Paris Peace Congress Opens with Clemenceau and Wilson
Premier Clemenceau elected head of the peace congress as Paris hosts a gala luncheon for President Wilson at Luxembourg Palace. The supreme council hears M Noulens on Russia while warning that Bolshevik tyranny endangers any lasting peace. Danish minister Scavenius to speak next.
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Peace Conference Opens With Clemenceau as Chair
Paris January 20 The peace congress opened with Georges Clemenceau named permanent chairman and Raymond Poincare delivering the welcome as President Wilson Lloyd George and Sonnino spoke. Clemenceau outlined three main issues including responsibility for the war and crimes and industrial legislation with the League of Nations to head the next session. He noted reports on the penal responsibility of the former German emperor to be shared with each delegate.
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Germans cite U S precedent on punishing war law violators
Paris January 20 Leon Bourgeois former French premier and League of Nations authority cites a US Civil War case as precedent for punishing Germans of all ranks convicted of war law violations. He notes Henry Wirz was court martialed and executed for cruelties at Andersonville Georgia.
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Incomplete German Election Results in Baden and Württemberg
Partial results show the Majority Socialists winning five seats in Baden and the German Nationalist party one seat with three for the German Democratic party. Notable elected figures include Constantin Zehrenbach and others. meanwhile participation was limited by wartime conditions and postwar turmoil.
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Herr Kkehl
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Germany
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Rosa Luxemburg
40000 Men Involved In Shipyard Strikes
Tacoma shipyards largely shut down as about 15000 workers in three wooden yards and one steel yard strike for higher wages. Unions deny sympathy action, aiming for a new wage scale. One non union yard may resume, while Todd Shipbuilding plans steel vessel work and leaves the dispute to the shipping board.
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Seattle Shipyard Walkout Grips 25,000 Workers
Twenty five thousand men are set to quit work at 10 a.m. across eleven wooden and four steel shipyards in Seattle. The mass strike aims to leverage the government wage award. employers decline interference, saying the action rests with the United States Shipping Board. A final shipyard meeting yielded no resolution.
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Great Falls Fire Destroys Paris Dry Goods Store
A January 21 fire in Great Falls caused about 450000 dollars in damage, ruining the Paris dry goods store and six adjoining businesses. Firemen fought a blaze that appeared to originate from an explosion, with the Paris store fully engulfed when discovered.
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Extradite Kaiser Not A Political Refugee Warned In Paris Report
Paris reports summarize a study by Ferdinand Lamnaude and A G De Layradelle on whether Kaiser Wilhelm II can be extradited. They argue he is not a political refugee and that crimes of war are punishable, not exempt from trial, with emphasis on personal responsibility for war actions and terror methods.
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Clemenceau
Ferdinand Lamnaude
Paris Law Faculty
A. G. de Layradelle
Rights of Nations
Austria
Herarely
French Aviator Lands On Building In Paris
Jules Vedrines won a 25 000 franck prize as the first airman to land on a building roof. He took off from Issy Les Moulineaux at 1 20 pm through thick fog aiming for Galleries Lafayette near St Lazare. He skimmed the roof by inches, the plane was damaged but Vedrines was uninjured.
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Jules Vedrines
Franck
Vedrines
Issy Les Molineaux
Galleries Lafayette
St. Lazare Station
Army foresees higher food prices next year
Washington report notes army officials urge congress to provide food purchase funds with a 10 percent price increase built in for the year starting next July. Lt. Col. Adams of the quartermaster corps warns that once the food administration ends its function and restrictions are lifted, prices will surge.
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