08 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1919
Page
1
The piece urges readers to donate to the Salvation Army this week, recalling its wartime relief work and street campaigns. It extols the Army’s service from coats and dinners to coffee for front-line troops, arguing a debt of gratitude and urging locals to contribute locally to help those in need.
Veteran pitcher faints no. The final score 123456789 refers to a quirky or misread line. Batteries include Cicotte Schalk Sallee Fisher Luque and Wingo. Game appears tied to Chicago and Cincinnati venues with dates 10 1020 0600 01 0004 and 0600 00100007.
One thousand officers stood by at police headquarters to support Chief War ren in case of riots linked to an order blocking the Tom Mooney workers parade. Five hundred American Legion veterans were sworn as special police last night. others were regular officers under Capt. William J Coyle.
Chief Warren pledged full readiness to deploy a large police force across Seattle if needed. Over 26 automobiles donated to police transport, with 50 officers armed with carbines and a machine gun on standby. Sporadic walkouts marked the strike over Mooney imprisonment while shipyards stayed open. The Metal Trades council did not endorse the strike. the Central Labor council supported it. A mass meeting was planned but then called off after labor leaders intervened.
Mildred C. Wilson files suit against George Moore seeking a marriage settlement of 50 dollars monthly for 288 months after being his common law wife for 24 years. She says Moore promised support before abandoning her penniless in August 1917 and that she believed herself his legal wife since their Tacoma meeting in 1893.
F H Baker of Kelley Clarke Co announced that large beet sugar shipments are planned to relieve acute shortages. He expected 8000 bags within a week and said the last 1,000,000 pound order was due in a day or two. The sugar will be sold to jobbers.
Chicago October events signal definite steps to nominate Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for the Republican presidential nomination. The move aims to unite party factions and launch a campaign quickly.
Umpires Quigley National at plate Nallin American first four and later Nationals second base Evans American Cincinnati Reds lead 4 3 as of today with five wins needed for pennant. White Sox win today to move closer.
Redland Field hosts a tense start as Chicago and Cincinnati exchange innings. The Sox seize the initiative with four runs after a strong first frame, while Slim Sallee battles to limit damage. The crowd roars as enduring rivalries ignite the early contest.
Irregular lineup listing players such as Catalia Rath Collins Daubert Weaver Groh Jackson Housch Velech Duncan Laberg Cleette Ralles Pohalk and others appears in the score or lineup notes. The fragment lists positions 2b tb 1b and rt with multiple abbreviations and missing context.
Chicago crowds queued at Comiskey Park for tickets to the eighth game of the World Series. Thousands lined up for pasteboards and some expected future sales, hoping a ninth game might follow.
Stewart, a 45 year old Scotch-Irish man, wakes in his Lake Union houseboat woodshed with a marriage license showing he married a 70 year old woman with four sons. He seeks annulment claiming fraud and confusion after a drunken spree. she seeks divorce. Attorney Joseph R. Anderson files the petition in superior court.
Senator Hiram Johnson of California delivered an anti League of Nations address to about 7,500 people in Portland. More than 2,000 others were unable to gain admission as Johnson prepared to travel to Tacoma for another stop tonight.
George B. Moore died after a group of six Everett youths allegedly injected morphine during a drug fete in Seattle and Everett. Floyd Reed was jailed while four others were questioned. Reed is believed to have administered the fatal dose. Authorities blame illicit drug access in Seattle for the tragedy.
Hearings began today before the federal trade commission in a case involving 28 Pacific Coast sugar companies accused of refusing to sell their products to the Los Angeles Grocery company.
Senator Johnson, California independent, speaks at the Arena tonight. A respected public figure, he opposes the League of Nations on moral grounds rather than partisan ones, prioritizing country over party. He remains a strong, principled voice in public affairs.
Bene dict Crowell assistant secretary of war narrowly escaped injury when an airplane crashed 50 feet at Mineola New York. Crowell and pilot Capt. Maurice Cleary were buried under the wreck but unhurt aside from shock. Crowell planned to fly again immediately.
Spokane, Oct. 8. Mayor Fassett said Senator Johnson's course does not meet his approval and he will decline to serve on the welcome committee when Johnson arrives. He added he is out of accord with Johnson’s position on the peace treaty.
Placards in street cars reading We'll make it warm for Mayor Fitzgerald appeared Wednesday morning provoking 15 or more near-riots and the tearing down of the boards. A huge man on an Eastlake avenue car ripped the placard to pieces while others voiced anger. Public Utilities officials said the joke was approved by Chief Warren who called it an advertisement for a well known range and noted store plans to promote it.
Washington notes the Senate began consideration today of the peace treaty provision granting Japan the German concession in Shantung. The clause faces debate over implications for postwar Asia and Allied interests.
Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California planned to speak at the university arena tonight with doors opening for ticket holders at 6 30. His remarks were to begin at 8 p m and he would later attend a meeting at the Metropolitan theatre, with disabled soldiers admitted on stage.
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