Britain and America urged to unite on wartime labor policy
British labor leaders say England shows resolve to win the war and urges American labor and capital to unite on a tolerant policy to prevent strikes. Will Mosses and Iles Duncan discuss intensified munition production, shifting workers, and the role of women in England's war effort as they tour American cities.
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England
Seattle
Iles Duncan
Will Mosses
United Patternmakers Union of England
United States
Moassen
Great Britain
America
Mosses
Labor Men of England Will Speak Sunday
Seattle hosts a Sunday talk on England's labor scene by Charles Duncan M P and Wm Mosses J P of the British labor commission to America at the Masonic temple Harvard ave and Priest 2 30 p m under the Central Labor council with no admission. International President Collis Lovely accompanies the visitors as representative of President Gompers of the AFL.
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Tacoma
Vely
Inter- Boot and Shoeworkers
American of Labor
Associated Collegiate
Washington Annex
Arcade
Women's Commercial Club
Masonic Temple
Harvard Ave
Seattle
England
Charles Duncan
M. P
Wm. Mosses
J.P
British, Labor Commission To
America
Central Labor Council
Collis Lovely
Boot and Shoe Workers
President Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Military officials debunk Paris bombardment hoax reports
Washington reports debunk hoaxes of Paris bombardment as German propaganda. Gen March and British authorities dismiss a 240 millimeter shell claim as impossible, noting no west front developments. Romanian armistice extended three days per German war office.
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Washington
Paris
March
War Department
West Front
Pershing
Arce
Berlin
London
Third Liberty Loan drive urges U S bond purchases
The Star reports a government art poster for the Third Liberty Loan and a Haig transmission announcing German breakthrough. The call to action directs every civilian to buy bonds to halt the Hun and support the war effort.
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Star Today
Field Marshal Haig
Government Targets I W W in Chicago Raid Papers Case
The government renewed disloyalty and sabotage charges against I W W in a federal filing before Judge Landis. The petition seeks to impound papers seized during the wholesale I W W raids on September 5, 1917, countering an I W W bid for return of the documents.
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Landis
Department of Justice
West Seattle boys turn pirate cruise ends with rescue
Three 16 year old West Seattle youths George Booth Freddie Watson and Jack Bailey slipped away on a rowboat inspired by pirate songs and characters. They were picked up by the patrol boat Halibut after being missing since Thursday morning.
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Davy Jones
Locker
West Seattle
George Booth
Freddy Watson
Jack Bailey
Halibut
Real Estate Exchange Barred From U S Mail
Washington March 23 The McAlester Real Estate Exchange of Cincinnati Ohio and Le Flore Mc Alester Oklahoma were barred from the mails by the post office today for alleged fraudulent real estate operations in Indian lands totaling several hundred thousand dollars.
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Washington
McAlester Real Estate Exchange
Cincinnati
le Flore & McAlester
Oklahoma
Post Office Department
Thrift Stamps Promise Money Working for You
Investment promotion touts Thrift Stamps as a way to make money grow. urges readers to purchase for future security and savings growth through government backed savings program.
News Features of Interest to be Shown Sunday
The Star Liberty Weekly opens Sunday at the Liberty theatre with features including Ole Hanson promoting thrift stamps, children in North Broadway eating potatoes to aid food conservation, Seattle war gardens, shipbuilding scenes, and the Seattle hotel men’s special train departing for San Francisco.
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Ole Hanson
Poison Trust Probed by Coroner in Chicago
Coroner Hoffman leads an investigation into a so called poison trust with exhumations and grand jury indictments under way. State's Attorney Hoyne and doctors assist as suspected cases involve injured workers who received a $200 operation fee under state compensation before death.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Hoyne
Irish MP L Ginnell Arrested in Kilkenny
London dispatch reports L Ginnell a Westmeath member of parliament was arrested in Kilkenny Ireland on March 25 charged with inciting people to enter the lands.
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London
L. Ginnell
Westmeath
Kilkenny
Ireland
Baker Visits King Albert on Belgian Front
London dispatch reports Secretary Baker traveled to the Belgian front Friday and held a lengthy discussion with King Albert. The front has seen raids and artillery fire amid the British line drive. Baker arrived in London and was greeted at the station by American Ambassador Page.
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London
Baker
Albert
Page
Italians Report Lively Encounters North of Trient
Rome reports lively exchanges between Italian outposts north of Valdiledro in the Lagarina valley ten miles south of Trient. Patrol clashes occurred on Folina island east of Cava Zuccherina fifteen miles east of Venice where the Italian line reaches the Adriatic.
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Rome
Valdiledro
Lagarina Valley
Trient
Italian War Office
Folina Island
Cava Zuccherina
Venice
Russians Seek Siberian Plan From Commissions
Petrograd dispatch reports Soviet commissaries directed Foreign Minister Tehecherin to query America England and Japan about possible Japanese mobilization to occupy Siberia. A military commission led by War Minister Troteky is weighing defense plans. In France four American patrolmen captured a lone German at a listening post in the Toul sector.
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Petrograd
Tehecherin
America
England
Japan
Siberia
Troteky
France
Toul
Reserves Ready to Aid in Emergency on Western Front
United Press reports British retirement west of St Quentin signals adaptable defense along the Hindenburg line. Hindenburg may seek to entice renewed fighting while reserves under Allied command stand ready in the West, potentially including American troops if needed.
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St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Cambria
Cambrai
Versailles War Council
West Front
Fighting grows more desperate with British armies in France
On the British front heavy fighting is reported at Bullecourt Roussoy Vaucoulez et Lagnicourt with Lagnicourt 12 miles west of Cambrai and seven miles northeast of Papraume. Ronsay lies 15 miles south of Cambrai and 11 miles north of St Quintin.
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William Philip Simms
United Press
France
Bullecourt
Roussoy
Vaucelette
Lagnicourt
Cambrai
Papaume
Ronesoy
St. Quentin
Germans Break British Defense West of St Quentin
London reports that German forces broke through the British defense west of St Quentin with heavy fighting and advances across the devastated area. British troops are said to be falling back in good order to prepared positions further west, while the northern front remains held.
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London
Haig
St. Quentin
Paris Bombarded by Heavy Shells in Air Raid
Paris suffered an air raid with enemy forces firing 240 millimeter shells from 62 miles away. Official reports confirm the raid and indicate several casualties. The incident underscores ongoing bombardment threats facing the city during the conflict.
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Paris
French Aid British In Appalling Slaughter
French forces to the right of the British lines fight bitterly. Dispatches from the front describe the slaughter at Roisellincourt as appalling with every available gun concentrated against the enemy’s solid masses.
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London
Roisellincourt
Final battle before peace claimed by German papers
German newspapers in Copenhagen call the current wes front battle decisive and final. They say Germany only needs to hold a short time for victory and that the army plans to force the enemy to bleed before the final attack.
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Copenhagen
Trea
Germany
German gains limited near Bullecourt area in trenches position
In the war report British lines hold near Bullecourt three miles northwest of Lagnicourt and east of Croiselles with little German progress noted. The summary notes the Reichstag session in Amsterdam thanking the army, with further war news on page four.
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Bullecourt
Lagnicourt
Croiselles
Teutons Report Vast War Material Back of German Front
Amsterdam dispatches report great stress on vast supplies behind the German Wi front. Cor respondents say man aircraft have increased tenfold and describe huge tanks poison gas and batteries of liquid fire projectors as part of the material backing the German lines.
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Man
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