. Etienne
Comral
Missing Swedish Man, 90, Unidentified in City Hospital
A 90 year old Swedish man, unnamed and unable to speak clearly, is found in a gutter and brought to the city hospital. Police search for his identity or relatives, with Bremen to Bremerton connections and a possible resident at a county poor farm yielding no match. Officers relay the case to Bremerton authorities, but no confirmation arises. The hospital lacks space to hold him long, and no missing person report fits his description.
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Olav Jonasson
Olavus Kall
Altho
Henry Mork
Police Protective Division
The
Star Thursday
Mork
Althe
Mara
Kali
Karil
City Hospital
Bremerton
Seattle
Mark
Lena
Jonasson
Karl
Hiremerton
County Poor Farm
A Jonasson
Welfare Department
King County
Kall
Fifteen Students Discontinued After University Warnings
Fifteen students at the university have been asked to discontinue their attendance following the recorder's office action after issuing 704 conditions and warnings for poor work. The move comes as a consequence of widespread academic struggles amid heavy college workload.
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Recorder’s Office
Recorder Stone
Lamping Likely to Seek Seattle Port Board Seat
State Senator George B. Lamping probably will file for port commissioner before week’s end to succeed T. S. Lippy, whose term ends next month. A petition with 1000 prominent citizens urges him to run, citing the port’s importance as a Pacific Northwest hub with cold storage, grain elevators and warehouses. Lamping says he is considering the move and will announce soon.
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George B. Lamping
T. S. Lippy
Senator Lamping
Lamping
Park Board
Port Commission
Seattle
Pacific
Senate
Lathping
Girl Killed in Automobile Collision on Puyallup Highway
Katherine Baker, 17, died instantly when the car she rode in with four men was struck and driven into a ditch by another vehicle on the Puyallup highway in Tacoma. The other driver fled the scene. his identity is unknown.
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Tacoma
Katherine Baker
Puyallup Highway
Auto Runs Over Cow On Beacon Avenue
Mrs. N Menich of 4506 39th Ave reports a speeding auto ran over her cow on Beacon Ave. The vehicle number given was 6748. Police records show license 6708 issued to Hibbard and Stewart Co. of 1210 Western Ave.
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N. Menich
39Th Ave
Beacon Ave
Japan to reopen race equality at League conference
Tokyo reported that Japan will press the race equality issue at the League of Nations general conference. The Asahi Shimbun said the government has cabled complete instructions to its Geneva delegation.
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Tokyo
Japan
League of Nations
Asahi Shimbun
Geneva
Send-off for Oregon-Washington football team heads to Eugene
The Oregon Washington depot buzzed with hundreds of men and women students as they gave a rousing send-off to the football squad on its way to Eugene Oregon for the game Saturday.
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Oregon-Washington
Eugene
Oregon
Vaccination Protest By Milton Mother Over School Policy
Mrs. B Caroline Strand of the Milton apartments led a protest Friday against what she called an attempt by city health officials to force smallpox vaccination on public school pupils. Her two daughters were sent home from Central School after refusing vaccination, she said, urging that parents should not have children lose study time.
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B. Caroline Strand
Milton Apartments
Wall Street Bomb Was Meant for Volk Job Blast
The Evening World links the September Wall Street explosion to a wrecking project at the Volk job near Morgan office. It cites Housewreckers Local 95, Brindell and Volk as central figures, alleging revenge motives and mass intimidation of Zaranko men amid payoffs and threats.
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New York
Evening World Today
Wall Street
Morgan
Fice
Wreckers' Union Local No. 95
Building Trades Council, Dockers and Housewreckers’ Union
Evening World
Brindell
Vork
James Reilly
Inspection and Entertainment
Old House Wreckers
Volk
Brindell Union
Zaranko
Old Union
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