Airdropped Heroes Return to Seattle Western Welcome
Seattle greeted 61st officers and men of the Liberty division formerly with the Lost Battalion as they arrived by train at King Street station. The veterans toured the city in loaned cars, receiving a Western welcome after a period of confinement in New York.
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Seattle
Tith
Liberty
Argonne Forest
Chateau Thierry
King St. Station
New York City
Second Ave
Camp Lewis
Charles L. Fox
Occidental Ave
King At
Frank C. Doig
G. Stuart Costello
Carl Bush
D. D. Stewart
Lost Battalion Surrounded Three Days Endured Hunger
Segurd Gaupeet of Seattle recalls the Argonne siege with the 308th Infantry. Surrounded by Germans for three days with little food and water, 250 men of the Second Battalion fought back, eight men attempting a food relief mission were lost, and only 50 returned. Five Lost Battalion members greeted Seattle on arrival.
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Segurd Gaupeet
Red Crows
N. P
Segurd
Segard
308Th Infantry
Seattle
Gaupset
Hugo Erickson
G. I. Eckberg
Frank Erickson
Frank Sapinero
Mukilteo
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Norway
Camp Kearney
40Th Division
77Th
Argonne
Outpost
Democratic program emphasizes industry partnership and war tax repeal
The proposal calls for labor capital partnership, ending wartime wine and beer bans, returning railroads telegraphs and telephones to owners, aiding soldiers, opening shipyards to global use, simplifying federal taxes and repealing many minor wartime levies with tariff adjustments.
Wilson urges repeal of wartime liquor act in labor address
President Wilson in a joint address to a new all Republican Congress appeals for repeal or amendment of the wartime prohibition act and for a new organization of industry. He frames the labor question as central and favors voluntary cooperation between labor and capital. A repeal bill by Representative Sabath is expected to move quickly.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Borah
Kenyon
Senate
Sabath
Ilinois
Seaplane NC-3 Found Damaged After Missing Flight
The American seaplane NC-3, missing for two days on the Newfoundland to Azores flight, lies crippled with damaged wings but repairable after examination. Commander Towers descended due to distrust of his instruments. The crew endured five hours of rain and heavy wave buffeting that prevented reflight.
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W. RK. Hargraves
United Press
Ponta Delgada
Newfoundland
Azores
Towers
City approves overtime pay to avert streetcar strike
City council passed two overtime pay ordinances to end the threat of a streetcar employes strike this week. J A Stevenson said the controversy is settled. One measure authorizes time and a half for overtime and the other appropriates $5000 to cover costs until June 1. Acting Mayor Lane signed the bills within an hour.
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J. A. Stevenson
Frick
Bille
Haas
Heaketh
Carroll
Bolton
Fitzgerald
Moore
Thomson
Lane
Pershing Visit to London Deferred by War Office
The British war office said General Pershing's London visit was postponed due to uncertainty over Germanys attitude toward peace and the evolving military situation.
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London
United Press
British War Office
Pershing
Peace Commission Members Resign Over German Treaty Terms
Nine members of the American peace commission offered resignations due to dissatisfaction with the German treaty. Three resignations are final while six others are withheld pending further Commission consideration. Renowned experts A A Young Isaiah Bowman and W C Bullitt reportedly withdrew, with six names not yet released to the public.
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United Press
Paris
American Peace Commission
Commission
A. A. Young
Cornell University
Isaiah Bowman
New York
Territorial Intelligence Division
W. C. Bullitt
Carmen spokesmen hail settlement on overtime pay
J A Stevenson of Street Railway Loc 687 says city council settled the overtime pay controversy for carmen with no referendum. He thanks The Star for support and asserts the eight hour day is the issue, not the money, praising councilman Erickson's position and peaceful settlement.
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Cil
Street Railway
J. A. Stevenson
Local 687
Star
Carmen's
Carmen
Oliver T. Erickson
Lister Brought to Seattle Hospital
Gov Lister who was forced to give up his duties due to ill health was brought to Seattle Tuesday afternoon and taken to the Swedish hospital. He is under the care of Dr. E P Pick. Lister's health broke down during the last legislative session and Lieut Gov Hart became acting governor.
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Lister
Seattle
E. P. Pick
Gov
Hart
British Dreadnoughts Bombard Kerch Positions
A Moscow wireless dispatch reported British dreadnoughts bombarded positions at Kerch in Eastern Crimea. The消息 notes this action as part of ongoing bombardments during the conflict with Bolshevik forces.
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London
United Press
Kerch
Crimea
Moscow
Will the United States Be Totally Dry
President Wilson reports that Congress must repeal or amend the war time liquor law as it affects beer and wines, making national prohibition unlikely to begin on July 1. A constitutional amendment for national prohibition would take effect in January 1920, but enforcement legislation is not yet enacted, risking ineffectiveness if not passed.
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Wilson
Congress
Kenyon Introduces Labor Legislation
Washington May 20 progressives and senators announced a program of labor legislation to be introduced at once. The plan advocates a partnership of capital and labor with profits shared in industry and aims to satisfy the president’s call for labor reform.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
Senate investigates Newberry election dispute
Washington May 20 United Press reports Senator Pomerene Ohio introduced a resolution for investigation of the Newberry election with Henry Ford contesting the results after Newberry was sworn in as Michigan senator.
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Newberry
Washington
United Press
Pomerene
Ohio
Jorday
T. H. Newberry
Michigan
Henry Ford
House Resolution Favors Suffrage Reported by Committee
A Republican member Mann reported a favorable committee vote on a resolution to provide for woman suffrage. The item marks the first resolution to advance from committee toward a suffrage-aimed measure.
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House
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