Cry of Peace Spreads as Strikes Grow in Austria
Reports from the Vatican and Vienna say Austria Hungary is turbulent over war aims and pan German policies. Strikes spread from food protests to political opposition, with widespread walkouts in Budapest Cracow and Vienna signaling rising demand for peace and resistance to Junker plans.
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John H. Hearley
United Press
Rome
Wilson
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Vatican
Vienna
Teutonic
von Kuehlmann
von Buelow
Austria
Corriere d'Italia
Ludendorff
Hoffman
von Bu
Waterhouse Disqualified From Seattle Mayoral Run
Frank Waterhouse, millionaire ski man, cannot hold Seattle mayoral office due to not meeting four year citizenship requirement. Born August 8, 1864, he has lived in Seattle 25 years and filed for office after delaying citizenship since 1916. Several other candidates entered the race for mayor and city council in the late campaign push.
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Frank Waterhouse
United States
Waterhouse
Seattle
West
Federal Clerk’s Office
Altho
California
James Fef
Bradford
Corporation
Bull Moose
John T. Casey
New York Block
Hugh M. Caldwell
A. J. Goddard
North Side State Bank
Consumers Publishing Company
James D. Blackwell
Hanford & Blackwell
W. A. Brady
Fischer Bros
C. Allen Dale
Blaine
Russians Declare Assembly Closed by Bolshevik Forces
In Petrograd on January 21 the Bolsheviki move to dissolve the constituent assembly amid fears of bloodshed. Armed sailors enter the hall, Chernoff refuses to quit, and violence is threatened as the Bolsheviks push for a democratic republic and a new pan-Russian congress to replace the assembly.
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Bolsheviki
Joseph Shaplen
United Press
Petrograd
Bavinkoff
Oeoda
Constituent Assembly
Chernoff
Russia
Teretelli
Trotsky Signals Resumption Of Peace Talks
In Copenhagen on January 21 Russian Foreign Minister Trotsky told German Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann the Russo German peace negotiations are not over and that meetings will resume within a week after last week’s termination at Piest-Litovak.
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Copenhagen
Piest-Litovak
Trotsky
Eign
Kuehlmann
Protest Over Japanese Troops at Vladivostok
Jan 21 dispatches report the people's commissaries protesting to Tokyo against landing of Japanese troops at Vladivostok. Tokyo admits warships were dispatched to protect allied citizens and property but says no troops were landed.
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Petrograd
Tokio
People’s Commissaries
Vladivostok
Fire hits schooner amid anti war plot warnings
San Francisco January 21 federal officers tightened harbor security after a sudden blaze aboard the steam schooner Wwna. Navy trainees joined patrols at Goat Island and guards were set on large vessels as authorities investigated an alleged I W W plot to burn ships and docks along the Pacific Coast with a supposed culmination late January.
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San Francisco
Oakland
Wwna
Pacific Coast
San Fedro
Goat Island Tofay
Pacific
Cars Crash Injures Sixty in Fog Shaped Collision
Sixty people were injured when a Grand avenue streetcar collided amidships with another in a dense fog. Two passengers were reported seriously hurt as the crowded car overturned.
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ST. Louis
Grand Ave
Thief Steals Opium Cocaine and Morphine From Parke Davis
A thief broke into the Parke Davis wholesale drug company on the sixth floor Armour building Sunday night and stole opium cocaine and morphine from the narcotics room.
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Parke Davis Wholesale Drug Company
Armour Building
Roosevelt Denounced as Kaiser’s Agent by Senator Stone
Senator Stone of Missouri accuses Theodore Roosevelt in the Senate of being a potent Kaiser agent and a dangerous force in America. He cites Roosevelt’s criticisms of Wilson’s war policy and calls for applying wartime suppression to Roosevelt’s writings and speeches.
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Washington
Senator Stone
Missouri
Theodore Roosevelt
Senate
America
Roosevelt
Peanuts Linton Sues Chief for Photo Destruction
Peanuts Linton sues Police Chief J Fr Warren in superior court asking that all pictures and descriptions of him in the police rogues gallery be delivered and destroyed. He claims he was arrested and charged as a disorderly person but acquitted in police court on January 15.
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Linton
J. Fr. Warren
Draft All From 18 to 62 Plan Aims Nationwide Conscription
Senator McCumber of North Dakota introduced a bill to draft all males aged 18 to 62 into government service. The measure targets railroad workers munition plants shipyards and others on government contracts and would use drafted men to fill needed classes of employees. It also authorizes commandeering rooms in rooming houses and private homes to house workers.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
McAdoo Opposes Government Rail Ownership and Seeks Funds
Director General McAdoo told the Interstate Commerce Committee that Garfield Monday holiday order could end before 30 days, likely by mid February. He urged the need for 1 to 1.5 billion dollars from the federal treasury to revitalize railroads and said government ownership is not favored.
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Washington
Garfield
McAdoo
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Ukrainia Accepts Peace With Germany Reported
Amsterdam dispatches report Ukraine nearly settles a separate peace with Germany after talks at Brest-Litovsk. Berlin sources say the Ukrainian conference adjourned with plans to return and sign a treaty, marking a potential basis for peace in the war.
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Amsterdam
Ukrainia
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Republic of Ukrainia
Registration Office Extends Hours to 13 Each Day
Chief Registrar Gaines urges late voters to register now. The county-city building office stays open until 9 PM for 45,000 qualified voters not yet registered, with later hours as needed to accommodate demand.
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Gaines
Anna Held Ill in Milwaukee Hospital Recovery
Anna Held noted actress is in St Marys hospital slowly recovering from the strain of five days in Follow Me. She refused to quit until her 20 year old daughter mastered the part.
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Milwaukee
Anna Held
St. Mary’s Hospital
Peanuts Incident Involving Local Schoolboy
Three bags of peanuts caused trouble for Wil bur Johnson a local schoolboy. He was caught taking them from C. H. Goldberg's stand at 1614 Westlake Ave. Juvenile authorities will handle his case.
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Wilbur Johnson
C. H. Goldberg
Westlake Ave
Suits Missing After Tacoma Night Out
John Forde reports two missing suitcases from a friend's car in Tacoma on Saturday. A black bag and a brown leather suitcase disappeared while he briefly dined at a restaurant, police asked to assist in locating the items.
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John Forde
Bush Hotel
Tacoma
Waterhouse Eyes Legal Move Over Charter Issue
Waterhouse says he will have his lawyers investigate the charter after being told he may be disqualified. He notes citizenship only since last year and questions the ruling, adding uncertainty about continuing the fight or pursuing court action.
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Mr. Waterhouse
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