26 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1918
Page
1
George Randolph presents The Star series on France today. Chester travels to France for The Star to relay the story as the second installment in his daily city feature.
On a Paris bound voyage, Lt Bill leads a crew of volunteers to stage a wartime masque. He requests blue bunting and permission from the skipper for Neptune, mermaids, and Atlantic wavelets as the voyage enters a danger zone.
The tale follows Lieutenant Bill and the crew on a ship where a joke about a blue bunting escalates. A running gag centers on a door labeled first officer and a humorous exchange with the officer in charge. The next morning, Bill gazes beyond the sea as costumes and entertainment loom, while Neptune presides over a playful camouflage scene.
Berlin reports a violent battle south of Plesku and the town's capture. The fortress of Reval fell after a fight. Near Konelkowitz the enemy attacked but was repelled, with the railroad station stormed. Recent captures include three divisional staff officers, 180 other officers and 30 676 men.
Surgeon General Gorgas reported ongoing dismissals from the Army Medical Corps at about 50 per week. Since the war began, 1,950 medical officers have been discharged and around 4,000 have been rejected from the medical reserve corps.
Washington February 26 Bernard Baruch was named chairman of the war industries board succeeding Daniel Willard who resigned today Baruch succeeds Willard as head of the wartime industrial policy and planning agency in Washington D C.
Rae Mine Jeasie Rothgeb in charge of the cafeteria and dormitories at the University of Washington oversees potato week. She serves potatoes in a variety of ways to hundreds of university students daily.
State Food Commissioner Hebberd promotes Potato-More Week urging Americans to eat extra helpings at each meal to prevent potato spoilage after a year of overplanting. He warns rotting stocks threaten farmers and future plantings, recommending varied serving ideas and low prices to reduce waste.
A vigorous recruiting drive opens an office at the university for the Seattle naval training station. Men aged 18 to 35 may enlist and spend about four months at the campus camp near Eastlake and Ravenna Avenue 14th, with the training ship Princeton serving as the school for embryonic sailors.
The body of an unknown woman about 40 was found at Point Defiance park near the Tacoma Yacht Club by foreman Gua Ahlstrom from the Tacoma Smelter. She appeared to have been in the water only a few hours with bruises on the ear and scratches on the hand. Police and the coroner investigate murder, accident, or self inflicted death as a possible cause. The woman wore a wedding ring and was well dressed.
The Israel Weinberg dynamiting case sees five indictments remaining after the dismissal of two indictments by Judge Cabaniss following a denied continuance. The reductions came on motion by Assistant District Attorney Ferrari.
The federal grand jury met in secret at 10:30 Tuesday to handle exactly 100 commissioners’ cases and to hear new matters from the U S attorney. Most cases involve alleged violations of the espionage draft Reed amendment or liquor distillation statutes. Foreman H R King led the 21 jurors named, with officers guarding and prisoners in custody.
Four principles guide the postwar settlement: each case must rest on justice and lasting peace. peoples and provinces are not pawns in great power politics. territorial settlements must serve the population concerned. and national aspirations should be satisfied without renewing discord that could break global peace.
Hertling praises Wilson's February message as a small step toward rapproachement and supports four principles for mutual talks. He warns that only recognition by all states will fulfill the goal and notes the absence of a fair world court. He declines the German chancellor’s plea for a world tribunal as biased while expressing willingness to work toward impartial arbitration.
Berlin reports Chancellor Hertling told the Reichstag he agrees with President Wilson's four principles for a step toward rapprochement and a general peace. He warns any peace must be accepted by all states and notes Britain France and Italy resist. Germany seeks self determination for Courland Lithonia and Ukraine peace terms with Romania and Poland. He condemns Entente aims in Africa and Syria and calls for arbitration to resolve misunderstandings.
Petrograd residents mobilize for defense after German peace terms. Workmen battalions form near Pskoff, with thousands from Putilo f f works and Viborg Smolny joining a red flag armed camp. Garrison troops refuse to fight as workers join revolutionary army.
Washington February 26. Germany seeks a peace drive after gaining part of Russia and signals to split the allies by urging acceptance of four Wilsonian bases. Hertling’s tone hints at leveraging pacifists to pressure governments while Germany maintains militaristic aims and favors self determination to redraw borders in captured Russian lands.
Distinguished military analyst J W T Mason discusses Hertling’s proposed peace plan in a feature on page nine, weighing its potential terms and likely reactions from allied and central powers. Mason highlights strategic implications for the war’s balance and possible shifts in diplomacy.
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