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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
1
President Wilson argues the war aims to free peoples from a vast militaristic empire. He condemns German leadership and demands clear proof of German public will before trusting treaties or disarmament measures. He calls for new evidence restoring faith in covenanted peace globally.
Donald Joseph Jones, seven, arrived in Seattle to live with his aunt Mrs J E Kinney after traveling from New York with seven dollars and two train rides. He plans to attend school and grow up in the city while his vaudeville parents continue traveling.
North Dakota will host the People’s Council meeting after Gov. Burnquist blocked the Minnesota venue. Louis P. Lochner says a city has not been chosen though Fargo is mentioned and a definite announcement will come later.
Indianapolis August 29 government operation of coal mines in the central competitive field to loan adequate fuel supply to wartime needs today was a possibility.
Redding California August 29 twelve hundred Shasta county copper miners idle today joining a strike that began at the Balla Kalala mine last week demanding a daily wage of five dollars.
The piece praises President Wilson for calling the Kaiser a liar and murderer and frames his war message as a shout for American resolve. It argues the Germans are guilty of monster crime and that American mothers and fathers hate the Kaiser and his regime, while distinguishing the German people from their leaders.
Charles Edward Russell reports from Russia on three months with the U S commission and reveals secret agreements shaping the new democratic government The piece defends the Russian people's struggle for liberty and warns against a return to autocracy, stressing global importance of democracy.
In Portland a tall man Big Bill Edris marries Frances Skinner daughter of shipbuilder D E Skinner. He leaves vaudeville to rivet ships for Skinner and Eddy, amid a wartime romance shadowed by German victory fears and democracy’s fate.
The narrative recalls a chapter about a Rusela tied to Miss Mary Little of Wisconsin. Bill, amid campus life, grew close to the Skinner family and called Mrs Skinner Ma and Mr Skinner Pa. He and Frances, both active in college theater, married after a lengthy courtship while Frances worked with Seattle Red Cross.
Ottawa Aug 29 Canada's military service bill becomes law as the Duke of Devonshire signs it. Regs and tribunals will follow in two or three weeks with a proclamation designating districts and calling single men aged 20 to 34 to report.
United Press reports the Senate Finance Committee approved a 498 million dollar increase in war profit taxes as part of the war revenue bill. The McKellar zone mail amendment passed 40 to 35, boosting rates for distant magazines and newspapers and altering overall tax take to about 1.06 billion dollars. Simmons voiced the move to sway enough senators despite Southern insurgent and Borah Johnson opposition.
United Press report from Washington and Buenos Aires notes President Wilson and German officials reacting to submarine policy shifts. Germany yields on sinking Argentine ships and backs down on naval actions, while claims of adherence to international law are stated. Argentine notes protested earlier sinkings and demanded damages.
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