City Realizes Artistic Dream for Seattle Symphony
A civic vision for a popular symphony orchestra elevates Seattle culture, arguing music unites workers and managers alike and can transform the city like Boston or New York. The spring series will feature Beethoven Fate, Schubert Unfinished, and Tschaikowsky Pathetic, with the fall plan including Tschaikowsky’s Pathetic Symphony. Thursday’s program opens with Romeo and Juliet overture and a Slav march.
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Lloyd George Holds Power in Peace Conference Balance
Paris April 10 Premier Lloyd George is described as holding the balance of power in the peace conference. He aims to win American friendship amid clashes with France and Italy, backing Wilson during a recent crisis while facing pressure from Britain’s conservative parliament to honor pre election pledges.
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Italy
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Wilson
Hope Polly Still Has That $33,000
A dazed French private in San Francisco carries a small iron box with $33,000 in it. Police search the bay district after he was seen in the Southern Pacific waiting room saying he would buy tickets for comrades to Siberia. The box contents were shown to employees, but no aid or safeguards were provided.
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Siberia
Colored Heroes Welcome Home With Chicken Dinner
The Fifteenth Infantry colored unit returns to New York amid a city welcome. A chicken dinner parade and chocolates, plus cigars, mark the homecoming under the mayoral welcome committee.
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Allies Debate Enemy Refusal in Peace Talks
Paris dispatch reports on April 16 as Edward M Thierry of Be. A. staff examines possible Allied responses if Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty. The piece analyzes diplomatic options, pressures, and potential military or political consequences without detailing specific plans.
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American Peace Commission
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Deadly storm cripples central region with vast damage
A severe storm and blizzard cut direct East contact across Kansas Nebraska New Mexico and the Panhandle. Tornados in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas killed scores and isolated towns. Rail lines stalled. cattle and sheep losses feared. Intermittent wire news failed. forecasts spoke of wider spread impact.
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Street Battle in Hun Cities
Berlin reports street fighting in Magdeburg Dusseldorf and Basen as government proclaims siege. Deposed Bavarian socialist government returns from Nu remburg and Hamburg. Premier Hoffman directs loyal troops and peasants to blockade Munich and other communist cities to starve the soviet government into submission. Civil war in Bavaria hinges on socialist forces gathering quickly. The national soviet congress may focus on peaceful demands on the Scheidmann government.
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Suit Charges Carelessness Over Stevedore Fatality
Emma Carson files a $40,000 damages suit in Judge Clay Allen's department alleging negligence by Washington Stevedore Co. foreman who ordered a winch to release while her husband James Carson was in a crane area under a suspended steel plate, causing his instant death. Witnesses include longshoremen from the ship crew. The outcome will be decided by a jury.
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Treaties Next to Be Settled Amid Allied Reactions
Observers interpret the big four’s stance on the ex Kaiser as possibly facing an international tribunal or exile, though no capital punishment is likely. Germany must pay a five billion dollar initial reparations within two years, with an undetermined balance to a permanent financial commission. The League of Nations commission meets tonight to redraft the covenant.
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Seizure Ties to Ex Empress Charlotte Assets in Belgium
In Brussels authorities seized foreign property valued at 16 million dollars linked to the late Empress Charlotte widow of Maximilian emperor of Mexico sister in law to Emperor Franz Josef. The move targets assets tied to exiled monarchy figures amid ongoing political changes.
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Ballardites Favor Property Tax at Club Meeting
At a Tuesday mass meeting Ballard residents supported paying by filling out cards given by the Rooster club committee. The action reflected the majority of Mallard property owners on the issue.
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Rooster Club
If It's Large It Is Chic Hat Trend Foretells Summer
Forecasts declare bonnets will spread and grow into vast shady affairs for summer. The model features a white leg horn faced crown with blue tafetta and silk band, finished with a cascade of blue extries.
Tragic suicide note reveals Elma Karvia farewell words
Elma Karvia, 19 or 20, left a letter to friends pleading for forgiveness and expressing despair over family faults and city life. She described love lost, urged kindness to relatives, and hinted at returning after death. Coroner ruled death by own action with no autopsy.
Close Up Exhibit of French Art Closed in Los Angeles
The exhibit of French art and antiques by Jules Ratzkowski is closed after French and American investigators allege the items are not genuine and Napoleonic emblems were added posthumously. They claim the French Red Cross is not backing the show.
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Los Angeles
Jules Ratzkowski
Red Cross
Eleven Thousand Rail Workers Seek Higher Pay in Winnipeg
Eleven thousand railway employees across Greater Winnipeg filed wage demands with employers and await Canada War Board approval to begin negotiations. The workers, spanning nine trades, organized last year for mutual benefits.
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Manitoba
Canada War Board
United For Mutual Benefit
US Steel Unfilled Tonnage Drops in March 1919
New York April 10 unfilled steel tonnage of United States Steel Corp stood at 5 430 572 tons as of March 41 1919. This compares with 6 010 787 tons on February 28 and 6 684 382 tons on January 31 1919.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
New Bathing Suits Debut With Practical Style
Fresh bathings suits feature sailor collars in black and white stripes with a black bow. The green wool base remains calm against waves, with wing sleeves and striped accents. Prices range from 8.50 to 13.50, offering all wool options in blue yellow banding and yellow fiber silk.
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