Centralia Labor Council Denounces Violence Over Massacre
Centralia Labor Council resolutions condemn violence in industrial disputes and pledge to pursue lawful methods. They frame the Centralia massacre as the result of outrages by local business men and urge Americans to uphold constitutional rights while confronting lawbreaking. Signatures include E. B. Ault J. A. McCorkle and F. C. Milling ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Central Labor Council
J. W. W. Hall
E. B. Ault
Ion Record
J. A. McCorkle
Pre Alliance
Port Commission
F. C. Millington
Seattle Rent Hogs Bill Killed By City Council
Mayor Fitzgerald’s emergency rent control ordinance failed as Councilmen Erickson Haas led six to kill the measure. Support came from Bolton Carroll Drake Hesketh Moore Lane. Thomson was absent. Critics warned a referendum would block any 30 day passage.
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Fitzgerald
Seattle
Oliver T. Erickson
A. F. Haas
Bolton
Carroll
Drake
Hesketh
Moore
Lane
Thomson
Thomason
Haas
Erickson
Althe
Friends
Corporation Counsel's Office
Military funeral stories and I W W tension in Centralia conflict
Reports detail an armed clash between I W W activists and American Legion marchers in Centralia with four veterans killed and several wounded. Investigations show red gunfire from I W W rooms and a lynching inquiry into a man known as Brick Smith, while prosecutors seek links to I W W leaders and a broader county round-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Nolan
Burnett
Centralia
Kopla
Nay Decker
I. W. W. Hall
Hertillon
Majerus
Tacoma
American Legion
Ityak Jalkobowics
Jack Susman
Jack Suseman
Edward B. Rhodes
Camp Lewis
I W. W
Chehalis Bridge
David Livingston
Christensen
Herman Allen
Justice of the Peace
Charles Ho
N. W. Mills
D. T. Redfield
W. #. Hackett
R. M. Eberhart
R. T. Givens
L. Beter
John
Chehalis
John Dee
Altho
Brick” Smith
Portland
Legion
Smith
30000 Officials Ready to Enforce Prohibition
United Press reports that over 30,000 officials will mobilize as John F. Kramer takes charge of wartime and constitutional prohibition enforcement. The force includes 64 internal revenue collectors, 400 deputy collectors, 300 federal district attorneys and aides, with 2 million dollars appropriated for the first year and plans for four million in the second year.
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Washington
John F. Kramer
Internal Revenue Bureou
Prohibition Army
Army
Congress
Internal Revenue Bureau
Prohibition
Kramer
Internal Revenue
Sloan's Liniment called Old Friend in a testimonial
A longtime user praises Sloan's Liniment for reliable relief over thirty years. The letter notes rapid action on aches from exposure and overuse, clean effects without mess, and consistent performance in easing muscle and joint pains, claiming a strong bond as “Old Friends.”
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Sloan
Theatre Manager Robbed of $1718 in San Francisco
Two well-dressed young men robbed Edwin A. Morris, manager of the Hippodrome theatre, of 1718.16 in his office. They gagged him and fled in a waiting taxicab after raiding the last two days’ receipts. Morris said one bandit is a regular patron. police were given full descriptions.
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San Francisco
Edwin A. Morris
Hippodrome Theatre
Morris
Peace Conference Void Upper Silesia Votes
The supreme council of the peace conference announced today that the elections in Upper Silesia are void. It also warned Romania of consequences if it fails to meet allied demands regarding its occupation of parts of Hungary.
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Patus
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Germany
Upper Silesia
Romania
Hungary
Prejudice Overcome by Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets
Mrs Caxton frets over Marian a sixteen year old with a stubborn cold. A sister touts Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets claiming they boost resistance and dissolve a cold. Marian improves after one treatment, prompting Mrs Caxton to reassess her distrust of prepared medicine.
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Marian
Mrs. Caxton
Florence
Mater
Charge Germany Financed I. W. W. in Portland Raid
U S justice agents raided an I W W hall in Portland Oregon and seized a letter showing the organization was paid during the war to distribute German propaganda. The letter to H Helma signer A L Berton of the German Propaganda Branch mentions a money order to fund distribution of a German paper. Officials call the evidence the most important found against I W W in the United States.
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Portland
Ore
United States Department of Justice
H. Helma
LW. W
A. L. Berton
Ll. W
Madison At
Chicago
United States
Des Moines Mayor Targeted After Threat Note
Des Moines Iowa November 13 A police cordon surrounded Mayor Tom Fairweather s residence after he received a threatening note believed written by the I W W The mayor had earlier eject ed several I W W members from his office when they asked police protection
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Des Moines
Iowa
Tom Fairweather
A Homemade Gray Hair Remedy
An ad advises a home mixture to darken gray hair and add shine. Mix a half pint of water with 1 ounce bay rum and glycerine, plus Barbo Compound. Apply twice weekly until the shade meets preference. the ad claims it won’t color the scalp or rub off and makes a person look younger.
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Cray
Arrests in Seattle as Red Raids Round Up 37
Seattle police, led by Mayor Fitzgerald and Chief Warren, raid multiple locations after Centralia massacre links. Thirty seven detained, including two women, with raids at Turner Hall and Pioneer Building and other sites. Police identify many arrestees as laborers, seamen, loggers, and others born in the United States or abroad.
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Red
Seattle
Fitzgerald
Warren
American Legion
Centralia
Turner Hall
Eighth Ave
F E. L. Hedges
W. H. Searing
Joel JF. Warren
Pioneer
V. V
Lowe
Tenth Ave. W
W. W
Columbia St
Washington Bldg
First Ave
Theioneer Bide
First. Ave
Pioneer Bldg
Ralph Pierce
Vierce
P. F. Keefe
C. B. Fitzgerald
Helen Lowe
Governor urged to act quickly on IWW suppression plan
Governor Louis M. Hart was asked Thursday to rapidly approve action against radicals led by the I W W as pressured by 34 Seattle organizations including the American Legion and business groups. The telegram urged opening state officials to evidence and suppress the group under wartime rhetoric.
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Louis M. Hart
Seattle
American Legion
Chamber of Commerce and
Commecial Club
Federation of Women's
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Dewey Lamb
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L W. W
Ralph F. Couch
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Jean Jones
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