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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1918
Page
2
President Poincare praised American troops for their aid in France and spoke of the heavy French losses, indemnities, and the need to rebuild. He noted kinship with Americans and predicted lasting friendship between the two nations.
Paris papers clash over Premier Clemenceau remarks on the League of Nations. Some say he repudiates the league while others insist he seeks to test its value before relying on it. Echo de Paris says he will not depend on it to protect national patrimony until proven. Humanite accuses him of bantering Wilsonian ideals and urges renewed armament and alliances.
Arrangements are completed for the start of a new political experiment in North Dakota as the Nonpartisan league inaugurates its officials. Governor Lynn J. Frazier, reelected, heads the regime with league candidates or endorsements filling most state offices, except Minnie Nielson the state superintendent. The league proposes public ownership of marketing facilities, tax exemptions for land improvements, initiative and referendum, and state insurance.
Famous diva Mme. Schumann-Heink will perform soldier songs in Seattle on January 28 at the Orpheum theatre and at Camp Lewis. A telegram to Harry Stahl of 1218 Fourth Ave confirmed the plans with the line T will be in dear Seattle January 21.
Seattle day schools resume Thursday. Night school sessions start Monday night January 6. City playfields reopen Thursday January 7 after being closed since December 16 due to the influenza situation.
Four men were arrested at a house at Stewart street and Howard avenue Tuesday morning for violating the liquor ordinance. Named suspects include Charles Larson 35 Andrew Palm 27 Carl Peterson 26 and H Mina ker 23 chauffeur. They are free on $100 bond each.
Camera of British Columbia records show 1,616,157 cases of salmon packed during the 1918 season, with Vancouver area crews contributing to the season's output.
President Wilson travels from London to Paris and Rome amid debates over peace plans and possible alliances. Lloyd George departs for his country estate as Buckingham Palace hosts a farewell dinner for the Wilson entourage. The royal couple saw off the party at Victoria Station amid large crowds.
John Wrapper a 64 year old Austrian laborer was arrested at Fourth Ave and Priest after three newsboys accused him of stealing pennies from their boxes. Thirty nine pennies were found on him during a police search and the money is kept as evidence.
Property in Ardwick Manchester that houses Lloyd George birthplace was bought by Sir Graham Wood The birthplace will be given to Manchester corporation intact while other structures are removed to create a workshop for training disabled soldiers and sailors.
A Central News dispatch says Polish forces now control Posen and have executed several German officers and disarmed others. Berlin communications are cut. Riots began after Ignace Paderewski arrived, as Poles push to annex the Posen district against German opposition.
The Polish pianist Paderewski, famed for advancing Poland’s independence, is seen by admirers as a leading candidate for the country’s first president in a free Poland movement.
Tokyo reports a movement parallel to U S efforts to remove German from schools aims to provide Japanese children in California and Hawaii with a complete education in the Japanese language.
J. KR. faces grand larceny in superior court for allegedly stealing several blankets from Cara at King Street Station. Special agent Joe Purvis of the King Street Terminal Company is the complaining witness. Smith is held in the county jail on $1,000 bond.
Reports from Christchurch New Zealand say the bark Aryan burned east of Chatham island last Wednesday. The captain and 13 crewmen landed safely while one boat remains missing.
American Table Sauce company in Seattle, makers of Luncho Butter and UK Table Sauce, aims to enlarge factory capacity and raise capital stock to push these soy by product products toward national distribution. Office base is the L. C. Smith building.
Admiral Sims, commander of American naval forces in European waters, will give up his overseas duties to lead the Naval War College at Newport. He asked that the college be doubled in appropriation and its work expanded, with a transition likely by early summer.
San Francisco readies for a giant New Year celebration on Market Street. Hotels report near capacity as revelers from dry counties flood in. officials warn of a flood of alcoholic solutions and adulterations amid a festive, possibly final wet night.
The United States Shipping Board steamer Quantico was driven ashore during a Christmas night storm on Tabkis inland, 25 miles east of Mendoro, resulting in 16 deaths. The wreck occurred as the vessel encountered heavy seas and high winds while navigating near the coast.
Committees from Merce, Snohomish and Spokane counties push a plan to create Greater Puget Sound freight terminals. A Seattle Tacoma Everett district would consolidate all rail freight with a single terminal management to cut delays and reduce rates, backed by officials and engineers.
Two 17 year old youths, Linn Livingston and Ray Hollis, were arrested near the scene of a Tuesday morning holdup at J M Anderson’s home on Harrison and Boren. Both shipyard workers are in city jail. A cheap revolver was found with Hollis.
Police say the 68 quarts of whisky stolen from the public safety building dry squad room were recovered after Thomas Simmons confessed to plotting with J T D Martin. Simmons accused Martin of withholding a share, leading to their arrest and detention without bail.
The crew known as the Black Boys kept the George Washington’s boilers and engines running, enabling the peace party and over 50,000 American troops to reach France. They worked 40 feet below the water line, facing extreme danger if the ship were mined or torpedoed. Their effort restored damaged cylinders and pistons after German sabotage attempts.
At Mare Island California December 31 The defense sought to undermine testimony by Mr and Mrs George Duffy Lewis in the court martial of Senior Lieutenant Chamberlin US Navy. Mrs Lewis said she saw Chamberlin intoxicated and a chief yeoman and a baseball star corroborated her account. Evidence indicated Chamberlin was intoxicated at the Fetter Springs resort where Mrs Lewis was also present.
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