Last Fighting in Germany Brings Heavy Casualties
Berlin reports heavy casualties in the clash between Spartacane and government troops in Bremen yesterday. Many buildings damaged by artillery. Most Spartacan leaders are said to have escaped and the government has gained complete control of the city. Miners in the Essen district resumed work today. Twenty thousand are reported. Fourteen hundred volunteers left to reinforce German troops facing Polish forces at Breslau Kissau railway on the Silesian frontier.
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Berlin
Bremen
Essen
Breslau Kissau
Silesian
Shipments to France Rise as Demobilization Accelerates
Washington reports American troop shipments from France will reach 160000 in February, up 50000 from January, with 51 additional cargo vessels converted to transport. By February 1 total shipped in France was 236824 as demobilization continues on the home front.
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Washington
France
Chiefs of Staff
General March
Hurley
Shipping Board
Unclear OCR fragment hints at commerce department topic
Fragment says Washington on a February 7 discussion about a possible policy or activity related to the commerce department. Details are unreadable and no named entities are available.
Fragmentary report notes a medical aid scene
Brief OCR lines describe an injured person being moved toward a first aid station by responders. The text hints at a casual observer and attempts to rise, with emphasis on the stretcher route and scene mood rather than a full incident narrative.
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Emoko
Soldiers' council seizes Berlin war office report
A Daily Mail dispatch from Berlin reports the war office telegraph exchange is under soldiers' council control. The newspaper notes it is inferred the entire office has been seized by soldiers.
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London
Daily Mail
Berlin
War Office Teteline Exchange
Soldiers’ Council
Socialist Edward Davis Elected President at Weimar
Weimar dispatches report Edward Davis a majority socialist elected president of the German constituent government by the national assembly in Zurich on February 8. The vote was 274 to 25. Fehrnbach, former Reichstag president, Conrad Heitsemann and Dietrich were chosen as vice presidents.
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Zurich
Edward Davis
National Assembly
Weimar
Herr Fehrnbach
Riechstag
Conrad Heitsemann
Herr Dietrich
American cruiser joins Hamburg docked to aid merchant transfer
A second American warship has joined the cruiser Chester and destroyer Aylwin at Hamburg where the allied commission oversees transfer of German merchant ships to the United States. Dispatches say the commission was well received.
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Amsterdam
Chester
Aylwin
Hamburg
Allied Commission
America
American Troops Back From Vienna Food Train Farewell
American troops who accompanied a food train to Vienna were warmly cheered by the Viennese today as they prepared to depart for Fiume.
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Vienna
Fiume
Fire blamed for blaze at Jackson chair factory
Fire investigators blamed fire bugs for the blaze that destroyed the Jackson chair factory in Jackson Michigan last night. The loss was estimated at 350,900.
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Jackson
Mich
Bres
Jackson Prison
Ohio Man Imprisoned for Army Officer Impersonation
Lewis B. Stevens of Newark pleaded guilty to impersonating a U S army officer to obtain money. He met Mary Young in Seattle, promised marriage, and moved to Ohio where they lived on her father's farm before his five year penitentiary sentence in Columbus. Stevens said he wore the uniform due to the woman's desire.
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Columbus
Seattle
United States Army
Lewis B. Stevens
Newark
Ohio
Stevens
W. H. Ross
Sater
Mary Young
Young
Neil House
Warning of dangers from immigration laws proposed
The Tacoma American Protective League report warns America faces grave perils unless drastic immigration and naturalization laws are enacted and enforced. Introduced in the senate by Senator Jones of Washington, the report highlights perceived risks from immigration.
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Washington
America
Tacoma American Protective League
Senate
Jones
Hayes and Green Elected Again by Union Miners
In Indianapolis on February 8 F. J. Hayes was re elected president of the United Mine Workers of America with 114 356 votes. His sole opponent John H Walker of Danville Ill received 88 607. Also elected were vice president John J Lewis Zeigler Ill and treasurer William Green Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Ind
F. J. Hayes
United Mine Workers of America
John H. Walker
Danville
John J. Lewis
Zeigler
Asurer
William Green
Ohio
Seattle Strike Ends as Mayor Claims Break and Cars Return
Seattle officials announce the general strike is broken as street cars resume normal service. Mayor Henson says no martial law is needed and plans a municipal jitney program while shipyard workers and Puget Sound traction lines prepare for full operation.
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Seattle
Wash
Henson
Puget Sound Company
Puget Sound Traction
Eden
Sioamoana
Arcompilah
Shipping Board
Macy
Basis for World League Reached in Paris
Paris Feb 8 The League of Nations committee nearly finished the constitution with several changes causing a delay to mid next week. Lord Cecil Premier Venizelos Bourgeois and Hymans named to the drafting committee. Wilson likely to defer sailing to Feb 16 or 17 due to ongoing league work.
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Paris
League of Nations Committee
Lord Cecil
Great Britain
Venizelos
Greece
Bourgeois
France
Paul Hymans
Belgium
Wilson
Armistice Seen in British Industrial War
London reports an apparent armistice in Britain’s industrial struggle as subway and electrical workers return to posts. A mass union meeting is planned to decide on a possible nation-wide general strike amid rival Tube unions reaching agreement with government until dawn.
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London
Great Britain
Subway
Pool Rooms Clash With Religion In Columbia City
In Columbia City Indiana on February 8 George Shews contended pool rooms interfered with his religion. He claimed the only pool room in town smashed tables and locked doors, prompting a clash over religious practice.
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Columbia City
Ind
George Shews
Street Car Workers Return as Strike Breaks
In Tacoma Washington on February 8 street car railway and power company and municipal lines ran on full schedule again. Workers returned after a day idle following a general complaint at an order that had kept them off today. Authorities believe the return will help break the general strike and repudiation of the central labor council’s order.
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Tacoma
Wash
Barbados Uses Tiny Fish To Fight Malaria
Barbados keeps malaria at bay using a species of small fish that feed on mosquito larvae in the early development stages, offering a natural method to reduce transmission.
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Barbados
Frisco Labor Council votes against sympathy strike
Frisco officials report the San Francisco labor council voted against a sympathetic strike after statements by Frank C. Miller of the Iron Trades Council who denounced the Seattle strike as illegal and John P. McLoughlin from the Teamsters Union calling it Bolshevik.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Frank ¢. Miller
Iron Trades Council
Seattle
John P. McLoughlin
Teamster’ Union
San Francisco Labor Council
Miners Stage Mass Meetings Over Pay Cut in Montana
Union members from several locals held mass meetings in Mont on Feb 8 and formed a workers council to coordinate a potential general walkout in protest of a one dollar daily pay reduction for district miners. Union leaders say workers are bitter and determined.
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Mont
Oakland Boilermakers Vote for Strike Amid Yard Tieup
Oakland shipyards face near total tieup after boilermakers vote 1451 to 960 for a strike. The Feb. 8 report says the vote triggers potential stoppage at local yards in Oakland California.
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Oakland
Cal
Wealthy Seattle Families Flee Diet to Stay in Portland Hotels
A number of affluent Seattle families arrived in Portland seeking temporary lodging to escape the prevalent tin-food diet. They checked into local hotels and planned short stays as they adjust to wartime scarcity.
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Portland
Obe
Seattle
Talks Over Cut Jerome Ari Officials Confer With Mine Staff
Officials of United Verde and other copper mines in the district held a one day conference with employee committees over yesterday's announcement of a 75 cent wage cut.
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Jerome, Ari
United Verde
Yanks Will See Principal Conference Role
Paris dispatch reports that anti-Bolshevik factions find the Soviet acceptance of the Allied powers proposal for a joint conference at Principal untenable in some quarters. American delegates insist the conference must proceed, while opponents expect full representation and a broader consolidation of Russian anti-Bolshevik elements. A delegate says the group will learn what the Bolshevik business entails.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
Paris
Associated Powers
Prinkipal
Heved Thag
War talks resume on terms for armistice extension
Paris February 8 The supreme war council met to resume discussion of terms for extending the armistice. Marshal Foch and aides will take up the measures February 17. It was believed new provisions to ease Germany’s economic blockade would be enacted.
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Paris
Supreme War Council
Marshal Foch
Germany
Prison labor drive amid worker shortage in Minnesota
In Stillwater Minnesota on February 8 officials urge applicants for prison service jobs to help reduce chronic labor shortages in prison industries as demand for steady employment rises.
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Stillwater
Minn
Minnesota
Nations League foundation mirrors US constitution
Paris February 8 1919 United Press reports outline by Professor Lamaude show the league of nations would resemble the United States structure with an executive committee forming executive and judicial branches and a separate legislative body. Armament would be limited and a league tribunal would settle disputes with war only as a last resort.
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William Phillip Simms
United Press
The
Paris
Organization of the League of Nations
United States
United Presa
Lamaude
Ane
Beyerseg Hvad
Larnaudeaha
Massacre in Tacambaro as Rebels Overrun Plaza
Reports from Paso Tex Feb 8 describe a brutal clash in Tacambaro Mexico where rebels led by Jesus Sintora looted the town. Sintora reportedly killed Colonel Cratos and had him dragged and hanged, while Ignaco Chavez a wealthy merchant also perished. Federal defenders held seven hours before surrendering.
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Ey, Paso
Tex
Tacambaro
Mexico
Jesus Sintora
Sintora
Cratos
Ignaco Chavez
Soldier in France reported dead returns home in Kentucky
In Hickman Kentucky J C Butler sits by the fire thinking of his son Thomas C Butler reported killed in France on September 24 when the door opens and the son walks in surprising the father The man learns no time is left for the claim in Cincinnati Ohio an attorney defending a 300 pound woman accused of robbery quips about her feeding herself leaving no time to rob.
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Hickman
J. C. Butler
Thos. C. Butler
France
Cincinnati
Thieves Arrested After City Loot Spreads Goods
Police say three men were arrested in Columbus after a spate of thefts targeting homes and cars. The loot included household goods and three new automobiles as investigators follow leads in the case.
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Columbus
Zohutes
Rozenbaum Sued Over Tickling Accusation at Cincinnati
A clerk denied claims that he placed his feet on a woman and that she tickled them out of affection. The case, involving Isaac A, centers on alleged improper conduct during a dispute in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Pees Loeb
Rozenbaum
Isaac
First Snow Today in Washington Delights Residents
Washington reports its first snow of the season on February 8 as light flurries dust the city. Residents monitor forecasts and take photos as streets clear.
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Washington
German policy blocks joining league of nations says Tageblatt
The Berliner Tageblatt reports Germany will not join the league of nations unless panel delegates approve its colonial policy. Germany’s single known policy is its retention of colonial aims, and the Allies have deemed agreement impossible.
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Zurich
Berliner Tageblatt
Germany
Gup
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