11 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1918
Page
1
President Wilson calls for a new international order based on universal rights and open diplomacy. He urges Austria to engage in peace talks while denouncing Germany’s “congress of Vienna” approach and praising Count Czernin’s clearer stance.
The Star hires renowned poet and philosopher Edmund Vance Cooke to write daily verse. His first staff poem greets old friends with Just Shaking Hands With You, following his 13 published books and famous Impertinent Poems. The page notes Cooke as America's leading lying poet of the child and home since Riley's death.
Soldiers at Camp Lewis Tacoma protest the tax on military allowances arguing that pay from the government should not be taxed. Internal revenue agents met opposition from officers and men who rely on outside income near the $1000 single or $2000 married exemption thresholds. An official opinion argues allowances are not taxable income as they are provided for defense, not personal gain, and segregating parts of allowances would create disputes.
The piece questions government income tax on soldiers pay and allowances, arguing the system taxes married and single men while they serve. It notes exemptions claimed by many storefront owners and describes the impact of tax payments returning to the government to cover next month’s wages and food costs. Soldiers oppose the policy as unjust.
An American sergeant was wounded and the fate of a patrol remains unclear after an ambush in No Man's Land Friday evening. The unit suffered five killed and four missing as artillery barrages helped German forces retreat to their trenches. A hospital fire at Camp Sheridan in Montgomery later disrupted operations, with patients moved to safety.
City editor Beaton reflects on Father and Son week urging fathers to stay engaged with their sons. He recalls his own father and notes the fear that sons may forget their dads if they drift apart. He urges letters, companionship, and mutual steps in life.
More than twenty percent of men deemed physically unfit by local draft boards across the state will now be eligible under new rules. Revisions cover hearing standards and foot problems including operable hernias, with many previously excused by defects likely to enter service after operation.
Seventeen hundred tickets sold for the Father and Son banquet at the Masonic temple at 6 30 p m Monday. Boys aged 10 to 20 and their fathers attend a program featuring the national anthem welcoming address by Governor Lister and talks by William H Lewis and Lee Baker.
Boards across districts will examine men stationed away from home and report findings to the draft candidates’ home districts while coordinating with the general advisory board. No date is set yet for rechecking men exempted in Class 1.
Victor Morgan provides a page six report on the conditions in Germany, detailing social and political climate as observed for The Star today.
Amsterdam dispatches report the Bolshevik government has definitively withdrawn from the war and ordered complete demobilization on all fronts. Leon Trotsky, while not signing a peace pact, says the war with the central powers is ended. German peace negotiations are reported to be in jeopardy.
New York February 11 1916 submarine defense claim by William L Saunders vice chairman of the naval consulting board says a government commandeered ship is in an Atlantic port in a state that cannot be sunk by torpedo explosion and thus unsinkable.
William Philip Simms reports from Zurich that unrest grows in Germany and Austria as war weariness rises. He says peace demands exist unless the Western front holds firm under Wilson’s program, with Germans allied to see hope and blame diplomatic errors by the allies.
President Wilson presents ideals for a lasting peace including justice for each claim, national sovereignty not to be treated as pawns, territories to serve local populations, and respecting national aspirations without sowing future discord. He asserts a general peace could be discussed on such foundations.
Kaiser Wilhelm stated in a message to Haenburg's burgomaster that a German victory must be recognized before Germany can live in friendship with other nations, in reference to the peace pact with Ukraine.
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