Centralia Honors Killed Soldiers in Memorial Service
In Centralia a large crowd packed the auditorium for a solemn memorial honoring four war dead. Veterans from many posts, troops from Camp Mills, and dignitaries attended as caskets lay in state and the crowd viewed the fallen.
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Lia
American Legion
Centralia
Guardamen
LW. W
Chean Centralia
Ian
W. H. ‘Thompson
Sultiger
Mexi
Sailien
Camp Mills
France
Thompson
Joere
Warren
Grimm, McEtfresh
Ben Casagranda
Dale Hubbard
Nine Men Held in San Francisco on Vagrancy Charges
Nine men arrested in two I W W halls in San Francisco will be arraigned on vagrancy charges. Authorities allege school children were given radical literature at the halls. Each man is held on a $1,000 bond. The report notes the Loyal Legion of Honor has a larger membership than other orders.
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Legion
Arthur Mert
Presbyterian Church
William G. Sharp
Centralia Elka
Grimm
Dale Hubbard
Ben Casagranda
Masons and
Elks
San Francisco
The
Fendi Legion of Honor
Wade Hildreth
America
New York
Morn Light
Pierce in Chehalis as IWW cases draw attention
Arrival of Beattie attorney Relph and Merce, longtime IWW defense lawyer, sparks intrigue in Chehalis. Prosecutor Allen says Reds face murder charges and may stand trial in December while preparations for the Armistice Day killings case continue with assistance from Olympia officials.
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Chemalis
Relph & Merce
Beattie
Abe
Pierce
Chehalla Legion
Chehalla
Allen
Legion
Reds
Warren ©. Grimm
Court of Justice of the Peace
Fess
Frank I’. Christensen
John Dunbar
Olympia
W. W. Commander Arrested in Sparsely Guarded Standoff
In Spokanee November 15 John Grady commander in chief of all the Lumber Workers Western forces was arrested in a rooming house on Seca Avenue near the armory where militia waited. He admitted to Capt Burns he chaired the defense fund and was the official delegate to a 1 May ILW convention in Chicago. He faces city and state criminal charges of syndicalism. A world’s largest gasoline motor fire engine was placed in service in Louisville Kentucky.
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Spokaze
John Grady
W. W
Seca Ave
L W. W
Grady
Capt. Burns
Defense Fund
Lumber Workers Union
Chicago IL. W. W
Ander City
Uncle Sam Takes Charge of Aliens in Washington Camp
In Centralia and nearby towns, aliens long in the U S without naturalization are handed to federal investigators. I W W suspects and related figures, including George Seater and wife, are detained as authorities probe links to recent violence. Legion volunteers raid woods, arrest several men with I W W cards, while guard patrols and rumors of uprisings are quelled.
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Centralia
United States
American Legion
W. W
Simmona
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Legion Volunteers
LW. W
Campaiga
L. W
Legion
Saginaw
Grays Harbor
Grand Jury to Hear Ault Case Against Union Record Editors
Federal grand jury to consider charges against editor I B Aust director George Listman and Frank A Rust for violating espionage law. The Union Record office was seized again and the paper suspended pending trial. Aust Listman and Rust face a hearing before Commissioner K W McClelland.
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Listman
Rust
Aust
K. W. McClelland
U. S
Five Bandits Escape Cells in Sioux City Bank Heist
Lee Barrington James O Keefe W Cullom and Harry W Smith captured after a daylight bank robbery at Westfield Iowa. They shot Sheriff Hugh Maxwell in a booze runner gun battle near Le Mars and escaped jail with a stolen car after stunning Mrs Maxwell and locking his daughters in a cell. Stim Siglin remained in his cell. Maxwell remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition.
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Sioux City
Lee Barrington
James O'Keefe
W. Cullom
Harry W. Smith
Westfield
le Mars
Ing Hugh Maxwell
Plymouth County
Stim Siglin
Brazette
Sigtin
Sheriff Maxwell
Smith
Will Maxwell
Mra. Maxwell
Clara
Fern
Valera’s flag torn down in Portland incident
In Portland on November 15, three police bodyguards protected Fammon de Valera as Irish Legion members ripped the flag from his car. The former servicemen removed the emblem from the windshield before leaving with it, while de Valera observed without protest. Irish leaders vow to recover the banner.
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Portland
Ore
Famonn de Valera
Jenkins
de Valera
Legion
Musicians Union Denounces Centralia Murder Outrage
The Musicians' Union local No. 76 of the American Federation of Musicians in Seattle condemns the Centralia Armistice Day killings blamed on the I W W. The November 14 1919 resolution expresses sympathy for Centralia victims and calls for punishment of the guilty while repudiating the I W W.
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Centralia
American Musicians’ Association
Germany
Arid City
Musicians’ Association
A. F
Seattle
River searches for body of missing fisherman near Stanwood
The Skagit River near Stanwood will be dragged on Saturday for the body of Werner Johnson of Seattle. Johnson checked into the Stanwood hotel days earlier and was known to have gone fishing on Friday. Cries for help drew onlookers to the riverbank after an overturned boat was spotted.
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Skagit River
Stanwood
Werner Johnson
Seattle
Johnson
Stanwood Hotel
Resolutions Move to Curb Red Activities After Centralia Outrage
Civic groups across Seattle and nearly all Elks lodges and Chambers of Commerce in the state urge Governor Hart to convene a special session. They seek a law making membership in anarchist organizations a felony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Seattle
Elks Lodge
Chamber of Commerce
Hart
Maine Certifies Suffrage Amid Ratification Push
Maine today certified to the senate ratification of the suffrage amendment. Washington dispatch notes the action as part of ongoing national efforts to secure female voting rights.
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Maine
Washington
Senate
Powder Plant Explosion Kills Man at Trojan Near Oakland
At 6 30 this morning a blast at Trojan Powder company dry house No 3 in Frisco San Francisco killed J J Rodriguez. The explosion rattled the bay area and shattered windows across a wide radius. Howard Bronstein, a company official, said overheating in the dry house is the likely cause. Losses have not yet been estimated.
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San Francisco
J. J. Rodriguez
Trojan Powder Company
Bay
East Bay
Trojan
Oakland
San Leandro
Howard Bronstein
Symphony Pops at Meany Hall A Seattle Event
Seattle's Symphony Orchestra of 75 performs a popular priced concert at Meany Hall on Saturday at 8 20 p m. No seats reserved. Soprano Thirza Cawsey appears. Program includes Massenet Phedere Schubert Unfinished Symphony Delibes Indian Bell Song Borodin On the Steppes of Middle Asia Mendelssohn Spinning Song and Delibes Sylvia ballet suite.
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Symphony
Seattle
Meany Hall
University of Washington
Thirza Cawsey
Massenet
Schubert
Delibes
Borodin
Middle Asia
Mendelssohn
Deliibes
Sylvia
Willamette Box and Lumber Mill Burns at Linnton
A fire destroyed the Willamette Box & Lumber mill in Linnton near Portland early today. The blaze caused about 25000 dollars in losses and the factory was reduced to ashes.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette Box & Lumber Company
Linnton
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Marketed with Headache Relief Claim
A Quinine product called Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets is advertised as harmless to the head due to its tonic and laxative effects. The box bears the BE. W. G signature and the label mentions Bromo Quinine. The item notes it can be taken by a person without causing nervousness or head discomfort.
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BE. W. G
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Thomas J. Smith
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Musicians’ Union
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