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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1919
Page
1
A rambling account describes a mistaken Navy officer at a Pacific train station and an apology demanded to the navy and water department. The piece blends public nuisance and city politics with a call for humane treatment of animals and a defense of a zoo audience.
A fragment notes that the oldest bells in the United States hang in the Spanish cathedral at St Augustine Florida and date back to 1642.
Classified note states ad rhymes may be left at The Star downtown in Bar tell's Drug Store located at 610 Second Ave. The instruction directs readers to drop poems or rhymed ads at that location for publication.
The Sunday Omaha incident showing an attempted hanging of the mayor and a lynching illustrates the fragility of authority and the ease with which a mob can seize control, underscoring fears of lawlessness and parallels to red terror and Bolshevism.
Local leaders text a telegram to Joseph Tumulty urging the Wilson administration to honor an October 1 wage agreement with Pacific Coast shipbuilders. Mayor C B Fitzgerald Frank Waterhouse and Reginald H Parsons press for keeping faith in the deal, noting layoffs and labor costs. The telegram cites an August written agreement and asks for a before October 1 decision.
Mrs BE W Lyen, wife of Seattle police Sergeant F W Lyen, offers a $1000 reward for the recovery of her husband after a canoe overturned in Lake Washington on September 7. Despite dragging the vicinity, authorities have not recovered the body.
United States Shipping Board orders suspension of all vessels bound for United Kingdom ports due to the British railway strike. The directive affects ships sailing to Britain and was announced today in Washington by the Shipping Board.
A captured German cannon presented to Omaha by the war department was used by rioters to batter the courthouse door last night. County commissioners put courthouse damages at 100000 to 250000 dollars.
Seattle and Tacoma workers and yard owners appeal to the Shipping Board to implement the October 1 wage increase agreed upon by unions, yard owners, and board reps. A board reversal could trigger a coastwide shipyard strike, risking catastrophe and broad economic harm. Public pressure via telegraph is urged to prevent repudiation and preserve government integrity.
Marshal Foch attacked the Champagne battlefield with initial failures through July 17 and 18. Allied forces including American divisions and the French Moroccan unit pressed offensives south of Rheims and along the Marne with mixed gains and stubborn resistance. CONT'D ON PAGE SEVEN.
Officials said a large number of workers returned to the South Works at Farrell this morning. Two blast furnaces are in full operation and the Blooming and bar mills are near full staffing. The United States now controls 24.8 percent of the world steam tonnage.
Seattle police hunt an unidentified man who climbed through an open window at 1520 13th Ave S and choked 18 year old Freeda Irving as she slept. He beat her after she screamed. her father woke and saw the man flee. Police search neighborhoods for a suspect known to the area. Irving often left the window open for air.
The Bethlehem Steel Co strike failed to mobilize workers with under 20 percent reporting at South Bethlehem and near full attendance at Steelton and Titusville. Sparrow's Point voted against joining. White House announced a round table conference for October 6. Police and mounted troops kept order as plant conditions remained near normal.
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