President of France Opens Peace Session
Paris dispatch reports President Poincare opening the Paris peace conference urging a league of nations and unity for postwar peace. He praised Wilson and Allied troops, called the victory total, and urged continued allied unity in peace. The column also notes Washington and Olympia debates over veteran aid bills and urges swift state action to fund servicemen.
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Wilson
France
United States
Poincare
Associated Powers
Foch Urges Rhine Line to Front West Bank Defense
Marshal Foch warns Germany may seek a second world war and urges Allies to hold the entire west bank of the Rhine as a barrier. He calls for a new Watch on the Rhine and praises American forces for their part in the armistice era while stressing peace and protection of civilization.
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United Press
Treves
Prussia
Nancy
Germany
Marshal Foch
France
Rhine
Foch
America
Hundreds Demonstrate in Boston Unemployment Protest
In Boston on January 18 a large crowd, including about 300 former army chauffeurs, gathered at city hall to demand relief from unemployment. City officials, aided by reserve police, kept order as the mob pressed for a meeting with Mayor Peters. A committee was formed and a conference with the mayor was agreed.
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Boston
Tnem Ment
Mayore
Peters
Peace Conference Opens In Paris With Delegates From 26 Nations
The peace conference convened its first open session at 3 p m in Clock hall Quai d Orsay Paris with 26 nations represented including Peru Ecuador Uruguay and Bolivia. President Poincare opened proceedings as US led by Woodrow Wilson planned to push the league of nations and other measures to end wars and promote civilization. Delegates faced broad issues such as relations with Russia indemnities for Germany future of the German fleet colonial questions and borders amid calls for freedom of the seas and armament limits. Central Powers were not represented and coverage notes the session was for formalities at this stage.
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Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
Poincare
France
Quai d’ Orsay
Wigan
United States
League of Nations
Russia
Germany
Greece
Constantinople
Holy Land
Ireland
Peru
Ecuador
Uruguay
Bolivia
Australia demands at peace conference Premier Hughes says
Paris Jan 14 Australia declares it seeks self determination at the peace conference and presents its program. Indemnities, New Guinea, a league of nations with restrictions, military support to Poland if threatened, and a hearing on Europe or the Far East are urged. Australia opposes freedom of the seas.
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John DE Gandt
Paris
Australia
Hughes
United Press
United States
Peace Congress
Canada
South Africa
New Zealand
India
Ita
Islanda
New Guinea
League of Nations
Poland
Europe
Far East
Russian Reds Asking Peace
Boris Litvonoff, former Bolsheviki delegate to Great Britain, sent a note to President Wilson claiming the Bolsheviks seek peace and will halt world propaganda if the allies end hostilities, according to the Social Demokraten.
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Copenhagen
Boris Litvonoff
Great Britain
Wilson
Social Demokraten
Lichnowsky Named German Delegate to Peace Conference
Munich reports list German delegates to the peace conference Prince Lichnowsky former ambassador to Great Britain Count Von Brockdorff Rantzau foreign minister Karl Kautzsky and Count Arco Lichnowsky memoirs critique Kaiser era and wartime policies led to his disgrace during the Kaiser’s regime.
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Munich
Prince Lichnowsky
Great Britain
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Karl Kautzsky
Arco
President Wilson to Inspect Devastated French Regions
President Wilson will visit and inspect the devastated areas of France during the peace conference. He plans to travel between conference sessions to view the battlefields and assess postwar devastation.
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Paris
Wilson
France
Paderewski to Head Polish Cabinet Agreement Reached
Paris Jan 18 Ignace Paderewski and Gen Pilsudski have agreed that Paderewski will lead the new Polish cabinet the Polish national committee announced today. The new government will include several socialists.
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Paris
Ignace Paderewski
Gen. Pilsudski
Paderewski
Polish National Committee
Aged hermit found murdered in Seattle boat-house
A. F. Dillie, a longtime Seattle resident since 1854, was killed in his boat-house home at the foot of Florida t. West waterway on Friday night. Police say robbery may be the motive, noting Dillie carried about $500 in cash from the sale of two West Seattle lots. His body was found by Joe Cox at 7:30 with a short-handled ax and a bloodied scene. the blackjack remained unused. Cox describes an open door and Dillie slumped over a trunk. Investigation has yielded little so far.
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A. F. Dillie
Seattle
Florida
Hobbery
Dillie
Joe Cox
Alki Ave
Cox
Delvagino Fined $250 for Making Wine Prior to Italy Return
Constanto Delvagino, a truck driver with a family, pleaded guilty to making wine. Judge J. Netever imposed a $250 fine. Delvagino said the fine was not so bad but Italy calls him and the wine.
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Constanto Delvagino
Italy
Delvagino
J. Netever
Italian farmer bound over on home wine charge
Guiseppe Pinasco an Italian farmer from Renton faced a final hearing before U S Commissioner R W McClelland on Saturday for making wine at his home Prosecutors bound him over to the federal grand jury on a 2000 dollar bond jailed or released awaiting indictment not stated in the record
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Guiseppe Pinasco
Renton
U. S
R. W. McClelland
Federal Grand Jury
Death of Lieut. Col. C. M. Blackford at Camp Lewis
Lieut. Col. C. M. Blackford of the 75th United States Infantry died at 5 a.m. Saturday at Camp Lewis from the flu, per a wire to his cousin Dr. J. M. Blackford of 1015 Green Building.
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C. M. Blackford
75Th United States Infantry
Camp Lewis
J. M. Blackford
Washington bill seeks 2.5 million for discharged servicemen
In Olympia on January 18 a sweeping veterans relief bill is planned. Senator George B. Lamping of King county will introduce it in the senate. The measure authorizes a ten dollar monthly boost for any service member who served two months or more in the war, aimed at aiding soldiers and sailors in need with dependent relatives, excluding those in good standing without dependents.
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Senate
Olympia
Congress
Lamping
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
House
Congressional Memorial
Senatorial Committee
State of Washington
George B. Lamping
King County
Suffragists Released After Hunger Strike Protest
Twenty two militant suffragists, weak from hunger, were freed from jail in Washington. They had been jailed for lighting fires on government property after burning copies of President Wilson's speeches in a water fire protest near the White House, unhappy with the senate's stance on the suffrage amendment.
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Washington
Wilson
Europe
White House
Senate
Final Audit Shows King County Stamp Sales Surpass Quota
Final audit of War Savings Stamps through December 31, 1918 shows King county sales at 8,247,296 dollars with a quota of 8,241,540. Seattle’s sales reached 7,259,283.50 dollars, surpassing its quota of 7,204,400.
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King County
Seattle
Flood Destroys Brazilian Town in Minas Geraes
The Brazilian town of Calhoa in Minas Geraes state was wiped out by a sudden Arassuahy flood. Dispatches received today confirm the destruction and indicate no immediate details on casualties or survivors.
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Tho DE Janeiro
Calhoa
Minas Geraes
Arassuahy
Spokane Welcomes 91st Division Troops Returning Home
Spokane prepares a two hour stopover for the 346th field artillery of the 91st division en route from overseas to Camp Lewis. Secretary James Ford of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce reports the arrival and notes the rest of the 91st is still in France. The 41st division is designated for return but has not sailed.
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Spokane
346Th Field Artillery
Camp Lewis
New York
James Ford
Councilman Hesketh Out Sick With Flu
Councilman Robert Hesketh is ill with the flu and expects to return to duties on Monday after a brief illness. He spoke by telephone to report his status.
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Robert Hesketh
Woman loses purse carrying rent money near Bon Marche store
Mrs. John Lundquist, a widow living at S11 K. 78th at, dropped her purse while en route to pay rent. It contained two $20 bills totaling 40, plus $7.50 in small bills and change, lost between Sun Set Market and the Bon Marche department store.
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John Lundquist
S11
Sunset Market
Bon Marche
Twenty Two Unions Sign Northwest Shipyard Strike Pact
The Metal Trades council of 22 unions signed a blanket wage scale agreement and pledged a general Seattle shipyard strike Tuesday with 20 000 workers backing the action. Four unions voted to strike for eight hour day pay ranging from eight dollars for mechanics to six for unskilled workers after an employers conference produced no decision. Tacoma tentatively joins the walkout as strike notices go to contract shops and wooden yards.
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Metal Trades Council
Seattle
Labor Temple
Northwest
International Molders’ Union
Consul John R. Silliman Dies in Mexico
Consul John R. Silliman died in Guadalajara Mexico after two days of illness the State Department was advised today Quiet diplomatic channels confirm his death but details remain scarce at this time
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Washington
John R. Silliman
Guadalajara
Mexico
State Department
Correction in Market Ad at Corner Market
An error in The Star Market ad misquoted prices for eggs from Green's Butter Store. The corrected figures are two dozen eggs for $1.25 and one dozen for 63 cents, replacing the advertised six dozen for $1.25.
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Green
The
Star
Urge Final Aid in Mooney Case
Chicago January 18 Preparations were completed to take the Mooney defense resolution to Washington The resolution passed at the labor congress called for five men to carry the Mooney case to the capital seeking federal intervention It also provided for a general strike to begin July 4 if efforts failed The congress adjourned late yesterday
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Chicago
Mooney
Labor Congress
Washington
Hohenzollerns Alarmed by Bolshevik Plot at Castle
Guards reinforced Count Bentinck s castle after reports of a German Bolshevik plan to kidnap the former Kaiser and Kaiser ine and take them to Germany for a secret trial and death like the czar s. An airplane was sighted overhead and Wilhelm Hohenzollern and his wife fear further plots to blow up the castle.
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Amerongen
Holland
Count Bentinck
Kaiserine
Germany
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
Japan Day by 1925 Campaign Planned in Chrysanthemum Kingdom
Jan 18 Los Angeles officials announce a campaign slogan "Japan dry by 1925" to promote temperance in Japan. Mrs. Kara Smart Root of the California Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will visit Tokyo to launch the effort at the invitation of Japanese dry leaders.
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Los Angeles
Japan
Kingdom
Temperance Workers Today
Kara Smart Root
California Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Tokyo
Escaped Prisoner Dies After Poison Intake
Federal prisoner William Vane who faked drowning in the Pend d Oreille river last week was captured Friday near Newport Washington. He ingested strychnine at the Newport jail early today and died shortly afterward.
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Spokane
William Vane
Pend d'Oreille
Newport
Wash
Auto and Street Car Meet Crash at City Corner
A five passenger auto driven by Ray Holt of 7715 Corliss Ave collided with a Ravenna Park street car at Sixth Ave and Union St Saturday noon. No injuries. The car suffered a damaged running board mud guards and the street car fender was badly damaged.
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Ray Holt
Corliss Ave
Ravenna Park
Sixth Ave
Union St
Move to speed up return of doughboys to the United States
Washington reports Allied commanders aim to bring American troops home from France as fast as tonnage allows with plans for rapid demobilization. General Pershing notified General Foch that only units necessary to maintain overseas force will stay, while overall discharge totals rise as divisions shrink.
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France
Pershing
Foch
Start
March
United States
United Press
British Brides to Help U S Invasion Narrative
London dispatch reports an upcoming British influx to New York with the Plattsburg transport carrying 27 English women who will marry American men. The Red Cross will cover all expenses as about 300 more brides are expected to follow. The item is presented as a sensational wartime prophecy rather than a factual plan.
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London
America
New York
Plattsburg
Red Cross
German Ships to Bring U S Troops Home
Paris January 18 German ships will repatriate American troops and supply Europe under armistice terms. Delegates finalize arrangements as representatives work out details of the agreement.
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U. S
Paris
Europe
Treves
Ing
War labor board to probe Bethlehem contracts profits
Washington Jan 18 Joint Chairman Tag announced the War labor board will investigate Wall profits and all government contracts awarded to the Bethlehem Steel trust. The inquiry aims to assess military and labor implications amid wartime production.
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Bethlehem Co
Washington
Wall
Bethlehem Steel Trust
War Labor Board
Tag
Lewis Would Propose Permanent Leader of Demo Committee
Washington January 18 So Lewis Illinois will propose to the national committee that abandon the periodic appeal of a national chairman and appoint someone to hold the job permanently as a business proposition.
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Lewis
Washington
Lewis, IL
Erotic National Committee
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