Germany's six rule claimed by Scheidemann in Berlin interview
N E A staff correspondent reports Philip Scheidemann says he and Ebert and four cabinet allies hold supreme power in Germany and reject the Soldiers' and Workmen's Council as only temporary. He says the cabinet, with three majority Socialists and three independents, will name peace delegates and that Solf remains foreign secretary until a new decision. The piece recounts the chaotic Berlin streets as soldiers force entry to the Prussian diet chamber and detain the executive committee amid tense pursuit of Ebert.
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Edward M. Thierry
Berlin
Philip Scheidemann
Social Democratic Coalition
Ebert
Germany
Soldiers’ and Workmen's Council
National Assembly
Liebknecht
Biichers
Cabinet of Six
Scheidemann
Eclares
Her- Tin
Hans Paasche
Reichstag
Harden
Paasche
Harry Greenwell
London Express
Soldiers’ Council
Paasche Greenwell
Chancellory
Lodge Questions Practicality of League of Nations
Senator Lodge Republican floor leader questioned the league of nations as a workable peace plan. He warned it could hinder immediate peace with Germany and demanded binding guarantees in a future peace treaty before discussing the league’s terms. He urged postponement of five of President Wilson’s 14 terms until a solid treaty is signed.
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Wilson
League of Nations
Senator Lodge
League
Germany
Lodge
Holland
President's Ship With Yanks Heads Home for Christmas
NEW YORK December 2 The United States transport George Washington, which carried President Wilson to Europe, is due here on Christmas day. It will bring the complete 139th artillery with 64 officers and 1,444 men. Headquarters company of the 137th field artillery and batteries A B D and E with 33 officers and 824 men are aboard.
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New York
United States
George Washington
Wilson
137Th Field Artillery
Baltic Arrives in New York With 2042 Officers and Enlistees
The White Star liner Baltic docked in New York today bringing 99 officers and 1 943 enlisted men aboard.
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New York
Tacoma Strike Talks Set For City Leaders Meeting
Tacoma December 21 representatives from shipyards industrial concerns and businesses were to meet with city commissioners to press for a settlement to avert a citywide paralysis of industry and transport caused by the electricians strike Government intervention and immigration official Henry M White of Seattle were named as possible conciliators The joint executive committees of two local electrical workers unions said they would attend and noted the commissioners had not offered a complete wage scale covering their members
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Tacoma
Henry M. White
Seattle
Electrical Workers
Walsh Defends Socialist Organ in Espionage Trial
Frank P. Walsh chairman of the War Labor Board testified for the defense in Chicago on December 21 in the espionage case against five socialists. He argued that the American Socialist pamphlet should not be barred from the mails though some pamphlets should be barred.
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Chicago
Socialist Party
Frank P. Walsh
War Labor Board
Sociialista
Movement Begun for Labor Party
New York announces a plan to form a national political labor party. Thomas J. Curtis of the Central Federated Union says the move follows a spontaneous demand from New York City workers.
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New York
New York City
Thomas J. Curtis
Central Federated Union
Telegrams and classifieds guide the modern buyer
A note reflects on Daniel Webster and the changing world since his era. It praises classified ads as modern magic that link buyers and sellers and direct the 20th century path to profit. To place ads, call Main 609 and ask for the classified department.
President Wilson Sees Peace Conference as Hope for Justice
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson stating delegates must pool efforts to achieve a just and reasonable peace. He expresses confidence the Versailles talks can safeguard civilization and prevent future wars through shared responsibility among great powers. He travels to Europe to confer with allied statesmen and learn from direct contact.
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Paris
Wilson
London Times
Versailles
Windom
Europe
United States
France
Mayor Learns He Cannot Tie a Knot in Marriage
Mayor Hanson discovers he cannot perform marriages after reviewing the law on the subject. Lieut. F. D. Gore, newly returned from overseas, obtains a license to wed Miss Ethel Drake. the mayor, called as a witness, is asked to marry them but the plan is canceled after a quick law-book check.
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Hanson
F. D. Gore
Kitsap County
Ethel Drake
Murphine and Case Reappointed to City Posts
Mayor Hanson planned to reappoint Thomas Murphine as superintendent of public utilities and Charles H. Case as superintendent of streets for three years, with action expected late Saturday.
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Thomas Murphine
Charles H. Case
Hanson
San Francisco Labor Refuses to Send Delegate to Mooney Meet
San Francisco labor leaders vote 82 to 63 not to send a delegate to the Mooney protest meeting in Chicago on January 14. The decision follows a plea by "Mother" Jones for unanimous action, with her remark to exclude reactionaries from the delegation.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Labor Council
Jones
Bomb charges against Ed Nolan dismissed
In San Francisco on December 21 the district attorney dropped charges against Ed Nolan, one of five defendants in a preparedness parade bomb case. Nolan, held nine months with refused bail, was found to have no case against him. prosecutors cited lack of evidence linking him to the bomb.
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San Francisco
Ed Nolan
District Attorney's Office
Thomas J. Mooney
Nolan
Firlands Christmas Appeal Seeks Help for Tuberculosis Patients
Seattle readers are asked to donate to the Anti-Tuberculosis League for Firlands sanatorium. With influenza restricting visits, 25 patients and 135 residents rely on gifts such as warm clothing and packages sent to every patient. Mail contributions to the league or deliver to room 348 Henry building. time is short.
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Star
Red Cross
The
Post-Intelligencer
Seattle
Firlands Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Firlands
Star Readers
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Henry Building
League
Jealous man shoots at boarder but bullet bounces off
Willis Moore 55 using crutches fired at Gus Pearson 29 at the Moore boarding house on 1513 123th Ave. The bullet struck Pearson between the shoulders and failed to exit. Police took both men to the city jail where they await release. Pearson plans to move out.
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Boarder
Willis Moore
Gus BE
Pearson
Moore
The
Moores
Mattere
123Th Ave
Mr. Moore
Poth Moore
Poth
Saturday Shortest Day of the Year Observed
The article playfully notes Saturday as the shortest day of the year with Old Sol laboring from the horizon. It humorously comments on daylight fading, time, and mortality while predicting longer days begin after Saturday as the sun’s health improves and nights shorten.
Roll Call To Go Over A Day
Solicitors for the Red Cross Christmas roll call will continue through Monday and possibly Tuesday. The drive leaders say a full quota is subscribed and incomplete returns would jeopardize ending the drive Saturday night. It is estimated at least half the $200000 quota has been raised, possibly as high as $150000. Scattered returns from residence districts are delaying the general count.
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Mas
Booze Plans Foiled by Officious Police
Marie Sawyer travelled from Crient Falls Montana to Seattle to sell liquor at ten dollars a quart. Federal authorities arrested her upon arrival and found liquor in her suitcase. Bail was set at one thousand dollars.
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Marie Sawyer
Seattle
Crient Falls
Mont
Ship workers push for full Saturday work in Portland
Portland December 21. Wood shipyards in the city plan to operate through Saturday despite union action for a half holiday. Twenty one of 22 Metal Trades council unions representing 30 000 workers voted to cease labor at noon today and each Saturday afterward to keep work and avoid unemployment during reconstruction. Employers reply their whistles will blow on time and work will continue with the workers present.
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Metal Trades Council of the
Columbia River District
Lloyd George Paper Urges League Of Nations Unity
London dispatch quotes Lloyd George’s Chronicle urging formation of a league of nations as evidence by the crisis in Galicia and the Ukraine. The Geneva report highlights a need for collective security and international cooperation.
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London
the Chronicle
Lloyd George
Geneva
League of Nations
Galicia
Ukraine
Former foe minister endorses league of nations
Count Johann von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the United States, says Germany’s salvation lies in a strong league of nations and a peace of justice. He favors Wilsonian principles and signals optimism for a peace settlement, while denying involvement in plots against the United States.
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United Press
Berlin
League of Nations
Johaann von Bernstorff
U. S
Bernstorff
Wilson
Bernetorff
Turkey
America
Germany
Boy Kd
von Papen
Kaleer
Washington
United States
Organization of U S Army on permanent lines
Washington December 21 The army organization on permanent lines has begun Maj Gen Charles T Menoher former Rainbow division commander and later Sixth corps leader named by Chief of Staff March as director of the air service Morris will serve as acting director until Menoher arrives home
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Washington
United States Army
Charles T. Menoher
Rainbow Division
Sixth Corps
March
Air Service
Menoher
J. A. Morris
Reformatory sentence handed to Doctor for influenza victim robbery
Dr J N Donaldson found guilty of robbing influenza victims at King County Emergency Hospital and sentenced to one to 15 years at Monroe Reformatory by Superior Judge Mitchell Gilliam. Louis Kimmell convicted of robbing El Rice on November 4 and sentenced to five to ten years at the state penitentiary at Walla Walla by Judge Everett Smith.
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J. N. Donaldson
King County
Monroe Reformatory
Mitchell Gilliam
Louis Kimmell
el. Rice
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Everett Smith
Sorbonne to Award President Degree
Paris December 21 President Wilson will receive the first degree of Honoris Causa ever conferred by the Sorbonne university. The Sorbonne, founded by Richard Sorbonne in 1255, is a renowned institute for theology science and literature.
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Paris
Wilson
Sorbonne University
The
Sorbonne
Richard Sorbonne
Alleged Interstate Booze Plan Smashed
Nathan Lewis a logger was bound over to the federal grand jury at a hearing before United States Commissioner R W McClelland charged with transporting liquor from Minnesota in suit cases Vernee Puro a salesman was committed to jail on the same charges for failure to deposit bond Puro came from Idaho
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Nathan Lewis
Federal Grand Jury
United States
R. W. McClelland
Minnesota
Vernee Puro
Puro
Idaho
Enemy Ship Problem Is Not Decided
United Press reports that American commissioners have not yet decided to advocate sinking the German fleet or the disposition of the Kaiser. Many proposals have been received but not discussed as Ed Hurley meets British French and Italian representatives to review shipping issues.
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Edwin Hurley
Great Britain
France
Italy
Liberal freed by government of war charges
W H Bouck of Bow Washington former organizer for the Farmers' Nonpartisan league had espionage charges dismissed by Judge J Neterer on motion by Clarence L Reames due to lack of evidence. The indictment had alleged seditious speeches at Bow during World War I claiming profiteers would profit. Bouck denied the charges asserting support for the war and Liberty bonds.
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W. H. Bouck
Bow
Wash
Farmers’ Nonpartisan League
United States
J. Neterer
Clarence L. Reames
United States Attorney
Pouck
Reames
Bouck
Liberty Bonds
National warns Britain on U S shipbuilding lead
The weekly National warns the British people that entering a naval building competition with the United States would be a personal crisis. It declares that if naval supremacy exists at all, it will be American, not British.
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Standon
National
United States
Airmail Service Between Chicago and New York Halted
Washington December 21 The postmaster general ordered suspension of aerial mail service between New York and Chicago until January 12 due to overheated motors. Ninety percent of the engines overheat, disrupting operations.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
Burleson
Wilson to land at Dover on arrival in England
The Evening News reports that when President Wilson visits England he will land at Dover upon his arrival in the country.
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Wilson
Dover
London
England
Evening News
American Girl Plans Flight Across Ocean From Europe
Katherine Stinson the American aviatrix announced she will attempt a flight from Europe to America. She just flew over London in a Handley Page machine becoming the first woman pilot to do so. She will fly to Paris to join the Red Cross and may be sent into Germany to find missing American soldiers. Alice Fleenore may accompany her.
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London
Katherine Stinson
Europe
America
Miss Stinson
Paris
Red Cross
Germany
British to Define Wilsons Russia Policy After Christmas
London officials and liberal leaders urge President Wilson to state a clear policy on Russia including self determination and freedom of the seas. Rumors of a British expedition to seize Petrograd and Moscow spark debate over allied aims and the future presence of troops.
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London
Wilson
Russia
League of Nations
Petro- Grad
Moscow
Lloyd George
the Chronicle
Lord Milner
German presidential election conference opens December 23
Stockholm dispatch reports the conference to elect a president of the German republic will assemble in Berlin on December 23.
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Stockholm
Berlin
British Order Forces Councils to End Activities
AMSTERDAM Dec 21 The British governor of Cologne orders the workmen s and soldiers councils to stop all activities on both banks of the Rhine and to evacuate public buildings immediately.
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Amsterdam
Cologne
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