Welcome for 400 Coast Artillery Troops Tonight
Red Cross officials and the welcome committee plan a reception for 432 Coast artillerymen of the 27th corps arriving at the Great Northern depot, Seattle. Troop trains from Camp Va. and Camp Lewis will brief layover before demobilization. Red Cross to give cigars and candy while King County defense council assists with arrangements. roll call and station events planned. The 1546 plague note appears as a separate line about the Black Death in Asia.
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Red Cross
Soldiers and Sailors
Frank Gates
Welome
27Th Coast Artillery ‘Corps
King St. Sta
Coast Artillery
Great Northern
Seattle
Camp Lewis
King County Council of Defense
Whoopee War Restrictions End For Public Eateries
Washington news reports the end of wheat less and meatless days and other wartime food rules for public eating places. The notice, signed by Charlies Hebberd and restaurant and hotel committee chairs, revokes prior regulations effective immediately.
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State Food Administration
Charlies Hebberd
Washington
10 000 000 Pounds Of Food Sent To Sweden And Finland
The war trade board announced on December 23 that over 10 million pounds of foodstuffs will ship to Sweden to ease the Scandinavian shortage and arrive by Christmas. The move aims to share US supplies with Sweden and show friendship, not reflect surplus. The same day the board authorized civilian relief shipments to Finland totaling 10 000 tons of cereals 2000 tons of pork 1000 tons of industrial fats and 1000 tons of sugar on Hoover's recommendation.
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Sweden
Washington
United States
War Trade Board
America
Finland
Herbert Hoover
Wilson on Trail of Kaiser In London Visit
President Wilson reportedly occupies the George Washington suite once used by the kaiser and is served by a former Kaiser's waiter. He is also expected to be given the Buckingham Palace suite that the kaiser stayed in during his 1911 visit.
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London
Wilson
George Washington
Kaiser
Buckingham Palace
Seattle Flu Toll Dips as Sunday Reports Count Seven Deaths
Influenza declined in Seattle with 34 new cases and seven deaths reported by noon for Sunday and Monday morning. Saturday had ten deaths and 130 cases, and officials expect totals to stay below last week’s daily averages as additional reports may raise figures.
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Seattle
Council Takes Up Gar Bills For Traction Purchase
The city council returns to debate the traction situation as four ordinances covering the $15,000,000 car line purchase are completed. Three ordinances are set for introduction, including purchase, contract, and interurban agreements. The bond ordinance faces special discussion and awaits passage of the others before final approval.
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Meier
City Light Uncertain Tonight
J. D. Rosas, superintendent of the city lighting department, directs a crew of electrical experts to avert Seattle darkness after a power house valve rupture flooded two generators. The reserve steam plant is being brought back online with operations expected before Beattie turns lights on Monday evening.
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J. D. Rosas
Cedar Falls
Seattle
Hoss
Reserve
Beattie
Althore
Karolyi Announces Intent to Quit as Hungary’s Premier
Budapest dispatch reports Premier Karolyi stating he will resign amid factional disputes and worsening food and economic conditions. The decision follows prior quotes noting lack of cohesion among political factions would force him to relinquish government control.
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Zurich
Count Karolyi
Budapest
Karolyi
Vanderveer Talk Stopped by Soldiers in Spokane
In Spokane on Sunday night about 60 uniformed soldiers disrupted a meeting where George F. Vanderveer of Seattle spoke for socialism. They extinguished lights and forced the audience to leave, warning no Bolshevism and no more Sunday meetings. No disorder occurred. The plan arose after two soldiers in civilian clothes complained of Vanderveer's remarks.
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Spokane
George F. Vanderveer
Seattle
Vanderveer
91st Division Still Stationed in Belgium
The 91st Wild West division, drawn from the West and Alaska, is stationed at Denterghem Belgium, per a War Department announcement. Maj. Gen. M. H. Johnson commands the division, famed for its role in the drive that helped force Germany’s collapse.
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Belgium
West
Alaska
Denterghem
War Department
M. H. Johnson
Wilson at Work on New Speeches
Paris dispatch reports President Wilson drafting speeches for London Manchester and the American soldiers at Christmas He also held a conference with Col House as he prepared for major addresses abroad and at home
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Wilson
Paris
London
Manchester
Col. House
Walter Hines Page Dies at Pinehurst
Walter Hines Page former U S ambassador to Great Britain died at Pinehurst North Carolina after a long illness Funeral services will be held Tuesday in the town where news of his death was announced he served as ambassador during the wartime period and was a noted journalist and author
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Pinehurst
N. C
Walter Hines Page
U. S
Great Britain
Jealousy Motive Feared In D. A. Collins Slaying Hotel Diller
D. A. Collins a 45 year old salesman was killed in the Hotel Diller with a revolver. Police link a mysterious guest who checked out between 3 and 4 am to the case. A letter found in Collins room ties him to Ruby Waldy of Yakima. Seattle detectives eye Yakima connections as they probe motive and escape routes.
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Yakima
D. A. Collins
Diller
Seattle
Collins
Parmite
Ruby Waldy
Ninth St
Man
Tennant
the Diller
Jack Desmond
Fairbanks
Alaska
Desmond
Sameone
M. R. Ballard
G. L. Gordon
Altho
Fred Collins
47Th Ave. S. W
Massachusettset
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
Roll Call
Bloody street fighting in Zurich clashes end with Spartacides defeated
In Zurich on December 23 a clash between the workmen and soldiers council forces and Spartacides left many dead. The fighting followed arrests of strike leaders at the Hottorr mine. Spartacides reinforced, attacked a prison, freed comrades, and seized soviet representatives before armed mobs attacked the Workmen's and soldiers' forces and were dispersed by machine gun fire.
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Workmen's
Council
Spartacides
Hottorr
Workmen's and Soldiers’ Council
East Prussian Cities Seized by Revolting Lithuanians
Advices reaching Washington report Tilsit Memel Insterburg and other East Prussian cities seized by Prussian Lithuanians revolting from German rule. The German press in Berlin acknowledges the situation and assesses East Prussia with gravity.
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Washington
Tilsit
Memel
Insterburg
East Prussia
German Constitution Mirrors American Plan in Draft
Berlin reports that the German republic's new constitution, guided by Hugo Von Prass, follows the U S model with a central and state government balance and a president with constrained powers. The 14-state union and Bavarian offer shape the executive, while war dispute fears and peace terms dominate Berlin chatter. The mood is wary of penalties on the Kaiser and wary optimism toward Ebert Haase governance as unrest trends.
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Berlin
German Republic
Hugo von Prass
United States
Union of German
Germany
Marshal van Ndenburg
Ludendorff
Ebert-Haase
South Americans Seek Share of Surrendered German Fleet
South American nations would like to obtain some or all of the surrendered German fleet to boost naval strength and participate in a proposed international fleet, with interest noted in Washington reports.
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Washington
South America
Lansing Denies Sink Fleet Claim in Peace Talks
Paris December 23 Secretary Lansing officially denied that the American peace delegation planned to advocate sinking the surrendered German warships. He stated the proposition has not been discussed and no such policy is under consideration.
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Paris
Lansing
Carl R. Gray May Get McAdoo Place
Washington December 23 President Carl R Gray of the Western Maryland railroad was reported as slated to become railroad administrator succeeding William G McAdoo in the post.
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Carl R. Gray
McAdoo Place
Washington
Western Maryland Railroad
Wm. G., McAdoo
Turkey to Declare Herself Bankrupt
BERLIN Dec 22 Delayed Turkey will declare itself nationally bankrupt according to a report to officials in Ankara and Istanbul. The report cites a forthcoming government proclamation amid financial distress and mounting external pressures.
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Turkey
Berlin
German bourgeoisie to meet in January
Zurich dispatch reports the bourgeoisie council has called a congress of bourgeoisie from all parts of Germany for January 5. The Berlin source notes the event will gather leaders from across the nation to discuss affairs of the class and policy directions.
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Zurich
Germany
Berlin
Wilsons outreach to European peoples outlined in Paris dispatch
President Wilson plans direct engagement with allied publics to shape peace covenants. He will speak in England and Italy and via press while consulting allied leaders, amid diverse European factions seeking influence and pressure for self determination. A Tokyo denial says no new imperial troops will be sent to Siberia, opposing reports of Urals deployment.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press Cortes
Paris
Wilson
England
Italy
Europe
Tokyo
Urals
Siberia
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