Bolshevik Attacks Reported as Evacuation Near Shenkursk Completes
Washington dispatch says Allied evacuation of Shenkursk on the North Russian front was completed with rescue of supplies and 500 refugees. Consul Poole in Archangel also reports Bolshevik destruction of part of a town and killings. Capture of Kovno and Libau is reported by Baltic sources.
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Washington
Shenkursk
Russia
Poole
Archangely
State Department
Kovno
Libau
Baltic
Japan Wants to Retain Pacific Islands After War
Paris dispatch reports peace talks focus on German colonies, with Japan favored to keep the Marshall Islands. Delegates expect League of Nations trusteeship under self determination. France’s stance on Saar valley disputed. German coal districts and Lena fields hamper Lille industry.
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Paris
Peace “Bureau
Japan
Marshall Group
Pacific Islands
Great Britain
Germany
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
League of Nations
Wilson
League
Poland
Czecho-Slovak Republic
Africa
Pacific
91st Division Breaks Through In Argonne Advance
Lieut H M Meyer of the 264th artillery reports the Ninety First division after arriving from California Oregon Washington Montana penetrated the German line in the Argonne. He notes the division faced gas exposure yet advanced boldly and cannot be stopped. They head to a French port for embarkation and expect return to the United States in a month.
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New York
H. M. Meyer
264Th Artillery
San Francisco
Arenas
California
Washington
Montana
Oregon
Argonne
Meyer
91St
Meer
Pacific Coast
Northwest
France
United States
American Shot by Spartacans in Bremen Crisis
Lowell Thomas former Princeton professor was shot below the heart and dangerously wounded in Bremen last Sunday. Webb Walden of Collier's Weekly saved him from a Spartacan mob. Both men faced accusations of trying to split the Spartacan organization as national elections sparked violence.
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Berlin
Lowell Thomas
Princeton
Bremen
Webb Walden
Collier's Weekly
Thoman
Collier's
Reds Seize Town in Wilhelmshaven Coup
Copenhagen Jan 28 Sparta forces have occupied public buildings and banks in Wilhelmshaven in a sudden coup d etat. All railway traffic to and from the city has stopped, reports received here today.
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Copenhagen
Spartacans
Wilhelmshaven
Allen to press loss probe before Congress
Gov. Henry J Allen announced he would appear before a congressional committee to reiterate charges of unduly heavy losses in the 35th division. He said the Missouri and Kansas troops in that division lacked proper aerial and artillery support.
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Allen
Topeka
Henry J Allen
Congressional
Missouri
Kansas
Situation Wanted Ads Free
Ea2 war service men are invited to use the situation wanted columns of The Star. Copy may be left at The Star office, 7th and Union or the downtown branch located at Bartlett's Store, 610 Second Ave.
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Star
7Th and Union
Bartell’s
Second Ave
Horse Racing Bill Moves in State House
Olympia January 28 A race track bill introduces a state horse racing commission to authorize races for purses prizes or stakes The governor would appoint a three member committee to govern meetings between April and November 1 The 1909 ban on local races cited as precedent by Ole Hanson of Seattle.
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Olympia
Grass of King
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Argentina Joins Effort for League of Nations Support
Argentina will back the league of nations plan as proposed by President Wilson. The Argentine minister to France has been instructed to support the project, and the State Department was officially informed.
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Washington
Argentina
League of Nations
Wilson
France
State Department
League of Nations Now an Actual Fact
An editor of the Independent, a member of international law groups, outlines in a dispatch his view that the League of Nations has become an actual fact. He is a founder of the League to Enforce Peace and active in broader policy circles.
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League of Nations
the Independent
American Society of International Law
American Association For Labor Legislation
League To Enforce Peace
League of Nations Seen as Step Forward in Peace Effort
Paris report from January 28 asserts the league’s aims center on international cooperation and that its formation will be rapid and far reaching. It warns against a government driven league and calls for a peoples representative body with parliamentary sessions while executive work can be handled by prime ministers.
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League
League of Peoples
Program of ship board is revised
The Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corp order suspensions on 34 hulls as work is halted at several West Coast yards while continuing work on vessels over half completed. The move follows a Macy award dispute and warns of potential multi million dollar losses and unemployment.
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Ship Board
California
Washington, Dan
Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
San Francisco
Long Beach Shipbuilding Co
Western Pipe & Steel Co
South San Francisco
Southwestern Shipbuilding Co
San Pedro
Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co
Hanlon Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co
Oakland
Plex
R. N. Brotherton
Macy Award Committee
Oregon
United Press
Puget Sound
Pacific
Washington
Rotherton
Macy
Tacoma Shipyard Strike Mediated Plan Proposed
A mediation proposal for Tacoma shipyard labor disputes was presented to the strike committee by O S Larson of the war labor board. If accepted, a six member committee of workers and Tacoma businessmen would travel to Washington to present the case to the labor board of the emergency fleet corporation. The plan aims to settle Tacoma’s shipyard conflict independently unless a Seattle general strike materializes.
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Tacoma
Dan
Riddell
O. 8. Larson
War Labor Board
Larson
Washington
Labor Board of the Emergency Fleet Corporation
Insanity System Criticized In State Hospital Hearing
A Washington House committee heard claims that Steilacoom and state facilities overcommit sane patients, with only three physicians and one superintendent for 1,378 residents. Myrtle De Montes testified about habeas corpus release from Steilacoom, urging a lunacy commission and reform of commitment procedures.
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Capitol
Olympia
Steilacoom
House Legislative Committee On Hospitala
Iinwane
Claude A. Young
Chamber bureau backs Lamping bill for soldiers relief
The Greater Seattle bureau of the Chamber of Commerce approved the Lamping bill to provide every Washington soldier ten dollars monthly for wartime service. Daniel B. Trefethen’s motion passed unanimously and A. F. Haines will present the proposition to the board. Some Seattle businessmen favor a federal appropriation instead of a state grant.
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Washington
Greater Seattle
Daniel B. Trefethen
A. F. Haines
Board of
Trustees
Seattle
Congress
Lamping
Olympia
Sixty-Five Year Old Sues for Breach of Promise
A. Hunsker, 65, sues Alliar M. Gilbert de Lion for breach of promise claiming she borrowed 528 dollars, promised marriage in Los Angeles last May, and gave a 325 dollar note. He alleges she hid a husband in Alaska and seeks the return of 528 dollars and cancellation of the note. The trial is in Judge Mitchell Gilliam's court on Tuesday. the defendant is 60.
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A. Hunsker
Alliar M. Gilbert de Lion
Mitchell Gilliam
Alaska
Hunsker
Los Angeles
Worried Britain Faces Widespread Strike Wave
London January 28. Industrial unrest spreads across Great Britain and Ireland as demobilized soldiers’ interests drive action. Labor officials deny Bolshevik links while shipyards and other industries feel paralyzed. About 200000 workers across the country walk out, with expectations of wider sympathy strikes.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
Nation's workers pledge sympathy for Seattle shipyard strike
Telegrams of sympathy poured into the Metal Trades council headquarters from across the country as strike officials reported nationwide support for Seattle shipyard workers walking out. Officials denied a Tacoma bank mediation tale and said Scandinavian American Bank officers were not involved in the dispute.
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Labor Temple
Central Labor Council
Hert Swain
Metal Trades Council
Metal Trades Councils
Labor Congress
Chicago
Seattle
D. BF. Skinner
Dave Rodgers
Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding Corportion
Los Angeles
Thru
The
Metal Trades
Tacoma
Scandinavian American Bank
Immigration bill up for four year hold
Washington January 28 The house immigration committee voted to report the bill shutting off immigration for four years after a lengthy committee fight. Some members favored three years others two.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Allied forces at Shenkursk front hold against Bolshevik pressure
Report from Washington notes a small British and Russian force contending with larger Soviet units on the Shenkursk front south of Archangel. Officials describe an orderly withdrawal underway as weather and frozen marshes complicate operations.
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Carl D. Groat
United Press
Washington
Shenkursk Front
Archangel
London
Shenkursk
Hurley to Return With Report on Ship Program
Paris report says Edward Hurley, chairman of the U S shipping board, will return home to study a national merchant marine plan. He seeks a unanimous public demand, assesses government role and operation, and will present findings to the shipping board and Senate committees before advising President Wilson.
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Hurley
Paris
Edward Hurley
U. S. Shipping Board
United States
Europe
Shipping Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Committee On Merchant Marine
Wilson
AmnestY Request Sought For War Court Martial Convicts
Senator Borah proposes general amnesty for all war court martial convicts to President Wilson. Borah and Chamberlain plan hearings to reveal sentence inequality and harsh handling of minor infractions. War department data to be furnished. further hearings possible. Indiana wolves and Alpe planes to join a wolf hunt near Indianapolis with air-ground coordination.
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Washington
Dan
Wilson
Borah
United States
Chamberlain
Borah Chamberlain
War Department
Indianapolis
Alpe
Here
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Nippon
Fred S. Ferguson
Saar Valley
Lens
Lille
Lena
BOCHE
Grass
Bill
BY Hamilton Holt
United Preas
United Preasa
General Peace Congress
United States of Nations
Seattle Metal Trades
General Shipyard
U. S
James Duncan
Itienne
Western
Chamber of
England
Cans
Coum
L. C. Martin
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