Prisoners Escape Rock Island Jail in Fiery Breakout
Twenty five inmates escaped from Rock Island Jail in Joliet style daring. Police and posses guard railroad routes to recapture them as armed guards hunt the escapees. The breakout occurred after 7 o clock when a key carved by a prisoner unlocked a corridor window. Five shots were reportedly fired during the escape and two guards were injured.
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Rock Island
Joliet
Rock
Dist
Eacape
John Sexton
Sexton
Presbytery Sessions Highlight War Relief Drive in Seattle
The Presbytery of Seattle opened sessions as Dr. William E Biederwolf spoke on Christian unity after the war. Presbyterians plan to raise about $400,000 for relief of stricken areas and returning soldiers through church efforts.
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William EB. Biederwolf
Evan
United States
Presbytery of
Seattle
Biederwolf Alee
Wed Presbyterians
Concert Singer Resting Before Sold Out New York Show
Ernestine Schumann Heink rests in her New Wash hotel suite all day Wednesday. The big concert Wednesday night is sold out with mail orders exhausted. She will be accompanied by pianist Frank La Forge and bass Carver. She appeared Monday night to strong reception.
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Ernestine Schumann Heink
New Wash
Heink
Frank la Forge
Carver
Schumann-Heink
Joshua Sykes to Serve 18 Months on McNeill Island
BAN FRANCISCO January 22. Joshua Sykes the leader of the Church the Living God Berkeley was yesterday sentenced to 18 months on McNeill Island for conspiring to evade the draft. Three apostles A M Dean Crosby and John Ferguson received one year each. Judge Dooling passed sentence and dismissed the defense petition arrest of judgment.
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Ban Francisco
Sykes
Church the Living God
Berkeley
Issland
A. M. Dean
Crosby
John Ferguson
Dooling
Millions in Hun Goods Revert to the United States
Germany reports that contents of 40 warehouses in the Coblenz region containing war materials abandoned by the Germans will revert to the United States by default. The supplies were not inventoried by the foe and cannot be turned to the allied pool. One hundred salvage men have completed a survey of the materials.
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Germany
Coblenz
United States
Flu Decreases in San Francisco Report
In San Francisco on January 22 Insta cases fell to 103 from 246 the day before. Deaths reported yesterday were 77 compared with 40 prior, reflecting a decline in flu activity in the city.
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San Francisco
Francisco
Morrison Predicts U S Bread Lines
Morrison, secretary of the Federation of Labor, predicts bread lines in every industry center before May 1 as he urges legislation to restrict immigration. He cites reports from 21 cities showing 135,000 unemployed as of January 22.
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Iwashington
Ik Morrison
Federation of Labor
Morrison
Livestock Value Surges From Government Stimulus
Washington reports farm animal values rose sharply due to government appeals. By January 1, 1919, American and ranchers held livestock worth 8,436,204,000 dollars, an increase of 546,006,000 over January 1, 1918, figures released by the Department of Agriculture show.
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Washington
Department of Agricuture
Pension Granted to Mrs. Roosevelt by Senate
Washington January 22 pensions committee has approved tribute to Mrs. Roosevelt granting her a five thousand dollar annual pension. The measure has already passed the Senate and awaits final action.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Pensions Committee
Senate
Wy Lane
Largest Audience in the Northwest Reads Star Want Ads
The Star newspaper reports a record readership as the Northwest market consumes classified ads. Advertisers praise broad reach, with sales notes highlighting households, businesses, and services embracing the Star Want Ads for local commerce.
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Northwest
Star
Global Migration Fears Loom Over War’s Aftermath
The piece surveys a tidal wave of European displacement after the war. It notes widespread emigration to and from America, border pressures in Germany, and Italy's population rise. It urges a world peace congress to craft comprehensive plans reflecting the global interest.
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Italy
America
Peace Congress
General strike threat rocks Tacoma shipyards
A broad walkout of over 30,000 workers closes every steel yard and most wooden yards in Tacoma as major shipbuilding employers cancel operations. The Metal Trades council seeks backing from Seattle’s Central Labor Council to support the strike amid talks over a $6 daily minimum for all worker classes.
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Seattle
Skinner & Eddy Corporation
J. F. Duthie & Coo
Ames Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
Todd Dry Docks, Inc
Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company
Commercial Boiler Works
Todd Dry Dock & Construction Corporation
Northwestern Shipbuilders
Central Labor Council
Broom Drive for the Blind Nears Its End in Seattle
Seattle concludes its broom drive with Friday and Saturday sales at 30 booths along Second Avenue. Brooms and whisk brooms crafted by blind workers using electrical tools are offered to support the Lighthouse for the Blind, a local institution that runs a broom factory employing blind men and returned soldiers.
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Seattle
Second Ave
Conservatives Sway Germany in Early National Assembly Outlook
Copenhagen dispatch notes conservatives could control Germany's national assembly if a coalition forms among three conservative factions. Early returns show Majority Socialists leading with 114 seats, Democrats 53, Christian People 44, National 24, Independent Socialists 19, Pan Germany 11. Spartacist revolt suppression boosts socialist position. Mathias Ereberger, centrist leader, elected from Berlin. Berlin reports hint at Weimar as the assembly seat.
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Democrats
Christian People's Party
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Peoples Party
panCermans
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Socialiata
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Ebert
Mathias Ereberger
Armistice Commission
Berlin
Weimar
Base
Weimar Elsnach
99th Artillery Men Reach U S
The transport Cretic, from Brest, arrived with 1,911 men. The Manchuria, from Saint Nazaire, brought the Sith regiment Coast Artillery, totaling 44 officers and 1,557 men, plus casuals. Manchuria also carried the Sith Division HQ company and detachments of multiple trains and squadrons from Fort Silo. Second Casual Ordnance Battalion units came from Camp Upton Camp Dix and Camp Merritt, with casual companies 126 127 128 and sick and wounded.
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Cretic
Hrest
Manchuria
St. Nasaire
Sith Regiment
Coast Artillery
Sith Division
312Th
466Th Engineers
Fort Silo. Com
Camp Upton
Camp Dix
Camp Merritt
Arrest raid ties Rosa Luxemburg claim to I W W meeting
Chicago reports Tessie Abrahamson claiming to be Rosa Luxemburg's daughter as 55 persons are seized in a raid on an I W W meeting place. Intercepted letters from Mises Abrahamson to I W W leaders in Leavenworth prison underpin the action. Prisoners face a technical charge of distributing seditious matter. Also in El Centro California a girl found dead near here had her throat cut and identity remains undetermined.
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Chicago
Tessie Abrahamason
Rosa Luxemburg
Mises Abrahamson
I W. W
Leavenworth
EL Centro
Cal
Manuel off Lisbon amid spreading revolt reported in Madrid and Portugal
Reports say Manuel the former king of Portugal arrived off Lisbon aboard an unknown ship. Royalist maneuvers include a manifesto in Portugal and royalist victories in the north, while Lisbon remains quiet under guard and a siege is declared.
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Don, &T
Manuel 1
Portugal
Lisbon
Manuel
England
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Darbomsn
Ace
Oporto
Valencia
Vilage
Paes
Yankees Make Few Arrests In German Occupation
In six weeks of American occupation the Third Army courts tried 123 Germans for infractions amid orderly rule under U S forces. Most arrests centered on liquor violations and purchases of American food by soldiers. Only two days saw the 6000 mark fine imposed. A separate item notes William Bauer, 52, injured by a hit and run car near his daughter’s home. President Wilson named honorary member of Prague Academy of Science in Czechoslovakia.
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United Prem
Germany
Third Army
William Bauer
C. C Rose
Weat Roy .T
Plan council of soldiers and workers in Tacoma
A local council of soldiers sailors and workmen will form at a strike meeting in the Labor temple to broaden the strike across all trades in Tacoma. The group vows to paralyze industry if wage increases are rejected and warns the government may halt Puget Sound shipbuilding to avoid higher costs. Adam Barth, socialist leader, addressed blacksmiths and machinists on government by the workers.
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Tacoma
Labor Temple
Ship Yards
Puget Sound
J. Sutton
Adam Barth
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