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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
10
The enforcement bill passed the Senate and moves to conference to resolve differences with the House. It would set 2.75 per beer taxes and ban light beer unless approved, with penalties including fines and jail for sellers. The Senate made a minor amendment and a Panama Canal item was debated.
San Francisco supervisors vote to raise the tax rate to 3.08 dollars per 100 of valuation, 67 cents higher than the previous rate. The city expects about 3,500 more dollars in tax revenue amid wartime works and Prohibition impacts on property values and sale rentals.
Police in the Sun Drug Co stock room report odd inventory including a keg of alcohol and empty boxes while patrons filled prescriptions elsewhere. In New York the actors strike ended with a reported open shop settlement, Equity president Vianela Wilson calling it satisfactory.
Washington real estate operators report post prohibition shifts in property use. In districts with closed saloons, replacements include restaurants, men's furnishing stores, drug stores, or cigar shops. Rental income from new tenants often exceeds former saloon rents.
A general strike by organized entertainers and theatre workers has led to a citywide lockout of music halls in Paris. The stoppage began today, Sept. 6, with venues enforcing closures as performers protest conditions.
Secretary Lansing urged an international tribunal based on The Hague model to prevent future wars. He spoke before the American Bar Association saying impartial global justice can outperform diplomatic agencies, calling for a concise body of legal principles.
The article reports broad claims of oil discoveries and heavy marketing of stock tied to Standard Oil, with offices in Aberdeen Hoquiam and Tacoma Seattle pushing stock sales. It notes alleged leases on Olympic peninsula land, government leasing records, and mixed investor responses as rumors persist.
Delivery of surplus army food by the post office department will begin next Wednesday. Over $1,000 in orders have already been taken by mail carrier salesmen. Parcel post carriers face heavy work as they handle the new food deliveries amid existing fruit shipments from Eastern Washington.
Ninety seven Australian and New Zealand soldiers will travel to the coast tonight for a year long agriculture program at the University of California. The delegation was banqueted at the Harvard club last night in New York.
Lloyd T. Cochran post of the American Legion organized at Ballard with temporary officers Torfi Sigurdsson and Eugene Caye. The post honors Ballard boy Lloyd T. Cochran who was killed in the St Mihiel drive.
The Japanese government declares Shanghai cholera infected and imposes strict port regulations for steamers arriving to Japan via Shanghai. Investigators report a rapidly growing epidemic with widening reach across the city and harbor.
Florencio Tamesia and Nazario Penaas connected with the bureau of forestry in Manila have spent over 11 years in training. They arrived in Seattle on Thursday and will enroll at the University of Washington next month to continue forestry study.
Charles L Schmidt, a returned soldier, reported to the Soldiers' and Sailors club that pickpockets relieved him of $11.21 and his charge badge late Friday afternoon. He notified police on Saturday.
Gen Brice P Disque testifies before a congressional subcommittee on spruce production outlining recommended spruce roads for Olympic peninsula and Yaquina Bay. He says total US government related spruce production costs, with $50 million invested, will be under $4 million after salvage. Disque notes the Siems Carey Kerbaugh offer was declined amid Milwaukee road extension plans. The witness returns to the stand as the probe resumes and is expected to finish later today.
Workmen in British Columbia near the Indian village of Kispiox unearthed a curiously engraved sandstone tablet during road work. The artifact is drawing scientific interest, and local Indians cannot recognize its figures as any of their totem signs.
In Correntz on September 6, an American military court sentenced a German man to six months in prison and a 1250 dollar fine for attempting to recruit men for the German army within the occupied zone.
Cleorgen Gaston Quien faces execution for betraying Edith Cavell the English nurse executed by the Germans and for treasonable dealings with the enemy. He was sentenced to die. The Kaiser was condemned for sanctioning Cavell’s murder, according to the advocate.
A mass meeting to raise funds for Jewish war sufferers in Poland Romania and Ukraine will be held Sunday night at the Bikur Cholim Synagogue corner 17th Avenue and Yester Way under the Jewish People's Relief committee. Speakers Rabbi Simon Glazier A Rosenthal and Simon IL Wellner will address the gathering which begins at 7 30 pm.
George Cotterill formerly chief engineer for the state highway dept was set to be the principal speaker at the King County Democratic Club noon meeting this Saturday at Good Eats cafeteria.
Mme Carie, the French physicist who with her husband co discovered radium, has been elected professor of radiology at Warsaw University on September 6.
The Filipino Supply Co head bookkeeper Luna has vanished after being ordered to produce company books by Deputy State Labor Commissioner C. M. Shrader. Subpoenas target treasurer V. N. Barnel secretary K. S. Lakap and foreman Severo N. Marano as hearings on withheld wages for 11 native workers proceed in the Alaska building.
Irish American societies will hold a Sunday picnic at Fortuna Park with dancing and singing. The program features a tug of war and a football match between Butte and local Gaels, with speakers voicing objections to the League of Nations.
Miss Helen Gailey of 4557 12th Ave NE and First Presbyterian will leave September 15 for China to teach Chinese girls to act as instructors in kindergartens. Kansas City is the world's largest hay market.
Barney Sloman a sian and H Thompson, both tied to a 63 day sentence at the city farm near Kent, allegedly escaped after guards placed a hoe on a potato patch. They reportedly moved through a corn field and were described as drug users.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jang Mot, 61, who died Friday at the family home 5631 California, will be held Saturday at the Home taking chapel with Rev Bywater of St John’s Church. Interment will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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