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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1919
Page
2
Spokane officials announced tentative plans to establish a workhouse for convicted I. W. W. members. Prosecutors will issue warrants to arrest all I. W. W. here as raids begin on state felony charges. Local and state prosecutions may proceed together.
Senator Poindexter introduced a sweeping anti anarchy measure in Washington. The bill makes advocacy or teaching of unlawful force punishable by twenty years in prison or a fifty thousand dollar fine for violators. It targets strikes fomenters officials agitators and mob inciters with possible death sentences if killings occur. Foreign born naturalized citizens could lose citizenship for spreading seditious literature or radical teachings.
Admiral Hugh Rodman, commander of the Pacific fleet, has applied to join the Los Angeles post of the American Legion. He sent a letter to Mayor Snyder praising the Legion for patriotic action against bolshevism and anarchy in Los Angeles and other cities.
Eamonn de Valera, president of the Irish republic, arrived in Oakland California and charged that northern city attacks on him were engineered by the British government. He said the flag of the republic was torn from his automobile in Portland by British representatives, not by American Legion members. He claimed America is in a mesh of Britain propaganda.
Ludwig C A K Martens former unofficial ambassador of the Russian Soviet Republic in America testified before the Lask Legislative Committee that he helped organize the Union of Russian Workers in the United States in 1905 1906. The union faced mass raids and the department called it more radical than the Bolsheviks. The hearing was postponed to November 25 when Attorney General Newton will attend.
Bloodhounds tracked five bandits who fired their way from Le Mars county jail Friday night. A posse corralled them at Maurice with two caught in a box car and the rest at a nearby farmhouse four miles away. Smith and Barrington were jailed in Sioux City as armed citizens arrived, threatening to lynch the pair before police stabilized the scene.
John A. McCorkle, port commissioner candidate, may be disqualified for listing the Third district instead of the Second when filing. He lives in the Second district and his filing shows the Third district. August Toellner also lists the Third district and failed to include 100 signatures on his petition as required.
A draft ordinance will be prepared by the city engineer and submitted to the city council next Monday. It provides for expenditures of 16 million dollars to raise street grades in the South End about 24 feet above the current level.
Reverend Lambert L. Woods longtime Seattle Congregational pastor died Monday in San Francisco after seven years in California. He is survived by a son, Harry P. Woods of Seattle. Mining experts estimate homes waste about three buckets of coal weekly by hot sift ing, with monthly losses near $2.
In France the during Sunday elections reshaped the chamber of deputies. The socialist bloc suffered losses while the coalition of republicans solidified its front. Veterans backed the government and businessmen edged politics, highlighting a nation returning from war to work. Captain Andre Tardieu defeated Henry Boullion, pleasing Clemenceau supporters.
In a House of Commons address Lloyd George rejects Bolshevik danger in well governed lands and objects to Britain bearing sole treaty obligations. He denies authoring Russian terms via Bullitt and asserts restoration of Europe requires confidence and American cooperation if available.
William Gamble 79 a Seattle resident for 25 years ended his life Tuesday night at his daughter Mrs May G Young 130 KE b7th e t by inhaling gas. Ill health long prompting secrecy and self harm. He was found in his room with a gas hose attached to a heater after plugs in door cracks. Body at Cremation Society of Washington. He leaves a son Bruce Gamble of 114 FE 67th.
Boise Idaho November 18 Thirty one I W W members have been arrested in the North Idaho lumber country around Sand Point and Priest River. The arrests come under the state criminal syndicalism law and the vagrancy laws following orders from Robert Jones state law enforcement commissioner.
In Rome incomplete returns at 6 pm showed socialists leading for the chamber of deputies with Catholics second and nationalists third. In Cleveland five hundred general chairmen of four big brotherhoods plan a meeting next Monday to discuss Railroad Director Hines overtime pay offer and possible wage increases.
Beavers hats reach the third floor millinery tables three weeks late. Beautiful long napped silk hats in rolling or regulation sailor styles. Hats are beaver and rain resistant and suited to sunny weather. For well hatted women.
Bargain feature highlights affordable bags and purses at Bon Marche with emphasis on newness and value. The copy touts reasonable prices suitable for personal use or gifts and promises pleasing options.
Pocket books with overlapping flap and long silk lined handle fitted with a mirror. Described as nice enough for anyone to carry. Price noted as a reasonable three dollars fifty cents.
Excellent values these in brown or black Boston Bags size 13 inches long by 10 inches high with strong handle and clasp. Made with good cowhide and lined.
Gentlemen and ladies are urged to carry these patent leather or morocco case pocket books everywhere. Bright or dull finishes, silk lining, fitted with mirror and overflapping frame. Upper main floor Bon Marche. Price seven dollars.
Muslin aprons offered in simple styles for neat Thanksgiving table service. Embroidery trimmed options with bib and neat ties. barred muslin and dot ted Swiss fabrics, lace trim or hemstitching. Some bibbed, some bibless, with muslin or ribbon ties. Second floor.
New camouflage drapery fabrics arrive with the look of high priced cloth. Heavy durable nets in 36 inch width. Roman stripe couch covers neatly fringed in harmonious colors. Heavy Negus couch covers reversible, in reds greens and tans priced at 3.95. Fourth Floor.
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