15 Oct 1919
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
1
A fragmented voiced essay discusses labor, fairness, and the ethics of work. It contrasts a youth craving steak with simple meals, critiques bosses who starve workers, and warns against tyrannies of both workers and capital, urging square dealings and honest work.
Gary Indiana raids by U S soldiers targeted suspected revolutionaries. Forty homes were searched between midnight and dawn. eighteen men were detained. An army truck carried away printed propaganda. A secret list of 700 red agitators was seized, triggering further investigations by intelligence officers.
In Potosi Missouri two masked bandits used an acetylene torch to break into the Potosi National Bank vault. They escaped with an early report of goods valued at twenty five thousand dollars.
John L. Lewis acting president of the United Mine Workers will travel to Washington to confer with Secretary Wilson. He says the miners strike call will go out by mail late today despite the conference plan. Lewis will be in Wilson's office at 11 Friday morning October 17, citing travel delays for missing Thursday’s meeting.
Miss I Salin of 407 North Broadway is listed as the author of the above rhyme. See details on the Classified page.
A special city council meeting will discuss a Kennedy draft ordinance to license apartment hotel and rooming house managers in Seattle. It would require tariff filings with the city comptroller, allow protests and public hearings, set rent controls, and impose fines or jail for violations with an emergency clause effective on passage before November 1.
Trotsky, Soviet war minister, reportedly said Bolsheviki could not withstand in a speech at Pousea that there is no longer any hope for victory amid recent desertions from the Bolshevik army.
The body of Mrs. Bertha Emor Miller was found floating in Lake Washington three miles from where her husband Walter Miller says she disappeared. Coroner Tiffin planned an autopsy to determine if drowning or pre death, with investigators weighing two theories about the couple’s plans for treatment and possible foul play.
Misa Violet Redding, on Madison Street near the Lincoln hotel, reported being grabbed by a man and robbed of her purse after fainting in an alley. She was found unconscious and taken to Seattle General hospital with no immediate clues to the attackers.
A notice reports the police department is relocating from the first floor to the second floor of the Public Safety building. Inspector Bannick's office has already moved and the patrolmen's assembly room will follow by night.
In Spokane, a man places a newspaper ad offering a $10 reward to anyone who finds him a vacant apartment as the housing shortage grows more acute in the city and surrounding areas.
A protective paste applied to melons delays decay during northern shipment, preserving fruit quality. The technique aims to reduce spoilage and extend market freshness for long routes.
New York reports rush of perishable freight from Jersey City Hoboken and Weehawken as longshoremen end a strike. California oranges grapes and apples from several states in high demand while poultry eggs and butter sell higher. Over 250 ocean steamers tied up and awaiting unloading before resuming overseas freight movement. Trucks clogged waterfront streets.
A week after Billie Dansey, described as the perfect baby, disappeared from a Hammonton area home no trace has been found. Searchers remain at a loss and continue looking for the child.
The United States Brewers Association sent petitions to the White House opposing the national prohibition act. The petitions were referred to Attorney General Palmer, along with the bill awaiting the president's signature.
Indianapolis Oct 15 Four hundred thousand bituminous coal miners were ordered to strike November 1 by John L. Lewis acting president UMWA. The nationwide action hinges on wage talks with operators from Philadelphia adjournment without agreement.
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