Strikers Gather in Seattle for General Walkout Talk
U S Shipboard Officials denounce walkout as 300 to 400 Seattle union officers convene at the Labor temple to discuss a general strike in sympathy with shipyard workers. A mass meeting of 6000 boiler makers backed the Metal Trades council amid threats to cancel $250 million in government ship orders.
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Seattle
Labor Temple
A. E. Miller
Conference Committee of
The
Metal Trades Council
United Sates Shipping Board
Mavy
U S Protection of Fair Rental Withdrawn
A wire from A M Taylor head of the transportation and housing bureau announces the wartime protection of shipyard workers against profiteering landlords via the fair rentals program is withdrawn. The emergency fleet corporation supervision ends nationwide as the war crisis passes, enabling landlords to raise rents or evict protesting tenants.
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A. M. Taylor
Transpor and Housing Bureau
Ng Board
Phia
L. Boddy
The
Metal Trades Council
Fair Rentals Commission
Fleet Corporation
Work Stopped on 12 Tacoma Hulls
Tacoma shipyard strikers face government orders halting steel ship construction. Central Labor Council likely to consider a general strike vote at their Wednesday meeting as officials confirm the Emergency Fleet Corporation order. Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co. received the fleet order directing halt on the last 12 hulls.
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Seattle
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Charlies Piez
Fleet Corporation
Piez
Seattle and Tacoma
Tacoma
Winnipeg Troops Fight Socialists in Street Meeting
Winnipeg troops clashed with socialists as returned soldiers dispersed a Market Square gathering after a theater was blocked. Socialist headquarters were pillaged. literature burned and furniture destroyed as tensions followed a failed memorial for Karl Liebknecht.
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Winnipeg
Karl Liebknecht
Market Square
Hamburg Under Martial Law After Riots Suppressed
Berlin reports Hamburg placed under martial law after Spartacan rioters were subdued. Czech forces capture Oderburg at the German border after a bloody clash with Polish troops.
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Hamburg
Berlin
Oderburg
Armour Admits Packer Control In Hog and Cattle Buying
J Ogden Armour testified before the senate agricultural committee admitting nationwide control of hog and cattle purchases by packers. He said Chicago packers maintained constant contact with buyers in Fort Worth Kansas City Omaha Sioux City and St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Ogden Armour
Francia J Heney
Senate Agricultural Committee
Chicago Packers
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Omaha
Sioux City
St. Paul
Armour
High Rate May End Copra Shipments
Fear that copra may be eliminated as a Seattle import after a $12 a ton rate was announced for the commodity between Liverpool and Calcutta. The United States Shipping Board sets a Pacific port rate at $40 a ton, more than three times the British rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Liverpool
Calcutta
United States Shipping Board
Pacific Porta
For Sale: Hotels and Businesses Open to Opportunity
Classified page lists options including hotels rooming houses machine shops garages restaurants general stores and grocery stores available under Business Opportunities with full details on the classifieds page.
Why Do the Olympia Lawmakers Delay
A public appeal questions Olympia lawmakers for delaying the Lamping bill granting discharged soldiers and sailors ten dollars monthly. The writer notes lawmakers quickly urged Congress for $300 each and calls for immediate state relief to veterans as they transition to civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamping
Olympia
Congress
George
Washington
Hoetzendorff Explains Why He Was Freed
In Vienna Gen. von Hoetzendorff former Austrian chief of staff says he relinquished command after insisting all military efforts be concentrated against Italy. He gave the interview on January 27 detailing his reasons and the political pressures involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
von Hoetzendorff
Italy
California Food Administration to Close January 31
The California food administration announced it will shut down on January 31. Other state administrations will follow suit, officials said, signaling a broader closure of food programs across the states.
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San Francisco
California Food Administration Today
Nationwide shipbuilding strikes sweep Britain and Ireland
London and Belfast join a broad wave of walkouts as 40,000 shipyard workers demand a 44 hour week. Twelve thousand shipbuilders in London walked out and Glasgow yards show a partial strike with risk of wider action. Leith and Edinburgh shipyards also quit and threaten allied trades with sympathy action.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
Belfast
Glasgow
Leith
Edinburg
London Police Strike Scheduled In Protest
London January 27 A general police strike was planned for today after the Home Office refused to recognize the Policemen's Union or reinstate discharged Midland Railway policemen.
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London
Home Office
Midland Railway
Suffragists Begin National Tour for Vote Amendment
Twenty six suffragists who have served prison terms in Washington for demonstrations will start a three week national tour on February 9. They will open in Charleston and end in New York to campaign for the suffrage amendment.
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Washington
Charleston
D. C
New York
Peace men warn Britishers as league debate opens
Paris reports the supreme war council weighing German colonies and other territorial issues while the league of nations dominates the talks. The allied societies plan to act as a clearing house for information and support the official commission during the conference. James Thomas of British railway men warns of worldwide revolt until a just peace is secured.
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Lowell Mellett
United Press
Paris
Supreme War Council
League of Nations
League of Nations Commission
Allied Societies
James Thomas
Wilson
Peace Agents Send for Families to Paris
U S peace experts plan extended Paris session and several have asked their families to join them in Paris as talks run longer than expected.
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U. S
Small Nations to Select Committees
Delegates from 19 smaller nations at the peace conference prepared to meet at 4 PM to choose their representatives on committees. The supreme war council resumed sessions at 10 30 this morning in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Supreme War Council
Three Germans to Attend Labor Meet
PARIS Jan 27 Germany will be represented at the international labor and socialist conference in Berne by a majority socialist delegation consisting of Molkenbuhr Wells and Muller it was announced today by Arthur Henderson Henderson returned from Switzerland temporarily to confer with British officials regarding international labor legislation.
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Paris
Germany
Berne
Molkenbuhr
Wells
Muller
Arthur Henderson
Henderson
Switzerland
Measure to bar immigrant in U S circulated in House
Washington January 27 A bill proposed to temporarily close the American door to immigrants will be reported to the House today with hope of action before March 4 when Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Congress
Manuel II Amid Portuguese Monarchist Turmoil Reports
Dispatches from Madrid and London detail arrests of monarchist leaders in Monsanto and rising tensions as Manuel II reportedly moves within Spain. Reports say republicans gain ground in Lisbon, with 300 officers imprisoned and a fractured communication line with Lisbon.
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London
Manuel II
Portugal
Mino
Camino
Manuel
England
Lisbon
Barbora
Republcan
Altho
Aveiro
Villareal
Republic
Paiva Conceiro
Soldier Land Bill Now Up
Appropriating 50 million dollars for land reclamation to provide work for the unemployed was introduced by Senator Jones in Washington. It marks the first concrete result of President Wilson and Secretary Lane's suggestion to stimulate reclamation and land development for returning soldiers and others needing jobs.
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Washington
Jones
Wilson
Lane
Congress
Bootblack Beaten by Angel in 613 Second Ave Parlor
Juda Hanan says Angel struck him in a shoe shining parlor at 613 Second Ave with a small knife and fled. Hanan, listing Bohor 8S as a partner, demands police action as Angel remains at large after the attack over business expenses.
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Hanan
Bohor
Angel
Second Ave
Funeral for Seattle Soldier Joseph Tova Row
Funeral services for 24 year old Joseph Tova Row, a Seattle soldier who died of influenza at home on Union Street, were set for 2 p m Monday at Bonney Watson chapel.
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Joseph Tovarow
Seattle
Union St
Bonney-Watson
Strained Yugoslav Relations Lets All Forces Stand Ready
In Fiume on January 27, President Pogatschriy of the Slovene government at Lia said all Jugoslav territories will be defended to the last man. He added that relations with Italy are greatly strained and the three divisions of Yugoslav soldiers are under arms.
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Fiume
Pogatschriy
Lai
Italy
Bolshevik attack repelled as fronts shift near Archangel
An official report from Archangel states that Bolshevik forces pressed the Shonhurst front over Wednesday and Thursday. Allied troops mainly Americans and Russians withdrew to the Shonhurst defenses to avoid outflanking, then reestablished a shorter line to the north after repelling the assault.
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London
Archangel
Shonhurst
Rush to Return Yank Troops from France
Washington reports six months of returns begin with 1,800,000 Americans abroad. Troops to come home at 300,000 monthly as German ships are secured. By March 1, 785,000 men in U S camps will be demobilized except those needed for cantonments and joint work with allies.
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Washington
America
France
United
Gen. R
Senate
March
Edward Hurley
Debs Attacks Espionage Act In Supreme Court Case
The Supreme Court heard arguments in the Debs espionage act case. Eugene V. Debs, found guilty, argues the act and its May amendments, the sedition bill, are unconstitutional. Other related cases remain pending.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Eugene V. Debs
O. Debs
Inet
Wilson Sees War Ruin in France on Peace Mission
President Wilson resumed work on the peace settlement amid stark memories of American cemeteries and ruined towns. He toured Rheims and the Chateau Thierry area with Mrs. Wilson, viewing shattered cathedrals, trenches, and graves as snow fell.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Paris
Wilson
Rheims
Mia
Chateau Thierry
Lucey, Torey
Bouresches
Vaux
Belleau Wood
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Kurl Liebknecht
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Hoetzendorff
Food Administration
California
Britain
United States
Small Nations
Say Manuel
Home Land
Star
Madrid
Ornelas
Monsanto
Bootblack
Juda Hanan
Russian ‘Reds
Advange
Rheima
Cardinal Lucien
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