France urged to join evacuation plan from Russia
Paris reports the United States and Great Britain have proposed immediate withdrawal of all Allied troops from Russia. Lenine and Tchitcherin favor a joint conference if Allied forces withdraw first. Britain may move troops by March to avoid Arctic ice closure. France has not indicated its stance.
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Paris
United States
Great Britain
Rance
Russia
Lenine
Tchitcherin
Wilson plans faster pace for peace talks in Paris
Paris February report says President Wilson favors rapid, organized work at the peace conference. Delegates move toward a league constitution with no annexations and reference to committees to speed settlement. Wilson advocates ten hour days, more committees, and a tighter peace bureau to finish the treaty sooner.
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Wilson
Peace Bureau
Hope of shipyard strike settlement brightens talks
News from the coast reports Macy board and shipping board meeting to raise pay to 5 50 a day for low wage workers. The Metal Trades council conference and industrial relations committee work toward a settlement while unions prepare for a possible general walkout next week.
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Macy Board
Shipping Board
The
Metal Trades Council
Danworth
Macy and Shipping Boards
Northwest
Altho
O. S. Larson
Tacoma
Community Labor Board
Henry Suzzallo
University of Washington
Olympia
Suzzallo
Larson
Industrial Relations Committee
William Short
State Federation of Labor
R. L. Proctor
Central Labor Council
Organized Labor
A. E. Miller
Metal Trades Headquarters
City Electrical Workers
City Light and Power Department
Municipal Street Railway
Irish Leader Sir Horace Plunkett Tours the United States
Sir Horace Plunkett arrives in New York on the Adriatic to study American agriculture and conditions. He denies touring to agitate on the Irish Question and plans a Westward trip. He muses if Ireland could be a self determining nation in the present war council debate.
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New York
Horace Plunkett
United States
Horse
Adriatic
Unit 4
Supreme War Council
Plunkett
Ireland
Legislators Headed to Seattle for Canal Visit
Olympia February 1 Legislators and aides left for Seattle aboard the IL steamer for a tour of public and Lake Washington canal projects They will view the Moore Theatre in the afternoon and attend dinner at the Masonic Club building hosted by the Chamber They expect to return around 11:20 p m
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Olympia
Seattle
Lake Washington Canal
Moore Theatre
Masonic Club
Chamber of
Japanese Plan Mass Meeting for League Abolition
Tokyo officials and publicists announce a nationwide mass meeting to press the League of Nations to abolish all vacations. The plan emphasizes unity among statesmen and public figures in demanding abolition.
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Tokyo
League of Nations
Business Opportunities in Monday's Star
The Star highlights numerous profit avenues in a substantial business. Offers or sales cover hotels grocery stores general merchandise stores stores ages machine shops and grants. Read Monday's Star for details.
Allies face Soviet plans for joint conference in Russia
American agents report Lenine and Tehitcherin agreeable to a joint conference with the condition of allied troop withdrawal from Russian soil before talks. Trotsky opposes withdrawal, arguing presence fuels revolution. Unofficial Moscow soviet talks hint Lenine may dominate the meeting and steer its outcome.
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Associated Powers
Lenine
Tehitcherin
Trotsky
Russia
Moscow
Trotaky
Famous Chinese Leader and Two Students Slain
Three members of China's educational mission were found dead in Washington. Dr. Theodore T. Wong, director of the mission, and two assistants Fen Sen Wu and C. H. Hale, were discovered with signs of a struggle and a revolver nearby. Wong's quarters were in a secluded Washington area. the others in the basement.
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Washington
Theodore T. Wong
China
Fen Sen Wu
C. H. Hale
Dr. Wong
Thirteen Pan Motor Company Officials Indicted
In Chicago on February 1 the federal grand jury indicted thirteen Pan Motor company officers from St. Cloud Minnesota on conspiracy and mail fraud charges. The indictment accuses Pan Motor of misrepresenting equipment and production and selling about 5 million dollars worth of stock while only assembling a few vehicles.
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Chicago
Pan Motor Company
St. Cloud
Minn
Admiral Beatty to Visit America After Grand Fleet Demobilizes
London dispatch says Admiral Beatty commander in chief of the British navy will visit the United States after the grand fleet is demobilized. He is expected to travel with a fleet of several types of British warships.
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London
Beatty
America
London Times
League of Nations framework pushed for early peace congress
Paris reports that plenary session delayed to speed the peace bureau's work on the league outline. President Wilson met with Lord Cecil and General Smuts, comparing plans for a workable league. German colonial policy seen as aligned with league principles. Philippines and Panama Canal left out as American and non-disputed.
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United Press Corresp
Paris
Peace Bureau
League of Nations
Wilson
Lord Ceeil
Gen. Smuts
Peace Congress
League
Bureau
Philippines
Panama Canal
Lone Star Dietz Indicted for False Draft Registration
Spokane report says William Lone Star Dietz, Pullman Mare Island marine football coach, is indicted by a federal grand jury on a false registration charge. Witnesses describe Dietz’s German-leaning background and disputed Indian claim used for exemption. Dietz later asserts frame up amid public scrutiny. Vallejo and Mare Island officials comment on the case.
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Spokane
William
Lone Star
Dietz
Pullman-Mare Island Marine
Baraboo
Wis
Diets
J. C. Argall
Metz
Department of Justice
Dieta
Rescue Troops On U S Vessel Narragansett Runs Ashore
The American transport Narragansett ran ashore off Wembridge point while en route from Havre to Southampton. Troops were evacuated by car ferries as several craft from Southampton and Portsmouth aided in the effort. The Narragansett, a 3359 ton steel steamer built in 1913 at Wilmington Del, is registered at Portland Me.
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London
Havre
Southampton
Wembridge Point
Portamouth
Wilmington
Del
Portland
1 702 91st Men Die in Battle
Washington reports battle deaths by division. The 1st Wild West division suffered 1,702 deaths, the 1st division 5,248, and the 32nd division 4,215. Other divisions listed show deaths above 2,000.
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Washington
Wild West
Huge Loss Claims of Americans Are Checked in Mexico
The indemnity commission of the Carranza government in Mexico City is passing on American losses from revolution and border banditry. Over 40,000 claims totaling about 250 million dollars have been filed by Mexicans and foreigners for the revolutionary period.
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Mexico
Washington
Carranza
Mexico City
Governor Lister Improves. signs aid measures
Olympia report says Governor Lister sat up in bed and is very much improved. His physician notes progress as he weighs signing a bill creating a commission to aid returning soldiers and gallows patients. School board passes resolutions for immediate erection of temporary school structures costing 75000 dollars.
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Olympia
Lister
Sriday
Hun Troops Fight Poles as They Capture Towns
German forces attacked Polish positions along the eastern frontier and seized Grunthal Wunehel and Grossamokli. A large amount of artillery and machine guns were captured according to dispatches received in Zurich.
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Zurich
Grunthal
Wunehel
Grossamokli
Workmen in Bremen Stage New Revolt
Bremen workers revolt to defend the city as government troops march from Sterling. Dispatches received today report hard fighting ahead and a tense stand for Bremen amid the crisis.
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Bremen
Copenhagen
Sterlin
Czech Forces Win in Polish Battle
Cuacho forces have occupied astern Silesia after heavy fighting with the Poles, according to a Vienna dispatch to the Cologne Volks Zeitung.
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Amsterdam
Astern
Silesia
Austria
Vienna
Cologne Volks Zeitung
Vienna Shops Pillaged as Unemployed Mob Marches
Vienna on January 31 report says police mobilized to quell a mob of thousands of unemployed pillaging shops while marching on the reichsrath building. Arrests were made as marchers dispersed after being incited by communist speakers urging rent refusal until work. A mass meeting backed League of Nations and passed resolutions favoring neutralization of German Austria and German Bohemia under Allied protection.
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Vienna
Reicherath
League of Nations
Austria
Bohemia
Labor Legislation Opened by Peace Conference Panel
Paris February 1 International labor legislation was formally taken up today as the special committee on that portion of the peace settlement began sessions at the French ministry of labor. The reparations and damages committee will meet Monday at the finance offices and a final program decision is expected at 4 30 p m Tuesday.
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Paris
Ministry of Labor
Ministry of Finance
Enlisted Aides Press Bribe and Mess Fund Allegations
Brig. Gen. C. T. Barth at Camp Grant and Capt. B. K. A. Smith reviewed charges brought by enlisted men against Lieut. Wiley H. Dohner. The evidence alleges he accepted bribes to grant discharge and that he attended the company mess for weeks without reimbursing the mess fund.
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Rockford
C. TI. Barth
Camp Grant
BK. A. Smith
Intelligence Department
Wiley H. Dohner
Socialists Win Prussian Votes In State Elections
Berlin Feb 1 The majority socialists led in Prussian state elections with practically complete returns. Final tallies show Majority socialists 1242 Catholics 87 democrats 61 conservatives 41 independent socialists 24 Stressmanites 14 minor parties 7.
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Berlin
Henry Chineschmidt Sr. Hotel figure dies in Redding
Henry Chineschmidt Sr. 71 a prominent hotel man in northern California died today at the Temple hotel in Redding California after a long career in the hospitality industry with wide local influence.
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Redding
Cal
Henry Chineschmidt, Sr
California
Temple Hotel
Demobilization of U S Army Passes Million Mark
Washington February 1 Chief of Staff March announced demobilization has passed the million mark with 952 411 men and 61 237 officers discharged from American camps and overseas forces total men ordered for demobilization 1 396 000 including 1 243 000 in the United States Returned from overseas now 152 000 Honorables for 23 general officers and 0 to keep pace With demobilization Regulars reassume ranks National Guard officers return to civil life Officers entering the reserve total 10 706 domestic and 4 293 applying to transfer to the regular army Nearly 2 500 officers ordered from Washington since the Armistice Casualty figures for the 35th division show 1 733 total with 596 killed in action 217 died of wounds 808 missing and 112 imprisoned Fifteen divisions had higher casualties than the 25th Kansas Missouri and twenty four more than the 98th The Brest conditions rumor is denied as March says food is best and health reports are excellent Boardwalks tents and mud noted in climate
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Washington
United States
National Guard
Civil Fe
Kansas Missouri
Brest
March
Half Million Rail Workers Plan Walkout
London February 1 Nearly half a million railway workers plan to strike next week unless the government intervenes The potential walkout would paralyze transportation in Great Britain and Ireland affecting more than 400 000 manual workers and 70 000 clerks The manual workers seek equal representation on railway boards and a wage rise while clerks seek joint promotions control and shorter hours
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London
United Press
Great Britain
Ireland
Manuel
1000 Men Go on Strike at Frisco
One thousand boiler makers working in shops outside shipyards began a strike in San Francisco. Ten plants were tied up by noon as the Iron Trades council ordered workers to stay on the job. The council will not aid the strikers and may move to oust the Boilermakers' union. the men demand Macy award terms and back pay through August.
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San Francisco
Iron Trades Council
Macy
French Aviation Museum Opens at Issy les Moulineaux
The French aviation service plans an aviation museum at Issy les Moulineaux featuring Wright Ferber and Santos Dumont type machines and aircraft flown by Guynemer Fonck and Boyeau.
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Paris
French Aviation Service
Issy-les-Moullineaux
France
Wilbur Wright
Ferber
Santos Dumont
Guynemer
Fonck
Boyeau
Web Pressmen Vote to Quit Labor Council
The Pressmen's union withdraws its delegates from the Central Labor Council following a special meeting. The union says the council's policy harms organized labor and undermines years of gains.
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Quit Labor Council
Pressmen’s Union
Central Labor Council
Labor Temple
Labor Council
WEB Pressmen’s Union
Belfast strikes spark Lloyd George stance on intervention
Premier Lloyd George telegraphed from Paris to Irish leader Arthur Devlin that he would not intervene in Belfast strikes. He said Glasgow’s situation should guide Belfast policy and urged a joint conference between strikers and employers. Separately on Seattle’s waterfront, truckers and stevedores walked out over a list system meant to streamline freight handling.
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Belfast
Lloyd George
Paris
Arthur Devlin
Tam
Bonar Law
Glasgow
Seattle
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