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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
1
Amsterdam dispatch reports Bavarian Premier Kurt Eisner assassinated in Munich. He was shot by Lieut. Count Arca Valley who was fatally wounded by a guard. News notes a tragic double blow as details emerge from the scene.
Chicago Feb 21 Victor L Berger socialist congressman elect of Wisconsin and four other I0 leaders were freed on bond pending appeal after being sentenced to 20 years for espionage act violations. Judge Alschuler warned the men to refrain from repeating their statements and deeds.
Olympia February 21 Senators Northland and Kuy nda back a bill for compulsory arbitration to end strikes on all public works and thus prevent public ill.
A brief public notice invites readers to sell close-in acreage. The Star asks interested sellers to leave copies at The Star office or the downtown branch in Bartell's, 610 Second Avenue, or call Main 600.
Lucy Kribbs 16, a ward of juvenile detention, escaped a woman taking her to a theatre. Police seek both the girl and a taxi driver she may be with. Kribbs, once a telephone operator, lived with her grandmother and previously disappeared before being returned to juvenile authorities. The official noted her hair is turning gray from worry.
Paris reports L Intransigeant states an allied army is to be formed to press Germany for a complete financial settlement. The force would include 650000 French 450000 Americans 350000 British and 100000 Belgians.
Boston February 21 More than 50 600 applications for admission to Mechanics hall where President Wilson will speak Monday had been received at Mayor Peters office. The hall seats 7500 at most. Tickets will be distributed by lottery beginning after 5 pm today.
Paris reports the supreme war council to continue without Premier Clemenceau as his condition's crisis nears. Denmark will press for Schleswig Holstein restoration, Albania seeks recognition, and the Pan-African congress briefs the peace delegates on Negro desires.
Phoenix February report says Marshal Ferdinand Foch will visit the United States in May. James A. Flaherty supreme grand knight of the Knights of Columbus announced the plan while visiting Knights of Columbus lodges in Arizona.
Copenhagen reports that Prince Joachim and his wife were arrested in Bavaria and deported to Prussia, according to a Munich dispatch received today.
Washington, Feb 11. Senator Borah calls for a direct American vote on the League of Nations constitution before the government binds itself. He argues a referendum is essential to reflect the people's opinion and warns against any pact without popular approval, contrasting with Taft's view on constitutional change.
Paris dispatch details Captain Montoux the interpreter at the peace conference. He translates speeches in real time, preserving fire and tone, as Clemenceau Wilson and Lloyd George speak. Two stenographers, women, attend every session. a cigaret ash tray sits on each table.
In Washington on February 21, Senator Sherman, Republican of Illinois, introduced a resolution urging President Wilson not to discuss the league of nations in Boston. President Wilson is expected to speak in Boston Monday afternoon and depart for Washington Monday night to resume executive business Tuesday. He will attend a reception by the Massachusetts legislature and speak extemporaneously on the league topic, though wireless garbled the message to reveal only “anxiously awaiting.”
The George Washington regained wireless contact with the Dreadnought New Mexico after hours of communication loss caused by mechanical trouble. Strong winds and high seas accompanied the incident as President Wilson hosted Congressmen Helvering Norris and Smith at luncheon and Franklin Roosevelt ordered reinforcements to meet the fleet at Boston.
The cruiser St. Louis arrived with 1,338 officers and men from the 161st infantry and accompanying units. The ship left Brest 13 days ago and led a group of transports and cruisers returning from overseas. Several of the 18 vessels en route carried more than 1,200 sick and wounded and sought calmer Southern waters.
Paris February 21 rumors spread of plots unearthed in Switzerland tied to pro German and extremist circles. Report claimed radicals planned to assassinate Premier Clemenceau and President Wilson, but no conspirator crossed into France due to police scrutiny. No source could verify the rumors.
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau, shot Tuesday, is out of danger and optimistic about returning to work in four or five days. Doctors say X rays show the bullet penetrated lung tissue but vital signs are normal and his condition is highly satisfactory.
Hog Island near Philadelphia resumes normal operations. Four hundred foremen who demanded raises from 64 to 70 dollars a week and 25,000 workers who had been idled return after a week given to Director Pier of the Emergency Fleet Corporation to settle the dispute.
Senator Barnes introduced a new syndicalism bill in Olympia on February 21 making it a felony to advocate doctrines inimical to the public good. He said the earlier bill passed at the session's start was not clearly phrased.
Trade council delegates say labor's stance is stronger as a coast wide shipyard strike begins. Federal mediator Dr. L C Marshall meets Portland workers and yard owners while a general strike vote remains unsettled.
William B. Wilson, secretary of labor, warned in a New York address that a nationwide industrial revolt could follow the Seattle general strike and the walkouts at Butte and Lawrence. He said the Bolsheviks and IWW backed the movement and noted a new Washington committee and bill to ban Bolshevist literature and the red flag.
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