Hanson Leads City Race With 42 Percent Win
Assistant Comptroller James Agnew announced official returns showing Ole Hanson with 42 percent of the total vote for mayor, Brad ford with 20 percent, and Gill and Horr closely contesting other city offices. Bolton and Hanson ran near identically in precincts while Caldwell won easily for corporation counsel. The finals will be ballots in two weeks as charter rules require a runoff among top two.
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Ole Hanson
James E. Bradford
Don. Bolton
Bolton
Central Labor Council
Gill
Council
Will H. Hanna
Roland W. Cotterill
A. F. Haas
E. L. Blaine
C. Allen Dale
Hanna
Haas
Roland F. Cotterill
Seattle Park Board
Blaine and
Dale
Hugh M. Caldwell
John T. Casey
Harry W. Carroll
Ed L. Terry
Star
Mayoral race narrows as Gill falls to third place
Complete tally shows Mayor Gill eliminated with about 54 500 votes total. Ralph A Horr narrowly beats John F Murphy for fourth. Austin E Griffiths lies sixth and C J France seventh. Bolton leads council ticket and appears set for re election.
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Ralph A. Horr
John F. Murphy
Austin E. Griffiths
C. J. France
Wiitry Bolton
Council
Seems Asured
Deserter Suspect Glen Hale Arrested by City Detective
Glen Hale, 23, was arrested by a city detective on Tuesday on suspicion of draft desertion. He allegedly registered but did not respond to his call for military service.
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Glen Hale
Letter from Hanson to The Star Endorsing Seattle Mayoral Candidacy
Ole Hanson thanks The Star for support of his mayoral bid and cites joint work for workers rights municipal utilities and improved city services. He urges unity, war effort commitment, and measures to expand capacity at a tubercular hospital and build a municipal road for whip workers. He denounces I W propaganda and pledges a greater Seattle.
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Hanson
The
Star
Seattle
I. W
Ole Hanson
Wells Trial Details Draft Meeting Conspiracy Claim
Trial testimony described a May meeting in the Epler block focused on high living costs and not conscription. Witnesses testified guards were at the door and Wells and Sam Sadler attended while officials denied calls for anti draft action and emphasized peaceful proceedings.
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Epler
Clarence L. Reames
Wells
Sam Sadler
G. M. Welty
City Right
Central Labor Council
W. R. Bell
Pigott
Welty
Bell
Wella
James A. Duncan
Good Fats
Welly
Nee
Duncan
Third Liberty Loan Delayed Till April
Conditions from war developments push the third Liberty loan into April 1 or later with 4 percent interest likely when placed for sale.
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Liberty
Washington
Fugitives Reported in Mexican Border Area
El Paso dispatch says three Americans believed to be Tom Powers, John Powers, and Tom Sissons, draft evaders and suspected murderers of three Arizona officers, were seen in Mexico near the Sierra Madres while fleeing after authorities attempted to arrest them. The trio is charged with the murder of Sheriff McBride and two deputies.
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el, Paso
Tom and
John Powers
Tom Sissons
Arizona
Mexico
Sierra Madres
Powers Brothers
Sissons
McBride
French Repulse Enemy Raids In Champagne And Vosges
French official report says Violet cannon action occurred in the Butte du Mesnil area in Champagne and in the Vosges. Enemy raids failed in Quincy wood and northwest of Courcy and Vaucouleurs while American artillery aided French infantry at Butte du Mesnil.
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Butte du Meanil
Champagne Region
Vosges
Quincy Wood
Courcy
Vauquois
Butte du Mesnil
Earthquake devastates Swatow in China
Tokio Feb 20 Two thousand persons were killed or injured in a quake that virtually destroyed the Chinese city of Swatow, according to a dispatch from Hongkong.
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Tokio
Swatow
Hongkong
Husband Dies in Burning Home Saving Baby Clothes
Neil W. Butler, 35, died after rushing back into his burning home to save baby clothes his wife was making. The couple woke near midnight at their Alexander valley ranch home northeast of Healdsburg Cal. The roof collapsed as firefighters arrived, burying Butler in flames.
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Banta Roba
Cal
Neil W. Butler
Butler
Butlers
Alexander Valley
Healdsburg
Senate War Powers Debate Sparks Constitutional Fears
Senator Underwood of Alabama warned against granting general war powers to the president for railroad government control. He urged limits to avoid autocratic rule, stressing constitutional checks and the need to pause before rushing new wartime authority as WWI demands evolve.
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Wilson
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
America
Congress
United States
Congress Hears New Fight on Prohibition
Washington February 20 National prohibition faces an obstacle as Representative McLemore Texas introduces a resolution seeking a judiciary committee review of the house vote. He argues the amendment passed by two thirds of those present not two thirds of all members as required by the constitution.
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Congress
Representative McLemore
Texas
House
Judiciary Committee
McLemore
London Papers Approve Lloyd George Policy
London morning papers report that the cabinet crisis after the Versailles conference has subsided. The Post and News still oppose Lloyd George, accusing him of dividing army control. The Express calls the country to unity, praising the premier’s clear explanation and stating the war remains the main issue.
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London
Post
Lloyd George
the Express
Sheriffettes on Duty at Training Camps
Fifty five deputy sheriffettes are scouting around training camps to protect young girls. The group operates under the women's war work division of the committee on public information and targets girls drawn to camps by uniforms, nearby town residents, and those arriving for jobs without funds.
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Washington
Women’s
Committee On Public Information
Villa captures towns El Paso
Francisco Villa and his 4,000 bandits have captured Jiminesz and La Luz, according to word received today in El Paso.
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EL Paso
All Russians Demand Fight Against HMNS
Delayed demobilization ends as Russian troops are ordered to resist the German advance and evacuate only when needed, destroying property in retreat. Petrograd prepares for stubborn defense while Prince Leopold's wireless address calls for restoring order with Russia at the center of anarchy, despite European concerns.
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Petrograd
Tearskoe-Selo
Prince Leopold
Russia
Europe
Allied Leaders Eye Russian Developments Across Front
Allied diplomats and military experts await eastern theatre news as Berlin reports German advances from Riga to Luck, a 400 mile front. Riga has been in German hands, Luck fell without opposition to Gen. Linsingen yesterday, while Lenine and Trotsky claim the people’s commissaries are ready to sign terms dictated by the central powers.
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London
Berlin
Russia
Riga
Linsingen
Lenine
Trotsky
Germany
Trotsky reports German indemnity cut at Brest-Litovsk
Foreign Minister Trotsky told the central executive committee of the pan soviet last Thursday that Germany lowered the indemnity demanded from Russia at Brest Litovsk from four billion dollars to one and a half billion, according to a Petrograd dispatch dated February 15.
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London
Trotsky
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Petrograd
Hoffmann Seeks Authentication of Bolshevik Peace Signatures
Gen Hoffmann, German military leader at Brest-Litovsk, demands proof Russia will accept German terms. He requests original signatures from Lenine and Trotsky, noting wireless message cannot be treated as official and asking it be sent to Dvinsk for authentication. Bolsheviks urged a prompt reply.
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London
Hoffmann
Brest-Litovek
Russia
Petrograd
People's Commissaries
Lenine
Trotsky
Dvinsk
Hoffman
Berlin reports 12 mile gain in Russia
German war office announced 20 kilometers advanced beyond prior positions on the Riga Petrograd railway from Dvinsk toward Revne. They said they pressed to the northeast and east beyond Luck took 2,500 prisoners, hundreds of machine guns and rolling stock, with feeble resistance near Itseem broken.
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Berlin
London
Riga-Petrograd
German War Office
Dvinsk
Luck
Revne
War's Course May Change Any Minute
Europe faces tense crises that could alter the war's course at any moment. Germany and Austria show strains unseen since the conflict began as western forces await a decisive blow. Bolshevik leadership in Russia signals uncertainty while Brest-Litovsk memory looms and Hindenburg doubts lasting peace as the war persists in the west.
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W. T. Mason
the United Press
New York
Europe
Germany
Austria
West Front
Ersailles War Council
U S Assumes More War Leadership With Versailles Plan
Washington reports that America grows pivotal in Allied strategy as Lloyd George credits a U S letter for shaping the Versailles supreme war council. Washington notes the U S as storehouse, treasury, and manpower reservoir, likely to dominate war affairs after sending a large army. President Wilson already provides diplomatic leadership and his war aims are widely endorsed by European leaders.
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U. S
Robert 4. Bender
United Press
Washington
America
Lloyd George
Versailles Supreme War Council
United States
Treasury
Wilson
Ten Thousand Metal Workers Strike In Alabama
Ten thousand metal workers will strike tonight in Birmingham area protesting refusal to grant an eight hour day with nine hours pay. The Central Iron and Foundry Co announced its Bessemer plant would close indefinitely due to workers’ stance. William Herkenrath of Seattle died at 13 Third Ave West, survived by two children, his mother, six brothers and three sisters.
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Birmingham
Ala
Central Iron and Foundry Co
Bessemer
William Herkenrath
Seattle
Third Ave. W
Fate of World at Stake in a Crucial Battle
An eyewitness war forecast describes German gas shells and mortars breaking German lines in Cambrai while American and British forces ready a united defense. The piece warns Germany must win or die as the world’s fate hinges on this clash and the weight of American power.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
America
Ery
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Cambrai
Germany
Germany vows to shield Russia from Bolshevik excesses
Amsterdam Feb 20 The German foreign minister Kuehlmann declared in the reichstag that Germany will not permit Finland Lithuania and Ukraine to be ruined by Bolshevik excesses He added he would observe the impact of new military plans on Russia and its fate.
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Germany
Finland
Lithuania
Ukraine
Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Russia
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