Fear 450 Lost Aboard Ill-Fated Valbanera
Key West Florida Sept 20 divers and wrecking crews leave to search the sunken Valbanera reported down in a hurricane ten days earlier. The ship carried 300 passengers and 150 crew with cargo and was missing since Sept 9 while near Rebecca Lighthouse 40 miles from Key West. Ensign B L Robertson said he saw the name on a ship in 40 feet of water and divers will enter the wreck to recover bodies. Passengers believed to be Spanish or Cuban. The Valbanera was en route from Spain to New Orleans via Havana unable to enter harbor due to the storm.
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Fla
Eastle
Havana
Community Wireless
BL. Robertson
Rebecca Lighthouse
Key
Spain
New Orleans
Kewvana
Night school in Seattle aims for 6000 students
Seattle schools reopen with night classes for men women and foreigners. The district hopes about 6,000 residents enroll before year’s end. Courses include industrial work and general subjects at Broadway High and other buildings with shops already overflowing.
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Seattle
Cen- Washington
Colman
Main St
Broadway High
Federal jury adjourns after indictments emerge
A federal jury adjourned until Tuesday after returning an indictment against James Shea for assistant cashier at the National of Commerce. The session also brought 61 indictments with about 50 more cases to be considered, and officials anticipate focus on high cost living and shipbuilding issues. Construction of an eight inch pavement on Westlake Avenue from Wall Street to the Fremont Bridge was authorized with Fierita Brothers as the contractor at a bid of 79,917 dollars.
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James Shea
National of Commerce
Robert C. Sayn
United States
Westlake Ave
Walst
Fremont Bridge
Ave. N
Board of Public Works
Fierita Brothers
Valbanera Sunk with No Survivors Reported
Pinellos Sequirdo & Co the New York representatives of the Valbanera owners received a private cablegram reporting the Valbanera sunk off Rebecca shoals with no trace of the crew or passengers.
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New York
Weaver Case Goes To Jury In Murder Charge
Frank Weaver stands trial for aiding in the murder near Smith Cove of Andrew Uren as Deputy Prosecutor John D. Carmody argues for conviction. The defense claims Weaver was framed by Chief Tennant and discusses past prison time and an attempted frame-up note found with a gun. The jury retired at 11:20 am after dramatic testimony and contamination claims.
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Frank Weaver
Uren
Smith Cove
Academy of the Penitentiary
Carmody
Weaver
Frank
Matty
John Ozek
C. F E.tennant
Tom Page
Page
Abbied
William Gottstein
Liberty
Gottstein
Ozek
Apartment Heat Fights Until October First
City residents must endure cold apartments until October 1 when a heat mandate resumes. Assistant Sanitary Inspector Franch vows strict enforcement. A complaint from Ingomar apartments cites sick child and eviction threats, urging owners John Davis & Co. to restore heat.
Life terms for rioting in Chicago race case
In Chicago on September 20, Walter Colwn, 16, and Charles Johnson, 18, were sentenced to life terms after being convicted for participating in June race riots. They were accused of killing a peddler. The Derrick engineer Co O Crowder, 40, was killed when a large timber from a bridge struck him as the car with the derrick passed. his body was taken to Auburn for autopsy as Deputy Coroner George W. Scottie investigated the Saturday accident near Covington on the N P line.
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Chicago
Walter Colwn
Charles Johnson
Co. O. Crowder
Auburn
George W. Scottie
N. P
Covington
Silver Barthers Open Realty Office in Seattle
Max A. Silver and his brother Charlie Silver, just out of the army, announce the opening of a Seattle real estate rental and insurance office in the Pacific block. Max A. Silver, former university student leader, served in France and was discharged as a first lieutenant. Charlie Silver, formerly secretary of the T. F. Clark Co., recently discharged as a gunner in the 12th Infantry at Camp Lewis.
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Max A. Silver
Charlie Silver
Seattle
Pacific
Silver Boys
America
Surzalio
Presidio
Camp Lewis
France
Charles Silver
T. F. Clark Co
12Th Infantry
Johnson halts long coast tour amid league fight
Senator Hiram Johnson said he would end his stumping trip to the Pacific coast and oppose the league of nations covenant with speeches in the Twin Cities. He faced strong applause from the Minnesota legislature and earlier drew 5,000 people in Duluth as he spoke against the covenant.
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Minn
United Press
Hiram Johnson
Pacific Coast
Twin Cities
Johnson
England
France
Japan
America
Duluth
Washington
Lodge
Pacific
Borad
United States
Great Britain
League of Nations
Borah
Senate
Wilson
Wadsworth
League
Companies Arm to Beat Strike
In the Pittsburg district the steel plants pledge to open on Monday with loyal employees if a closed shop is attempted. Secretary Foster of the steel workers committees says several independent plants are already negotiating settlements. Most companies express little concern over a general walkout and anticipate normal operation.
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Foster
Steel Workers’ Committees
Pittsburg
Women to Lead Nationwide Steel Strike Effort
United Press reports Chief Organizer Fitzpatrick says women investigators will visit strikers households to bolster morale among wives and daughters. He cites AFL President Gompers and a committee to organize steel workers as backing the strike against United States Steel Corporation.
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Washington
United Press
United States Steel Corporation
Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Gompera
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Gompers
America
Sugar Refining Plant Closes as Strike Threatens Famine
In San Francisco on September 20 six thousand tons of raw sugar were tied up at the harbor forcing the Western Sugar Refining Company to close at midnight. Riggers and stevedores strike halts replenishment of supplies and risks a citywide sugar famine with smaller plants likely to follow the firm’s action.
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Ban Francisco
Western Sugar Refining Company
San Francisco
Lackawanna Firm Will Fight Strike
Lackawanna Steel Company will keep its plant operating despite a planned strike. Mayor Toomey sought aid from Sheriff Bradley and Governor Smith to preserve order if needed, warning of possible trouble in radical centers and noting radicals in Lackawanna who joined unions for trouble.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Lackawanna Steel Company
Toomey
Bradley
Gov. Smith
Lackawanna
American Federation of Labor
Sharon Steel Hoop plant to stay open amid strike threat
Sharon Pa Sept 20. Sharon Steel Hoop company will not hire strikebreakers. President S. P. Kerr told all employees the plant will open Monday as usual, but no effort will be made to operate if workers walk out.
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Sharon
Sharon Steel Hoop Company
8S. P. Kerr
Judge Gary Still Refuses to Meet Union Delegates
In New York on September 20 Judge Gary Still, chairman of the United States Steel board, was not at his offices and will not be there today. Secretaries offered no further statement and would not confirm or deny published policy notes on the strike, aside from reiterating that a closed shop will not be countenanced.
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New York
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
U S Refuses to Recognize Waivers for Mexican Oil Region
The United States will not recognize waivers required by Mexican authorities for foreigners heading to the Tampico oil region. The State Department announced that American citizens who sign the waivers will still receive U S protection.
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Washington
United States
Tampico
State Department
Vive Weelsin Mexicans Yell in Railroad Yards
President Wilson walked through the Santa Fe yards in Los Angeles when a Mexican section hand hailed him with Woodrow Weelsin and Vive Weelsin. The crowd of about 20 workers joined in the cheer with Vive Presidente as the president passed by.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson
Santa Fe
Woodrow Weelsin
Weelsin
Workers Refuse Factory Sale Over Demanded Raise
New York September report shows Goldemith Stern & Company jewelry makers striking after rejecting August Goldemith’s plan to sell the plant to employees. They asked for a 25 percent wage hike and a 39 percent shorter work week, while the firm offered ownership with a mortgage option and six months of managerial services for free.
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New York
Goldemith
Building Trades State Strikes Hold Over Better Service
Building tradesmen from carpenters to plasterers remain on strike since September 2 over wage demands. A proposed adjustment board to mediate between master builders and workers was rejected in a union referendum. BE. W. Jensen was hospitalized with a fractured ankle after a fall from a roof. BE. Kuykendall, head of the state public service commission, urged the legislature to seek guidance from the attorney general on enforcing service standards by gas and telephone utilities.
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Building Trades Council
Council
Adjustment Board
Master Builders’ Association
Justment Board
Master Builders
BE. W. Jensen
Seattle General Hospital
26Th Ave
Charles Et
BE. V. Kuykendall
State Public Service Commission
Olympia
Kuykendall
Seattle
Commission
Ita
Arepy
Altho
Teenager Lealie Jones Captured After Escape
Lealie Jones aged 18 was arrested in the city Saturday by Detective W. G. Witzke after escaping from Chehalis reform school six months ago. Officers were en route to bring Jones back to the reform facility.
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Lealie Jones
Jall
Chehalis Reformatory
Young Jones
W. G. Witzke
Navy officers face pay cut and morale crisis on fleet
The article reports Navy officers complaining that Daniels cut commutation of quarters after the armistice leaving families in poverty. It notes officers borrowing to buy Liberty bonds and being compelled to surrender them, while skilled machinists desert for higher land wages. It cites a Wilson Rodman Seattle conference and promise of congressional review soon.
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Daniels
Congress
Daniela
Navy
Naval Affairs Committees
Naval Committees
Marines Needed for Pacific Fleet Enlistments Open
Enlistment in the marine corps for two, three, and four year terms remains open until June 30 1920. Recruits will be assigned to the Pacific fleet, and all re-enlisted men will be sent there.
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Marine Corps
Washington
Pacific
Belgian Hero Cardinal Mercier to Visit Seattle
Cardinal Mercier the Belgian prelate, hailed as a heroic figure since the war, will come to Seattle. The Belgian legation in Washington notified Bel gian vice consul Joseph A. Hertogs that arrival details will follow. Plans for his reception were begun by Consul Hertogs.
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Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Seattle
Joseph A. Hertogs
Washington
Hertogs
America
War Time Day Act Upholds Prohibition Includes Grapes
United States Judge Van Fleet ruled the war time prohibition act constitutional and stated that wine grapes are covered by the law. The decision came in San Francisco on September 20.
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San Francisco
United States
van Fleet
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